#1

THE FOUR HORNS AND THE FOUR SMITHS 

Zechariah 1: 7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo. 8 During the night I had a vision--and there before me was a man riding a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses. 9 I asked, "What are these, my lord?" The angel who was talking with me answered, "I will show you what they are." 10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, "They are the ones the LORD has sent to go throughout the earth." 11 And they reported to the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the myrtle trees, "We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace." 12 Then the angel of the LORD said, "LORD Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?" 13 So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me. 14 Then the angel who was speaking to me said, "Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD Almighty says: `I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, 15  but I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they added to the calamity.' 16 "Therefore, this is what the LORD says: `I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,' declares the LORD Almighty. 17 "Proclaim further: This is what the LORD Almighty says: `My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.'" 18 Then I looked up--and there before me were four horns!  19 I  asked the angel who was speaking to me, "What are these?" He answered me, "These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem." 20 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen. 21 I asked, "What are these coming to do?" He answered, "These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people."

Zechariah 2

1 Then I looked up--and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand!  2 I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is." 3 Then the angel who was speaking to me left, and another angel came to meet him 4 and said to him: "Run, tell that young man, `Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of men and livestock in it. 5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, `and I will be its glory within.' 6 "Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven," declares the LORD. 7 "Come, O Zion! Escape, you who live in the Daughter of Babylon!" 8 For this is what the LORD Almighty says: "After he has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have plundered you--for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye-- 9 I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me. 10 "Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you," declares the LORD. 11 "Many nations will be joined with the LORD in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you. 12 The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. 13 Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling."

*****************

From:  Humanity of the Pollen Path - Part 6

By Joe Mason:

In the Navaho sand painting from the Time-Life book, Indians of the West. The sand painting shows the gods of the four directions. The shape in the center is quite like the center illustration in my drawing above, the pyramid shape. Each of the triangles in my illustrations have the "Y" shape inside the triangle, following the Barbury Castle crop formation design. In the sand painting above, each of the four gods is holding a "Y" - shaped "charm."

Each of the gods also holds a counterclockwise Swastika. Prior to my study of ancient symbols, I had a dream of a counterclockwise Swastika. Energy was flowing from the center, out into the arms. A voice said,

"These are the forces going out from the center to experience negative manifested events, in order to learn. It is generally square, and you circle counterclockwise."

I later found Swastikas in The Sacred Symbols of Mu. Five illustrations on page 78 show how the swastika evolved from the cross. In this case, the Swastika is counterclockwise. James Churchward wrote that the arms of the Swastika are formed by glyphs called "Builder." These "L" - shapes are "two-sided squares," like the tool used by carpenters, masons, and other craftsmen. It was called a Mason's Square by the Masonic brotherhood. Four of the glyphs in the form of the Swastika indicate "the Four Great Builders of the Universe."  

The two-sided square glyph is on many of Niven's Mexican tablets. In ancient Egypt it became a symbol of justice and uprightness. In the Book of the Dead and in various Egyptian papyrii, the seats of the gods and goddesses are composed of the two-sided square. It was a symbol of the god Ptah.  Two of his titles were "The Divine Artificer" and "The Divine Builder."

Another type of Swastika was composed of four curved horn-like shapes. Two forms of this type are shown on page 225, one from the Mound Builders and the other from Niven's tablet number 1231. These two are clockwise Swastikas, which indicate moving from west to east. It is a "Good Luck" symbol.

SETH, THE 11:11 AND THE FOUR SMIITHS

Seth and others expressed the importance of dreams.  He said the dream realm holds infinite idea potential that can be manifested into reality.  He said that, one day, the dream realm will bring new ideas that will transform the world.  A belief that this is impossible, he said, holds back its manifestation. 

Another thing he said is that if we paid more attention to coincidence, we would see the order of things in a different way.  He also said that we are learning to be conscious co-creators. 

I did not remember much of this when the dreams and coincidences started in 1990.  I now see some of the connections.  The "11:11" phenomena led in a strange direction.  I was never a "believer" in "religion," but I seemed to be guided to read the Bible, and eventually found that Revelation 11:11 was central. 

It connects to many things, such as the duality, and the extremely ancient symbolism of King, Lion, the Royal Bloodline, and Royal Power.  The verse speaks of the two olive trees (or lampstands, or prophets) who stand up after 3 1/2 days (midpoint of the chakras).  It is linked to the two olive trees beside the golden lampstand with seven lamps in Zechariah 4.  These are the "two anointed," symbolized in this case by Joshua and Zerubabbel in Zechariah 3 and 4. 

The two anointed are the High Priest and King of the Royal Bloodlines that trace back to Egypt and to the dawn of history in Summer.  The symbolism still appears in dreams. 

I believe this carries important metaphors about mankind.  The High Priest is the inside Self and the King is the outside self, or "focus personality," as Seth may have put it.  The "Fisher Kings" in this tradition, represented a unification of the two aspects, as the Priest-King.  Perhaps Seth or others would call it the shaman-scientist. 

Part of the symbolism, then and now, includes being underground or under (or in) the water.  It is sometimes shown as the first three steps of the universal "3 1/2."  This seems to indicate that mankind is co-creating the reality from "under the surface," that is, unconsciously. 

The Hopi creation myth of Spider Grandmother is one such example.  After the third underground chamber, the humans climb to the surface and sunlight.  It is like the return from the Underworld/Hades in other
ancient myths. 

In other cases, it is a swim from the water, back to the land.  The story of Noah's Ark is an example.  It is like mankind's dream journey in the Age of Pisces.  All the animals must be brought aboard, because they represent the dream symbols. 

Another symbol of this involves the Lion/King.  The Kings of the Royal Bloodline are related Biblically to Judah, who is the "lion's whelp" (Genesis 49:9).  A Templar-related story gives a clue to the meaning: 

You are born a camel.  You get down on your knees, and a load is
placed upon you (conditioned beliefs of childhood).  When you grow
up and leave home, you become a lion who goes into the desert. 
Eventually, the lion runs into a dragon who has "Thou Shalt" written
on each of his scales (confronting the conditioned beliefs).  The lion
slays the dragon and transforms into a baby.  At that point, you have
overcome the conditioned beliefs and are operating from you own heart's
center. 

It is also said, "The heaver the load, the stronger the lion."

The symbolism seems to be quite old.  In one of the sayings in the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, Jesus says (something like):  "Lucky is he who eats the lion, for the lion becomes human.  But, cursed
is he who the lion eats, for the lion still becomes human." 

Keeping this in mind, various passages in the Book of Revelation seem clear.  The Kings of the Earth "fornicate" (bond) with the harlot who is seated upon many waters, which are peoples and nations, multitudes and tongues (unconscious influences).  They become "drunk" on her wine, which evokes Anger - Fury , and collectively give over their "Royal Power" to the beast. 

