The Spirit Bomb (元げん気き玉だま Genki-dama, lit. "Energy Sphere") is a powerful attack invented by King Kai. It is potentially one of the strongest attacks in the Dragon Ball series, but its strength depends on the number of organisms supporting its use.
Amrita is repeatedly referred to as the drink of the devas,
which grants them immortality. Despite this, the nectar does not
actually offer true immortality. Instead, by partaking it, the devas
were able to attain a higher level of knowledge and power, which they
had lost due to the curse of Sage Durvasa
In Sikhism, amrit (Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ) is the name of the holy water used in Amrit Sanchar, a ceremony which resembles baptism. This ceremony is observed to initiate the Sikhs into the Khalsa
and requires drinking amrit. This is created by mixing a number of
soluble ingredients, including sugar, and is then rolled with a khanda with the accompaniment of scriptural recitation of five sacred verses.
Metaphorically, God's name is also referred to as a nectar
Amanita muscaria (also known as fly agaric or fly amanita)
is a psychoactive mushroom that grows widely in the northern
hemisphere. The fly agaric is a large white-gilled, white-spotted,
usually red mushroom that is one of the most recognizable and widely
encountered in popular culture.[citation needed] It is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, which derive from its primary psychoactive constituents ibotenic acid and muscimol. Muscimol is a potent, selective agonist for the GABAAreceptor that produces sedative, depressant and deliriant effects.[1]
Although classified as poisonous, reports of human deaths
resulting from its ingestion are extremely rare. After parboiling—which
weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive
substances[2]—it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.[citation needed]
Amanita muscaria has been used as an intoxicant and
entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in
these cultures. In western Siberia, the use of A. muscaria was
restricted to shamans, who used it as an alternative method of achieving
a trance state. In eastern Siberia, A. muscaria was used by both
shamans and laypeople alike, and was used recreationally as well as
religiously.[3]
There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of
this mushroom as an intoxicant in other places such as the Middle East,
Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia.[citation needed]
In remote areas of Lithuania, Amanita muscaria has been reported
to be consumed at wedding feasts. The Lithuanians have also been
reported to export the mushrooms to the Lapps in the Far North for use
in shamanic rituals.[4]
Amanita muscaria is sometimes confused with psilocybin mushrooms as "magic mushrooms".
lthough the Proto-Indo-European
name of the Divine Twins cannot be reconstructed with certainty based
on the available linguistic evidence, the most frequent epithets
associated with the two brothers in liturgic and poetic traditions are
the "Youthful" and the "Sons" (or "Grandsons") of the Sky-God
Two well-accepted descendants of the Divine Twins, the Vedic Aśvins and the Lithuanian Ašvieniai, are linguistic cognates ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European word for the horse, *h₁éḱwos. They are related to Sanskritáśva and Avestanaspā (both deriving from Indo-Iranian*aćua), and to Old Lithuanianašva, which all share the meaning of "mare"
Represented as young men rescuing mortals from peril in battle or at
sea, the Divine Twins rode the steeds that pull the sun across the sky
and were sometimes depicted as horses themselves.[8] They shared a sister, the Dawn (*H₂éwsōs), also the daughter of the Sky-God
Represented as young men rescuing mortals from peril in battle or at
sea, the Divine Twins rode the steeds that pull the sun across the sky
and were sometimes depicted as horses themselves.[8] They shared a sister, the Dawn (*H₂éwsōs), also the daughter of the Sky-God.[9]
The two brothers are generally portrayed as healers and helpers,
travelling in miraculous vehicles in order to save shipwrecked mortals.[1]
They are often differentiated: one is represented as a physically
strong and aggressive warrior, while the other is seen as a healer who
rather gives attention to domestic duties, agrarian pursuits, or
romantic adventures.[3]
In the Vedic, Greek and Baltic traditions, the Divine Twins
similarly appear as the personifications of the morning and evening
star.[1]
They are depicted as the lovers or the companions of a solar female
deity, preferably the Sun's daughter but sometimes also the Dawn. In the
majority of stories where they appear, the Divine Twins rescue the Dawn
from a watery peril, a theme that emerged from their role as the solar
steeds.[10][3]
At night, the horses of the sun returned to the east in a golden boat, where they traversed the sea[a]
to bring back the Sun into the sky each morning. During the day, they
crossed the nocturnal sky in pursuit of their consort, the morning star.
In what seems to be a later addition confined to Europe, they were said
to take a rest at the end of the day on the "Isles of the Blessed", a
land seating in the western sea which possessed magic apple orchards.[3] By the Bronze Age, the Divine Twins were also represented as the coachmen of the horse-driven solar chariots.
Mushroom Kingdom/Afro/Thunderhead/Mario go into wells/Bowser
Fungi/Mushrooms grow without seeds and are mostly in ocean
Mammatus are most often associated with anvil clouds and also severe thunderstorms. They often extend from the base of a cumulonimbus, but may also be found under altostratus, and cirrus clouds, as well as volcanic ash clouds.
mammary (adj.)
"of or pertaining to a breast," 1680s, from French mammaire (18c.) or Medieval Latin mammarius, from Latin mamma "breast"
Towering cumulonimbus clouds are typically accompanied by smaller cumulus
clouds. The cumulonimbus base may extend several kilometres across and
occupy low to middle altitudes
Mamma or mammatus: consisting of bubble-like protrusions on the underside.
Mammatus (mamma[1] or mammatocumulus), meaning "mammary cloud", is a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically cumulonimbus rainclouds, although they may be attached to other classes of parent clouds. The name mammatus is derived from the Latin mamma (meaning "udder" or "breast")
"an animal of the class Mammalia; an animal that suckles its young," 1826, Englished form of Modern Latin Mammalia
(1773), coined 1758 by Linnaeus for that class of animals from neuter
plural of Late Latin mammalis "of the breast," from Latin mamma
"breast," which is cognate with mamma.
