Mary - The Ark of the New Covenant?
The Ark of the Old Testament | Mary - The New Testament |
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The Word was written by God on Tablets of Stone (Ex 25:10) | The Word became Flesh (John 1) |
The Ark carried the Word of God (Deut 10:1) The Ark carried the Old Covenant. | Mary carried the Word of God (Lk 2:38) Mary carried the New Covenant |
David says "Who am I that the Ark of my Lord should come to me?" (2 Sam 6:9) | Elizabeth says "Who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me" (Lk 1:43) (Mary, was pregnant with Jesus) |
When the Ark returned "David was leaping and dancing before the Lord" (2 Sam 6:14) | The baby leaped for joy in Elizabeth's womb when Mary came into Elizabeth's presence carrying Jesus in her womb. (Lk 2 38) |
There I have set the ark in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with his people Israel (2Ch 6:11) | Jesus is the new Covenant and he is in Mary's womb, which makes Mary the ark of the New Covenant. Elizabeth's husband Zechariah said "He has remembered his holy covenant (Lk 1:72) ...The cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood (Lk 22:20) |
Joshua summoned the twelve men from the Israelite, whom he had appointed, one from each tribe. Joshua said to them "Pass on before the ark of the Lord your God." (Josh 4:4) There were 12 stones like the 12 stars in Rev.. | The ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; ... 12 :1 A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman ...and on her head a crown of twelve stars. (Rev 11:19) representing the tribes of Israel. |
In Joshua Chapter 6, the Israelites circle Jericho with the Ark of the Covenant and blowing horns for seven days before their victory. | In Revelation Chapter 8-11 before the introduction the Ark of the covenant (Chapter 12) the angels blow seven trumpets to herald the victory over Satan. |
The Ark of the Lord is a blessing to the house (2 Sam 6:11) | Mary goes into the hills and blesses Elizabeth's house (Lk 2 38) |
The Ark is captured (1 Sam 4:11) and brought to a foreign land and later returns (1 Sam 6:13) | Mary is exiled to a foreign land (Egypt) and later returns (Mat 2:14) |
The Ark disappears (Jer 3:16) never to return until the New Testament Revelation story | The Ark reappears as a lady who bears a son who is seated at the right hand of God . Her children are Christians. (Rev 11:19) |
I would love to have some comments on this....
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More teaching / debate on Mary and her position as the Ark of the New Covenant HERE. Most of this dialogue is from John Salza of ScriptureCatholic.com.
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