Originally Posted by
JoeT777
Thanks, I've been around, but thought you guys needed a few months of rest from me being right all the time.
And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. .. The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Luke 1:28-30,35 At the very moment this occurs St. Anselm reminds us the Blessed Mary becomes Queen of heaven, she is the handmaiden of the Lord, His spousal queen.
The Queen of heaven was the big ticket lottery for 14 year old girls in antiquity? She was simply 'picked' like a fatted cow?
And shall open her mouth in the churches of the most High, and shall glorify herself in the sight of his power, And in the midst of her own people she shall be exalted, and shall be admired in the holy assembly. And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying: I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures Ecclesiasticus 24:5. This verse prefigures Mary being 'full of Grace'. How many people are declared to be 'full of Grace in the New Testament? Do you know?
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, Proverbs 8:22; foreshadows the incarnation which is to take place within Mary.
Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers. Proverbs 17:6
Thou art all fair, O my love, and there is not a spot in thee. Come from Libanus, my spouse, come from Libanus, come: thou shalt be crowned from the top of Amana, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards. Canticles 4:7-8. This verse heralds God's handmaiden binding Mary in a supernatural spousal relationship with God.
And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be. Luke 1:28-29
Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified. Ps 131:8: foreshadows both Christ and the Ark (Mary) rising to heaven, Christ ascends on his own authority, and Mary is assumed into heaven. How pure must Mary be to be assumed into heaven, just a nice farm girl, a little bit, a lot, or singularly pure (like no other) without knowledge of sin?
Having a golden censer, and the Ark of the Covenant covered about on every part with gold, in which was a golden pot that had manna, and the rod of Aaron, that had blossomed, and the tables of the testament. Hebrews 9:4. As in Moses' day the ark of the covenant contains an everlasting life the bread of life (Cf. John 6), a priesthood ministered (Aaron's rod) with the bread of life; likewise Mary held within her the living bread of life, the high priest and the word of God
In John's Apocalypse we are given the vision of the Ark of the Covenant being in heaven, then in John's Apocalypese chapter 12 we read "And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars: And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered." This is the allusion of both the Church and Mary. In Exodus we see are told of the Ark being covered in Gold, a symbol of purity. In the same way the Ark that carries Christ across the seas of death from conception to birth, Mary is the purest vessel, free of sin. Jew's admiration and reverence for the Ark of the Covenant enhanced his love for God. Likewise revere the Mother of God which in turn magnifies our love of God. Scripture tells us the Ark is so pure that any sin that comes in contact with it dies, as did Uzzah (Cf. 2 Kings 6:7). An Ark that contained the very essence of God such as Mary would be even more holy.
As King David leapt for Joy before the Ark; so too, did John the Baptist leap for Joy before Mary. (Cf. 2 Kings 6:16 and Luke 1:41) So too, we see David asking why the Ark should come to him, we see Elizabeth asking the same question (Cf. 2 Kings 6:9 and Luke 1:43). The similarities between the Ark of the Covenant and Mary don't end here. The Ark remains for three months in Obededom's house before it was taken to the City of David. Likewise Mary remains with Zachary for three months when the house was blessed with the birth of Elizabeth's child.
A life giving cloud overshadowed the Ark of the Covenant filling it with His Glory and May was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit, likewise filling her with Glory.
These correlating verses don't exist by mere coincidence. Like the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, through his Church, is showing us the relevance of the Blessed Mary to His Glory.
A half a Truth is as good as a lie. In the same way, half of a revealed Truth leads us away from Truth. If there is a New Adam in the New Covenant, then there is a New Eve. As I stated before, Eve before the fall did not know sin. Mary, singularly preserved from ever knowing sin is rightly called the New Eve.
I can't count to four using all the fingers on both hands. There's nothing new, it wasn't me what figured it out; it was given the Catholic Church to teach the relevance of a doctrine that non-Catholic's hold in ridicule. Instead of ridiculing the Church, it is the Trinity that is harmed.
JoeT