With the exception of a few egg-laying species, all bear live young and
have the mammary gland for the young to suck.
Mammon (n.)personification of riches and worldliness,
mid-14c., from Late Latin mammona, from Ecclesiastical Greek mamōnas,
from Aramaic mamona, mamon
"riches, gain;" a word left untranslated in Greek New Testament
(Matthew vi.24, Luke xvi.9-13), retained in the Vulgate, and regarded
mistakenly by medieval Christians as the name of a demon who leads men
to covetousness.
Mana
The reconstructedProto-Oceanic
word "mana" is thought to have referred to "powerful forces of nature
such as thunder and storm winds" rather than supernatural power.[2] That meaning became detached as the Oceanic-speaking peoples spread eastward and the word started to refer to unseen supernatural powers.
In the Hebrew Bible, manna is described twice: once in Exodus 16:1–36 with the full narrative surrounding it, and once again in Numbers 11:1–9 as a part of a separate narrative. In the description in the Book of Exodus, manna is described as being "a fine, flake-like thing" like the frost on the ground.[3] It is described in the Book of Numbers as arriving with the dew during the night.[4] Exodus adds that manna was comparable to hoarfrost in color
sent to the people of Israel through Moses, and its juice is a medicine for the eye.
Amrit or Amata (also called Sudha, Amiy, Ami) literally means "immortality
In Hawaiian and Tahitian culture, mana is a spiritual energy
and healing power which can exist in places, objects and persons.
Hawaiians believe that mana may be gained or lost by actions, and
Hawaiians and Tahitians believe that mana is both external and internal.
Sites on the Hawaiian Islands and in French Polynesia are believed to possess mana—for example, the top rim of the Haleakalā volcano on the island of Maui and the Taputapuatea marae on the island of Raiatea in the Society Islands.
Ancient Hawaiian believed that the island of Molokaʻi possesses mana, compared with its neighboring islands. Before the unification of Hawaii by King Kamehameha I, battles were fought for possession of the island and its south-shore fish ponds which existed until the late 19th century.
Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has over one million
members, and has protected more than 119,000,000 acres (48,000,000 ha)
of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide.[4] The largest environmental nonprofit by assets and revenue in the Americas
Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has over one million
members, and has protected more than 119,000,000 acres (48,000,000 ha)
of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide.[4] The largest environmental nonprofit by assets and revenue in the Americas,
Calakmul (/ˌkɑːlɑːkˈmuːl/; also Kalakmul and other less frequent variants) is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, deep in the jungles of the greater Petén Basin region. It is 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the Guatemalan border. Calakmul was one of the largest and most powerful ancient cities ever uncovered in the Maya lowlands.
Calakmul was a major Maya power within the northern Petén Basin region of the Yucatán Peninsula
of southern Mexico. Calakmul administered a large domain marked by the
extensive distribution of their emblem glyph of the snake head sign, to
be read "Kaan". Calakmul was the seat of what has been dubbed the
Kingdom of the Snake[1] or Snake Kingdom. This Snake Kingdom reigned during most of the Classic period.
Calakmul itself is estimated to have had a population of 50,000 people
and had governance, at times, over places as far away as 150 kilometers.
There are 6,750 ancient structures identified at Calakmul, the largest
of which is the great pyramid at the site. Structure 2 is over 45 metres
(148 ft) high, making it one of the tallest of the Maya pyramids. Four tombs have been located within the pyramid. Like many temples or pyramids within Mesoamerica
the pyramid at Calakmul increased in size by building upon the existing
temple to reach its current size. The size of the central monumental architecture
is approximately 2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi) and the whole of the
site, mostly covered with dense residential structures, is about 20
square kilometres (7.7 sq mi).
Calakmul is a modern name; according to Cyrus L. Lundell, who named the site, In Maya, ca means "two", lak means "adjacent", and mul signifies any artificial mound or pyramid, so Calakmul is the "City of the Two Adjacent Pyramids".[2] In ancient times the city core was known as Ox Te' Tuun, meaning "Three Stones". Another name associated with the site, and perhaps a larger area around it, is Chiik Naab'. The lords of Calakmul identified themselves as k'uhul kaanal ajaw, Divine Lords of the Snake, but the connection of the title to the actual site is ambiguous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Lake_(Nevada) Because of the endangered species present and because the Lake Tahoe
Basin comprises the headwaters of the Truckee River, Pyramid Lake has
been the focus of several water quality investigations, the most
detailed starting in the mid-1980s. Under direction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a comprehensive dynamic water quality computer model, the DSSAM Model was developed[9] to analyze impacts of a variety of land use and wastewater management decisions throughout the 3,120-square-mile (8,100 km2) Truckee River Basin. Analytes addressed included nitrogen, reactive phosphate, total dissolved solids, dissolved oxygen
and nine other parameters. Based upon use of the model, some decisions
have been influenced to enhance Pyramid Lake water quality and aid the
viability of Pyramid Lake biota. Another contaminant of interest is mercury, introduced to Pyramid Lake from the Truckee River.[23] It is suggested that mercury remediation efforts be carefully considered such that methylmercury production are not enhanced.[23]
Salinity increased from 3.7 to 5 g/l and the pH level is about 9. Temperature ranges between near freezing (32 °F (0 °C)) to over 68 °F (20 °C).
The West Maui Mountains, West Maui Volcano, or Mauna Kahalawai[2] which means "holding house of water,"[3] is approximately 1.7 million years old[4] and forms a much erodedshield volcano that constitutes the western quarter of the Hawaiian Island of Maui. Since its last eruption approximately 320,000 years ago, the West Maui Mountains have undergone substantial stream erosion.[5]
The three moku or districts of west Maui are Lāhaina, Kāʻanapali, and Wailuku.[6] Wailuku is also known as Pūʻalikomohana, or Nā Wai ʻEhā which means the four waters. The 4 waters are the ahupuaʻa (smaller land division than district), which are Waikapū, Wailuku, Waiʻehu, and Waiheʻe.
