by Sue Watkins
Moving to sit on the stool vacated by his brother, Joshua thought for a moment, “Wow! That’s an interesting question! Can you expound a little on what you are trying to get to?”
Caleb leaning against the nearest lab table crossed his arms over his chest and began to explain his thoughts. “Well, like I told you yesterday, I’m studying the Tower of Babel, and I don’t think the tower’s purpose was to reach the heavens by building a tall building. I think they planned to enter into the heavens to wage war with God. Perhaps they were attempting to harness energy in such a way the Tower of Babel would act like a portal for transporting them back and forth between the dimensions of the second and or even the third heaven. I put a caveat on the word ‘they,’ because I am not sure if ‘they’ would have been exclusively the fallen angels, or if ‘they’ would have been fallen angels and men. But my speculation is the Tower of Babel was to be the principal portal from where ‘they’ would activate a scheme of Biblical proportions. The tower and the other pyramids and ziggurats around the world would be connected somehow by electro-magnetic fields of energy.
“And now I’ve said it aloud, and in this way, I know how crazy it sounds. But believing that I’m onto something, I’m seeking to understand what materials were available that would facilitate this endeavor for world control. How would they obtain access to the dimensions of the second or third heavens from Earth? From the scriptures in Genesis, we know they used brick and that they burned or baked them, and for mortar, they used slime. The Book of Jasher indicates that they used fire to bake the bricks, which meant they were oven baked. I can’t help but think since the Bible makes a point of telling us they used bricks, we should realize the materials they used were somehow important to what they were doing.
“I know they used bricks because stones were not in great quantity in Shinar, which by the way is Babylon, or current day Iraq. The slime I referred to is actually bitumen or asphalt, it was the first petroleum product used by man. It’s a great adhesive. The terrain between the Tigris and the Euphrates had an abundance of bitumen pits. One of the things we know about bitumen, it muffles sound. We know the Sumerians, who were the first people of Shinar, used loaf-shaped bricks making them flat on one side and convex on the other. The Sumerians covered their bricks with bitumen. The Sumerians also invented kilns. Of course, that’s another reason why I believe the bricks were oven baked rather than sun baked. The harder the brick, the more weight it can support. Sun baked bricks are not perfected to the same hardness as oven-baked bricks.
“They would have waterproofed the bricks by covering them in bitumen and baking them a second time. Bricks are porous so they absorb the bitumen, and when bitumen was then applied as mortar both the bricks and the mortar solidified into a single unit. By the time they had finished the process, the tower structure would have withstood as much weight...well, actually more psi, than if they had used stone.
“Over the years, many scholars have speculated as to how high the tower was. I read several articles indicating it was taller than modern day skyscrapers. But I think worrying over its height distracts from its purpose. We should ask, what was at the apex of this ziggurat, and we know that it was a ziggurat and not an Egyptian-type pyramid. But my ultimate question: what was its purpose?” Caleb, uncrossing his arms shrugged his shoulders. “Was it, as I have said, some sort of star gate portal, or perhaps a temple, or an observatory or a combination of all these? It wasn’t uncommon for ziggurats of that time to have temple altars on their pinnacle platform. In Central America, many were observatories. Honestly, I think this particular ziggurat was multi-purposed.”
Nodding Joshua stood, “I see where you going, and why you want to know about gold and crystal.” Walking around his workstation, he began to move objects about while he talked. “Before we talk about gold and crystal I want to put a fly in the ointment, if they achieved this feat, how do they step over into the Celestial with a physical body and survive? So off the bat, I would say that they were trying to open the star-gate for Celestials to step through.”
Caleb snapped his fingers and stood erect, “Do you have a copy of the Book of Jasher handy?”
Joshua around his desk until he found the dog-eared book and then handed it to Caleb, “What now?”
