Life Learning Series

Now, we can rest in this:  within every something, there is a potential for something else.  That is true, even if the only thing that is in a thing is the possibility of discovery.  This is not a matter of accident, nor is it just evolution.  That there is something that can–indeed, must–come from any given something is a matter of Design.  I think about this, often, as I am reviewing the process of development of the human race.  In the Beginning, God identified this something that was placed in mankind.

And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.  Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:  Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

(Genesis 8:15-19)

Yes, to be fruitful, and multiply; this is the same something that is in all biological things.  No, it is not restricted to the successful completion of pregnancy, toward the end of having babies.  As God emplaced fruitfulness, it is more than species reproduction.  As God designed fruitfulness, it is also the way that we establish order.  When the LORD said the following, it was, too, a way for humans to be fruitful.

– Explore The Power of Something from Nothing: Part Nine –

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We have come to the point at which the thing that exists in our sparse view of reality must do something.  So, let us consider the principal that is the mandate for actions and entities that have reached this particular point:  association.  To narrow the field, somewhat; let us look at an association between something that exists at a certain time, and a nothing that has the potential to exist.  Well, actually, the nothing that has the potential to exist is actually something that exists; since, in this place in reality, potential is itself a thing that exists.  In fact, the whole of this reality, at this point, is potential, restrained.

At this point on the timeline of the existence of the kingdom of man, the potential, restrained, allows us to say that everything that is in this reality can be defined by referring to it as being, the something from which something comes.  For instance, among the, much something, that we readily recognize is the earth.  On this earth thing, there is a special something that we want to explore more.  Scripture describes a unique something that is a part of the design of the earth as being this broad and multi-faceted principle:  human occupation.

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.  I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

(Isaiah 45:18-19)

To many people, this may seem to be a trivial matter; however, many scientists–among which are the ecologists–are working vigorously and constantly to remind us of that particular design feature of the earth.  There is much study about the quality of the new things that can be provided from the things that are here now.  We are rapidly learning that the earth itself is subject to this often quoted principle of quality control; “Garbage in; garbage out”.  Though, we must add that; in our past, from time to time, God has overridden this principle, as we see here.

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– Explore The Power of Something from Nothing: Part Eight –

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There is another kind of appearance that we needed to have with God:  we needed to be able to match an action to an authorization.  We do this by obtaining an association.  It is commonly thought that mankind makes associations, but that is not correct in our relationship with God.  As pertains to our associations in God, we are limited to this kind of behavior.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:  Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

(Matthew 13:45-46)

This is the standard operating method of basic science.  For instance, mankind did not make the association between the behavior of the universe, and the laws of thermodynamics.  Mankind did discover that association.  Thereby, mankind discovered the power source that drives the behavior of the universe, on the lower, non-Spirit, level.  We needed this insight because we needed something that would show us the appearance of the association of God, with the behavior of . . . well . . . of everything.

Particularly, we needed something that would show us the association of God with the Power of Something from Nothing.  To give us this, God released the appearance of, His Word (Son).  We refer to it as, (Son), because, though it is an independent operative, it is, inseparably, a member of the Family of God.  The inseparability of the (Son) also gives it the authorization to operate as a fully powered origination from God.  The concept was introduced here.

– Explore The Power of Something from Nothing: Part Seven –

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Intercession is a way of communicating with someone, from whom we want something, and that we have some authority to convince them that we should have that something.  The authority may be as peaceful as a recognized power of persuasion.  Alternatively, the authority may be as robust as the ability to control life, death, or both.  We want to explore the commonalities that are in each of these poles of persuasion, as expressed in intercession.

Our first example, of a local intercession that had a somewhat positive outcome and that was recognized by both parties, is this one.

And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.  And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

(Exodus 20:18-20)

That is an, our human sized space, intercession.  Of course; in the way of being participants, we are not limited to, our human-sized-space intercessions.  Sometimes, we are not limited to the resources of mankind; for, our human space might be “invaded” by an intercession that comes from an outside our recognized space in reality.  How can that happen?  To answer the above question, let us go to a much Higher Level.  Oh, let us just go to the top level of earth-directed intercession.

– Explore The Power of Something from Nothing: Part Six –

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Appearance is an interesting creation of God because it is more than a word.  Appearance is a concept.  A substantial amount of time can be used in managing the appearance of a thing.  Careers have been made, and lives have been lost, as based on appearances.  This is a key part of the Bible’s lesson in developing civilizations.  For instance, consider the following life example that is in Scripture, as you think about the part that appearance played in the decision making process of the king.  It is presented here in stages.

