Mission of a nomad wedded to koinonia

Through the ages, people have enthusiastically employed heretical old Gnostic documents to say there was a sexual relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

Feminists purport the Gnostic gospels uniformly teach the “sacred feminine,” but conveniently leave out any mention of the infamous final verse in the “Gospel of Thomas,” in which Peter sneers that “women are not worthy of life,” and Christ responds, “I myself shall lead her in order to make her male. . . For every woman who will make herself male will enter the Kingdom.”

  

False revelation from the fake “Gospel of Philip” about how “Jesus often kissed Mary on the lips,” and considered her his “companion,” is used as supposed evidence of a divine marriage. In Dan Brown’s bestseller book The Da Vinci Code, character Leigh Teabing argues that any Hebrew scholar would tell you the Aramaic name for “companion” means “spouse.”

The big problem with this is the “Gospel of Philip” was written in Coptic, not Aramaic. The word “companion” in Coptic is actually the Greek word “koinonia,” which means “fellowship,” as in guys in a ship.

As Jordan confirms, “This word was used of all the disciples, and when it says He kissed Mary on the lips, the same passage says He kissed His disciples on the lips. This was the custom.

“The word ‘fellowship’ means ‘to share in common.’ ‘Koinonia’ is the Greek. It means a partnership; a sharing together, a communion. ‘Fellows in a ship’ is exactly what the English word means; it’s exactly what the Greek word means. It’s exactly what the concept is.”

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The Bible tells us Jesus Christ, in His earthly ministry, led a nomadic lifestyle and didn’t have a home.

On the other hand, in Matthew 8:14, we’re informed Peter had a wife (which, by the way, shoots down any case for him as Pope) and that his wife’s mother actually lived in their home with them.

“You see when you’ve got a wife, you wind up with a mother-in-law, and she winds up living with you in your house,” explains Jordan. “In other words, there is baggage that comes along with married life.”

“In Mark 6:3, a complete list of the family members of Christ is given and no wife is among them. Do you think if He had a wife, it might have been good to have listed her?

“From John 19:25, we’re told both Mary Magdalene and Jesus’ mother stood around Him at the Cross, but Jesus, in addressing His disciple John, only makes mention of His mother’s care following His death.

“If your wife is standing there, and He says, ‘John, take care of my mom,’ what would you expect Him to do for His wife? Especially if they’ve got a kid! Maybe she was pregnant and didn’t know it—all the more to take care of them.

“For the people who wonder, ‘Would it have been any big deal if Jesus Christ did have a wife?’ I point them to the Apostle Paul’s wisdom, taken by revelation from the risen Christ, in which he reasons in I Corinthians 32-33, ‘He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.’

“The Lord Jesus Christ had sort of a unique mission. He’s the God-Man and the obvious reason He remains single is so He could be totally devoted to the mission He had.”

“What needs to be emphasized is that everywhere the Word of God’s ever gone, it has elevated the role of women in culture. The unique thing about the women in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ is He didn’t treat them the way the culture of His day did. He elevated them. He included them in His public ministry. He welcomed them into discussions. He allowed them to engage in public discourse. . .

“Everywhere the Gospel has ever gone it brings women out of the boot of dominion because what does the Word of God say? It makes every soul valuable to God. That’s why Paul tells husbands, ‘Love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.’ (Ephesians 5:25-26) That’s how Christ loved the church.”

(new article tomorrow)