Opened Windows

     The idea that there are "windows" in Heaven to be opened and closed has significance. Let us examine a few.

• In Noah's time the "windows of heaven" were opened up for miraculous rainfall. (Gen 7:11).
• The "windows of heaven were stopped," and the flood waters ceased. (Gen 8:2).
• Noah "opened the window of the ark" to see the miraculous  regression of the flood waters. (Gen 8:5-7).
• Elisha commanded to the king if Israel to "open the window eastward" to shoot the arrow for Israel's deliverance from the Syrians.(2 Kings 13:16-18).
• "The windows from on high are open" for the destruction of the world (Isa 24:17-19).
• With Daniel's "window being open," he looked toward Jerusalem from his captivity and prayed (Dan 6:10).
• God told Israel that he had been robbed. He asked that tithes be brought to Him and he would "open the windows of heaven" to pour out abundant blessings (Mal 3:9-11).
• A lord said to Elisha, "If the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be," referring to the price of flour (2 Kings 7:1-3).

     The assumption is that a sluice or channel was opened and closed for heavenly things to influence the Earth. "The window of heaven" then operates as a celestial valve. That "window" always pertained to what would become Israel. Jewish tradition and writings propose that the floodwaters which emerged from beneath to flood the Earth came from below the surface through the abyss below the Foundation Stone in Jerusalem.  Thus, the Foundation Stone, if that is the case, is a :sluice" or "valve" which controlled the floodwaters.

Foundation Stone (Wikipedia)

     That same Foundation Stone is for entry into both Heaven above and Hell below. It may be the actual straight gate of which the Doctrine of Jesus allows entry (Mat 7:13). The Foundation Stone was originally huge and has been chipped away. As it covers the abyss to Hades, indeed that "gate" is wide, according to the same scripture.

    The author believes that the "key" to the abyss to the bottomless pit fits the hole in the Foundation Stone (Rev 20:1).

    The ark of Noah is symbolic of salvation. When he looked out, he saw a new creation. Thus, the window of Noah's ark is symbolic of viewing through a window into Heaven. I believe Noah saw Jesus there at the right hand of God because he had such great faith! 

     On Earth, the Foundation Stone seems to be the "window" as it is the cosmic axis between the heaven and the Earth. Genesis 1:1 refers to power generated from God making what seemed to be something from nothing. Indeed, what came from Heaven generated the Earth, and that was the Power of God. That same Stone seems to be the "window" from which Heaven came down!

     Jerusalem, actually means "foundation of peace." The Garden of Eden was the abode of peace, and the Foundation Stone is surely the place in the "midst of the Garden" where the Tree of Life stood (Gen 2:9). Of course the Foundation Stone is the Ornan's threshing floor which David bought to sta the plague from the people. That stone had power. It was surely the window (channel) to Heaven!

     Solomon built a temple to God on that stone, and beneath the Foundation Stone is the Holy of Holies. That was God's home of Earth, sort of a rest place where he communed with the high priest once a year. Heaven is God's "throne" and the Earth his "footstool" (Isa 66:1). The Foundation Stone seems to be the covering for that "footstool." In other words, that opaque stone was the window to God on Earth. 

     Not only did heaven come down to generate the Earth on the Foundation Stone, but at the end, the City of God - New Jerusalem - will come down again (Rev 21). There will be a re-genesis at that same spot as the genesis!

     As the Foundation Stone is a physical "window", there was also a "window" on Heaven's side.  Scripture calls it a "sea of glass" and is described thusly: "And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal" (Rev 4:6). That floor to the throne was transparent, and from below it was a transparent ceiling. For those who have victory over the Beast (Rev 15:2), it is a floor, but before they are in Heaven, they see God through that "window." The Light of God shines down through that "window" to persuade sinners of the truth, as is written, "Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light" (John 3:19a). 

     Of course the "light" that is shined through the window from Heaven is that only God can save (John 3:14). Truth is shined through the window of Heaven onto all men, but "Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil' (John 3:19b). Some just can't see the light because it is darkness to them.

     With the death of Jesus, the Foundation Stone lost its use. The curtain covering the Holy of Holies was torn, and people saw Heaven through a different "window." Jesus is the "window to Heaven" and the cross is its pointer. When Christians see the cross, they see into the Heaven - Jesus still sitting at the right hand of God! 

     Jews still fight for the opaque window of Heaven and are still in the dark. All the while they covet the Foundation Stone as the window to God, Christians not only see Heaven but many have used the cross as the Way for entry into Heaven. The water and  blood of Jesus was the sacrifice that flowed on the foundation of the Earth, but it also flowed upward as a sweet-smelling sacrifice. Calvary was always the Way to Heaven but the Jews built God a house on the Foundation Stone that he really didn't need. Why so? Because His Plan was for Jesus to be the window to Heaven!

     The Foundation Stone just as the "window to Heaven" represents judgment. The threshing floor itself did in Ornan's time. It opens wide as the gate to Hell where the offal from the good grain is disposed. As the cosmic axis, it is also the window to Heaven - the way of Israel, but the narrow Way is the cross; actually by the Tree of Life himself - Jesus. The open arms of Jesus, represented by the lintel (the horizontal bar) on the cross is inclusive - "Whosoever believeth." That bar represents "choice" of which the Threshing Stone is symbolic.
     What is that "Power" which flows through the window to Heaven - the Power that creates and the Power which saves? It is God's "goodness;" virtue flows through the window. It the beginning as things were "very good" his virtue generated the heaven and the Earth. When God became flesh virtue flowed directly from him and healed (Mark 5:30), again instantaneously just as in the beginning. Undoubtedly, Jesus himself is the window to Heaven, and before God became incarnate, the Word  (John 3) was the window! Oh, don't forget - God closes windows too!