Again.....You are incorrect. I have NO opinions and my understanding is the literal Word of God!
Now, look at what I actually said...........
"There are four Marian dogmas:
Mary’s Divine Motherhood,
Immaculate Conception,
Perpetual Virginity, and
Bodily Assumption."
Marian doctrines are only taught by the Catholic church. All of those four imply to the layman that Mary is "above and thought more highly" than any other woman.
All of those dogmas imply a solemn definition of a false narritive which is a part of the Catholic's Christological doctrine, but it was proclaimed as independent dogma. Though highlighting a privilege of Mary it in fact stresses the dignity and holiness required to become "Mother of God" and applying to her a divine nature.
YES. I believe in the virgin birth as it is taught in the Bible.
However, the Immaculate Conception of Mary IS NOT found in the Bible neither is it implied.
Scripture says Mary is more blessed than any other woman!
Lk 1:28
But blessing from God does not make you Divine
Mary if mother (not source) of God by relationship to her son who is God
And from the scripture Lk 1:43
Perpetual virgin Lk 1:34
Queen assumed into heaven
Rev 12:1
Our mother Jn 19:26 rev 12:17
Immaculate conception is implied in the ark of the covenant a type of Mary
Anything consecrated or dedicated to God or His service must be pure and holy!
Ark of the new covenant!
The dwelling place of God!
God dwelt in Mary’s womb for 9 months, remember the ark was incorruptible wood covered with pure gold signifying Mary’s immaculate purity!
read exodus or any place in the Old Testament where something came into contact with God or was consecrated to the service of God it had to be pure and Holy!
And cannot be used for any common purpose!
In the ark was the word of God!
In Mary the new ark is the living Word!
In the ark was the mana!
In Mary was the bread come down from heaven! Jn 6
Bethlehem means house of bread!
Lk 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Matt 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, (Isa 7:14) and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Jn 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Scripture says: “holiness befits thy house, O Lord” (Ps 93:5). Mary was Jesus’ “house” for 9 months so if holiness befits God’s house would not Mary be holy also? Just like the Ark and the Tabernacle she was set apart and consecrated to the Lord., the holy dwelling of God.
Mary is the temple of God, God consecrated and dwelt in this temple for 9 months and it cannot be used for a ordinary purpose, and it is God who glorified his dwelling!
King david has love of Mary!
Psalm 26:8
Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Ex 40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
Luke 1:35
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
2 Sam 6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
Lk 1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
2 Sam 6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
2 Sam 6:16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord;
Lk 1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
2 Sam 6:9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?
Lk 1:42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
2 Sam 6:11 And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obededom, and all his household.
Lk 1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
2 Sam 6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
Lk 1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
Lk 1: 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied…
King David took the ark of the covenant up to the earthly Jerusalem! 2 Sam 6:10
King Jesus takes the ark of the new covenant up to the heavenly Jerusalem! Rev 12:1