Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Did Jesus Intend Mary Magdalene to be The Head of the Church?

According to TDVC...

"The rock on which Jesus built His Church ... was not Peter ... It was Mary Magdalene." (Page 248)

"intended for the future of His Church to be in the hands of Mary Magdalene." (Page 248)

TDVC - EXPOSED!!!

Dan Brown's statement alludes to...

And I tell you that you are Peter,
and on this rock I will build my church,
and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

~ Matthew 16:18 ~

In this passage Jesus was not even saying that Peter was the rock upon whom the church would be built! Rather, He was saying that Peter's previous confession that Jesus was the Christ would be the rock upon which the church would be built:

Simon Peter answered,
"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

~ Matthew 16:16 ~


There are a number of factors in the Greek text that argue against the interpretation that Peter was the rock. First, whenever Peter is referred to in this passage (Matthew 16), it is in the second person ("you"), but "this rock" is in the third person (verse 18). Moreover, "Peter" (petros) is a masculine singular term and rock" (petra) is a feminine singular term!!! What is more, the same authority Jesus gave to Peter (Matthew 16:18) is later given to all the apostles (Matthew 18:18). So Peter is not unique.

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens,
but fellow citizens with God's people
and members of God's household,
built on the foundation
of the apostles and prophets,
with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
~ Ephesians 2:19-20 ~

Two things are clear from this:

(1) ALL the apostles, not just Peter, are the foundation of the church
(2) The ONLY one who was given a place of uniqueness or prominence was Christ, the capstone.

Peter himself referred to Christ as "the cornerstone" of the church and the rest of believers as "living stones" in the superstructure of the church.

As you come to him, the living Stone - rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him - you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame." Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone..."

~ 1 Peter 2:4-7 ~

There can only be one head of the church, and that is Jesus Christ.

For the husband is the head of the wife
as Christ is the head of the church,
his body, of which he is the Savior.

~ Ephesians 5:23 ~

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