[Romans 8:29]. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Matthew 1:20 (20). They said that the place intended by God for the birth of the Messiah was Bethlehem. In the era of the Old Covenant Mary is invited to be the mother of the Messiah because she has "won favor with God." There we have the double announcement of the angel: as mother she brings to the world the Son of the Most High (v.33), but that will take place by the 'power of the Most High' (v.35), that is virginally. But even after Christ, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, the Church travels towards the full truth. As for any point concerning the vow or proposal of virginity on Mary's part, we must consider convincing and definitive the wide-ranging and detailed study of G. Graystone. With His arrival the hope of Israel was fulfilled. She leaves her people behind and declares herself the servant of Boaz. The Maternal SplendorMary, Daughter of the Father, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, Mother of the Son. Is 8:8-9). Some authors see in this expression the eternal origin of the Messiah, an announcement of his divinity, but the Fathers are not unanimous on this interpretation. The twelve tribes of Israel pre-figure the coming of the 12 Apostles. Isaiah in prophesying does not address himself to Ahaz, but to the 'house of David, (7:13), because the prophecy was intended to serve a far broader and weightier end, namely, that the Lord would keep his promise to preserve the line of David, and to make David's throne forever' stable through the Immanuel. She is the young spouse of Joseph. No other biblical personage has been given such strong praise, and without anything said to the contrary. Jacobs Ladder,which reached from earth to heaven and witnessed the ascent and descent of angels, was seen as a type of the future intercession of the Blessed Virgin (cf. John de Satge, Down to Earth: The Now Protestant Vision of the Virgin Mary (Consortium, 1976), P. 111. Stefano Manelli, All Generations Shall Call No Blessed, p.152. he explains: 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the most high will overshadow you. Isaiah 49:15 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not . Because she has won favor with Him, God the Father makes her the Spouse of the Holy Spirit and the Mother of the Son. The conclusive evidence in favor of interpreting this saying of Mary as an indication of a vow of virginity is the fact that it was accepted by almost all of Christendom as it was by Fathers of the Church ranging from Ambrose and Augustine in the West to Gregory of Nyasa in the East in the 4th century. "Behold, a virgin has conceived and will bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel, which means God with us." In the final analysis, only Scripture and Tradition can authentically discern typological equivalents. The Virgin Birth of Jesus. So significant is Luke 1-2 for an understanding of the Scriptural portrait of Mary that the great French exegete Rene Laurentin produced a monumental study on it called The Structure and Theology of Luke 1-2. She alone is excepted from this condemnation. 2 Kgs 9:6; 12;2: 14:2; 15:2,33; 18:2; 22:1; 23:31,36; 24:18). In Revelation 11 and 12, the Ark is shown in Heaven and is identified with the woman clothed with the sun who is Mary. For it is Mary of Nazareth who becomes the Queen and Mother in the Kingdom of God, as the Mother of Christ, King of all nations. It states that "his lordship is great and peace will have no end upon the throne of David and over his kingdom" (Is 9, 6). Gen 3:15). Stefano Manelli, All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed, p.137-140. (23). The prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 speaks of the Virgin-Mother of Emmanuel: Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Manelli points out the following parallels between the Visitation and the transportation of the Ark of the Covenant from the house of Abinadab to that of Obededom and to Jerusalem (2 Sam 6:1-15): The two "journeys" take place in Judea; the shouts of jubilation of the people and of Elizabeth; David and John' the Baptist "exult for joy"; the presence of the Ark and that of Mary are blessing for the house; the Ark and Mary remain in the house for three months. Ancient Jewish commentaries on the Old Testament called the Targums have also drawn attention to the prophetic nature of this passage.]. 