The Assumption of Mary into Heaven

Bible based presentation

The fourth glorious mystery

OK, this one's a bit tricky.  It's not in the Bible, because it's about Mary, whereas the Bible is about God.  Other people only get mentioned in the Bible when they reveal something about God or our relationship to Him.

But in among the Bible's accounts of the good and impressive things that God has done, there are three in particular that seem to me particularly relevant to this picture.  The first one is in the Old Testament:

Deuteronomy 34:1 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab up mount Nebo, to the top of Phasga over against Jericho: and the Lord showed him all the land of Galaad as far as Dan..

4 And the Lord said to him: This is the land, which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying: I will give it to your descendants. You have seen it with your eyes, but shall not pass over to it.

5 And Moses the servant of the Lord died there, in the land of Moab, by the commandment of the Lord:

6 And he buried him in the valley of the land of Moab over against Phogor: and no man has found his tomb to this present day.

The second one is a little further along in the Old Testament:

II Kings 2:11 And as they went on, walking and talking together, behold a fiery chariot, and fiery horses parted them both asunder: and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

The third one is in the New Testament:

Mark 9:2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves, and was transfigured before them.

3 And his garments became shining and exceedingly white as snow, more than any bleach upon earth can make something white.

4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.

Moses' grave was never found, and as Mark 9:4 showed, he is now in a heavenly place.  So too with Elijah.  Early Christians always marked the graves of their heroes, so we know where Apostles ended up, and later on their remains were taken to use as relics.  But there are no remains of Jesus' bones, for he rose.  And there are no remains of Mary's bones, presumably because, as tradition asserts, she was, on her death, taken up 'body and soul', by the power of God.