At the end of the story, the Kings of the Earth bring their glory into The New Jerusalem, which symbolizes "the order of the heavens made apparent on earth."  The Tree of Life stands at the center of the city.  I believe The Tree represents a totally abundant en mass belief system, after mankind has overcome the negative influences in the collective unconscious.  

It is basically the same as the Seth teaching, that we will learn to be conscious co-creators. 

This, I believe, is why Rev. 3:11 advises to let no one seize your "Crown," that is, your Royal Power, your ability to create your own reality consciously.  It is also expressed, I believe, in Isaiah 65:17, 65:21, 22, as building our own house and living in it, and planting our own vineyard and eating the fruit. 

My dreams led to another symbol for these things - the Swastika, another universal ancient symbol.  It is composed of four "builder" glyphs, the right-angled squares, an "L" shaped tool, used by carpenters, masons, and other craftsmen.  As a "builder" from each of the cardinal directions, it represents the "Demiurge," the helper of "God," or a "god" who is subordinate to the Supreme Creator.  The Demiurge is the creator of the physical world, and can do "good or evil."  The counterclockwise Swastika, or West-going Swastika represents a negative, yet learning creation.  The clockwise, or East-going, Swastika represents "good luck," a positive creation.  In some cases, the "builder" glyphs are curved horns. 

A recent set of dreams indicated that the counterclockwise, negative Swastika also represents the "past," and the clockwise one is the "future."  We are being "pulled by the future, and pushed by the past." 

Light upon Light,

Joe Mason
Humanity On The Pollen Path
http://www.greatdreams.com/plpath1.htm

********************

Notes on the Demiurge by Dee

10-22-97 - VISION - The dream voice said, "With regards  to the Demiurge, look up the word irreversible." 

NOTE: I can’t say that I ever heard the word Demiurge before Joe used it when he was talking about God. The encyclopedia has a very long detailed explanation, but here is one from the dictionary that isn’t so complicated and right to the point. (leave space)

Date: 1678 - a : a Platonic subordinate deity who fashions the sensible world in the light of eternal ideas

b : a Gnostic subordinate deity who is the creator of the material world

2 : one that is an autonomous creative force or decisive power

Irreversible merely means ‘not reversible’. So does that mean that creation can’t be uncreated? Probably. But who thinks it can????

********************

THE JEWISH JUDGE - 

Samson (Sampson)

This name originates from Hebrew and means 'child of the sun'  This name was borne by the Jewish Judge and is found in the Old Testament in the book of Judges.

Judging in the Old Testament:  

Select capable men from all the people--men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain--and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. Exodus 18:21-22

Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly. Leviticus 19:15

I charged your judges at that time: Hear the disputes between your brothers and judge fairly, whether the case is between brother Israelites or between one of them and an alien. Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of any man, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it. Deuteronomy 1:16-17

Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you. Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for man, but for the Lord, who is with you whenever you give a verdict. Now let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery. 2 Chronicles 19:6-7

Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men? No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth. Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies. Psalm 58:1-3

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9

Your hands are full of blood; wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:15-17

Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them. Isaiah 1:23

Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch men. Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it, they do not defend the rights of the poor. Jeremiah 5:26-28

The leaders judge for a bribe, priests teach for a price, and prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they lean upon the Lord and say, "Is not the Lord among us? No disaster will come upon us." Micah 3:11

Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire--they all conspire together. The best of them is like a brier, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. Micah 7:3-4

Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God. Her officials are roaring lions, her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning . . . the unrighteous know no shame. Zephaniah 3:1-5

BOOK OF JUDGES IN THE BIBLE

THE TWENTY FOUR HELPERS (ELDERS)

The the twenty four elders are mentioned 12 times in the book of Revelation, but it does not tell us who they are. 

Rev. 4:4 - And around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads. 

The term elder no doubt means one who has greater experience or one who has gone before us.

In the Book of Revelation, they are sitting on thrones and wearing crowns. The crowns (in Greek is the stephanos) which is the crown of victory. These crowns are permanent, not perishable as the garland wreath was to the winners of the Greek games when they won their crown of victory.

These elders are not angels. 

Rev. 5: 8-9 " And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having each on a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying "Worthy art Thou to take the book , and to break its seals; for Thou wast slain, and didst purchase for God with Thy blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. 

These are possibly the people of earth who have been victorious. 

Footnote: Twenty-four elders: these may represent the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve apostles. OR:  The twenty-four elders may represent the king and the high-priest of each tribe. 

What preparation should we make? The twenty-four elders offer a model. Besides the occasions of speaking to John, the twenty-four elders appear four times in Revelation. They appear in chapters 4, 5, 11, and 19. In three of these places, the elders act in concert with the four beasts.

In chapter 4, the elders, drawing their cue from the four beasts, "fall down before Him that sat on the throne, and worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created" (Revelation 4:10–11). 

In chapter 5, the elders sing "a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth" (Revelation 5:9–10).

The elders in chapter 11 worship God, "saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth" (Revelation 11:17–18).

The promise in Revelation 3:21, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." The key word, "throne," symbolizes rulership. The elders, who themselves sit on thrones surrounding God's throne, share in God's throne.

Besides sharing in God's throne, the twenty-four elders share association with the four beasts. Perhaps these beasts are cherubim, because they are similar to the cherubim in Ezekiel who were guardians of God's glory. Cherubim were also guardians of the garden of Eden and guardians of the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant. Here in Revelation they are guardians, along with the elders, of God's throne, of God's right to rule.

Do you want to prepare for the tribulation? Identify with the elders, study their prayers, and start praying like them.

*************************

The Injunction

Meaning : a writ granted by a court of equity whereby one is required to do or to refrain from doing a specified act 

The Lord gave an injunction to Moses to explore the land of Canaan: 

Numbers 13

1

The LORD said to Moses,

2

"Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders."

3

So at the LORD's command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

4

These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

5

from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

6

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

7

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

8

from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

9

from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;

10

from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

11

from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;

12

from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

13

from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

14

from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

15

from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.

16

These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)

17

When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, "Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.

18

See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

19

What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified?

20

How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees on it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land." (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

21

So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo^[1] Hamath.

22

They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

23

When they reached the Valley of Eshcol,^[2] they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs.

24

That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.

25

At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.

26

They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.

27

They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.

28

But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.

29

The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan."

30

Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."

31

But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are."

32

And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.

33

We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."

SO THE EXPLORERS LIED TO THE PEOPLE WHICH MADE THEM ANGRY AT THE LORD. THE LORD HAD PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT THEIR LIES AND TOLD THEM THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO THE PROMISED LAND BECAUSE OF THEIR LIES:

Numbers 14

1

That night all the people of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.

2

All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert!

3

Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt?"

4

And they said to each other, "We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt."

5

Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there.

6

Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes

7

and said to the entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.

8

If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.

9

Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will swallow them up. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them."