The port of Lāhainā lies on the southwestern slope.
The summit peak is called Puʻu Kukui, at 5,788 feet (1,764 m) elevation. Pu'u Kukui translates into "candlenut hill".
Established in 1988, the Puʻu Kukui Preserve is the largest private
nature preserve in the State of Hawaii. Since 1994, the 8,661-acre
(35.05 km2) preserve has been managed by Maui Land & Pineapple Company in participation with The Nature Conservancy and the State Natural Area Partnership. These groups work together to protect the watershed lands of the West Maui mountain.
The West Maui Mountains were formed through at least three series of major volcanic eruptions during its shield building period.[5]
Rocks from the latest major shield-building eruptions are called the
Honolua volcanic series, which are roughly 500,000 years old. However,
there were several rejuvenated stage eruptions more recently, the last dating to roughly 320,000 years ago.
Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo: "Story of the People"), the Navajocreation myth, describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo, and centers on the area known as the Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Navajo.
This story forms the basis for the traditional Navajo way of life. The basic outline of Diné Bahaneʼ begins with the Niłchʼi Diyin (Holy Wind) being created as the mists of lights which arose through the darkness to animate and bring purpose to the four Diyin Dineʼé
(Holy People), supernatural and sacred in the different three lower
worlds. All these things were spiritually created in the time before the
Earth existed and the physical aspect of humans did not exist yet, but the spiritual did.
The First or Dark World, Niʼ Hodiłhił, was small and centered on an island floating in the middle of four seas. The inhabitants of the first world were the four Diyin Dineʼé, the two Coyotes, the four rulers of the four seas, mist beings and various insect
and bat people, the latter being the Air-Spirit People. The
supernatural beings First Woman and First Man came into existence here
and met for the first time after seeing each other's fire. The various
beings on The First World started fighting with one another and departed
by flying out an opening in the east.
They journeyed to the Second or Blue World, Niʼ Hodootłʼizh,
which was inhabited by various blue-gray furred mammals and various
birds, including blue swallows. The beings from the First World offended
Swallow Chief, Táshchózhii,
and they were asked to leave. First Man created a wand of jet and other
materials to allow the people to walk upon it up into the next world
through an opening in the south.
In the Third or Yellow World, Niʼ Hałtsooí,
there were two rivers that formed a cross and the Sacred Mountains but
there was still no sun. More animal people lived here too. This time it
was not discord among the people that drove them away but a great flood caused by Tééhoołtsódii when Coyote stole her two children.
When the people arrived in the Fourth or White World, Niʼ Hodisxǫs, it was covered in water and there were monsters (naayééʼ)
living here. The Sacred Mountains were re-formed from soil taken from
the original mountains in the Second World. First Man, and the Holy
People created the sun, moon, seasons, and stars. It was here that true
death came into existence via Coyote tossing a stone into a lake and
declaring that if it sank then the dead would go back to the previous
world.
The first human born in the Fourth World is Yoołgaii Asdzą́ą́ who matures into Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé, in turn, gives birth to the Hero Twins called Naayééʼ Neizghání and Tóbájíshchíní.
The twins have many adventures in which they helped to rid the world of
various monsters. Multiple batches of modern humans were created a
number of times in the Fourth World and the Diyin Dineʼé gave them ceremonies which are still practiced today.
Shiprock and the surrounding land have religious and historical significance to the Navajo people.
It is mentioned in many of their myths and legends. Foremost is the
peak's role as the agent that brought the Navajo to the southwest.
According to one legend, after being transported from another place, the
Navajos lived on the monolith, "coming down only to plant their fields
and get water."[7]
One day, the peak was struck by lightning, obliterating the trail and
leaving only a sheer cliff, and stranding the women and children on top
to starve. The presence of people on the peak is forbidden "for fear
they might stir up the chį́įdii (ghosts), or rob their corpses."[7]
Navajo legend puts the peak in a larger geographic context.
Shiprock is said to be either a medicine pouch or a bow carried by the
"Goods of Value Mountain", a large mythic male figure comprising several
mountain features throughout the region. The Chuska Mountains comprise the body, Chuska Peak is the head, the Carrizo Mountains are the legs, and Beautiful Mountain is the feet.[7]
Navajo legend has it that Bird Monsters (Tsé Ninájálééh) nested on the peak and fed on human flesh. After Monster Slayer, elder of the Warrior Twins, destroyed Déélééd at Red Mesa, he killed two adult Bird Monsters at Shiprock and changed two young ones into an eagle and an owl.[7][11]
The peak is mentioned in stories from the Enemy Side Ceremony and the
Navajo Mountain Chant, and is associated with the Bead Chant and the
Naayee'ee Ceremony.[7]
There are a number of other legends regarding what the Shiprock
pinnacle might be. Some Navajo traditionalists argue that it is a
geological anomaly that may have originated as a work of the 'star
people'.
Of a time long ago these things are said.
The first world was small, and black as soot.
In the middle of the four seas there was an island floating in the mist.
On the island grew a pine tree.
Dark ants dwelt there.
Red ants dwelled there.
Dragonflies dwelled there.
Yellow beetles dwelled there.
Hard beetles dwelled there.
Stone-carrier beetles dwelled there.
Black beetles dwelled there.
Coyote-dung beetles dwelled there.
Bats dwelled there.
Whitefaced beetles dwelled there.
Locusts dwelled there.
White locusts dwelled there.
