Thoughts on Sex and the Glory of God.

Thoughts on Sex & The Glory of God.


Last night at the Forum, somebody asked about sex in heaven. Will there be sex in heaven? If not, why not? The question lead to a conversation about the nature of heaven, God’s glory, and the purpose of all pleasures. Here is summation of what was shared.

• Marriage is a signpost that points us forward. Ultimately, it tells the story of the covenantal love between Jesus and His Church. Marriage on earth is a foretaste of the relationship we will enjoy with Jesus forever in heaven. Because it points forward to a greater reality, once that reality has come, the signpost is no longer needed. In fact, the signpost is inferior to the reality much like the sign directing you to the beach is inferior to the beach itself.
• Sex is the climax of pleasure. We experience this pleasure emotionally, physically, chemically, biologically, relationally, and personally. And yet this pleasure is simply a hors’ devours of the pleasure of enjoying God in His glory. That doesn’t make sex less. In fact it elevates it. But, we must not fall in love with the sign that is intended to wet our appetites for the even greater pleasure of communion with God in heaven.
• The material world matters. Often, Christians speak against materialism. But God, in at least one sense is very materialistic. He spoke the cosmos, (material) into existence. When He wanted to make himself know to people, He chose a physical world, a physical garden, and gave humans, the unique bearer’s of His image, physical bodies. When He came to rescue His people, He Himself came in a physical body. Heaven is not the escape from the physical world. Rather, heaven is the resurrection of the physical world, which is currently broken and groaning.

The Glory of God and Heaven make everything matter...