Saturday, October 1, 2011

Math

 What does it mean to be infinite , in mathematics everything is defined- infinity cannot be defined. There are prime numbers , no cognitive or deductive science to explain infinity. Cognitive would conclude from hypothetical and deductive from known reasoning. In Genesis we see the Hebrew word "barah" which means to create out of nothing. We also see the Hebrew word "asah" which mean to create from existing materials. In mathematics it was originally thought about by early scholars the number "zero" , nil , nothing. How can you have something from nothing therefore how can there be a "zero" it is what the greatest minds of greek and other thinkers of the day pondered over. Yet without a "zero" nothing in math could be explained, algebra could not exist - so "zero" was needed. Is it so strange that God could create out of nothing "zero" an unexplained but needed phenomena.The scholars perceived if there is a zero, then there also is an infinity.

 Jesus said ' I am the Alpha and the Omega , the first and last.' This may seem a profound statement. In cognitive or deductive science is beyond understanding but then so was the "zero". A number that is needed to balance out the positive and negative. We cannot imagine infinity only that  scholars knew such a phenomena existed it is a number greater than any real number, an uncountable number. Jesus used the terms alpha and omega -first and last, to explain his existence in Revelations. Now - I have read the book of Revelations probably many times perhaps several in its entirety and still cannot comprehend it. I can honestly say at one point , I did not recognize it because it was so abstract. Then I realized it is one of the most amazing books. It takes us into another thought - the abstract thought.The concept of understanding complex relationships this is why Revelations is better left to an abstract mind.
 
 Perhaps the mind of an artist or someone gifted in that area. I unfortunately am not an artist or an abstract thinker. It is not something you can be be just because you want it. You either have that part of your brain turned on or not. I have always been an engineer when it comes to crunching real numbers it is my career. I do know that Jesus had a divine nature and it is said in Ecclesiastes God is beyond the understanding of even the wisest of men. He may someday reveal what Revelations is about and for now I am content with living in the present and not knowing. Patience is the key to understanding, at this point still waiting.









 






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