Warning:

Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.  The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:  The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:  Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:

Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him: and let seven times pass over him.  This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

(Daniel 4:10-17)

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– Explore The Power of Something from Nothing: Part Five –

We have established a foundation for accepting that there is only ONE something from nothing; which we refer to as, The First Cause–but more commonly as, Creativity. Now, we need to start looking at matters from a somewhat selfish perspective; after all, we do want to continue to live in the space that was set out by Creativity. Of course, we respect and revere Creativity, but, still; potentiality does not put bread on the table, or secure a place for us in life. This is the underlying thought that filled this statement of a certain early man, Abram, as he heard about a gift of great potentiality that he had been given.

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

(Genesis 15:1-3) Abram was indicating that he recognized the gift of potentiality, and that he recognized that the gift was the possibility of something from the nothing; which, gift, he presently had in his possession. Even so, Abram wanted the gift to manifest itself as an activity of, something from something (actuality). Yes, this was already complete in the microcosm of promise.

– Explore The Power of Something from Nothing:  Part Four –

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Definable: No

Understandable: Yes

Procedure: Component Analysis

Process: Self-Introduction

Tool: Revelation

Intermediate: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. (Acts 17:24-28) The preceding words may give one the impression that the search is bottom-up, so to speak: this is not how it happens. In our journey to any little bit of understanding of the only ONE something from nothing, we are limited to having the tool of revelation thrust into our life space: we are the recipients of the process: we are not its author. This is the same tool that all other scientists have employed, throughout our existence. For instance, we did not search out the sun’s rays; rather, the sun’s rays came to us. Then, along with the sun’s rays came a few other revelations. Here is a random sample of the introductions that were done by the sun’s rays: IlluminationHeat

Cold (which is defined as being the absence of heat), with its associate, discomfort

The utility of brightness, along with, the relative restrictions of extreme darkness

Photosynthesis

Curing of products

Solidifying of certain substances and liquefaction of others

Various forms of burning.

Through that one thing, we received all those introductions, and more. We are dependent on the introductions that reality makes; this is immutably true. This does not mean that we are restricted to those introductions; for, we, humans, have an almost unique capability to fashion broad-based introductions, of our own making. For me, this is summarized in these words.

– Explore The Power of Something from Nothing:  Part Three –

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As we sit at the point of nothingness, there is only one thing that can start existence: wisdom. However, wisdom itself needs to be spawned. This is a complex matter of total containment. In the beginning, the total containment of the force of Creativity also included the protocol for developing the tool to manage Creativity. Let us step back just a little, so that we can see the necessity for this progression. To do that, consider this statement by some of our scientists:

The second law of thermodynamics states that any process in a closed system will increase the entropy of the closed system. If a system is not closed, any process will increase the total entropy of the universe. The entropy of the universe can never decrease. For now, let us take that as being true. Also, let us summarize it, as indicating that this is the movement of the universe toward increased chaos.For a thing to be tending toward chaos, it must be moving away from order. Therefore, implicit in that statement is the thought that existence started at order: this is in total agreement with both the tone, and the text, of the Bible. From the Bible, this is the description of the first Absolute Order that existed.

In the beginning God. . .

(Genesis 1:1a) The additional portion of that verse tells us about the function and purpose of Order. . . .created

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(Genesis 1:1b) For completion sake, we include the portion that; though it was originally order-filled, it was also developed as the thing that could move away from order.

– Explore The Power of Something from Nothing:  Part Two  –

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That there is something indicates that there was something else before it. This thought has prevailed for the entire span of human life on this earth, and possibly even beyond that. We hedge on that point because there is no consensus as to whether the beasts of the earth, or the vegetation, have ever pondered the before-after concept; as in, thinking. For the humans, though, there is much contemplation about what came before what is. Let us assign the word, spawning, to that discipline.

In the discipline of spawning, there is a prior for every current. That is, there is a prior for every current except for the first prior. The way scientists refer to this is as the origin of the universe. However, the origin of the universe does not say that the substance from which the universe arose is the first prior. To come closer to addressing the first prior, scientists are on a search for the, as they call it, god particle. However, even when the god particle is found; still, there is no guarantee that this is indeed the God particle. To find the God particle, we need to enter the mindset that was presented by one of the New Age apostles of the recognized Prophet of God, Jesus Christ. The words of that apostle are as follows:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report.       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. (Hebrews 11:1-3) If this is true, then the first prior is not of a substance that we could ever discover with our various eyes. These various eyes include our sight, our cognition, our intention, and, even, our guesses. This is so because whatever we find will be something that appears. Therefore, once it is found, then the thing that came from it did indeed come from something that appears.

– Explore The Power of Something from Nothing:  Part One –

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