10

But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the Tent of Meeting to all the Israelites.

11

The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them?

12

I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they."

13

Moses said to the LORD, "Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

14

And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, O LORD, are with these people and that you, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

15

If you put these people to death all at one time, the nations who have heard this report about you will say,

16

`The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath; so he slaughtered them in the desert.'

17

"Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared:

18

`The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.'

19

In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now."

20

The LORD replied, "I have forgiven them, as you asked.

21

Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the LORD fills the whole earth,

22

not one of the men who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I performed in Egypt and in the desert but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times--

23

not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their forefathers. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it.

24

But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.

25

Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea. "

26

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

27

"How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites.

28

So tell them, `As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say:

29

In this desert your bodies will fall--every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me.

30

Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

31

As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.

32

But you--your bodies will fall in this desert.

33

Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the desert.

34

For forty years--one year for each of the forty days you explored the land--you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.'

35

I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this desert; here they will die."

36

So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it--

37

these men responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the LORD.

38

Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.

39

When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly.

40      Early the next morning they went up toward the high hill country. "We have sinned," they said. "We will go up to the place the LORD promised."

41      But Moses said, "Why are you disobeying the LORD's command? This will not succeed!

42      Do not go up, because the LORD is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,

43      for the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the LORD, he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword."

44     Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up toward the high hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the LORD's covenant moved from the camp.

45    Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.

TO PUT IT MILDLY, EVEN AFTER THE LORD GAVE THEM ALL KINDS OF PUNISHMENTS AND SACRIFICES, THE PEOPLE GRUMBLED. THE LORD WAS VERY PISSED OFF:

Numbers  16: 20 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

21  Separate yourselves from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once."

22  But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out, "O God, God of the spirits of all mankind, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?"

23   Then the LORD said to Moses,

24   "Say to the assembly, `Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.'"

25   Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

26   He warned the assembly, "Move back from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins."

BY THE END OF GOD'S WRATH, OVER 14,000 PEOPLE HAD DIED FROM THE PLAGUE THAT GOD SENT.  GOD THEN GAVE THEM NUMEROUS LAWS THEY HAD TO FOLLOW AND STILL THEY LIVED IN POVERTY. GOD THEN TOLD MOSES AND AARON TO GO UP THE MOUNTAIN WHERE HE WOULD DIE. THEY CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN AND AARON DIED. 

THE PEOPLE MOURNED AND GOD GAVE THEM MORE LAWS AND SACRIFICES TO FOLLOW. EVENTUALLY THEY WERE ABLE TO GO AND CAMP ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER.

GOD MADE THEM GO TO WAR, AND FINALLY GOD TOLD MOSES HE WAS TO GO UP THE MOUNTAIN AS HE WOULD DIE LIKE HIS BROTHER AARON. THEN THE PEOPLE COULD CROSS THE JORDAN RIVER TO THE PROMISED LAND.

************************

The 11: 11 connection:  

ANOTHER BARKED TREE DREAM AND PROPHECY

#2

200 - 400 - 600 - and Manifestation

From: http://matmcveagh.tripod.com/tbp/esoteric/issues/dimensions/astroqab_intro.htm

In the table below is a comparison of the macrocosm (i.e. the greater universe) with the microcosm (i.e. Humanity) specifically in relation to the planes of their habitation, with the purpose of showing the septenary nature of both entities, and to reveal their intimate interrelationship, and also to emphasise their interdependence.

In order to understand some of the deeper qabalistic aspects, you will need to have some basic knowledge of the metaphysical nature of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and also a knowledge of one of the important hermeneutic techniques much used in the qabalah that is called 'gematria'.

One of the fundamental premises of the qabalah is the idea that the 22 Hebrew letters are sacred. It is generally understood by qabalists that they were given to Humanity by a divine power. Usually Moses is given credit for receiving the sacred alephbet (or the esoteric meanings of such) from Jehovah on Mount Sinai - along with the Ten Commandments. (See: The Book of Exodus, 34:28-29.) Incidentally, the word 'qabalah' comes from the root 'qbl' meaning 'to receive' in Hebrew, and it is by its study and use in meditation that we are all potentially able to receive divine inspiration, or sacred knowledge from higher levels of intelligence.

The Hebrew alephbet divides numerically into three main groups comprised of units, tens, and hundreds. Within this tripartite scheme the units (i.e. 1 - 9) are the foundational archetypes upon which our creative universe is built. The tens (i.e. 10 - 90) represent the expression of the original archetypes (the units) in microcosmic consciousness (because the appended 0 indicates consciousness). The hundreds (i.e. 100 - 900) symbolize the archetypal units expressed at the level of universal, or collective consciousness (because two 0s appended indicates collective consciousness).

The nine archetypal units represent the basic tools of the divine omnipresent creative Spirit. They establish a basic working environment within which consciousness (the tens) can flourish. As consciousness evolves, the Creation (or Universe) slowly awakens and becomes conscious of itself in the collective sense (i.e. the hundreds become fully manifested, or realized). The whole creative-evolutionary process culminates in the birth of a 'god'.

In the beginning only the first four macrocosmic signs (hundreds) are fully manifest. They are: Qoph-100, Resh-200, Shin-300, and Tav-400. These four glyphs symbolize the 'elemental', primordial (or primitive) consciousness of the universe. They represent the 'autonomic' consciousness of the natural, or physical world. They describe a condition that is the cosmic equivalent to the animal level of awareness on planet Earth.

The five 'missing' macrocosmic signs (hundreds) emerge, or evolve out of five of the microcosmic signs (i.e. the tens). (See the table above). Thus, full universal consciousness is only achieved through the development of the microcosmic units of consciousness that constitute and inhabit its body of manifestation.

In the universal scale the four primary macrocosmic signs parallel the four primordial elements and can be associated with the geometric square shape:

Qoph-100 = Water
Resh-200 = Air
Shin-300 = Fire
Tav-400 = Earth

They represent the primordial unconscious expression of the undeveloped universe.

The five secondary macrocosmic signs (called 'finals') correspond with the pentagram of universal consciousness (including collective Human consciousness) that grows out of, and sits atop the square foundation of the elemental universe. They are named and numerically assigned as follows:

Caph-final-500
Mem-final-600
Nun-final-700
Peh-final-800
Tzaddie-final-900

These signs represent the growth and development of universal consciousness that proceeds with the parallel evolution of the collective consciousness of Humanity (and all intelligent races in the universe).

See http://matmcveagh.tripod.com/tbp/esoteric/issues/dimensions/astroqab_intro.htm for the rest of the great Tree of Life explanations. 

THE TREE OF LIFE CROP CIRCLE FORMATION

THE MENORAH CROP CIRCLE FORMATION

DREAMS OF CREATION

From: http://www.secretdowry.org/workbook.html

CREATIVE IMMANENCE 

 English: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  Hebrew: Bereshyt Barah Elohim et Ha Shamaim Vay Et Ha Eretz.  Qabalah: BRESYT BRE ELHYM AT HA SM(f)M VY ET HA ER(f)T.

