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I believe Creation has in it metaphors for spiritual truths, so I thought to create this thread so everyone can share their insights and discuss them.

Some of these are revealed in the bible. Like the wheat and tares:

The wheat and tares look the same till fully grown. When fully grown the head of wheat is weighed down, while the tare stands tall. Tares also poisonous, and cause those who eat it to become intoxicated. Or it could even kill.

There is a similarly with the tare and a religious spirit.
 

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One day I was walking into work and I looked up and saw all of these black threatening clouds. Just then a ray of sunshine poked through the darkest of the clouds. And I spoke," The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
 

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The tree of the knowledge of good and evil as a metaphor shows that we are capable of both...and in fact both are entwined in all human endeavours. We see this continuing with the stories of Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau, Isaac and Ishmael...etc
 

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The Godhead as a metaphor for the Atom...

Romans 1:20
"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse"


The 'Invisible Things' would be the part of God that exists in the Highest Heaven that we can't see yet. An example would be the Word of God that 'framed the World'...

Hebrews 11:3
"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear"


Romans 1:20 teaches that we *can* see the Invisible Things of God via something called 'things that are made' or 'things which do appear'.

What are these 'things that are made'? The Physical World around us. We now know that the Physical World is made up of something we call Atoms.

Therefore, what the King James Bible calls 'Godhead' in Romans 1:20, we call Atoms.

Note that the word 'even' is the KJV way of saying 'in other words' or 'i.e.' for short. Thus, the verse is saying...

"...being understood by the things that are made, (in other words) his eternal power and Godhead..."

Thus, the World is made of the Godhead i.e. the Atom.
 
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Thus, the World is made of the Godhead i.e. the Atom.

Does this sound crazy? How about we test the Spirits to verify using the Word of God...

1 John 5:7
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one"


So far so good. The Father, Word and Holy Ghost are three, yet One just like the typical Atom.

So which one of the three represents the Electron for example?

Let's keep going...

Acts 1:8
"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth"


Excellent. Everyone knows that Power comes from Electricity and the Electron. Thus, the Holy Ghost represents the Electron.

What about the Proton? The Proton is considered the 'Word of God' so to speak in the world of Particle Physics.

One Word of God is the Element Hydrogen
Two Words of God is Helium
Six Words of God is Carbon


...and so on.

We know that Jesus is the Word made flesh, so now we know who the Proton is. Thus, we can conclude that the Neutron is the Father.

Does this match what Particle Physics says? Yes!

The Neutron is considered the 'Father' component of the Atom because it can give birth to or 'begat' a Son. It's called Beta Decay.

We call Beta Decay John 3:16...

John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life"


Thus the Word/Proton abides in the bosom of the Father/Neutron.

Science and Bible in complete agreement.
 

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Let's keep testing the Spirit.

According to Romans 1:20, our Invisible God manifests Himself physically via something called the Godhead, which we call the Atom.

Can we find this in Scripture? Yes!

Ezekiel 1:4
"And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire"


In the first chapter of Ezekiel, God showed Ezekiel a vision of the Godhead. In addition, it was also a vision of God manifesting Himself into the Physical World.

Therefore, if the Godhead represents the Atom, then the entire first chapter of Ezekiel should be describing the most intimate details of said Atom.

It does!

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And there we have it. The Trinity has now been scientifically proven beyond a shadow of a doubt so that there can be NO EXCUSE for not knowing this most elementary of teachings.

Romans 1:20
"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse"


Anyone who denies the Trinity, denies not only God Himself, but even the Physical World around us.

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Does this sound crazy? How about we test the Spirits to verify using the Word of God...

1 John 5:7
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one"


So far so good. The Father, Word and Holy Ghost are three, yet One just like the typical Atom.

So which one of the three represents the Electron for example?

Let's keep going...

Acts 1:8
"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth"


Excellent. Everyone knows that Power comes from Electricity and the Electron. Thus, the Holy Ghost represents the Electron.

What about the Proton? The Proton is considered the 'Word of God' so to speak in the world of Particle Physics.

One Word of God is the Element Hydrogen
Two Words of God is Helium
Six Words of God is Carbon


...and so on.

