Readers -

going here:

http://prophecycorner.theforeverfamily.com/procon1560.html

you can read MJ Agee's interesting treatise on Saturn/Heaven/Sapphire.

i don't know what i think about her concept, and i've been reading about it for years -

but i do note this:

first mention of Sapphire in the Bible is from this account in Exodus

Exodus 24:9
"Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:"

Exodus 24:10
"And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a SAPPHIRE stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness."

Exodus 24:11
"And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink."

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i do believe this is the first mention of a group of men gathered together before God to meet with Him, and they sit before Him, eating and drinking.

this seems to be a good Rapture type.

they ascend to where God is, they fellowship with Him (implied by eating and drinking), and it is a group of elders. First silver trumpet calls the Leaders.

no other detail about the appearance of God at this meeting is mentioned except the Sapphire pavement beneath His feet.

probably important.