{"id":15440,"date":"2024-12-23T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=15440"},"modified":"2025-03-19T12:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:26:00","slug":"the-rising-morning-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-rising-morning-star\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rising Morning Star","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
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M<\/span>issing from nearly all Protestant prophecy is what we Catholics call the “Triumph of the Immaculate Heart.” That’s because Evangelical Christians almost universally omit the intrinsic role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in salvation history beyond Christ’s birth\u2014something Scripture itself does not even do. Her role, designated from the very beginning of creation, is closely linked to that of the Church, and like the Church, is oriented entirely toward the glorification of Jesus in the Holy Trinity.<\/p>\n

As you will read, the “Flame of Love” of her Immaculate Heart is the rising morning star <\/em>that will have the dual purpose of crushing Satan and establishing the reign of Christ on earth, as it is in Heaven…<\/p>\n

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FROM THE BEGINNING…<\/p>\n

From the very beginning, we see that the introduction of evil into the human race was given an unexpected anti-dote. God says to Satan:<\/p>\n

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I will put enmity between you and the woman, and your seed and her seed: she shall crush your head, and you shall lie in wait for her heel. (Gen 3:15)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Modern biblical transcripts read: “they will strike at your head.<\/em>” But the meaning is the same because it is through the woman’s offspring that she crushes. Who is that offspring? Of course, it is Jesus Christ. But Scripture itself testifies that He is the “firstborn among many brothers,” [1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. Rom 8:29<\/span><\/span>