MidnightCall Magazine
In this issue:
- Before the Last Flood — By Norbert Lieth
- Gaza Flotilla: Aggression or Self-Defense? — By Arno Froese
- Far East AsiaTrendsToday – Part III:Geo-prophecy or Geopolitics? — By Wilfred Hahn
News From Israel MagazineIn this issue:
- The Myth of the Al-Aqsa Mosque: Part 1 — By Herbert Novitsky
- ON THE HORIZON:
- Obama Honors Jewish Heritage Month
- Building an Electronic Human Brain
- ‘Iran Critics Must Get Rid of Nukes,’ Says Turkish PM
- Israel Joins Prestigious OECD Club
- Israel Accepted after Unanimous Vote
- Spy Satellite Successfully Launched
Women
Dear Mr. Froese,
I always read with interest your “Letters to the Editor.” I would like to respectfully add to your answer to Mr. Charles McCulley of the March 2009 edition.
Mr. McCulley’s puzzlement to our Savior referring to His earthly vessel mother as “Woman,” could have been in anticipation that a worldwide false religion would arise that would elevate her as a co-redeemer and intercessor for the Catholic believers.
As a former European Catholic, I often wondered why the Lord Jesus was either portrayed as a helpless baby in her arms, or a helpless dead man on the cross—both vulnerable images! But rarely is He shown in the powerful splendor as our Mighty God/Savior. There are more churches in her name and/or the names of saints than in His name.
So, it is possible that our gracious Lord would warn us of this heresy by having His words recorded as a boundary between Him and her.
He showed compassion and love toward her on the cross when He entrusted her to His beloved disciple John, and not to her earthly children.
M. Riggs, WA
Answer: Our Lord Jesus Christ by His speech, walk and actions demonstrated that the Kingdom of God was only accessible through the New Birth. “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). By His actions, He prophetically exemplified that earthly family relationships will cease to exist. See Luke 14:26. The new relationship is based on knowing the Father through Jesus Christ; thus He said, “For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother” (Matthew 12:50).
True, the pictures of the woman with the child and Jesus dead on the cross are not victorious, but neither would any demonstration of “powerful splendor as our Mighty God and Savior” be appropriate. Even our imaginations are inadequate when it comes to visualizing what God has prepared for them that love Him.
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