1. My thoughts on the Book of Enoch have changed. While previously I thought
the first 16 chapters should be accepted as inspired and added to canon, I no
longer think that. While I apparently ignored the full implications of "3000
ells" (300 ft.) as the size of the Nephilim giants the first time around (but
noting that perhaps 300 ells or 30 ft. was how the original manuscript read), I
later felt a nudge from God that my note of this likely error should not be
ignored and I was not seeing the full significance of it.
The full trustworthiness of the Word of God, in all areas of life and in all
ways, is too important to advocate adding even the smallest error to accepted
canonical books - which are without flaw in their original writings. Also, it is
not proper or scholarly handling of the Bible to make assumptions as to what the
original manuscript read and change 3000 to 300 ells, either. And it was this
narrow-sighted and incorrect direction I was going in.
If an original, or earlier dated manuscript, of 1st Enoch the Book of the
Watchers was to be found, perhaps of just chapters 1-16, perhaps existing in
some cave somewhere, in which the height of ells was in keeping with the
Biblical height of giants (9-15 ft.) or the matter was not specified, then
perhaps the matter could be reconsidered. But not now.
By the promptings of several people, who advised that arguing the historical
accuracy of Enoch, while not the inspiration, is what I should be arguing if
anything, I came to reconsider the matter, and my mind was changed to see that
this was not only a viable option (which I had not been able to see clearly
before), but also a better way to go.
As such there have been noticeable changes made to the first 2 chapters
especially, and chapters 3 and 4, and minor modifications throughout the book.
If you see something not in line with this, as I am my own editor, please feel
free to let me know of anything I may have missed.
2. The Physics-related chapters:
In this book I am trying to cover the topic of how the spiritual realm can
manifest into the physical realm, in a detailed way, and from the angle of using
modern physics and science theories. Despite changing to much rather different
verbiage that I feel is more comprehensible than the original book, only 1
concept has actually changed.
This would be the use of CTC wormholes connecting fallen angels' bodies with the
physical realm.
In the original book, I made the argument that a CTC wormhole could be used to
explain how attacks by fallen angels can seem to take hours when they only last
for minutes in objective time. This was intrinsically tied to the idea that
fallen angels bodies were akin to spacetime bubbles detached from (but able to
attach to at will) the main space-time that we know... in short that a fallen
angel was created with a living body akin to a baby universe. And this was also
the method I used to explain what I was calling "Holodeck" attacks, that a
person "taken up" (going through a CTC wormhole) into the fallen angels' body,
could then interact with a pocket physical world generated by the fallen angel -
in it's body - to cover how it is that some apparition experiences seem
completely physically real to the bodily senses - and one way how injuries could
be caused during such experiences.
I would like to note I was Not arguing that CTC wormholes could be used across
the main space-time we know, but rather between main space-time and a pocket
bubble of separate space-time (fallen angel's body). I was basing these theories
off of a handful of books, mainly one by Kip Thorne, which unbeknownst to me had
become outdated in this area of CTC wormholes.
In later and further research, covering many more and more recently published
science books, I came to realize there was now a consensus view among top
scientists that CTC wormholes are impossible. Though I had read some
arguments along these lines previously, they had not yet been accepted as a
consensus view.
With more studying, I came to understand that my previous explanations were
incorrect.
In detail - CTC wormholes would be destroyed before they could be said to exist
for any purpose - because electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations (EVF) would
build-up at the wormhole throat and destroy it if it tried to exist, so quickly
it could not be said to exist at all.
Along the same lines, as this information has many implications, there are
problems inherent in a human body transversing a CTC wormhole, which I did not
previously recognize.
Because a CTC wormhole causes time to be mixed up in all directions, even the
slightest amount of electromagnetic fluctuations will loop over and over and
over again, producing a dramatic build-up and amplifying effect, which destroys
the wormhole before it begins...
The human body itself gives off electromagnetic energy. This is a proven
fact. (For one article on this, of many, go here:
http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/photographing_the_glow_of_the_human_body.php)
The electromagnetic energy naturally given off by the human body - however small
it is - in a CTC wormhole travel scenario, seems like it would amplify in a
near-infinite loop, and would also destroy the wormhole before it began.
The fact of the human body itself giving off electromagnetic radiation it seems
is a flaw fatal to any theory of a human being transversing a CTC wormhole.
Before posting these changes, I have tried to think of any ways around this
electromagnetic buildup problem, and today I feel God has led me to this verse
in the Bible, and I think the point is that getting around this problem would
require fallen angels to be able to violate Is 43:13
"Even from eternity I am He, And there is none who can
deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?"
The word here for "act" is #6466 and means "to make" or "to do" or "to
fabricate".
