Mary isn't called the queen of heaven in any of the verses you list. You may want to check out the following verses to see who was given that title: Jeremiah 7:18 and Jeremiah 44:17.
Because you find a title referring to a pagan goddess does not prove that "queen of heaven" cannot be legitimately applied to Mary. Your equation is sick bible twisting. You completely ignore the significant biblical motif of the “Queen Mother.” It’s by no means merely a Catholic invention of late centuries. It’s a thoroughly biblical theme, as noted by any Bible Dictionary. Thus,
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia has a long article on it, which is
available online:
- (gebhirah, literally, “mistress,” then a female ruler, and sometimes simply the wife of a king (“queen,” 1Ki 11:19); in Da 5:10 the term malketha‘ “queen,” really means the mother of the king):
- It stands to reason that among a people whose rulers are polygamists the mother of the new king or chief at once becomes a person of great consequence. The records of the Books of Kings prove it.
- The gebhirah, or queen mother, occupied a position of high social and political importance; she took rank almost with the king.
- When Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, desired “to speak unto him for Adonijah,” her son “rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand” (1Ki 2:19).
- And again, in 2Ki 24:15, it is expressly stated that Nebuchadnezzar carried away the king’s mother into captivity; Jeremiah calls her gebhirah (29:2).
- The king was Jehoiachin (Jeconiah, Jer 29:2), and his mother’s name was Nehushta (2Ki 24:8). This was the royal pair whose impending doom the prophet was told to forecast (Jer 13:18). Here again the queen mother is mentioned with the king, thus emphasizing her exalted position. . . .
And finally, the political importance of the
gebhirah is illustrated by the fact that in the Books of Kings, with two exceptions, the names of the Jewish kings are recorded together with those of their respective mothers; they are as follows:
- Naamah, the Ammonitess, the mother of Rehoboam (1Ki 14:21; compare 1Ki 14:31, and 2Ch 12:13);
- Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom (1Ki 15:2) or Absalom (2Ch 11:20) the mother of Abijah;
- Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom, the mother (grandmother?) of Asa (1Ki 15:10; compare 2Ch 15:16);
- Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi, the mother of Jehoshaphat (1Ki 22:42; compare 2Ch 20:31);
- Athaliah, the grand-daughter of Omri, the mother of Ahaziah (2Ki 8:26; compare 2Ch 22:2);
- Zibiah of Beersheba, the mother of Jehoash (2Ki 12:1; compare 2Ch 24:1);
- Jehoaddin (Jehoaddan, 2Ch 25:1) of Jerusalem, the mother of Amaziah (2Ki 14:2);
- Jecoliah (Jechiliah, 2Ch 26:3) of Jerusalem, the mother of Azariah (2Ki 15:2) or
- Uzziah (2Ki 15:13,30, etc.; compare 2Ch 26:3);
- Jerusha (Jerushah, 2Ch 27:1), the daughter of Zadok, the mother of Jotham (2Ki 15:33);
- Abi (Abijah, 2Ch 29:1), the daughter of Zechariah, the mother of Hezekiah (2Ki 18:2);
- Hephzibah, the mother of Manasseh (2Ki 21:1);
- Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, the mother of Amon (2Ki 21:19);
- Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath, the mother of Josiah (2Ki 22:1);
- Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, the mother of Jehoahaz (2Ki 23:31);
- Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah, the mother of Jehoiakim (2Ki 23:36);
- Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem, the mother of Jehoiachin (2Ki 24:8);
- Hamutal (Hamital), the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, the mother Of Zedekiah (2Ki 24:18).
So we know — far from a supposed absence of “any biblical warrant” — that there is an Old Testament office of
gebhirah or
Queen Mother: mother of the king.
The parallels to Jesus (also a king: of Whom King David was the major prototype) and His mother are obvious. The office was so high and important — second only to the king — that the names of the Queen Mothers
are exhaustively recorded in Scripture. Prayer Warrior has a lot of denying to do.
Thus, we now have seen evidence for the sublime power of the position of Queen Mother, the fact that she sits at the king’s right hand, on another throne, and is even crowned.
If this is true of mothers of kings, why not also of the mother of the King of Kings: the Mother of God the Son? It’s perfectly plausible, fitting, expected, and not in the least contrary to this relevant data that we have laid out. Catholic apologist Steve Ray has stated:
One
cannot deny that Jesus sits on the throne of his father Solomon. Jesus is the ultimate Son of David who sits on the throne of David (and Solomon) and
it would not be unbiblical or irrational or astounding to think that Jesus would do for his mother what Solomon did for his.
What do you mean when you say that the Protestants all reject Mary? She is the mother of our Lord, blessed among women! I just don't pray to her or worship her. I guess that you arrived at your conclusion about what Protestants think by talking to every Protestant?
That's your conclusion, brian100 is referring to the unbiblical animosity that SOME Protestants have against Mary; Queen of Heaven.
Catholics don't worship Mary. That is an anti-Catholic insult that won't go away. There is no such thing as a "Catholic Mary". She is the mother of all Christians whether one accepts that or not, and Mary doesn't care of one accepts that or not. Her command to the servants "do whatever He tells you"
(John 2:5-7 ) is not a sentimental request.
You seem to have a bee under your bonnet. You could get to know people on this forum and find out what we actually think.
We know that most people on this forum can't agree on almost anything, and some people on this forum think that anything from a Catholic is automatically wrong. Including citations from Protestant sources.