Post by bea on Jan 5, 2014 1:24:25 GMT
Zechariah’s vision of an evil woman in a basket has intrigued me for a long time as it may have some of you and I want to share this point of view with you. Pray about it.
Foundation scriptures: Zechariah chapter 5; Zechariah chapter 6: 1-8
Zechariah’s vision of an “Evil woman in a basket”:
“Aisha- fire offering” and “Isha-woman” are the same consonants in Hebrew, and there were no vowel paintings in the original scrolls, the context determines the meaning. The sect of the Karaite Jews in the middle ages, who developed the Masoretic text, used the vowel point that interpreted this word as “woman” because they had no idea of its prophetic significance and “woman” in a basket made about as much since as “fire” in a basket. For well over 1,000 years, every translation of the Hebrew Scriptures has been derived from the same Karaite Masorah-with the same dot under the Aleph-a dot that did not exist in the original text. From that same text, every translation, in every language has been resultant.
“Ephah” – is like a basket for a measure like in an orchard they would know what a peck or a bushel amount of a product would be. The idea is a container for an amount of something.
The flying “roll” – The word roll used here is from the Hebrew word “megillah”. A megillah is a singular scroll – such as the megillah of Ester. It was a small volume and does not require megillot-two scrolls, which are necessary for a larger volume, such as the Torah. A scroll is a cylinder that is several times longer than its diameter. Zechariah describes this cylinder as doing something which must have seemed very strange to him, 2,500 years before airplanes were invented-this cylinder was flying.
Then, the angel gives the dimensions of this flying scroll in the sky as the length of twenty cubits and the breadth of ten cubits.
The cubit used in the land of Israel through the time of Solomon is the measurement commonly referred to as either the “Divine Cubit” or the “Royal Egyptian Cubit” which is 29.62 British inches. The intact gates of Megiddo, Gezer and Hazor in Israel, which were built by Solomon, measure out to the perfect 29.62 inch cubit. This measurement may more properly be referred to as “the sacred cubit” as it was used in the building and furnishing of the tabernacle in the wilderness as well as the temple of Solomon. It was also the standard of measurement for the Great Pyramid of Giza, which was built long before the Egyptians attempted to copy the structure. Since the divine cubit is the predominant measurement in the Holy Scriptures, I think that it is safe using the 29.62 inch cubit as the standard of measurement in this prophetic description by Zechariah.
The 20 cubit length of this megillah is twice the 10 breadth, which would make this look more like a can of soup, than a scroll. If this prophecy originated in a Greek mindset or were written in Greek, then we could assume that the term “breadth” is referring to its “diameter”-a Greek mathematical concept and word. The Hebrew had a different method and terminology for measuring a cylinder. It is called “a line cast about” and it was the method for measuring circumference-such as the 12-cubit circumference of the brazen pillars of Solomon’s temple. If the 10 cubit “breadth” is describing the circumference-which we would assume to be a normative measurement in a formal Hebrew document, then we have the dimensions of a traditional megillah. Translating these dimensions into standard U.S. and Metric Measurements:
I see a flying scroll; 34.3 feet long, and 5.5 feet in diameter.
OR
I see a flying scroll; 10.5 meters long, and 1.7 meters in diameter.
For centuries, men have followed each other’s translations and completely missed the point of Zechariah’s vision. You can judge for yourselves the validity of what I am about to show you. I assert that the Word still goes forth from Zion.
7 Then I saw a mass of lead and a “fire offering”, as it was lifted up and secured in the container.
8 And he said, “This “fire that you see being put in the container, is an evil fire offering.” Then he secured the fire offering in the container and put the lead mass in the opening.
The container in which this mass of lead and fire offering is placed is 34.3 feet long and 5.5 feet in diameter. It flies. It will completely consume the homes of the disobedient in the land of Israel-including all of the wood and the stones. This fire offering is evil and it is encased in lead. That sounds like a missile with a nuclear warhead poised to strike the land of Israel.
Non-critical masses of U-235 uranium or other fissionable materials are encased in lead to protect friendly personnel from contamination before detonation. When the warhead is activated, a controlled explosion propels the non-critical masses together to reach critical mass. That creates the evil fire that produces a holocaust-a burnt offering of everything in the path of the fireball. Moments later, the vacuum left from the departing fireball sucks the smoke and debris back into the void, and a pillar of fire and smoke shoots up into the stratosphere, darkening the sun, moon, and stars.
