Authentic Fiction
Call me out of touch, but today (April 11, 2014) is
the first time I’ve heard about the papyrus called: “The Gospel of
Jesus’ Wife.” Scientists (the so-called ‘experts’) claim that while
the document is ‘ancient’ it is NOT a ‘fake’ (Huff Post online). Of
course, the REAL issue is NOT whether it is authentic or fake, but
whether it is true or false!
Secularists love this kind of stuff because it
appears to discredit the biblical account of Christ’s life…one which
makes ZERO mention of, or reference to, a spousal relationship. Our
Lord’s sole purpose for coming into this world via Holy Ghost
conception in the womb of a virgin was to provide a sinless
substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of all men and thus become
the ONE Mediator between God and man. Mission accomplished!
There are two critical implications for
this ‘ancient’ document. The first involves the title. I don’t know
who actually assigned the title, whether it was the author or those
who discovered it. But why is it called a ‘Gospel’? If we were to
assume that the Lord Jesus had a wife, what is the Good News in
that? In the four biblical Gospels, Jesus is the central figure.
Each culminates in his death and subsequent resurrection, the two
events that constitute the crux of the Gospel. There is NO Gospel to
be found outside
of Jesus Christ, including a fictitious wife!
The second has to do with potential procreative
activity. If we assume that Jesus had a wife, and they physically
consummated their relationship, isn’t it possible that she might
conceive? If that happened, how would it affect the Trinity? There would be absolutely NO difference between the
sinless Holy Ghost seed that impregnated the virgin Mary and the
sinless seed of the Son of God. What would that seed of Jesus
produce? More God-Men...or God-Women? Would a child become the fourth person of the Godhead? Would
the Trinity be a thing of the past?
Suppose Jesus had three sons through this
hypothetical wife. Since they would all share his divine nature
absent a sin nature, would not they all be qualified to die for sinners
and provide a satisfactory blood sacrifice for their sins? Wouldn’t
the Father have to update his declaration to say: “Behold, these are
my beloved sons, in whom I am well pleased!”? There is no end to the
absurdity that one could extrapolate from this idea. For the Father to
allow
such a possibility into the realm of time and space simply baffles
the mind! It would put at risk the entire plan of redemption and the
very nature of God Himself!
Now, the fact that an unbeliever centuries ago wrote
a piece of fiction suggesting Jesus had a wife should be a surprise
to no one. The scribes and Pharisees tried to humanize (and
demonize) Jesus and discredit him for three years before they
successfully goaded the Romans into crucifying him.
So why in 2014 are we hearing about this piece of
‘authentic fiction’ that the ‘science’ community alleges is no fake
(as if that makes it a true story)? Well, beyond the obvious reason
of seeking to avoid accountability to the God who was manifest in
the flesh, who has become the Judge of all men by virtue of his
resurrection from the dead, it is designed to lower Jesus to the
level of Mohammed. In other words, the two of them would be seen as
mere mortal prophets who naturally satisfied their sexual appetites.
And in the final analysis, Mohammed assumed his place as the latest and
greatest.
The bottom line is this:
Authenticity does NOT prove or imply veracity! Satan is still in the
business of trying to discredit Jesus, the Son of God. The “Gospel
of Jesus’ Wife” is just one more vain attempt to do so.
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