Is There a Mother in Heaven? Part 8 of 10—Is Marriage Forever?

Remember what Jesus said? God did the joining. Let no man put it asunder. Man cannot break what God has joined together. That sounds pretty forever to me!

Yet, how easy we break those marriage vows here on earth. Divorce is rampant, even among professed Christians. I, myself, have been divorced three times! Not that I’m proud of the fact; I’m not.

Originally there was no divorce, but as Jesus said:

“Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.” ( Matthew 19:8.)

This means that God originally, and still does, intend marriage to last forever. And here’s something else to remember:

“I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.” (Ecclesiastes 3:14.)

So there you have it! How could it be otherwise?

Either God married Adam and Eve or he didn’t. If he didn’t, then the scriptures are lying to us. If he did, then he married them to be together forever. There was no “till death do you part” in this first marriage, a pattern we were all apparently supposed to emulate, according to Jesus.

To say “Till death do you part” to a newly married couple suggests God is not in the marriage, for “whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever.” Any way you look at it, “Till death do you part” is not forever.

To repeat: “Till death do you part” is not forever, and forever is how God does things, at least according to Ecclesiastes 3:14.

Do you remember the power Jesus gave to his chosen disciples?

“Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 18:18.)

He might as well have said, “Whatsoever ye shall join together in marriage on earth shall be joined together in marriage in heaven . . . forever bound and sealed!”

So, if one of the twelve apostles married a man and a woman in the days of Jesus or thereafter, they were bound and sealed together on earth and in heaven . . . forever!

Wow! No “till death do you part”—the same as in the first marriage!

Think about it. How would you rather have your marriage: Forever in heaven or “till death do you part”? That power existed in the original church and it came straight from Christ himself.

Is this binding power the apostles were given the same power that God used to join Adam and Eve together forever? While the wording is slightly different, I believe it is the same power. I certainly don’t see anything to suggest it isn’t.