The Godhead – Jesus Christ
|
Jesus Christ married Mary, Martha and the other Mary at Cana of Galilee |
|
Mormons
believe and teach that Jesus Christ got married at Cana of Galilee. Here is
what Orson Hyde, one of the members of the first Council of Twelve Apostles,
said: “If at the marriage of Cana of Galilee, Jesus was the bridegroom and
took unto him Mary, Martha and the other Mary, it shocks not our nerves. If
there was not attachment and familiarity between our Saviour and these women,
highly proper only in the relation of husband and wife, then we have no sense
of propriety’ (Journal of Discourses,
vol. 2, pages 81-82), and also: ‘I discover that some of the Eastern papers
represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture on
Marriage, at our last Conference, that Jesus Christ was married at Cana of
Galilee, that Mary, Martha, and others were his wives, and that he begat
children. All that I have to say in reply to that charge is this – they
worship a Saviour that is too pure and holy to fulfill the commands of his
Father. I worship one that is just pure and holy enough ‘to fulfill all righteousness’,
not only the righteous law of baptism, but the still more righteous and
important law ‘to multiply and replenish the earth’ (Journal of Discourses, vol. 2, page 210). The reason why Mormon teach that Jesus Christ got married, is that according to
the Mormon doctrine of salvation there can be no exaltation to the fullness of
the blessings of the celestial kingdom outside of the marriage relation.
Couples whose marriages have not been sealed for eternity become angels and
not gods in the life to come; only those sealed to each other for eternity
become gods (Doctrine and Covenants
132:19,20). So if Jesus Christ was not married
during His earthly life, He could not rise higher than an angel in the next
life. |
|
|
|
Confutation |
|
|
|
The
apostle John says about the wedding which took place in Cana of Galilee: “On
the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus
was there. Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding”
(John 2:1-2 – NKJV). It is evident, therefore, that the bridegroom at that
wedding was not Jesus Christ because He was invited with His disciples to
that wedding. If Jesus had been the bridegroom John would have written that
Jesus invited His disciples to His wedding because we know that a bridegroom
is not invited to his own wedding rather he invites people to His wedding. It
is absolutely wrong, therefore, to affirm that Jesus was married at Cana of
Galilee. |
|
However,
it is true that one day Jesus Christ will get married: His marriage will take
place in heaven when He returns in glory. His bride is the Church, whom He
loved and for whom He gave Himself “that He might sanctify and cleanse her
with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a
glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she
should be holy and without blemish” (Ephesians 5:26-27 – NKJV). When the
apostle John was in the Spirit (while on the island that is called |
|
Brothers,
beware of Mormons, for they preach another Jesus. |