Will There Be Obese People or Dwarfs in Heaven, Since God Made Man to Have Variety?
1) Direct Answer
No. In heaven there will be no obesity, no dwarfism, no deformity, and no effects of the fall. All the redeemed will be changed into a perfect, glorified body—balanced, whole, and in the prime of life—yet still themselves.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- The Bible says our bodies will be changed to be like His: “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body” (Philippians 3:21).
- The resurrection body is “raised in incorruption… raised in glory… raised in power… a spiritual body” (1 Corinthians 15:42–44, 49). Corruption and weakness are gone.
- “God shall wipe away all tears… there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain” (Revelation 21:4). Pain, disease, and defect do not enter there.
- The Kingdom promise is restoration: “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened… the lame man leap as an hart” (Isaiah 35:5–6). What was lacking is made whole.
- “We shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). Like Christ—recognizable, real, but glorified (Luke 24:39).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Obesity, dwarfism, and every bodily defect are marks of the present fallen order. The resurrection removes the fall’s damage and restores God’s original intention.
- Variety is God’s delight in identity, tribes, tongues, gifts, and glory (Revelation 7:9; 1 Corinthians 15:38–41). But variety is not deformity. God’s diversity remains; the curse does not.
- We will still be ourselves and know one another, but without any excess, lack, sickness, or limitation.
Short Reinforcing Statement
You see, God doesn’t carry the scars of the fall into glory. He perfects His people. The body will be like Jesus’—whole, strong, and glorious. So, no obesity, no dwarfism—only the redeemed in perfect, restored bodies to the praise of His grace.
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The stature of a perfect man
62-1014M §36
Now God... The Bible said here that... Stephen spoke of Solomon building a temple, and the most High don't dwell in temples made with hands. For "Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. And where is the place of my rest?... but a body has thou prepared me. [Amen! There you are.] A body hast thou prepared me." God dwells in the stature of a man, reflecting Himself into that being---perfect worship. God in us being his tabernacle, God manifesting. Oh, how we could stay on that till you'd almost suffocate in h...
El-Shaddai
59-0416 §54
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Why?
60-0309 §36
Why?" God made a way. Then why don't you receive it? Now you could kind of straighten this medicine proposition out. You can kind of wonder about that, because it helps some and kills some. It's not too accurate, because every person's body is not like a guinea pig, and we all are different one from another. I want to get on that this week if I could, how that one tries to impersonate another. You can never do that. God never made two people alike. You just go the way the Holy Spirit leads you. We might take the mi...
I will restore
53-1110 §7
God is a God of variety. And all Christianity is based upon the resurrection. If I drop this letter on the floor... Now, resurrection is not put this one in it's place, but resurrection is bring up, the same letter that went down, in it's place again. Is that right? Therefore, Christianity is based on resurrection that when we come back to this earth again, I won't be some kind of an angel with wings a flopping. I'll be a man just like I am now, resurrected. And in the resurrection there'll be... We'll differ from...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever
61-0205E §19
Did you ever see people you love to be around? Just love to be around them, because they create an atmosphere---heavenly---and you like to be around them. Others seem to be good people, but you just have to get away once in awhile, that... You know what I mean. And yet they seem to be good people. It's not creative. And man was made to be a god. We know that. Genesis 1:26, he had domain over the whole earth, and he was made to be an amateur god. And now when he receives God, he becomes a son of God again. He was ma...