How would you respond to this person?

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Yes, in the old Davidic tradition.

In most kingdoms today, the king´s son marries and he and his wife become the king and queen when the son´s father dies or resigns from the throne. The son´s mother, if she still lives when the king dies or resigns, will be called the queen mother. If there are no sons, then the first born daughter is likely to become queen and her husband will be only a prince. The British queen is an example of this, as she has only a younger sister but no brothers.

In other kingdoms, like in Sweden, the first born child will inherit the throne. In this case there was a need to change the constitution (1970s) with two decisions in the government with a national election taking place in between. Victoria was the crown princess until her brother Philip was born. At that time, he became the crown prince and as the second decision took place in the parliament just two months after he was born, Victoria became the crown princess again. The present king has four older sisters that couldn´t inherit the throne at that time.
 
redcatholic said:
So if I was king my mom would be queen
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If you were a king in the line of David? Yep.
redcatholic said:
my wife (presumably the wife that was the mother of my son) would be queen when I died and my son was king?
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If you were a Davidic king in the Old Testament times, you’d probably have multiple wives. So, the mother of your successor would become the queen, following your death.

In the O.T. times, a daughter would not become a ruling queen. (However, there is the record of Athaliah. She was a daughter of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, and she married the King of Judah. Upon her son’s death, she seized the throne and killed all of the members of the royal family (in order to secure her reign). She failed to kill one child, though, and there was an uprising that saw her killed and him ascending to the throne.)

Make sense?
 
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I never considered that angle. You’re more charitable than I am though. I thought it was more of a pride issue that seems so characteristic of the protestant mindset; making them boast that they don’t need Mary because they “go straight to Jesus”, all the while, overlooking the humility of our Savior in coming to us through Mary.

I’ll have to check out that book!
 
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It’s like Bathsheba to her son, King Solomon.
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It’s more than that. If you read Scripture, whenever a new king is listed, they also list the king’s mother (or in some cases, grandmother). Kings in that part of the world at that time would have “many wives and concubines”, since that is how political alliances were made and kept. A king would have many children, and from his sons he would select his successor. The mother of the new king would become gebirah, a Hebrew word that means “mother of the king” or “queen mother”. This is a royal title and post as much as Minister of War, and came with defined responsibilities. Since you could not approach the king without being summoned, people would approach the queen mother to make their petitions. If she felt it was worth perusing, she would bring it up to the king, who, by tradition and law could not deny the Queen Mother’s request.

When court was being held, she would sit at her son’s right hand. People would approach with proposals, or would ask for a judgement (as the two women claiming mothership of the baby). When he passed judgement, he would reach out with his staff (which today has become the royal scepter) and touch the person. If she felt he was deciding things in error, she would reach out her left hand and restrain the king’s judgement. Remember, she would have been around in the court for twenty or more years before her son would come to the throne. She would know the intrigues of the court and where the bodies were buried – sometimes literally. So she might be aware of things that the king didn’t know, that might change his judgement.

It’s why when we have images of Mary praying for us, it shows her reaching with her left hand out to restrain the King’s judgment against us. NOWHERE in Scripture does it say that the role and responsibilities of gebirah have been removed or modified. As such they are still in effect, and we are encouraged to ask for Mary’s intercession with her Son.
 
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