FINAL WARNING: The Curtain Falls
and said that the Bible should be updated by having all traces of the
deity of Jesus removed. They said that Jesus didn’t claim to be divine,
but was promoted to that status by early Christians who were under
pagan influences. Another book, The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus
Really Say?, a report by 77 Biblical scholars, which were part of the
Jesus Seminar, said that Jesus did not say about 80% of the words
which are attributed to him in the four gospels. They claim that the
words were inserted by Christians after His death. In October, 1994,
the Seminar convened and decided that the virgin birth of Jesus was
fabricated. One participant called it “theological fiction.” This group
began working on a new Bible commentary to reflect all of its findings.The Gospel of John doesn’t mention the birth of Jesus, but it covers
the conclusion of his ministry. The incident of the wedding at Cana is
only mentioned in John, and is unusual in that the bride and groom are
not identified, yet Jesus, His disciples, and His mother were there.
When they ran out of wine, it was Jesus who performed the miracle of
turning water into wine. The question was asked– why would Jesus
use His divine powers for such an insignificant purpose– unless it was
His own wedding. Researchers have analyzed John 2:9-10, and feel
that where the head of the feast is speaking to the bridegroom, it is
actually Jesus that he is addressing. It is argued that this marriage was
Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene, who it is believed was the
woman whom Jesus cast the demons out of, who washed and
anointed the feet of Jesus, and who is identified as Mary of Bethany
(sister of Lazarus and Martha). She figures heavily in the gospels, and
it was to her that Jesus first revealed Himself after the Resurrection.Since the Essene law forbade marriage, Jesus may have been forced
to withdraw from his relationship with her, because it would interfere
with His work.The Gospel of the Ebionites (‘ebionim’ Hebrew for ‘the humble’ or
‘poor’ were purists that believed only the poor could receive Salvation,
observed the Law of Moses, and considered Jesus to only be a
prophet) or Gospel of the Hebrews, supposedly shed so much light on
Jesus, that it was suppressed by Church leaders. In fact, all books of
the Ebionite sect have mysteriously disappeared. In the Gospel of
Mary, Peter says: “Sister, we know that the Saviour loved you more
than the rest of women. Tell us the words of the Saviour which you