Jesus and marriage?

Question

I'm sure that this has been asked before, but I neither see it nor it's answers.
I read Holy Blood, Holy Grail in the late 80's and had it thoroughly trashed by proper historians. Everything but the argument concerning the passage of the Wedding in Canaan. It made sense that the groom would provide the wine.
What I am asking, and I am desparately serious, is why does Jesus being married and or having little ones make him less than divine. Understand, I am a recovering Catholic for exactly this kind of thing. Assuming we go with the whole original sin, it wasn't sex, it was eating the fruit not making love and didn't the Big G say go forth and mulitple? Why would Jesus's marriage indicate he was not divine? I'm serious and really don't mean to insult anyone. My religion says that love, sex and procreation are the most sacred of acts, so I just don't get it.

Answer 1

I would say Jesus had to be married. Jesus was Jewish. He was a Rabbi. Don't Rabbi's have to be married? I was told this by several people who study many religions. It would make sense to me because how can you give marriage counceling if you have never been married? Marriage is just two adults loving each other. Why is that bad? Love is the most natural thing. If you aren't supposed to love someone and get married then how are you to have children when you can't have sex until you are married?

Answer 2

Well you see, the thing is that if Jesus had been married and He had had children, then that would be no big deal in regards to Him living a sin free life. But there is no reason to believe that such a thing ever happened since we don't read about it in the gospel accounts.

So when people try to make a case about this issue they usually have a hidden agenda. They are not so much talking about Jesus committing a sin as they are attacking his divine nature and trying to make it look like He was just a good man.

Jesus didn't get married because it wasn't in his Father's will for Him to come to earth to start a human family. It was God's will for Him to start a spiritual family composed of all of the people who would believe on Him and be born from above by the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit.

It would have been rather irresponsible for Him to leave a wife and family behind and as we read in 1 Corinthians it would have interfered with his devotion to doing God's will for his life here on earth.

1 Corinthians 7:32 But I want you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man cares about the things of the Lord--about how he may please the Lord. 33 But the man having married cares about the things of the world--about how he may please his wife.

Answer 3

Well first, that book was a novel, even the authors have admited that, same with the da vinci code. The only thing they claimed to be true was the art, the priory of sion (which the documents have been proven fake, not sure why they mentioned that) and opus dei, which does exist.

Personally I don't think it would be a big deal that Jesus was married. Except if you did believe that, and believe that Jesus is Gods son, then that means there is a direct blood line to God. Though if adam was created in Gods image, then technically aren't we blood related to God? *sighI*

I do know one explanation for him not being married though. In those days, the father generally picked the wife. And Joseph died before Jesus reached the age to be married.

Answer 4

You're asking two questions here. The first is easily answered. No, this wasn't Jesus' wedding. Any guest could have reasonably done what Jesus did--just not the miracle part.

The second is not so easily answered. I'll have to think about it more. My initial thought is that Jesus did not marry because it was not His Father's will for Him. My second thought is that sex would imply a marriage between a fallen woman and a morally perfect man. I think Jesus was saving Himself for the church and the wedding day spoken of in the latter chapters of Revelation.

Answer 5

Although we know Jesus wasn't married, I don't see why some people think that He was incapable of marrying someone. He was human, He had feelings. He could have married if He wanted to and found the right woman, but He didn't. People just need to accept the facts.

Answer 6

Some people think that Mary was a prostitute, and therefore not fit to be the Son of God's wife.
they believe Jesus led a life almost as a God here on earth, not as a man.They want to believe He did not have sex, as he was almost not mortal Some think Mary's role as a woman in Jesus' life was downplayed by the clergy, all male, to keep control of the church in male hands, and to put female based pagan religious beliefs out of their church and out of peoples's minds. And indeed, Mary, mother of Jesus role in the old church was much less than it is now, I read. People who interpret the Bible literally, do not find a wife and kids there, so it did not happen, they think.

Answer 7

People want to believe that Jesus was God. According to the da vincci code peter was jealous of the relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus and Jesus had chosen her to be carry on his message. that's when the cover up came into play. men have been chauvinistic for so long. how dare a woman be in a position of power.

Answer 8

It's not a question of whether or not it would be O.K. for Jesus to be married, it is simply that it never happened, its about a certain chunk of humanity that just can't handle the fact of Jesus deity.

Answer 9

I have the same question. If he could take human form and be born to a human and be divine, why couldn't he procreate and still be divine?

Answer 10

Jesus wasn't married...the wedding at Canaan was his first miracle turning water into wine...urged on by his mother "do what ever he tells you"