Now the vision makes sense. The precursor to the upcoming war detailed in the 12th chapter, is the development and deployment of nuclear missiles against the land of Israel.
The angel gives specific details to Zechariah so that we would know the things that must come to pass in the last days. Knowing that God has told the end from the beginning gives us great confidence that he is the master of time and space, and we can trust Him with our children’s lives in the times of trouble ahead.
9 Then I looked up and saw as two “fires” came out of the container, and the “fires” caused the wind to lift the container by its “stork like” wings, from the earth into the sky.
Zechariah saw two fires come out of the container that propelled the missile into the sky. A two stage nuclear missile is a very common bird among the nuclear arsenals of the world. India’s nuclear missile is a two-stage device (two fires) that is named “Agni” which in Hindi means “fire.” The missile that Zechariah was watching has short wings that resemble the wings of a stork. Every missile on the face of the earth has that same feature.
4 And I will bring it forth, say YHWH (the LORD of Hosts).
Jewish scientists created each of the three varieties of nuclear warheads on the planet. In fact, it was the lineage of Levi that developed this modern “fire offering” technology. As the scriptures say in………
Genesis 49:5 Simon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
Finally, Zechariah asks a question of the angel that is absolutely critical for our understanding.
10 Then I asked the angel, “Where are they taking the container?”
11 And he said, “To establish a base for it, and set it up in the land of Shinar.”
The land of Shinar encompasses parts of modern day Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Jordan.
Zechariah’s vision continues: The Mountains of Brass:
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
Chariots are implements of war, not commercial vehicles or modes of personal transportation. These war machines come out from between two mountains-but these mountains are not natural geologic formations. These mountains are constructed of a man made alloy-brass. Brass is always used in reference to man because it is a manufactured alloy that does not occur in nature. Brass is used specifically in reference to the judgment of man. These are (two man made mountains) out from which come the war chariots. I choose to render Zechariah’s statement as follows:
Then I turned and saw four war chariots coming out from between two (man made) mountains.
Those two man made mountains in New York City were the tallest man made objects on the planet, probably the largest man made mountains that will ever exist. These mountains were purchased by a Jewish firm just weeks before they were struck by two fires that were carried on the wings of two passenger jets. Judgment was coming to America. Out of the smoke of these collapsing man made mountains came the war chariots.
Foundation scriptures: Zechariah chapter 5; Zechariah chapter 6: 1-8
Zechariah’s vision of an “Evil woman in a basket”:
“Aisha- fire offering” and “Isha-woman” are the same consonants in Hebrew, and there were no vowel paintings in the original scrolls, the context determines the meaning. The sect of the Karaite Jews in the middle ages, who developed the Masoretic text, used the vowel point that interpreted this word as “woman” because they had no idea of its prophetic significance and “woman” in a basket made about as much since as “fire” in a basket. For well over 1,000 years, every translation of the Hebrew Scriptures has been derived from the same Karaite Masorah-with the same dot under the Aleph-a dot that did not exist in the original text. From that same text, every translation, in every language has been resultant.
“Ephah” – is like a basket for a measure like in an orchard they would know what a peck or a bushel amount of a product would be. The idea is a container for an amount of something.
The flying “roll” – The word roll used here is from the Hebrew word “megillah”. A megillah is a singular scroll – such as the megillah of Ester. It was a small volume and does not require megillot-two scrolls, which are necessary for a larger volume, such as the Torah. A scroll is a cylinder that is several times longer than its diameter. Zechariah describes this cylinder as doing something which must have seemed very strange to him, 2,500 years before airplanes were invented-this cylinder was flying.
Then, the angel gives the dimensions of this flying scroll in the sky as the length of twenty cubits and the breadth of ten cubits.
The cubit used in the land of Israel through the time of Solomon is the measurement commonly referred to as either the “Divine Cubit” or the “Royal Egyptian Cubit” which is 29.62 British inches. The intact gates of Megiddo, Gezer and Hazor in Israel, which were built by Solomon, measure out to the perfect 29.62 inch cubit. This measurement may more properly be referred to as “the sacred cubit” as it was used in the building and furnishing of the tabernacle in the wilderness as well as the temple of Solomon. It was also the standard of measurement for the Great Pyramid of Giza, which was built long before the Egyptians attempted to copy the structure. Since the divine cubit is the predominant measurement in the Holy Scriptures, I think that it is safe using the 29.62 inch cubit as the standard of measurement in this prophetic description by Zechariah.
