The Assumption of Mary

Christian Resources ^ | William Webster

[roamer_1]

But if His intent was that Mary would have a role in salvation history beyond her natural role as a human being

One must point out that your statement contains a mighty big "IF," and assumes a conclusion that is not in evidence... anywhere.

Something else that's worth noting is that Mary occupies a very special place even from a purely natural/scientific perspective.

If Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and had no "natural" human father, then His human form would contain a genetic code (DNA) that was identical to Mary's. I would ponder on that for a moment and think about the possible ramifications of that salient fact.

LOL! REALLY??? according to whom? YHWH is the father, and the Father. The very moment one admits that YHWH took a very personal hand in the formation and construction of Jesus in the womb (far beyond the specifics generally employed), one loses the ability to predict or declare anything.

[roamer_1]

You can spend a billion years digging thousands of feet below the surface in every square inch of the Holy Land, and your odds of finding Mary's body in a tomb are no better than your odds of finding her Son's body in a tomb. Hence, the doctrine of the Assumption. I rest my case.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. 50 years ago, Troy was a myth, as was the Kingdom of David. Shall we assume, since we cannot find the bodies of the kings of Israel that they too were previously taken up? What of all the Prophets? What of all of the Apostles? Nicodemus? Simon the leper? Joseph of Arimethea? John the Baptist? Mary Magdalene?

There is a VERY long list of players in the salvation message. There are a very few whose graves are discovered, and most of those are in contention. There is nothing marvelous in the lack of Mary's tomb. You rest your case upon *nothing*.

[AnalogReigns]

Hmmmm, a 2 year old post, all about an assumption....