Cf. אלהים and Yәkhëz·qeil′ 1.13; Zәkhar·yâh′ 4.2; and Unv. 3:1.
This refers to the torches of fire, allegorized as stars, atop the seven branches of the gold Mәnor·âh′ (Unv. 1.16, 20). Yo·khân·ân′ explicitly specifies that these are actually the Rukh·ot′ of the mal·âkh·im′ though, later, the account – elaborating descriptions found in Yәkhëz·qeil′ and other Nәviy·im′ of the Tana"kh′ —appears more descriptive of futuristic, probably allegorical, craft; i.e., a spiritualized relocation or change of state. In numerous passages, including the descriptions in Tana"kh′ , the presence of these mysterious craft—Mër·kâv·ot′ —are accompanied by thunderous roar, fiery flames andor flashings and clouds of vapor, dust, or smoke.
Recalling that Yo·khân·ân′ explains his use of the Mәnor·âh′ as symbolizing the seven Hellenist congregations in Turkey, extending the symbolism of rockets and futuristic craft then suggests that the seven branches of this Mәnor·âh′ might symbolize seven launch sites (in Turkey? north of Israel generally – i.e. Lebanon or Syria?), with one of the described vehicles on each of the seven branches of the Mәnor·âh′ .
When considered from this perspective, many ancient Judaic references—Scriptures in the Nәviy·im′ of Tana"kh′ as well as The Unveiling—may be complementing one another, seeing different glimpses, to form a picture, or allegory, of an enormous "spaceport" for the mal·âkh·im′ , where Ël·oh·im′ has His kis·ei′ . In such a setting, it would not be unreasonable to hear voices andor sounds emanating from speakerhorns of a PA system (cf. Unv. 1:10).
Curiosity inevitably provokes one to ask, how did they see these things? It's tempting to point readers to physicists in leading universities and hi-tech space corporation research labs who cite relativity, quantum theory and rudimentary successes in teleportation using entangled particles to break through the time barrier on a small scale as making communication with ancient times scientifically feasible. The time aspect of these experiments, however, appears little more than a shell game of "musical perspectives." Perhaps future physicists will arrive at a suitable explanation… but current theories dependent upon multiple perspectives fail to deal with the dichotomy between the actual physical thing and its perceived image (reflected light, etc.) Today's physicists don't seem to comprehend what I announced to my second grade teacher and class in the early 1950s: many of the stars we see aren't there at all… in the intervening millions of years it took for their light to reach earth many have since gone out of existence entirely. The image and the thing aren't the same. We may see things that happened millions of years ago… but if we were somehow able to go there instantly we might well find only empty space where they used to be. That isn't going back in time.
Physicists like the example of a person on a train sending a light signal "straight up" to a mirror that bounces the beam "straight back" to the source, and measuring the time required. This is contrasted to an observer on the ground that takes into account the movement of the train, so that the light appears to travel further to the observer on the ground than it appears to the person on the train. Yet, the time required was the same. Since the speed of light is constant irrespective of perspective, and the time required for the experiment would measure the same, physicists carelessly reason that time was dilated in the accelerated perspective (the train) in order to make it appear to the train rider that the shorter light path took as much time as the longer light path took for the ground observer. What is being overlooked, however, is that a third observer standing on Mars would observe the movement not only of the train, but also of the earth with the ground observer. The conundrum here is that the Mars observer would add the distance the earth moved to the ground observer to measure the light's path from the ground observer's perspective… and measure both the earths movement AND the train's movement to measure the light's path from the train rider's perspective. Then there's the movement of the solar system within the galaxy and the galaxy within the universe. Ultimately, there is only one distance that the light traveled. Taking all of this into account reconciles the perspectives of the train rider, the earth observer and all of the rest of the apparent variances are errors of perspective!!! Resolutions of perspective can be carried out ad infinitum. The bottom line is that neither time required for the experiment nor the path of light differed! Perhaps there are better examples, but in this illustration that physicists like to use, there is no dilation of time!
This can be illustrated another way. Suppose light from earth reaches a planet 25 lightyears away. Today, earth time, a resident of that planet observes earth, as it was 25 years ago, for 2 days. This is conceptually identical to our viewing distant galaxies as they were millions of years in the past. On the second day earth time, he observes a huge fluctuation in the stock market and, using entangled particles, instantly communicates this to a scientist here on earth. If the resident of this distant planet expected the scientist to make a huge profit on the stock market he would be very foolish. The message would arrive tomorrow earth time, not 25 years ago. All the rest is playing a shell game with perspectives.
The seven oil-fed torches of fire (each of which bears a remarkable similarity to the description of a rocket) are distinguished from the four beings which have a nearly certain likeness to the כרבים (Hellenized to "cherubims") of Yәkhëz·qeil′ 10 and חיות (khai·ot′ ; beings) of Yәkhëz·qeil′ 1. Cf. also Yәsha·yâh′ u 6.
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