We're cleaning up blog posts again and pulling personal development pieces out of the main texts for each day. We'll keep it, but it doesn't need to be in the teaching material.
Flotsam and Jetsam
The Pillars of Heaven
Most English versions translate the pillars of heaven as the foundations of heaven, or the foundations of the heavens, so there may or may not be actual pillars in heaven which we have to account for.
To order, arrange: κοσμέω – kosmeó
A possible meaning of the word garnished could be: the wall of the city had foundations, which were decorated with precious stones. It’s a translation of the Greek word κεκοσμημένοι, from the root κοσμέω – kosmos.
Firmament 10
It would appear that "the foundations of heaven" and "the foundations of the wall of the city" are the same thing. Are the firmament and the foundations of heaven the same thing?
A Pearl of Great Price
We had a dream recently (September 19, 2020). We saw a pearl. In the dream we were shown that the formation of a pearl is a picture of core accretion and planet formation.
December 15th
Meaning comes from context. For example the phrase "were garnished" in Revelation 21:19. One meaning could be: the wall of the city had foundations, and the foundations had been decorated with precious stones.
Pure Gold
The streets of heaven are paved with gold so pure that it's transparent. It would seem that this isn't the same kind of gold that we have on Earth, but another element that's not part of the known periodic table.