re eternal marriage hall vice ico tek com hal f lillywhite writes in article may athos rutgers edu dhammers pacific david hammerslag writes this paragraph brought to mind a question how do you mormons reconcile the idea of eternal marriage with christ s statement that in the ressurection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage luke chapt deletions i think what jesus is saying here and it is clearest in matthew s and mark s accounts is that marriages will not be performed in the resurrection this goes along with our belief that if a person is to marry at all it must be done on this earth deletions the problem with this view is that the topic under discussion in this passage is marriages that were performed on earth jesus words seem to me to indicate that he regards his response as the answer to their question about which earthly marriage would be valid after the resurrection this being the case the most straightforward interpretation in my opinion is that marriage does not exist in the next life because those who are raised are of a different nature than what we are now other wise why would jesus offer but are like the angels in heaven as a contrast to the idea of the resurrected marrying and being given in marriage we do not have angel like natures now but someday we shall and when we do our earthly marriages will be irrelevant or at least that s what i think jesus is saying about the post resurrection validity of marriages performed on earth your mileage may vary mark
