gold – Matty (Headwind)

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024

The Time Traveler

there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed (Ezekiel 40)

a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass (Daniel 10:5-6)

I heard the man clothed in linen, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; (Daniel 12:7)

a man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 2:1)

There is a recurring character in the Bible who is, it would seem, a time traveler. The description includes him wearing linen clothes, but his arms and legs appear to be made of polished brass. C-3PO?

December 2, 2020January 8, 2022

Transparent Gold

The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
(Revelation 21:18) ESV

How do we know that the next life is constructed from a series of elements which we have no earthly counterparts for? It’s not possible to make gold pure enough that it becomes transparent like glass.

November 19, 2020December 15, 2020

To order, arrange: κοσμέω – kosmeó

And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
(Revelation 21:18-21) KJV

A possible meaning of the word garnished could be: the wall of the city had foundations, which were decorated with precious stones. It’s a translation of the Greek word κεκοσμημένοι, from the root κοσμέω – kosmos.

August 21, 2020September 21, 2021

Lemurs and Birds

For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ships came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.
(2 Chronicles 9:21) NKJV

“First lemurs; some modern groups of birds.” Modern is a concept in the evolution narrative. The Paleocene is recent, therefore according to the narrative anything different about it can be called modern. It’s meaningless.

March 3, 2020March 14, 2021

Genesis 1 vs. Genesis 2

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
(Hebrews 11:3) KJV

Genesis 1 and 2 aren’t contradictory, they have different narrative style. People who want them to conflict are looking for an excuse to dismiss the truth, because they don’t want the truth.

March 2nd

Genesis 1 vs. Genesis 2

And that is how the universe was created.
When the Lord God made the universe,
(Genesis 2:4) Good News Translation

Genesis 1 and 2 aren’t contradictory, they have different narrative styles. People who want to see contradictions are looking for an excuse to dismiss the truth, because they don’t want the truth.

December 16, 2017December 18, 2021

December 16th

No Need of Sun or Moon

And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
(Revelation 21:22-23) ESV

There won’t be a temple in the New Jerusalem because there won’t be any need for a symbolic representation of God. God’s glory will be the light we live by, unimpeded, for the rest of forever.

December 10, 2017November 23, 2021

Pure Gold

The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
(Revelation 21:16-18) NKJV

The streets of heaven are paved with gold so pure that it’s transparent. It would seem that this isn’t the same kind of gold that we have on Earth, but another element that’s not part of the known periodic table.

December 2, 2017December 5, 2021

December 2nd

I Make all Things New

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
(Revelation 21:5-6) KJV

Revelation 21 and 22 tell us about a type of Gold which is transparent like glass. We can deduce that it has a nuclei which consists of 10 _ΩOxygen atoms.

November 25, 2017November 26, 2020

My Holy Mountain

Is Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, one of the pillars of the Earth?

And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
(Isaiah 66:20-23) KJV

The mountain referred to by Old Testament prophets as “my holy mountain” is a reworking of the current land configuration as opposed to something completely new of extra-terrestrial origin.