To illustrate, consider a clock. Out at the edges there are numbers. For example, there is 12, 3 and 7. These indicate the passage of time from our perspective. Between 12 and 3, three hours pass, and the hands of the clock need to pass a certain distance to get there. But now, move your attention to the center point of the clock and consider that 12, 3 and 7 are all equally present to the center dot; 12 is just as present as 3 or 7.
And this is a kind of picture of God’s perspective. He lives at the center, in the fullness of time. He sees the whole sweep of time at once. God does not wait for time to pass; everything is now. The day of my birth is just as present to God as the day of my death.
Because God is not waiting for my life to unfold, he is not surprised by any of my decisions or what I do. He has always known and supplied all graces necessary to prompt my free acts to be good rather that evil. This is what we mean by his providence. The word comes from the Latin “pro” (for, or ahead) and “videre” (to see).
While the experience of eternity is hard for us to imagine, the key point is to understand that eternity for God should not be described as a long, long, time but rather, the fullness of time; all time at once. Past, present and future are as one for God, just as all time meets and intersects at the center dot of our clocks. The whole sweep of time is one for God.
**the key point is to understand that eternity for God should not be described as a long, long, time but rather, the fullness of time; all time at once.**
Time and how it involves the Rectification process is one of my favorite subjects. "Like it never even happened."
I've been posting here and there about the wagon wheel effect, and also the vanishing point. The word for the world and eternity (olam) actually means a vanishing point. The vanishing point is an apex, a vertex, the chief corner of a triangle. In Hebrew the word is 'kodkod', the same as the crown of the head [of the one who was separated from his brothers].
Perspective 101. Joseph's "coat of many colours" was a ketonet passim, literally a tunic (ketonet) of stripes (passim). Pas (singular) is also the word for a railroad rail. Put them all together and noone even needs to look up to see a ladder ascending into the heavens:
The history of the American railroad is the story of man going to new horizons.
As we have already seen, early on Joseph is linked to the fulfillment of Jacob's legacy.
These are the generations of Jacob, Joseph was seventeen years old ...[Genesis 37:2]
At the outset, the Torah connects Jacob with Joseph. Of all his sons specifically Joseph holds the key to not only Jacob's but the family's mission.
http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48909747.html
When Joseph was born, Rachel named him as a prophecy that God would add to her another son. People just assume that she meant Benjamin, and look no further down the line. She was looking upon Joseph. To see Joseph was to see another son (descendant) through Joseph. Rachel's perspective involved the Long view. Explains why Jacob was smitten, and why Joseph is the foundation of the nation.
The Messiah joins the two tribes. It's more literal than people think. Everybody has mother and a father. David was born where Rachel's soul went out.
On one hand, time is linear: lines... lineage. OTOH, everything can be seen and experienced in the present.
Daniel 12:7
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever [olam] that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
What time is that? Looks like 10:10 in the morning. The vertex (center of the clock) is the heart.
Mirrored (reflected) it would be 20:20 in the evening. 20/20. 10:10 flipped over is the same as the vanishing point imagery, with the heart (vertex) being what is up, with "20/20" right on the tip of the fingers.
A time (10), two times (20), and half (10 + 20 = 30). That's a general visual. There is another way the verse reads [mathematically], based on the gematria of the phrase and the values of individual Hebrew letters. I've posted that before, but nobody actually takes it seriously, simple equations appearing no different than 'numerology' gibberish.
In any case, see what I mean? It sure beats watching television!
The end is wedged in the beginning and the beginning in the end.
All in God's time
I am finally getting back to this. Apologies for the delay. I needed to read through
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[Too funny, but watch how this reply grows and grows! Typical. Better than television.]
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Wow, that's quite a treasure trove. Last night I was watching Rav Ginsburgh's latest shiur (topic: King Solomon) and he had mentioned the life of Isaac (180 years) because it equaled the sums of the ages of the first three kings of the House of David (David, Solomon, Rehoboam). 70 + 52 + 58 = 180 (starting at minute 17 to about 21, regarding both 180 and 208, Isaac).
