Every word that Christ spoke from the Cross are really remarkable, and especially what he said to His mother and to the disciple whom He loved are still break the hearts of those who read it, and its written like this in the Book of John - 26.When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, Woman, behold your son! 27.Then He said to the disciple, Behold your mother! And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. 28.After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst! 29.Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. 30.So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished! And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit - John 19:26-30
Many believes the Christ's saying of "Behold your mother" is His revelation of God to entire mankind, this is also the basis of the Roman Catholic Churches that they worship Mary as God, at the same time, there are people who dismiss these living words spoken by the Lord, saying that this incident, which is told only in the Gospel of John, is a matter concerning Mary and John, and that it has nothing to do with us.
It is necessary to understand the true meaning of Christ saying of "Behold your mother", and make a right decision, because the Old Testament prophecy says Christ would speak in parables, that mean, every Christ's saying will have worldly meaning as well as heavenly meaning, and the same prophecy also states that the heavenly meaning will be revealed to those who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and became his Children - 1.Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! 2.I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, 3.things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. 4.We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done - Psalm 78:1-4
This is what we are seeing in the entire ministry of Jesus Christ, when the Lord says, "Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise" that means he is talking about the "Church", when the Lord says, "Destroy this temple" that means he is talking about "His body", "Beware of leaven" means he is talking about "Pharisees and Sadducees", when the Lord says, "Elijah has come" that means He is talking about "John the Baptist", that is what the Bible says - 34.All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35.This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world. 36.Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field - Matthew 13:34-36
If Christ spoke everything in parables, His saying of "Behold your mother" also a parable, and the direct meaning may be pointing to Mary, but what is the heavenly meaning? If it is not pointing to Mary, Who was the person stood by Christ's Cross with unexplainable pain and tears?
The Bible clearly says, to those who follow Christ with their whole heart, He will explain the parables and lead them into eternal life, but for others the same parables will be a sign of destruction - 10.And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11.And he said to them, To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, 12.so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven. 13.And he said to them, Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14.The sower sows the word. 15.And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16.And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. 17.And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. 18.And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19.but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20.But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold - Mark 4:10-20
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