Was Jesus Married and Was He Truly Divine?

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Ever since the Da Vinci Code came out there has been a controversy regarding several aspects of Jesus including his divinity and his supposed marriage to Mary Magdalene. Many books and reports have been written about it but there are still questions in many peoples minds about whether it is true or not. This article will prove conclusively the validity of these claims and to show that Jesus was not and never claimed to be married to Mary Magdalene. For anyone to claim otherwise is a heretic against the Christian church.

The claims within the Da Vinci code are in fact fiction. There is no basis to it. Thee is one thing you do need to know about the claims the book Dan Brown wrote. These claims have been around for well over 200 hundred years. As far back as the first century, the religious leaders tried to stamp out Christianity by claiming Jesus never existed and that their worship was for naught.

Although the claim has increasingly dwindled over the years because of certain ancient evidence that was presented. In this day and age, the existence of Jesus is not in question. It is whether he was actually a divine being and was he actually married. The one thing you have to realize with Christianity is that it is not a religious movement predicated on a certain view of God. It is rather a uniquely historical religion that followed certain events that God was thought to have intervened in during history, and presented himself to his people.

In the scriptures, Jesus clearly described himself as the Son of God and of divine origin. For anyone else to deny this are liars and deceitful people who only want to do the work of the Devil and to shy people away from the reality. But there have been people on this planet who claimed to be the Creator of the universe. They so much as referred themselves as the Father, and wanted everyone to worship them. But where are such people found that claim this distinction. Most of them have been found in mental institutions or who were later diagnosed as mentally ill.

On the other hand, we understand Jesus as not having a psychotic mind. Instead, most people recognize him as a great teacher, if nothing else. But according to the Da Vinci Code, Jesus never existed at all. In the book Jesus did exist, but not as a divine being.

For those who read the Da Vinci Code or saw the movie were not stifled by it. The belief in Jesus is the built on firm foundations that cannot be wavered. For there in biblical text as well as historical documents the factual claims that Jesus was indeed the Son of God and the creator of the Christian church. So why are so many stumbled by this? Why was the book written? If we look in the Bible Jesus did give a warning to us that people would do everything they can to attack our faith. Why? Out of jealousy for one reason. The people who torment others, who are Christian, realize they have to hope and rely on men for answers. They have no foundation for truth and therefore walk around blind. They have been brainwashed so often to believe that Christianity was built on falsehoods and that Christians were haters of government and would overturn commit treason for their own purposes. Which is really far from the truth, as so many emperors discovered.

The Da Vinci Code has become popular not because people are in agreement with what it says, they just like the fact it has mystery, suspense, conspiracy theories, compelling characters, romance, chase scenes, and more. It is also liked because of its religious overtones. Because we are spiritual beings, we love any kind of entertainment that has a spiritual theme to it.

The question remains for many people is whether or not the claims Dan Brown made in the book are true? Even though we know from historical documents and biblical text that Jesus was in fact of divine nature, and not married at all, curiosity comes into play here and beckons the question – is it really true or in fact fiction?

If we look at the cover of Dan Brown’s book is clearly stated that it is a novel. What is a novel? A novel is a work of fiction. It is imaginary. It is not real. It is just a made up story to entertainment and enlighten, but not to be taken literally. This is why many people don’t understand why there is an uproar over what was written in the book or seen on the big screen. The real question remains, even though it is a fictional story, is the story based on true fact or not?

In the book Dan Brown continues to present the information in the book as true and accurate. But has this knowledge really persuaded people to believe the book or movie, or not. Many Christians who saw the movie were not phased by it and did not distrust their own beliefs. But non-Christians used it as a bases to try and prove themselves right all along.

The one thing the Da Vinci Code does more than anything else is help Christians, and those believing in Jesus, to help those who are not by answering questions that may arise from within their minds, concerning certain teachings that may have surfaced while reading either the book or saw the movie.

Evidence has been presented from many different sources showing in fact the proof that what is contained in Dan Brown’s book are in fact invalid. I could go into many details the use of the name Da Vinci itself, but that will be saved for another article. What I wish to present right now is concrete evidence to point in the direction of Jesus as a divine being and as the Son of God, not a man on earth who married and had a child.

