Will I Be With My Husband In Heaven? | Hard Questions

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The video addresses a heartfelt question about whether an individual will be reunited with their deceased husband in heaven, specifically noting that he passed away from COVID years ago. The pastor begins by clarifying a crucial theological prerequisite: both spouses must accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior to enter heaven together. If this condition is met for the couple, they are guaranteed reunion; however, it is important to understand that marriage itself does not continue in its earthly form after death. According to Scripture, particularly Matthew 22:30, there will be no marriages in the resurrection because believers will instead exist like angels of God, free from sin and human institutions. Despite the absence of marital status in heaven, the pastor emphasizes that this reality should not diminish hope or love for one's spouse. On the contrary, relationships with those we have loved on earth will deepen significantly in eternity without the hindrance of sin. The earthly marriage is described as merely a poor imitation of the perfect unity and intimacy that believers will experience in God's presence. Therefore, while the legal bond of matrimony ends at death, the emotional connection and knowledge of one another will be far greater than ever before, allowing for a closer relationship with both the spouse and God Himself. Regarding the location of heaven, the discussion shifts from viewing it as a distant physical place to understanding it as a spiritual realm existing in a different dimension entirely. The pastor explains that Revelation 21 speaks of a new heaven and a new earth replacing the current ones, indicating that our present sky is not where God resides but rather part of an old creation that will pass away. Heaven cannot be reached by traveling through space or time because it operates outside physical laws; instead, it is akin to other biblical instances like Stephen seeing Jesus standing at God's right hand while dying on earth. Ultimately, the video concludes that heaven should not be visualized as a location billions of light-years away but rather as an immediate spiritual presence where God dwells. This perspective aligns with accounts in Scripture where individuals were granted glimpses into this higher realm during their earthly lives. The assurance given to those who ask is one of confident reunion for saved believers, promising that the love shared on earth will be perfected and expanded infinitely in eternity within a dimension accessible only through faith rather than physical travel.

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My question is when I leave this world, my husband passed away several years ago of COVID, can I be guaranteed that I will be with my husband? And where is heaven? >> Well, Pastor Glaze is going to answer this. Maybe her husband's invisible, too. No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. >> Well, yeah, I just have a quick story. There was a rich guy uh that was sick, and he told his wife, "You know, whenever I die, to put my riches go to bank put my riches in the uh in the attic, and I'll get them on the way up." So, the funeral took place, and she remembered what he said, and she went up in the attic, and the riches were still there. She said, "Maybe I should have put them in the basement." >> Oh, oh, oh. Wow. >> [laughter] >> Wow. >> Anyway. But, you know, that you know, I know that's this is a serious question. I just wanted to get that in. I just you know, a little levity, man. But, uh you know, uh the fact of the matter is is first of all, you and your husband have to be saved. >> Yes. >> You know that if if if you are saved and have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, if your husband has accepted uh both of you will be in heaven. Now, the fact is Jesus said this himself that there's no marriage in heaven. So, as much as I love Angie Glaze, and uh I love that woman with all my heart, as as much as I love Angie Glaze, when I get to heaven, we won't be married anymore. >> Okay. >> You know, we'll be we'll know that we were married here on this earth. You know, we'll share a lot of memories that we had in marriage, but we will not be married when we get to heaven. So, she will see her husband again if both of them were saved. Uh it's just that, you know, God will not recognize them as being a married couple in heaven. >> That's right. >> He he'll recognize the fact that they were married on this earth, you know, but in heaven there's there's no marriage. >> Right. Plus the scripture, Matthew 22:29, Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection, they'll neither marry nor be given in marriage, but like the angels of God in heaven." So, there'll be no marriage, but here's a thought that I I threw in here. You'll be with him as an overcomer, >> Mhm. >> but not as a marriage partner. If you're saved. >> Yeah. >> Uh you you'll definitely be there, but that relationship with God is going to be so much more, so much more. >> I I have to ask you guys though, what about that second part? Where is heaven? I mean, that was part of the question, too. Any thoughts? >> I can quickly and I'll throw it right back to you. You know, one of the things that when people think of heaven, like where we're going to spend forever, that heaven isn't there yet. Cuz in Revelation 21, it says there's a new heaven and new earth, for the first heaven and first earth have passed away. So, now we have the the first heaven, which is considered uh the where the sky and then then the second heaven, outer space, and then third heaven is wherever, how far out there is that you can go to get out there to where God is. And so, those are um I want people to realize that that first heaven though is going to be gone where God is now, and there's a new one and new earth that's going to be created. >> I'll say something about that, but let me just the first part real quick. Um yes, I I agree with the guys that they're not going to be married in heaven. We're not married. That's why the vows are till death do us part when we do the vows. Um but, I do want to say this to her, you will actually love your husband more in heaven than you love him now. You'll know him more. You'll have a closer relationship. You know, marriage is a is a a poor imitation of the the oneness that we'll have in heaven without sin. And ever So, so don't think oh, it's going to be less. It's going to be better. But, I would say I I look at heaven more as like a another dimension that we are not allowed to see into. Not as a place per se, um but like when Stephen was seeing, you know, he's he's dying and he looks up and he sees Jesus standing at the right hand. He was allowed to see that. He was there. Or you know, Elisha showing the servant all those chariots that were there. You know, like uh that's the way I look at it. It's not like 60 billion kazillion light years somewhere. Heaven could break in whenever God wants. >> If I could say this real quick cuz I think you hit the nail on the head that heaven is in a almost like a different realm, you know, because if you could get on a spaceship and travel far enough eventually you could get to heaven and that can never happen. So I think heaven is in another dimension, you know, just you know, whenever we die, you know, it's it's not a place that we can >> It's a spiritual realm different from the physical realm. >> Exactly. So that's great great great discussion and thank you for the question. >> [music]