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May 8, 2007

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Jesus Christ and Inter-dimensional Physics

Chris Hansen

Author of “Secret of the Psalms,”

And

“Revelation Revisited,” and “Grandfather’s Journal.”

Is it possible?  Was Jesus Christ a visitor from another dimension altogether?  And, if He was, what dimension are we talking about?  Now, there are at least two approaches to this question.  The first approach is this one:  The natural universe is all we have.  So, if you’re going to explain Jesus Christ, or anything else, you’re going to have to explain it in natural terms-regardless of how strange those terms might be.  The second approach is this one:  There is a supernatural world.  Get over it!  You can talk about interdimensional physics until you’re blue in the face, but at some point, you’re just going to have to admit that Jesus simply won’t be locked into your scientific box!  I propose a third approach.  It is a false dichotomy to even attempt to divide the universe into the natural versus the supernatural.  The better approach is to admit that the whole universe came from a supernatural being.  Some of His effects can be understood, and some can not.  And, some effects are so beyond our understanding that they will never be understood at all! 

Let me illustrate this approach a bit further.  A primitive man is brought suddenly into the twenty-first century.  All of our gadgets would certainly seem supernatural to him!  They would be quite “natural” if you like, from our point of view.  I can even envision some culture on a far away world or from a far off time in the future with technologies which would seem truly supernatural to us here on earth and from our own time.  Can we confine Jesus to merely very advanced technology?  I doubt it!  An infinite God who became a primitive human being by His standards, could never be confined to a “natural” box.  However, God, as a human being, did leave behind Him some intriguing clues that he may have used technologies and knowledge vastly beyond us, but knowledge about which we may speculate.  Some things that God does I can explain in terms of nature, such as why the sun appears to rise and set, or why lightning causes thunder.  Explaining them, however, does not dismiss God.  Other effects, I can not explain, but I can speculate about them.  Still other effects, I believe, will never fall into the realm of the explainable; and that is as it should be with a being such as God!  I intend to deal with the second category-the peculiar events which may have an explanation well beyond us, but still fall into the realm of human speculation.

Now, let’s speculate about the peculiar by first examining the obvious, and then extrapolating about the odd from that point.  First, the obvious;  did Jesus Christ function in four dimensions, as we do?  Yes-though He certainly went well beyond this!  In other words, Jesus walked around in three dimensions as we do.  He functioned in an existence that was familiar with the concepts of up, down, left, right, and backwards, and forwards.  He also functioned in the fourth dimension as we do.  He experienced, yesterday, today, and tomorrow, just as we do.  Of course, He went well beyond mere tomorrow as we shall see! 

Is there any evidence that Jesus functioned in a realm beyond the fourth dimension of time?  Yes indeed!  Consider Mark 10:34.)  In this passage Jesus predicts the details of His death so accurately, it is as if He were remembering a past event-as though He had come from a future time and had already observed what was about to happen.  He knew he would be betrayed.  He knew the outcome of his trial.  He knew who would try Him.  He knew He would be handed over to non-Jewish authorities.  He knew they would mock Him.  He knew they would spit on Him.  He knew He would be flogged.  He even knew just how long He would be in the tomb!  One detail after another in perfect sequence!  What does this have to do with inter-dimensional travel?  I must give credit to Chuck Missler for the following illustration:  Suppose we were watching a parade go by.  Now suppose that the parade route were coming around a corner.  We couldn’t see around the corner, so we couldn’t see what was coming, but we could see what was already passing by.  That is what living in the present time is like.  We can see what’s right here, but we can’t see what’s coming.  Now, suppose that you were lifted in the third dimension, and you rose high above the parade.  Now, from a higher altitude, you would have no trouble at all seeing around the corner.  You could easily see what was coming.  Jesus Christ exhibited this kind of perspective.  It seems that He was lifted up, or out, if you like, of our stream of time, and had no trouble seeing “around the corner” or the future. 

