Transcript of MARY MOTHER OF JESUS, MOTHER OF GOD Part IIc: Mary’s Motherhood “Who am I that the mother of my...
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- MARY MOTHER OF JESUS, MOTHER OF GOD Part IIc: Marys Motherhood
Who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (Luke
1:43)
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- Luke 3:23-38 Ascending to Adam Matthew 1:1-16 Descending from
Abraham
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- The Genealogy of Jesus Christ through Mary Jesus Christ is a
descendant from David. If He is from the line of David, then
certainly Joseph could not be of his immediate paternal bloodline
since Joseph was not his natural father. The bloodline could only
be traced through His mother, Mary. She alone provided 100% of His
genetic material, and thus provided the flesh of the offspring of
David. Romans 1:3...concerning His Son who was born to Him
according to the flesh of the offspring of David. Matthew 1:1 The
book of the origin of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of
Abraham. John 7:42 Does not the Scripture say that it is of the
offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David
lived, that the Christ is to come.
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- 2 Timothy 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ rose from the dead and
was descended from David. Luke 1:32 God will give Him the throne of
David, His father, and He shall be king over the house of Jacob
forever. Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of time came, God sent
His Son, born of a woman, born under the law. See also all of these
verses which refer to Jesus Christ as the Son of David: Matt
9:27,12:23,15:22,20:30-31,21:9,21:15,22:42,22:45, Mark 10:47-48,
12:35,12:37, Luke 18:38-39, Luke 20:44.
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- Jesus Christ is descended from David, but through the genealogy
of Mary it is only implied. However, Jesus had no human father.
There was no human exchange for the conception of Jesus and so the
human bloodline cannot be traced through Joseph. Jewish law
required that genealogies were to be through the line of the males,
and not the females. Numbers 1:17-18 So Moses and Aaron took these
men who had been designated, and assembled the whole community on
the first day of the second month. Every man of twenty years or
more then declared his name and lineage according to clan and
ancestral house.
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- Accurate records of genealogies were very important to the
Jews. First Chronicles contains eleven chapters of genealogies!
Jewish historian, Josephus, wrote that Public Records recorded
genealogies from the oldest to the youngest, and Private Records
went from the youngest back to the oldest, and these genealogies
were passed down through the generations. This was done in part in
order to prevent unqualified persons from gaining positions through
their ancestry. (See Ezra 2:61-63, and Nehemiah 7:63-65 where some
priests were rejected because they could not prove their Levitical
ancestry.) Because the custom was of using male genealogies only,
then how could an ancestral line of Jesus be shown through Mary? It
appears that God left a convenient loophole in this law that would
allow women to be included in the ancestral line if they met two
stringent conditions. Numbers 27:8 Therefore, tell the Israelites;
If a man dies without leaving a son, you shall let his heritage
pass on to his daughter.
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- Numbers 36:6-7 This is what the Lord commands with regard to
the daughters of Salphahad: They may marry anyone they please,
provided they marry into a clan of their ancestral tribe, so that
no heritage of the Israelites will pass from one tribe to another,
but all the Israelites will retain their own ancestral heritage.
Now it has to be shown that (1) the father of Mary had no sons; (2)
Mary married within her own tribe of Judah. Genesis 49:8-12 You,
Judah, shall your brothers praise--your hand on the neck of your
enemies; the sons of your father shall bow down to you. Judah, like
a lion's whelp, you have grown up on prey, my son. He crouches like
a lion recumbent, the king of beasts--who would dare rouse him? The
scepter shall never depart from the mace from between his legs,
while tribute is brought to him, and he receives the people's
homage. He tethers his donkey to the vine, his purebred ass to the
choicest stem. In wine he washes his garments; his robe in the
blood of grapes. His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are
whiter than milk.
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- The first condition: did Mary have brothers? There is no record
of it. The bible does not mention brothers, but it does say she had
a sister. John 19:25 Now there were standing by the cross of Jesus
his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary
Magdalene. It is thought that the sister of Mary was Salome, the
wife of Zebedee and the mother of James and John (Matthew 20:20,
Mark 15:40). In the Jewish culture in those days, the mother who
was widowed (assuming that Joseph was dead at this time) would have
gone to her father, or brother, or to her other children.