These were the twelve groups of the Níłchʼi Dineʼé, the Air-Spirit People, who lived in the First World.[1]
Around the floating island were four seas. Each sea was ruled by a being. In the sea to the East dwelled Tééhoołtsódii, Big Water Creature, The One Who Grabs Things in the Water. In the sea to the south lived Táłtłʼááh álééh, Blue Heron. In the sea to the west dwelled Chʼał, Frog. In the ocean to the north dwelled Iiʼniʼ Jiłgaii, Winter Thunder.
Above each sea appeared a cloud. There was a black cloud, a white
cloud, a blue cloud, and a yellow cloud. The Black Cloud contained the
Female spirit of Life. The White Cloud contained the Male spirit of
Dawn.
The Blue Cloud and the Yellow Cloud came together in the West,
and a wind from the clouds blew. From the breath of wind, First Woman, Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́,
was formed, and with her the yellow corn, perfect in shape, with
kernels covering the whole ear. White shell, and turquoise, and yucca
were there with her.
The Black Cloud and the White Cloud came together in the East, and the
wind from the clouds blew. From the breath of wind, First Man, Áłtsé Hastiin, was formed and with him the white corn, Kóhonotʼíinii, perfect in shape, with kernels covering the whole ear. Crystal, symbol of the mind and clear seeing, was with him.
First Woman made a fire with her turquoise. First Man made a fire
with his crystal. Its light was the mind's first awakening. They saw
each other's light in the distance.
When the Blue Cloud and the Yellow Cloud rose high in the sky,
First Woman saw the light of First Man's fire, and she went out to find
it. Three times she was unsuccessful. The fourth time she found the home
of First Man. "I wondered what this thing could be," she said. "I saw
you walking and wondered why you did not come," First Man said. "Why do
you not come with your fire, and we will live together." First Woman
agreed to this. So instead of the man going to the woman, as is the
custom now, the woman went to live with the man.[2]
Another person, Mąʼiitoʼí Áłchíní, Great Coyote,
was formed in the water. He told First Man and First Woman that he had
been hatched from an egg, and knew all that was under the water and all
that was in the skies. First Man believed him. Then a second coyote, Áłtsé Hashké,
First Angry, appeared. He said to the three, "You believe that you were
the first persons. You are mistaken. I was living when you were
formed." First Angry brought witchcraft into the world.[2]
The Air-Spirit People became jealous of one another and began to
fight. The rulers of the four seas, Blue Heron, Frog, White Thunder, and
Big Water Creature could stand it no more, and told the beings of the
island that they must all leave this world. Some climbed and some flew
until they came to an opening in the sky. They crawled through it and
into the Second World.
8Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are
upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the
earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith
the LORD. 9For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. 10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. 11In
that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and
close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will
build it as in the days of old:12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. 13Behold,
the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the
reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the
mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. 14And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
6 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 And
David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale
of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called
by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
3 And
they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the
house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of
Abinadab, drave the new cart.
4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord
on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on
psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
6 And
when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to
the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
8 And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?
10 So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
11 And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obededom, and all his household.
12 And it was told king David, saying, The Lord
hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him,
because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God
from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord
Old English bryce "a fracture, act of breaking," from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (source also of Old Frisian breke "a burst, crack, demolition (of a house)," Old Saxon bruki, Old High German bruh, Middle Dutch broke), a noun from *brekanan (source of Old English brecan "to shatter, burst; injure, violate, destroy, curtail;" see break (v.)). The English word was influenced by Old French cognate breche "breach, opening, gap," which is from Frankish or another Germanic source. Ultimately from PIE root *bhreg- "to break."
Figurative
sense of "infraction, violation, a breaking of rules, etc." was in Old
English. Meaning "opening made by breaking" is from late 14c. Meaning
"rupture of friendly relations" is from 1570s. Breach of contract is from at least 1660s; breach of peace "violation of public order" is from 1670s; breach of promise (usually promise of marriage) is from 1580s.
breach (v.)
"make a breach or opening in," 1570s, from breach (n.). Related: Breached; breaching.
The term "The Key of David"
is a phrase that is recently surfacing in many places. Like the phrase
"The Tabernacle of David" it is a term that rarely comes up in Christian
writing before this present generation, and, I believe the Holy Spirit
has highlighted these terms from the Scriptures in recent times and
intentionally has brought them to our communal attention.
Revelation 3:7-8, Jesus addresses the Church in Philadelphia with these words:
"These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut."
The Church to whom this is addressed would immediately
recognize the words of Isaiah the prophet from the Hebrew scriptures, in
a word directed to Shebna, one who had assumed unlawful authority in
the King’s palace (Is 22:20-22):
"In that day I will summon my servant,
Eliakim son of Hilkiah. I will clothe him with your robe and fasten
your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a
father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open."
In both cases, with the Church in Philadelphia where
certain Jews had unlawfully assumed authority (Rev. 3:9), and in
Jerusalem where Shebna had usurped authority in the palace (Is.
22:15-19), the Key of David was given to establish God-ordained
authority in those places. In the culture of the time a Key was an
emblem of the authority of Government; and in the East to this day, in
transferring the authority and Government of a city, a large Key is laid
upon a person.
But why is it called the Key "of David?" Why is
David’s name associated with this Key of Governmental Authority, the key
that has the power to open what no one can shut and shut what no one
can open?I believe that answer is found in what the Lord himself says concerning David (Acts 13:22):
"I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do."
I believe the Key of David is essentially the Heart of David. God calls him "a man after my own heart."
The heart of David is most eloquently captured in the words of Psalm 132, where it says of David,
He swore an oath to the Lord
and made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
"I will not enter my house
or go to my bed-
I will allow no sleep to my eyes,
no slumber to my eyelids,
till I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
The heart of David, above all, was to find a resting
place for the presence of the Lord among his people, a "Dwelling for the
Mighty One of Jacob." After David captured Jerusalem from the
Jebusites, one of his first acts recorded in the Scriptures (II Sam. 6, I Chron. 13-15),
before conquering other cities or lands, was to bring the Ark of the
Covenant, the Ark representing the Presence of God into Jerusalem, and
establish worshippers continually ministering to the Lord day and night.
