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Will people in heaven have wings?
Will we that are saved have wings when we get
to heaven?
Man
is never seen having wings, but certain angelic beings do. Isaiah 6:1-3 describes the
seraphims: "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood THE SERAPHIMS:
EACH ONE HAD SIX WINGS; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his
feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is
the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory." The angelic
beings, the cherubims (of which Satan is a fallen cherub) are also seen with wings.
Ezekiel 10:3-15 says, "Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when
the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. Then the glory of the LORD went up
from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was
filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory. And
the sound of the CHERUBIMS' WINGS was heard even to the outer court, as the voice
of the Almighty God when he speaketh. And it came to pass, that when he had
commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from
between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. And one cherub
stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between
the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that
was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out. And there appeared in the
cherubims THE FORM OF A MAN'S HAND UNDER THEIR WINGS. And when I looked, behold the four
wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and
the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. And as for their
appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the
place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. And their
whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and THEIR WINGS, and the wheels, were full
of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. As for the wheels, it was
cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. And every one had four faces: the first face was
the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third
the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. And the cherubims were lifted up.
This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar."
As was mentioned, Satan is a fallen angelic being, a cherub. Ezekiel 28:13-16 says, "Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. THOU ARE THE ANOINTED CHERUB that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I WILL DESTROY THEE, O COVERING CHERUB, from the midst of the stones of fire."
We must remember that man is a distinct creation of God, and not an angelic being of any sort (and never will be an angelic being). When Jesus came to earth in a body of flesh, the Bible makes it very clear that He did not come as an angelic being (as the Mormons, Latter Day Saints, teach -- they teach that Jesus is Lucifer's spirit-brother). Hebrews 2:14-17 says, "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily HE TOOK NOT ON HIM THE NATURE OF ANGELS; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people."
Saved people will one day be like the angels only in the sense that we will no longer be subject to death, and we will not have marriages and children (which is another false doctrine of the Mormons, Latter Day Saints, who teach that the more wives you have here, the larger your family will be in heaven, etc.). Matthew 22:23-32 says, "The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For IN THE RESURRECTION THEY NEITHER MARRY, NOR ARE GIVEN IN MARRIAGE, BUT ARE AS THE ANGELS OF GOD in heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." Luke 20:34-36 says, "And Jesus answering said unto them, THE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD MARRY, and are given in marriage: BUT THEY WHICH SHALL BE ACCOUNTED WORTHY TO OBTAIN THAT WORLD, AND THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD, NEITHER MARRY, NOR ARE GIVEN IN MARRIAGE: NEITHER CAN THEY DIE ANY MORE: FOR THEY ARE EQUAL UNTO THE ANGELS; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."
The reason that many people think that man will one day have wings in heaven, is because of the false assumption that when good people die, they go to heaven and become angels. Man was created distinctively different than the angels, and man will never become an angel. Saved people in heaven will only be "like" the angels in the sense of not being subject to death anymore, and not marrying.