 BRESYT is: the principle of containment, Bayt, containing all existences in the cosmos, Raysh, containing its own existence, Aleph, upspringing of intermittent, pulsating spark-of-life, invisible, not thinkable, always new, always present, never in existence, Sheen, vertiginous movement, immeasurable activity transcending conception, the custodian of all possibilities, Yod, projection of life into existence, a fragile fortress of matter, Tav, protecting and enfolding by an immeasurable and tender resistance to destruction. 

 Thus are introduced the partners who always play against (and for) each other: Aleph springing from its containers and Yod, smitten by the breath of Sheen pressing against all that resists it so as to capture in form that which would not be contained – the fire of life.

 The second acronym is BRE, Bayt-Raysh-Aleph.  Aleph is often represented by the symbol, E, because Ayn/70 uses the symbol A.  Bayt-Raysh-Aleph, BRE, is a repetition of the first three symbols of the first acronym, BRESYT.  This repetition gives us a clue as to how this narrative is designed.  Repetition itself has a meaning.  BRE reintroduces the immense forces of creation again.  It depicts a violent, triumphant, exultant affirmation of the creative immanence, a surging, revolving action of perpetual creation giving birth to its own containers. 

 The third acronym is ELHYM: Aleph-Lammed-Hay-Yod-Mem, 1.30.5.10.40.  This is the total process by which Aleph, the timeless, becomes Yod, which is of time and duration.  It has been interpreted as, “God.”  ELHYM depicts the process that sets into motion the organic function of all living forms.  It is critical that you begin to grasp the enormous difference between ELHYM and YHWH, the so-called, “Lord.” 

 These two formulas, ELHYM/God and YHWH/Lord represent two entirely different processes, since one, YHWH, is the germ of the other, ELHYM, which is the husk.  Understanding the difference between these two key acronyms is a major breakthrough to comprehending both the myth and ourselves.

 Without translating verbatim the rest of this first verse in Genesis, I will instead sum up the essential elements. 

 All manifestation of life is two-fold.  There is the existence of that which contains and the life of that which is contained.  Existence is the husk, whereas life is the germ; internal life and external circumstances.  External action is that of the gardener, air, sun and water.  Internal life is that of the germ erupting from within, producing the plant, flower and fruit, which contains the next generation of seeds. 

 This arrangement and interaction of life/germs and existence/husks, are the two players who play against one another, and paradoxically for one another.  If they are not thus associated, no game is possible.  If Aleph and Yod are not thus affiliated, as Yin to Yang and feminine to masculine, nothing at all would exist.  This is the unity in the unified postulate.

 The continuing factor is existence; vegetation and the animal kingdoms.  In all such existences, the pulsation of creative life – discontinuous and timeless – is so profoundly buried and hidden that it seems to be absent.  Indeed, it seems to be absent in inter-stellar space, in the billions and billions of suns where we can neither perceive nor conceive of there being any life.  But in one form or another, even in no form at all, even engulfed and hidden, the creative immanence, active or inactive, is there.  We witness it both in the awesome movement of the cosmos and in the beauty of nature. 

 All this is said in the first verse of Genesis, and much more, for the revelation can never be totally divulged in words because of the unfathomable complexity of life.  Yet it can be witnessed.  We can observe it and know it, through insight and revelation, which is our birthright as human beings.  But we must develop these latent potentials.

#3

It took 70 days to cross the River Jordan: Check this out: 

• March 8, 2001 -- Prepare to cross the Jordan This date is when we look for a replay of the ancient call to prepare to cross the Jordan river as given in Deuteronomy 1 verse 3.

  Headlines this date indicated Arafat sent a letter to Saddam in Iraq asking for an invasion of modern Israel. Within days of this date Iraqi TV was broadcasting footage of volunteers loading buses for military training camps, calling the men a "Jerusalem Army." Saddam had answered Arafat's call.

  • May 16, 2001 -- Jordan River Crossing Between the call to cross the Jordan (March 8, 2001) and the crossing of the Jordan was 70 days. The end of the prophetic replay of those 70 days lands here.

    May 15, 2001, close enough for our purposes, Arafat called for Israel to withdraw to her 1967 borders. This was Al-Habka and likely the first date of a new Middle East war.

  From: http://www.bibletime.com/bt/site/past/

  *****************

  The Book of the Jubilees of the writings of the library of Qumran (written approximately
  100 years before J.-C.) talks about the rules concerning jubilees and the strict laws for the
  observance of the Sabbath. At the end, a passage mentions: "there are 49 jubilees plus
  one week and two years from Adam until this day; there is again forty years to come to
  learn the commandments of the Lord before the sons of Israel enter the earth of Canaan
  and cross the Jordan to the west" 

  http://pages.globetrotter.net/sdesr/nu49.htm 

  ***************** 

  http://www.greaterthings.com/Visions/GeneralConference/index.html
  LDS General Conference Dream
  
  The Dream
  Sterling D. Allan's Dream
  March 24, 2001; 3:12 AM.
  
  Page 312 of the Bible (LDS KVJ) covers from Joshua 3:10b through 4:8a. Chapter three
  is the story of the children of Israel miraculously passing "clean over" the Jordan river
  into the promised land, symbolizing the washing or baptism into a new covenant -- 
   -- a major point of graduation in the history of Israel, following their 40 years of
  wandering in the wilderness. Twelve men, one from each tribe, were selected to carry
  the ark of the covenant, and when they rested in the water, the waters above "stood up in
  a heap," so the children of Israel could pass through.
  ***************

  From: "TimeStar" <timestar@atnet.net> (GUEST)
  Subject: Re: dream 3010 aa
  
  Bearing in mind that dreams are purely symbolic, the meaning of a symbol may change a little or a lot from one person to the next.  Also, dreams occur at different levels of consciousness and may have multiple meanings at different levels of consciousness.  Still, dreams can be universally interpreted from the perspective of the collective unconscious as Carl Jung sought in work, specifically in "Archtypes Of The Collective Unconscious".
  
  In this way there may be highly individualized responses to symbolic archetypes that express processes of the collective unconscious.
  
  Rivers are powerful symbols of the collective unconscious associated with transformative events.  The Israelites entered the Wilderness with the Red Sea's parting then left the Wilderness with the River Jordan's parting. These marked the beginning and ending of a powerful process culminating in Joshua's leadership, the second circumcision and mysterious march on Jericho, causing its collapse with sheer metaphysical power of the trumpets' blast. 
  
  *****resonant harmonics, undoubtedly augmented by God*****
  
  Joshua 3-14:16 "So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.  Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest.  Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water's edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing.  It piled up in a heap at a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off.  So the people crossed over opposite Jericho....
  
