tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post5549051496866126235..comments2024-03-13T17:03:38.660-07:00Comments on Answering Catholic Claims: IS MARY THE ARK OF THE NEW COVENANT?Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823479491839694646noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-65353677419113895212023-11-29T13:48:44.711-08:002023-11-29T13:48:44.711-08:00Hello Anonymous,
You know, you’re right. I never...Hello Anonymous,<br /><br />You know, you’re right. I never knew Mary personally, nor did I ever know anyone who DID know her. And I don’t know what Ignatius or Polycarp taught about her, either. <br /><br />But I do know that her Son knew her better than anyone else. Yet, He in no way suggested about her any of the exclusive and incredible claims that the Catholic Church attributes to her. Jesus never exalted her above any other person, but rather, He actually cautioned those who seemed to try to put her on a pedestal (Matthew 12:46-50; Luke 11:27-28). <br /><br />If Mary had some special anointing, power, or privilege above others (other than bearing and raising the Savior), Jesus had every opportunity to show us that, but He tells us nothing along those lines.<br /><br />We Protestants are not trying to denigrate Mary or put her down in any way. We just believe, as I mentioned in the article, that Mary would agree with John the baptist in saying, “He [Jesus] must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30). But it is painfully obvious that the Catholic Church is not allowing Mary to “decrease” in any way, rather, just the opposite. <br /> <br />Also, the Catholic Church may be the church with the most “history” and “tradition,” but it is certainly not the church that is most biblical, as this blog has continually tried to point out. Scripture trumps history and tradition.<br /><br />Furthermore, it is admirable and generally a good thing to pray fervently for Jesus to reveal the fullness of truth to you, but you should not expect any “revelation” over and above the revelation that He has already laid out in Scripture. He will not tell you something that would contradict His Word, as the Marian doctrines do.<br />Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823479491839694646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-75296038857777052542023-11-28T18:52:37.264-08:002023-11-28T18:52:37.264-08:00So should I listen to you about Mary? Someone who ...So should I listen to you about Mary? Someone who did not know Mary personally or know someone who knew her personally. Or the early church fathers? Especially St. Ignatius of Antioch and Polycarp. St. Ignatius studied under the beloved apostle John, and was appointed to bishop of Antioch by St. Peter? Weirdly enough Ignatius taught of the sinlessness of Mary. Interesting that from your conclusion St. John must have taught him heresy. Or Peter allowed heresy to be taught within the Holy Catholic Church. Or possibly both. To me it seems more likely that the Church with the most history and tradition is more likely correct than the church that rebelled against the Catholic Church. For 19 years I took your perspective but I prayed fervently that Jesus would reveal the fullness of truth to me. I invite you to pray and ask Jesus with an open heart to reveal the fullness of truth to you and his True Church. As well as where it can be found on earth. Have a blessed day. May Jesus guide you, bless you and keep you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-69915938412341389862022-10-10T04:43:05.920-07:002022-10-10T04:43:05.920-07:00📖Revelation 11:19
And the temple of God which is...📖Revelation 11:19 <br />And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.<br /><br />🎚BIBLICAL INSIGHT:<br />☝️Rev. 11:19 — temple of God… heaven. See 3:12; 7:15; 14:15, 17; 15:5–8; 16:1, 17. The heavenly Holy of Holies (see notes on Ex 26:31–36) where God dwells in transcendent glory, already is identified as His throne (chaps. 4, 5). Cf. Heb 9:24. John had seen the throne (4:5), the altar (6:9; 8:3–5), and here the Holy of Holies. ark of His covenant. This piece of furniture in the OT tabernacle and temple (see notes on Ex 25:11–18) symbolized God’s presence, atonement, and covenant with His people. That earthly ark was only a picture of this heavenly one (see Heb 9:23; 10:20). It was there God provided mercy and atonement for sin. As the earthly Holy of Holies was open when the price of sin was paid (Mt 27:51; Heb 10:19, 20), so the Holy of Holies in heaven is opened to speak of God’s saving New Covenant and redeeming purpose in the midst of judgment. lightning… thunder… earthquake… hailstorm. What was anticipated in 4:5 and 8:5 will become a terrifying reality. These events occur as part of the seventh bowl (16:17–21) and are the climax of the seventh trumpet. Since heaven is the source of vengeance, judgment also comes out of God’s Holy of Holies (14:15, 17; 15:5–8; 16:1, 7, 17). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-38102527672854306612019-03-31T20:31:57.826-07:002019-03-31T20:31:57.826-07:00Leslie,
No, Jesse is absolutely right. If a pers...Leslie,<br /><br />No, Jesse is absolutely right. If a person is a Christian, Jesus lives in him. Not physically, but spiritually.<br /><br />So, by Catholic reasoning, if Jesus is indeed in each true believer, then wouldn't we ALL be an ark of the covenant, Since we all "have Jesus in us"? Mary only had Jesus in her womb for nine months, but we can have Him "in us" for many, many years! <br /><br />Does that make us greater than Mary? After all, Christianity IS about Jesus, and not Mary, right?Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823479491839694646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-46488622144560076012019-03-25T23:48:43.815-07:002019-03-25T23:48:43.815-07:00What you are saying isn't logic it just doesn&...What you are saying isn't logic it just doesn't make any sense lee18https://www.blogger.com/profile/01447299853373655739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-27013300756077510252019-01-16T17:48:03.719-08:002019-01-16T17:48:03.719-08:00Hello Unknown,