1. St. Luke underscores this same detail in recounting how the angel informed Mary she was to name the child she bore: 'You shall call his name Jesus' (Lk 1:31). A true understanding of Mary and her role in salvation can come only from a full understanding of Scripture and the portrayal of Mary in Scripture. The prophecy of Micah 5:2-3 foretells the birth of the Savior in Bethlehem from a woman who will bring forth the ruler of Israel: But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. This is what the second century fathers saw, together with its consequences for salvation: "The knot of Eve's disobedience, says Irenaeus, 'was untied by Mary's obedience, and in her obedience Mary became the cause of salvation for herself and for the whole human race' (Adv. The core of the prophecy is given in verse 14. Mary is the woman in total enmity with Satan, who participates in the crushing of his head (cf. In Luke 1:42 Elizabeth proclaims Mary's blessing before that of her Son and adds, 'Why should I be honoured with a visit from the Mother of my Lord?' 1. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Click here to find out how you can help the Home of the Mother best. Numerous other models or types of the Blessed Virgin Mary are present in the Old Testament. They were not necessarily poor as a class, for David was one, but they usually were. According to Micah, the origins from which he shall be born are "of old," "from ancient times." This is the first of the verses that depict Mary as the Ark of the Covenant. TheQueen Mothertradition refers to the tradition among the Davidic kings of appointing their mothers as their queens of the Kingdom, which meant they became the principal advocates for the people of Israel to their kingly sons (cf. The second was the decision to ignore the divine inspiration of Scripture so as to make interpretations solely using the criteria and tools employed by professional historians. Hence, Micah refers to the same woman in the prophecy of Isaiah speaking of her as simply she who "gives birth.". So, they decided to consult the authorities on where the birth of the Messiah would occur. Mary The Bridge Between The Old And The New Testaments (a) Introduction (b) Old Testament Prophecies of Mary (c) Old Testament Pre-figurings of Mary (d) Daughter of Zion (e) Ark of the Covenant 3. [Acts 1:14, 2:3-4]. And the king said to her, 'Make your request, my mother; for I will not refuse you.' Lk 2:35; Jn 19:26-27). Lm. About the Ark symbolism, John McHugh writes: [Luke 1] Verse 35 asserts that this creative, life-giving Power of the Most High will overshadow Mary. 18. The "virginity" of the mother is the ever-present, luminous backdrop for the event of the Annunciation and that of the birth of the Messiah. Every Saturday we broadcast the Mass from Spain and every Sunday a formation meeting. [Luke 2:34-35]. The Daughter of Zion representation of Mary is evident in the parallelism between a great number of texts in the Old and the New Testaments. The mother and son, the Almah and the Immanuel, announced by Isaiah, appear neither more nor less than further delienations of the 'woman', and of the 'seed', the Issah and the Zera, promised in Genesis. The meaning of the root of charitoo is favor or grace. In his last sermon in Wittenberg, Martin Luther echoes the Christian teaching that the Woman of Genesis 1 is Mary: "Is Christ only to be adored? Rene Laurentin, A Short Treatise on the Virgin Mary, pp.34-35. 20. 5. To give an example, if someone to whom a cigarette is offered replies, 'I don't smoke,' he is understood to mean 'I never smoke' and not 'I am not smoking right now.'" Besides referring to the announcement of the Messiah, Micah's words present to us his mother. All of Esther's people have been condemned to death through the schemes of an enemy. But in this dark and torn situation, the hope in the oracle of "when she who is in labour gives birth" rises like the dawn. In this passage from John there is an allusion to "the tent or tabernacle where God resided since the making of the Covenant (Exodus 40:34-35; cf. 82-83. The mother always appears as a virgin mother. Mary, also called St. Mary or the Virgin Mary, (flourished beginning of the Christian era), the mother of Jesus, venerated in the Christian church since the apostolic age and a favourite subject in Western art, music, and literature. (29). The similarities between these and the lucan Infancy Narratives are obvious: all describe miraculous conceptions, announced by angelic messengers and issuing in the birth of a great hero. 27. It is apparent that Mary was "full of grace" by God in view of this maternity, and even that she was prepared, by the grace of her virginity, for her own mission, that of being the virginal mother of the Savior. But we know why, thanks to some splendidly honest modern Jewish scholars: Jacob Neusner (Messiah in Context, pp. 2 Samuel 7:16a: "Your house and your sovereignty will always stand secure before me." Respected Protestant scholars such as A.G. Herbert ("The Virgin Mary as the Daughter of Zion"), A. F. Knight ("The Virgin and the Old Testament") and the Swedish Lutheran Harald Sahlin ("Der Messias und das Gotteovolk") have also acknowledged Mary's identification with the Daughter of Zion. Furthermore, this name is given her from on high; it is Mary's true name in the eyes of God, her name of grace. and 'he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden, (Luke 