Consider this rather strange passage about Jesus Christ, written a thousand years in advance!  Now that’s really seeing around the corner and then some!  Consider the following examples from Psalm 22.  These verses were written some three centuries before crucifixion was even invented!  (Psalm 22:15.)  “My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;” During crucifixion, fluids drain rapidly from the human victim.  This causes severe dehydration!  This fits perfectly with the method by which Jesus Christ was executed!  (Psalm 22:16.)  “Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet.”  Once again, exactly what happened!  Did evil men surround Jesus and watch Him die?  Yes, indeed.  Did dogs encircle Him?  Very likely.  Dogs ran wild in the ancient city of Jerusalem and the surrounding countryside.  Crucifixion was a common form of capital punishment.  The smell of blood would certainly have attracted packs of dogs waiting to be fed with bodies from crosses!  Did His executioners pierce His hands and feet?  Once again, this prophecy gets the details right!  Archeology has unearthed crucified remains with spikes through the feet.  Ancient records all attest that at the very least, victims  were either tied or nailed by their hands.  (Psalm 22:17.)  “I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.”  Yes, people certainly did stare at Jesus and gloat over His demise!  I myself have read accounts of early Christians who were flogged so badly that their internal organs were exposed!  Jesus probably went through a truly terrible flogging which opened up huge gashes in His body!  It would not surprise me at all, that these gashes should be so terrible that His very bones would be exposed and even counted!  Psalm 22:18.)  “They divide my garments among them, and cast lots for my clothing.”  Yet another detail just right!  Jesus, like most poor Jewish men wore five precious items of clothing.  He wore a pair of sandals, an outer garment for cold outdoor weather, an inner tunic for being indoors, and an undergarment, usually handmade by a close relative.  John 19:23-24 makes this point clear.  Remember that John was the only disciple brave enough to hang around the cross and capture this intimate detail:  “When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining.  This garment was seamless, woven in one piece, from top to bottom.  “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another.  “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”  This happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled which said, “They divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.”  So this is what the soldiers did.”  Jesus’ mother, Mary, must have lovingly woven this undergarment for her boy, and given it to Him when He left home to begin His ministry.  So, one of the soldiers got His sandals, another got his outer cloak, still another got his inner garment, and then they cast lots for the hand-woven undergarment.  Somehow, these intimate details were communicated in a message that was sent backward through time to a point, a thousand years in the past!  I wrote about this and many other prophecies in one of my books, “Secret of the Psalms,” which is available everywhere.

Is there any other evidence that inter-dimensional travel is possible?  Consider the rather curious experience that Peter had.  His experience is recounted in Matthew 14:22-33.)  “Immediately, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowd.  After He had dismissed them, He went up into the hills by Himself to pray.  When evening came, He was there alone, but the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.  During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.  When the disciples saw Him walking on the lake, they were terrified.  “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.  But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage!  It is I.  Don’t be afraid.”  “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “Tell me to come to you on the water.”  “Come,” He said.  Then Peter got down out of the boat and walked on the water to Jesus.  But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”  Immediately, Jesus reached out His hand and caught him.  “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”  And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.  Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”,”  I do not think Peter sank because he was afraid.  I think that Peter began to sink because he was temporarily removed from the peculiar effect which surrounded Jesus.  Then, when Jesus caught Peter again, then, Peter was once again within the peculiar effect around Jesus.  Also notice that when they worshiped Jesus, He never once corrected them!  He permitted their worship!  Job 9:8, written two thousand years before this event does make the curious observation that God walks on the waves of the sea!  Jesus was not upset with Peter for sinking, but rather, for doubting!  Peter sank for a good reason, as I shall now attempt to explain.

