oyqr, רקיע

firmament, expanse; heaven;
canopy; vault.

The messiah r is ordained q to share y his vision o. His spiritual separation q and humility y make him attentive o to the beauty r of holiness q. He receives y illumination o directly r from on high q, and he shares y his understandings o throughout the Kingdom r of Names q.

Captivated o by his presence r despite the dark veil q imposed y by our hungers o, we honor r his sanctity q. We are able y to overcome o by shouldering r his mantle q and adopting y his composure o; and our reward r is the Kingdom of Heaven q, with its many blessings y and its abundant treasures o.

Gematria 380 pc: Chewed up c, swallowed p,

Ordinal 65 hs: digested s by life h:

Checksum: our mortal souls b (2 b) find relief y in principles a (11 ay) that guide l us in our relationships j (38 jl).

Afraid n of our longings w (56 wn) and worried s about living lives h (65 hs) of profligacy p on pathways g (83 gp) of destruction c, we are at a loss about what to do. We confess the shame p (380 pc) of allowing p ourselves to stumble g (83 gp).

Answering with support, the guardian of the Tree of Life s refreshes h (65 hs) the brethren n, restoring balance w (56 wn); and the Ancient One l of Torah j (38 jl) touches y us all with divine fire a (11 ay), ministering to our souls and repairing our bodies b (2 b).

The firmament is the temporal field of demarcation between the spheres of heaven and earth, and its expanses are expressions of the godhead that became manifested with the words, “Let there be,” as did the firmament itself. From the beginning, its functions and operations are intricately intertwined, but the differences are of great importance.

It is said that the trunk of the Tree of Life is in heaven, and that its branches reach every corner of earth, and it is so; forthe Tree’s trunk is the vaultof the firmament, whichstretches between the temporal realm’s immortal and mortal spheres.

Were it not for this central pillar of creation, the cosmos would sprawl without direction or objective and, arguably, without purpose. Mindless chaos would prevail.

The Life Tree drinks of the Living Waters of the eternal, sustaining life in the immortal sphere of heaven and supporting life in its cousin, the mortal sphere of earth. Its sap is the flow of thought within Sons of Man.

On earth, masses of water and banks of clouds are kindred expanses. Acting as catalyst, the spirit warms concepts pooling within lower expanses and returns them to the mind as thought. When the moisture becomes too dense for the clouds to support, it rains upon the earth as ideas.

Earth’s firmament, then, is likened to an invisible dynamic that operates between mirrored expanses. Within the system, the expanses and the firmament are components of the same ecosystem.

Without the atmospheric currents of the firmament, the waters of earth would remain pooled in a closed system. With no way of shedding pollutants, earth’s waters would be susceptible to stagnation.

Firmament and expanse oyqr: they are the same word, when written in Hebrew. The difference between them is one of interpretation: to one belongs the dream; to another, the sense of it.

When we stand in thought before a large body of water or beneath a sky heavy with clouds, thoughts take on the color of their context. We are pervaded by the system we observe, and our minds take measurements of all that is about us, acting alternately as both firmament and expanse.

Image and likeness, all are one. If we drink the Living Waters of conceptualization, or if we simply replenish the moisture within our physical bodies, we are captive to the mystery of firmament and expanse, even as the clouds within the sky rain down their waters upon our heads.

The laws of creation are not linear, but circular: wheels turn within wheels as firmaments stir expanses. There are natural systems that are highly structured, but I can think of none that is strictly closed. Change is a constant.

The soul is a garment, an envelop. The immortal angels are cloven tongues of fire that pool in the expanse of heaven. They migrate to earth within a cord of spirit, where they incarnate within mortal souls that share in the expanse of humanity. The firmament is the column of spirit that unites and sustains us all.

We commute to earth to participate in the generation of messiah. Our mortal souls are as the work clothes we wear as we incubate the seed of immortality we received of the eternal father. Shall he not bring immortal souls to their birth?

Born as natural man, our work clothes are clean; for mortal souls are as rocks against which we have yet to raise our tools. We are to make no graven image. Our vision is dim; and our well-intended, but clumsy use of hammer and chisel will be apparent in the distortions we inflict as we try to sculpt our mortal souls.

The mortal soul is clean at birth because its angel is purged in heaven’s Lake of Fire before incarnation, so that the new soul can make good headway in its service to the Kingdom of Names. Coordination between the immortal angel and the mortal soul hides within the firmament of eternal spirit.

Because the mortal soul is not the core being, it has no history prior to natural birth, no memory of previous lives. If a man claims to have been this or that in an earlier life, however, he may be partly right; for memory is an angelic feature. When we dream or meditate, the soul’s grip on consciousness relaxes, and such angelic realities become more accessible.

At key moments in the cycles of being, pivotal memories can break through barriers within consciousness. As the angelic mind—the spiritual mind—gains dominance, sleeping or waking, we experience a sense of traveling within a spiritual firmament. This sensation is a foretaste of kundalini, a tacit concern of the messages to the Churches of Asia.

