Crazy question: If we can eat in heaven, can we also..

[4Godisjust]

This is hard for me to even answer...I am very modest on these types of thing's......I don't think it will happen to us the raptured saint's, people living in the mill kingdom, yes...they will procreate and have children....but once we are gone WE are changed... Besides I hope we don't because I want to be more like our Jesus and not be allowed to have the temptation to sin or lead someone to sin... I have asked God to take this from me, people put way to much stock in it, and lean more toward keeping in the word and away from this world and the way it think's.....( not jugeing, I'm just trying to stay on that narrow path )

[raptureshoes]

1. Christ ate after he was resurrected. He had his new body. So we will eat too. The bible says that animals will no longer be meat eating but will eat grasses etc.

2. I hate fruit. I am counting on the fact that there will be pizza. Meatless is fine.

3. I don't believe there will be intercourse but something(s) just as satisfying. The Bible tells us that Heaven holds things for us that it is impossible for our human mind to comprehend.

4. Where does it say that Adam and Eve had intercourse before sin? They could have been here thousands of years before the apple so why didn't they have children prior to sin?

5. It is hard to imagine a world without babies.

6. God wants us to be happy. Food and our pets make us happy so I believe that both will be in Heaven.

[Cherished]

Yeah, Probably. I don't see a verse otherwise.
They would not have died ever. Death entered the world because they ate from a tree that they weren't supposed to eat. Disobedience = Sin = Death



Self Defeating?

Ha! I think not.

You answered your own question!

They were allowed to freely eat any fruit. Just not the one he told them not to.

Food was to be enjoyed. They ate the one he told them not to.

Who's wrong now. (not being mean in any way)

You may not be being mean, but immature definitely fits. Warrior, I have noticed that you seem to think very highly of your own opinion. So far I have seen you need to be "right" and you completely disregard anyone's opinion that differs from yours. Hoot has much to offer, and you would do well to learn. (Just because he likes crunchy hot dogs doesn't mean he doesn't have wisdom to offer.) Your use of the fainting and twitching smiley also make you come across as superior. Just because you think you have it figured out, doesn't mean others arrive easily at a conclusion. I am not saying this to embarrass you, but rather to let you see how you are coming across to me.

[Cherished]

Well, I rather not get too deep into the biology here, but.....it doesn't.

And besides, that's not answering the question really, it's more like sidestepping it

Paradigm, it's okay that your advanced age is making you a bit senile. Is sidestepping like two stepping?

[Paradigm]

I would prefer to be "like the Angels" as the Bible says. I have no need to hang on to desires I didn't ask to have in the first place

My question is in regards to the way I see it logically. Why is a function that is processed in the same part of the brain only going to work half way?

Paradigm, it's okay that your advanced age is making you a bit senile. Is sidestepping like two stepping?

Sure, it's two stepping but sideways

[WarriorOfTheFather]

You may not be being mean, but immature definitely fits. Warrior, I have noticed that you seem to think very highly of your own opinion. So far I have seen you need to be "right" and you completely disregard anyone's opinion that differs from yours. Hoot has much to offer, and you would do well to learn. (Just because he likes crunchy hot dogs doesn't mean he doesn't have wisdom to offer.) Your use of the fainting and twitching smiley also make you come across as superior. Just because you think you have it figured out, doesn't mean others arrive easily at a conclusion. I am not saying this to embarrass you, but rather to let you see how you are coming across to me.

I'm sorry you think of me in such a way.
Never do I think of myself highly than others.
Dark thoughts do come into my mind as Pridefulness, but I know it is a fools intelligence.
My post was really in regards to what might be a feasible answer.
I know I'm not 100 or even 50 percent correct at times.
I already said that no one can be really sure if you read my posts.
The fainting smilies were me expressing fatigue not superiority.
I don't blame you for thinking that I usually am this way.
I'm sorry if I offended you. Please forgive me I'm not perfect.

[WarriorOfTheFather]

I would prefer to be "like the Angels" as the Bible says. I have no need to hang on to desires I didn't ask to have in the first place

My question is in regards to the way I see it logically. Why is a function that is processed in the same part of the brain only going to work half way?



Sure, it's two stepping but sideways

What does it have to do with Satisfaction or Fuctionality in the Brain?

I admire your questions, but it is asking too much.

Sounds like you want a Scientifical answer to go along with Scripture.

Why can't we just leave it for what it is?

[Lainy68]

You know, that's a puzzling question. Adam and Eve might have had children in the garden prior to their sin--but if that were the case and the children were sinless, would have they been cast out as well--or would have God protected them inside the garden until it was destroyed. Perhaps they too sinned at some point which would answer the question of where Cain got his wife. Dunno. It's not for anyone to surmise anything outside of the Bible until we can get home and ask once and for all what happened with all that business in the Garden.

