St Mary's Assumption and Rev. 11:19-12:5

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I read the following article How to Argue for Mary’s Assumption (This Rock: May-June 2001)

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'In the book of Revelation we read, “Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple” (Rev. 11:19). “And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; . . . she brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron” (Rev. 12:1,5). The arbitrary break here between chapters, done long after the Bible was written, makes it easy to overlook how John mentions the mother of the Messiah in conjunction with the Ark of the Covenant.

Considering God’s reverence towards an inanimate Ark, St. Robert Bellarmine asked a fitting question: “Who could believe that the ark of holiness, the dwelling of God, the temple of the Holy Spirit *, crumbled into dust? I shudder at the very thought that the virginal flesh of which God was conceived and born, which nourished him and carried him should have turned to ashes or been given as food to worms.”’

Question: I can understand what St. Robert Bellarmine is saying, and it makes sense. However, regarding Rev. 11:19 and Rev. 12:1,5, i’m not sure i fully understand? Can someone elaborate on how these Biblical verses,
Rev. 11:19 and Rev. 12:1,5, are Biblical evidence for the Assumption of St Mary? Where, in these verses or surrounding verses, does it say anything about the Assumption of St Mary?*
 
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anonymousguy:
I read the following article How to Argue for Mary’s Assumption (This Rock: May-June 2001)

Part of the article states

'In the book of Revelation we read, “Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple” (Rev. 11:19). “And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; . . . she brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron” (Rev. 12:1,5). The arbitrary break here between chapters, done long after the Bible was written, makes it easy to overlook how John mentions the mother of the Messiah in conjunction with the Ark of the Covenant.

Considering God’s reverence towards an inanimate Ark, St. Robert Bellarmine asked a fitting question: “Who could believe that the ark of holiness, the dwelling of God, the temple of the Holy Spirit *, crumbled into dust? I shudder at the very thought that the virginal flesh of which God was conceived and born, which nourished him and carried him should have turned to ashes or been given as food to worms.”’

Question: I can understand what St. Robert Bellarmine is saying, and it makes sense. However, regarding Rev. 11:19 and Rev. 12:1,5, i’m not sure i fully understand? Can someone elaborate on how these Biblical verses,
Rev. 11:19 and Rev. 12:1,5, are Biblical evidence for the Assumption of St Mary? Where, in these verses or surrounding verses, does it say anything about the Assumption of St Mary?*

**Hello, **

**Very interesting. If you read Rev. 11:15-19 states: **

15 10 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world now belongs to our Lord and to his Anointed, and he will reign forever and ever.” 16 The twenty-four elders who sat on their thrones before God prostrated themselves and worshiped God 17 and said: “We give thanks to you, Lord God almighty, who are and who were. For you have assumed your great power and have established your reign. 18 The nations raged, but your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to recompense your servants, the prophets, and the holy ones and those who fear your name, the small and the great alike, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.” 19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm.

Clearly here it is talking about the kingdom of Heaven as the Temple. The Ark of the Covenant is the vessel of the word of God. Jesus is the Word made flesh. Mary was and is the new Ark of the Covenant.

Rev. 12:1-5 states:

1 1 A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman 2 clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. 3 3 Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, 4 with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. 4 Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. 5 Her child was caught up to God and his throne.

**These verses come immediately after Rev. 11:19. The child that was born is Jesus. Who gave birth to Jesus? The Blessed Virgin Mary did. She as the new Ark of the Covenant had to be most holy and the new Ark was lifted up into the Heavenly Temple. **
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The question for me is:

If Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant, will the Ark of Old Covenant ever be found, or has Mary effectively replaced that vessel?
 
Another thing I’d like to say. There is no evidence in scripture of what so ever that material objects of earth have been assumed into Heaven. There has only been human flesh that have assumed or ascended, such as Elijah and Jesus. So, in other words in order for the prophesy of Rev. 11:19 could be fullfilled is through the human flesh of Mary. Notice also how Rev. 11:19 states the “Ark of his Covenant” istead of the "Ark of the Covenant."

Also, the Ark of the old Covenant, after the curtain of the temple were torn in two at the passion of Jesus, no longer had any presence of God or any great significance in it.
 
The original ARk of the Covenant holds a very great importance to the Jews. They still seek its discovery and they still hope for a rebuilding of their Temple. It is not at all impossible (and many private Catholic prophecies point to this) that the Ark will be recovered by Elijah or Enoch as a means to convert the Jews to Christ.
 
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