There's also the Heavens. Obviously, the biblical writers weren't talking about some place up in the sky. Maybe they were referring to the twelve dimensions. Lots of traditions have twelve or thirteen Heavens or dimensions or realms. Also, there's the fact that God "spoke" the universe into being, which implies that the universe is in fact some type of energy wavelength. I think that's what they mean when they use the term hologram--that matter is really just a form of energy.
I believe a scenario like this is perhaps the most plausible. Our current worldview speaks in "science and technology", and those descriptors may very well be the best way we can comprehend what God is and does.
Something that I have always pondered was if Elijah's "Chariot of Fire" could have been an actual "technological craft" of sorts, or at least what we would consider one to be.
One could speculate that the current "UFO/Alien" understanding could be metaphysical beings... demons traveling in what we can only explain as "exotically propelled craft"... or Chariots of Fire.
Maybe we just have a new way of describing old, unexplainable phenomena that has been a part of our reality since time began. It would be wild to see how modern worldview thinking would have described Biblical events unfolding in the past.
It's all fun to imagine and try to wrap our Earthly heads around Heavenly realities.
Reminds me of the theory that a volcanic eruption caused all the plagues of Egypt. Goes right down the list starting with chemicals from the eruption turning water blood red all the way to certain deadly gasses caused by some eruptions floating around a foot and a half off the ground--perfectly level with the beds only firstborn sons of Egypt slept in. A naturalistic explanation doesn't preclude a supernatural cause. The important thing to remember is that naturalistic explanations offer only one dimension of understanding. Understanding something from one angle can be incredibly enlightening and useful, but can also be incredibly misleading.
There's also the Heavens. Obviously, the biblical writers weren't talking about some place up in the sky. Maybe they were referring to the twelve dimensions. Lots of traditions have twelve or thirteen Heavens or dimensions or realms. Also, there's the fact that God "spoke" the universe into being, which implies that the universe is in fact some type of energy wavelength. I think that's what they mean when they use the term hologram--that matter is really just a form of energy.
Psalm 68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens which were of old;
I believe a scenario like this is perhaps the most plausible. Our current worldview speaks in "science and technology", and those descriptors may very well be the best way we can comprehend what God is and does.
Something that I have always pondered was if Elijah's "Chariot of Fire" could have been an actual "technological craft" of sorts, or at least what we would consider one to be.
One could speculate that the current "UFO/Alien" understanding could be metaphysical beings... demons traveling in what we can only explain as "exotically propelled craft"... or Chariots of Fire.
Maybe we just have a new way of describing old, unexplainable phenomena that has been a part of our reality since time began. It would be wild to see how modern worldview thinking would have described Biblical events unfolding in the past.
It's all fun to imagine and try to wrap our Earthly heads around Heavenly realities.
Reminds me of the theory that a volcanic eruption caused all the plagues of Egypt. Goes right down the list starting with chemicals from the eruption turning water blood red all the way to certain deadly gasses caused by some eruptions floating around a foot and a half off the ground--perfectly level with the beds only firstborn sons of Egypt slept in. A naturalistic explanation doesn't preclude a supernatural cause. The important thing to remember is that naturalistic explanations offer only one dimension of understanding. Understanding something from one angle can be incredibly enlightening and useful, but can also be incredibly misleading.