1:38, 48). The Fathers recognized in Mary a bridge between the Old and the New Testaments, a Second Eve whose cooperation with the Second Adam was foretold and fulfilled. Mary is the "mother", pregnant and giving birth to a son, though remaining a virgin, according to the prophecies of Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:1-2; and the woman "Mother of the Lord" or "Mother of Jesus", as she is called eleven times in the New Testament; she is the "mother" of mankind, represented by St. John on Calvary (Jn 19:25-27). The fact that she is clearly designated as a woman without a husband, something most unusual in Jewish genealogy and identification, represents an implicit reference to that same virgin birth. Situated in its context it is the following: "In the third month of their departure from the land of Egypt the Israelites came to the desert of Sinai Moses then went up the mountain to God. Luke 1:42. Because of her great virtue David marries her and makes her queen of the house of David. The word is a perfect participle and in Greek the perfect tense indicates permanence or stability. Deborah's song is a foreshadowing of the Magnificat. Although sterile she bears Isaac in her old age through a miracle of God. You can decide for yourself whether you want to allow cookies or not. Four Scripture scholars are cited below on the meaning and significance of this greeting. This is elucidating for our particular case. Gen 17:16; 21:1-2). In the tradition of the Greek Fathers of the Church and in the Byzantine liturgy, the words of the angel have been almost universally understood and explained as an invitation to joy. Mary, his mother, the Virgin, conceives and gives birth remaining a virgin. The Holy Spirit who inspired it means it to be seen in entirety. Sophronius of Jerusalem, for example, interprets the term ,full of grace, in this manner: 'No one has been fully sanctified as you ; no one has been purified in advance as you.' Matthew 12:48. Mary was chosen to be the mother of our savior Jesus Christ, and her name means "rebellion." . Stefano Manelli, All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed, pp.35-71 39l 41-2. Not in any way, the prophet tells us. Ex 7: 8, Isaiah 38: 7) or a natural fact that has been predicted in advance (cf. The Fathers saw theBurning Bushof Moses as a type of Mary, because it held the presence of God within itself, but did not experience material corruption (cf. Like Abraham (Gen 18:3), Mary found favour with God (Lk 1:30); like Abraham (Gen 12:3; 18:18; 22:18), she is a source of blessing for, and is blessed by, all nations (Lk 1: 42,48); like Abraham (Gen 15:6), she is praised for her faith in the promise that, by a miracle, she would have a son (Lk 1:45). But it is probably to the story of the birth of Samuel that Luke is most indebted. 'Overshadow' refers to the Shekinah, the cloud of God's presence which went with the Israelites in the desert, filled the temple of Solomon, appeared at the transfiguration and the ascension, and according to Israelite tradition, covered with its shadow the Ark of the Covenant (cf. We see in this passage that God places the same enmity, as radical opposition, between the woman and the serpent (who represents Satan), as he does between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent (which represents sin). Isaiah encourages King Ahaz, assuring him that the plans of his enemies will not be fulfilled because they go against the divine plans. Going to adoration is something Melissa has always done on a regular basis, but she admits that it was boring for her. Similarly the proclamations of the angel to Gideon in Judges 6:11-24 closely parallel the angel Gabriel's proclamations to Mary in Luke 1:26-38. Several recent writers, Lutheran, Anglican and Roman Catholic, have stressed the significance of this verb in this context: they see in it an indication that the Divine Presence descended on Mary as it had once descended on the Ark of the Covenant. [Luke 1:26-33, 35,38]. But then comes the so-called full sense (sensus plenior), which consists in the meaning that a biblical author attributes to an earlier text when he re-uses it in a context that gives it a new literal meaning, or a meaning that an authentic doctrinal tradition or a conciliar definition gives to a text of the Bible. Mary's seed are the multitudes "which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Lk 1:38; Jn 19:25-27). Ignace de la Potterie, Mary in the Mystery of the Covenant, pp.14-16. St. Luke, when he wrote the word 'overshadow" must have known what,associations it would evoke in the Jewish mind. 6. So in Luke 'hail' means rejoice, with messianic joy, and Mary, 'favoured one' or 'full of grace' is seen as the Daughter of Sion, who realizes the hopes and longings of Israel's history, and in a more wonderful way the Lord will be in her midst. Copyright 1995, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020 