Jesus was not born in Davidic times, sorry to break the news to you. Also under these circumstances Mary would have to be divine, but Jesus’s brother was not divine in fact he turned from Jesus at first, after all she gave birth to him.
Jesus was a Davidic King, as we see in Matthew chapter 1. Many prophecies regarding the Davidic dynasty were fulfilled with Jesus, the Son of David.
Also whenever the words Queen mother are used they are used towards very sinful women, and the actual position of queen mother would be when the king dies and the mother is still alive and the son becomes king, during this time women in general were looked down upon.
Bathsheba, a woman Catholics would consider a Marian type, wasn’t a sinful woman. She was the first Davidic Queen mother. Solomon actually bows down to her. It was an amazing show of respect for a King to bow to anybody, let alone a woman.
Also you made reference to “behold your mother” well lets put it together.
“When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Dear woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.” We see that he tells John that, that is his mother after, she is told that is her son. This also follows when Jesus told his followers while his mother and brothers outside that those inside are his mothers and brothers
"He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers.”
I don’t see how the two verses are connected. Yes, they both involve family members, but how exactly is one used to interpret the other?
I can tell you that the Catholic position is that all of Jesus’ words in the book of John while on the cross had broader meaning for all of us. “Beloved Disciple” was used instead of John’s name because it was meant to apply to all of us.
As for Revelations not only does the catholic church have a problem calling it divine scripture, but it is referring to the church after all where else do you see the number 12 used? on that note the dragon has 7 crowns, thats 6 more than the woman, and woman can also be translated as bride. remember that stars have been used in reference to the angels of the church. So, after all this deductive reasoning we come to the conclusion that Revelations is impossible for man to understand fully, hence the reason the catholic church did not accept it for many centuries.
When did the Church reject the book of Revelations? It was almost not accepted into the canon, but was in the fourth and fifth centuries (the same time as all the other books) and has been accepted ever since (note: the Church never rejected the book). Luther actually rejected the book of Revelations saying “There is too much lacking in this book to call it apostolic or prophetic.” The Church considers Revelations very important and it is actually heretical as a Catholic to say that it isn’t inspired.
As far as the woman is concerned, Catholic teaching states that the literal interpretation (that the women is Mary) doesn’t preclude other interpretations, such as her being the Church, or daughter Zion. The other figures in the passage are real persons (Jesus and the devil) but some also allot them symbolic meaning. For example, some say that the child symbolized the Davidic dynasty, while still considering Him to be Jesus on a literal level. As far as the Dragon having more crowns, I’m not sure what point you are trying to make.
Also, here’s a link for you on deductive reasoning:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deductive_reasoning
There are many neat reasons for believing that the Woman is Mary that are too long to cover here, and good reasons for other Marian beliefs. I would just ask you to try to look at it without blinding bias. Maybe your opinion wont change, but you’ll at least be more learned about the subject. A good book that helped me is (as I already mentioned in this thread) “Hail Holy Queen” by Scott Hahn.
