The other day I had stopped into Walmart with a couple of other guys on the way to a Home Improvement Store. As we were waiting for the last guy to check out, we were joking about not paying attention to the passing people going by. Behind me a woman's voice said excuse me. I turned about because she was a bit loud but not insulting. Looking into her brown eyes, they looked messed up. Her spirit was greatly burdened with messed up brown hair. The clothing she had on looked not like what you would expect in public. The way she walked said she was oppressed. I didn't see anyone who looked like a threat to her so I said sure, stepping aside. I watched her leave for a minute. Her spirit was oppressed and remains as a memory.
I told my wife about her and have prayed for her to have victory over her oppression. If she could have victory, this would spill over and would improve her hair, her clothing and the way she walked. The second time I prayed for her was when Yahuah Elohiym reminded me of Mary Magdalene. She was messed up when Yahusha first met her. I had seen a young woman similar to that of Mary Magdalene. This is how this study began.
Through almost the last 2000 years, Mary Magdalene in the minds of men has been twisted around, reshaped and perverted to conform to their own sinful mindset. Usually a beautiful woman, a temptress, a woman of power when they don't want women to be powerful. To them it doesn't matter what the truth is, their distorted thoughts is what they believe. In this study, I pray for the real truth to be known.
We first meet Mary as Mary from Magdala. This village was on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. It was known as Magdala Nunayya (fish tower), al-Majdal and today as Migdal, Israel. It is said that Magdala had a population up around 40,000 people before the Judean Roman war. With a fleet of 230 boats, Magdala is less than 7 miles, 10 kilometres from Capernaum, Yahusha's center of ministry, I believe it was visited often by Yahusha.
We can only imagine Mary walking around the fishing dock, discouraged, not having peace within. Her difficulties pushed her away from her sister and brother. Her motivation in life was bottomed out. She wrestled with thoughts of being angry with Elohiym to giving into people's beliefs that nobody cares about her. She couldn't go back to her sister or brother because of the big blowout they had. Wicked lifestyles was tempting just to feel alive.
It is then she seen Yahusha in the market place. She watched from a distance as he moved about. Something about Him made her spirit stir. Important community leadership was watching as well. Quickly she grabbed an alabaster jar of perfume for an excuse to meet him in person. Just as she got close enough, Yahusha went into a Pharisee’s house. Somehow she was closely behind Him. In the confusion of the moment she melted at His feet.
Yahusha sat down for the dinner not being welcomed as a guest. Mary started to cry at His feet. Tears flowed from her eyes. In her nervousness, she opened the perfume anointing His feet. Having no towel, all she could do is dry His feet with her hair. This would involve removing her head cover that was demanded by the society. So caught up in the moment, she kissed His feet not just once, but again and again. She felt so alive. Her burden of living was being lifted.
Mary looked up once in awhile. Yahusha's eyes was that of mercy towards her. Her heart felt at home with Him. But the Pharisee was very disturbed. She knew she was about to be viscously rebuked and removed by force after the home owner whispered to his servant. This is when Yahusha spoke up.
Simon, I have something to say to you. A moneylender had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?
Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he graciously forgave more.”
You have judged correctly, Yahusha said. Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave Me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet. You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume. For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.
Mary looked up into Yahusha's loving eyes. Then He said to her, “Your sins have been forgiven. Your faith has saved you; go in peace.
Mary stood up with the emptied alabaster jar of perfume. The Pharisee looked disturbed whispering to his servant. Quickly she covered her hair and blended in with the crowd of people outside. She was happy. She couldn't remember when she was that happy and at peace.
And it happened that soon afterward He was going around from one city and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s manager, and Susanna, and many others who were ministering to them from their possessions. Luke 8:1-3 LSB Bible
The time went quickly for Mary Magdalene. She no longer was from Mandala, but of Bethany. It was six days before the Passover. She was with her brother and sister, Lazarus and Martha. This time she had spikenard oil. Happily she anointed Yahusha's feet once more. But Judas Iscariot was enraged. She could tell he lusted over the value of the oil.
“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” Judas Iscariot hissed with anger.
