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The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
"The New Testament lies hidden
in the Old and the Old Testament is revealed in the new."
Saint Augustine.
354-430 A.D.
By using a study technique called typology, the Old
Testament can be seen to reveal key elements of the 'hidden' New
Testament.
Let us explore the Old Testament by using this technique...
Old Testament types point to New Testament
realities...
How many wives did the Kings of the Old Testament
have?
2Samuel 5:13, King David:
" And David took more concubines and
wives of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to David
other sons also and daughters:"
1Kings 11:1, King Solomon:
"And
king Solomon loved many strange women, besides the daughter of Pharao, and women
of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Edom, and of Sidon, and of the
Hethites:"
1Kings 11:3, King Solomon:
"He had seven hundred wives,
princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his
heart."
So the answer to the question of "How many wives...", is that
Kings of the Old Testament had many wives.
Which of the Kings wives
was the Queen?
The answer to that question is none of the Kings
wives were Queens.
Queens of the Old Testament were the
mothers of the Kings, not the wives, as we shall
see...
First the Old
Testament types...
Here is Bathsheba
as the wife of King David:
1Kings 1:16,
"Bathsheba bowed herself,
and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?"
See?
Bathsheba, who was just one of King David's wives, bowed to her husband.
She was subordinate to him.
Here is Bathsheba again later, but as the
mother of King Solomon (2Samuel 12:24) :
1Kings 2:19,
"So Bathsheba went
to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to
meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne, and had a
seat brought for the king's mother; and she sat on his right."
Here King Solomon honored his mother by bowing to her. It was
a gesture of honor from the King to his Queen mother.
Since the King of
Kings gave us the Ten Commandments don't you think He abides by the fourth
commandment, "Honor thy father and thy mother" (Exodus 20:12)?
Since Jesus
honors His mother, can we do less? Aren't we commanded to 'take up our cross and
follow Him'?:
Matthew 16:24,
"Then Jesus said to his disciples:
"If any man will come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me"."
Jesus also warned us in:
Matthew
10:38,
"And he that taketh not up his cross, and
followeth me, is not worthy of me."
Those are pretty
strong words from the King of Kings.
Also in 1Kings 2:19, by sitting
on the right side of the King, the Queen mother was a symbol of
authority.
Since the Blessed
Virgin Mary is the mother of the King of Kings, doesn't that make her the Queen
Mother?
1Kings 2:20
Then she said, "I have one small request to make
of you; do not refuse me."
And the king said to her, "Make your
request, my mother; for I will not refuse you."
The King will
not refuse a request from his mother.
Now for a New Testament reality
(antitype)...
In the
same manner, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords (1Timothy 6:15), will not
refuse a request from His mother (John
2:1-10).
"My Lord" is a
title of royalty:
1Samuel 24:8, "And David also rose up after him: and going
out of the cave, cried after Saul, saying: my lord the king. And Saul
looked behind him: and David bowing himself down to the ground, worshipped,"
1Samuel 25:25, "Let not my lord the king...,"
1Samuel 26:17, "And
Saul knew David's voice, and said: Is this thy voice, my son David? And David
said: It is my voice, my lord the king."
1Samuel 26:19, "Now
therefore hear, I pray thee, my lord the king, the words of thy servant."
2Samuel 3:21, "And Abner said to David: I will rise, that I may gather all
Israel unto thee my lord the king,"
2Samuel 24:20-21, "And Areuna
looked, and saw the king and his servants coming towards him:
And going
out he worshipped the king, bowing with his face to the earth, and said:
Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said to him:
To buy the thrashing floor of thee, and build an altar to the Lord, that the
plague, which rageth among the people, may cease."
Next we see a New
Testament reality regarding "My Lord the King"...
Luke
1:41-45,
"And it came to pass that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of
Mary, the infant leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy Spirit. And she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art
thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
And whence is this
to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold as soon
as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped
for joy. And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall
be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord."
Why did the
infant (John the Baptist) leap in the womb of Elizabeth?
Because he
sensed the presence of GOD in the womb of Mary.
What prompted Elizabeth
to say, "Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy
womb"?
It was because since she was "filled with the Holy
Spirit", the Spirit prompted her.
