@Alicia_Bittle_ Is the Virgin Mary the Queen of Heaven and Earth? Yes! Is it in scripture? Yes! First of all, as we all know, Jesus was part of the Davidic line...
Is the Virgin Mary the Queen of Heaven and Earth? Yes!
Is it in scripture? Yes!
First of all, as we all know, Jesus was part of the Davidic line. He was a direct descendant of King David himself. That being said, within the Davidic kingdom, it was the mother to the king who ruled as queen, not his wife (as he most likely had several)!
We even see this played out in the books 1st and 2nd Kings as when a new king is introduced, his mother is mentioned as well. Additionally, the Queen Mother is listed among the members of the royal court whom king Jehoiachin surrendered to the king of Babylon in 2 Kings 24:12. Finally, we see the Queen Mother mentioned again in Jeremiah 13:18,20 “Say to the king and the queen mother: ‘Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head. . . . Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?’” This shows, clearly, that the Queen Mother was not just a figure head, she had a crown and a throne.
But what about Mary, where does the Bible explicitly state that she is *actually* the Queen of Heaven?
In the gospel of Matthew, when Matthew introduces Jesus, he does so in a way that intentionally mirrors the Kingly introductions we find in 1st and 2nd Kings, he doesn’t simply mention Jesus’s mother once, but a total of five times, denoting her importance as Queen Mother.
Mary’s royally is again mentioned in Luke, but this time by Elizabeth when Mary goes to meet her and she greets her by titling her “the mother of my Lord” (Luke 1:43).
Finally, Mary’s royalty is once again explicitly stated in Revelation 12 “And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery” (Rev. 12:1–2). Who is this newborn child? He is described as the messianic king exercising his dominion. In verse 5, the author of Revelation chose the messianic Psalm 2 to describe how this child will “rule all the nations with a rod of iron” (Rev. 12:5, Ps. 2:9). This royal son is taken up to heaven to sit on a throne (Rev. 12:5), and he ushers in the kingdom of God by defeating the devil: “Now the kingdom of our God has come, for the accuser has been throne down” (12:10). Certainly, this newborn child is the royal Messiah, King Jesus. — Catholic Answers
Thusly, as she is royalty, Queen over Heaven and Earth, ruling over the universe alongside her Son, prayers, hymns, art, and the utmost respect, are rightfully due her.
Ave Maria!
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