Caleb ignored the question, instead thumbed through the pages until he found what he was looking for and then replied, “Listen to this, ‘King Nimrod reigned securely, and all Earth was under his control and all Earth was of one tongue and words of union. And all the princes of Nimrod and his great men took counsel together. Phut, Mizraim, Cush and Canaan with their families and they said to each other, ‘Come let us build ourselves a city and in it a strong tower, its top reaching heaven. And we will make ourselves famed, so we may reign upon the whole world, in order that the evil of our enemies may cease from us, that we may reign mightily over them, and that we may not become scattered over the Earth on account of their wars.’”
Widening his eyes Caleb looked at Josh, “Do you get that? These people wanted to control everything…wait, let me read more. ‘And they began to make bricks and burn fires to build the city and the tower that they had imagined to complete. And the building of the tower was unto them a transgression and a sin, and they began to build it, and whilst they were building against the Lord God of heaven, they imagined in their hearts to war against him and to ascend into heaven. And all these people and all the families divided themselves in three parts; the first said, “We will ascend into heaven and fight against him.” The second said, “We will ascend to heaven and place our own gods there and serve them.” And the third part said, “We will ascend to heaven and smite him with bows and spears.” And God knew all their works and all their evil thoughts, and he saw the city and the tower which they were building...’”
Holding up a finger Josh interrupted, “Okay, but I think I’m missing your point.” Scratching a day old beard he weighed his words, “What I hear is that these guys were building for much the same reason that Lucifer fell from heaven.”
“Well, duh,” Caleb grinned, “you are being too literal; just who do you think was behind the building of the tower? That’s my point; they were opening a star gate for Lucifer and the fallen angels to step through the dimensions of our world and in so doing, somehow gain an entrance into the Holy places of Heaven. Granted the humans were delusional, but the fallen angels and the demonic forces put them up to this. Joshua, the Book of Jubilees says they were building this city and tower for forty-three years. That’s a heck of a lot of bricks, but bricks don’t access heaven, so there had to be something else in conjunction with the bricks. These guys weren’t dummies; they were going up; as in going up,” Caleb pointed to the ceiling, “to higher dimensions. They wanted to do three things: ascend into heaven, fight with God, and replace him. Something gave them the idea that this was achievable. And if you remember, God must have thought so too, or else why did he come down and destroy the tower?”
Joshua sighed as his mind raced, “Then you are saying, the tower would have given access to fallen angels to enter our dimensions and that once in our dimensions, they would then somehow ascend into the higher dimensions to war with the Celestials in heaven?”
Caleb nodded, “Yeah, I think so…but I think…the plan, was for men to war against God.”
Joshua drummed his fingers across the top of his desk and then moved away from it a few paces before he turned and faced his brother, “Well putting aside my skepticism for the moment, because I’m going to really think on this theory of yours. But just looking at the elements of gold and crystal, they both are conductors of energy; that’s why gold is in electronics. Gold is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity; it reflects infrared. Gold and crystal both have the symmetry and arrangement of atoms that light and sound can travel through easily. Properties of certain crystals will cause voltage to shrink, while other properties will stretch it. Another property causes a double image to appear when looking through a crysta
l. Moreover, various elements of crystal not only conduct electrical impulses, but also expand the projection of light waves...”
Caleb, clearing his throat, shook his head and looked at Joshua from the corner of his eyes, Joshua getting the hint smiled, “Okay, okay, both gold and crystal reflect light, conduct electro-magnetic fields, and are receptors of sound. Gold and crystal would have been the materials of choice for transmitting sound, at least at that time in history, because modern glass and aluminum didn’t exist. But if you remember, Enoch made a reference to a crystal house, which had ceilings like clear water so that swirling stars could be seen, and he said that the crystal was both fire hot and ice cold. So perhaps, crystal in the Celestial realm, and opposing crystal in the terrestrial would act on each other in some way and form a conduit...pure speculation on my part...”