We know that Jesus is the Word made flesh, so now we know who the Proton is. Thus, we can conclude that the Neutron is the Father.

Does this match what Particle Physics says? Yes!

The Neutron is considered the 'Father' component of the Atom because it can give birth to or 'begat' a Son. It's called Beta Decay.

We call Beta Decay John 3:16...

John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life"


Thus the Word/Proton abides in the bosom of the Father/Neutron.

Science and Bible in complete agreement.

Hey Now!!! I have a B.S. In Biology......I have a Forum Post coming on how ALL OF CREATION is held together by Electricity (God/Jesus Christ). I'm still formulating it! It intoxicates me! Coming SOON!!! Don't spill all the beans before I get it out. lol
 

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Hey Now!!! I have a B.S. In Biology......I have a Forum Post coming on how ALL OF CREATION is held together by Electricity (God/Jesus Christ). I'm still formulating it! It intoxicates me! Coming SOON!!! Don't spill all the beans before I get it out. lol
Can't wait to see it.

Speaking of Biology...

In case you or anyone else hasn't seen my Tabernacle/Cell comparisons yet, I will post them here...

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Ezekiel 1:4
"And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire"

The word 'Amber' is where we get our word for Electron...

"Both electric and electricity are derived from the Latin ēlectrum (also the root of the alloy of the same name), which came from the Greek word for amber, (ēlektron)"

Electron - Wikipedia

The Ancients would rub Amber on a Lamb to see the sparks. Think of Jesus as the Lamb and the Holy Ghost as the Electrons.

Thus, the 'whirling' that Ezekiel saw was a vision of Electrons whirling about the Nucleus as well as a picture of our Lord...

Ezekiel 1:27
"And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about"


It was also a picture of the Word made flesh. The Invisible things of God manifesting into the Visible.
 
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The Four Living Creatures in Ezekiel's vision were a representation of the Four forces of Nature.

The Bible describes the Four Living Creatures as having the face of a...

Lion
Ox
Eagle
Man


Why these particular creatures?

What is it about a Lion, Ox, Eagle and Man that God would like us to understand?

Perhaps it has something to do with the Four Forces of Nature...

"There are four conventionally accepted fundamental interactions—gravitational, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, and weak nuclear"

Fundamental interaction - Wikipedia

Let's compare them to the Word of God to see if there is a match.

LION

The Lion is POWERFUL...

Daniel 6:27
"He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions"


Thus, the Lion would best represent Electromagnetism.

OX

The Ox is STRONG...

Proverbs 14:4
"Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox"


Thus, the Ox would best represent the Strong Force.

EAGLE

The Eagle is swift and can defy GRAVITY...

Obadiah 1:4
"Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD"


The Eagle rises, then falls. Thus, the Eagle would best represent Gravity.

MAN

Compared to all the other Creatures, Man is WEAK...

Matthew 26:41
"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak"


Thus, the Man would best represent the Weak Force.

And there you have it!

The Four Forces of Nature as the Four Living Creatures...

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When we begin to add up all of the above info, we find that even the Standard Model of Particle Physics has been encoded into Scripture in the form of the High Priest's Breastplate...

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The Breastplate serves as a type of 'Particle Rosetta Stone'. Each Tribe represents a Fundamental Particle.

Again, we must 'test the Spirits' here to make sure that this is what God has intended for Mankind to understand. Wishful thinking and silly arbitrary connections just won't cut it.

Let's start with the easiest one to study, the Beryl...

Ezekiel 1:16
"The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel"


If we compare a 'wheel in the middle of a wheel' with what we know about the Atom, we can easily see that the Wheels represent Electron Orbitals...

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In fact, there are SEVEN 'wheels within wheels' in total...

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Thus, the Gemstone Beryl represents the Electron.


Does it match the Particle Rosetta Stone? Yes!


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This Particle Rosetta Stone is interwoven throughout the entire Bible. Nothing contradicts itself.

In the Song of Solomon for example, we see the Beryl linked to the Orbital Rings of the Electron...

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Note that the 'Eyes Round About' are the Electrons themselves which travel within the Ring Orbitals.
 

