Chapter 7. 13
Ark of Mary
She
is the Ark in which is found the golden vessel
containing
the TRUE MANNA, that is,
the
flesh in which Divinity resides
First Word
The
following is handed down by sacred tradition; I include it here because
it became somewhat embraced beginning in the fourth century A.D. up until now.
The
Roman Catholic writers saw the Blessed Virgin Mary
as the “Ark
of the Covenant” because she herself carried the Savior of mankind
within her. She in effect became the “Holy of Holies”
“She is the Ark in which is found the
golden vessel containing the true manna, that is, the flesh in which
Divinity resides.”
(Homily of the Papyrus of Turin)
Typology;
a hint or taste of something that will be realized or fulfilled; such as in the
Old Testament a person, thing, or event that FORESHADOWS SOMETHING that we find in the New Testament; “the Old Testament is
the New
concealed, but the New Testament is the Old revealed.”
There is a parallel between the Holy
Spirit overshadowing the Ark of the Covenant
and the Holy Spirit overshadowing Mary.
The Ark of the Covenant was the dwelling place of God and Mary was the dwelling
place of God
the Son; both housed in a pure container. She is a living shrine of the Word of God of
the New Covenant.
Luke tells the story; A few
days later Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town where Zechariah
lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary’s
greeting, Elizabeth’s
child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
Spirit.
Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, “God has blessed you above all women,
and your
child is blessed. Why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should visit me? When I heard your greeting, the baby in my
womb jumped for joy.
You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he
said.” Luke 1:39-45 (NLT)
In my spirit I can certainly embrace symbolically that the Ark of wood, containing the OLD covenant, was only a shadow of
the Ark of
flesh that contained the NEW covenant. I can also identify with the love and respect
for Mary the mother of Jesus.
Roman Catholics believe that Mary was also born of a
Virgin, her mother was a virgin; therefore she was sinless and a CO-REDEEMER equal with Jesus.
Therein lies the
problem, it’s just not found in scripture.
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