the following was taken from www.near-death.com/experi...gen14.html

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The Evidence That Jesus Was Married to Mary Magdelene

Despite all these things, I am convinced that the evidence shows that Jesus was not a homosexual (although I would not think less of Jesus if he was) but that the "special disciple" whom Jesus loved was none other than Mary Magdalene. There are some very good reasons to believe that Jesus was married. Here are the major ones:

(1) Jesus was culturally obligated to be married. In those days, Jewish law required every Rabbi to be married. Unmarried men were considered a curse to Jewish society. Jesus said he fulfilled the law and the prophets. The first positive commandment found in the Bible deals with the propagation of the human race (Genesis 1:2 . It was therefore considered the duty of every male in Israel to marry - usually at the age of eighteen. Anyone who remained unmarried after age twenty was considered cursed by God (source: Kid. 29b). So important was marriage to the Jews of ancient Israel that men were frequently compelled by the courts to take a wife (source: M. Zvi Udley, Ph.D). Given the cultural conditions in which Jesus lived, the burden of proof lies with those who do not believe Jesus was married. They must show why Jesus and his parents would have been derelict in their civic responsibilities and not contracted a marriage for Jesus.

(2) According to Josephus, the great Jewish historian, the descendants of David felt a moral obligation to perpetuate their royal heritage because they never knew which one of their descendants would be the chosen Messiah. The Bible shows that Jesus was a direct descendant of David and this made him morally obligated to be married.

(3) Hippolytus and Origen, two earlier Church leaders, wrote that the Song of Solomon was a prophecy of a marital union between Christ and Mary Magdalene.

(4) While the Bible "appears" to be silent on the subject of Jesus' marital status, it was not until late in the second century that any Christian leader denied that Jesus was married. Justin Martyr and Clement of Alexandria believed that a married Jesus was inconsistent with his role as the Savior of the world. Other Church fathers denied that Jesus was married based upon the supposed silence in the Bible about his marital status. They also believed it conflicted with the Church's doctrine of a celibate priesthood and the Church's general view of sex as sinful. The evidence shows that the Church eventually denied the very humanity of Jesus when the council declared him God.

(5) Irenaeus, a second century Christian leader, wrote about the so-called "Doctrine of Recapitulation" which supports the idea of a married Jesus. Irenaeus taught that Jesus symbolically entered every critical stage of human existence and sanctified it. This included a person's family and sexual life.

(6) There was a second century tradition among certain early Christian sects which held that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. There is also Biblical and extra-Biblical evidence of their special relationship as man and wife.

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but not only was Jesus married but GOD ... YAWH .... Father Mother Son Daughter .... that is what YAWH stands for in the ancient Hebrew and ancient cultures of the mid east and the med area ....

and the Gospel in everyones bible .. many perceive as they r TAUGHT that the Gospel of John is written by John ... but not so ... John was written by a woman ... a woman whom Christ loved ... for SHE is the BELOVED OF CHRIST ... the one whom Christ Loved the most .... as stated in JOHN ...

for the appostles knew that Jesus loved one above all the rest .. historians know that also ... and the person is MARY ...

for there were more than 12 apostles ... and unto Mary Christ told secrets too that he did not tell the other MEN ... and the other apostles MEN ... went to MARY and asked her to tell them what Christ told her that Christ would not tell them ....

and she told them .....

and Peter became jealous over this love of a woman that Christ had .... for Peter was called the rock .. but a WOMAN held sway over ALL the apostles ... for Christ Loved her ....

for it was destiny from the begining ... and the end .... love is the key .....

Appaloosa51

Mysteries of love .... life .... and what the church tried to conceal .... for protitutes and tax collectors shall enter heaven before the church people .... for there is something in the heart that matters the most ... and THAT is what GOD seeks .... the heart .... more than anything ....

and Christ LOVED a woman .... and they were married ....

and the chruch removed the books that contain the things of the mysteries of the heavens .. the universe .. and among them ... the marriage of Jesus .... and MORE ....

BEHOLD ... for GOD and the heavens is full of LOVE ...

in ALL ways ....

according to many texts scriptures ancient writings and archaeological evidence ....