The Wife of Jesus: No. It's not Mary Magdalene
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One of the richest ways to describe our relationship with Jesus is as His betrothed. We are engaged to be married to the perfect husband. Just as Jesus is the second Adam, restoring mankind's relationship with the Father, we are the second Eve, the divinely given helpmate for our husband.
The day is coming soon when we who know Him will be married to our husband. What a wonderful day that will be! It's almost beyond comprehension to contemplate what our relationship with Him will be in the new Jerusalem. However, we are still here, on a sin-damaged planet, living in a world system controlled by our enemy.
How do we get past that?
What can we do in a practical way to realize the joy and wonder of living in the Kingdom of the Messiah here and now?
How can we come to know our Betrothed intimately?
That's what we discuss, Biblically, in this short book. You'll learn how to make the Lord Jesus a constant presence in your life, day and day out. You can experience the joys of intimacy with the King of kings and Lord of Lords. It's what He desires, and the reason you were created. Enter into the wonder of His presence!
David Bergsland
For me, my early life culminated with the great rebellion of the sixties. Ending up as a fine artist and heavy user of pot and acid, I needed help. I met Jesus in 1974, and my life began, for real. The Lord gave me an amazing Godly woman for my wife in 1976. I became a graphic designer, font designer, and desktop publisher. In 1991, I began teaching printing and digital publishing. That resulted in writing dozens of books and booklets about the practical processes, using InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. In 2009, I began the transformation into an author of fiction. By the end of 2022, I had 17 novels in five series, as I have developed my craft. This book is #20, and is the third book of the sixth series. I’m using Christian contemporary speculative fiction with some Biblical romance to share stories about the reality of how Jesus touches our day-to-day lives, while being strongly focused upon Biblical truth. I put the stereotypical Bible quoters in the same category as robo-callers. I attempt to reveal Jesus within a realistic world sharing my experiences. The goal is to reveal Jesus as a loving Creator building people into what they are designed to be. I currently assume time is running short, and the final harvest is here.
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The Wife of Jesus - David Bergsland
The Wife of Jesus
No. It’s Not Mary Magdalene
By David Bergsland, Edited by Rev. Patricia Bergsland
Copyright @ 2016 by David Bergsland: All Rights Reserved
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This is a work of biblical opinion: sharing the experiences of over forty years of serving Jesus of Nazareth, teaching the scriptures, and walking in the spirit. All opinions should be examined and prayerfully considered before they are blindly acted upon.
Translations used:
NRSV: New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1989 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
NLT: New Living Translation © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers.
NKJV: New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
ESV: English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved.
The Message: The Message. © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.
NASB: New American Standard Bible®, © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
NIV: New International Version®, NIV® © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2010 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NCV: New Century Version. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
GW: God’s Word®, © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations. Used by permission of Baker Publishing Group.
KJV: King James, public domain
No Notation [MVP]: This is my own paraphrase
The lexicons used
New Testament Greek Lexicon: this is based on Thayer’s and Smith’s Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament.
These files are public domain.
OK! I’m a guy
It makes no difference. We are all part of the Body of Jesus—known as His Bride. Male and female He sought us out. He called us. He proposed to us. We said yes. He told us to wait [in the historical Jewish sense of the matter] until the Father tells Him that it is time to go get His Bride.
Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, you may be also. [John 14: 1–3 MEV]
This is traditional marriage language.
When a man and a woman were betrothed, in the time of the incarnation of Jesus 2,000 years ago, it was a legally binding contract. They were to remain chaste and the groom was required to go to his father’s house to build a place to live for his wife. He was not allowed to bring his wife in marriage until the Father said it was time.
I read this thought from Jesse Duplantis a while back. It has to be this way because Jesus loves us so much He might not be able to resist telling us to warn us when He was coming. Now I suspect that Jesus has enough character so that this is no real problem, but I imagine that not knowing gives Jesus more peace in the situation.
So how do we act as a good bride?
The first place we look is Proverbs 31: 10–31. Here King Lemuel shares what his mother taught him about a virtuous wife. I will condense it to focus on what we need to know as believers. My conversions are in quotes.
Who can find a virtuous wife? …The heart of the Lord
trusts in her…She does him good and not bad all the days of her life. She works with willing hands. She finds excellent food.
She rises while it is still night and makes food for all those in her house. She gives work for the young believers
to do. She gives careful thought to expand her fruitfulness
from what she has earned.
She makes herself ready with strength, and makes her arms strong. …She opens her hand to the poor, and holds out her hands to those in need. … Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the leaders of the land. She makes things and sells them. …Her clothes are strength and honor. She is full of joy about the future. She opens her mouth with wisdom. The teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of those in her house, and does not eat the bread of doing nothing. Her children
rise up and honor her. The Lord
does also, and he praises her, saying: ‘Many children
have done well, but you have done better than all of them.’ …a wife
who fears the Lord will be praised. Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.
Not a lazy person, but industriously doing what she can in Kingdom—seeking to be fruitful with a good attitude of service.
Marriage is about intimacy & oneness
But this applies to all of us, doesn’t it?
If we are His Bride, then we should all act like it—both male and female among us. But Proverbs is all about outward actions. It was written before the Holy Spirit was poured out on all flesh. As His bride we have so much more than was available to the virtuous wife in Proverbs. We all have the Holy Spirit and direct communication. Solomon did not, except upon occasion. No one did in the Old Testament.
Can we know God intimately and well?
Is it possible? Yes! And much more than that: It is required of us as part of the Body—the Bride of Christ—to know our groom in manner that’s pleasing to Him. We truly need to know Him.
This is not an