by Gods Word to the Nations Mission Society. The angel Gabriel's greeting to Mary is of great consequence for our understanding of Mary and Marian doctrine. Num 12:4). "Motherhood is a million little moments that God weaves together with grace, redemption, laughter, tears, and most of all, love." "I cannot tell you how much I owe to the solemn word of my good mother." Charles Haddon Spurgeon "The Christian mom doesn't love Jesus instead of loving her children; she loves Jesus by loving her children." If the person born, Emmanuel, is the Messiah, the text is both messianic and Mariological, because it explicitly mentions his mother, who was called almah-girl-virgin. Want to get to know them? Luke 1:34: "I do not know man." Rene Laurentin, A Short Treatise on the Virgin Mary (Washington, New Jersey: AMI Press, 1991). The real issue for the Christian believer is not whether we should rely on Scripture alone but whether or not we can have an authoritative interpretation of Scripture. Although none of the Gospels are written as textbooks of theology or doctrine, the sacred texts often assume or implicitly support certain doctrinal formulations. This verse is considered in more detail below. "All generations shall call me blessed." Scripture's Seven-Splendored Story Of Mary. John McHugh, The Mother of Jesus in the New Testament (New York: Doubleday, 1975), p. 78. Daughter Zion is the Spouse of Yahweh, Mother of the People of God (Mother Zion), the Virgin Israel. In its dramatic overview of the salvation mysteries of the New Covenant, Luke 1-2 also gives us a magnificent affirmation and summation of the major Marian doctrines. She is already prophetically foreshadowed in the promise of victory over the serpent which was given to our first parents after their fall into sin (cf. This consummation, in Mary's case, would be her assumption into heaven. Gen 37:28), but who then saves his people. This cloud was seen for the first time when the Mosaic worship was established. John the Baptist, like Samson, is to take a Nazarite vow. In the era of the New Covenant she will be called blessed by "all generations" because she has "believed.". For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother's womb. 1. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. 53. This virginity is an evident sign that the Messiah is truly a new creation, the new humanity, the beginning of the salvific era: the redemption." The texts of Joel and of Zechariah carry the same message in almost the same phrases." Please note that if you reject them, you may not be able to use all the functionalities of the site. The Ark of the Covenant was the sacred chest which held the presence of God for the people of Israel. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. The object of the varied translations is the Greek word kecharitomene which refers to one who has been transformed by God's grace. "kecharitomene," and in the Epistle to the Ephesians (Ephesians 1:6), "echaritosen." Instead, 'almah includes the concept of youth directly, and indirectly, that of virginity, and does not exclude maternity. I Knew Right Away That Sr. Clare Had a Great Soul. That Mary should thus be placed in the forefront is most astonishing and gives food for reflection to those who fear that they do Christ some offense in exalting his Mother." Some scholars find such a dilemma implausible, because a proposal entailing virginal life in those days seems inconceivable. If you obey me and respect my Covenant, you shall be my special possession, dearer to me than all other people, though all the earth is mine That is what you must tell the Israelites.' It is a hard fact of history that Marian doctrine and devotion have been an indivisible part of Christian beliefboth in the East and the Westfor 20 centuries. Luke 1:28. 1 Kings 2:19). But before they were married, Mary realized that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit. Hence, Origen could write* "Because the angel greeted Mary with new expressions, which I have never encountered elsewhere in the Scriptures, it is necessary to comment on this. Here are seven important Bible verses about Mary, the mother of Jesus. Since some male Hebrew pronouns from the Old Testament can be also understood in the feminine sense, the feminine translation of she remains a legitimate translation. Rene Laurentin, A Short Treatise on the Virgin Mary, p.20. 