why did jesus not marry, is it b'coz he had no father?
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1: He had a father, God 2: He knew that it only would bring pain when His wife saw that he died (a horrible death at that)
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Well, that would make him more human than divine (or, at least, in some people's minds, detract from his divinity).  For pretty much the same reason, the Catholic Church upholds the idea that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a perpetual virgin.  (They state that she and Joseph never consummated their marriage.  To have had siblings would have made Jesus too human.  People would have pointed to the mortality of the siblings as arguement that Jesus was merely a human philosopher.)\nAlso, a belief system that would have allowed for such an idea as the marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene would have set up a complicated sytem of privilege.  Claimants of descent from Jesus would have caused huge political consequences, if such claims didn't otherwise doom the religion early on.\nIn short, such a belief would have complicated the religion.
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We do not believe in Jesus, because he did not fulfill the requirements for the Jewish Messiah.  These are:\n   1. The Messiah is born of two human parents, as we said.But Jesus, according to Christian theology, was born of a union between a Human woman and God, rather than two HUMAN parents, as was Hercules, and Dionysis, as well as many other pagan gods.\n   2. The Messiah can trace his lineage through his human biological father, back to King David (Isaiah 11:1,10; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 34:23-24; 37:21-28; Jeremiah 30:7-10; 33:14-16; and Hosea 3:4-5). But Jesus's lineage cannot go through his human father, according to Christian theology, as Jesus's father was not Joseph the husband of Mary. According to Christian theology, Jesus's father was God.\n   3. The Messiah traces his lineage only through King Solomon (II Samuel 7:12-17; I Chronicles 22:9-10). But according to Luke 3:31, Jesus was a descendant of Nathan, another son of King David, and not a descendant of King David through King Solomon.\n   4. The Messiah cannot trace his lineage through Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, or Shealtiel, because this royal line was cursed (I Chronicles 3:15-17; Jeremiah 22:18,30). But according to both Matthew 1:11-12 and Luke 3:27, Jesus was a descendant of Shealtiel. \n\nAccording to the Jewish definition of the term, the Real Messiah will make changes in the real world, changes that one can see and perceive and be able to prove because these changes take place in the real world. It is for this task that the real messiah has been anointed in the first place, hence the term, messiah -- one who is anointed. These changes, that one will be able to see and perceive in the real world, include:\n\n   1. The Messiah is preceded by Elijah the prophet who, with the Messiah, unifies the family (Malachi 4:5-6), which is contradicted by Jesus in Matthew 10:34-37.\n   2. The Messiah re-establishes the Davidic dynasty through the messiah's own children (Daniel 7:13-14). But Jesus had no children.\n   3. The Messiah brings an eternal peace between all nations, between all peoples, and between all people (Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-4; Ezekiel 39:9). Obviously there is no peace. Furthermore, Jesus said that his purpose in coming was to bring a sword, and not peace (see Matthew 10:34, as referenced above.)\n   4. The Messiah brings about the universal world-wide conversion of all peoples to Judaism, or at least to Ethical Monotheism (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Zechariah 8:23; Isaiah 11:9; Zechariah 14:9,16). But the world remains steeped in idolatry.\n   5. The Messiah brings about an end to all forms of idolatry (Zechariah 13:2). But the world remains steeped in idolatry.\n   6. The Messiah brings about a universal recognition that the Jewish idea of God is God (Isaiah 11:9). But the world remains steeped in idolatry.\n   7. The Messiah leads the world to become vegetarian (Isaiah 11:6-9). It isn't.\n   8. The Messiah gathers to Israel, all of the twelve tribes (Ezekiel 36:24). Many of the ten lost tribes remain lost.\n   9. The Messiah rebuilds The Temple (Isaiah 2:2; Ezekiel 37:26-28). It hasn't been rebuilt.\n  10. There will be no more famine (Ezekiel 36:29-30). People starve to death every day.\n  11. After the Messiah comes, death will eventually cease (Isaiah 25:8). People die every day.\n  12. Eventually the dead will be resurrected (Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2; Ezekiel 37:12-13; Isaiah 43:5-6);\n  13. The nations of the earth will help the Jews, materially (Isaiah 60:5-6; 60:10-12;\n  14. The Jews will be sought out for spiritual guidance (Zechariah 8:23);\n  15. All weapons will be destroyed (Ezekiel 39:9,12);\n  16. The Nile will run dry (Isaiah 11:15)\n  17. Monthly, the trees of Israel will yield their fruit (Ezekiel 47:12);\n  18. Each tribe of Israel will receive and settle their inherited land (Ezekiel 47:13-13);\n  19. The nations of the earth will recognize that they have been wrong, that the Jews have been right, and that the sins
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IF Jesus was married, he would have only had one wife.  He was supposed to be Jewish, not Mormon.
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It still is a pack of lies about Jesus Christ. He was never married and had no children. If he had done either, these would have been special events in his life that would have been recorded in the Gospels of the bible. Just like when he attended the wedding at Cana where he turned water into wine.
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He is who he is but we were comanded to go forth and multiply so why can't this pertain to him as well?  I have been taught that we have mother god but we aren't told anything about her because father god does not want us disrespecting her and befouling her as man has done to him.  so why can't the son of god have a wife and child as well?  There are too many things in the bible that show that Mary was married to Jesus.  Men and women did not touch like they did unless they were at least betrothed back then.