  Joshua 4-4:7 - "So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, and said to them, 'Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan.  Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, to serve as a sign among you.  In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?' tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.  When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.  These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever..."
  
  With the people crossed over the Jordan and the stones from the Jordan's bottom collected, the second circumcision was done.
  
  Joshua 5-4:7 "Now this is why he did so.  All those who came out of Egypt -- all the men of military age -- died in the desert on the way after leaving Egypt.  All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the desert during the journey from Egypt had not.  The Israelites had moved about in the desert forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord.  For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land that he had solemnly promised their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.  So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised...
  
  Joshua 5-9 "Then the Lord said to Joshua, 'Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.' So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.  On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain.  The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for
  the Israelites, but that year they ate of the produce of Canaan."
  
  Best regards,
  Krsanna Duran
  http://www.timestar.org

  **************

  It was the time when God wanted the Israelites to cross over the river Jordan into the Promised Land. God had promised this land to Abraham hundreds of years before. Moses could not enter the Promised Land. As a faithful servant of God, God had requested him to tell the Israelites that the time had come for them to enter the land. He also told him that at a long time afterward they would be driven out of the land again, and scattered all over the earth.

  Prior to Moses death, God allowed him to climb a mountain called Nebo, and to its highest peaks, called Pisgah. From there he was able to look across the river Jordan and see the Land of Promise on the other side of the River Jordan.

  Moses had appointed a new leader to take his place before he went up the high mountain where he died. The new leader was Joshua. Joshua was one of the spies who had told Moses and the people forty years before that he believed God would help them conquer the people in the Promised Land. Joshua believed what God told him, so this is the reason God chose him to be Israel's new leader.

  The Israelites could not enter the Promised Land without God's help. The river Jordan was between their camp and the Promised land. The Jordan is a large river and was at flood-stage. It had no bridges over it, and no boats or rafts to get across. (See dream above where there is a new bridge built).

  God told Joshua to have the priests carry the ark of the covenant down to the edge of the river. The tabernacle was taken apart and prepared to be carried with them. The priests were to lead the way, and were to carry the ark.  (Note in dream #1, that the furniture was disassembled and could only be taken on the move if all the parts were there) 

  God told Joshua he would make a path through the river. The Israelites needed faith to believe that a deep wide river would open up and let them cross through on dry ground. God has built us a bridge. 

  God said to Joshua: ""Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses. Tell the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: 'When you reach the edge of the Jordan's waters, go and stand in the river'" (3:7-8).
  
  The priests, carrying the ark, reached the water, and miraculously it stopped flowing from up the river. The water kept right on flowing below them, so the river bed drained dry in front of them and they were able to cross over. When they reached the center of the river, they stopped and waited until the Israelites crossed over into the Promised Land.

  God told Joshua something else to do. Upon crossing the Jordan, Joshua was instructed to choose 12 men to take up 12 stones and create a memorial during camp that evening. These stones would serve as a teaching moment for the present and future when children and others would come by and ask, "What do these stones mean?" (v. 6b). This was a historical marker for generations to come. This would serve as an opportunity to share the story of God's provision and miracle. It would serve as a testimony of Joshua's legacy of faithfulness to succeeding generations.

  Gilgal:  gil'-gal (gilgal, "circle"; Galgala):

  The first camp of Israel after crossing the Jordan. It lay to the North of the valley of Achor, which formed the border between Judah and Benjamin. Here 12 memorial stones taken from the bed of the river were set up by Joshua, after the miraculous crossing of the Jordan; and here the people were circumcised preparatory to their possession of the land, when it is said in Joshua, with a play upon the word, "This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you." Whereupon the Passover was celebrated and the manna ceased. To Gilgal the ark returned every day after having compassed the city of Jericho during its siege. Hither the Gibeonites came to make their treaty, and again to ask aid against the Amorites. Gilgal was still the headquarters of the Israelites after the battle with the Amorites; again after Joshua's extensive victorious campaign in the hill country of Judea extending to Kadesh-barnea and Gaza; and still later upon his return from the great battle at the Waters of Merom. At the conclusion of the conquest, the headquarters were transferred to Shiloh on the summit of the mountain ridge to the West.

  Twelve stones were also placed in the center of the river bed where the priests stood "while the Israelites were crossing over.

  After forty years of wandering in the wilderness and living in tents, the Israelites were finally in the Promised Land. It was a fertile land. There was plenty of grain and other things to eat. They didn't need the manna from heaven any more, so it ceased to fall. 

  It  was not easy for them just because they were in the Promised Land, because there were strong people living there who did not belong in the land, and they were the enemies of the Israelites. These people  had to be conquered.

*****************

THE WHITE BRIDGE

The 11.11 is the bridge our vitality and oneness. 
It is our pathway into the positive unknown and beyond.

by Uri Geller

The Doorway the 11: 11

This can presently be perceived
as a crack between two worlds.
It is like a bridge
which has the inherent potential
of linking together
two very different spirals of energy.
As we unite together as One,
bringing together our fragments of the key,
we not only create the key,
but we make visible the Doorway.
Thus this bridge functions
as an invisible door
or a doorway into the Invisible realm.
The 11:11 is the bridge
To an entirely different spiral of evolution.

See WORLD TRADE CENTER NUMBERS

****************

An interesting new phenomena occurred on September 11, 2001
From: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/davids_outcasts/message/8009

"TOKYO (Reuters) - World stock markets plunged on Wednesday as terror attacks in the United States struck fear into hearts of investors, who also knocked down the dollar as they rushed to safe haven assets such as gold and oil."

[Jordan's] Note: September 11, 2001 was Tuesday August 29, 2001 in the Old Style Roman Julian Calendar. It was a multiple of seventy days since "Black Tuesday," October 29, 1929. To be exact, both Tuesdays are separated by 26250 days, or 375 times 70 days.

[Sterling's comment: Word 2625 in the New Testament lexicon means "to make to incline or to lie down." The next word means, "To dash down upon, to overflow, flood; a tempest."

Sterling is at: http://www.greaterthings.com/News/911/alphabetics.htm

******

The Egyptians mourned for 70 days at Jacob's death (Gen 50:3)

"To complete the Septuagint (Latin for 70) translation of the Old Testament, tradition says that Jewish scholars labored for 70 days."

Noah's Flood:  Finally, concerning the number of days, nowhere is the number 370 found in the story of Noah (or anywhere in the Bible for that matter). This number is arrived at by adding the 150 days that the water prevailed (7:24, which would have to include the forty days and forty nights of rain) to the 150 days that the water receded (8:3) and then counting the days of the drying of the earth (8:13-19, 70 days). God also said that it would rain for the first 40 days and nights (7:4, 12). What 7:17 is saying is that after these forty days the water became deep enough for the boat to float. Notice that the following verses state that it continued getting deeper until it covered the highest mountains (7:19-20). The text does not end the flood here, after the 40 days. Later we read that the water prevailed for 150 days (total) before it began subsiding (7:24-8:1). Then, another 40 days after it began subsiding, Noah sent out a raven (8:6-7). Even this 40 days does not mark the end of the flood because the text mentions at least another 7 days twice (8:10, 12), some time before the final 70 days of the earth's drying began (8:13-19).