“That’s all right,” Caleb interrupted, “I get it. But you know angels were symbolically referred to as stars, hence a play on the word star-gate.” Caleb smirked, “Just saying, but seriously the fallen angels might have known that it was men’s voices that opened the portals to heaven so maybe if men prayed and the portals opened the fallen angels would step through…I don’t know, I have to think more and pray for more insight.”
Turning to walk to the door, Caleb shook a finger in the air and added, “I think fallen angels got involved in the building of the tower somehow, because that’s when the Nephilim first reappeared after the flood; it’s certain demonic spirits were present at the building of the tower. So Satan and his hordes could have being using Nimrod as a pawn and through him the majority of humanity, and God had to put a stop to it all!”
Josh nodded, “Give me some time to work on it. I’ll try to dig out more info for you.” Waving Caleb out of his lab, Joshua added, “I think perhaps you’re on to something, but I’ve got a paper that really needs my attention, it’s due as soon as Spring Break is over.”
“Well think about this while you are at it.” Caleb turned at the door, “I think God brought the tower down with a hurricane-like storm, and in the process two things occurred. One: God stopped man’s ability to communicate telepathically and two: God dummied man down by changing his bandwidth.” Shrugging his shoulders, Caleb opened the door and exited saying, “It’s just a thought!”
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And when the wine ran out the mother of Yeshua said to Him, “They do not have wine.” And, Yeshua said to her, “Why should that concern me, ma’am? My appointed time is not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Whatever, He would say to you, you must do right away.” And lying there were six stone water pots stored for the rite of purification of the Jewish people, holding up to two or three measures. Yeshua said to them, “You must right away fill the jars with water.” And they filled them to the brim. And He said to them, “You must draw some now, then, bring it to the wedding manager.” and they brought it. As the manager tasted the water made into wine, only he did not know how it was made, but the servants, those who drew the water knew, the manager called the bridegroom and said to him, “Every man first puts the good wine and then, when they would be drunk the inferior: you have kept the good win until now.” John 2:1-10, One New Man Bible
Kirsten had to circle the airport endlessly while Justin deplaned. First his flight was late in arriving because of a severe storm front that required rerouting the plane, and then he had to wait endlessly for his baggage, which naturally, was last to be taken off the plane. By the time he exited the terminal, Justin was a bundle of nervous energy. After packing his suitcases in the trunk of her car, he reached for the car keys and said, “Let me drive I need to feel in charge of something.”
On the freeway, finally headed for Navasota the banter of good friends who had been apart for six weeks bounced between them. As they talked, Kirsten’s thoughts kept wandering back to the angelic visitation of the previous evening. Finally forcing her errant mind to stay focused on what Justin was saying she tune in to him as he said, “…and that’s temporarily over. The book is finally at the publisher and an editor will be assigned to it the first of next week.” Justin paused as he removed his sunglasses and put them on the dash. Taking his eyes from the road, he asked, “Aren’t you proud of me?”
“Mmm, so you’re finished with the writing?”
“Yes, that’s what I just said, weren’t you listening?”
“I am. I guess I’m surprised you’re finally finished. Happy and excited that you’re finished.” Reaching for his forearm, she squeezed it and continued, “Of course we’re all proud of you.”
Even though he needed to give his attention to the afternoon traffic, Justin had a carefully planned agenda that he was determined to pursue. While he kept his eyes on traffic, he spoke from his heart. “It’s not the others I want to be proud, it’s you. Are you proud of me?”
“Yes,” watching his profile closely she nodded, “of course I am.”
“Proud enough to talk about the future?” Justin’s voice was gentle but somber.
Realizing he was extremely serious. Her heart pounded as she slipped straying strains of hair behind her ear, “What future?”
“I know we haven’t talked much about our feelings for each other.” The traffic not allowing him to remove his eyes from the road, he felt for her hand then picking it up he wrapped his own around hers. “I love you...no, make that I’m in love with you. I haven’t been much of a boyfriend.” Then risking it all he turned to look her in the eye with the intent to finish his declaration. Instead, he allowed the words to hang between them before he once again returned to the business of maneuvering the freeway traffic.
