If Jesus Married He Was An Adulterer

Let's be clear; if Jesus was married, He was both an adulterer and incestuous. When it comes to Jesus, there are endless questions like why didn’t Jesus marry?” It’s an interesting question, and when you stop to think about it, the answer is profound and tied to the very essence of who Jesus is and what the Master Rabbi came to accomplish.

Jesus didn’t marry because He already had a bride (the church) and because He created everything, including us, all women would be His daughters. Would you marry your daughter or son?

The Bible repeatedly refers to the Church as the Bride of Christ. You see this most clearly in Ephesians 5:25-27, where Paul writes, “husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.”

This evidence, among many more textual examples, doesn’t just compare Jesus’ relationship with the Church to a marriage; it declares that the Church is His bride. Jesus didn’t come to establish a temporary union with one person which was not eternal as can be said about human marriage (Matt. 22:30).

His mission is eternal, and His bride isn’t bound by time, culture, or geography as are spatial time marriages. Now, if Jesus had taken a wife during His earthly life, what would that have meant for His relationship with the Church? Let me help you out; the Lord would have been guilty of sin (adultery) which means He could not have possibly been the sinless Lamb of God, worthy to die on the cross and therefore, as Paul taught, our faith is in vain (1 Cor. 15:17).

In God’s eyes, human marriage as well as the eternal, is sacred. It’s a covenant, not just between two people but between us and Yahweh (Gen. 2:24, Matt. 19:6). The commitment is exclusive and Jesus, being God in the flesh, couldn’t and wouldn’t enter into a marriage that contradicted His eternal covenant with the Church (Rev. 19:7-8).

As someone who believes in the perfection of Jesus, I can’t imagine Him doing anything that would compromise Himself as the divine our Bridegroom. His focus was always on fulfilling His Father’s will, and that included preparing a bride—the Church—that would be pure and holy, without blemish.

It gets even more in-depth - Jesus didn’t need to marry a woman to have a bride because as God, He has the power to create His own. Whoa. Furthermore, as God, Christ has been in the business of creating something out of nothing. He created Eve for Adam, didn’t He?

But while Eve was made from Adam’s rib, the Church is being made from something even greater—Christ’s own sacrifice. He is the only being who ever lived that created two perfect brides, sinless Eve and the church will be presented without spot and blemish.

As most have heard on Sunday morning sermons, when Jesus died on the cross, He wasn’t just paying for our sins. He was purchasing His bride (John 3:15-17). Every drop of blood, every moment of suffering, was part of a divine plan to redeem a fallen humanity and make us His own. And unlike human marriage, which is often marked by imperfections, Jesus’ relationship with the Church will be perfect by the time we arrive at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb spoken of in the book of Revelation.

And let’s be honest—Jesus wasn’t just any man. He is God in human form. If He had wanted to get married, He could’ve done it but chose not to. That wasn’t weakness or avoidance; it was strength and purpose. I mean, he chose to be physically born which, to my finite view, seems much more difficult than choosing a human bride.

One of the things I find so inspiring about Jesus is His ability to say “no” to things most of us would chase after. Marriage, children, a comfortable life—these are all good things, but Jesus chose to forgo them for something infinitely better.

Sometimes, we get so caught up in the idea that we need certain things—marriage, success, security—to be complete. But Jesus shows us that completeness comes from God alone.

Here’s the final piece that ties it all together for me. Jesus didn’t marry because His bride isn’t just any bride. She’s special. She’s holy. And she’s being made perfect by His love and sacrifice.

Right now, the Church isn’t perfect because there’s division, hypocrisy, and plenty of other nonsense occuring. As a pastor, trust me when I say we are not even close to prfection! But Jesus isn’t finished with us yet. He’s still working, still refining, still preparing us for the day when we’ll be united with Him forever.

That provides me with hope because even when I fall short of God's glory, I know that Jesus sees me—not as I am, but as I will be when He’s finished with me. That makes me want to shout! That’s the kind of love that blows my mind. It’s patient, unconditional, and eternal.

For me, that truth is both humbling and exhilarating and praise be to the Godhead who reminds me that Jesus’ love isn’t ordinary. It’s divine. It’s perfect. And it’s for all of us who believe in Him. So the next time you wonder why Jesus didn’t marry, remember this: He didn’t need to. His love for His bride—the Church—is more than enough. And that includes you and I.