One such area that people seem to talk about is Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting of the “Last Supper”. Dan Brown portrays Langdon and someone else saying that the person sitting alongside Jesus at the “Last Supper” was Mary Magdalene. They base this on the fact the figure appears to be effeminate. However, everyone knows that John the Disciple is depicted in many places as a beautiful or handsome man with features that would strike a resemblance to someone with an effeminate nature. Therefore the idea of the figure being Mary Magdalene does not hold water.

Now comes the biggest fraud the book can portray. And that is the marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. For some reason Dan Brown gets off on the idea of Jesus being a married man. He is completely fixated over it. Why he is this way is being anyone’s comprehension. According to the book, the Catholics conspired to withhold this information from its members. But this is further from the truth. For one reason, the canonical Gospels gave no indication of any kind of romantic relationship Jesus had with Mary Magdalene or vice versa. As a matter of fact Luke 8: 2-3 states that Mary had gone along with two other women to help Jesus and his Apostles, but Jesus did not have any special relationship with her. Another reason the statement about Jesus being married to Mary is false is because even the non-canonical gospels made no claim. The only mention of Jesus have any kind of affection for Mary and kissing her is in the Gospel of Philip. But this book was nearly destroyed. Only a fragment of the text was found and this text was unreadable. But even the text that was decipherable, did not claim Jesus and Mary of being married.

The third claim was that Jesus was a rabbi (or a good Jew), as such he had to have been married. But this is not true because for one thing Jesus was no rabbi. Jesus even stated he was no rabbi. When Jesus performed miracles, he was always asked by what authority he did them. If he had authority over the Jews, they would not have asked him that. Jesus held no office of any kind that required someone to be married. Some claim that men of Jesus age had to be married because that was the custom. This also is not true. For there were many men in Jesus day and even before Jesus came on earth that were of his age that were not married.

The fourth claim is that Jesus marriage was covered up by the Catholic Church in order to prevent any difficulty with their policy requiring priests to be celibate. But this was total nonsense. The priests were given choices to marry if they chose to and they did not on their terms. Plus, the Catholic Church did not exist until formation of the N.T. canon.

The next claim that needs to be refuted is the denying that Jesus is of divine nature. In Brown’s book, one of his characters, Leigh Teabing, made the claim that until the Council of Nicea, 325 A.D. was formed, Jesus was viewed by his followers as a mortal prophet. Of course, this is unfounded and even the most liberal scholars acknowledged this. To claim that Jesus was not of divine origin, strikes against Christianity and the historical evidence to the contrary. The Da Vinci Code seems to ignore the established historical facts concerning Jesus divinity. As a matter of reference, if you read the book, you will notice one thing. The book never mentions the crucifixion. The crucifixion was not only central to the Gospels, but was confirmed by many other sources as well. Dan Brown ignored this fact because he could not handle the idea of Jesus being a divine being. And yet Dan Brown claimed to be a devout Catholic. Also Dan Brown claims in his book that the Council of Nicea voted on many issues for the church at the time, which also was not true. The Council of Nicea was originally established for the purpose of responding to claims of Jesus divinity, as told by an Alexandrian theologian named Arius. The important point to note here was that Arianism did not deny the divinity of Jesus. They accepted it. They understand that Jesus was divine but as the Son of God not as God himself, as some people wanted to believe. the Apostle Paul wrote many references to Jesus as being of divine nature.

What does all this evidence prove? It proves that Dan Brown did not research his subject. He merely wrote his book based on some surface research. Being that it is a book of fiction that does matter in this case, since many of the claims are based on fiction anyway. Some people think Dan Brown wrote the book to get back at certain people who made fun of him in the Catholic Church. Whether this is true or not is hard to say. One thing that can be said with accuracy is that Dan Brown was a deceiver and a liar when concocting this story.

The bottom line is that Jesus was not married and all evidence in the Bible and other historical documents prove this to be true. Also, Jesus was a divine being and the Gospels as well as other historical documents proved this true as well. For anyone to refute this or claim otherwise, is either satanic or an atheist in nature.

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