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Note that the 'Eyes Round About' are the Electrons themselves which travel within the Ring Orbitals.

We have now come 'full circle' (pun intended).

Earlier, we saw that the Holy Ghost was the Electron within the Godhead Trinity of the Atom.

We will now use Ezekiel to further prove this...

Ezekiel 1:20
"Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels"


The above verse makes it very clear. The Holy Spirit was 'in' the Wheels. In other words, the Eyes are representative of the Holy Ghost. Perhaps we can even add Wisdom to that...

Eyes = Spirit = Holy Ghost = Wisdom

We have now moved beyond mere coincidence and are now beginning to unravel a profound Prophecy.

Now that we have discovered that Eyes are representative of Electrons, we can begin to decipher passages that many have pondered for centuries.

An example:

Zechariah 3:9
"For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day"


If Eyes = Electrons then Seven Eyes = Seven Electrons.

This would be the Element Nitrogen...

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Note that there are exactly 7 'eyes' going round about the Wheel within Wheel. But why Nitrogen?

Remember...

Ezekiel not only saw the Godhead, he saw this...

John 1:14
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth"


God was showing how the Word of God became flesh... or rather DNA. Nitrogen just so happens to be what the letters of DNA (A, C, G, T) are made of. Science calls them Nitrogenous Bases. DNA is the Word of God within all of us. It is God's Book...

Psalms 139:16
"Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them"


And thus, the letters of DNA (Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine) are called The Stone with Seven Eyes in Scripture.

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The Lord of Hosts will 'engrave the graving thereof'. What does that mean? It means a NEW GENETIC SEQUENCE will be written in Man's DNA!

Wow!

According to the verse, this new Genetic Sequence will 'remove the iniquity of that land in one day'.

Sin will be removed via Holy Genetic Editing. More specifically, Sin will be removed by following a very specific DNA template called 'The Blood of Jesus'...

1 John 1:7
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin"


It's as literal as can possibly be.

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And thus, the letters of DNA (Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine) are called The Stone with Seven Eyes in Scripture.

Wait... not so fast.

Again we must test the Spirits to see if these things be True or not.

Is there another reference to the Word of God having Seven Eyes?

Revelation 5:6
"And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth"


Bam!

Jesus is the Word of God described as a Lamb with Seven Eyes! The Lamb represents the Nucleobases of Man's DNA...

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Remember what we learned earlier about Amber rubbed against a Lamb producing the Electron? By the way... The Iron Rod that Jesus holds is representative of Electromagnetism... i.e... Power of the Holy Ghost. Literally.

Please note that the air we breathe is mostly Nitrogen. It is Spirit and Spirit is Breath... literally...

Job 27:3
"All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils"


If the Lamb described in the Book of Revelation is the Blood, then the Throne is the Heart. Nitrogen is the Seven Spirits in the lungs. The Twenty Four Elders are the Ribs surrounding the Heart and so on.

What is that a picture of? A bosom... Abraham's Bosom to be precise...

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See the Nucleolus in the above diagrams?

That is the Most Holy Place where we enter with the Blood/DNA of Jesus...

Hebrews 10:19
"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus"


It's all very literal. The Tabernacle is the Cell. The Ark of the Covenant is representative of DNA...

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This is where the DNA of Jesus (Stone with Seven Eyes) will be sprinkled into ours and Sin will finally be eliminated...

Hebrews 12:24
"And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel"


1 Peter 1:2
"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied"


This is all a picture of Holy Genetic Engineering...

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Why these particular creatures?

What is it about a Lion, Ox, Eagle and Man that God would like us to understand?
The student of astrology recognizes these at once as constellations. Only the Eagle poses a problem; the other three are the classic fixed signs of astrology: Leo the Lion, Taurus the Bull, and Aquarius the Man. The problem with the Eagle is solved when we see that the constellation Aquila is next to Scorpio.
 
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The student of astrology recognizes these at once as constellations. Only the Eagle poses a problem; the other three are the classic fixed signs of astrology: Leo the Lion, Taurus the Bull, and Aquarius the Man. The problem with the Eagle is solved when we see that the constellation Aquila is next to Scorpio.

I solved it a bit differently using a spiral overlaid over Aquila and Ophiuchus...

