Book of Job
In his story of world creation, before anything else could happen, Hesiod had first to bring forth a brooding space filled with possibility, called Chaos. In Greek, its root meaning was "gap." Here, in the place provided by Chaos, rose the "wide-bosomed Earth," as Hesiod called it, "a sure, eternal dwelling-place for all the deathless gods who rule Olympus's snowy peaks.,,18 The place of earth was created before the earth itself.
Everything must have location, a place where it is. Aristotle declared that "A natural scientist must inform himself not only on the infinite, but also on place. ,,19 What then is the place of light? One would suppose that with the photon concept of light, a straightforward response would be forthcoming; but quantum theory and experiment again conspire to make the place of light completely elusive.
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IN AN IMPORTANT paper of 1949, Eugene Wigner and T. D. Newton, then at Princeton, looked for the place of elementary quantum particles: electrons, protons, mesons, and photons.20 They were interested in "localized states," that is to say, they sought a clear way to define position for particles within the formalism of quantum mechanics. Everything began well enough. Elementary particles that possess mass, like the electron and neutron, presented no special problems. However, when they turned their attention to light, a sudden hitch appeared. They commented that light was different; they could find no mathematical object within quantum theory that properly
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could something so simple arise from such a complex analysis? Casimir was suspicious. Bohr agreed and pointed Casimir in a totally unexpected direction. Casimir's calculation had exam- ined the detailed mechanisms by which atomic motions in the metal plates might induce unexpected electromagnetic fields and
thus attract a nearby plate.25 He had used the still relatively'
new quantum theory of Schrodinger and the relativity of Einstein, but Bohr urged Casimir to turn his attention away from the plates and to the empty space around them. It would have been sense- less advice twenty-five years earlier, but in the intervening de- cades a full quantum theory of light (quantum electrodynamics) had been developed, and one of its features was a new under- standing of the vacuum, of emptiness.
Where before the vacuum had been understood as pure emp- tiness-no matter, no light, no heat-now there was a residual hidden energy. Take away everything, cool to absolute zero in temperature, and still the vacuum remains, and it is shimmering with a special kind of light. Called the "zero-point energy of the vacuum," it seems an essential part of quantum-field theory. Bohr suggested that Casimir look to it, to the vacuum, for the force between two metal plates. Casimir followed Bohr's pre- scient advice and in a two-page--derivation, he arrived by an elegant path at what had caused him so much trouble before.26 Since Casimir's calculation, experiments have shown the force to occur with exactly the form he predicted.
Without launching into the details of quantum electrody-namics (or QED), I can still draw attention to a few features of the calculation that are suggestive of a new way of understanding emptiness. According to QED, after one has removed all matter and all light from space, an infinite energy still remains. Since there is no way to extract this energy out of the vacuum, theorists dismissed it as a curious artifact of the theory, of little real significance, at least until Casimir made his calculation. By inserting two parallel conducting plates into the vacuum, Casi- / Page 328 /
Y RAM MARY MARY Y RAM
TEARS OF A CROWN
WHY WEEPEST THOU WHOM SEEKEST THOU
I AM THAT I AM
FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS
Graham Hancock
1995
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"The precessional numbers highlighted by Sellers in the Osiris myth are 360, 72, 30 and 12."
"These he joined to the 360 days of which the year then consisted (emphasis added)."
"Elsewhere the myth informs us that the 360 - day year consists of "12 months of 30 days each".
And in general,as Sellers observes , "phrases are used which prompt simple mental calculations and an attention to numbers ".
"Elsewhere the myth informs us that the 360-day year consists of '12 months of 30 days each'.
Thus far we have been provided with three of Seller's precessional: 360, 12 and 30. The fourth number,which occurs later in the text, is by far the most important. As we saw in Chapter Nine, the evil deity known as Set led a group of conspirators in a plot to kill Osiris. The number of these conspirators was 72."
CONNECTIONS
James Burke
Introduction
" Man has lived in close contact with change since he first appeared on Earth. During everyone of the
thirty-six
million minutes of his life,"
FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS
Graham Hancock
1995
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"The precessional numbers highlighted by Sellers in the Osiris myth are 360, 72, 30 and 12."
"These he joined to the 360 days of which the year then consisted (emphasis added)."
"Elsewhere the myth informs us that the 360 - day year consists of "12 months of 30 days each".
And in general,as Sellers observes , "phrases are used which prompt simple mental calculations and an attention to numbers ".
"Elsewhere the myth informs us that the 360-day year consists of '12 months of 30 days each'.
Thus far we have been provided with three of Seller's precessional: 360, 12 and 30. The fourth number,which occurs later in the text, is by far the most important. As we saw in Chapter Nine, the evil deity known as Set led a group of conspirators in a plot to kill Osiris. The number of these conspirators was 72."
