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Post by hopeful on Oct 15, 2017 19:47:49 GMT -6
Miketaft, God bless you. We have so much to look forward to
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Post by yardstick on Oct 17, 2017 15:08:52 GMT -6
I've heard mixed ideas about the idea of relationships. Do you really think there will be no more marriage? I've heard preachers say so, but I've heard just as many say that there is still love, marriage, families, and children in the millennial kingdom. In fact, one of the arguments about the idea of the dragon being unleashed again at the end was to allow him to tempt those born after the tribulation, to give them a chance to choose of their own will to accept salvation. Plus, I find it kind of sad to think that I'll never get to enjoy that sort of bond with another person, to never know marriage or fatherhood. I have a theory about the subject... Jesus said in Mark 12:25, "When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven." When I consider that, I often wonder if what is said there is something other than what is commonly taught... Marriage itself is a legal matter. But when you think about Adam and Eve, did they have a legal agreement when they were created in the beginning, or were they paired together without the need for the legal agreement because perfection allowed their relationship to exist without the need for speaking vows? If sin hadn't entered the world, would mankind in its yet perfect state have any need for legalities of marriage, or would a man and a woman choose one another in purity and maintain a relationship without any fears of all the things we fear today in the way of family tragedies? I guess what I'm trying to say is, perhaps the relationships will exist, but the need for the legal aspects will not... I hope so!
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Post by yardstick on Oct 17, 2017 15:10:26 GMT -6
If the rapture indeed happens soon I think the only substantial regret I'll have is that I never became a grandparent. My wife would be such a sweet granny. Later, at the Bema seat, I will be reminded of much more significant lapses on my part. In the meantime I'll continue to serve Him at my church and as a Gideon. As I understand it, there will be children during the millennium... And children means grandchildren, and greats, and great-greats, et c.
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