Subject: Consider Rev 11:19 |
Bible Note: THECROSS, I appreciate your answer! And I do not think that you are a 'smart such and such'.. I am glad that you are on the Study Bible Forum! I have just read Ezekiel 44:1-10 in the New American Standard Bible and I find absolutely no mention or reference at all to Mary, the mother of Jesus. I'm sorry, THECROSS, but you are just going to have to show me exactly where in the Bible that Mary is 'shown' to be more than just a woman of God. Otherwise, I do not agree with you about Mary being 'the Ark of the new covenant.' I agree with you that Jesus is the 'new Adam' because the Bible says so in 1 Corinthians 15:45. And 1 Corinthians 15:22 tells me this also. But THECROSS, where in the Bible does it say that Mary is anything more than a God fearing woman who gave birth to the Man, Jesus Christ? Mary may have given birth to Jesus, who was the fullness of God in bodily form, and Mary was the 'vessel' that God used to deliver His Son to this earth, but Mary did not 'give birth' to God. For God has no beginning and no end! (Revelation 22:13) And how could Mary be the mother of God if God has existed forever? Jesus Christ has always existed, even before the foundation of the earth! (John 17:24, Hebrews 13:8) So was Mary really the 'mother of God'? Or was she just a willing servant of God whom God used to 'introduce' His one and only Son into this world? THECROSS, I am not trying to put you on the spot here. I humbly ask you to please show me in Scripture with Bible Verses where it 'proves' that Mary is anything more than just a humble servant of God. You also said, "man that was at the foot of the cross" and this brings me to John 19:26-27 where Jesus says, "Woman, behold, your son!" and to the 'man', "Behold, your mother!" If you were referring to these passages, where Mary, the mother of Jesus, is standing at the foot of the cross with John, His disciple, then please show me where it says here that Mary is anything more than just a woman of God. THECROSS, I ask you humbly, and not as a request! God bless! Nolan |