The 20 cubit length of this megillah is twice the 10 breadth, which would make this look more like a can of soup, than a scroll. If this prophecy originated in a Greek mindset or were written in Greek, then we could assume that the term “breadth” is referring to its “diameter”-a Greek mathematical concept and word. The Hebrew had a different method and terminology for measuring a cylinder. It is called “a line cast about” and it was the method for measuring circumference-such as the 12-cubit circumference of the brazen pillars of Solomon’s temple. If the 10 cubit “breadth” is describing the circumference-which we would assume to be a normative measurement in a formal Hebrew document, then we have the dimensions of a traditional megillah. Translating these dimensions into standard U.S. and Metric Measurements:
I see a flying scroll; 34.3 feet long, and 5.5 feet in diameter.
OR
I see a flying scroll; 10.5 meters long, and 1.7 meters in diameter.
For centuries, men have followed each other’s translations and completely missed the point of Zechariah’s vision. You can judge for yourselves the validity of what I am about to show you. I assert that the Word still goes forth from Zion.
7 Then I saw a mass of lead and a “fire offering”, as it was lifted up and secured in the container.
8 And he said, “This “fire that you see being put in the container, is an evil fire offering.” Then he secured the fire offering in the container and put the lead mass in the opening.
The container in which this mass of lead and fire offering is placed is 34.3 feet long and 5.5 feet in diameter. It flies. It will completely consume the homes of the disobedient in the land of Israel-including all of the wood and the stones. This fire offering is evil and it is encased in lead. That sounds like a missile with a nuclear warhead poised to strike the land of Israel.
Non-critical masses of U-235 uranium or other fissionable materials are encased in lead to protect friendly personnel from contamination before detonation. When the warhead is activated, a controlled explosion propels the non-critical masses together to reach critical mass. That creates the evil fire that produces a holocaust-a burnt offering of everything in the path of the fireball. Moments later, the vacuum left from the departing fireball sucks the smoke and debris back into the void, and a pillar of fire and smoke shoots up into the stratosphere, darkening the sun, moon, and stars.
Now the vision makes sense. The precursor to the upcoming war detailed in the 12th chapter, is the development and deployment of nuclear missiles against the land of Israel.
The angel gives specific details to Zechariah so that we would know the things that must come to pass in the last days. Knowing that God has told the end from the beginning gives us great confidence that he is the master of time and space, and we can trust Him with our children’s lives in the times of trouble ahead.
9 Then I looked up and saw as two “fires” came out of the container, and the “fires” caused the wind to lift the container by its “stork like” wings, from the earth into the sky.
Zechariah saw two fires come out of the container that propelled the missile into the sky. A two stage nuclear missile is a very common bird among the nuclear arsenals of the world. India’s nuclear missile is a two-stage device (two fires) that is named “Agni” which in Hindi means “fire.” The missile that Zechariah was watching has short wings that resemble the wings of a stork. Every missile on the face of the earth has that same feature.
4 And I will bring it forth, say YHWH (the LORD of Hosts).
Jewish scientists created each of the three varieties of nuclear warheads on the planet. In fact, it was the lineage of Levi that developed this modern “fire offering” technology. As the scriptures say in………
Genesis 49:5 Simon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
Finally, Zechariah asks a question of the angel that is absolutely critical for our understanding.
10 Then I asked the angel, “Where are they taking the container?”
11 And he said, “To establish a base for it, and set it up in the land of Shinar.”
The land of Shinar encompasses parts of modern day Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Jordan.
Zechariah’s vision continues: The Mountains of Brass:
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
Chariots are implements of war, not commercial vehicles or modes of personal transportation. These war machines come out from between two mountains-but these mountains are not natural geologic formations. These mountains are constructed of a man made alloy-brass. Brass is always used in reference to man because it is a manufactured alloy that does not occur in nature. Brass is used specifically in reference to the judgment of man. These are (two man made mountains) out from which come the war chariots. I choose to render Zechariah’s statement as follows:
Then I turned and saw four war chariots coming out from between two (man made) mountains.
Those two man made mountains in New York City were the tallest man made objects on the planet, probably the largest man made mountains that will ever exist. These mountains were purchased by a Jewish firm just weeks before they were struck by two fires that were carried on the wings of two passenger jets. Judgment was coming to America. Out of the smoke of these collapsing man made mountains came the war chariots.