Apparently, her father was dead, she had no brothers, and she had
no other children, so Jesus gave her to John. John 19:26-27 When
Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said
to his mother, Woman, behold, your son. Then he said to the
disciple, Behold, your mother. And from that hour the disciple took
her into his home.
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- The words of Jesus in John 19:27, and lack of evidence of male
siblings, strongly suggest that the first condition was satisfied.
The second condition is a bit more involved: Mary married within
her own tribe of Judah. Matthew 1:1-16 The book of the origin of
Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begot
Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, Jacob begot Judah.....Jesse begot David
the king. And David the king begot Solomon of the former wife of
Uriah (Bathsheba). This genealogy continues. Matthew 1: 16 And
Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, and of her was born Jesus
who is called Christ. The descendant of David is Solomon. In Luke's
genealogy, a different son of David, Nathan, is listed.
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- Matthew clearly shows that the bloodline of Joseph does go back
to the tribe of Judah, and through King David. If Jesus Christ is
the Son of David, then His mother, Mary has to be also of the house
of David and therefore by implication, of the tribe of Judah. As
already seen in Romans 1:3, it could have not been said that the
Son was born according to the flesh of the offspring of David
unless Mary were of Davidic descent. Luke 1:26-27 Now in the sixth
month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee
called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of
the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary. It has been
shown that Mary is implied as being of the house of David in Luke
1:32. If she were not of the house of David, then clearly, Jesus
Christ could not have been a descendant of David as do so many
verses attest. She married within her tribe (by implication) and so
the second condition appears to be satisfied.
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- Consequently, both conditions for the bloodline to continue
through the female line are satisfactorily met by Mary if it can be
shown that she is of the same tribe of Judah through David, as is
her spouse, Joseph. Review the bloodline of Joseph with some added
observations. Matthew addressed his Gospel to the Jews, who
followed the Law of Moses (Mosaic Law). He wrote the genealogy of
Jesus Christ in Matt 1:1-17, and he was careful to meet the legal
requirements of the Mosaic Law. His was of the Public Record as
explained earlier. In it he begins with Abraham and shows the line
going through David and then Solomon and all the way down to Jesus
Christ. In verse 16, And Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary,
and of her was born Jesus who is called Christ. Matthew depicts
Jesus Christ as the Messiah.
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- Clearly Matthew said that the blood father (begot) of Joseph
was Jacob. Matthew had satisfied the Mosaic Law by showing the male
ancestry of Jesus by going through Joseph instead of Mary. Remember
this genealogy shows the legal, or royal, or Public Record, of
descent and not the human descent. More evidence that Matthew shows
the legal line of descent is in Matthew 1:11-12 where a man named
Jechonias is mentioned. Jeremiah 22:28-30 regarding Jechonias,
states, ...for there shall not be a man of his seed that shall sit
on the throne of David...
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- Luke has quite a different account of the genealogy of Jesus
Christ. He wrote his Gospel to address the Gentile pagans who were
not under the Mosaic Law, and for the most part were unfamiliar
with it. He was also a physician, (Col 4:14). His interest, no
doubt, was not in the legal aspect of the genealogy of Jesus
Christ, but of the human or natural bloodline, by depicting Jesus
as the Son of Man. Luke's genealogy begins with Jesus Christ and
goes backward in time, just the opposite of Matthew who started
back and came forward. Luke's genealogy follows the custom of
Private Records as explained. Notice in Luke 3:23-38, that Luke's
genealogy does go from Jesus Christ, through David, and back to
Judah, continuing all the way to Adam, and then to God. By doing
this he shows a tie between the New Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45) and
the first Adam. However, Luke shows the descendant of David to be
Nathan, and not Solomon, as does Matthew. This alludes to the
possibility that Luke's genealogy is for a different person other
than Joseph. Look closer at verse 23 with three different Bible
translations.
