Will we know our loved ones who are saved in glory as we do on earth?

Question:

Will we know our loved ones who are saved in glory as we do on earth?



Answer:

Luke 16:19-25 demonstrates that the saved and unsaved in the next life can recognize one another even though they cannot be together.  Moses and Elijah appeared with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration and were somehow recognizable to Peter, James, and John.

 

“Then shall I know even as also I am known” (1 Corinthians 13:12) implies that we will recognize  people we have known on earth (as well as those we have not known), although the particular nature of our earthly relationship may not carry over into heaven, as seen in Matthew 22:30.