Therefore, this verse from the tGGoT jumped out at me:
9. Jesus said, "Look, the sower went out, took a handful (of seeds), and scattered (them). Some fell on the road, and the birds came and gathered them. Others fell on rock, and they didn't take root in the soil and didn't produce heads of grain. Others fell on thorns, and they choked the seeds and worms ate them. And others fell on good soil, and it produced a good crop: it yielded sixty per measure and one hundred twenty per measure."
The sum is 180 but is also breaks down into the life of Isaac as divided by the birth of Jacob and Esav: 60 and then 120. The context is seed, which again, directly relates to Isaac:
Genesis 25
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
Genesis 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 26:12-13 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: (People really miss out when they don't check the rest of this chapter.)
And it just keeps going (it's the difference between live active yeast and the dead).
Compare:
The first [seeds] came out (the man of the field, Esav)...
Some fell on the road, and the birds came and gathered them. Others fell on rock, and they didn't take root in the soil and didn't produce heads of grain. Others fell on thorns, and they choked the seeds and worms ate them.
after that came his brother out (the plain man, Jacob)...
And others fell on good soil, and it produced a good crop
That land = good soil, because as Gen 26:12 says, Isaac received in the same year as he sowed, an hundredfold.
Which reminds me (as the topic is time and timelines)...
The traditional date for the death of Rachel (and the birth of Benoni) is 2208, meaning that Jacob was 100 years old. This is easy to calculate:
Abraham was born in 1948
Isaac was born in 2048 because Abraham was 100
Jacob was born in 2108 because Isaac was 60.
One hundred years later comes to 2208, the year Rachel's soul went out.
Note the date when Rachel's soul went out [from the house of bread, i.e. a bakery - reyach/ruach] and Benoni was born. Without the thousands, the year was 208, the gematria of Isaac. The same year that Jacob was 100.
Note the meaning of Benoni: "son of my 'sorrows'" [exertion, panting, as if "all that work for nothing (ain)"], but more literally son of Oni, meaning my strength, vigor, esp. in the sense of virility/progeny. Cf. Poti-phera the priest (a facilitator, minister i.e. one who administers) of On.
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
Genesis 35, year 208:
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath ["fruitfulness"], which [not the word asher but lit. she written as he] is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
Rachel, she is Bethlehem, the house of bread, the bakery where the buns are in the oven (ben, aven) and the smallest child recognizes a bakery by its scent. Good luck restraining a toddler from bolting toward the Mrs. Fields cookie case.
Baby's Nose Knows Mom's Smell
Micah 5
1. But you, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth to me, he who is to be ruler in Israel; and his origin is from ancient time, from days of old:
2. Therefore he will give them up, until the time when she who labors has brought forth; then the remnant of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel:
Rachel Imenu.
Nobody would describe a geometry proof as a stream of consciousness. You know how those things go, one thing after another is logically and irrefutably deduced, step by step, line by line, even though the process may involve bouncing all over the diagram of what needs to be proved.
180 (the idiom for something turned to its opposite):
And it just keeps going (it's the difference between live active yeast and the dead).
The holidays are coming. You’re on a tight schedule. You want everything coming out of your kitchen to be absolutely perfect.
What’s the first thing you need to do? Test your yeast, baking powder, and baking soda for freshness.
https://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2015/11/05/test-yeast-baking-powder-baking-soda-freshness/
...he had mentioned the life of Isaac (180 years) because it equaled the sums of the ages of the first three kings of the House of David (David, Solomon, Rehoboam). 70 + 52 + 58 = 180. Therefore...
Beware of dead leaven (doctrines) from the church.
Venahafoch hu:
Yeast Dough Hamantaschen
Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is. Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death."
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Matthew 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
(Again with the need for the entire chapter, but trying to limited the length of this post, heh, well..)
100 x 60 x 30 = 180,000, but the total given there is 190. 100 + [60 + 30].
190 = keitz (קץ), "end", spelled kuf (100) + tzaddi (90)
Matthew 13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one [there's Esav again], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Elsewhere:
Mark 4:14 The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
Luke 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
The seeds snatched up by the birds are the first ones dispersed, but the texts don't say exactly what happened to them (unlike the ones that fell on the rocks and thorns). They were... taken away.