8. Stefano Manelli, All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed, p.131-2. Exodus 40:35). As Jesus enters the Temple Simeon greets him as 'the glory of Israel, (Luke 2:32). He will reign [Luke 1:28-33]. Mary is the one person who knows the way better than anyone else, because she and Jesus shared the same body for 9 months, Jesus was subject to her for 30 years, they probably even look alike, and they are of one accord. The events, the atmosphere, the terms used to describe them correspond closely: the ascent of the Ark (2 Samuel 6:5) and the ascent of Mary (Luke 1:39), the joyous outcry of the people and Elizabeth's cry of greeting; the exultation of David and of John the Baptist. Mary is known from biblical references, which are, however, too sparse to construct a coherent biography. Its summer already! Miriam is present with Moses and Aaron at the "Tent of Meeting" in which the Lord descended and spoke to them. The Queen-Mother was referred to as the, Introduction to Mary: The Heart of Marian Doctrine and Devotion, If you would like to order the book, please visit our. Copyright 2023 Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. Irondale, Alabama. Throughout the Old and the New Testaments, as we read Bible verses . William G. Most, "Mary Coredemptrix in Scripture: Cooperation in Redemption" in Mary Corademptrix mediatrix Advocate: Theological Foundations edited by Mark I. Miravalle (Santa Barbara, CA: Queenship Publishing, 1995), pp.150-1. It is clear that from the very first words of the angel there is already an echo of the theme of the 'Daughter of Zion.' We find it for the first time in Exodus 19:8. Mary is revealed to be the fulfillment of the prophetic "Daughter of Zion" of Isaiah 12:1-6; Zephaniah 3:14-16; Zechariah 2:10; etc. Most Christians know that many of the events narrated in the New Testament are fulfillments of Old Testament prophecies. From those "roots" has sprung, in the New Testament, the one "full of grace" (Lk 1:28), the Mother of God and of the new humanity. Many Post-Reformation Protestants, however, seem to be suffering from collective amnesia on the question of Mary. Then the 'Woman' in Genesis will be answered by the Woman in the Book of Revelation (ch. We therefore have a new Queen-Mother in Mary, the Mother of Jesus, who becomes the Great Lady of all nations and peoples within the universal kingdom of her divine Son. Mary was the only person to be present with Jesus at . (13). 25He did not have marital relations with her before she gave birth to a son. Judges 5 is a song of praise from Deborah to the Almighty thanking Him for the victory over Sisera. The title of Queen Mother or Gebirah was very common in Old Testament times and was a position independent of the King. First, the literal sense appears. The gospel of Matthew is the only one to tell us Mary was pregnant before she and Joseph had sex. That is a usage comparable to our English pattern in which we might say of someone that he is "Mr. Tennis," meaning the ultimate in the category of tennis. The prophetic vision embraces the entire salvific plan. Ralph Russell, "The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Bible" in Mary's Place in Christian Dialogue, edited by Alberic Stacpoole (Middlegreen, Slough: St. Paul Publications, 1982), pp.45-7. Gen 3:15). In understanding the Mary of the historic Christian Faith we will start with a study of the Mary of Scripture who is also the Mary of doctrine and devotion. "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee.11 Luke 1:35. The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me. Her Son Jesus is the Head of the Mystical Body, the "firstborn among many brethren." John McHugh, The Mother of Jesus in the New Testament, p.25. In the New Testament, the entire Mariological content of the Old Testament is found to be fulfilled in the reality of the person and life of Mary, as the "woman", as the "virgin", as the 'mother" of the Emmanuel, as the exalted "Daughter of Zion", as endowed with those sublime gifts and virtues of more admirable women of the Old Covenant, and by the more suggestive, poetic symbols employed by the sacred writers. 1:48, 52) God's plan for the world works toward accomplishment according to the slow cadence of human duration, slowed down the more by the inertia of sin. In her turn Mary is going to be the object of this double manifestation: a presence from above that signifies transcendence, and a presence of the Lord from within. Ruth, a Moabite, is the wife of Boaz and the mother of Obed the grandfather of David. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 14. First there are the women of the Old Testament, notably those who were favored with miraculous births, those who were ancestors of the Messiah, those who contributed to the triumph and salvation of Israel. Mary is revealed to be "full of grace" in Luke 1:28. Rene Lautentin, A Short Treatise an the Virgin Mary, p.285. (1 Kings 2: 19-20). Rene Laurentin draws attention to the similitude between Exodus 40:34,35 and Luke 1:35: "The divine overshadowing, designated by the characteristic word episkiasei, evoked the cloud which was the sign of Yahweh's presence. This is precisely the reason why, in the Fourth Gospel, both at Cana and at the Cross, Jesus addresses Mary calling her 'Woman. 55). The Revelation of God has been progressive until its culmination in Christ.
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