[Lainy68]

What does it have to do with Satisfaction or Fuctionality in the Brain?

I admire your questions, but it is asking too much.

Sounds like you want a Scientifical answer to go along with Scripture.

Why can't we just leave it for what it is?

That's the beauty of Heaven... we can leave our brains behind.

[tlroffice]

I, for one, hope that we will have both food and sex in Heaven. God designed both food and sex for dual purposes (for sustenance and for pleasure), and I hope that they will be continued in Heaven and the MK.

I cannot imagine not having my husband and my family by my side for eternity...not that I don't want to meet you guys

[WarriorOfTheFather]

I, for one, hope that we will have both food and sex in Heaven. God designed both food and sex for dual purposes (for sustenance and for pleasure), and I hope that they will be continued in Heaven and the MK.

I cannot imagine not having my husband and my family by my side for eternity...not that I don't want to meet you guys

This is Great!
I really understand how you feel.
I've always wondered if there still may be a chance to do these things.
I am not married and I don't know if I will ever get married in case the rapture does happen soon.
But we have to follow God no matter what.
Thank him for what we do have in this world!

[skywatcher]

This whole discussion reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Cocoon!

I think the name of the young female alien was "Kitty"......

She and Jack were romantically interested in one another, and they included a memorable pool scene.

She had promised to "share herself "(I think that was the phrase?) with him. Well, Jack is sure she means sexually (as we earthlings know it ) and immediately walks toward her in the pool.
Kitty stops him, having him wait on his side of the pool and then sends this huge energy wave of delight his way, zapping him with ecstasy!

My point in mentioning all this is just that, while I think Jesus indicated to us that there will be no sexual intercourse for those of us in glorified bodies, He will not leave us disappointed!

Sex here, in loving marriage, is just the merest hint of the glories our Lord has for us, and I really don't believe any of us will be disappointed!
I think we will be in families, as we are here. I fully expect my DH to be at my side, but we will share so much more intimately than we ever have been able to do here!

Thank You, Lord!

Jan

[KaiafromBergen]

Marriage, and the coming together in the Marriage bed is a representation of the Mystery that exists between Christ and His Bride - the idea of being joined together where the two become one.

This Symbol has always been, before and after the Fall. But, since sin entered the scene, this Mystery has become even more important to humans - so much so, that Lucifer has done everything possible to pervert it.

Jesus, paid the "Bride Price" for us on the Cross. When we are Raptured, we will be with our Bridge Groom and we will be finally "complete." We will not need the intimacy of sex, there will be intimacy just being in the Presence of our Groom in a way that sex could never fulfill.

[HeIsEnough]

If we can eat in heaven, are we also able to have intercourse?

Luke 20:35
But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage,

No marriage, no intercourse.

[Paradigm]

You guys are not understanding my question.

If there is no sex in Heaven, then by proxy there should be no eating either. Unless Jesus wants to throw logic out the window, and that's his call, it's his universe

[Paradigm]

No marriage, no intercourse.

Why no intercourse for pleasure but yes to eating for pleasure? I can't wrap my mind around this from a logical point of view.

1. Christ ate after he was resurrected. He had his new body. So we will eat too. The bible says that animals will no longer be meat eating but will eat grasses etc.

Jesus eating with his glorified body is about the only piece of evidence I can see in the Bible that we will eat in heaven. Is it possible that he ate as a means to blend into his disciples? Sort of to take away their fears that we was a ghost and show them he was physically there? kind of like an android is capable of eating, but it doesn't really taste anything, it's just simulating the act

As for animals, I'm not aware that they will be receiving glorified bodies. From my understanding, they are basically being reset to pre-sin status, like in the Garden of Eden.

[KaiafromBergen]

You guys are not understanding my question.

If there is no sex in Heaven, then by proxy there should be no eating either. Unless Jesus wants to throw logic out the window, and that's his call, it's his universe

Who's logic are you talking about - Yours or God's?

[HeIsEnough]

Why no intercourse for pleasure but yes to eating for pleasure?

It was your "question."

If you want to couple food into the equation, it is somewhat of a different thing, yes?

[Paradigm]

Who's logic are you talking about - Yours or God's?

I don't pretend to understand God's mind. Do you?

It was your "question."

If you want to couple food into the equation, it is somewhat of a different thing, yes?

I suppose my question is relating to both acts. Why is one act allowed and the other one isn't, when from a biological standpoint they are very similar in nature.

[HeIsEnough]

Why is one act allowed and the other one isn't, when from a biological standpoint they are very similar in nature.

Intercourse is designed to be in marriage. (it is unnecessary beyond reproduction)

Food is food.

I think your saying they are somehow 'philosophically' similar. They are quite different.