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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The Marriage of the Lamb
62-0121E §51
And if He was here on earth, what would He be doing? The same thing He did there, because He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. He'd be mindful about the Father's business, He'd be healing the sick, He'd be performing miracles. He'd be doing just exactly what He did when He was here on earth, because He remains the same yesterday, today, and forever. It's just perfect. That's the marriage.
Future home of the heavenly Bridegroom and the earthly Bride
64-0802 §122
But what did Jesus do? God came down and expressed Himself in the form of a man, a human being; gave his life, instead of staying here (which He was the King), but He gave Himself to redeem the rest! Do you get it? And when it's all over, then it's pulled right back, and God's purpose is fulfilled. There's a eternal King again with his eternal subjects expressed in human flesh. Exactly the way it happened. Sin's took away. The devil's gone. It's all done now,
Future home of the heavenly Bridegroom and the earthly Bride
64-0802 §50
And now, when a baby is borned into the kingdom of God, he comes the same way: water, blood, Spirit. Now notice, sanctification, the third stage---second stage of it, cleanses the mind, sets the heart, the mind of the heart in order of holiness. A man can repent of sin and he's still thinking of ... well, maybe he's a immoral man. Every immoral looking woman he finds, it's still there. Maybe he's a drunkard. Every time he smells a drink, it's still there. See? But then when he gets sanctified, that cleanses that de...
The Marriage of the Lamb
62-0121E §118
Oh, you say, "That won't happen to me." It might. It might. And what if the Holy Spirit never condemns you again, and tells you you're wrong? Then you'll walk out into eternity like that. And you know with that kind of a spirit, you can't do it. Look back through your life, see how you've lived. And look back there, and see if it's that sweet, humble life of Christ, tallying up with all of his Word. If it isn't, then come get right. There's... Why take a substitute when the skies are full of the real Pentecostal bl...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §28
A young couple might get married, and say, "Our first little boy, we're going to call John." If he's never born, John's never here. That's all. The same thing: how many mythical ideas you build up about heaven, how great it is ... if you're not born again you'll not be there. That's just all, see. It's just got to be that way, 'cause it's got to be a birth. God has laid His laws down, and everything works according to His laws, see.