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In GN ch3 many would say that mary and jesus were predicted. Is the tree of life that God took away later in that chapter the Eucharist that Jesus reinstituted after his death? Is the Mass the new garden of eden?
The Tree of Life in the Gospels is the Cross and in so much as in the Eucharist we participate in that Sacrifice, the Eucharist is the fruit of the tree of Life.In GN ch3 many would say that mary and jesus were predicted. Is the tree of life that God took away later in that chapter the Eucharist that Jesus reinstituted after his death? Is the Mass the new garden of eden?
Mary, the New Eve
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It can be seen that the woman of Genesis 3:15 is Mary,
the new Eve, for this mention of the "seed of the woman"
in scripture is unique. All other mention of seed always
refers to man's seed. But Jesus was born in the flesh
of a woman, by the power of the Holy Spirit, not by the
seed of a man.
Mary is the New Eve, the mother of all the living in Christ
Jesus according to the Spirit, just as Eve is "the mother of
all the living," in Adam according to the flesh. Genesis 3: 20.
Jesus is the New Adam. 1 Corinthians 15:45-49
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Here we begin to see that Mary’s dignity grows out of
her relationship to Jesus and the Holy Trinity, as does
the dignity of every child of God. She is the daughter of the
Father, the mother of the Son and the spouse of the Holy Spirit.
By the same analogy it can be seen that though Eve
opened the door to sin and death by her disobedience
and "no" to God's command, it was by Adam’s dis-
obedience and sin that death entered and enslaved all
mankind. So Mary, by her obedience and "yes " to God,
opened the door to grace and life for all mankind, which
was secured by the obedience of the Savior, Jesus.
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As in Genesis 3:6, Eve prompted Adam into disobedience
and sin, so in John 2:3-5, the beginning of the saving ministry of Jesus
is brought on by Mary's prompting at Cana.
Those are the last words of Mary recorded in scripture:
"Do whatever he tells you."
The last words of Jesus to and about Mary in Scripture are:
"Woman, behold your son."
and to his disciple
"Behold your mother."
John 19:26-27