The Mystery of Creation: Chapter 5: The Unseen Kingdom of God: But Is This Scriptural?

But Is This Scriptural?

                Now because I am discussing things from a Biblical perspective, let’s refer to these “forces” as spirits, or angels.  The lesser spirits are like simple programs that control very simple elements of the universe and our world.  Thus, let’s call them “Elementals”, like some of our ancestors once did, just so we can categorize different spirits based on their levels of intelligence. 

                For those who do not think this is Biblical, let’s give a few verses:

                Luke 19:40 states, “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”  If we take the Bible to be literal, then if the stones can cry out, they must have some sort of intelligence and energy to cause them to be able to do that.  The whole reason Jesus said this was because He was trying to let people know that He must receive praise.  If people don’t praise Him then nature will.  If nature cannot praise Him then Jesus was simply being figurative.  That doesn’t seem to be what He was doing in that passage, however.  It seems like He was being literal.

                In case you think Jesus wasn’t being literal, what about Job 12:7-10.  “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.  Which of these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?  In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.”  So…how can the earth speak or “know the hand of the Lord has done this” if there is no spirit within the earth?

                Or what about Psalm 96:11-12.  “Let the heavens (or sky) rejoice, let the earth be glad, let the sea resound, and all that is in it.  Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.”  Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” 

                Some might just consider this poetry or just symbolism, but if you pair it with what I’ve just presented it indicates that the Bible was speaking literally.  It makes sense that it isn’t just poetry but a reality that everything that exists has “programming” and intelligence and a spiritual energy and force.  Some are lesser, like the spirits that control the very elements around us, but some are very great.

                All things that move have a spirit that energizes them to move.  All things have an intelligence of some kind.  All are programmed with certain characteristics that tell them what to do, how to do, when to do, where to do, and so on and so forth.  Some spirits may be faster than others and some may be completely stagnant until something powerful interacts with them, but they exist nonetheless. 

                So, like animals, these lesser spirits, these Elementals, have a nature about them and an intelligence.  They may be simple-minded and they do not understand things beyond their programming, but they are intelligent nonetheless.