And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages (Israel); I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. (Ezekiel 28:11-12)(Buddha went into a dark cave and contemplated his navel. I went into the Light and studied the navel of the world. What is the significance of the navel? Think on that, then read on. I have thought about this for several years. Now I attempt to write about the earth's belly button.)
"In the midst of the land" can also be translated as "the navel of the world" ('tabbuwr erets). from the Hebrew. I kidded the other day, "Did Adam have a belly button?" I can't answer that question for sure, but the earth does have one!
What is a navel? It is the location of the focal point of life. It's the location where the umbilical cord was once attached. The "cord arising from the navel that connects the fetus with the placenta and through which respiratory gases, nutrients, and wastes pass." or "a necessary, supportive, or nurturing link or connection" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). Thus the navel is a location, not a remnant. It would seem that Adam did have a belly button but never a physical umbilical cord because the nutrients that he need were only spiritual. God's Holy Ghost was Adam's umbilical cord, and it was located at the middle of his abdomen - his navel. (Eve was taken from the curve of Adam's side. Perhaps she was taken from Adam's navel. The "rib" is merely a translation)
As with Adam, the umbilical cord of the world was located at Israel - the abdomen of the world whose middle was the navel of the world as can be seen from the passage above. Just as the Holy Spirit was Adam's umbilical cord, "He" was also Israel's. Adam was God's chosen person and Israel was God's chosen people (Deut 7:6). They were "special people" because God chose them. Those special people had a navel as well. It was at the navel of Israel.
What happened at the navel of the world? What is still housed there that makes it so special? Inside the Dome of the Rock is the foundation stone. It is believed to be the very rock from which the earth was born, and the exact location from where Adam's dust was taken to create him! Remember what God said? Speaking to Adam, God said:
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen 3:19).Adam came from the dust and he was to return to it. That location is not just anywhere; it surely is the navel of the world. The premise of my book, The Skull of Adam is that Adam is buried at Calvary (Golgotha - "the place of the skull"). The Jewish people believe that Adam was created at the navel of the world and is buried there as well, his dust returning from which it came. Have you ever thought about this: Adam was created at the foundation stone and is buried on the rock at Calvary. Ironically, like Jesus, Adam is associated with rock.
The foundation stone is said to cover the Holy of Holies - the very location of the presence of God in patriarchal times. Not far away and within view is Christians' Holy of Holies - the rock of Calvary. Jews were the "special people" and Christians God's "peculiar people" (1 Pet 2:9). The life-line of Judeo-Christianity is at the navel of the world, and at that very location it became the life-line of everyone:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
Calvary provided life to the world. Surely that rock is the belly button of the world! What happened there wasn't truly death, but eternal life for "whosoever believeth." I don't believe in coincidence or fate. I believe God planned that life begin at the navel of the world, and that rebirth begin there as well! "Whosoever" can be born gain there, not physically but spiritually.
Many people desire burial at the Mount of Olives Cemetery. Why do that? Because they believe that as the navel of the world. They want to be near the access to Heaven when they are taken to Heaven:
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (Ecc 12:7)Just as Adam returned to his place of origin for the return to Paradise, "whosoever believeth in Him" shall as well. God gave his Spirit to Adam at the belly button of the world, Adam's dust returned there, and it appears that the dust of Christians will as well! Perhaps Israel is the location of the rapture. Jesus ascended into Heaven from there. Jesus ascended into Heaven from the Mount of Olives at Bethany. (Luke 24:50-51). No wonder people want to be buried there: it's near the entryway to the Garden Paradise!
Israel is the location of the "cord" to Heaven. Indeed, it is the location of Jacob's ladder - Mount Moriah, ironically the place of the foundation stone!
"12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel." (Gen 28)It seems that Jacob's ladder is the umbilical cord for the glorified body - that which Christians shall have in their return to Paradise. Note that I often refer to Heaven as "Paradise" or the "Garden Paradise". Biblical evidence and Jewish sacred literature indicate that Jerusalem is the Garden of Eden and the Jordan the River of the Garden (naral al Yarden). For the foundation stone to be so, it must have been in Paradise - right there in the midst of the Garden.
Not only did Jacob dream of that spiritual "umbilical cord" but Jesus validated it:
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. (John 1:51)"Upon the Son of man", of course, refers to Jesus. How can one ascend upon Jesus? Jesus is the Way to Heaven:
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)Jesus, readers, is Jacob's ladder and ours. It was at the navel of the world that Jesus's Purpose occurred - he died at the naval of the world for "whosoever believeth in Him" shall enter Paradise!
Christians shall ascend into Heaven the same way Jesus did. Perhaps, we will ascend at Bethany as well! Jesus ascended at Bethany which etymology is "house of figs". Perhaps that is the very place Adam and even attempted to cover their shame with fig leaves but Jesus used the flesh of the first dying animal, representing his own crucifixion. The ram was taken on Mt. Moriah where God supplied Abraham, right at the navel of the world (Gen 22:13)!
Jesus ascended to Heaven at the "navel" as well. Perhaps at the snatching up of Christians - the rapture - is the place all the dead in Christ and those who love him are taken into Heaven - our return to Paradise.
"Up" is different directions at different places due to the "circle of the earth" (Isa 40:22). To ascend unto Heaven seems to require a specific place. I believe that Christians, living and those "returned to the dust" will be gathered at Jacob's ladder. They will ascend where Christ ascended and the same place his Ghost descended which is Jerusalem - "the foundation of the world".
The foundation stone covers an abyss which has never been explored. It is believed is the access to the center of the earth which is Hell. The foundation stone was Ornan's (Aaron's) threshing floor. That "threshing" place seems to be the judgment seat where the good grain is separated from the chaff. The offal will be winnowed into the bottomless pit at the navel of the world for burning. The good grain will be winnowed into Heaven by the umbilical cord which is Jacob's ladder.
There is also physical evidence that Israel is the navel of the world. The sea is called Mediterranean because before the flood it was the "center of the earth" as the name means. Pangea was the firmament described in Gen 1:1 (heaven and the earth). It was the single land mass before the flood. (I have written on Pangea before.) In order to refit the pieces of the puzzles, the land mass before the flood and continental drift, geologist have created maps of Pangea. The continents in many models show that they rotated around the Mediterranean Sea and expanded outward spherically from there. That rotation resemble the human navel! Is it any wonder that they rotated around the foundation stone? Is it any wonder that Israel is the navel of the world?
Why can't archeologists find the Garden of Eden? Because it's not the same geography as in the beginning. The lands were separated at the time of the flood, and although the Garden is still at it's foundation, the City of Jerusalem - the foundation of peace - covers the foundation of the world!
A clue to that was Melchizedek:
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. Heb 7:1-4).We think of Melchizedek as the King of Salem or Jerusalem. Melchizedek means "king of righteousness". That is not King of Jerusalem which I believe has become the harlot Babylon. Melchizedek is the appearance of God whom we call Jesus! As King of Peace, he fits the description from Luke 2:14 "peace on earth" which is God manifested on earth.
Spiritually speaking, Israel is indeed the navel of the world and the life-line into Heaven. Unfortunately, it is also the wide gate to destruction. The foundation stone is the "decision stone". Just as Adam made a choice right there, so do we? Do we choose re-genesis (regeneration) or is it the death of which God warned Adam? The foundation stone is Jesus Christ. He was the cornerstone for creation and re-creation. Jesus is the Datum on which the world was founded, in agreement with John chapter 1. The world was planned in the beginning compassing Jesus. The focal point of Jesus is at the navel of the world.
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