Q) The DaVinci Code portrays Mary Magdalene as the wife of
Jesus. Do you agree with that? If so, where do you part company
with The DaVinci Code? Or do you agree with all of it?
A) Yes, Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. In the Essene
scrolls, Jesus and Mary Magdalene are the couple that was wedded at
Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine. In his book, Boodline of
the Holy Grail, Laurence Gardner provides convincing evidence that
the Catholic Church later deleted all references to Jesus marriage
to the Magdalene. One of the points he makes is that it was the
Hebrew custom in Bible times that the Groom provide the wine for
the wedding. He correctly points out that in the New Testament
story about the wedding at Cana, the people expected Jesus to
provide the abundance of wine, which demonstrates that he was the
Groom. When the Bible was edited to delete all references to the
marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, they missed that little
detail. That is the smoking gun. So, we do agree with The DaVinci
Code portrayal of Jesus and the Magdalene as being married.
However, we dont agree with everything in the book. For example,
in its effort to rediscover the historical Jesus, the book attempts
to strip him of his divinity, not just in the fundamentalist sense
but even in the New Age sense. There we part company with The
DaVinci Code. We believe that both Jesus and Mary Magdalene were
Avatars or Divine Incarnations.
Q) If Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married, did they have
children?
A) Jesus and Mary Magdalene had one child together, a son. And just
after the crucifixion, the Magdalene adopted a seven year old girl
whose parents were killed at the crucifixion. In regard to the son,
the Essene scrolls even tell us when he was conceived. Do you
remember the New Testament story about the last night in the garden
at Gethsemane? That was the last night before Jesus arrest and
subsequent trial. We are told that none of the disciples were able
to stay awake with him that night, all being to sleepy. But in the
Essene version, there was one who did stay awake with him that
night: His wife and co-Messiah, Mary Magdalene. And that is when
they conceived their child. They did so in the full knowledge that
Jesus was about to be arrested and put to death. They wanted to
preserve his seed. And that child of Jesus and Mary Magdalene is
known today as The Holy Grail.