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10. FOUR "TIMES" - THE TABERNACLE (THE TEMPLE), AND IMMANUEL
There was no Tabernacle before the Exodus, nor indeed could there be. The Tabernacle was a symbol of God's presence at the centre of His people's national life. Israel did not become a nation until the year of the Exodus when God gave them the legal constitution for the kingdom of God on earth at Sinai. As there could be no established "church" without a free self-governing nation, so there could be no Tabernacle before the Exodus and the giving of the law.
The Tabernacle was a movable tent, unlike the Temple which was built of great stones. There was no Temple before the reign of Solomon, nor indeed could there be. First, in order to be a true symbol, no "permanent" Temple could be raised up until three great millennial days (3,000 years) from a destructive fall. Second, no Temple could be erected before there was a "son of David", who was also a "prince of peace". The Temple symbolized Jesus Christ and his royal priesthood. As there was no enduring monarchy in Israel before David's, no reigning son of David [and no reign of peace] until Solomon, then clearly the essential preconditions needed for the Temple symbol to fit Jesus were not met until the eleventh year of king Solomon's reign when the newly completed Temple was dedicated by the king and nation exactly 3,000 years (3 "days") after the start of the generations of Adam.
The Tabernacle, the Temple, and Jesus Christ are closely linked. They symbolized Him, and He was their perfect fulfilment. It follows then, that if His life is measured out in "times", so will theirs be.
i) The Temple of a "time"
It needs to be more widely noticed that Solomon's Temple was indeed recognised by God for exactly one great time. Construction began in the fourth year of Solomon and ended after seven years in his eleventh year.
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Figure 5. The foundation and dedication of the first Temple preceded landmarks in its destruction by exactly 360 years (a "time" of years) of ordained activity before Nebuchadnezzar's first and final removals of the original vessels made by Solomon.
"In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid,
in the month Zif: And in the eleventh year, in the month BuI. which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it."
I Ki1gsm. 6w. 37-38
Solomon succeeded his father in 970 B.C., but all of that year was counted as the 40th year of David, under the system then in use to number the years of reigns. The year counted as Solomon's first year began in 969 B.C. Consequently, his fourth year began in 966 B.C., while his eleventh year began in 959 B.C. The years of our present calendar are not coincident with those referred to in I Kings which began with the first month at our March-April time. Thus, Solomon's fourth year was in 966-65 B.C., while his eleventh year was in 959-58 B.C.
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12. JESUS CHRIST'S "TIMES" ARE COMPLETE 360's
"The question was posed above as to whether the major events in the earthly life of Jesus (His Incarnation the start of His public ministry, His crucifixion and death and so His whole life) was marked by occurring at one or more complete "times" (i.e. periods of 360 years) after other significant events particularly highlighted by God in scripture? This article has shown, as summarized in Figure 8, that the major events in the life of Jesus occurred one, two, three, four or five complete "times" after the most highly significant events in the Old Testament ages.
It can therefore be safely concluded that when the following texts regarding major events in the life of Jesus speak of "due time", "the fulness of the time", or "the fulness of times", then the "time(s)" referred to is one or more great times of 360 years.
"But when the fulness of the time was come.. God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law," Galatians ch. 4 v. 4
"For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Romans ch. 5 v. 6
"That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:" Ephesians ch. 1 v. 10
Death of Abraham Five "times" 1800 years A.D. 26 The acceptable year of the Lord
Isaac Inherits1775 B.C.
The Exodus1445/44 B.C. Four "times" 1440 years The Incarnation 5/4 B.C. Christ's birth 4/3 B.C.
The Tabernacle 1444/43 B.C.
God rejected; Saul's monarchy 1051/50 B.C. Three "times" 1080 years Jesus rejected as King A.D. 30/31
Samaria attacked 724 B.C. Israel deported Two "times 720 years Christ's birth " 4/3 B.C Flight to Egypt 2/1 B.C.
Alexander the Great conquers Palestine 332/31 B.C years One "time" 360 years Jesus Crucified conquers death A.D. 30
Figure 8, Summary of the significant events in Old Testament scripture which precede major events in the in the life of Jesus by one to five complete "times".
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14. IUS ,,~" (KAIROS)
God created time, and He controls times. Moreover, God has stamped His hall-mark on history, demonstrating His absolute power, by determining that many major events in the history of His kingdom, are numbered and measured in great "times".