David was known as a Shepherd, a Fugitive, a Warrior, and a King; but
most of all, and above all, as a Worshipper.
The Wave Existence is a divine being pulled from a higher dimension, and a force that became entwined in the creation of humanity on the planetXenogears takes place on. It appears as a glowing radiant light or energy
As a smithing god, Hephaestus made all the weapons of the gods in
Olympus. He served as the blacksmith of the gods, and was worshipped in
the manufacturing and industrial centres of Greece, particularly Athens. The cult of Hephaestus was based in Lemnos.[1] Hephaestus' symbols are a smith's hammer, anvil, and a pair of tongs.
Hephaestus is given many epithets. The meaning of each epithet is:[8]
Amphigýeis "the lame one" (Ἀμφιγύεις)
Kyllopodíōn "the halting" (Κυλλοποδίων)
Khalkeús "coppersmith" (Χαλκεύς)
Klytotékhnēs "renowned artificer" (Κλυτοτέχνης)
Polýmētis "shrewd, crafty" or "of many devices" (Πολύμητις)
Aitnaîos "Aetnaean" (Αἰτναῖος), owing to his workshop being supposedly located below Mount Aetna.
In botany, apomixis was defined by Hans Winkler as replacement of the normal sexual reproduction by asexual reproduction, without fertilization.[1] Its etymology is Greek for "away from" + "mixing". This definition notably does not mention meiosis. Thus "normal asexual reproduction"
of plants, such as propagation from cuttings or leaves, has never been
considered to be apomixis, but replacement of the seed by a plantlet or replacement of the flower by bulbils were categorized as types of apomixis. Apomictically produced offspring are genetically identical to the parent plant.
In flowering plants, the term "apomixis" is commonly used in a restricted sense to mean agamospermy, i.e., clonal reproduction through seeds. Although agamospermy could theoretically occur in gymnosperms, it appears to be absent in that group.[2]
Apogamy is a related term that has had various meanings over time. In plants with independent gametophytes (notably ferns), the term is still used interchangeably with "apomixis", and both refer to the formation of sporophytes by parthenogenesis of gametophyte cells.
Male apomixis (paternal apomixis) involves replacement of the genetic material of an egg by the genetic material of the pollen.
Normal egg cells form after meiosis and are haploid, with half as many chromosomes
as their mother's body cells. Haploid individuals, however, are usually
non-viable, and parthenogenetic offspring usually have the diploid
chromosome number. Depending on the mechanism involved in restoring the
diploid number of chromosomes, parthenogenetic offspring may have
anywhere between all and half of the mother's alleles. The offspring having all of the mother's genetic material are called full clones
and those having only half are called half clones. Full clones are
usually formed without meiosis. If meiosis occurs, the offspring will
get only a fraction of the mother's alleles since crossing over of DNA takes place during meiosis, creating variation.
The asexual, all-female whiptail species Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (center), which reproduces via parthenogenesis, is shown flanked by two sexual species having males, A. inornatus (left) and A. tigris (right), which hybridized naturally to form A. neomexicanus.
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In Sikhism, amrit (Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ) is the name of the holy water used in Amrit Sanchar, a ceremony which resembles baptism. This ceremony is observed to initiate the Sikhs into the Khalsa and requires drinking amrit. This is created by mixing a number of soluble ingredients, including sugar, and is then rolled with a khanda with the accompaniment of scriptural recitation of five sacred verses.
Metaphorically, God's name is also referred to as a nectarAmanita muscaria (also known as fly agaric or fly amanita) is a psychoactive mushroom that grows widely in the northern hemisphere. The fly agaric is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom that is one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture.[citation needed] It is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, which derive from its primary psychoactive constituents ibotenic acid and muscimol. Muscimol is a potent, selective agonist for the GABAA receptor that produces sedative, depressant and deliriant effects.[1]
Although classified as poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from its ingestion are extremely rare. After parboiling—which weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances[2]—it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.[citation needed]
Amanita muscaria has been used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. In western Siberia, the use of A. muscaria was restricted to shamans, who used it as an alternative method of achieving a trance state. In eastern Siberia, A. muscaria was used by both shamans and laypeople alike, and was used recreationally as well as religiously.[3]
There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in other places such as the Middle East, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia.[citation needed]
In remote areas of Lithuania, Amanita muscaria has been reported to be consumed at wedding feasts. The Lithuanians have also been reported to export the mushrooms to the Lapps in the Far North for use in shamanic rituals.[4]
Amanita muscaria is sometimes confused with psilocybin mushrooms as "magic mushrooms".Represented as young men rescuing mortals from peril in battle or at sea, the Divine Twins rode the steeds that pull the sun across the sky and were sometimes depicted as horses themselves.[8] They shared a sister, the Dawn (*H₂éwsōs), also the daughter of the Sky-God.[9] The two brothers are generally portrayed as healers and helpers, travelling in miraculous vehicles in order to save shipwrecked mortals.[1] They are often differentiated: one is represented as a physically strong and aggressive warrior, while the other is seen as a healer who rather gives attention to domestic duties, agrarian pursuits, or romantic adventures.[3]
In the Vedic, Greek and Baltic traditions, the Divine Twins similarly appear as the personifications of the morning and evening star.[1] They are depicted as the lovers or the companions of a solar female deity, preferably the Sun's daughter but sometimes also the Dawn. In the majority of stories where they appear, the Divine Twins rescue the Dawn from a watery peril, a theme that emerged from their role as the solar steeds.[10][3]
At night, the horses of the sun returned to the east in a golden boat, where they traversed the sea[a] to bring back the Sun into the sky each morning. During the day, they crossed the nocturnal sky in pursuit of their consort, the morning star. In what seems to be a later addition confined to Europe, they were said to take a rest at the end of the day on the "Isles of the Blessed", a land seating in the western sea which possessed magic apple orchards.[3] By the Bronze Age, the Divine Twins were also represented as the coachmen of the horse-driven solar chariots.Etymology 1
àmma
Etymology
From amm (“kiss”).
