Will There Be Sex in Heaven?
1) Direct Answer
No. In heaven, in the resurrection, there will be no sex and no marriage. The saints will be like the angels, and the union we rejoice in is our spiritual oneness with Christ.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Jesus said, “In the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven” (Matthew 22:30). Luke adds, “They which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection… neither marry… neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels” (Luke 20:34-36).
- The “marriage supper of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:7-9) is the celebration of the redeemed being joined to Christ. Ephesians says earthly marriage is “a great mystery” pointing to “Christ and the church” (Ephesians 5:31-32). That union is spiritual, not carnal.
- Our bodies will be changed: “Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians 15:50). We will be raised in glory and power (1 Corinthians 15:42-44), fashioned like His glorious body (Philippians 3:21). In that state there is no death, no curse (Revelation 21:4; 22:3), so the earthly order of marrying and multiplying no longer applies.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Marriage and sexual relations belong to this mortal life for companionship and the raising of children. But in the resurrection there is no death, so no need to replenish the earth. That’s why Jesus said we will be like the angels—alive forever, not entering into marriage.
- Our joy and love will be higher, fuller, and purer—perfect fellowship with God and with one another—without the pull of earthly appetites. The “marriage” then is the true spiritual union: Christ in His Bride.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Now notice, the Bible settles it simply: no marrying in the resurrection, like the angels. It’s not a loss, but a higher life—perfect love without temptation, the fullness of Christ with His redeemed.
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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The Marriage of the Lamb
62-0121E §48
Now look. It's so perfect, that when God took and made a man... And to show that He did not want it out of anything different, the woman was not in the original creation. So she is a ... not in the creation, but she's a part of Adam. She's a by-product. He goes into the side of Adam not to make another creature, but taken part of a creature, and made another creature out of it. And He took the masculine spirit that was in Adam, and ... took the feminish spirit that was in Adam rather, and put it over into the woman...
Future home of the heavenly Bridegroom and the earthly Bride
64-0802 §163
Now watch! Look, them hands designed this for his beloved bride. Designed in tenderly love for his bride. Remember that the Holy Ghost descended on Jesus, which Jesus was a part of the earth. Why? The germ of God, the life of God was designed in the womb of a woman (is that right?), which was the earth. All right. And then the life of God came in, so He was the beginning of the creation of God. See? And then that blood of God, that was there by that germ, when it was shed at Calvary, dropped back upon the earth. Wh...
Future home of the heavenly Bridegroom and the earthly Bride
64-0802 §129
In a new earth, new heavens will never be blackened again. When this new earth is to come, the devil will be bound. Satan, he's still loose now; he's accuser, but in the new earth, he will be bound and cast into the lake of fire, in this holy fire.
Questions and Answers on Genesis
53-0729 §103
Then look. You say, "Well, now, Brother Branham, do you mean to tell me there's going to be ... that people that's going to be there at the white throne judgment?" The bride will never be judged. No, sir. She's in Christ. How do you get in Christ? "By one Spirit we are all baptized into one body." Is that right? Now, look, look here. The Bible said, "Judgment was set, and the books were opened." Is that right? Books of sinners. "And another book was opened," which is the book of life, and every man was judged thus....
The Marriage of the Lamb
62-0121E §65
Church has done the same, committing spiritual fornication as the woman that would share her love, from her husband to another man. That woman's not fit to be lived with. You know that. And when the church begins to share her fellowship with the world... God's a jealous God. He put Israel away because of that, and his Son will put the same thing away. He's going to have a bride that hasn't got a wrinkle in her. Amen. Wholly washed by the blood of his own self. That's right. So we see where we stand, the wedding get...