Lazarus and Martha remained silent. Yahusha and Mary knew Judas was a thief. He had the money box, taking from what was put into it. This also shows that Judas Iscariot gave out misinformation.
“Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial," Yahusha's demanded raising His voice. "For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me. For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”
Just four days later, once again, this time at Simon the leper's house there came a woman with an alabaster jar of perfume .
And while He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster jar of perfume of very costly pure nard; and she broke the jar and poured it over His head. Mark 14: 3 LSB
I believe this woman is Mary Magdalene who is also Mary of Bethany. She is fearless. She acts in faith, without worrying about what men would think about her.
The men indignantly remarked among themselves, as if to leave Yahusha out of it. They scolded her, saying the worth of on the open market. The scent was powerful, it would permeate the entire house, as in this case. Nard is an oil, when applied to the skin or hair, it would cling and give off its aroma for many days. The value of it would be almost a year's wages. Who else other than Mary Magdalene could afford such a gift. What is interesting is that the noun woman in this verse could be a betrothed woman. The question is, was Mary Magdalene betrothed to Yahusha? Maybe she could have been. What we do know is that there was never a wedding. What we also know is that Mary Magdalene is a foreshadowing of the Assembly of Believers in Yahusha Hamashia. I believe Mary Magdalene knew more than the 12 disciples. Maybe betrothed, but she knew Yahusha would be killed in Jerusalem.
Judas Iscariot was corrupting the minds of the Disciples. Yahusha rebuked His Disciples as he did Judas Iscariot four days earlier.
“Let her alone; why do you bother her? She did a good work to Me. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.
She has done what she could; she anointed My body beforehand for the burial. And truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be spoken of in memory of her.”
What is interesting is that the price that Judas Iscariot received for Yahusha was the same price one would receive for a slave. The question is, what was Judas Iscariot thinking? Did he think he would be the new master of the Disciples? Did he think Yahusha Hamashia would become a slave? Did he think being a slave is better than being dead?
Mary Magdalene on the other hand knew Yahusha Hamashia was going to die at the hands of Jerusalem. In an act of love, she poured out probably all she had except for what she needed after Yahusha had died.
Mary Magdalene is not mentioned at the Last Supper. However I believe she was there. It was Peter and John that prepared the Passover meal. One can only imagine the things not mentioned. The reading, drinking of wine, telling stories, eating special foods and singing was about to begin. But it wasn't Mary Magdalene that washed the men's feet, it was their Master, Yahusha Hamashia. Some say Mary Magdalene wasn't there. However women was included, along with the drinking of the four cups of wine. Perhaps Joseph of Arimathea and the Virgin Mary was there also. The Bible does not reveal this. What we do know is that Yahusha's hair could be noticed across the room. It still had it's aroma in it. This still bothered Judas Iscariot. Almost a year's wages filled tht room.
(Note: I had to come back and just mention that just between Yahusha and Mary Magdalene, water may have been placed in a jar. Yahusha Hamashia may have turned water into perfume, pure nard or anything of need. Mary Magdalene may have taken this secret to her grave. )
Yahusha said, "For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves."
We can only imagine that Mary Magdalene was helping out with the Passover and never was recognized for it. Then in the Garden, on the Mount of Olives, if all the disciples was sleeping, who was the witness of Yahusha praying?
“Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”
Was it Mary Magdalene that witnessed an angel appearing to Yahusha from heaven, strengthening Him? Was it her that witnessed His agony as He prayed more earnestly? Did she witness His sweat becoming like great drops of blood falling down to the ground as the disciples slept near by?
So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be;” this was in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “THEY DIVIDED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST LOTS.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.
But standing by the cross of Yahusha were His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Yahusha then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into his home. John 19:23-27 LSB
The question is, who is the disciple Yahusha was talking about? John is credited with the task, but only Disciple I see is Mary Magdalene. But you say the Bible said his home, as in the the disciple must be male. If you look at the Greek, there is no masculine noun used. It's not a noun but an adjective. But you say the word disciple is a masculine noun. This is correct. But this Greek word for Disciple comes from a verb meaning the informed. It was Mary Magdalene that was first to be informed of the resurrection of Yahusha Hamashia. We must not forget Galatians 3:26. There is no Jew or Greek. There is no slave or free person. There is no male and female in salvation. The laws of society does not apply.