Walking on water has everything to do with buoyancy.  This is a function of the mass of a given object and the gravitational forces reacting on the water and on that object.  In order for Jesus to float on water, at 1 G or 1 unit of earth gravity, Jesus would have to displace about 175 pounds of water.  That’s about 22 gallons of water, give or take a bit.  Now, if Jesus is standing on His feet, then the amount of downward force applied to the water is roughly 4 pounds per square inch, unless my physics is totally misguided.  In any case, that force of 4 pounds per square inch would easily overcome any resistance by water!  So, by all the laws we understand, under normal gravity, walking on a soft wet surface under these conditions would be impossible!  And, yes, God does the impossible!  Now, remember, we’re speculating about inter-dimensional physics for a bit.  Could Jesus manipulate the gravitational constant to change the relationship between Himself and the water around Him?  Absolutely!  Our equation presupposed 1 G or 1 unit of earth gravity.  Now, in this inter-dimensional world, that’s quite a doubtful supposition!  Here’s what I mean.  1 G is roughly defined as accelerating 32 feet per second faster than the second before.  So, in the first second, you travel at 32 feet during that second.  Then, during the next second, you’re traveling at 64 feet per second, and so on, and so on.  Well, doesn’t this presuppose that seconds of time are constant?  You would think so, wouldn’t you?  But remember, we’re in an inter-dimensional world where your suppositions are not necessarily so!  If Jesus Christ could step up over time and “see around the corner,” so to speak, then couldn’t He just as easily step above time and not even bother with time altogether?  Couldn’t He change the rate at which He experiences the flow of time and manipulate the usual 1 G constant however it might suit Him?  Of course He could!  Suppose He simply changed his temporal perspective so that He was accelerating at an inch per second, per second, instead of the usual 32 feet per second, per second.  He would weigh only a tiny fraction of what He would weigh in our normal conditions.  So, He would touch the surface of the water so very lightly, that He wouldn’t even break through the surface at all!  So, by merely changing the constant, G, Jesus could simply change His weight to suit His need at the time.  And, anyone, like Peter, caught in this odd temporal effect would have his temporal perspective altered as well.  So, Peter, within the effect, would weigh less, just as Jesus would.  So, both Jesus and Peter within the temporal affect would be able to walk on water.  And, Peter briefly stepping outside the temporal affect would begin to sink.  Then, Jesus could have touched Peter and at once drawn Peter right back into the temporal anomaly, and once again, Peter would be able to stand on water.  Is that How Jesus Christ did it?  I really don’t know.  I am merely suggesting that this whole idea of men walking on water isn’t as crazy or mythological as it might sound, particularly if that man was actually a traveler from another dimensional existence. 

Consider yet another set of peculiar anomalies in John chapter 20.  Peter and the others are about to have even more peculiar experiences.  (John 20:6-8.)  “Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb.  He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head.  The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen.  Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside.  He saw and believed.”  If Jesus had pretended to rise from death, there would have been nothing special about the cloth that would have made the other disciple “see and believe.”  If Jesus had unwrapped Himself, He would have thrown His burial cloths about helter-skelter and left the tomb!  I very much doubt that He would have folded them neatly!  It looks very much as though Jesus’ body simply passed right through the wrapped cloths and left an empty cocoon behind!  What an odd sight that would have been!  Peter and John would have seen a cloth in the exact shape of the body of Christ, but no body!  Just a hollow, empty shell where a body had once been!  This peculiar effect probably explains why John was so very willing to simply look and believe.  Later passages, which we will examine, do indicate that Jesus did have the power to pass right through things.  Did Jesus pass right through the wrapped burial shroud?  Very likely! 

Consider John 20:19.  “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”,”  Notice that Jesus never said, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock!”  He simply was there!  He had the power to simply pass right through locked doors, tomb stones, burial shrouds, or whatever else! 

Consider John 20:26-28.  “A week later, His disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them.  Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”  Then He said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands.  Reach out your hand and put it into my side.  Stop doubting and believe.”  Thomas said to Him, “My Lord, and my God!”,”  Once again, Jesus did not correct Thomas and forbid Thomas from addressing Him as God! 

Consider this final passage from Luke 24:30-31.  Jesus has risen from death, and is having a meal with two men.  “When He was at the table with them, He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and began to give it to them.  Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him, and He disappeared from their sight.” 