Verb
amma
Etymology
emä (“mother (archaic), womb”) + -o
Noun
emo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *emō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), (with excrescent p in ēmptum).
Cognate with Lithuanian im̃ti, Old Church Slavonic имѫ (imǫ) and possibly Old Armenian իմանամ (imanam). Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to take or give ones due”), with its descendants English nim, Danish nemme, Dutch nemen, German nehmen, West Frisian nimme, Ancient Greek νέμω (némō).
Zia
Etymology
From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *ambi (“man, husband”).
Noun
emo
Mushroom Kingdom/Afro/Thunderhead/Mario go into wells/Bowser
Fungi/Mushrooms grow without seeds and are mostly in ocean
Mammatus are most often associated with anvil clouds and also severe thunderstorms. They often extend from the base of a cumulonimbus, but may also be found under altostratus, and cirrus clouds, as well as volcanic ash clouds.
mammary (adj.)
"of or pertaining to a breast," 1680s, from French mammaire (18c.) or Medieval Latin mammarius, from Latin mamma "breast"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana
In Hawaiian and Tahitian culture, mana is a spiritual energy and healing power which can exist in places, objects and persons. Hawaiians believe that mana may be gained or lost by actions, and Hawaiians and Tahitians believe that mana is both external and internal. Sites on the Hawaiian Islands and in French Polynesia are believed to possess mana—for example, the top rim of the Haleakalā volcano on the island of Maui and the Taputapuatea marae on the island of Raiatea in the Society Islands.
Ancient Hawaiian believed that the island of Molokaʻi possesses mana, compared with its neighboring islands. Before the unification of Hawaii by King Kamehameha I, battles were fought for possession of the island and its south-shore fish ponds which existed until the late 19th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nature_Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a charitable environmental organization, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a charitable environmental organization, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has over one million members, and has protected more than 119,000,000 acres (48,000,000 ha) of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide.[4] The largest environmental nonprofit by assets and revenue in the Americas,Calakmul (/ˌkɑːlɑːkˈmuːl/; also Kalakmul and other less frequent variants) is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, deep in the jungles of the greater Petén Basin region. It is 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the Guatemalan border. Calakmul was one of the largest and most powerful ancient cities ever uncovered in the Maya lowlands.
Calakmul was a major Maya power within the northern Petén Basin region of the Yucatán Peninsula of southern Mexico. Calakmul administered a large domain marked by the extensive distribution of their emblem glyph of the snake head sign, to be read "Kaan". Calakmul was the seat of what has been dubbed the Kingdom of the Snake[1] or Snake Kingdom. This Snake Kingdom reigned during most of the Classic period. Calakmul itself is estimated to have had a population of 50,000 people and had governance, at times, over places as far away as 150 kilometers. There are 6,750 ancient structures identified at Calakmul, the largest of which is the great pyramid at the site. Structure 2 is over 45 metres (148 ft) high, making it one of the tallest of the Maya pyramids. Four tombs have been located within the pyramid. Like many temples or pyramids within Mesoamerica the pyramid at Calakmul increased in size by building upon the existing temple to reach its current size. The size of the central monumental architecture is approximately 2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi) and the whole of the site, mostly covered with dense residential structures, is about 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi).
Because of the endangered species present and because the Lake Tahoe Basin comprises the headwaters of the Truckee River, Pyramid Lake has been the focus of several water quality investigations, the most detailed starting in the mid-1980s. Under direction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a comprehensive dynamic water quality computer model, the DSSAM Model was developed[9] to analyze impacts of a variety of land use and wastewater management decisions throughout the 3,120-square-mile (8,100 km2) Truckee River Basin. Analytes addressed included nitrogen, reactive phosphate, total dissolved solids, dissolved oxygen and nine other parameters. Based upon use of the model, some decisions have been influenced to enhance Pyramid Lake water quality and aid the viability of Pyramid Lake biota. Another contaminant of interest is mercury, introduced to Pyramid Lake from the Truckee River.[23] It is suggested that mercury remediation efforts be carefully considered such that methylmercury production are not enhanced.[23]
The West Maui Mountains, West Maui Volcano, or Mauna Kahalawai[2] which means "holding house of water,"[3] is approximately 1.7 million years old[4] and forms a much eroded shield volcano that constitutes the western quarter of the Hawaiian Island of Maui. Since its last eruption approximately 320,000 years ago, the West Maui Mountains have undergone substantial stream erosion.[5]
The three moku or districts of west Maui are Lāhaina, Kāʻanapali, and Wailuku.[6] Wailuku is also known as Pūʻalikomohana, or Nā Wai ʻEhā which means the four waters. The 4 waters are the ahupuaʻa (smaller land division than district), which are Waikapū, Wailuku, Waiʻehu, and Waiheʻe.
The port of Lāhainā lies on the southwestern slope.
Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo: "Story of the People"), the Navajo creation myth, describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo, and centers on the area known as the Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Navajo. This story forms the basis for the traditional Navajo way of life. The basic outline of Diné Bahaneʼ begins with the Niłchʼi Diyin (Holy Wind) being created as the mists of lights which arose through the darkness to animate and bring purpose to the four Diyin Dineʼé (Holy People), supernatural and sacred in the different three lower worlds. All these things were spiritually created in the time before the Earth existed and the physical aspect of humans did not exist yet, but the spiritual did.