I quote, "Hyppolitus of Thebes says that Mary lived for 11 years after the death of her son Yahusha, dying in 41 AD."
I quote, "The historian Graham Phillips believes, after years of investigation, that Mary's burial site is the church of St Mary the Virgin in Llanerchymedd, and not Ephesus in Turkey or Jehosophar in Jerusalem"
If this mystery Disciple was John, did he do his job? If it is Mary Magdalene, I believe she did a wonderful job. But first we must follow Mary Magdalene to the tomb and then to France and Wales.
It's interesting that John is not mentioned with the three Marys. They are the Virgin Mary, Mary mother of James and Mary Magdalene. But John only mentioned Mary Magdalene going to the tomb early on the first day of the week. It was still dark out walking about outside the city gates. She quietly maneuvered around the guards posted.
Yahusha was in the tomb prepared the same day of His death. Joseph of Arimathea has the right to receive the body because he was the Virgin Mary's uncle. I believe Joseph of Arimathea was a foster father for a young Yahusha. There are accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Yahusha visiting Wales. This would be within the Kingdom of the High Queen Tehya, daughter of King Zedekiah. I also believe that Mary Magdalene was with Joseph of Arimathea preparing the body of Yahusha.
When Mary Magdalene got to the tomb, the stone was already removed. She had arrived with spices for Yahusha's body.
So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Yahusha loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”. John 20:2 LSB
The question is, who went with Mary Magdalene and Peter back to the tomb? I believe it was John. This doesn't say Yahusha kissed John. The Greek word for love is phileĊ. All it is saying is to treat affectionately or kindly, to welcome, befriend. Peter, James and John are the three that witnessed the Transfiguration.
John arrived first but entered second. John believed. The question is what was Peter thinking? Why the difference between Luke 24 and John 20? Luke 24:4 is the same moment as John 20:12.
It is a the same moment that Mary Magdalene entered the tomb is when the two angles appeared. By this time I believe Peter and John had already went back to Jerusalem.
The Angels asked, "Woman, why are you crying?”
Mary Magdalene answered, “Because they have taken away my Master, and I do not know where they have laid Him.”
The Angels continued, Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again."
When Mary Magdalene turned towards the door and saw Yahusha but did not recognize Him.
Yahusha asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Whom are you seeking?”
Mary took him as a gardener as she turned away, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
Yahusha called, "Mary."
Mary excitedly called back, “Rabboni!”
“Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My Elohiym and your Elohiym.,”. Yahusha said.
For forty days Yahusha was about Jerusalem and Galilee. Mary Magdalene was there on the Mount of Olives the day Yahusha ascended. His last words held fast to her heart.
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to THE END OF THE EARTH.”
After this Mary Magdalene is not mentioned in the Bible. Her history doesn't stand out. What we do know Judaism was hostile to the Early Assembly of Believers. In the year 36 CE the Apostle Stephen was put to death. It was this same year that Joseph of Arimathea, Mary Magdalene and others was sit adrift in the Mediterranean Sea without oars, sail and without a rudder. History is still hostile to early history of these early believers. The Apostle Paul's and Luke's last chapter of Acts is deleted from the scriptures. This would be Acts 29. You can find it today in the Cepher Bible. Dated and facts are also changed to make the appearance of truth to look fake.
There is a story of St Mary Magdalene’s well, Ffynnon Fair Fagdalen, at Cerrigydrudion Wales. What is interesting is that it is only an hour and 15 minutes from the Grave of the Virgin Mary located in Wales. It is said that Joseph of Arimathea buried the Virgin Mary.
After the death of the Virgin Mary, I believe Mary Magdalene moved to southern France.
I quote, "First witness to the Resurrection of Christ, Mary Magdalene came to France to preach the Christian faith. She decided to stay in La Sainte-Baume to repent inside a cave, helping those who came to her. Her remains were exhumed in 1279 where the Saint-Maximin basilica now stands."
It would be interesting to see Mary Magdalene resurrected when Yahusha Hamashia calls His loved ones to His Father's House in Heaven.