The Gift of Singleness
Dr. Andreas Kostenberger has written a delightfully insightful piece on the subject of singleness. Among the highlights:
"...as Jesus taught, in the final state people will no longer marry but be like the angels in heaven (Matt. 22:30). That is, all of us will spend eternity as singles! When I did research on this chapter for God, Marriage, and Family, I was surprised to find that there is in Scripture a trajectory, or development, from singleness being rare and highly undesirable (OT) to singleness being presented as advantageous for kingdom service and as a divine gift (NT) to singleness being the universal state of humanity in heaven."
A very good read from a very gifted scholar.
posted by Charlie Wallace at
10:37 PM
3 Comments:
Not everbody will be single in the final state.
Those saved during the Millennium will continue to marry and bear children. Only resurrected and raptured saints do not marry.
I think there are some difficulties involved in harmonizing 1 Cor 7 with soem of Paul's statements in 1 Timothy. I think marriage is presented as a norm and possibly even a duty in 1 Timothy.
Every Blessing in Christ
Matthew
Dr. Kostenberger spoke about this very topic briefly tonight in his Advanced Hermeneutics class. This was my first personal interaction with Professor Kostenberger, and I must say that I was very deeply impressed both by his keen mind and his deep humility.
Alex,
Welcome to the site and thanks for your message.
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