The Virgin… A Wall
The Virgin… A Wall
Question:
Is it correct to say that the Virgin is the wall of our salvation?
One of the blasphemers questions this title, relying on the saying of the Prophet Isaiah: “You shall call your walls Salvation” (Isaiah 60:18).
So, has the Virgin reached the place of salvation itself?!
Answer:
The Holy Bible is not a single verse, but a complete book.
Whoever uses one verse and ignores the rest does not present a sound picture of the biblical concept nor the complete meaning offered by divine inspiration.
The word “wall” in Scripture carries the meaning of protection.
Thus, one of Nabal the Carmelite’s servants said to Abigail about David and his men: “They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep” (1 Samuel 25:16) — meaning they protected and guarded them.
In this sense, the walls of Jerusalem were viewed as protection for the city from its enemies. And the phrase “a city without walls” means a city exposed to attack — without protection or defense.
So, is God alone described as a “wall,” or has this meaning also been given to some human beings?
Indeed, this title has been given to certain people — foremost among them the Prophet Jeremiah, to whom the Lord said:
“I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall” (Jeremiah 15:20).
If this prophet was appointed by God Himself to protect the people — to be a wall for them, a strong wall — then it is not against faith to say that the Virgin is also a wall. She is certainly not less than Jeremiah.
The Lord confirms this meaning again to Jeremiah, saying:
“For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and the people of the land” (Jeremiah 1:18).
How wonderful that Jeremiah was made a wall for the whole land!
Also, the bride in the Song of Songs takes the title “a wall”:
“I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; then I became in his eyes as one who found peace” (Song of Songs 8:10).
If we understand the bride here as the Church, then the Church becomes a wall for the believers — protecting them from falling.
If Jeremiah is a wall, and the Church is a wall, what is wrong with saying that the Virgin is a wall — protecting us with her accepted prayers before God?
We have received salvation through the Blood of Christ. Yet, what we have received needs prayers that guard it — a wall to preserve it — so that we do not fall after faith.
And there is nothing stronger than the prayers of the Virgin, the Mother of God — the wall of our salvation.
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