The word for "reverse it" is #7725 meaning "reverse or revoke".
Sparing you the details of my theoretical mental acrobats attempting to kick
against the pricks, anything I can think of that would fix this problem, would
require for fallen angels to be able to un-create what God has created, reverse
what God has made, and in doing so would violate this verse. So I no longer
believe
fallen angels can make CTC wormholes.
And then, I also think God led me to this verse of Is 44:24
"Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed
you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out
the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone,"
NASB
"Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, And He who formed you
from the womb: "I am the LORD, who makes all things, Who stretches out the
heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;"
NKJV
"Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed
thee from the womb, I [am] the LORD that maketh all [things]; that stretcheth
forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself"
KJV
"stretcheth the heavens alone" in the
Septuagint "alone" is "monos" #3441 which means Alone.
The word here for "stretcheth" is "natah", which also means "bowed" or "bend
down", as in to stretch or bow the heavens. I have seen where people have tried
to use this word "natah" to show the existence of the use of wormholes in the
Bible.
I am not saying for sure that is or is not what this verse means, or is the only
single interpretation of this verse possible.
But I will say, that this verse says that the Lord God Alone - God and only God
- can do this - can "bow down" the heavens. If this word "natah" refers to
wormholes, then only God Himself can make them. While God might do this for a
Holy angel to use, surely the Lord would lend no such assistance to a fallen
angel.
All in all, I no longer believe that fallen angels can generate or use CTC
wormholes.
So I have been wrong, wrong, and wrong.
That being said,
I have had a question I have been holding inside myself, wondering why it was
that I was so sure I felt previously that God had pointed me, by His Holy
Spirit, in the direction of researching CTC wormholes towards explaining how
fallen angels do what they do. I really have no doubt that He did.
I think I have an answer to this lingering question - God pointed me in a
direction of study He wanted me to go and look into - but I, "through a glass
darkly" was the one that assumed this meant that CTC wormholes were the correct
answer. In fact, it seems clear to me now that the nudge by God in this
direction of study was not to prove CTC wormholes were the correct answer, but
rather through studying this theory - that I could come to see it's flaws and
show that it is NOT the correct answer - not only that, but be able to gain
understanding as to WHY it is incorrect.
And.... as I have come to accept this conclusion, I feel I have been
receiving guidance from the Holy Spirit towards a better way, and more Biblical
way, towards explaining in modern physics terminology what is experienced by
people during fallen angel attacks, and the demonstrated abilities of angels
from what is recorded of angelic accounts in the Bible.
In short, I am very excited about the new theories in this new revision.
I won't say all the kinks have been worked out yet - or that they ever all will
be - but overall I think the theories and research have been greatly improved
and are far more correct.
The task of using modern science models as a way to describe these things may
be one of indefinitely having to make changes and update explanations - for the
reason of, and in so much as it holds true, that science is supposed to a
continuing process of human learning and reaching better understanding of the
universe that God created - an infinitely wondrous and intricately complex world
- which we will most likely never come to understand everything about, at least
not near as well as our Creator. Science changes as we learn more that requires
changes be made in our understanding - and it's normal for it to change. And I
just try to keep up with the field of science as much as I can. Science is a
process all about trying to understand better and better the Amazing works of
the Creator - in His infinite Wisdom and Knowledge - and I think we never will
do more than Try to understand all that He knows - in this life and the next.
Some of the explanations in this book are now more biological in nature, and
also the concept of "imaginary time", as popularized by Stephen Hawking, has
been introduced, along with much more detail on quantum physics and
extra-dimensional theories. You can read these revisions mainly in chapters 6-8,
or they are in the
book of my lecture also, all online to read.
Also, I want to apologize to you for being so far off-track in the original
book. I am sorry. And for getting it wrong, that I do apologize, and am
sincerely sorry. The preface of my book was and still
is mainly on asking the reader to pray to God for discernment in reading my book
- as I truly and sincerely do not wish to harm anyone through false teaching.
I only do all this because I feel I am called to by
God, to try to help people.
I feel bad about this, for all you readers, and also for those that bought
the original edition. I took the entire site down for 2 weeks in September while
making the major revisions, to make them, but it is all back now. The new
revision is online to read, for online readers.
Although I cannot, I really wish I could offer to replace the paperback books I
have sold of the original version, with the new updated version. I simply cannot
afford to make such an offer. I really wish I could.
What I can do for anyone (who bought or has) an old version of the paperback, is
I can give you a promotional code for my Createspace E-store to use, which would
allow you to get the book at production cost (plus shipping), with no royalty to
me.
That is what I Can do. If that applies to you, please do email me and I will
send you a promotional code.
And as always, the book is
online free to read.
Sincerely,
Paradox Brown