When it comes to Mary’s Magnificat, I find that I cannot take away the messages often proffered. Both the mode and content of her revelation will never be afforded me in any sense whatsoever. God will never speak directly to me, and I will never be mother to the Son of God. Trying to sort of mimic Mary’s experience in order to be relevant or to connect with her just doesn’t cut it. How can I relate to her if I can’t connect with having the angel of the LORD tell me I will bear and rear the Son of God? Perhaps if I don some otherworldly lenses it will make more sense.
—Zrim, “The Problem of Mary’s Magnificat from the Application-Bridge Model: Mode and Content—Part Two”
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“Both the mode and content of her revelation will never be afforded me in any sense whatsoever.”
Agreeing as to the mode, is it really a truth that the content of the revelation cannot be apprehended “in any sense whatsoever”?
Wouldn’t this entail that no Scriptural propositions are knowable?
Ron,
Take a look at the entire article. His point is that none of us will ever be the Blessed Virgin. He’s not denying that we can know the content—it’s in the Bible.