Copycat Philosophy

Solomon's Temple

It was how big?

• 2 Chronicles 3:3-15 "The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: … The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: … Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits."
• 1 Kings 6:2 "And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits."
• 2 Kings 25:17 "The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; … "

That's only about 90 feet long by 30 feet wide by 45 feet high (though The Testament Of Solomon gives the foundations as being 250 cubits long, or about 375 feet), the cherubim (not flying babies sans gender, but winged sphinxes) had a wingspan of 30 feet, and the pillars & chapters came to 60 feet.

The dimensions as given are in a ratio of 6:2:3 (strangely narrow for its height), with the pillars & chapters being 4, but some people have tried to read into this simple series the existence of φ, the Golden Ratio. The number is derived from (sqrt(5)+1)/2 or 2cos(π/5), and is approximately 1.61803398875. This number has many interesting features (for example 1/φ = φ-1, & φ² = φ+1), and it exists in many buildings and geometrical patterns (most notably the pentagram, whose angles of 36°, 72°, & 108° are in the proportions of 1:2:3), and although a full ratio of 1618:1000 is a bit unwieldy, it reduces with minimal rounding to 8:5.

It was built by how many? (Solomon also had the use of many powerful demons)

• 2 Chronicles 23: 3-4 " … and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand … twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges." 38,000 workers, of which 24,000 worked directly on the building, whilst 6,000 were overseers, but that only makes 30,000 people, so what about the other 8,000? Or, the numbers were 8,030 workers, of which 4,020 were on the building, but if there were still 6,000 overseers, where did the extra 1,990 come from?
• 1 Kings 5:13-16 "And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. … And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work." 30,000 men, of which 10,060 were porters, 1080 were masons, and 3,300 were overseers, leaving 15,560 unaccounted.

Whichever way you look at it, that is a ridiculous amount of manpower for a building that's only 90 by 30 by 45 feet.

It was it made from what?

• 1 Chronicles 22:14-16 " … an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; … Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. … "
• 2 Chronicles 3:3-5:1 " … he overlaid it within with pure gold. … he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; … and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. … two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. … And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. … he made an altar of brass, … under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: … Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. It stood upon twelve oxen, … and held three thousand baths. … he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, … He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, … And he made an hundred basons of gold. … overlaid the doors of them with brass. … of bright brass. … all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. … the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set; Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. … and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God."
• 2 Kings 25:13-17 "And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, … and the brasen sea … carried the brass of them to Babylon. … and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, … and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, … the brass of all these vessels was without weight. … the chapiter upon it was brass: … upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work."

It took how long to build?

• 1 Kings 6:38 " … So was he seven years in building it."

They consumed how much food?

• Chronicles 7:5-8 " … a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep … Solomon kept the feast seven days, " That's over 131 oxen and 714 sheep sacrificed per hour, or 14 per minute.

However, despite all this effort and expense, it soon needed repairing :

• 2 Chronicles 24:4-14 " … repair the house of the Lord. … and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord. So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. … even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver."
• 2 Kings 12:5-14 " … and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash … Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? … and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord, And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, … the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord."

The Twelve Tribes

Melchizedek / Melchisedec / Adonizedek

Melchizedek is a title rather than a name, and formed from Melech ("King") & Tsedek ("Righteousness"), so calling him "King Of Righteousness" [Hebrews 7:2] merely translates his title; he was also known as the King Of Salem (Peace).

As the eternal priest of El Eljon (God most high / most high God), he was used both as a means of prophesying Jesus (who was himself made a high priest "for ever after the order of Melchisedec") where God says "But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; … " [Malachi 4:2], and of embodying him before his birth via Mary, when he became human and relinquished his immortality.

