Hi, Jorge —
Thanks for your question.
Patrick Madrid states from his book: "Where is that in the Bible?", pages 71-72 the following:
Under Our Lady's Assumption:
The following passage (Revelation
12:1-8) shows us that Mary, Ark
of the New Covenant, is truly
the mother of all Christians (even
of those who refuse to acknowledge
here as their mother). This passage
also shows us a vision of Mary,
Queen of Heaven, and hints at
her Assumption. This gift of suffering
no corruption in the grave and
being caught up into
Heaven while still alive is perfectly
in accordance with Scripture.
Similar assumptions happened to
Enoch (Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5)
and Elijah (cf. 2 Kings 2:1, 11-12), and are promised to some
Christians in the future: 1
Thessalonians 4: 13-17.
12 1 Now a great sign appeared in Heaven:
a woman, robed with the sun, standing
on the moon, and on her head a
crown of twelve stars. 2 She
was pregnant, and in labour, crying
aloud in the pangs of childbirth. 3 Then
a second sign appeared in the
sky: there was a huge red dragon
with seven heads and ten horns,
and each of the seven heads crowned
with a coronet. 4 Its
tail swept a third of the stars
from the sky and hurled them to
the ground, and the dragon stopped
in front of the woman as she was
at the point of giving birth,
so that it could eat the child
as soon as it was born. 5 The
woman was delivered of a boy,
the son who was to rule all the
nations with an iron scepter,
and the child was taken straight
up to God and to his throne, 6 while
the woman escaped into the desert,
where God had prepared a place
for her to be looked after for
twelve hundred and sixty days. 7 And
now war broke out in Heaven, when
Michael with his angels attacked
the dragon. The dragon fought
back with his angels, 8 but
they were defeated and driven
out of Heaven.
Revelation
12:1-8 |
Here are the other Biblical quotes
Patrick cited:
24 Enoch walked with God, then
was no more, because God took
him
Genesis 5:24 |
5 It
was because of his faith that
Enoch was taken up and did not
experience death: he was no more,
because God took him; because
before his assumption he was acknowledged
to have pleased God
Hebrews 11:5 |
13 We
want you to be quite certain,
brothers, about those who have
fallen asleep, to make sure that
you do not grieve for them, as
others do who have no hope. 14 We
believe that Jesus died and rose
again, and that in the same way
God will bring with him those
who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 We
can tell you this from the Lord's
own teaching, that we who are
still alive for the Lord's
coming will not have any advantage
over those who have fallen asleep. 16 At
the signal given by the voice
of the Archangel and the trumpet
of God, the Lord himself will
come down from Heaven; those who
have died in Christ will be the
first to rise, 17 and
only after that shall we who remain
alive be taken up in the clouds,
together with them, to meet the
Lord in the air. This is the way
we shall be with the Lord for
ever.
1
Thessalonians 4:13-17 |
Finally, but still very important is the negative proof from history. Historically,
to this date, archaeologists have
not found the bones of Mary though
they have found the bones of St.
Peter.
- Hmmmm, I wonder why? : ) LOL
I hope this helps.
Your brother in prayer, your brother
in Christ,
Mike Humphrey
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