Saturday, November 14, 2009

Was Jesus really God or of divine nature?

Mark 3:21,31-34


When his family heard about this [i.e. that Jesus was preaching to a crowd] they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."...Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside they sent someone to call him. A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you." "Who are my mother and my brothers?" he asked. Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and brothers! Who does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."








The gist of the above incident is clear, his family including Mary upon hearing that Jesus had started preaching thought he had gone mad and went to take charge of him. Jesus, angered or perhaps embarrassed by his family's reaction, publicly denounced them.





Now if this passage is historical, the question here is obvious: why did Mary try to stop him when he started preaching? Didn't she consent to an angel to be the virgin mother of the "son of the most high"? Wasn't it her who sang the Magnificat and said that "all generations will call me blessed" because she will be the mother of Jesus?





Only one answer is possible, the historical Mary, who had at least seven children, knew nothing of the angels, the virgin birth, the slaughter of the innocents, the visit of the wise men and the star of Bethlehem because these events never happened!

Was Jesus really God or of divine nature?
I agree 101 percent with your last paragraph above. You are


right. Mary never new anything of the above until Paul showed


up about 30 years after Jesus' death teaching all that stuff about Jesus. I think she didn't give much of an ear to those


news because she was either too old or too busy in the entertainment of her big family.
Reply:Jesus said, "I and the Father are One. When you see Me, you have seen the Father."





Jesus was fully man and fully God.





I'm sorry you don't accept Him as the truth He is. I pray that God makes Himself known to you this very year and richly blesses you.
Reply:Mary had no other children besides Jesus. She was a virgin her entire life. If she had other children, then Jesus, when He was on the cross, would not have said to Mary, "Woman, behold thy son," and to John, His faithful disciple, "Behold, thy mother." He entrusted His mother to John's care because she had no other children to look after her. Any hypothetical children of Mary and St. Joseph would have been Jesus' half-brothers. St. Joseph is not Jesus' father, biologically.
Reply:what?
Reply:"Only one answer is possible, the historical Mary, who had at least seven children, knew nothing of the angels, the virgin birth, the slaughter of the innocents, the visit of the wise men and the star of Bethlehem because these events never happened!"











That isn't the only answer. The obvious answer to me is that she lost sight of who he was and his mission and looked upon him only as a family member, a family member who was possibly embarrassing her. Don't forget Jesus also said a prophet is not without honor except in his own hometown and among his own family. Later she must've repented.
Reply:Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Reply:You have taken a lot for granted. As a Mother, I would try to stop my son from heading into trouble - it is a Moms nature to do that, no matter what. In other words you think the Bible is one big lie? Why read it?


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