Then it should be
EASY for you to prove my use of those verses
wrong.
Perhaps we can take them
verse by verse. I want top make this as
EASY for you as possible . . .
OT - The Word was written by God on
Tablets of Stone (Ex. 25:10) placed inside the
Ark (Deut. 10:1)
NT - The Word of God became
Flesh (John 1) conceived inside
Mary (Luke 2:38) Mary carried the Word of God.
OT - "Who am I that the
Ark of my Lord should come to me?"
(2 Sam. 6:9
NT - "Who am I that the
mother of my Lord should come to me?"
(Luke 1:43)
This is an almost VERBATIM type and fulfillment.
Please explain HOW this has been "misinterpreted" . . .
OT - The When the Ark carrying the Word of God returned “David was
leaping and dancing before the Lord”
(2 Sam. 6:14)
NT - When Mary came into Elizabeth's presence carrying the word of God, the baby
“leaped for joy” in Elizabeth's womb
(Luke 2:38)
How has this comparison been misinterpreted. In both cases people were "leaping for joy" before the Ark/Mary.
OT - The
Ark carrying the Word of God is brought to the house of Obed-Edom
in the hill country if Judea for 3 months, where it was a blessing.
(2 Sam. 6:11)
NT - Mary (the new Ark) carrying the Word of God goes to Elizabeth's house
in the hill country if Judea for 3 months, where she is a blessing
(Luke 1:56)
Once again, the circumstances here are IDENTICAL.
How is this a Catholic "misinterpretation"?
OT - The Ark is captured
(1 Sam 4:11) and brought to a foreign land and later returns
(1 Sam 6:13)
NT - Mary (the new Ark) is exiled to a foreign land (Egypt) and later returns
(Matt. 2:14)
The circumstances are once again, uncanny, to say the least.
OT - The On the
Day of the Dedication of the Temple which Solomon built, there were
120 priests present
(2 Chron. 5:11). The
Ark of the covenant was carried into the Temple
(2 Chron. 5:7) and
fire came down from Heaven to consume the burnt offering
(2 Chron. 7:7).
NT - The On the
Day of Pentecost, there were
120 disciples of Jesus present in the Upper Room
(Acts 1:15). Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the
Ark of the NEW Covenant was also present while the
Holy Spirit came down as tongues of
fire (Acts 2:3).
This type and fulfillment is FAR too precise top be a mere coincidence regarding the number of Priests/Disciples, the Holy Spirit coming down as FIRE, BOTH Arks, etc. Please explain how this is a "misinterpratation".
Here is
ONE more that pretty much
seals the deal on Mary's role as
Ark of the New Covenant:
ALL of the Books of the
Bible were written as long,
continuous letters.
Chapter and
Verse were not added by the Church until the
Middle Ages.
In the
Book of Revelation, we see the
New Ark of the Covenant in Heaven being spoken of at the very end of
Chapter 11, verse 19:
Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm.
The very next verse is in
Chapter 12 (Rev 12:1):
A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Verse 2 says:
She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.
We know that this child is
Jesus because in
verse 4, we read:
She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod.
There is simply
NO getting around the fact that the
Woman/Ark here in
Revelation 12 is
Mary.
Refute
THAT, please . . .