Obviously an evolution bent here, but you get the idea:
Plants make seeds that can grow into new plants, but if the seeds just fall to the ground under the parent plant, they might not get enough sun, water or nutrients from the soil. Because plants cannot walk around and take their seeds to other places, they have developed other methods to disperse (move) their seeds. The most common methods are wind, water, animals, explosion and fire.
And
Over 70% of plants in our woody forests in New Zealand have fleshy fruit that is eaten by birds. Chemicals in our native birds’ digestive systems help to weaken the tough coats around these seeds. Birds often fly far away from the parent plant and disperse the seeds in their droppings. The kereru, tui and bellbird play an important role in seed dispersal. Trees that produce the largest fruit – miro, puriri, tawa and taraire – rely on the kereru because it has such a large, wide beak to eat the fruit.
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/103-seed-dispersal
Rabbi Mendel Kessin, in his current series pertaining to the rectification of Esav (America), has pointed out - setting aside the doctrines - that it is simply a fact that Christians are the ones who have dispersed the Torah throughout the nations of the world.
And the sar of Esav is the satan. File that under, "If he knew what he were doing, he wouldn't do that."
91. They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you."
He said to them, "You examine the face of heaven and earth, but you have not come to know the one who is in your presence, and you do not know how to examine the present moment."
92. Jesus said, "Seek and you will find.
You'd think people who know better than to trust Christians to discern what's going on in the Torah, would be just as suspicious about what Christians claim is in the New Testament. Everybody has failed logic class, it appears.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to fruitfulness. She is Bethlehem, the bakery. Every baby knows his mother's scent (reyach).
But you, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth to me, he who is to be ruler in Israel; and his origin is from ancient time, from days of old:
Works on the literal level of the letters as well.
And then when you throw homophones and related meanings and puns into the mix...
The word "yeast" comes from Old English gist, gyst, and from the Indo-European root yes-, meaning "boil", "foam", or "bubble".[13] Yeast microbes are probably one of the earliest domesticated organisms. Archaeologists digging in Egyptian ruins found early grinding stones and baking chambers for yeast-raised bread, as well as drawings of 4,000-year-old bakeries and breweries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast#History
gist: the substance or essence of a speech or text
root yes: the root of Jesse is yesh... a defacto statement of existence ("there is", "there are")
David/dod: dod = boiler (just toss boiler translate hebrew into a google search). Even better, go for an image search of תיקון דוד (tikkun David). Boiler repair...
This is the best stuff ever in the history of the universe. 12 men have stood on the moon. All Americans. Did they have a view, or what?
180 is when right switches to left and chametz (חמץ) becomes Tzemach (צמח).
Tzemach yitzmach = chametz yichmatz
Matthew 28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Isa 63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned [chamutz: soured, i.e. pickled red] garments from Bozrah? This one who is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save:
Was that pottage red because it was red [lentils] from the ground, or was it a pickled (preserved) recipe? The questions that arise..
Genesis 25
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
John 12:23-24 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to fruitfulness..
The end (keitz) ends with the final tzaddik..
ץ
Which is the meaning inherent in the name Yehuda (casting the arms into the air in praise).
geometry: the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogs.
Euclid
From the Greek name Ευκλειδης (Eukleides), derived from Greek ευ (eu) "good" and κλεος (kleos) "glory" with the patronymic suffix ιδης (ides). This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek mathematician from Alexandria who made numerous contributions to geometry.
Speaking of Greek, "70" (LXX) is the word for the "Gentile" (Greek) Torah, but I haven't seen anyone near connecting that one up.
In the 3rd century BC:
"On arrival at Alexandria, the translators were greeted by the king and given a sumptuous banquet. They were then closeted in a secluded house on the island of Pharos close to the seashore, where the celebrated 110 m. high lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, had just been finished."
http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2016/03/31/A-Brief-History-of-the-Septuagint.aspx
The Pharos of Alexandria was the prototype for all the lighthouses of the world.
Fools rush in
Where wise men never go
But wise men never fall in love
So how are they to know.
There's no going back. Okay, well unless I find a typo.