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- And Jesus Himself, when He began His work, was about thirty
years of age, -being as was supposed- the Son of Joseph, the Son of
Heli, the Son of Matthat. Challoner-Rheims-Confraternity
(Confraternity of Christian Doctrine) When Jesus began His ministry
he was about thirty years of age. He was the Son, as was thought,
of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat... New American
Bible And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age,
being (as was supposed) the Son of Joseph, which was the Son of
Heli, which was the son of Matthat King James This verse at first
reading might seem to say that there is something amiss.
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- This verse appears to say that the father of Joseph is Heli,
yet in Matthew that it was Jacob. How can Joseph have two fathers?
Matthew 1: 16 And Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, and of
her was born Jesus who is called Christ. In many places in Holy
Scripture one must revert to the underlying Greek text in order to
fully understand the verse. The Greek word used for as was
supposed, or, as was thought is nomizo, which means: 1. To hold by
custom or usage. 2. To follow by custom or usage. 3. It is the
custom. 4. It is the received usage. 5. To deem, to think, to
suppose.
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- This matter can be made clearer by interpreting the verse as:
When Jesus began His ministry he was about thirty years of age. He
was the Son (so it was thought, of Joseph) of Heli. The underlying
Greek text supports this interpretation. So in order to trace the
bloodline of Jesus through Heli, one would first have to go through
Mary, His mother. This shows that Heli would be the blood father of
Mary, and the father-in-law of Joseph. Even though the name of Mary
is not listed, in order to comply with Jewish custom, it is
certainly implied. Luke 3:23 , , And Himself was Jesus about years
(old) thirty beginning, being, , , , , as was supposed, the son of
Joseph, of Heli, of Matthat... The word 'son' before Heli, is not
in the Greek text.
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- Matthew 1:15, shows that Matthan is the father of Jacob, and
Luke 3:23-24, shows that Matthat was the father of Heli. It is not
known if Matthan and Matthat are the same person. They may well be
the same person. If they are the same person that would indicate
that Jacob and Heli could be brothers if they had the same mother,
or half brothers if they had different mothers, or one of them
could have even been adopted from the tribe of Judah. Julius
Africanus (160-240 AD) wrote in his Epistle to Aristides that Jacob
and Heli were half brothers. The Bible makes no distinction between
genetic birth and adoption. In 2 Samuel 6:23, where Michol the
daughter of Saul and the wife of David (1Samuel 18:27) had no
children. Yet in 2 Samuel 21:8, it says Michol had five sons. In
reality, they were adopted sons of Merob. Jacob was the genetic
father of Joseph. Heli, the father of Mary, was Joseph's father in
law, her legal father.
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- Additionally, 1. Luke was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary as
evidenced by his beautiful accounts of her in his Gospel. Knowing
full well that Joseph was not the human father of Jesus Christ, and
being a physician, he would naturally show the ancestral blood line
to go through Mary. 2. Matthew's genealogy lists three breaks in
the Mosaic Law. This indicates in the first few verses of the New
Testament, that the Old Covenant, and with it the Mosaic Law, is
coming to an end, being fulfilled (Matthew 5:17), and soon to be
superseded by the New Covenant of Jesus Christ. a. Females are
listed. Tamar (Genesis 38:6, 1Chronicles 2:4), Rahab (Joshua 2:1,
17), Ruth, book of Ruth, Bathsheba former wife of Uriah (2 Samuel
11:12,24). b. Sinners are listed. Tamar, a deceiver, Rahab, a
harlot, Bathsheba, an adulteress, Solomon, idolatry. By naming
sinners, God has shown that His ways are not our ways.
