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To: Mrs. Don-o
Sure. Nothing wrong with God saying in effect, "Here you go, Joseph. I got what I wanted: I used her. Now you can have her."

As I understand the bible, God looks pretty highly on marriage and all that it entails...He even likes babies...Lots of babies...

100 posted on 12/10/2012 6:51:32 AM PST by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailerpark...)
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To: Iscool
We are in strong, enthusiastic agreement there: "God looks pretty highly on marriage and all that it entails...He even likes babies...Lots of babies..."

But it doesn't follow that He likes "declassifying" consecrated, sacred persons, places and things for ordinary handling. The Ark of the Covenant in the OT prefigures Mary in the NT. There’s a good short YouTube video about Mary as Scripturally prefigured in the O.T. here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUdYeYy3NQA . Please watch it: it's short and clear and worth your time.

The Ark was not even supposed to be touched, because it carried objects, like bits of manna and the tables of the Law, associated with God's saving work in Exodus. And Mary who bore the Living Bread, the Lawgiver, the Savior Himself, the very Word of God in the flesh, was she LESS sacred than that?

104 posted on 12/10/2012 7:41:44 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Point of correction.)
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