If there is an afterlife, isn’t it going to be super awkward when your spouse and their new husband dies and you all end up in Heavens ? Who is the husband at this point ?
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The bible actually specifically addresses these questions.
Matthew 22:30
“At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.”
Romans 7:2-3
“For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. ”
Malachi 2:14-16
“Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. […] ”
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Marriage is for the living, not the dead. The purpose of marriage (per the Christian bible) is procreation to raise godly children in an environment blessed with the holy spirit. In heaven there is no need for marriage, no need for procreation either.
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