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Christ was a single MAN.

Classik

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Any biblical reason(s) why Christ was never married. I know HIS mission was indeed to redeem Man from sin - through HIS death on the cross.

HE lived a human life, partially - yet did not fulfil all about human living (procreation). HE never bothered about the BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY THE EARTH...command of the FATHER.

So, Christ never married, never dated a woman - was never in any form of relationship with women (except that HE defended some women, healed some, and having fellowship with some others whom HE ministered unto), never had offspring...

(I can't prove if HIS mother had other children.).
 
Revelations 21:9

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.â€



We are the bride of Christ.
 
Tina said:


We are the bride of Christ.
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While this is true and it does say that in the last book of the Bible, I don't think that's what the OP had in mind. I think he was looking for Jesus to come to earth and provide an example of a perfect life. Unfortunately for those who know Him, knows that He didn't set any real-world example for how to be in a relationship. He didn't have to go through the transition of single-life to dating, ignoring your friends and going to antique shows (sorry, personal example there).

Yes, we are the bride of Christ, BUT that's not realistic for us in a daily life. Maybe it was because He was perfect, and we all know there is NO such thing as a perfect man, and thus, how could he date/marry someone inferior? I mean, could you imagine that relationship?? What woman would want to marry a man who is NEVER wrong?? She'd never win a fight! :chin

Anyway, I struggle with this too because the most difficult moments/times of our lifes isn't something Jesus went through. Jesus didn't have those rocky, emotional years as a teenager, and didn't have to deal with dating. If He had, then we'd have a real good example of how to tell our kids to act.
 
How do you know for sure that He was not married or had 'relationships'? Why do you assume no siblings?

Are you aware of this extract from Josephus? One of the very rare non-biblical references to Jesus Christ.
"Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned"​
It is of course disputed that this is the original text by Josephus. It is commonly thought that Eusebius (or someone else) added the words to Josephus's history in order to provide some non-scriptural 'evidence' for Jesus Christ - probably to help convince Constantine (my personal, unsupported, opinion only). These words and other apparent references to Jesus Christ do not appear in all copies of his history. There is of course more than one possible explanations for that.

There were several people who called themselves 'The Christ' but, as far as I know, this is the only one (apparently) mentioned by Josephus.:chin As with many things, we will never know the truth and it remains a matter of belief.
 
Aardverk said:
How do you know for sure that He was not married or had 'relationships'? Why do you assume no siblings?
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We do not and there's no need to speculate on something that the Bible never mentions. If Jesus was married, the Bible would have made it clear for all to see which it did not ...




And He certainly had brothers, namely James, Joseph, Simon and Judas (Matt 13:55, Matt 12:46, Luke 8:19, Mark 3:31, Acts 1:14, Gal 1:19) , as well as sisters (Matt 13:56).

We do not have to appeal to any extra-biblical or non-biblical texts to understand that ....


Aardverk said:
Are you aware of this extract from Josephus? One of the very rare non-biblical references to Jesus Christ.
"Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned"​
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For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:15


While Jesus never entered into a marriage relationship, He faced every temptation we do.

Someone said, " Jesus didn't have those rocky, emotional years as a teenager..."

Yes He did...He lived until He was 33 in a perfectly normal male body. So, yep, He dealt with hormones, sexuality, pimples, the effect of a pretty girl on an adolescent male.

He also had to deal with something most of us don't do... He had to deal with incredible societal pressure to marry. In that place and time, it just wasn't normal for a man not to marry. However, Jesus knew that marriage to a human woman wasn't why He came to this earth. Not only would they of necessity be unequally yoked, He knew He would also leave her a widow.

No one in His society dealt with dating, marriages were usually arranged between the fathers...but He had to deal with something just as hard, NOT marrying in a society which said He should.

In addition to all of this...He was in the position that all teenagers THINK they are in, but in reality aren't....He really did know more than His parents and teachers. And yet, He kept His mouth shut and didn't rebel or mouth off.

