I am so grateful to Dr Heiser. He had a gift of bridging the gap from his scholarly chair, to my non scholarly chair. He helped me as a new baby Christian, to understand the context of The Bible. And he is still doing that. I am sure he has a special place in The Heavenly Council.
What I deduced from the Earth, Water, Air, and Fire is they were symbolic representation of reality. When examining what the symbology refers to then we see some fascinating things. Earth represents material/physical. Water refers to energy. Air refers to emotion, and fire, the desiring/profane mind. This links to the Seven Fold Constitution of Man. The 3 bodies not the Earth, Water, Air and Fire are described as Ethers. What struck me as I was studying this philosophy was how the thre others lined up with our general understanding of the Trinity, Divine Law, Love, and Mind. Father is the Divine Law Giver, the Son is Divine Love, and the Holy Spirit is the communicator/organiser. However, whilst the four bodies are ridiculed, it's incredible to me to realise how aligned this view is to modern scientific understanding. Material is the subatomic particles, water points to the energy that holds together and react to the material. Emotions move the energy, and the profane mind moves the emotions. Each 'body' influences and is influenced by the bodies above and below. When the higher bodies influence the lower bodies then we have order but when the lower bodies control, we get disorder. The means of submitting to Christ is submitting to the Divine mind, aligning to God's Will. So many people ridicule ancient texts without realising that a lot of ancient thinking and communicating was symbolic in nature. We have to be more aware of our own symbolic representations so we can see how cultures differ in ways insignificant to the underlying wisdom.
I am so grateful to Dr Heiser. He had a gift of bridging the gap from his scholarly chair, to my non scholarly chair. He helped me as a new baby Christian, to understand the context of The Bible. And he is still doing that. I am sure he has a special place in The Heavenly Council.
Miss you Micheal. See you soon brother and thank you.
Absolutely Great Teaching! Blessings in Christ!
What I deduced from the Earth, Water, Air, and Fire is they were symbolic representation of reality. When examining what the symbology refers to then we see some fascinating things.
Earth represents material/physical. Water refers to energy. Air refers to emotion, and fire, the desiring/profane mind.
This links to the Seven Fold Constitution of Man. The 3 bodies not the Earth, Water, Air and Fire are described as Ethers.
What struck me as I was studying this philosophy was how the thre others lined up with our general understanding of the Trinity, Divine Law, Love, and Mind. Father is the Divine Law Giver, the Son is Divine Love, and the Holy Spirit is the communicator/organiser.
However, whilst the four bodies are ridiculed, it's incredible to me to realise how aligned this view is to modern scientific understanding. Material is the subatomic particles, water points to the energy that holds together and react to the material. Emotions move the energy, and the profane mind moves the emotions.
Each 'body' influences and is influenced by the bodies above and below. When the higher bodies influence the lower bodies then we have order but when the lower bodies control, we get disorder.
The means of submitting to Christ is submitting to the Divine mind, aligning to God's Will.
So many people ridicule ancient texts without realising that a lot of ancient thinking and communicating was symbolic in nature. We have to be more aware of our own symbolic representations so we can see how cultures differ in ways insignificant to the underlying wisdom.