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To: Colonel Kangaroo
The Gospel identifies an angel and and a woman under the direct inspiration of the Hold Spirit as calling Mary "blessed among women" without restriction.

Jael on the other hand:
"Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent."

By taking that statement incomplete and out of context you distort it to your own ends. Than is not a wise manner to handle scripture
20 posted on 09/20/2004 1:45:14 PM PDT by Flying Circus (Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Oh Savior save us!)
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To: Flying Circus

I think the reference to the tent in Judges 5:24 is a feature of Hebrew parallelism poetry. The Greek word describing Jael as blessed in the Septuagint is the exact same word describing Mary as blessed in Luke. It's true that they are both blessed, but being blessed no more makes Mary the queen of heaven than it made Jael queen of the tent. Where in the Bible is the term "queen of heaven" applied to Mary? Or even used at all? Peter in I Peter 4:11 warns us to "speak as the oracles of God". Jude 3 tells us that the faith was once-delivered in the 1st century. If any man says anything not supported in that once-delivered faith of the 1st century we are to reject it. "..."But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto than that which we have preached, let him be accursed." (Galatians 1:8)


79 posted on 09/21/2004 3:37:37 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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