Will We Know People In Heaven
Do you believe that we will know our loved ones when we get to Heaven? Such as, married people knowing that they were married to each other before, and parents knowing who their children were, siblings, knowing that they were sisters, and brothers,etc.,etc., What's your thoughts about this?
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Please look up these Bible passages...
Luke 16:19-31
(Shows the recognition of people in heaven)
2 Samuel 12:23
(shows how he planned to go to his son that had passed away)
Matt. 7:21-23
(shows recalling memories of works done on earth)
1 Cor. 15:35-44
(explains the similarities of our earthly bodies and our heavenly bodies.
However, please read this passage referring to marriage.
Matt. 22:29-32
God bless! |
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---Siera on 9/4/08 |
I like the insights posted on this page. I myself believe that there will be sadness in heaven, but He will wipe the tears away.
There is out with the old and in with the new: a New Jerusalem.
I believe our concept of time only exists within the realm of our Universe, the realm that Satan is trapped inside (not sure how this relates to the book of Job) but that when we go to heaven, we will experience non-time, or ever presence.
So in that light, the act of wiping tears away doesn't happen, it HAPPENS. From our standpoint, it is in the future (He will)... but once there, He will becomes He does.
Does this make sense? I hope so... I'm still searching for answers, like all of us...
God bless you all. |
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---Raymond on 8/20/08 |
I believe we will know so much more in Heaven than we ever knew on earth. The true saints will even witness the judgement, I believe, and see all those who persecuted them be thrown into the abyss. We will recognize our cyber friends too, IMHO. This is not doctrine, just my opinion. |
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---frances on 2/20/08 |
I believe we will know so much more in Heaven than we ever knew on earth. The true saints will even witness the judgement, I believe, and see all those who persecuted them be thrown into the abyss. We will recognize our cyber friends too, IMHO. This is not doctrine, just my opinion. |
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---frances on 2/20/08 |
Hi Cheryl, I'm sorry about your husband. God bless you and you're in my prayers. Love in Christ, Mary |
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---Mary on 2/20/08 |
I believe at the time of death we will wake from that time on we are then totaly enthroled in Gods service to worship and to Praise HIM. That is his requirement. so yes we will know each other but our desire will be to praise and worship HIM. My Husband has passed recently and I have saught this carefuly. I believe hubby is in a place waiting for the rapture to take place. I will see him again but not to love him as I do now, Because I believe in Heaven the Love will be undefiled, Pure Holy, Godly. |
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---Cheryl on 2/20/08 |
I do believe that we will recognise people in Heaven but I don't believe that our relationships with them will be the same i.e. mother and son, husband and wife, daughter and father etc. We will all know each other as brother/sisters in Christ I'm sure. I also do not believe that we will remember lost loved ones. I feel that God will, out of love for us, remove all memory of them so that there will be no more tears and sorrow. |
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---Xanthi on 9/29/07 |
The Bible says that we will "know as we are known," which tells me that we WILL recognize our loved ones, neighbors, friends, etc. No where in the Bible does it say that our memories will be wiped away so that we forget the unsaved. I don't think that is accurate. |
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---Crystal on 3/9/07 |
I don't know where in the Bible it is, but if the loved ones are Christians then yes if not then you won't remember them to recognise that they aren't in heaven with you.
Lloyd6444 |
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---lloyd on 3/9/07 |
I do believe that when we go to heaven we will be able to recognize EVERYONE who made it. When Elijah and Moses appeared with Jesus in the Transfiguration, the disciples recognized them! In Luke 16:19-30, the rich man, Lazarus, and Abraham recognized each other.
For those who didn't make it to Heaven, God will wipe away all memory of them so that we wont be saddened by the fact that they didn't make it.
In anyway, trust the Lord to make things favorable for everyone, He knows what's best. |
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---Angel on 3/9/07 |
Dave no-one suggests that previous verses are now null and void. Yes there was and still is weeping but Revelation is exactly what it is called - a revelation - of a time that has not yet happened. When we are in our final and eternal destination with God there will be no more weeping but that time has not yet arrived. |
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---m.p.a. on 2/28/07 |
Considering many verses in the bible say the heavens wept, God wept, Jesus wept, angels wept, I guess you need to throw away the rest of the book and just keep one verse in Revelations that you have interpreted incorrectly. That is why there are so many churches. People interpret on their own intelligence and Not what God has said numerous times. One verse does not render a thousand verses null and void. |
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---Dave on 2/27/07 |
Dave you mustn't have reached the end of your bible. Try Revelation 21 and enjoy it. Verse 4 says "And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes and there will be no more death, sorrow, nor CRYING, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are past away." This verse tells me that we will not be aware that some of our loved ones are not with us in Heaven. Of course there would be sadness and tears IF we were aware that some of those we loved dearly had gone to hell. |
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---m.p.a. on 2/27/07 |
Rev 21:4 And God shall wipe away their tears from their eyes and there will be no more death, neither sorrow,nor crying,neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are past away.
