Originally posted by galm 1
What it is saying is that if Jesus was perfect, how come he didn't follow human nature? We're not perfect... So that explains why many men that
reached Jesus's age have not reproduced... but what about Jesus... he was Perfect.
YOUR TURN!!!
Regarding Jesus being perfect
Working under the assumption the Jesus was perfect we must address a question that theory brings up :
What was Jesus perfect for ?
More directly,
was Jesus sent here to be the perfect regular Joe or the perfect messenger of Gods word ?
The question framed in that light will show that according to the bible Jesus was sent here to be the perfect messenger of God. Indeed Jesus getting
married and raising a family would take away from his ability to be Gods perfect messenger which is by every indication in the bible is Gods mission
for Jesus.
It would have been unusually cruel for God (the kind, friendly fuzzy god of the new testament) to send Jesus to earth, have him get in a family then
make him chose between his family and spreading Gods word. That situation would require Jesus to either be the perfect father or the perfect messenger
of God. I don't believe to be both is possible. Being the perfect father or the perfect messenger of God has consequences that I believe to be
incompatible - Jesus could not have been both.
Every indication in the bible points towards a Jesus who is there to do Gods work as the bearer of his message
not of a Jesus here to fulfill
his humanly desires.
Jesus: exceptional just like everyone else
What would be the point of God sending Jesus if he was just going to basically be like everyone
but with magical powers ? It would seem to be
a waste to send Jesus to earth just so he could be another average Joe by getting married and popping out 1.5 kids. The exceptional thing about Jesus
was that he was
unlike other people.
Think of it, Jesus starts claiming he's the son of God then goes,
hey we need to chill on this God stuff for a second, that chick over there is
smoking hot.
It's worth noting that Jesus wasn't the only guy reported to have magical powers in the day.
Tangent
Even if we assume Jesus was here to get married and have kids what women would be of high enough stature to undertake the task of being his
counterpart , the bearer of Gods Sons children ?
It seems God would have to send
another kid of his in the form of a women for such a union to occur. This would obviously be a morally
turbulent situation as Jesus would be dating, marrying and having kids with his own sister.
For these reasons and many others I think there is significant cause to doubt that Jesus got married and had kids who then went on to be his secret
blood line.