From: Marilyn AgeeRe: The Gospel in the Stones, by John TngHi John:Thank you for your article "Gospel in the Stones." The stones cause a ripple effect as if they were tossed in water.> > While the bottom 7 stones cry out JESUS CHRIST in Greek (Luke 19:40), the top 3 stones proclaim JESUS CHRIST in Hebrew! Amazing! There appears to be a coherent message in the High Priest's breastplate. One thing is certain. The 12 stones conceal a message concerning JESUS CHRIST.Amen. on top of that, Rev. 4:3 is another reference to the breastplate. It says, "he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone" (the first and last stones in the breastplate). That means the first and the last (Ex. 39:10-13), i.e., Jesus (Rev. 1:17; 22:13), who is both God and man, both YHWH king of Israel and YHWH of hosts, the Redeemer (Isa. 44:6), both the one that sat on the throne in Rev. 4:2 and the Lamb of Rev. 5:6.Ex. 28:17-20 says of the breastplate, "thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a SARDIUS, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a JASPER: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings." And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.Continuing, Rev. 4:3 says, "and there was a rainbow round about the throne (like the rings around Saturn), in sight like unto an EMERALD." Emerald was Judah's stone, and Jesus is of the tribe of Judah, who was the 4th son of Jacob and Leah.I think the throne of Jesus is on Saturn, the 7th lamp of the lampstand according to Josephus. In Antiquities of the Jews, Book III, 7, he said of the lampstand, "the shaft elevated itself on high from a single base, and spread itself into as many branches as there are planets, including the sun among them." The lamps, with semi-circle branches representing their circular orbits, stood for the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. No wonder the western lamp was to always be kept burning. It represented the Sun.Isa 66:1 says, "Thus saith the LORD, The heaven (Saturn, not the Sun) is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? (the earthly Jerusalem) and where is the place of my rest?" (the heavenly New Jerusalem). The gist of Isa. 66:1 is also stated in Acts 7:49.We can see that the rainbow of Rev. 4:3 represents the same as "the brightness round about" in Eze. 1:27,28. It says, "I saw as the colour of amber (Saturn has amber on it), as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward (i.e., from the equator upward), and from the appearance of his loins even downward (i.e., from the equator downward), I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it (i.e., the amber Saturn) had brightness (its rings) round about. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain (a circle seen from the air, or a semi-circle seen from the ground), so was the appearance of the brightness round about (i.e., the seven rings around Saturn). This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD (i.e., ! the rings look like a halo). And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake."Both the colors of the rainbow and of the rings of Saturn are formed by sunlight on ice crystals.Psa. 8:1 and II Cor. 12:2 tie in. Psa. 8:1 says, "O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory (i.e., the rings) above the heavens" (plural, above at least two heavens, i.e., in the third heaven).Of "the third heaven," II Cor. 12:2-4 says, "I knew a man (Paul himself) in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one CAUGHT UP TO THE THIRD HEAVEN. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into PARADISE (i.e., the third heaven), and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter." Starting from Earth as depicted in the center of the lampstand, the first heaven would be Mars, the second Jupiter, and the third Saturn.Agape, Marilyn Agee__
Thanks for sharing your insights, Marilyn.
John