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But yeah...

"As Without So Within" or as Jesus puts it...

Luke 11:40
"Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?"


:p

Another good one...

Luke 17:21
"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you"


Heaven within Human Anatomy.
 

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The student of astrology recognizes these at once as constellations.
Here is another reference to Heaven (Without) being a representation of that which is Within...

Psalms 19:4
"Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun"


The Tabernacle is the Biological Cell or more specifically, the Ovum inside the Womb.

Thus...

Psalms 19:5
"Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race"


The Seed of Abraham races to impregnate Sarah, the New Jerusalem in Heaven...

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Thus, what happens in Heaven, happens *in* Earth. In the belly of Sarah...

Revelation 12:1
"And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars"


The Woman is Sarah. The Moon is her Seed. The Sun is Abraham's Seed. Revelation 12:1 is a picture of the Moment of Conception that led to Isaac's birth.

The Twelve Stars are the future Nation of Israel.

Matthew 6:10
"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven"


Within as it is Without.
 
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The problem with metaphors, is that it suggests that certain passages of scripture are not literal, that God has told stories, which leaves room for doubt upon all scripture.

But if we are foolish enough to consider God's word in any sort of doubt--the joke is on us! Because He comes right out and says that He will speak the truth to us by that very method, which Christ confirmed as the only means by which He would speak...explaining the riddles only to those with Him.

But what God has admittedly said from the very beginning, that it is all only "created" and mere "image", is undeniably real to those born within the pages of this most elaborate riddle and parable of the things He has revealed that are actually what is real on high, that all of this only portrays.

In this living color tale of revelation, history is His story; and the main character...the only begotten, is like Geppetto and His only real Son Pinocchio, the only One who comes to life, in whom we too can have life if we only believe!
 
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I solved it a bit differently using a spiral overlaid over Aquila and Ophiuchus...

But yeah...

"As Without So Within" or as Jesus puts it...

Luke 11:40
"Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?"


:p

Another good one...

Luke 17:21
"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you"


Heaven within Human Anatomy.
I associate Draco with the crown chakra -- the crown of life -- not entirely in place as of yet. Just as each human should have his crown of life in place, so too the earth itself shall -- as shown in the heavens. Around the "south pole", we find the "Southern Cross." That corresponds to the "base of the spine chakra" for me, and it too has not been activated much in either people or the earth.

The four cherubim, for me, shown four vehicles in which God can manifest: The Volitional body (of fire, Leo), the Mental body (of air, Aquarius), the Emotional body (sometimes called the astral body -- of water, Scorpio), and the physical body (of earth, Taurus). I associate these with the three heavens and the earth too: The third heaven of fire, the second heaven of air (or upper waters), the lowest of water, and the earth. In Revelation, it may be hard to see how the "Seals" correspond to fire; but what follows should clear things up. First things are made true in the third heaven of fire; the next step is to make them true in the second heaven of air -- where the "symbols" are indeed of air with "trumps". After that, the lowest heaven is acted on -- with the symbol being the "vials." When all those are finished, it is time for "Heaven" to meet "earth" in a type of marriage. Activity becomes "earthly."

I studied the places of the various tribes in Israel. Judah occupied the east -- and Judah is the Lion. Dan is compared in a prophecy to a serpent -- and I identify him with Scorpio then, since Aquila the Eagle is often shown with a serpent in its mouth. Dan was in the north. That leaves Ephraim in the west as the "waterbearer" of Aquarius and Reuben in the south as Taurus the Bull.

The east-west axis of Leo and Aquarius is easily seen in the Sphinx, of course; but I think it can be seen again in how the tribes of Israel settled. I associate colors with these too. The sun is its brightest in Leo, so I assign that to white. The "man" who recognizes his own interior darkness and waits for God to manifest to enlighten him is "Joseph" or Aquarius the Waterbearer. I assign black. I associate Reuben with Taurus and the mystery of the red heifer, so I assign red. We could debate if Dan or Scorpio should be green or blue. Some Eastern religious systems have it black, white, red and green while others substitute blue for green. I go with green since the four horsemen are said to be black, white, red and green.