Mummification was carried out in special places called "The House of the Dead." The morticians were qualified people who carried on this art. They were outcasts from the rest of the population, since people feared they that carried infections from dead people. The process of mummification took 70 days and was expensive. It was reserved for royalty and nobility.

***************

TERAH - Biblical age, 205
From the rising of the star Denebola, TERAH, to the rising of the star beta-Arietis (Aries) is 205 days. The star beta-Arietis rising is the node star to the star Denebola setting. The birth of Abram (Abraham) was 70 years after the birth of  Terah. From the rising of the star Denebola, Terah, to the setting of beta-Arietis,  ABRAHAM, is 70 days.

MAHALALEEL is born as Cainan is 70. From the star Procyon rising,
CAINAN, to the Right Lower Corner Star of the Great Square, MAHALALEEL, setting, is 70 days.

From: http://www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi147.htm

#4

THE CUT AND BANDED TREE

Daniel 4:

⁴ I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and prosperous. 

⁵ I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in my bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me. 

⁶ So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me. 

⁷ When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers ^[1] and diviners came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me. 

⁸ Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)

⁹ I said, "Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Here is my dream; interpret it for me. 

¹⁰ These are the visions I saw while lying in my bed: I looked, and there before me stood a tree in the middle of the land. Its height was enormous. 

¹¹ The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth. 

¹² Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, and the birds of the air lived in its branches; from it every creature was fed.

¹³ "In the visions I saw while lying in my bed, I looked, and there before me was a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven. 

¹⁴ He called in a loud voice: 'Cut down the tree and trim off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches. 

¹⁵ But let the stump and its roots, bound with iron and bronze, remain in the ground, in the grass of the field.
" 'Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the animals among the plants of the earth. 

¹⁶ Let his mind be changed from that of a man and let him be given the mind of an animal, till seven times pass by for him.

¹⁷ " 'The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of men.'

¹⁸ "This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me what it means, for none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you can, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you."

Daniel 5

¹ King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them. 

² While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar his father  had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them. 

³ So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them.

 ⁴ As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

⁵ Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 

⁶ His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocked together and his legs gave way.

⁷ The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers  and diviners to be brought and said to these wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom."

⁸ Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant. 

⁹ So King Belshazzar became even more terrified and his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.

¹⁰ The queen,  hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. "O king, live forever!" she said. "Don't be alarmed! Don't look so pale! 

¹¹ There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. King Nebuchadnezzar your father-your father the king, I say-appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners. 

¹² This man Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means."

¹³ So Daniel was brought before the king, and the king said to him, "Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah? 

¹⁴ I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you and that you have insight, intelligence and outstanding wisdom. 

¹⁵ The wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and tell me what it means, but they could not explain it. 

¹⁶ Now I have heard that you are able to give interpretations and to solve difficult problems. If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom."

¹⁷ Then Daniel answered the king, "You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means.

¹⁸ "O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor. 

¹⁹ Because of the high position he gave him, all the peoples and nations and men of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled. 

²⁰ But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory. 

²¹ He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like cattle; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and sets over them anyone he wishes.

²² "But you his son,  O Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this. 

²³ Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. 

²⁴ Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.

²⁵ "This is the inscription that was written:

Mene , Mene , Tekel , Parsin 

²⁶ "This is what these words mean:

Mene  : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

²⁷ Tekel  : You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

²⁸ Peres  : Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."

²⁹ Then at Belshazzar's command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

³⁰ That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians,  was slain, ³¹ and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.

From: http://www.serve.com/lambhorn/mene.html

count, count, weigh, divide, equals, times, time, and, half-time

DANIEL:5 relates a story from the royal court of King Belshazzar (the lieutenant, second, or sub-king, or viceroy), the son of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabonidus in 'royalty-correct' scholarly works/DSS:Cave#4) who reigned over Babylon's realm ca. 554 B.C., until ca. 539 B.C., when Cyrus of Persia then stepped-in without a struggle from the surprised Babylonians. King Belshazzar was holding a feast; and calling for the Jewish altar goblets, filling these with his wines and beers, and saluting himself and his kingdom, lauding his majesty and longevity, and protesting slur and slight. And, the indignation of the Jews was felt by God, DANIEL tells us, whose finger appeared to write these titular words in the plaster on the brick-stone walls inside the palatial feast hall: MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN (PERES).

The King was astonished at this apparition, and fitfully demanded to know what the words meant, blithely offering a reward of royal office of the highest rank (below himself, that is, third, for King Nebuchadnezzar was more a senile king-father-figure around Babylon at that time). Four words in plain tongue, irrelevant in context, engraven indelibly in stone in such incongruous manner, stymied everyone, as though superior in intellect. His wisest counselors, too, had had their fill of wine and beer, and they couldn't think to care to answer. So, at the queen-mother's suggestion they recalled Daniel in from retirement, who was formerly a royal thinker, selected of the Jewish captives. Daniel, too was astonished: he didn't recall ever hearing about this prank being arranged: the words must have been carved and plaster-filled on the brick-stone wall decades previous, and their meaning passed and forgotten: perhap the wall plaster had dried excessively and crazed over the decades of neglect, and perhap a splash of wine or beer flung in a riotous moment had wetted the wall, loosening the plaster plugs, and exposing their covert phrase.

So, Daniel pondered what these words could mean. The King expected something high-and-mighty, and, Daniel gave it to him in the first way he could think-of (he himself being an old man of good counsel, but of little interest in hot-shot interpretations before a spew-drunken king). Capably respectfully Daniel redacted for him the news of Cyrus' approach to the city; and like Jeremiah before him, Daniel summarily outlined the safest plan for submitting to Cyrus peaceably. (Daniel greatly admired Jeremiah, whose books he'd studied diligently, even to understand them: DAN9:1-2 - even as we may today know that Jeremiah predicted the Jewish holocaust of the middle of our twentieth century to coincide with the astonomers measuring the cosmos [Hubble et al, ca. 1935: 20 billion light-years across], and geologists seismometrically plumbing the fathoms of the Earth: JER31:37). He told the king the words meant, his kingdom was, numbered (counted-up, countable, summarized), finished (count-checked, stopped, totalled), wanting [more] (balance-weighed, equallized, annulled), divided between the Medes and Persians (apportioned, subdivided, disunified, disloyal). Daniel must have known of Isaiah's opinion that Cyrus was anointed by God. (ISA44-45) And maybe the wall builders' construction foreman had carved instructions for an accountant-trainee, on that very stone, then filled-in his instructions with the plaster on the wall: they'd have been long-gone before it'd be noticed, eventually by a king-trainee, Belshazzar. (The accountant-trainee's instructions were, count the money twice, weigh it for total consistency (or record the balance in the books), and pay it out: count, count, weigh, divide - instructions remote from Chaldean upbringing, who ate the King's meat, but within Daniel's own learning, the common abilities of the business-man, although he excelled to science as well.)

