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KNOWLEDGE!
QUESTION: “WHAT’S THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
PENCIL AND A DIAMOND?”
ANSWER:
“NOTHING EXCEPT PRESSURE AND
HEAT”
EXPLANANTION:
The substance
of graphite (the
lead in a pencil) when subject to extreme heat and pressure changes
into diamond.
Apparently
both substances are pure
carbon atoms that are simply arranged differently.
Graphite has
layers of carbon atoms
laid on top of one another like the sheets of a ream of paper. Just as
you can
slide the sheets off each other, this is why graphite seems soft and
slippery
like lead in a pencil.
You can also
get graphite powder as a
dry lubricant for surfaces that stick together like door hinges and
sliding
metal window frames.
Diamonds
also have carbons atoms but are inter-connected with each other
- like the
honey comb you get from a beehive. This makes diamonds to be one of the
hardest
substances on earth.
Another
example, for those with an architectural
mind, is the geodesic dome which has a similar structure and is also
very
strong.
SO WHAT’S YOUR
POINT?
When the Lord
Jesus Christ, God
himself, created the universe, his creation reflected who he was. He
was giving
man visual and obvious clues as to his nature.
GET TO THE
POINT! JESUS? GRAPHITE?
DIAMOND?
Well, Jesus,
the ‘diamond’ in heaven,
comes to earth as a piece of ‘graphite’ but after the cross he turns
back into
a ‘diamond’.
In heaven he
is God, he is
‘immoveable’ as it were, and is indeed, represented as a diamond in the
ephod,
the breastplate of judgment (Ex 28:15, 18).
However on
earth he is kind, loving and
forgiving to Israel. He seems more soft and malleable, like pencil
lead, and even
on the cross he’s is still that. As the scriptures say
Who, being in the form
of God, (PRECIOUS DIAMOND) thought
it not robbery to be equal with God (DIAMOND): But made himself
of no
reputation, (WORTHLESS GRAPHITE) and took upon him the
form of a
servant, (GRAPHITE) and was made in the likeness of
men (GRAPHITE):
And being found in fashion as a man (GRAPHITE), he humbled
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of
the cross.
Philippians 2:6-8
YOU’VE LOST ME!
Can’t you see?
The extreme pressure
of becoming sin for us, and indeed heat of the cross (John
19:28), that
is becoming sin for mankind, changes the carbon into a diamond.
He has
fulfilled the law … he truly is
the Rock. (1Cor 10:4).
Did you know,
Dear Reader, another
name for a diamond is ‘a rock’ according to common speech. Have you
ever heard
the phrase “That’s a nice rock you’ve got on your finger!”
Anyhow,
Christ, the diamond in heaven,
comes to earth in another form as graphite, while still being a
diamond, before
returning back into heaven again to assume his heavenly nature once
more as a
diamond. As the scriptures say
Wherefore God also hath
highly exalted him, (RESTORED TO PRECIOUS
DIAMOND STATUS) and given him a name which is above every name:
Philippians
2:9
The two
natures of Christ as the Son
of God and the Son of man may be more understandable in the light of
this
analogy.
HAVE YOU GOT
ANY OTHER EXAMPLES?
Yes … light.
Scientists
can’t work out, why and how
light comes in both wave form and linear (straight line)
particle
form like bullets from a gun. That is, light is both wave and
particle at
the same time. It’s like atoms are gathered together that act as waves.
A very poor
analogy would be flocks of
birds flying in the sky – a lot of individuals (particles) moving in an
undulating and ever-changing formation.
But are we to
be surprised? Of course
not. The following is the description of Jesus Christ
That was the true Light,
which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world. John 1:9.
SO CHRIST IS LIGHT BUT HOW
HE IS BOTH WAVE FORM AND PARTICLE FORM?
He was the Son
of man and the Son of
God at the same time. He had two forms for the following reason:
He first came
for the Jew as the
Son of man.
He then
returns to heaven for the
Gentile, and indeed the Jew, as the Son of God.
SO WHAT’S THE
DIFFERENCE? WAS CHRIST
ON EARTH WAVE LIGHT OR PARTICLE LIGHT?
When Christ
first came to earth as a holy
thing (Luke 1:35), being overshadowed by the Holy Ghost (Luke
1:35), it was
as if he was shot out of the Godhead (Col 2:9), and he was expressed
(Heb 1:3) like a bullet. Bam! Straight into Mary. This was the particle
form of Christ as it were.
In addition,
when the Jews went to
grab him in the temple, Christ somehow just ‘wafted off’ like a
rubbery, wavy
form that couldn’t be touched (John 8:59).
Put it this
way, Christ passes through
the wall of the upper room suddenly appearing unto his disciples (wave
form) and then asks Thomas to touch him (particle form) (John
20:26-27).
Dear Reader,
as you know, it is
impossible to push, without breakage, a solid object through another.
In coming
through the upper room wall, Christ assumed another form.
Christ was
both touchable and
untouchable … both particle and wave form.
BUT HERE’S THE
THING …
Now Christ is
back in heaven, seated
at the right hand of the Father, he has also left himself here on earth
in the
‘wave’ form of the Holy Spirit.
I STILL DON’T
UNDERSTAND?
The Holy
Spirit is like the wind,
as Christ explains to Nicodemus, that comes and goes, as in a ‘wave’ –
sometimes soft, sometimes strong, sometimes high and sometimes low
(John 3:8).
In
mathematical terms this is similar
to the curves of an undulating sine wave.
The Holy
Spirit is God and Jesus is
God. Both are God. While Christ now sits on the right hand of God the
Father,
he permanently dwells in Christians in the form of the Holy Ghost.
IN SUMMARY:
Firstly, the
two natures of Christ are
reflected in his creation as graphite and diamond and
secondly,
the two natures of Christ himself, as both wave and
particle
light.
Of course, are
we to be surprised,
that Christ being the SECOND person of the Godhead would have TWO
forms in the earthly creation (diamond and graphite), while his person
also can
be described in TWO forms (wave and particle).
Truly, truly,
truly Dear Reader just
be amazed … AND WE CAN NEVER FIGURE IT OUT!
He stretcheth out the north
over the empty place, and hangeth the
earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds;
and the cloud is not rent under them. He holdeth back the face
of his
throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. He hath compassed the waters
with
bounds, until the day and night come to an end. The pillars of heaven
tremble
and are astonished at his reproof. He divideth the sea with his
power,
and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. By his spirit he hath
garnished the
heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. Lo, these are
parts of
his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder
of his
power who can understand? Job 26:7-14
O the depth of the
riches both of the wisdom and knowledge
of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past
finding out!
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his
counsellor? …
Romans 11:33-34
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Harley
Hitchcock
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