Again, He was tempted in every way... I wonder how many times He wanted to talk back to Mary...
 
Hey classik, long time no chat. just droppin in to say hi. Got a visit from the mormons the other day. Think i scared them away though, cant imagine why :shrug. Oh well, have a good easter.
 
KetherMalkuth said:
Hey classik, long time no chat. just droppin in to say hi. Got a visit from the mormons the other day. Think i scared them away though, cant imagine why :shrug. Oh well, have a good easter.
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I was thinking, Is this the KetherMalkuth I used to know? Woooow! Where the heck did you go? :lol Did your vehicle kill governmemnt antelop and you decided to run away? Welcome back - if truly you won't drive recklessly the next time. (kidding)


some mormons? Hehe! Did you think they are tax collectors? Haha!
Happy easter, too
 
In 1 Corinthians it says that a married man is concerned with pleasing his wife, while a single one is concerned about pleasing God. While it is not sinful to get married, I believe Christ chose to be single to focus completely on His mission.
 
savedbyhim01 said:
In 1 Corinthians it says that a married man is concerned with pleasing his wife, while a single one is concerned about pleasing God. While it is not sinful to get married, I believe Christ chose to be single to focus completely on His mission.
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Yes, and I completely agree. And He did a wonderful job of setting an example of justifying the law in a Christ-like life. (sorry for the same-name pun) And yes, Jesus never worked in a factory, or got in a car crash or many other things we do now. But He did live a sinful life, as documented through about a third of his life. My point is those other 2/3rds of his life are not documented, and even though it says in the bible that He did not sin, it would be nice to see how He dealt with those troublesome years, along with marriage in order to give a perfect example of those normally trying times.
 
Classik said:
:dunno :shrug :confused What are you talking about. Welcome to CF.net :salute
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Just stating that Jesus, who lived a perfect life, set a high example of how we should live even though He might not have gone through some of the things we go through now. We can still take His example and use it as a foundation for a Christ-like walk in our own lives. Just wish they would have kept an eye on Him and documented those troublesome teenage years so we could see how He dealt with his first pimple, puberty, etc, etc.
 
in ancient jewry boys were declared men at age 13, jesus was teaching in the temple at age 12. if jesus sinned then he cant be the savior as he isnt god and who was prophecies to redeem man from the sin curse.

jesus was married to the nation of isreal. read the tanach where it says this.the book of hoshea is a good place to start.
 
Although it is a bit short on detail, the bible does tell us that the son(s) of God took mortal wives and had children by them.

"1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 4 ..... and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown."​
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Are we to assume this was a different son(s) and that Jesus stayed at home when his heavenly brothers came down to admire and 'come in unto' the 'fair daughters of men'?

Are we to assume that these other sons of God, Jesus's heavenly older brothers, are still around somewhere? Are they equal to, superior to or inferior to Jesus? Should we stop referring to the holy Trinity and start referring to the holy family - meaning the elder brothers as well?
 
Classik said:
Sons of God = created angels. (Can a man marry a spider? That's an example)
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Some translations certainly use the term 'Nephilim' and some 'Fallen Ones' but that is not what a literal translation says. I still say that it can be interpreted the way I have presented it. I'm not saying I am right, just that it appears to be a valid interpretation. Look too at Genesis 6:2 & 6:4. Each may easily be referring to different beings. 'Sons of God' in 6:2 and 'The fallen ones' in 6:4 BUT, that is not what a literal translation says.

As I have no fixed view on the matter, I certainly do not want to argue it out with anyone, I was just exploring the case for a son of God being married etc. If we assume that the time difference is irrelevant to God(s) it makes a more thought provoking notion - and I do like provoking:yes

Yes, I think a man can have a civil marriage to a spider in some states these days:lol

Very slightly more seriously, forget the spider, could a man marry an alien being either under God's law or man's law?
 
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