Mind of a Christian

Have you heard of the Mother God?

I've heard stories of these Mother God people. Some involve kidnapping, although I did a quick search on that - maybe it was slander against them. I don't know. But it was enough to keep me on edge when two guys approached me about it.

==== Here's what they had to say ====

There's the Mother God who is in the Bible and is the second half of the giver of the water of life. They pointed to Revelation 22:17. All of the scripture selections in this chapter will be in NASB:

The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.

If we call God our Father, then what name would we call the bride of our Father? Answer: our Mother, according to them.

Then they said that Jerusalem is the giver of this water of life, pointing to Ezekiel 47, where Ezekiel describes that a stream of water flows out of the temple and grows into a strong and deep river that gives life to the Dead Sea:

And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar... and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded... Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other... [The waters] go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the sea become fresh.

(v. 1, 5, 7, 8)

So, Jerusalem is the source of this water. Now, what do they say about Jerusalem? They pointed me to Galatians 4:

But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother.

(v. 26)

And finally, they pointed me to Genesis 1, in regards to how humans were made:

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness"... God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

(v. 26, 27)

And so, behold how God refers to Himself in the plural. So, when He created man, it was in the image of the Father. When He created woman, who was it in the image of? The Mother.

==== Alright, fellas. Show's over. ====

I have quickly found that I am hostile to the idea of God the Mother. The primary reason is that adding her to the equation belittles the Triune God, as if He is not enough; as if His plan of redemption for us as outlined in Scriptures is not enough. So let's piece through the Mother God people's assertions.

Let's start with Revelation 22:17. Again, their assertion is that the bride of the Spirit has the godly authority of giving the water of life, because the bride also says, "Come." But, the text does not imply that; other people who are not God can also say, "come" to the water of life. It's in the same verse too: And let the one who hears, say, "Come."

The Biblical translators who make it a point to capitalize pronouns referring to the Deity (eg. the lads at The Lockman Foundation) have not capitalized the word "bride" in this verse. So, they do not acknowledge that it pertains to God.

Besides, we are the bride of Christ:

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.