So much beauty. It's really good to be on this tiny ball with only 90% deadly regions, instead of the 99.99999999999% of deadly space + stars + planets. Thank God for the universal constants to be 0.0000000001% pro-life.
It all seems kinda moot tho when the Gospel authors themselves thought Jesus floated up into the sky and through the firmament into Heaven. They thought Heaven was literally up, not just metaphorically.
The apostles wrote down what they saw: Christ ascending, but there's clearly symbolism in what happened and how it occurred. The ascension account in the bible is the way it is because it's characterised as the ritual enthronement of Christ as King / ruler of all (check out the Icons of the ascension). You could also make a connection with this and the tradition of Petrosomatoglyph found across the world. It's clear the Jewish people (and therefore the apostles) understood God as not being bound by time and space, and heaven as being where God is. The ascension account doesn't change that, rather, points to the reconciliation of both, and the authors of the account reaffirm symbolically that Christ is the creator / ruler of both.
My point wasn't that the ancients knew 21st-century cosmology. What I was trying to say was that, regardless of their beliefs about the physical universe, what the authors were trying to get across was a theological idea. To the apostles, the meaning of what they saw at the ascension was the enthronement of Christ. This is how the church has understood it, too (e.g. the Icons of ascension!). The purpose of the text isn't to affirm bronze age cosmology, but rather affirm a theological point they thought was being revealed to them through this event.
Every time I look up I see things that make me believe in God. Thank you for sharing
WOW!!!!
Glory to God in the highest!!
Great presentation that indeed inspires wonder! Psalm 19 on digital display.
Please dear God , no pop quiz 😮 . This was astoundingly gorgeous and provocative. Thanks so much .
So much beauty. It's really good to be on this tiny ball with only 90% deadly regions, instead of the 99.99999999999% of deadly space + stars + planets. Thank God for the universal constants to be 0.0000000001% pro-life.
I very much enjoyed this! Thank you for the talk and thought provoking conversation.
Praise the Lord
Supposedly, there’s recent evidence that Betelgeuse might go supernova this century (as in, the light of the supernova will reach us this century).
This is the amateur astronomers dream
Betelgeuse could go supernova this year or it might not be for thousands of years.
@@michaelhaywood8262 Recent observations suggest it’ll be relatively soon.
It all seems kinda moot tho when the Gospel authors themselves thought Jesus floated up into the sky and through the firmament into Heaven. They thought Heaven was literally up, not just metaphorically.
The apostles wrote down what they saw: Christ ascending, but there's clearly symbolism in what happened and how it occurred. The ascension account in the bible is the way it is because it's characterised as the ritual enthronement of Christ as
King / ruler of all (check out the Icons of the ascension). You could also make a connection with this and the tradition of Petrosomatoglyph found across the world. It's clear the Jewish people (and therefore the apostles) understood God as not being bound by time and space, and heaven as being where God is. The ascension account doesn't change that, rather, points to the reconciliation of both, and the authors of the account reaffirm symbolically that Christ is the creator / ruler of both.
@@NGregrk you seem to be unfamiliar with the cosmology of the time
My point wasn't that the ancients knew 21st-century cosmology. What I was trying to say was that, regardless of their beliefs about the physical universe, what the authors were trying to get across was a theological idea. To the apostles, the meaning of what they saw at the ascension was the enthronement of Christ. This is how the church has understood it, too (e.g. the Icons of ascension!). The purpose of the text isn't to affirm bronze age cosmology, but rather affirm a theological point they thought was being revealed to them through this event.
I bet people were hungry .
Was this a meal presentation. Sounds like someone was collecting silverware. VERY distraction!