No, Revelation 11:19 says absolute...Hello Unknown,<br /><br />No, Revelation 11:19 says absolutely nothing about Mary. I am aware that Catholics try to shoehorn Mary into this context by tying this verse in with 12:1 and the “woman clothed with the sun.” But see this article which disproves that idea:<br /><br />https://answeringcatholicclaims.blogspot.com/2015/09/is-mary-woman-clothed-with-sun.html<br /><br />So, we’d have to disagree with you. The apostle John, who wrote Revelation, did not “clearly” tell us that Mary was the “New Ark.” If anyone is the “Ark of the New Covenant,” it is Jesus, Himself.<br />Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823479491839694646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-18319603397336255772019-01-14T01:47:22.714-08:002019-01-14T01:47:22.714-08:00See Revelation 11:19. How do you argue that Mary i...See Revelation 11:19. How do you argue that Mary is not the ark of the new covenant? John tells us clearly here that she is. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07239433025088299008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-69377727662165338822018-10-16T23:12:31.908-07:002018-10-16T23:12:31.908-07:00Hello Broken Phoenix,
Please forgive my “obvious ...Hello Broken Phoenix,<br /><br />Please forgive my “obvious ignorance” concerning the rosary. I am certainly no expert, but what I wrote about the rosary was NOT done in a vacuum, nor was it without research of any kind. May I suggest that you check the link below, and maybe you, too, will learn something more about the rosary that you never saw before:<br /><br />https://answeringcatholicclaims.blogspot.com/2010/05/catholic-rosary.html#comment-form<br /><br />You mentioned that Mary “always, always… points the way to her Son.”<br />Well, I certainly agree if you are speaking of the BIBLICAL Mary. But the CATHOLIC “Mary” too often draws attention to herself. For example:<br /><br />https://answeringcatholicclaims.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-visions-of-fatima.html<br /><br />You mentioned that it would make great sense to use the same (or more) care in designing Mary in preparation to carry the Savior during her pregnancy. <br /> <br />We (Protestants) don’t have a problem with Mary carrying Jesus in her womb. But the problem is that Catholics generally believe that since Jesus was / is sinless, Mary also had to be sinless in order to carry Him. But this creates an infinite regress. If Mary had to be sinless, then shouldn’t HER MOTHER had to have also been sinless to carry the sinless Mary? And shouldn’t Mary’s grandmother ALSO have to be sinless to carry Mary’s mother? And on and on.<br /><br />Concerning Mary’s “sinlessness,” please see this article:<br /><br />https://answeringcatholicclaims.blogspot.com/2011/05/was-mary-without-sin.html<br /><br />Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823479491839694646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-22618182560227502622018-10-15T14:40:45.518-07:002018-10-15T14:40:45.518-07:00It is quite obvious that you know nothing about th...It is quite obvious that you know nothing about the Rosary. Each decade is a prayer to the Trinity in the sense that we are meditating on the life of Christ. Each decade represents an incident in Christ's life from his Conception to his Ascension. Furthermore, if you actually look at the Hail Mary, the first part is a direct quote from Scripture (Luke 1:28) and the second part is our asking Mary to pray for us. Not once in the Rosary do we credit Mary with doing anything on her own. She is always the handmaiden of the Lord. And always, always, she points the way to her Son. "Do whatever He tells you." (John 2:5)<br /><br />It makes absolutely no sense that God would instruct the Hebrews to put such care into designing the vessel that would hold the written Word of God and not put the same care or more into the vessel that carried the Living Word of God. Science has proven that a woman carries the fetal cells of her children in her body for her entire life. So Mary was always a vessel for Jesus. We believe she still is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345109353301543637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-30837143366998674412018-09-22T06:12:13.396-07:002018-09-22T06:12:13.396-07:00good answer good answer living waterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715236203352704160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-59763457169371249142018-05-01T23:12:36.172-07:002018-05-01T23:12:36.172-07:00Great point, Jesse!Great point, Jesse!Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823479491839694646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-34073356990830242562018-04-29T22:10:19.195-07:002018-04-29T22:10:19.195-07:00If Mary automatically inherits the title "Ark...If Mary automatically inherits the title "Ark of the Covenant" for the reason that she once bore our Lord Jesus Christ in her womb, then would it not logically follow that all Christians can rightly be given the same title, since our bodies are also God's dwelling place (1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19-20)?Jesse Albrechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349321905468957335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-49613434000587127162018-04-29T10:02:40.286-07:002018-04-29T10:02:40.286-07:00Hello Anonymous,
I believe the answer to your que...Hello Anonymous,<br /><br />I believe the answer to your question is no, the types and figures of the Old Testament will not be exact replicas in every detail.<br /><br />Is there something specific that you had in mind? Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823479491839694646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730083483661000120.post-72557132859843970532018-04-27T23:02:13.905-07:002018-04-27T23:02:13.905-07:00Excuse me may i ask, i have heard many people clai...Excuse me may i ask, i have heard many people claim that they are people or things of the Old Testament that were a type of Jesus, did Jesus have everything exactly the same as those figures in the Old Testament?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com