(Praise the Lord)! |
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---Carla5754 on 2/26/07 |
Dave - Revelation 21:4 says "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away". This is in Heaven. We have much to look forward to. |
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---Helen_5378 on 2/26/07 |
Of course you will know everyone. I do not know where many of you get no tears but you must be reading a different bible than me, because mine states many times, the heavens wept, angels wept, Jesus wept. marriage is until death do ye part. all memories will be restored to us. to say differently contradicts the bible and the love of God. |
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---Dave on 2/25/07 |
According to the bible we will not even have the memory of the life we once had and I guess only a wise God could know why? Who would be happy knowing our Family/children didn't make it! |
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---Carla5754 on 2/25/07 |
Heaven is a happy place with no tears. I believe we will not remember those in our lives that are not in heaven with us.
With all due respect Eva, please be careful about taking Grant Jeffrey's word as 'gospel.' |
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---NVBarbara on 2/24/07 |
I do believe we will know each other in heaven, not the relationship we had on earth and we won't miss the ones who aren't there.we will know each other in a new way, and i don't believe it's a waste of time to wonder that.Our heavenly Father loves us and knows we wonder about our eternal home. kimberlynn9854 |
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---kimberlynn on 2/24/07 |
There is NO WAY for you to know any of these facts, so it's not even worth thinking about. Use your time trying to be better Christians here ON EARTH. |
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---Joe on 2/24/07 |
There are no tears in Heaven-we shed enough here do we not? The tears in the Bible are not the ones in Heaven. They are the tears that we will shed as Christians at the Judgment. That is not Heaven and we can all be thankful for that. There is a judgment for Christians and for Non-Christians. that is not in Heaven. Once you get to Heaven as a blood-bought Christian there will be not more tears or sadness or pain! Only love and perfection. Hey you plastic surgeons--you're out of a job:) |
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---Amy on 9/11/06 |
I don't understand,and have been trying to understand since I watched Grant Jefferys last week on TV.He says there will be tears in Heaven,because we will ask Jesus (when we don't see our loved ones)if they are there and if they're not,we will cry.I wonder how long?If there are no tears there,how can this be?Please tell me if you can.Thanks. |
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---Eva on 8/5/06 |
you can able to see your love ones again and not believe your questions is because when i have husband i know that we will be there with me in heaven he always be my husband and same goes when i have children. im 16 years old it's no changes able to see my great grandmother she's not my sister she's my grandmother what call my husband a brother he's my husband put that on the list. im going to see my husband someday he's my husband i going to remember him as that. i think god will let remember love ones |
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---nikki on 10/20/05 |
Brenda you are worrying about something that many Christians with non-Christian families worry about. I too have unsaved children but I believe that (if they are not saved by the time they die) I will not be aware that they are not in heaven with me. If there are no tears in heaven we will not have any sad feelings. we will recognise loved ones who are there but will have no memory of those who are not. How could anyone be happy in heaven if they were thinking of lost loved ones? |
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---Xanthi on 7/20/05 |
Well, our new bodies will be like Jesus' glorious body (Phil 3:21). And he recognized the believers after he got his new body when God raised him from the dead. And he remembered things that happened before he died.
So, since we will be like him (1 John 3:2), we will also recognize the other believers after we get our new bodies. And we'll remember things that happened here. We won't lose our identities at all. What would be the point in that? |
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---Jeffrey on 7/17/05 |
Yes the bible says that you will be known as your known. Your spirit will be known to other spirits. |
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---Rebecca_D on 7/17/05 |
We will reconginze Jesus (I John 3:2 Rev 1:7) so it is reasonable to think that we will be able to recognize other people. I don't doubt that we will know what relationship we were to each other but that relationship will no longer be significant. How could it be any other way? For example, what would happen to the "relationship" between a man and his multple wives who predeceased him? |
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---Bruce5656 on 7/17/05 |
I still am not sure we will know each other in heaven. When I get to heaven and don't see my sons, how will I feel? There are no tears or sadness in heaven, how can I miss my sons if I know they are not there? |
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---Brenda on 7/17/05 |
I believe we will recognze our loved ones. After all our perception and observation will be better than it was before we got there.
Read 1 COR 13: "Now we see ...even as I am known." So our loved ones will know us and we will know our loved ones. No longer will carrying your ID on a card be necessary nor wil we be asked to have our fingerprints taken for ID sake. |
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---Pierr7958 on 7/17/05 |
All the redeemed will be in heaven. We will only know the saved individuals in heaven. For instance if two sisters both are saved, then both will be in heaven. But if only one is saved, then only that one will be in heaven and not the other. |
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---Eloy on 7/17/05 |
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
Revelation 21:4-5
Upon the initial reading of this passage one might get the impression of no. But the promise in verse 5 says that "I make ALL THINGS new."
Chew on that but I don't advise that you attempt to swallow it. |
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---Pharisee on 7/17/05 |
I've often wondered about this very same thing. I certain hope that I'll be able to see and recognize my son that died at a very young age. It's something I've hung on to during difficult times to stay on the road that God lays out for me. |
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---Tammy on 7/17/05 |
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