Jesus and Moses - Mary Magdalene
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posted on 2024-06-08, 08:40 authored by Adrie van der HoevenAdrie van der HoevenJesus has not been accepted by the Jewish people as its ‘Messiah’ (= Hebrew for ‘anointed’, in Greek ‘Christ’ cf. Ps 2,2), its redeeming king. According to the Holy Scriptures the Messiah would be from the royal house of David. According to the prophecy of Micah his “goings forth (would be) from of old, from everlasting” and He would come forth out of Bethlehem (Mic 5,2).
The New Testament says that Jesus’ conception was of the Holy Spirit and that He was born at Bethlehem. But during his adult life He was consistently called “of Nazareth” and it is evident that nobody knew of his birth at Bethlehem.
The Moses-like adoption of Jesus, the son of Joseph son of Jacob (Mt 1,16), by the carpenter of Nazareth, Joseph the son of Heli (Lu 3,23), would explain this crucial ignorance and misunderstanding. Jesus' virgin mother Mary then also lead an incognito life and probably was known as 'the Magdalene' and was the first to see the risen Jesus, who called her "Mary!".