Visualize please yourself in the center of a plain -- with the cherub of fire the lion in front, the cherub of air the man behind, the cherub of earth the calf to the right, and the cherub of water to the left. That accounts for four steps -- but there are seven in Revelation. One is above, one is below; and the seventh occurs in the center. The ones above and below aren't mentioned in Revelation 4-5; but the placement of the others is given. The four beasts are "around" the throne in chapter and shown as having six wings -- two wings would say they could operate in one heaven, four wings in two heavens, and the six wings show each of them can operate in all three heavens.

The question is who can open the Seals? It's said the Lion will; but the Lion doesn't. A "Lamb" appears in the "center" and the Lamb opens them. Look at Jacob's prophecy about the Lion.

Genesis 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Shiloh means peace, of course. The Lion will rule until there is peace. Then all of a sudden, the Lamb shows up.

There is more to this, too. There is a pattern that seems almost universal in this universe and the spiritual universes too. There is something massive or heavy in the center that moves only slightly; and around it are lighter things which move quickly.

We may have different views about the heavens and the earth: For me, they overlap. While it may "seem" that "heaven" is up, it actually isn't. It may seem that "hell" is down too, but it isn't. We are in the them all constantly -- but we may not be interacting with them all, at least not consciously.

I've given only a cursory view about things. For example, take another "center" with another "ring" circling it: The inner eye (which Jesus called the single eye) and the crown chakra (called the crown of life in the bible). Certainly if the inner eye chakra is not enlightened, there can be no crown chakra present. I also did not discuss the twelve petals of the heart chakra and how they relate to the twelve tribes of Israel or the twelve signs of the zodiac or the twelve gates of the Holy City; but the same pattern is seen again and again.
 
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I believe Creation has in it metaphors for spiritual truths, so I thought to create this thread so everyone can share their insights and discuss them.

Some of these are revealed in the bible. Like the wheat and tares:

The wheat and tares look the same till fully grown. When fully grown the head of wheat is weighed down, while the tare stands tall. Tares also poisonous, and cause those who eat it to become intoxicated. Or it could even kill.

There is a similarly with the tare and a religious spirit.
THE CRIMSON OR SCARLET WORM
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Psalm 22 (sometimes called the Psalm of the Cross) is a great chapter of the Bible that tells about the suffering and death of Christ 1,000 years before he actually gave his life upon the cross. Verse 1 says, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? …” In the gospels of Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34, Jesus cried out the same words while hanging on the cross. In verse 6 of Psalm 22, Jesus says something odd: “But I am a worm, and no man.” What did he mean by saying “I am a worm”?

Usually in the Bible, the Hebrew word for a worm is “rimmah”, which means a maggot – but the Hebrew word Jesus used here for worm, is TOLA’ATH, which means “Crimson worm” or “Scarlet worm”. Both scarlet and crimson are the colors of blood – deep red.

The Crimson worm [coccus ilicis] is a very special worm that looks more like a grub than a worm. When it is time for the female or mother Crimson worm to have babies (which she does only one time in her life), she finds the trunk of a tree, a wooden fencepost or a stick. She then attaches her body to that wood and makes a hard crimson shell. She is so strongly and permanently stuck to the wood that the shell can never be removed without tearing her body completely apart and killing her.

The Crimson worm then lays her eggs under her body and the protective shell. When the baby worms (or larvae) hatch, they stay under the shell. Not only does the mother’s body give protection for her babies, but it also provides them with food – the babies feed on the LIVING body of the mother!

After just a few days, when the young worms grow to the point that they are able to take care of themselves, the mother dies. As the mother Crimson worm dies, she oozes a crimson or scarlet red dye which not only stains the wood she is attached to, but also her young children. They are colored scarlet red for the rest of their lives.

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After three days, the dead mother Crimson worm’s body loses its crimson color and turns into a white wax which falls to the ground like snow. So what did Jesus mean by saying “I am a worm”? There are a lot of ideas what Jesus might have meant, but nobody really knows for sure. However, it is very interesting that, just like the Crimson worm, Jesus sacrificed or gave up his life on a tree so that his children might be washed with his crimson blood and their sins cleaned white as snow. He died for us, that we might live through him!

“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18

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