Her expression was unreadable and he suddenly was nervous. To substitute for words that seemed to fail him, he picked up their locked hands and placed the back of hers against his lips. She muttered something that sounded like his name. Filled with hope again, he blurted his affection. “Kirsten, I love you, and I want a future with you.” Braking to pace the car with the stop and go traffic, he paused and sighing deeply he added, “I have since the first moment I laid eyes on you.”
In a low husky voice, Kirsten managed to reply, “I love you too.” Her throat constricted with weeks of pent-up hurt. She batted her eyelids and fought against the tears threatening to spoil the moment. Digging the fingernails of her free hand into her thigh, she whispered, “You certainly took your sweet time to clue me in to this secret of yours.”
When Justin didn’t respond, she was grateful he was distracted by the traffic and had not heard her comment. Silently she prayed, Oh, God, please don’t let me mess up this moment.
Justin picked up the conversation where he had left off, “You really do love me?”
Unable to refrain from an emotional reaction she giggled, “Yeah…I do.”
Growing silent, he savored the moment and took the opportunity to push the car through the freeway to the feeder road. Moments later forced to stop at a red light, he turned giving her his full attention. His eyes plummeting into hers as he broke the silence and asked, “Will you be my girl?”
“I’ll think on it.” Kirsten teased and then turning serious added, “You’ve given me no indication you had any feelings for me whatsoever, I’m kind of caught off guard by all of this.”
A car behind him honked, the light had turned green. As he proceeded with the turn toward Navasota he countered, “I’ve been preoccupied the last six months with the book but I haven’t ignored you...what about Christmas, what about your birthday?”
“What do you mean?”
“Kirsten, I flew out here to spend your birthday with you. I wouldn’t have flown halfway across the country to spend six hours with someone who meant nothing more to me than a good friend. I’ve never done that for Curtis.” He shook his head at her, “Did I come out here on Eme’s or Joshua’s birthday, or anyone else’s birthday for that matter? Of course not, and let me remind you I flew here for Christmas Day and back the very next morning, then I came back here a week later to spend New Ye
ar’s Eve with you and the family. Didn’t you even get the hint when I gave you my mother’s pearls for Christmas?” Pausing he took in a frustrated breath. Cutting his eyes in her direction, he saw the hurt written on her face. Realizing the effect his words were having it dawned upon him, he had never verbalized his feelings before that moment. Squeezing the hand, he still held tight he apologized. “I’m sorry, you’re right. I didn’t say the words but I’ve certainly expressed them, or at least I thought I did. Guess that’s a male thing, huh?”
“Yes, and I’m sorry, too, perhaps I should be more understanding.” Turning to look at him, she continued, “Maybe I should have read between the lines, I guess I’m not as skilled at reading you as I thought. But certainly never said the words before now. You never said you loved me, nor have you ever mentioned that you were thinking about us…that you were considering…heck.” Giggling again, she swiped at the tears sliding down her cheeks, “You’ve never even kissed me!”
“There’s a reason for that. If we started a romantic relationship, I’m not sure I could have controlled it. I’ve had a mandate from God to finish my book. The book had to have my full focus and by the way, I brought a copy of the manuscript with me. I would like you to read it, but back to the subject at hand,” he squeezed her hand, “I know this is old-fashion, but may I speak to your dad about us getting married?”
Kirsten leaned across the console and kissed his cheek. As she rubbed the lipstick from his face she smiled, “Don’t you think you should ask me if I will be your wife, first?”
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Does the eagle mount up at your command and make his nest on [a] high [inaccessible place]? On the cliff, he dwells and remains securely, upon the point of the rock and the stronghold. From there he spies out the prey; and his eyes see it afar off. Job 39:27-29, AMP