Sunday, December 11, 2011

COUSINS?

P.S. SOME SCHOLARS SAY ELIZABETH WAS MARYS' COUSIN AND THE PROPHETESS ANNA WAS MARYS' MOTHER. I HAVEN'T FOUND A SCRIPTURE STATING DIRECTLY THAT ELIZABETH AND MARY WERE COUSINS. IN LUKE 1:36 THE BIBLE SAYS "YOUR RELATIVE ELIZABETH IN HER OLD AGE..." THAT'S WHY I CONSIDER ELIZABETH AN AUNT. GENERALLY AN OLDER RELATIVE IS AN AUNT OR UNCLE. COUSINS ARE MORE AT THE SAME AGE. AS I'VE TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD, I NOTICED CULTURES ARE DIFFERENT REGARDING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. SOMETIMES A BEST FRIEND IS CALLED A BROTHER/SISTER. OTHER CULTURES CALL AN AUNT/UNCLE WHO IS CLOSE TO THE FAMILY MOTHER/FATHER AND THE COUSINS - BROTHER/SISTER. DID YOU KNOW THE QARAN MENTIONS MARY AND SAYS SHE IS THE "SISTER OF AARON?" IT'S THE SAME IDEA AS DISCUSSING MARYS' AGE. SOME SCHOLARS SAY MARY WAS 12 AT THE AGE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND OTHERS SAY 14. TO BE 100% CLEAR, MARY AND ELIZABETH WERE RELATIVES. WHAT KIND? THAT'S A LITTLE SHAKY ON BIBLICAL TERMS.

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