Isaiah, Plato, John

I worked out a problem via the "Wisemen" of Isaiah. (No not Jesus time, but before)

These Wisemen we all know well by name. Confucius, Buddha, Pythagoras. 

After he died, Isaiah had to have left a wildy popular story for the whole world to spread. So much of what he said was huge! I, myself, have been in love with the ginormous story of his being touched by coals from the altar of the Lord. How unbelievable!

So with him being cleansed of his uncleaness, he was welcomed into the world. And wrote and taught. I wonder if he used as advice that "he didn't [preach] in the streets."

Anyway, the idea was then that what Isaiah did was to spread belief in his God far and wide. The importance of the message was in that it was something inclusive and new. And he called out by name future kings!

So then Plato comes along, a few or so centuries later, in the drama of a Hebrew "God" whom many considered theirs, if not by his proofs and his dramatic works, by his spirit, of whom we know like our old man. 

Plato becomes a part of the divine controversy with his Socrates, another wise man. For months I've had his Cratylus opened in my laptop to remind myself to read his [Socrates] analysis of words. Words have meaning that's worth is complete and understood. They can become more complex, but then there is need for more words. This is like MATH. Things like dna, or the grothbfrom a cell or seed into a man or tree. Then there is a story! A whole story! 

Lately, I wondered about the division of soul and spirit. And the counting of hairs. Since church had made the filthy suggestion we might make it to heaven and be clothed in, well, something unheavenly. 

Ideas:

• Isaiah 61:10: God has clothed the speaker with "garments of salvation" and wrapped them in a "robe of righteousness".
• Colossians 3:12: Believers are urged to "clothe" themselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
• Galatians 3:27: All who were baptized into Christ have "clothed" themselves with Christ.
• Ephesians 6:11–17: Christians are told to put on the "full armor of God," including the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, and helmet of salvation. [1, 2, 3]

I assume that the right clothes are these. Moving along.

John says, "In the beginning was the word." Something clear. 

I was folding a piece of fabric into the shape of a rose. It folded over just so. The people of East Asia have shown that they discovered many things about folding, which to me are divine. 

The rose, folding as it did, showed this. It's pedals folding neatly. It seems sort of simplistic like of course they fold! But the folds are so blah of life, if I dare say that. Not like the frilly flowers of the tree out back. The smell of the rose is beautiful and identifiable. But most flowers and the needles of pine have intoxicating smells. 

Point being, the rose I made in my hand seemd like a simple item. Made in the hand of  someone in heaven, the rose could pass as a neat item of simple divine charity. Er, ... Love. 

So God has words and life in his hands!