The Fifth of an On-going Series
of Biblical Answers
Will I have my family
in heaven?
Ephesians 6:1
King
James Version (KJV)
6 1 Children,
obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
KINGDOM DYNAMICS
That obedience which God
demands from their children, in their behalf, includes an inward reverence, as
well as the outward expressions and acts. Obey in the Lord. Some take this as a
limitation, and understand it thus: “as far as is consistent with your duty
to God.” We must not disobey our heavenly Father in obedience to earthly
parents; for our obligation to God is prior and superior to all others.
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or the proof of this the
apostle quotes the law of the fifth commandment, which Christ was so far from
designing to abrogate and repeal that he came to confirm it, as appears by his
vindicating it, Matt. 15:4 Honour thy father and mother (Eph.
6:2), which honour implies reverence, obedience, and relief and
maintenance, if these be needed. The apostle adds, which is the first
commandment with promise. The promise is, that it may be well with
thee, etc., Eph. 6:3. Observe, whereas the promise in the commandment has
reference to the land of Canaan, the apostle hereby shows that this and other
promises, which we have in the Old Testament relating to the land of Canaan,
are to be understood more generally. That you may not think that the Jews only,
to whom God gave the land of Canaan, were bound by the fifth commandment, he
here gives it a further
sense, that it may be well
with thee, etc. Outward prosperity and long life are blessings promised to
those who keep this commandment.
T here is no
reason to suppose that there could not be families in heaven. However, all Christians are part of God’s
family now, and the bonds that draw human families together probably will not
be necessary in heaven. There, we will
all be part of one enormouse family, and we will all feel a deep love for
everyone else. There will not be the
idea that "I am here with my wife and the two of us are separate from
everyone else." We will all be one in Christ (Eph. 3:14, 15).
Through we will probably
have families in heaven, note two things: First, your husband or wife or child
or parent will be in heaven with you-if you are a Christian-only if they have
been born again by the Spirit of God (John 3:3, 5 ).
Your closeness to God will
not save the members of your family.
They must have their own personal relationships with Jesus Christ (Acts
16:31). Second, Jesus said there
will no longer be human procreation in heaven, and the necessity of mating and
child nurture will cease (Mark 12:25).
Be always prepared,
Janet Thomas
Founder/President/CEO
Bible Stories Theatre of
Fine & Performing Arts
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