This also fit something that had been bothering him (Daniel) for a long time: a recurring nightmarish but bright vision (or Oriental dream) foretold of three and a half times, again and again. (Daniel did not know how it could be that he was living at the middle of Creation's seven thousand years, nor how the exact 'three-and-a-half' moment could be precisely January 170 B.C., when his prophecies would mark and divide 'history-zero' between the past and the future). And he saw something in those four words on the wall that made them seem to imply only three and a half. Today our scholars suggest the four words are coins (denominations: two minas, a shekel, and a peres, a half mina) that count nationalities ending with a small persian coin, predicting Cyrus. But we might think of something Daniel did a lot: he enjoyed watching the local rivers from their banks: they represented to him the constancy of the flow of time passing by where he stood or sat; something always flowing, yet without filling or emptying (except when it flooded, and gave everyone too much time or too little time to keep their daily lives in order and flowing). And we see that Daniel then understood why he'd been brought to Babylon: for here were the very four rivers of the garden of Eden, and their four new names as they were revealed to him for his people: he felt he was being held very close to God. The four rivers were (become) only two great rivers, since the Pishon (Wadi Batin) was, MENE, gone-dry; the Gihon (Karun, rud-Khaneh-ye river-bed) was also, MENE, gone-away, lost - as Daniel also believed - the Hiddekel (Tigris) was, TEKEL, balanced, tributary at the head of the fourth; and the Puratu (Euphrates) had become, PERES (UPHARSIN), divided in branches and lengthwise by large lakes .... So also, Daniel observed, explored, pondered, and spoke and wrote (a little of each): count, count, weigh, divide.

In the Tree of Life Crop Circle Connection page, Joe Mason explains thusly:  In the Book of Daniel, king Nebuchadnezzar had a dream of a great tree that was cut and banded, causing a period of insanity for seven years. I had a coincidence, relating to the sinking of the Titanic in 1912,  about this symbolism, that seemed to confirm a concept developed by a religious group. The seven years are prophetic years of 360 years each, for a total of 2,520 years. Calculated from the destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem, this indicates the year 1914 as the end of the period of insanity. A great world-wide stress began at that time with World War One. Several years later, I learned that 2,520, is part of a very ancient number code.

The Awakenings

Charles Taze Russell. After leaving the Presbyterian Church, established the Dawn Bible Students Association (also known as the Millennial Dawners) and published his teachings under the title Studies in the Scriptures (SiS). In 1879 Russell began the magazine Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence. His doctrines centered around the adventist belief that the world, the present system of things was destined to end around October 1, 1914.  The origin of these dates were, for the most part, based on an interpretation of Scripture.  It must be understood that those who accept this system of interpretation, and millions still do, accept the Bible not only as the revealed Word of God, but also as the partially concealed Word of God, disclosed only to those who have eyes to see. Daniel 4: speaks of a great tree which, by Divine decree, is cut down and banded till seven times pass over it. This tree represents governmental authority according to the text (vs. 25). Russell taught that the tree had a deeper meaning. It represented the prophesied Kingdom of God. When the bands of the prophetic tree are removed the Kingdom of God will blossom and (after the seven year rule of Anti-Christ according to some) the millennium will begin (comp. Ezeck. 17:22-24). From this we know, according to this system, that God's kingdom will be restored seven times after it was cut down, even as Nebuchadnezzar returned to his senses after seven times or, in that case, seven years (Dan. 4:28-37).

These years are to begin when the metaphorical tree which was cut down, which according to Russell, refers to the destruction of God's Kingdom on earth, i.e., the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple, is banded. And when did this occur? The Temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, who took Zedekiah off God's Throne and into exile. This desecration, according to Russell, occurred in 606 B.C.E (BF 180) note 29. Hence, from 606 B.C.E. the seven times began their countdown. 2520-606=1914.

Other groups have profferred their own prophecies on when this date should actually be.  

Besides that cut and banded tree dream I had above, I had these also: 

At the end of a dream on 2-12-02 - I saw three beautiful trees, all perfectly trimmed, like in a ball shape, they were just budding into leave like it was the first day of Spring. 

In a dream on 2-18-02, I had 12 tree seedlings in a glass of water, which were just showing new growth at the end of their branches which were very short. They were too small to plant yet.  I looked at them and saw that they were all growing - they all had the beginnings of new pink growth on their little twigs, but I wanted to show them how to grow, so I lay each one in turn on the ground and took a fine paintbrush and painted on each little twig and the ground beneath it - the branch it was supposed to become. in this way, the branch would knew which direction to grow in. I used pastel green like Spring green and it was really pretty. When I was done painting on each tree, I put it back into the water glass to continue growing until it was ready to plant in the ground because now it knew what was expected of it. 

NOTE: The 12 tree seedlings may represent the 12 Tribes of Israel being gathered together. OR, it might mean the 12 Sepiroth of the Tree of Life for myself.  (Some lines of through have anywhere from 10 to 15 Sephiroth and I'm not judging that here, just that there were 12 tree seedlings in my dream.)

COBALT BLUE DISHES

The Language of Stained Glass
(The symbolism of color as established by Dante)

The BLUE of the Middle Ages was a pure cobalt, often shading from deep to light, approaching sapphire. "BLUE is the light of heaven; BLUE is the cool, contemplative color, the perfect foil for red." BLUE is also symbolic of profound meditation, of enduring loyalty, of eternity.

UPSIDEDOWN PYRAMID

From: http://prophecy.org/217pro.htm

Vision given to Raymond Aguilera on 1 October 1992 at 9:05 AM.

I had a vision of a pyramid, but it was upside down. The first third of it was gone and it was flat and it was facing down. The pyramid was up in the air. The large square bottom was facing up. As I said before, instead of it coming to a point the top third was flat and pointing down and off the ground. I have no idea of its meaning.

