Read my post above a couple above yours. Everyone before the reformation believed this. Even Martin Luther did.
Words of Martin Luther “Mary is nothing for the sake of herself, but for the sake of Christ . . . Mary does not wish that we come to her, but through her to God. “
“It is a sweet and pious belief that the infusion of Mary’s soul was effected without original sin; so that in the very infusion of her soul she was also purified from original sin and adorned with God’s gifts, receiving a pure soul infused by God; thus from the first moment she began to live she was free from all sin”
“The woman in Tribulation, Revelation has no possibility of being Mary.”
And why not? The Woman is clearly pregnant with the Messiah. “She brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne. . . .” A woman brought forth a Child, not Isreal, not a Church, a Woman, Mary.
The Bible begins with a real man (Adam), a real woman (Eve), and a real serpent (the devil) — and it also ends with a real man (Jesus, the Last Adam [1 Cor. 15:45]), a real woman (Mary, the New Eve [Rev. 11:19-12:2]), and a real serpent (the devil of old). All of this was foretold in Genesis 3:15.
Inside the Ark of the Old Covenant - The stone tablets of the law — the word of God inscribed on stone
Inside Mary, Ark of the New Covenant - The body of Jesus Christ — the word of God in the flesh
Inside the Ark of the Old Covenant - The urn filled with manna from the wilderness — the miraculous bread come down from heaven
Inside Mary, Ark of the New Covenant - The womb containing Jesus, the bread of life come down from heaven (John 6:41)
Inside the Ark of the Old Covenant -The rod of Aaron that budded to prove and defend the true high priest
Inside Mary, Ark of the New Covenant -The actual and eternal High Priest Jesus
This is wonderful.
**Words of Martin Luther “Mary is nothing for the sake of herself, but for the sake of Christ . . . Mary does not wish that we come to her, but through her to God. “**
Source please?