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- c.Gentiles are listed. Tamar, a Canaanite, Rahab, a Canaanite,
Ruth, a Moabite, Bathsheba, a Hittite. Foreigners like these
symbolized God's desire to save all, with no distinction between
Jew and Gentile, Colossians 3:11. 3. What about Joachim? Was he not
the father of Mary with Anne as her mother? Joachim is mentioned as
the father of Mary in the following apocryphal books: The
Protoevangelium of James, The Gospel of the Nativity of the Blessed
Virgin, and The Book of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Joachim is another form of Joakim and Eliakim. 2 Kings 23:34 And
Pharao Nechao made Eliakim the son of the Josias king in the room
of Josias his father, and turned his name to Joakim... 2 Chronicles
36:4 And he made Eliakim his brother king in his stead over Judah
and Jerusalem; and he turned his name to Joakim
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- Subsequently, over the centuries, it is probable that the name
Eliakim was shortened to Eli or Heli. Heli is merely the Greek form
of the Hebrew Eli. The high priest in 1 Samuel 1:3 is called Heli
in the Challoner-Rheims, and Eli in the New American Bible. You can
see that the differences in translations will show different names
at times. There are many name changes and different spellings of
persons names in Scripture. For example, Matthew himself, was also
called Levi in Luke 5:27, and in Mark 2:14. Joachim and Heli appear
to be one and the same person. Joseph did adopt Jesus as his son by
fulfilling the ancient law for adoptions at the time of Christ. The
adopting father had two requirements: to name the child, and to
teach the child his trade or craft. We know Joseph fulfilled these
requirements. Adapted from
home.inreach.com/bstanley/general.htm
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- Mark 6:1-6 He departed from there and came to his native place,
accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came he began to
teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished.
They said, Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has
been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands! Is he
not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and
Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?
And they took offense at him. Jesus said to them, A prophet is not
without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and
in his own house. So he was not able to perform any mighty deed
there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on
them. He was amazed at their lack of faith. The Family
Relationships of Jesus
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- Matthew 27:56 Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the
mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Mark 15:40 There were also women looking on from a distance. Among
them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James and
of Joses, and Salome. Mark 16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary
Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so
that they might go and anoint him. Luke 24:10 The women were Mary
Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others who
accompanied them also told this to the apostles,
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- Jude 1:1 Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to
those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept safe for
Jesus Christ: John 19:25 Standing by the cross of Jesus were his
mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary
of Magalia. Matthew 10:2-4 The names of the twelve apostles are
these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James,
the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew,
Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus,
and Thaddeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed
him. Luke 6:16 When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon,
whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip,
Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who
was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas
Iscariot, who became a traitor.
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- Matthew 13: 54-56 He came to his native place and taught the
people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where
did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the
carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers
James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us?
Where did this man get all this?" John 19:25 Standing by the cross
of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of
Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the
disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, Woman, behold,
your son. Then he said to the disciple, Behold, your mother. And
from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
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- In the four gospels there are a total of four women listed as
being at the foot of the cross and tomb of Jesus at Calvary: Mary,
the mother of Jesus Mary Magdalene, listed in all four gospels Mary
(the wife of Clopas), the mother of James (the younger), Joseph
(Joses), and Salome Joanne, the sister of Jesus' mother (Jesus'
aunt) who was the mother of James and John, the sons' of Zebedee
Crucifixion by Andrea Mantegna c. 1457
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- THE MOTHER OF JESUS MARY OF MAGDELA SALOME/ JOANNA MARY THE
WIFE OF CLOPAS MATTHEW There were many women there Mary Magdalene
the mother of the sons of Zebedee Mary the mother of James and
Joseph MARK There were also women looking on from a distance Mary
Magdalene Salome Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses
LUKE The women who had come from Galilee with him followed behind
Mary Magdalene JoannaMary themother of James JOHN his mother Mary
of Magdala his mother's sister Mary the wife of Clopas
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- Anna m. Joachim Mary m. Joseph Joanna m. Zebedee Mary m. Clopas
(m. Unknown) Joses James John (aka Salome) (aka Joseph) Jesus The
Family Relationships of Jesus James the Younger the Righteous 1st
Bishop of Jerusalem Author of the Epistle the Great Beloved
Disciple Judas aka Jude aka Thaddeus the Apostle Author of the
Epistle Simon the Apostle the Evangelist (aka Alphaeus) Zachariah
m. Elizabeth John the Baptist the Zealot the Cananean (aka Miriam)
3 Sisters Succeeded James as 2nd Bishop of Jerusalem SIBLING/
COUSIN SIBLING/ COUSIN SIBLING/ COUSIN SIBLING/ COUSIN the Apostle
? Matthew the Apostle
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- End of Mary the Series, Her Motherhood Part IIc Go to Mary the
Series, The Immaculate Conception Part IIIa