Shall Will?

Shall and Will, such little and insignificant words...or are they?

Shall: The dictionary says...
Something that will take place or exist in the future; something such as an ORDER, a PROMISE, a REQUIREMENT, or an OBLIGATION.

Hmmm...sounds like something definitive to me, sort of like a command! Something that WILL take place means just that, it WILL take place.

Will is similar:
Used to indicate likelihood or certainty...used to indicate REQUIREMENT or COMMAND.

Now, everyone who reads the Bible is familiar with these two words and knows exactly, the meaning of them.

I call your attention to only one verse of Scripture, and it is Luke 1:48. In the Magnificat, the 'Blessed Virgin Mary' said, "...behold, henceforth ALL generations 'SHALL' call me Blessed." Some Bibles use the word WILL instead of SHALL but it does not matter.

Summary of Luke 1:48:
1. 'HENCEFORTH'..., means from this moment on...
2. 'ALL GENERATIONS'..., includes you and me folks, and all those before and after us...
3. 'SHALL'..., this word equates to a 'command', and not to a 'suggestion'...
4. 'CALL ME BLESSED'...

The whole point of this page is to ask if YOU abide by Holy Scripture, and the COMMANDS it gives, by calling the Mother of GOD, 'Blessed', as she herself COMMANDED in Luke 1:48? If you do, you are truly a follower of what the Bible teaches in that verse. If you do not, then I am compelled to ask what are your reasons for not doing so?

What reason could you possibly have for calling the Mother of GOD, 'Mary', and not 'Blessed Mary'?

LAST UPDATED: 7:59 AM 7/14/99