Heaven is indeed strange and distant from Earth.
The question of what physical conditions and histories it takes for a wide variety of rocks, from Earth or from space, to have particular isotopic ratios - now that is not quite as strange and distant, however. What has Heaven to do with that?
I already covered this in other posts, the mechanics of the dating. I did not get into too much about the difference between the "Heaven" concept of what we mean by Heaven and what cosmologists and the like mean by it.
The first that should be pointed out here: the details of the material world are fascinating. As is fascinating any well involved system that is divinely made. There is great artistry and mystery there.
But... for people to be so very involved in the details and to ignore the pursuit of eternal life seems to me on the face of it as the very quintessence of stupidity.
After all, for all the things human beings might seek, should they not seek eternal life?
That is the promise: if you seek it, you will find it.
Now, I am not here speaking to Christians, but I am merely pointing out the many cunning human beings who have gone chasing after the details of the material world as if they are the greatest truths, and have not spent, instead, the time and energy to chase after the only thing which matters: eternal life.
Why? Because death makes entirely meaningless all such pursuits.
Of course, people tend to just assume, even atheists, I think, God will take care of them regardless of what they do or how they behave.
Their bet is probably something like, "Well if there is a God, He made me as I am, so I must be this way". Not considering that whatever eternal life may be, the life and all the words they do, all their works becomes meaningless at death. Nor considering the potential cost they are incurring there, striving for personal glory and praise, as opposed to truth and answers that are substantial and meaningful.
It is not like they have no evidence. Jesus is all over the place. I have never seen any of them come up with any strongly thought out answers on the specifics of what Jesus said or taught. There is no plausible explanation dealing with Jesus, nor the prophets, nor others that dismisses any of this.
At best, they can come up with a plethora of poorly thought out strawman arguments. "Well, look what this extreme example said and did, so there, that covers the subject", or "Joe Bob from Country Land said Jesus said and did this, and well, that settles the subject. Jesus is bunk. Source? Joe Bob."
All that said -- that their lives are pursuits are utterly wasted... aside:
What of Heaven and how it may relate to earth, and the mechanics we might observe on earth?
That is quite a hard subject. What telescope might be used to peer into this Heaven? And where, exactly, is this Heaven? What is a spirit, and what is a spirit world, and where might we find conclusive answers to these questions?
If I were to share with you my own knowledge, what meaning would it have to you, if you did not have language with which to grasp the concepts? After all, if I use the word "rock", we have a shared agreement there on what that is. Rocks of are earth. But, what can one speak of, linguistically, when it comes to a realm so alien, there is not even the same fabric of which to speak of?
What then can be observed? Considering Scripture as true, how is it Jesus could walk on water, or change water into wine? Or how is it that God and the spirits were so up on the matters of the earth?
Solomon pointed out, not only that death makes all meaningless, but also that this material world is "ruled" by chance. So it is, we find a world that is seemingly without control, exactly, but by mechanics. Not unlike a clock, one could say.
However, while "chance happens to all", it is also well pointed out: the world is managed by Heaven.
Where and how is this hand seen?
One ends up in such a discussion with far more questions then answers. And this is good. For material sciences seek "answers", despite their extraordinary infancy. But the pursuit for truth often raises more questions then answers, and many a wise person has ended with the solemn statement, "it is wise to realize one does not know".
What we do know, however, is that Heaven is metaphorically above us, but also all around us. Not too mind bending a thought for anyone who has considered parallel universes. (We can pretend that the 'parallel universe' concept is more mind bending then Heaven, but of course, it is very far from it. )
And we can note that the concept of "spirit" is considered to be flexible, whereas "body" is much less so. The "spirit world" is flexible, while the "material world" is firm. Or so humans tend to understand, anyway. So it is this Heaven is of a spirit world like fabric. And when Heaven interacts with earth, as we are told it constantly does -- then we can consider that the material, solid, definite shapes of the material can be changed, just as a spirit can change its' own shape.
Invariably this means while we human beings live in a world of limits and boundaries, the spirit world is something else entirely.
Limited lives, limited resources, limited capabilities. What would the world be like if everyone were with infinite capacity?! How would it work? Where would there be adversity? What challenges might we have to overcome?
And with no challenges, where is then the substance of what we call "life"?
Why is what is valuable so rare?
All these points being: the earth is not as the material eyes and material ears make it out to be. It is a firm reality we can not alter, but one which Heaven alters as Heaven pleases.
But knowing - understanding this - is a very rare thing to have, it is not easy to gain. One will not just say this and someone have absolute confidence in it.
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