The First or Dark World, Niʼ Hodiłhił, was small and centered on an island floating in the middle of four seas. The inhabitants of the first world were the four Diyin Dineʼé, the two Coyotes, the four rulers of the four seas, mist beings and various insect and bat people, the latter being the Air-Spirit People. The supernatural beings First Woman and First Man came into existence here and met for the first time after seeing each other's fire. The various beings on The First World started fighting with one another and departed by flying out an opening in the east.
They journeyed to the Second or Blue World, Niʼ Hodootłʼizh, which was inhabited by various blue-gray furred mammals and various birds, including blue swallows. The beings from the First World offended Swallow Chief, Táshchózhii, and they were asked to leave. First Man created a wand of jet and other materials to allow the people to walk upon it up into the next world through an opening in the south.
In the Third or Yellow World, Niʼ Hałtsooí, there were two rivers that formed a cross and the Sacred Mountains but there was still no sun. More animal people lived here too. This time it was not discord among the people that drove them away but a great flood caused by Tééhoołtsódii when Coyote stole her two children.
When the people arrived in the Fourth or White World, Niʼ Hodisxǫs, it was covered in water and there were monsters (naayééʼ) living here. The Sacred Mountains were re-formed from soil taken from the original mountains in the Second World. First Man, and the Holy People created the sun, moon, seasons, and stars. It was here that true death came into existence via Coyote tossing a stone into a lake and declaring that if it sank then the dead would go back to the previous world.
The first human born in the Fourth World is Yoołgaii Asdzą́ą́ who matures into Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé, in turn, gives birth to the Hero Twins called Naayééʼ Neizghání and Tóbájíshchíní. The twins have many adventures in which they helped to rid the world of various monsters. Multiple batches of modern humans were created a number of times in the Fourth World and the Diyin Dineʼé gave them ceremonies which are still practiced today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiprock
Shiprock and the surrounding land have religious and historical significance to the Navajo people. It is mentioned in many of their myths and legends. Foremost is the peak's role as the agent that brought the Navajo to the southwest. According to one legend, after being transported from another place, the Navajos lived on the monolith, "coming down only to plant their fields and get water."[7] One day, the peak was struck by lightning, obliterating the trail and leaving only a sheer cliff, and stranding the women and children on top to starve. The presence of people on the peak is forbidden "for fear they might stir up the chį́įdii (ghosts), or rob their corpses."[7]
Navajo legend puts the peak in a larger geographic context. Shiprock is said to be either a medicine pouch or a bow carried by the "Goods of Value Mountain", a large mythic male figure comprising several mountain features throughout the region. The Chuska Mountains comprise the body, Chuska Peak is the head, the Carrizo Mountains are the legs, and Beautiful Mountain is the feet.[7]
Navajo legend has it that Bird Monsters (Tsé Ninájálééh) nested on the peak and fed on human flesh. After Monster Slayer, elder of the Warrior Twins, destroyed Déélééd at Red Mesa, he killed two adult Bird Monsters at Shiprock and changed two young ones into an eagle and an owl.[7][11] The peak is mentioned in stories from the Enemy Side Ceremony and the Navajo Mountain Chant, and is associated with the Bead Chant and the Naayee'ee Ceremony.[7] There are a number of other legends regarding what the Shiprock pinnacle might be. Some Navajo traditionalists argue that it is a geological anomaly that may have originated as a work of the 'star people'.
The First World/Multiverse/True Creation
Of a time long ago these things are said. The first world was small, and black as soot. In the middle of the four seas there was an island floating in the mist. On the island grew a pine tree.
Dark ants dwelt there. Red ants dwelled there. Dragonflies dwelled there. Yellow beetles dwelled there. Hard beetles dwelled there. Stone-carrier beetles dwelled there. Black beetles dwelled there. Coyote-dung beetles dwelled there. Bats dwelled there. Whitefaced beetles dwelled there. Locusts dwelled there. White locusts dwelled there.
These were the twelve groups of the Níłchʼi Dineʼé, the Air-Spirit People, who lived in the First World.[1]
Around the floating island were four seas. Each sea was ruled by a being. In the sea to the East dwelled Tééhoołtsódii, Big Water Creature, The One Who Grabs Things in the Water. In the sea to the south lived Táłtłʼááh álééh, Blue Heron. In the sea to the west dwelled Chʼał, Frog. In the ocean to the north dwelled Iiʼniʼ Jiłgaii, Winter Thunder.
Above each sea appeared a cloud. There was a black cloud, a white cloud, a blue cloud, and a yellow cloud. The Black Cloud contained the Female spirit of Life. The White Cloud contained the Male spirit of Dawn.
The Blue Cloud and the Yellow Cloud came together in the West, and a wind from the clouds blew. From the breath of wind, First Woman, Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́, was formed, and with her the yellow corn, perfect in shape, with kernels covering the whole ear. White shell, and turquoise, and yucca were there with her.
The Black Cloud and the White Cloud came together in the East, and the wind from the clouds blew. From the breath of wind, First Man, Áłtsé Hastiin, was formed and with him the white corn, Kóhonotʼíinii, perfect in shape, with kernels covering the whole ear. Crystal, symbol of the mind and clear seeing, was with him.
First Woman made a fire with her turquoise. First Man made a fire with his crystal. Its light was the mind's first awakening. They saw each other's light in the distance.
