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To: aMorePerfectUnion
The Bible does not, of course, say everybody "must" call Mary Blessed. It says all generations "will" call Mary Blessed.

We like to fulfill this prophecy with joy, because Scripture says she's our mother: precisely in that section about the Mother of the Messiah, the "Woman Clothed with the Sun" which says we are "the rest of her offspring":

Revelation 12:17
Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring --- those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

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65 posted on 01/04/2018 11:12:34 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (O Mary, He whom the whole Universe cannot contain, enclosed Himself in your womb and was made man.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
It says all generations "will" call Mary Blessed. We like to fulfill this prophecy with joy, because Scripture says she's our mother: precisely in that section about the Mother of the Messiah, the "Woman Clothed with the Sun" which says we are "the rest of her offspring":

Oh, my gosh! A twofer!

I've already shown you what the Greek says. Mary is "counted" as blessed by all generations - not called blessed. So your statement is false twice, Mrs. Don-o.

Second, Scripture never calls Mary our mother. Ever. The passage about Israel is not about Mary. Great try though.

I do hope your new year is off to a good start.

66 posted on 01/04/2018 11:20:34 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Why is the quote cut off in the middle of Revelation 12:6?

"... and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days." (All Bible quotes from the ESV)

The sun, moon, and twelve stars were shown in the Old Testament to be the nation Israel, for in Joseph's dream, it represented the family of Jacob (Israel), as written in Genesis 37:9-10:

"Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, 'Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.' But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, 'What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?'"

Furthermore, Revelation 12:13-17 says,

"And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.

But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.

Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea."

When was Satan cast down? When did/will this happen to the Woman? When were/are these 1,260 days? Why exclude these other portions of Revelation 12 when describing the Woman?

69 posted on 01/04/2018 12:01:07 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: Mrs. Don-o
The Bible does not, of course, say everybody "must" call Mary Blessed. It says all generations "will" call Mary Blessed.

Aside from the translation error, you persist in the error of putting blessed in caps.

It is not a title no matter how much Rome wants it to be.

If you're going to go with this then everyone should be referred to as "Blessed Mrs.Don-o" or "Blessed ealgeone".

Scripture does not support this usage or the Roman Catholic claim.

Christianity and Roman Catholicism....there is a difference.

71 posted on 01/04/2018 12:05:55 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: Mrs. Don-o

You asserted, “It says all generations “will” call Mary Blessed.” How very cunning, to capitalize blessed so that it becomes a part of title for the Mother of Jesus. Could nopt bring yourself to write ‘all generations will call Mary blessed.’ Typical and quite telling ...


72 posted on 01/04/2018 12:47:29 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
It says all generations "will" call Mary Blessed.

No; it does NOT!

What part of COUNT escapes you?

144 posted on 01/05/2018 5:24:56 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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