When Elizabeth had said, "And
whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me",
she knew that Mary was the Queen Mother and was carrying the King of Kings
in her womb.
Thus, I have shown that the Blessed Virgin Mary is entitled
to be called the Queen of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords,
and
that is the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Here is another
New Testament reality regarding "My Lord the
King"...
John 18:36-37,
" Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this
world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive
that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from
hence. Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou
sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into
the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the
truth heareth my voice."
Again, since the Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother
of the King of Kings, doesn't that makes her the Queen
Mother?
The Queen Mother
shared authority with
the King. Remember, the Queen sat at the right hand of the
King:
Jeremiah 13:18-21,
"Say to the king and the queen mother:
"Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your
head.
The cities of the Negeb are shut up, with none to open them; all
Judah is taken into exile, wholly taken into exile.
Lift up your eyes
and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given you,
your beautiful flock?
What will you say when they set as head over you
those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you? Will not pangs take
hold of you, like those of a woman in
travail?"
The King received
instruction from his Queen Mother:
Proverbs 31:1-9,
" The words of Lemuel,
king of Massa, which his mother taught him:
What, my son? What, son of
my womb? What, son of my vows?
Give not your strength to women, your ways to
those who destroy kings.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings
to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink
lest they drink and
forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the
afflicted.
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those in
bitter distress;
let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their
misery no more.
Open your mouth for the dumb, for the rights of all who are
left desolate.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, maintain the rights of the
poor and needy."
The New Testament reality
regarding the Queen Mother's instructions to the King of Kings...
Luke
2:51,
"And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was
subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart."
Now,
didn't His mother teach Him in all things that mothers normally teach to their
children as they grow up?
Remember, He was with His mother for the first
thirty years of His life (Luke 3:23) until He began His
ministry.
Here is yet
another New Testament reality:
Revelation 11:19,
"And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his covenant was seen in his temple. And there
were lightnings and voices and an earthquake and great
hail."
Is this 'ark of his covenant' the same wooden
box that was carried about by the Hebrews?
No, that Ark was hidden by
Jeremiah in Mount Nebo (2Maccabees 2:4-8).
Jeremiah 3:16,
"And when you
shall be multiplied, and increase in the land in those days, saith the Lord,
they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it
come upon the heart, neither shall they remember it, neither shall it be
visited, neither shall that be done any more."
The Jews and many others have
been trying to find it for many years.
Is there anything man-made in Heaven?
Well there are the five wounds of Jesus but that is all.
The new Ark of the
Covenant is what was seen in Heaven. The New Ark carried the realities of what the wooden ark symbolized in the Old Testament.
Revelation
12:1,
"And a great sign appeared in heaven:
A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown
of twelve stars."
The first word of that verse, 'And', is a conjunction
that ties Revelation 12:1 to 11:19.
Given the fact that the Book of
Revelation is highly symbolic, the 'woman' mentioned
here can be considered symbolic of the Church, the
twelve Apostles or the twelve tribes of the Old Testament. However, it cannot be
denied that the context of Revelation 12:1-7 shows that the woman is also the
mother of Jesus the Christ. The proof is in the fact that there are four persons
mentioned in the context.
There is:
1. A woman. (12:1)
2. A great
red dragon. (12:3) The dragon is Satan as shown in 12:9.
3. A male child who
is to rule all nations. (12:5) This is obviously Jesus the Christ.
4. Michael
the Archangel. (12:7) The naming of him is self explanatory.
Since three
of the four persons are clearly identified,
the context demands that the
fourth person be identified as well. She could be none other than the Queen
Mother of Jesus (12:5).
Not only that, but more evidence that she is
a Queen is the fact that she is described as wearing a crown of twelve
stars.
The wearing of a Crown is symbolic
of Kings and Queens.
Clearly, the Mother of Jesus is a Queen
and is therefore entitled to the reverence and honor due to a
Queen.
©
Compiled by Bob
Stanley, March 21, 2007
Many thanks to Dr Edward Sri for his
insights.
"Have I then become
your enemy, because I told you the truth?"
Galatians
4:16
Do not forget towear your
glasses!
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