<p>1:51 <i>He has shown strength with His arm, He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart</i>- See on :38 for the allusions to Hannah's song. Through the Lord, God &quot;scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts&quot; (Lk. 1:51). This is quoting from Gen. 6:5 LXX concerning the wicked imagination of man's heart at the flood. This is even more evidence that we can read the events of the flood as typical of two things; our salvation from the judgment upon sin, and also of the events of the last days, when that salvation will be physically manifested. We are in Noah's position; we can see clearly the judgments which must come upon sin.</p><p>Such a Bible minded woman inevitably had faith. For faith comes by hearing the word of God. Mary believed the Angel&rsquo;s words fully- hence her rejoicing. The aorist tenses of Lk. 1:51-53 seem the equivalent of prophetic perfect tenses in Hebrew- Mary firmly believes that what is still future is as good as happened. She had the faith that considers what has been promised to have actually happened. At that moment it was as if God <i>had</i> scattered the proud, the rulers and the princes- even though this would only be achieved by the Lord&rsquo;s life, death and glorification (Acts 2:33; 4:24-27; 5:31).</p>