• Genesis 14:18 "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God."
• Hebrews 5:6-10 " … Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. … Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec."
• Hebrews 6:20 " … even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."
• Hebrews 7:1-28 "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. … when Melchisedec met him. If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? … And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. … The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec: … But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. … For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore."
• Ignatius To The Philadelphians 4 " … May I have pleasure in your purity, as that of Elijah, or as of Joshua the son of Nun, as of Melchizedek, or as of Elisha, … "
• Jasher 16:11-12 "And Adonizedek king of Jerusalem, the same was Shem, went out with his men to meet Abram and his people, with bread and wine, and they remained together in the valley of Melech. And Adonizedek blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tenth from all that he had brought from the spoil of his enemies, for Adonizedek was a priest before God."
• Jasher 88:55 "And when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem heard all that the children of Israel had done to Jericho and to Ai, … "
• Melchizedek " … O Melchizedek, Holy One, High-Priest, the perfect hope and the gifts of life. Abel, Enoch, Noah, […] you, Melchizedek, the Priest of God Most High, And immediately, I arose, I, Melchizedek, and I began to For I have a name: I am Melchizedek, the Priest of God Most High; I know that it is I who am truly the image of the true High-Priest of God Most High, … Melchizedek, Priest of God Most High … They said to me, 'Be strong, O Melchizedek, great High-priest of God Most High, for the archons, who are your enemies, made war; (but) you have prevailed over them, and they did not prevail over you, and you endured, and you destroyed your enemies.' … " […] indicates a lacuna rather than an omission for brevity.
• Psalms 110:4 "The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek."
• Pistis Sophia 25 " … And when the time of the number of Melchisedec, the great Receiver of the Light, came, he was wont to come into the midst of the æons and of all the rulers … And Melchisedec, the Receiver of the Light; purifieth those powers and carrieth their light into the Treasury of the Light, … until they hand it over to the receivers of Melchisedec, the Light-purifier. "
• Pistis Sophia 26 " … and when the number of the cipher of Melchisedec, the Receiver [of the Light], happened, then had he to come out again and enter into the midst of the rulers of all the æons … And Melchisedec, the Receiver of the Light, purifieth them, as he doth continually; he carrieth their light into the Treasury of the Light. … "
• Pistis Sophia 86 " … For in sooth Yew and the guard of the region of those of the Right and Melchisedec, the great receiver of the Light, … the pure and utterly purified light of the third and fourth Trees of the Treasury of the Light; Melchisedec again hath come forth out of the fifth Tree; …"
• Pistis Sophia 112 "And moreover the receivers of the Light hand it over to the great Sabaoth, the Good, … And Sabaoth, the Great and Good, sealeth it with his seals. … They all seal it with their seals; and Melchisedec, the great Receiver of the Light who is in the region of those of the Right, sealeth that soul and all the receivers of Melchisedec … "
• Pistis Sophia 128 " … The receivers of Melchisedec will with haste snatch it away, whether the dragon let it go or it is in the judgments of the rulers; in a word, the receivers of Melchisedec will snatch it away out of all the regions in which it is, … "
• Pistis Sophia 129 " … But the receivers of Melchisedec follow them and lead them before the Virgin of Light. … "
• Pistis Sophia 131 " … then Melchisedec taketh it up from the rulers. … the great Receiver of the Light, taketh it … "
• Pistis Sophia 139 " … gods and powers who have arisen out of the matter of the Light of the Treasury, and Zorokothora Melchisedec is the envoy to all the lights which are purified in the rulers, … and that Zorokothora Melchisedec carrieth away the purification of the lights … Zorokothora Melchisedec carrieth off the lights and leadeth them unto the gate … "
• Pistis Sophia 140 " … then the veils which are between those of the Right and those of the Left draw themselves aside and Zorokothora Melchisedec looketh out of the height; … "

Clothing & Money

• Do not wear clothes made from different fibres
  • Deuteronomy 22:11 "Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together."
  • Leviticus 19:19 " … neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee."
• Be Uncomfortable
  • Revelation 3:15-16 " … I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
• Money Solves All Problems
  • Ecclesiastes 10:19 "A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things."