50. The state of married couples after death

Virtually everyone who was married in the world either meets his wife after death, if she died first, or waits for her. When they meet, they investigate each other to find what their affection for each other had been; if there had been no mutual affection, they depart of their own accord, for two dissimilar affections and thoughts cannot be brought together, since all affections and consequently thoughts are communicated. If there is not agreement, great discomfort follows, and breathing becomes painful, and a kind of discordant panting, to such an extent that they are forced to separate; and they then associate with others according to their likeness.

10562. 'And You have said, I know you by name' means his character. This is clear from the meaning of 'knowing', in reference to Jehovah, as being aware of and foreseeing from eternity, dealt with in 5309; and from the meaning of 'name' as the character or essential nature of some state, reality, or person, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3004-3011, 3421, 6674, 6887, 8274, 8882, 9310. The character of Moses is implied in the statements that follow. From this it is evident that 'I know you by name', when said by Jehovah, means being aware of and foreseeing from eternity what someone is like.