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Originally Posted by onion
1) Jesus did preach on marriage.
2) "Soon" is coming from the mouth of an infinite being therefore His "soon" will seem much longer to a finite being. 1000 years is like a day to the Lord according to Peter. So technically in a sense only 2 days have passed since Christ.
3) Men were predominate in Jesus days because of society women did not have much say yet 2 women played in the roll of discovering Jesus' tomb, quite a pivotal role
4) Jesus is married to the Church, therefore there is no need for a bride.
5) The Bible teaches marriage is provided so that we may know the love that Christ has for the Church, if Christ already understands love than He does not need to marry.
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Show me where 1 happens in the gospels. Not the writings of the disciples afterwards, but where Jesus says it.
2: That is a wholly subjective belief. It is just as possible that Jesus believed the world was ending at that time and was, as have been all doom-claimers, quite wrong.
3. The women who discovered Jesus' tombs were doing typical women things, that is, mourning the dead. Mother Mary was the ideal mother, and Mary Magdalene was a prostitute who turned from her ways. These two types of women appeared in the ancient world all the time. They never do anything particularly unusual.
4. That comes long after Jesus is dead. Originally, Jesus was just unmarried. Also, I think that's a Catholic belief. Not all Christians believe Jesus to be "married" to the Church.
5. A) Where is this said. B) Why doesn't Jesus need to learn what love is? C) Doesn't Jesus love all people? Why is he married to the Church anyway? D) I'm not quite sure how this is relevant to what I was saying anyway.
When examining the Bible, we need to seperate what Jesus says, what the disciples say Jesus says, and what the disciples, themselves, say. Paul probably did more to shape Christian theology than Jesus ever did.