Exchanges between the carnal mind and the spiritual mind can be very subtle. Without discipline, such moments are usually fleeting; and it’s no easy matter recalling the thought that triggered an exchange.

In the experience of deja vu, our minds attempt to establish simultaneous understandings in the earthly and the heavenly spheres of the temporal. This is not easy; but it’s possible, as claimed by seers of all faiths. Y’shua was a master.

The parted-hoof mindset is desirable, but not if it becomes a personal goal; for it is written, “You shall have no other before me.” It’s more than enough for the servant to be as his lord; for if serving the spirit of holiness is the most important thing in a man’s life, all other good things will be added because he made love of the father the paramount focus in his life.

The Teacher of Righteousness who baptized in Yardan during the days of the gospels was not the mortal hyla Elias, a name that’s also written as whyla. The baptist said he was not that mortal, but that he had come as the mortal soul nnjwhy Yahuchanan.

Neither was John the mortal soul of that prophet, who had died the second death. He was of the spirit of that prophet, but he came to the gospel age as a man named “John.” His real name, however, is hidden with HaShem to this day.

While administering the Jewish rite of baptism without authority to do so, in the opinion of the Sanhedrin of Jerusalem, John the Baptist was challenged about his standing because he was undermining the authority of the priests and costing the temple money. Further, his claim to have been sent to eliminate confusion about the coming of messiah was a direct challenge to tradition, by which trappings religious leaders hold power.

His ministry was reminiscent of the battle in the era-ending confrontation between Eliyahu and the idol shepherds Ahab and Jezebel; for Yahuchanan’s dress and habits telegraphed the sense that he was presenting himself to the age as a sacrificial bull under the open-air altar of the heavens. His examiners therefore determined to discredit his standing in the eyes of the public.

To that end, they had asked if he claimed to be Elijah. The mortal soul named John answered truthfully when he answered, “No.” And so they pressed him, asking bluntly whether he was “that prophet.” Again, the answer was “No.”

Not even the mortal AL-Yah was “that prophet”; for there is only one  prophet, the spirit of HaShem myhla hwhy. The messenger that came to
earth as Eliyahu in the days of Jezreel would not have claimed to be “that prophet”; for it is enough that the servant can be as his lord.

When the inquisitors asked for answers they could deliver to those who had sent them, John confessed that he was sent as a spokesman charged with conveying the words of the prophet Y’shayah, and that it was his duty to contribute to their fulfillment.

We are angels sent from heaven to live and die as men. Physical bodies are the outer garments, and mortal souls are the inner garments that clothe our angels; and the spirit of HaShem is the unity in which we live and move and have our being. Parents name our garments, but they are unable to name who we presently are. Neither do we have knowledge of true names, either of our parents or of ourselves.

We’re angelic worms of heavenly fire strung within firmaments that stretch from the eternal and continue unto the everlasting. By the divine cord of the father’s spirit, we are tethered to our bodies, asleep in our cocoons.

Our presence on earth is of greater importance than our situations; for as we mature and are correctly joined together with others who awaken, we will fill the chambers of the House of David, whose foundations are the Temple of la and whose cornerstone is the projection of YHWH Elohim in the likeness of owcwhy Yahushua, the angel of HaShem’s presence.

Yahushua, the Shout of HaShem’s victory over death, is our victory as well. We were buried as caterpillars but shall arise like butterflies, breaking from our cocoons to join him as he is.

At the Names of spiritual Yahushua HaMashiyach and of Y’shua, his anointed, every knee will bow; for all are One. We stand within Yahushua, along with Yahuchanan and Y’shua, offering ourselves as willing sacrifices within the wilderness of Shomron.

In the room of HaMashiyach, we are reconciled to the father as we unite as One. We are redeemed as we extend our hands to blind souls who tripped and fell among thieves. We earn reward as we contribute to restoration of their health.

Living not as men but as Sons of Man, walls of separation are broken down; and we can see God’s angels ascending and descending within saints and sinners, alike. Ascension is listed first; for each rung of heaven’s ladder is a plateau. As we are permitted to climb, we are helped from above.

Seeing with messiah’s eyes as we rise, we behold the faces of HaShem in the faces of brothers and sisters; for every one of us carries Elohim myhla within us as ImmanuAL, the holy spark that transformed mda, the first Adam, making of him the living soul called God’s Son.

The second Adam both renewed and magnified the divine spark a in man’s blood md, overcoming the mortal obstructions within Edom mwda, which is the paradigm of natural man, the husk of our becoming.

HaShem enlarges our hearts, as we prepare to shed the carapace of mortality for the immortal bodies of the celestial realm. In the clarity of life everlasting, we will see him as he is; and we will be overtaken with joy as we measure the divine face upon our immortal faces.