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.
Ask a Follow-up Question
What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The invisible union of the Bride of Christ
65-1125 §91
But you remember, when it went down, and the grain began to ripen, you find that before that grain can ripen, everything in that stalk has to be dead. Hallelujah! Can't you see where we are standing? Life is in the grain again! What is it? Just exactly like the same grain that went in the ground! The same Jesus in the Bride form. Same power, same Church, same thing, same Word. The same Word sucked up through these and come out here and come to a head here. And all that life that come through there picked up its peo...
Future home of the heavenly Bridegroom and the earthly Bride
64-0802 §108
...l right, passed---the old sabbath's passed. Jesus raised on the eighth day. That was a solemn day, holy, and it wasn't a day, 'cause day, a time had done run out. It passed into eternity. See it swung right back to the first day again, see. Eternity's like a ring; you can't find no corner to it; you can't find no stopping place in a perfect circle. You go on and on. I don't care how far you go, you're still going. You start going around like this; go through the floor; go through the earth; go beyond the earth; you...
Future home of the heavenly Bridegroom and the earthly Bride
64-0802 §96
Now we find that this earth will hold the kings of the earth, and again in Matthew 5:5, Jesus said, "the meek shall inherit the earth." It isn't going to just---going to have another earth; it's just going to be the same earth. I'm trying to get the plan of redemption to you before---if I don't get nothing else, see. The baptism of fire on it only is to cleanse it and make it a fit place for his meek to live in. See? Oh! Like He did us---this creation to live in---before He could come in it, He had to give us the b...
Questions and Answers, Part 4
64-0830E §68
QUESTION: Will there be, or is there now a place for the bride to gather together to live, like when Moses led the children of Israel. I'm going to answer that question for you; it was just revealed to me. I'm going to tell you the truth. Yes, sir! There's a place for all the bride to gather. You want to know where it's at? In Christ. Correct. Just gather in there; we're all together.
Fellowship by redemption
55-0403 §76
Now, if I have quoted to you the Scripture right, listen what God said here in His Word. Listen what Jesus said here. "He that heareth my words," that's the Gospel being preached "and believeth," in his heart, "on him that sent me, hath," that's present tense, right now, "everlasting life," that can't die. And the right... Now, you might not know Greek. But the right Greek translation is ... has zoe, which means, "God's own life." Has zoe, "and shall never come into condemnation; but passed from death unto life." H...