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SamBee wrote:

This does of course lead to a Da Vinci problem. Did he have children? Are his descendents still amongst us?

Well, who’s to say whether it’s accurate or not, but last week my father sent me an email as he was doing some genealogy at the family history library in SLC. As it turns out, he had followed one of our lines backward, and eventually hit Jesus Christ in the line. From there, obviously, we know the genealogy back to Adam.

We have seen lines go back to Adam before (in our family history), but not through Christ.

And the wife listed in the family tree? Mary Magdalene.

Now at first I was thinking to myself, how can this be? Do we know that he was married? Do we know to whom? Has someone made an assumption in the system and connected these two people (Christ and Mary) together? Or do they know something everyone else doesn’t? Was this from modern revelation or some other means (such as historical evidence, papyri, etc.)?

Forget for a moment whether or not this line of mine is even accurate. Let’s deal simply with “was Christ married?” I believe his absolutely was.

For what reason was Christ baptized? It wasn’t for the remission of sins. So why? What do we teach to our 8 year old kids when they get baptized? He was baptized to fulfill God’s commandments as a living ordinance, required for entry back into God’s presence, and because Jesus set the example. Even Christ is not above the required ordinances, and set the example for us, despite not needing the remission of His sins.

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Matthew 3:13-15

13 ¶Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

If marriage is also a required ordinance to enter the celestial kingdom, by the same logic Christ used for being baptized of John, would Christ not also have fulfilled the requirement of marriage, thus completing all the required ordinances and setting the example for us as to a perfect life without blemish, obeying all of God’s commandments? It makes sense. In fact, it would be illogical and difficult to argue that He didn’t marry. “Married to the church,” yes I’ve heard that, but so is a Bishop, a Stake President, etc. It’s a metaphor.

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The Articles of Faith, 4

4 We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.

It makes perfect sense to me, and I accept that Christ was not probably married, but absolutely would have been.

Now as to whether or not someone made some assumptions in the Church’s computer genealogy lines or not I couldn’t say. However, if you have ever used FamilySearch.org you know that it functions similar to how Wiki’s work online; people can submit changes that can be undone by people, and do so without any assigned authority.

Going back to familysearch.org today, I notice that someone has removed the spousal relationship of “Jesus Christ” to Mary Magdalene from that spot in my genealogy line, with the editorial comment “This is a speculative, controversial relationship without adequate documentation. This is an inappropriate use of the family tree.” Mary Magdalene is still there, however, but now lacking a proper spouse for her husband. “Add Husband.”

Before the relationship was deleted, it showed Mary and Jesus having three sons.

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So who are the descendants of Jesus? The Joseph Smith family? The Merovingians? The prophets of the church?

The descendants of Jesus would be incredibly numerous as to include a great many lines and people. People begatting people begatting people adds up to quite a lot of people over time, 😆 The answer to the question above could be simply, all of them. When we go back far enough, we’re all related anyway. I have to go back 61 generations to see Christ in my line. That’s a lot of people. Chances are, with that many generations, all of you reading this could also find Him in one of your lines as well.

The only other part of this I’m trying to learn and accept is whether Mary Magdalene was Christ’s wife (or one of them!). There is reason enough to believe it, considering: [list]

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