Clearly, the ancient records tell us that Jesus had the power to pass through solid objects, and appear and disappear at will.  Of course, I would expect God to have these abilities as a human being.  But, since we are discussing inter-dimensional travel, I am considering the possibility that Jesus traveled inter-dimensionally.  Once again, I must give credit to Chuck Missler for the following illustrations of what this inter-dimensional travel would be like.

Suppose you’ve got a pencil.  You draw a two dimensional square.  You’ve drawn it on a flat piece of paper.  Suppose the square represents the disciples inside the house.  Your pencil point represents Jesus.  You want to move the pencil from the outside of the square to the inside.  But, you don’t want to pass through any point on the square.  You want to bypass the square altogether and simply appear inside the square.  Just how would you do that?  Simple, really.  Just lift your little pencil and go over the square!  Then, deposit your pencil inside the square!  Now, from the two dimensional point of view, you would seem to suddenly appear inside the square without ever passing through any of the points that make up the square.  Now, suppose you’re inside the square.  This represents Jesus having a meal and then vanishing.  The square represents the solid wall of the room.  You don’t want to pass through the wall.  So, you just lift the pencil above the whole scene and just pass right over everything in a higher dimension!  See how easy?  So, when Jesus wants to disappear or pass through something in three dimensions, all he would have to do is to simply lift Himself out of those three dimensions and simply pass over or around each point in the three dimensions.  Did Jesus actually travel inter-dimensionally?  I really don’t know.  The point is, that He may have! 

Those of us who follow Jesus may well travel inter-dimensionally right along with Him one day!  Wouldn’t that be great?  And, this whole article may cause those who think the whole discussion about Jesus is nothing but myth, to rethink what really is mythology and what may well be merely another way of perceiving reality.  What is reality anyway?  Is it three dimensions?  Is it four?  Is it five?  It may be infinity!  If the God of infinity were to ever bother to communicate with us tiny creatures, wouldn’t you expect Him to do some rather strange things?  We as humans are arrogant enough to think that 4 dimensions or even 22 dimensions explain everything!  That is laughable to a God who could easily travel in an infinite number of dimensions!  I am suggesting that Jesus really did behave in ways one would expect of an inter-dimensional being would.  I am actually suggesting that Jesus really behaved as if His very nature were God!  And, if Jesus Christ was and is inter-dimensional and capable of existing in infinity, then Jesus is with you this very moment as you read this article!  In a two dimensional world, I could hover a fraction of an inch above the plain and yet appear as if I didn’t exist at all, from the two dimensional point of view.  So, God in his infinite existence could certainly appear not to exist at all, and yet be hovering right over you right now!  I can look down from a three dimensional world and see two dimensions, though they couldn’t see me at all.  So, even though you can’t see God, there is every reason to suppose that He really can see you, right now, where you sit.  You can’t escape your tiny four dimensional reality.  But, God, can easily reach into your world.  He has done just that! 

Conclusion:

God has created your reality.

God has manipulated your reality.

God has visited your reality.

God can easily perceive your reality.

God is beyond your reality!

God wants you to travel to His reality one day!

God will not force you to open your eyes, but He will one day force you to bow your knees!

Do what Peter did when he began to sink.  Peter cried out, “Lord, save me!”  Jesus did just that for Peter.  And, the best part is that Jesus will do exactly that for you as well!  Cry out to Jesus and say, “Lord, save me!”  If you mean it, then Jesus will do it!

Pass this around and give others a chance to go on an inter-dimensional adventure of a lifetime!                  

Chris Hansen

chrishansen54@sbcglobal.net

Poetry Corner

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Words

Cheryl Williams

They call to me,

are a wellspring inside of me,

and I could not stop them

even if I tried;

Words flow

like a stream,

gentle to my soul,

guided by my spirit,

shared with those

who care to listen

to the quiet whispers

of one who is searching.

Cheryl Williams

politicalgirl04@aol.com

http://cherylann.zoofer.com/

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Bill

Tinker and Poo; The Boys Write
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