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Originally Posted by traynor
I don't understand this part. You wrote,"The children of this age marry and are given in marriage; but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. Marriage is for procreation."
That seems to (perhaps obscured in the contractual fine print) indicate that the only survivors will be the "worthy" ones, who--from the citation--would seem to be virgins. Not surprising, in view of the "revolt and defection" of those (including angels) "swayed by the pleasures of the flesh from the true path" (or whatever it is supposed to be).
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Actually, it is written in Scripture, not me. Jesus answered the supposedly trick question about resurrection of the dead. Not all Jews believed in eternal life. The Sadducee believed once you die you are dead, the human spirit, soul, consciousness dies with you. The Pharisees believed in eternal life and resurrection.
So the person tried to trick Jesus to admitting the resurrection of the body could not happen due to the logistics of Jewish custom. The logistical problem is what happens in the resurrection, to woman who has been married to seven brothers due to Jewish custom. Whose wife would she be after the resurrection the first brother, the last, etc.?
The answer, given by Jesus, mankind, while in the temporal world are given to marriage, to procreate, which is an activity proper to life on earth. The first command, given by God, in the Bible is for man to be fruitful and multiply( procreate).
Now, remember the only reason the woman was married to seven brothers was due to the failure to procreate with the prior brother. After the resurrection, according to Jesus there is no procreation and thus no marriage. Man would be like the angels having no need to procreate.
The survivors, who receive eternal life, are the ones who believe in Jesus. The virginity or being a virgin is not a requirement to have eternal life through Jesus.
