If you think your eternity is worth the time and effort to make it certain then heed these words.
This is a continuation of the previous post entitled John 13: Mary Magdalene And The Last Supper.
Jesus. All his trial he did for others. To save whom he can from the certain judgement of God. The deep black gloom he felt that day as he was beaten through the streets to his execution. He had offered himself as a human scapegoat sacrifice and his pain was already unbearable then they started to beat him. Bearing the pain of all he healed and would heal as according to the definition of the scapegoat sacrifice in the Old Testament. As the scripture said when his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. He believed and he was right.
JN 19:25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. [26] When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," [27] and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
Here this text lists four people standing near him and it is interesting to note that all of them were women. The Apostle John was not there. He singles out the one whom he loved standing nearby his mother. This one is Mary Magdalene. And who was the first disciple to see Jesus after he was risen? See here.
JN 20:10 Then the disciples went back to their homes, [11] but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb [12] and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
JN 20:13 They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?"
"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." [14] At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
JN 20:15 "Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?"
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him."
JN 20:16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).
JN 20:17 Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, `I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' "
But that wasn't all to this encounter. Jesus and Mary had a little talk. He told Mary sure he sold his only chance for love to help people that needed a second chance to get one. He told her he believed and was sure things would work out in the end and that they could have one another. He asked Mary to wait for him and she said she would.
JN 20:18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Then later on.
JN 21:20 Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, "Lord, who is going to betray you?") [21] When Peter saw him, he asked, "Lord, what about him(her)?"
The English translation in a typical Bible is flawed here but you will see that it was indeed Mary who was leaning on Jesus during the last supper. This text is actually talking about Mary and not Judas the Betrayer. Mary was following Jesus all about now and she wanted to follow him but she had not died yet and could not. All the disciples began speculating about her.
JN 21:22 Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me." [23] Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?"
JN 21:24 (This is the disciple) who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his(the original Greek text says her) testimony is true.
Here the text is speaking of the disciple whom Jesus loved was following him then it says 'This is the disciple'. Here Mary is giving her sign as to being the writer of this book even though she is using the pen name of John. This is why this book has so many details of her perspective. When you understand these things properly then Leonardo da Vinci's code becomes more clear does it not. Many who study his work The Last Supper think he was stirring the pot but no, it appears he was merely preserving the truth at a time when the truth was becoming very difficult to find.
A short time later Mary died the death of a martyr. Today Jesus and Mary are together in paradise and they desire that you would believe the true way of the Lord so that you can be with them. Reward is not for the unbelieving but for those that believe. Here is another subtle clue that Mary was the writer of John.
KJV John 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. (it appears she didn't want to say Mary outright)
John 11:2 It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
Watch the numbers and the smell of spikenard.
John 12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. (3) Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus,and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
And again here Mary, the actual writer of the Song of (the Son of) Solomon puts her seal upon her work.
SS 1:12 While the King sitteth at his table, MY spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. (13) A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
So. What kind of risk have you taken for your Lord? Have you risked your life? Have you risked your monetary livelyhood? Have you even risked your social popularity? And I mean like with facts and not mere sugar coating. As for me I've faced intimidation from no less than the USAF who is well known not to play games on the serious issue of war and I've had a prosperous career destroyed and I've faced threats of removal of money and social ostracizm. So do you doubt my witness?
God does indeed talk to those who believe the right way and if you obey the words are kind but if you sin then nothing, not a word and it is like death hanging over you.
Such a contrast this is to the followers of that false prophet Mohammed. The muslim infidels who die for nothing.
This is all part of a series so keep in touch and see even more startling Biblical truths!
Praise God for all the good things he shows us! I know that all those like me are truly impressed to see that Heaven is far better than they could have imagined or hoped for!
This all is told with the approval of God the Host himself and his Son, Jesus, The Overlord Of Lords. So repent to the Messian way of Jesus and come to the love of God and be saved and all who repent will be saved.