"... keep this commandment ... until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times (kairos) he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate "
I Timothy ch. 6 w. 14-15
Only Almighty God could work on such a majestic scale, seeing the end from the beginning, and weaving an intricate pattern of fulfilled prophecy despite Satan's rebellion and man's disobedience. The pattern of the ages will be perfected in a unity planned before this world began. The threads are already being pulled together in a web of interwoven 360's, whose architect, centre and completion is the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians ch.l w. 3-4 & 9-11):
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ... According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world... Having made known unto us the mystery of his will which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times (kairos) he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:"
THE SEVENTH SCROLL
Wilber Smith
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"The seventh scroll,' she whispered, and steeled herself to touch it. It was nearly four thousand years old, written by a genius out of time with history, a man who had been dust for all these millennia, but whom she had come to know and respect as she did her own husband. His words were eternal, and they spoke to her clearly from beyond the grave, from the fields of paradise, from the presence of f the great trinity, Osiris and Isis and Horus, in whom he had believed so devoutly. As devoutly as she believed in another more recent Trinity.
THE DAILY MIRROR
Thursday July 24th
Jonathan Cainer
"todays feature by
John Michell"
"Last week we looked at the circle of the universe. Its area is 12! (known as '12 fac-torial'), which means the numbers 1 to 12 multiplied together.
By two geometric processes, involving the square and the triangle, a smaller circle was devel-oped from this. Its radius is 5,040 or 7, the first seven numbers multiplied together.
This smaller circle rep-resents the earth with its satellite, the moon. 5,040 miles is the sum of the earth's mean radius (3,960 miles) plus the radius of the moon (1,080 miles).
It is a striking fact of nature that the circles of moon and earth illustrate a primary symbol of cre-ative geometry, the 'squared circle'. It isa marriage of opposites. The circle is the symbol of eternity and heavens;the square is the material world of earth. If you can draw them together so that each has the same measure round its perimeter, you have created a squared circle.
The diameters of the earth and moon are as 11 to 3. Using these simple num-bers, draw their two circles so that they touch each other. Enclose the earth circle in a square, and from its centre draw a cir-cle through the centre of the moon. Taking 22/7 as the value or pi, you can calculate that the circumference of this circle is 44. The square containing the earth circle has a side of 11, so its perimeter is also 44. Its actual measure is 31,680 miles. To complete the diagram, draw four 'moons' at the four quarters of the earth, and add two on each side of them - making 12 in all. The eight added circles pass through the eight points where the square and the cir-cle meet.
This basic diagram, the circle squared by the earth and moon, is the key to ancient science and wisdom. It is said to be revealed from time to time. There are many refer-ences to it in ancient writings and the archi-tecture of temples. One example is in the last two chapters of the Bible, where St John describes the Heavenly City. It is the ideal geometric pattern of the universe, beauti-ful, colourful and complete in all its parts. He gave its dimensions, based on the same numbers as in our squared-circle diagram.
In the geometer's creation story that we are following, certain numbers are specially prominent. The first is 5,040 - the measure in miles of the combined radii of the earth and moon. It is the pivot of the basic numbers 1 to 10, for 1 x 2 x 3x 4x5x6x 7 = 5040, and 7 x 8 x 9 x 10 = 5040. Plato gave 5,040 as the key to the esoteric diagram behind his ideal state constitution. 5,040 symbolises the female spirit of the world that was there from the beginning.
Next week's subject is the numbers 7 and 5 and their place in the geometry of creation."
KEYS TO HEAVEN:
Squaring the circle
(Illustrations omitted)
THE CITY OF REVELATION
John Michell
1972
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3168
The Perimeter of the Temple
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The perimeter of the temple is 3168, Lord Jesus Christ, when the temple is measured by the foot, the most sacred unit of ancient metrology. In terms of th~ megalithic yard (2'72 feet), however, the perimeter measures 1164, because 3168 feet = 1164 MY. Yet this makes no difference to the symbolic interpretation by gematria, for 1164 is the number of another name of Christ, "Greek script omitted) Son of God.
As a geodetic or earth-measuring number, 3168 also demonstrates the antiquity and sacred origin of British metrology, for
31,680 inches = half a mile.
31,680 ft. = 6 miles.
31,680 furlongs = 3960 miles = radius of the earth.
31,680 miles = perimeter of square containing the terrestrial sphere. , 31,680 miles = circumference of circle drawn on the combined diameters of the earth and moon (10,080 miles). M
Other cosmological correspondences of 3168 are given on page 109.
The Stonehenge sarsen circle with circumference of 316,8 feet' contains a~ area of 888 square yards, 888 being the number of Jesus, which is equal to 1080 square MY. The circle contained within a square of perimeter 316,8 feet, corresponding to the bluestone circle at Stonehenge, has an area of 666 square MY. Thus the two stone circles at Stonehenge have areas of 1080 and 666 square MY, these two numbers representing the opposite poles of lunar and solar or negative and positive energy.
The number 144 or 121 is. characteristic of the New Jerusalem scheme, and 3168 demonstrates the value of..."Pi " "as 22/7in terms of this number, for 144 x 7 = 1008 and 144 x 22 = 3168