I don't disagree that Jesus is the one who IS the Word, nor that He resides in the New Temple. However, at its most basic level, the old Ark was a holy vessel which contained the Ten Commandments, Manna from Heaven, and the Staff of Aaron. Mary contained all three of these in her womb - the Word of God (made flesh), the Bread of Life, and the authority of the Priesthood.
I understand you may disagree. So be it. The beauty of my faith is that I can also rely on the thousands of years of teachings from holy men. Mary as the Ark was a common theme with the early Fathers, held by the Church. If it was bordering on a heresy as you claim, I cannot believe the Holy Spirit would let it stand for so long.
I am off for the day - God bless!
I realize that (at the basic level you describe), and I grant you that linkage. But we would then have to figure out whether that linkage makes Mary the Ark, or if, by some wild and crazy chance, it was the Ark that she carried within her... You know, the first and only container of flesh to ever hold the Spirit of God within it. The first container of flesh to be resurrected, ascended, imbued with the full power of God... You know, just sayin'...
Is Mary the Ark or is Jesus the Ark- As for me, I think it to be the latter.
I understand you may disagree. So be it.
Indeed.
The beauty of my faith is that I can also rely on the thousands of years of teachings from holy men. Mary as the Ark was a common theme with the early Fathers, held by the Church.
I can also rely upon those writings, where they apply. Yet I need not take them for Gospel truth.
If it was bordering on a heresy as you claim, I cannot believe the Holy Spirit would let it stand for so long.
Perhaps one of the reasons in God's great design that led Luther to nail a notice to a door.. ;)
I am off for the day - God bless!
Same to you FRiend.