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First of all angels are not magical, they are created by God, just as we are.  Secondly, Jewish custom had a method of courtship called betrothal, which actually meant the couple were married, they had a ceremony and everything, but they did not live together and actually dated with much supervision, like the whole of both families, and they worked to build up what would be their own abode, remember they are legally married, but no sex yet - it is during this time that the Holy spirit passed over Mary and she conceived.  Joseph was going to divorce her, as he like any man would, thought she had had sex with another man, but an angel came to him in a dream and told him otherwise, so he did as the angel directed him.  He did not have intercourse with Mary until after Jesus was born.  So, no he was not born before his earthly parents were married and no, they did not have sex before they were married.  And if a true Christian doesn't believe in angels, then question their Christianity.  You had excellent questions and observations, thank you - it's refreshing to get some for a change.
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i don't think it states in the Bible that he will choose a bride. from what i know, Jesus Christ is married to the Church. i heard this from the author of "The Purpose Driven Life."
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Jesus, while voluntarily limited to a human body, needed to pray to the Father for the same reasons you and I do.\nJesus subjected Himself to all the frailties and limitations of humanity during His time on earth, and needed to pray in order to stay 'fresh' spiritually, to gain the wisdom and direction for His daily life and ministry, etc.\nJesus was indeed equal with the Father, but at the same time, laid aside the privileges of Godhood during His earthly sojourn.\nJesus perfectly modeled the lifestyle of total and complete dependence on God for us to follow, because He limited His Divine nature to that portion of Divinity which is accessible to a man living in total dependence on God.
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We honestly do not know if he was married or not.\nAccording to Jewish tradition, law, AND expectations of his position, he should have married.\nJesus wasn't a BAD Jew, he just questioned "interpretation" of the laws.\nCould it possibly be the biggest secret?\nSure.\nHow could a secret like that be kept all these years?\nQuite easily if you study a little history of the origin of the church.\nJesus cared for Mary Magdalene in a very unique way.\nAway from the "legitimate" Roman Catholic Church in other "Christian" countries the stories of Jesus being married was quite prevalent....not unknown.\n\nJust remember....history is written by those who CONTROL the history.
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It's an idea I have heard a few times over the years. \nI am not really sure if it matters if He got married - it's hardly a crime to get married!\nIt does not say in the Bible that He did but this is not proof that He didn't!  It does not mention Him cutting his toe nails but I bet He did cut them!  \n"ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE IS NOT EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE"\nIf He did get married then it was a purely personal thing and not a matter of religions importance (unlike His teachings, His miracles or His death) and thus would not have been mentioned as to not distract from His teachings.
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According to the Bible, Jesus is the ONLY BEGOTTEN Son of God. We are God's children thrugh adoption, as it were, not by being begotten.
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If Jesus (of Christianity fame) was a man, then he had a father. It is a requirement of birth.
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While it is true there is no mention of Jesus marrying in the Bible, this doesn't mean that it is true. The Bible doesn't mention Christ's life between (roughly) the age of 12 and 30 - but we assume that he didn't skip over those years. (In fact, who is to say that that was the exact time that Jesus did have a family?)\n\nThe fact is, despite being 'the good word', religious texts (including The Bible) were written down, translated, and interpretted by humans. The words of the Supreme Being might be perfect, but humans are fallable. Things get lost in translation, people 'leave out' and edit something they don't believe sounds right (for the best, of course), and who knows what kind of 'Chinese whispers' have gone on when one human tells another human what is written or said. In the past, in the present, and in the future, literal translations of the Bible will cause as many crises of faith as it mends. (I fully realise that this is a huge discussion, and I have just attracted the anger of a LOT of people.) It doesn't make the Bible any more or less valid than it was at any other point in time (if you go for that kind of stuff), but it makes sense that it is a theological work that draws on 'historical' events rather than a literal account.\n\nThe works of Dan Brown are fiction in and of themselves. They do contain some thoughtful suppositions, and would encourage anyone (Christian or otherwise) to discuss the ideas proposed. Jesus Christ may have been the son of God, but he was also a man.\n\nDid Jesus Christ have any children? Maybe and maybe not. It's not like there is any evidence for or against.\n\n(If so,) are there offspring alive today? Well, after 2000 years, no not really. Two millenia is a long time to accurately trace ancestry, so any descendants would be just as related as any of us are to ancestors 2000 years removed....\n\n\n(For the record, I tend toward the agnostic/aetheist end of the scale.)
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No, according to the Bible it never said Jesus was married, nor did he have a daughter. His bride is the church and he is coming back for his church soon.
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cheri_da_rn: he meant carpentry!\n\nI wonder, was it before or after he got married to Mary Magdalene? You couldn't really hold it against the guy if he was already married and THEN found out that he was supposed to be the Messiah, and die on the cross, etc.
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Because he was supposed to be set aside for sacrifice! Had he taken a mortal wife, he would've been communing with sin through the fact that as a mortal, His "wife" would've borne Him offspring with the sin curse placed upon them by the Fall of Man at the Garden of Eden. A Scripture says, " For what communion hath light with darkness and what concord hath Christ with Belial?" These things have people angered because they were taught to understand that Jesus had to be pure so that His sacrifice would be powerful enough to overcome ALL sin for ALL time! The reason it is permissible for pastors to marry is simple; they're human like everyone else and are apt to sin and temptation like everyone else! Another Scripture says, "For if they cannot contain, let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn." The Church, comprised of all believers is meant to be the Bride of Christ because through His cleansing blood shed on the Cross, we were made perfect enough to commune with Him. People are mad because the secular world is suggesting that the most perfect Man in history could possibly give in to the lust of the flesh, which is impossible because He had encounters with Satan himself and overcame him! Satan took Him to the top of a high mountain and tried to tell Him that if He would bow down and worship, he'd give Him all the kingdoms of the world. After this and many other temptations of Christ's flesh and spirit, He told Satan, "Get thee hence!" Or basically, "Get away from me!" Which is of course the same authority all Christians have over sin and temptation if they grasp the concept of salvation and their rightful place in God's kingdom as heirs to Heaven.