From: http://home.talkcity.com/homepopup.html?url=/SpiritCir/windwalker9/dream.html

Dream Log: Entities Of Light
So this one time, I had this dream:
I was in a desert valley surrounded by magnificent mountains.
I could not see over the top of them, It was an extreamly inaccessible area...very isolated, I would say impossible to enter unless by air.
In the middle of this capacious desert, stood four towering, natural obelisks situated to form four corners of a square.
Three were the same size, while the fourth was slightly higher.
In this dream I am a bright sphere of light floating above the tallest of the obelisks.
To my right and slightly above me is another sphere of light. This other sphere of light was considerable larger than I and much brighter.
In the dream I had a conversation with this great energy but I couldn't remember what was spoken when I awoke. In the dream I was in two places at once..
(1) I am a sphere of light floating above an obelisk and (2) I am standing in the desert looking towards myself as this light and observing everything.
While this other energy was in conversation with me, we hovered over the (what appeared to be) uninhabited desert floor. All of a sudden, a red emission of light discharged from each obelisk and focused in the center
of the square. After this occured, I remember saying 'That reminds me of an upsidedown pyramid'.
This dream does have esoteric meaning and what I can decipher is maybe:
The four obelisks could represent North, South, East and West.
North being the light of wisdom - South is the light of heart - East is the light of all knowledge and West being the light of all capability.
It could be the four elements of the ancient alchemists-fire, earth, air and water.
Four symbolizes the earth, terrestrial space and the human situation. It was a sacred number for the Pythagoreans representing completion, solidity, equilibrium, the earth. The Obelisks could represent my reality, my physicality.
If you were to draw a circle around the obelisks, so that they are in this one big circle and then divide them with straight lines to form a cross so that they are in their own sections. If you then viewed this from high above the ground, you would see the Hopi Shield Symbol.
This was given to the Hopi nation by the Great Spirit and it means 'Together with all nations we protect both land and life, and hold the world in balance'.
So the four obelisks might represent the four corners
(the designated borders of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona ) which the symbol also represents the convergence of these states, at the spiritual center of the continent. The upside down pyramid?
When I'd ask learned individuals, they would tell me'as above,so below'.
Perhaps the upside down pyramid is only my reflection being turned reversally inside out so I could understand that 'as above-so below' or maybe it means positive-negative...yin and yang...light and darkness, you cannot have one without the other.
Like black holes and white holes, are our black holes some other universe's white hole and visa versa?
Where a black hole draws in any stellar material in their vicinity, a white hole could put out intense amounts of energy thus the flow of stellar matter or whatever between universes is kept in balance.
The red lazer beams of light that created the reverse pyramid could be my creativity,the energy I will use to create myself into the physical world of expression The isolated section of desert could represent a part of me internally, a section only accessible by me, a place where I can go to find my guidance and solace within the eternalness of who I am.
This might be a place that I've access to, where time does not exist. A part of the mind where I have access to memories and where I can travel forward or backwards through time very quickly.
Into other dimensions and universes or future dimensions and universes...a point in space where
I'm in contact with the higher force.
The beings of Light...this is an extremely old memory of mine, it's always been with me, always....the
remembrance of who we really are.
This is who I AM, this is my Essence, I AM a being of White Light, I AM a spark of Consciousness, I AM of the Light and the Light has created the illusion of separateness within wholeness.
Eventually 'Me' discovers 'We' and 'We' discovers 'I'. The filter or barrier that prevents us to remember our past lives grows thinner and thinner as we accumulate lifetimes. Increasingly we become able to perceive more, to see objectively about ourselves and others, and to understand the wider context.
So this early memory that I have is before this life....I'm a white light surrounded by darkness and with me is another white light. We are conversing, though I don't remember about what.
I do remember saying 'I must go now!' which then I descended and here I am!
So all things considered, insanity may be the only reasonable alternative.
Windwalker
 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This Makes Sense

From an Islamic Perspective:  http://www.islamweb.net/english/moatamer/raisoni-04.htm

Dr. Ahmad Ar-Raysûni*  

Many people consider the Shûrâ (Consultation) rule a matter that concerns the ruled and rulers. To them it is consultation that comes from above, which is a matter subject to the discretion of rulers. However, the opposite is true, for Shûrâ is one of the affairs that concerns the whole community. Before Muslims had established their nation, Almighty Allâh said: “And who (conduct) their affairs by mutual consultation ” (Ash-Shûrâ: 38).  

By the nation, I mean the nation of Islâm or the Muslim community who believe in Allâh; the One Lord Who has no partner and in Muhammad as the last Messenger and Prophet, and in Islâm as the only comprehensive religion. The nation signifies all of the Muslims collectively. It is the nation addressed in the Qur’anic verse: (Thus have We made of you an Ummah justly balanced, that ye might be witnesses over the nations, and the Messenger a witness over yourselves) (Al-Baqarah: 143).. and in another verse: ( Ye are the best of Peoples evolved for mankind ) (Al-‘Imrân: 110).

Included in this nation and within its body are a number of entities and organizations which are formulated to lead or rule. These are, for example, the presidents or the ministers, the governors and the judges, the generals of soldiers, and the soldiers themselves (armies), the police forces and other groups and organizations on which the state is established and its affairs stabilized.

This article deals with the relation between the Islamic nation and the state, the position of each of them and the relationship of each towards the other. It is also concerned with the position and the relationship of each to the other in the legislative address and in the Islamic system. Contemplating it theoretically or actually establishing it holds great and enormous consequences.

If writings in legislative politics in the past or at present, and the constitutional political writings of today, have concentrated on the state and its institutions, its functions and benefaction, they have placed more than enough importance upon the state, they have in fact neglected the role of the nation, its situation and position, its functions and benefaction, the matter which actually has the potential of enhancing our lives greatly. 

The thesis of this article is that “the nation is the origin”, whether in general, or in terms of the legislative directives, of responsibilities and benefactions, or of priorities and primacy. In all these matters the role of the state and rulers, groups and individuals is only implicit and secondary in importance.

Before entering into some details and illustrations concerning this case, I would like to add that, in the Islamic system and in the Islamic vision, an essential and weighty significance are placed on the position of the nation and the state. Primacy is placed on the first, and the second is considered as following the first. However, such meanings have been subjected to diminution and imbalance. Moreover, they have been turned upside down and been inverted. This has deprived the nation of its position and its capacity for pre-eminence, contribution, and creativity. It has reduced the nation into mere ruins of consuming and consumed, watching individuals, whereas the state has been enlarged until it has become the origin and become “all in all”. Under this inverted situation, individual feelings and worries developed and selfish individualistic conduct increased.

The natural healthy position for the nation and the state can be likened to a pyramid whose base and whole body is the nation, while the small upper angle that represents the top of the pyramid is the state. As to the unbalanced inverted position in which we have been living, it is the position of an upside down pyramid whose narrow angle is at the bottom (the nation), and its broad and long basis is on top, which is the state.

The nation in the first position is the strong foundation and the full body, and the extensive good in length, breadth and depth. The state is like a small tower for watching, directing, and co-ordination. It occupies a narrow space, but is high and honourable. (See figure 1)

In the inverted position we find that the nation has a narrow space, and a sharp angle at the bottom of the inverted pyramid. Above this space the state stands erect, swollen, heavy and full of pressure. (See figure 2)                     

  Figure 1                                          Figure 2

                                     The state    
               The  nation                

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~