Thank you for all your kind comments.

This does bring us to the breastplate containing the twelve stones depicting the tribes of Israel. These stones have such a complex makeup, that a complete study of mineralogy would be needed to fully understand the properties of those crystals. Depending upon the configuration of structure, different results can be achieved. Light behaves differently with each crystal as is shown with today's study of masers and lasers. Each crystal in the breastplate belongs to a different "order." The first stone on the breastplate is vastly different than the last. The first has a geometric structure that can be clearly seen--even with the naked eye. The last has a crystaline structure so fine that it cannot be seen even microscopially! The stones in between show the process of change through the "furnace of affliction". Crystals are known to "grow" depending upon the forces placed upon them. Each crystal grows only by the laws of its own structure. If its geometric configuration is hexagonal--as the sapphire is, then its "growth" will be according to the laws of hexagonal structure. This is the case with the other structures such as orthorhombic, tetragonal, isometric, etc. A specific environmental factor, however, can change the form of growth into a different crystal altogether. An entire science has grown up around these principles, not the least being the siicon chip used in the computer industry. It has been shown that even the "lack" of environmental conditions such as weightlessness, affects the formation of the crystal and creates fewer flaws.

Thus, the placing of the stones on the breastplate has significant meaning concerning the spiritual life of the believer--but what of the physical? If, as we suppose, that this is a machine or device depicting the spiritual life of the honest seeker of truth, then this is truly the Breastplate of Righteousness. Conversely speaking, this is also called the Breastplate of Judgement. Judgement, of course, implies reward. The breastplate represents the path leading to judgement or reward, but it is also the "means" through which the believer approaches the very Shekinah Glory! Here, then, is the straight and narrow path which Satan, himself, is seen as walking amongst when he was first created perfect. Ezekiel 28:13 even names the same stones and calls them, in verse 14, the stones of fire. The stones in the breastplate represent these stones of fire that have their reality in the Kingdom of God. The stones were known to have flashed forth light just as the Urim and Thummin had--specific to its wavelength and to the engravings representing the tribes of Israel in a three-dimensional configuration according to the order of children born and with the varying mothers represented. Opposite the stones of fire represented in the breastplate were the two "stone" tablets (themselves being engraved in a garnet stone) with the "ten words" engraved representing the Ten Commandments. Thus, the vocabulary of the device was expanded exponentially. Even with this complex configuration, the permutations multiply when the "narrow windows" (which are made of "agates" or rubies) found in every chamber of the temple numbering at least 99 (33 chambers in three tiers) Here then is the "sea of glass" that is connected in every way and capable of storing all the information in the known universe. This is the Bible Code squared. This is the location of every point in space and time and pathway to each. This is what God wants us to inherit. This is our destiny. This is our future.