Comments on: Would it be a bad thing if Jesus was married?

By: wynn manners

wynn manners — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:14:45 +0000

Everything Jesus said & did are *not* recorded in the canonized Bible. Christ has *not* been Silent for the past 1700 years.
Jerome (340-420), who translated the Scriptures into Latin, writing in the period when the Biblical Canon was established, wrote about the Apocrypha: Those books “were read for edification, but not for confirming the authority of church doctrine.”
The Biblical canon was chosen *not* for Fullness of Divine Truth, not for completeness of revelation about Jesus — but “for confirming the authority of church doctrine”.
The Bride cannot recognize her True Husband when the “Jesus” the Bride worships is an idol of her own faulty beliefs — thru believing in a canon that was compiled & edited by those who had already, in lack of spirit, divorced the Living Christ, to establish *their* temporal pseudo-authority over others — a canon constructed by *men* to replace direct on-going communion with the Holy Spirit Who Jesus, himself, pointed those who loved him to *instead* of to any scriptures. [John 14:16]
The Aramaic & Hebrew words translated “Spirit” are feminine. Jesus called the Holy Spirit *She* and not “he”. The Latin translation of Jerome changed the “She” Jesus used to the “he” that people who don’t *know* the Living Jesus still use.
~~in Christ,
~~wynn manners

By: Kristy

Kristy — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:05:40 +0000

I think that if Jesus was married with children, the Bible would most certainly tell us. Many times God, and other people in the Bible, refers to Himself as “Abba, Father.” And many times Jesus is referred to as the bridegroom and the church His bride. I would think Jesus would be called differently if He had a wife and family. Plus, the scriptures talk about marriage and parenthood (Ephesians) and if He were married and with family, why wouldn’t Paul use Him as an example of a noble husband and committed father?
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Great comment–Jesus is a noble husband and committed father … of the church! John Piper explains it like this:
“King Jesus came into the world to take a wife. Not a harem. And not for sex. But to give her pleasures that make sex taste like cardboard. He paid for her with his life. And he is now at work by his Spirit and by his word purifying and beautifying her for himself and for her joy.”
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By: Amanda Marshall

Amanda Marshall — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:53:52 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly … it would be a bad thing if Jesus was married. It would totally open the door to questions around what’s not in the bible. Based on Jesus’ teachings, we know that we are supposed to die to ourselves (sinful nature) and become more like Jesus. As a result, I would say that it is really important that we know and understand all that we can about who Jesus was and is. Why would he then leave out something as significant as being a husband? Jesus is everything He said he is … and He did not say He was a husband.
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You’re right–it’s so important to get to know Jesus through his own words, not commentaries and speculations written hundreds of years after his life on earth.
After I read your post, it reminded of what Scripture says about Jesus as a husband … to the church. Remember that passage in Ephesians 5?
“‘A man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.” “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her [there’s the price he paid!], that he might sanctify her . . . so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing.” (Ephesians 5:25-27)
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