
Moses's revelations did not need to be abrogated by himself. Moses was assured of his calling by God directly, rather than by his wife.
Instead the similarities we should be looking for are things like this (source: ): While they may be true, the important characteristics of Moses were not that he had a wife and children.
both were generally accepted as leaders by their people, unlike Jesusīut according to Christian apologists, most of these miss the point. both had spiritual and legal missions, and both served as both a prophet and governor. The correspondences between Mary and the Ark of the Covenant remind me a lot of Islamic arguments that Muhammad was the prophet Moses prophesied about in Deuteronomy 18:18-22 rather than Jesus.Īccording to Muslim apologists, there are many similarities between Moses and Muhammad, many of which do not apply to Jesus (source: ): If you look hard enough you can always find similarities. Protestants of different denominations are encourage to answer. 1:43)Īlso, the Greek word ἐπισκιάσει was the same Greek word used in the overshadowing of the Ark ( Exodus 40:35 LXX).In the entire Scriptures, only Mary and the Ark were ascribed of that verb.
Elizabeth said, Why did the mother of the Lord visit me?( Lk. John the Baptist leaped for joy in the presence of Mary (Lk. Mary was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit (Lk. David said, Why did the Ark of the Lord visit me? (2 Sam.
David was rejoicing in the presence of the Ark of the Covenant (2 Sam. The Ark of the Covenant was overshadowed (Ex.
The following are the similarities between Mary and the Ark of the Covenant as seen in light of Biblical typology (Catholic Interpretation): The Ark If yes, then, that would mean agreeing with Catholic (and Orthodox) interpretation. Catholics believe that Mary is the Ark New Testament and they believe it on a scriptural basis ( source).This is the same stance Orthodoxy has ( source).ĭo Protestants accept the similarity between Mary and the Ark of the Covenant?