So back to that question.......
So what do you think? Was she or wasn't she married to Jesus? Does it matter? Did she have a child? How does it affect our salvation? Does anyone care? Have we lost the message in our own human desire for control? Is there so much analysis and invention that that real truth lies hidden in history for ever? Of course it could be simply that none of it really matters, because a relationship with God is not dependant on anyone other than ourselves and God. That was the whole message of Jesus Christ. The entire reason for the temple curtain tearing in half. etc etc.,... so why is the whole world getting over airated about this poor woman who may or may not have been in love with Jesus of Nazareth. Actually, it makes perfect sense to me. As a Jew and a Rabbi, people would have expected him to be married, they probably wouldnt have listened to a single word he said otherwise. And in any case, as I understand it, my salvation depends on Christ being both fully human and fully divine. Well how could he have experienced and embraced his humanity fully, if he did not have intimate relationships with other human beings. It is at the root of who we are. Ground zero for humanity. the human experience is incomplete without sex! So therefore by my reckoning, if he didn't do 'IT', then my salvation is at stake! Which of course leads me to another controversial point... to have explored his humanity and sexuality fully....would probably mean that Jesus would have been intimate with someone of his own gender as well. Possibly John (the disciple Jesus loved)....Ouch... now where in the equasion of creation does God specifcate about gender and sexuality? No where. Only to do with reproduction. Which of course requires one of each... So whose issue is it? Not God's and certainly not Jesus's because he never mentions it once in any of the gospels. No where in the words of Jesus does he talk about sexuality, either his or anyone elses. He mentions love often enough. Interesting I note, historically and as portrayed in Mel Gibson's film the three people closest to Jesus and who followed him to his death, faithfully and unswervingly, were his mother - of course; bless her broken heart; and Mary Magdalene and John. Hmm? Oh and who did he choose to be the witness of his resurrection? Mary Magdalene. Hmm? Intrieguing. I wonder just how much the 'church' has actually twisted the truth and formed it to manipulate people for hundreds of years. No where in any document can I find a truth that tells me that Christ's divinity depends on his celibacy! I find I can only hold to what I know in my heart to be true. That regardless of hundred's of people's analysis, decisions and theologies, Jesus the true incarnation of God, the Saviour and Redeemer of us all walked this earth, and changed people's lives for ever. He lived a human life, and experienced all of his humanity, for our benefit. I can only draw the conclusion for myself, that Yes i believe, Mary Magdalene, or 'Miriam' in Hebrew which means "bitterness", "rebelliousness", "wished for child" and "drop of the sea" Was more than likely the bride of Christ. As the aspect of Sophia did in the old times...so Miriam, would have brought balance to a male dominated world. But she like so many other women was hidden by men who feared her power, and lied about and hounded from her home land. And if she indeed carried the child of Christ, who knows what is the truth now, except that Jesus loved her, and that is good enough for me... Of course i wonder what the 'church' would have said had a relationship with John been the focus for attention! Hmm????
posted by Kaz @ 4:28 pm
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