When the Blue Cloud and the Yellow Cloud rose high in the sky, First Woman saw the light of First Man's fire, and she went out to find it. Three times she was unsuccessful. The fourth time she found the home of First Man. "I wondered what this thing could be," she said. "I saw you walking and wondered why you did not come," First Man said. "Why do you not come with your fire, and we will live together." First Woman agreed to this. So instead of the man going to the woman, as is the custom now, the woman went to live with the man.[2]
Another person, Mąʼiitoʼí Áłchíní, Great Coyote, was formed in the water. He told First Man and First Woman that he had been hatched from an egg, and knew all that was under the water and all that was in the skies. First Man believed him. Then a second coyote, Áłtsé Hashké, First Angry, appeared. He said to the three, "You believe that you were the first persons. You are mistaken. I was living when you were formed." First Angry brought witchcraft into the world.[2]
The Air-Spirit People became jealous of one another and began to fight. The rulers of the four seas, Blue Heron, Frog, White Thunder, and Big Water Creature could stand it no more, and told the beings of the island that they must all leave this world. Some climbed and some flew until they came to an opening in the sky. They crawled through it and into the Second World.
Amos 9:11 Context
8Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. 9For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. 10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. 11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. 13Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. 14And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
6 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
8 And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?
10 So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
11 And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obededom, and all his household.
12 And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord2 Samuel 6
7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
8 And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.breach (n.)
Old English bryce "a fracture, act of breaking," from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (source also of Old Frisian breke "a burst, crack, demolition (of a house)," Old Saxon bruki, Old High German bruh, Middle Dutch broke), a noun from *brekanan (source of Old English brecan "to shatter, burst; injure, violate, destroy, curtail;" see break (v.)). The English word was influenced by Old French cognate breche "breach, opening, gap," which is from Frankish or another Germanic source. Ultimately from PIE root *bhreg- "to break."
Figurative sense of "infraction, violation, a breaking of rules, etc." was in Old English. Meaning "opening made by breaking" is from late 14c. Meaning "rupture of friendly relations" is from 1570s. Breach of contract is from at least 1660s; breach of peace "violation of public order" is from 1670s; breach of promise (usually promise of marriage) is from 1580s.
breach (v.)
"make a breach or opening in," 1570s, from breach (n.). Related: Breached; breaching.
The term "The Key of David" is a phrase that is recently surfacing in many places. Like the phrase "The Tabernacle of David" it is a term that rarely comes up in Christian writing before this present generation, and, I believe the Holy Spirit has highlighted these terms from the Scriptures in recent times and intentionally has brought them to our communal attention.
Revelation 3:7-8, Jesus addresses the Church in Philadelphia with these words:"These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut."
The Church to whom this is addressed would immediately recognize the words of Isaiah the prophet from the Hebrew scriptures, in a word directed to Shebna, one who had assumed unlawful authority in the King’s palace (Is 22:20-22):
"In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open."
But why is it called the Key "of David?" Why is David’s name associated with this Key of Governmental Authority, the key that has the power to open what no one can shut and shut what no one can open?I believe that answer is found in what the Lord himself says concerning David (Acts 13:22):In both cases, with the Church in Philadelphia where certain Jews had unlawfully assumed authority (Rev. 3:9), and in Jerusalem where Shebna had usurped authority in the palace (Is. 22:15-19), the Key of David was given to establish God-ordained authority in those places. In the culture of the time a Key was an emblem of the authority of Government; and in the East to this day, in transferring the authority and Government of a city, a large Key is laid upon a person.
"I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do."
I believe the Key of David is essentially the Heart of David. God calls him "a man after my own heart."The heart of David is most eloquently captured in the words of Psalm 132, where it says of David,
He swore an oath to the Lord
and made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
"I will not enter my house
or go to my bed-
I will allow no sleep to my eyes,
no slumber to my eyelids,
till I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
The heart of David, above all, was to find a resting place for the presence of the Lord among his people, a "Dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob." After David captured Jerusalem from the Jebusites, one of his first acts recorded in the Scriptures (II Sam. 6, I Chron. 13-15), before conquering other cities or lands, was to bring the Ark of the Covenant, the Ark representing the Presence of God into Jerusalem, and establish worshippers continually ministering to the Lord day and night. David was known as a Shepherd, a Fugitive, a Warrior, and a King; but most of all, and above all, as a Worshipper.
Hephaestus (/hɪˈfiːstəs, hɪˈfɛstəs/; eight spellings; Greek: Ἥφαιστος Hēphaistos) is the Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire (compare, however, with Hestia), and volcanoes.[1] Hephaestus' Roman counterpart is Vulcan. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was either the son of Zeus and Hera or he was Hera's parthenogenous child. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mother because of his deformity or, in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances.[2][3][4]
As a smithing god, Hephaestus made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus. He served as the blacksmith of the gods, and was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centres of Greece, particularly Athens. The cult of Hephaestus was based in Lemnos.[1] Hephaestus' symbols are a smith's hammer, anvil, and a pair of tongs.
Hephaestus is given many epithets. The meaning of each epithet is:[8]
In flowering plants, the term "apomixis" is commonly used in a restricted sense to mean agamospermy, i.e., clonal reproduction through seeds. Although agamospermy could theoretically occur in gymnosperms, it appears to be absent in that group.[2]
Apogamy is a related term that has had various meanings over time. In plants with independent gametophytes (notably ferns), the term is still used interchangeably with "apomixis", and both refer to the formation of sporophytes by parthenogenesis of gametophyte cells.
Male apomixis (paternal apomixis) involves replacement of the genetic material of an egg by the genetic material of the pollen.
Parthenogenesis (/ˌpɑːrθɪnoʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs, -θɪnə-/;[1][2] from the Greek παρθένος, parthenos, 'virgin' + γένεσις, genesis, 'creation'[3]) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur without fertilization by sperm. In animals, parthenogenesis means development of an embryo from an unfertilized egg cell. In plants parthenogenesis is a component process of apomixis.
Parthenogenesis occurs naturally in some plants, some invertebrate animal species (including nematodes, some tardigrades, water fleas, some scorpions, aphids, some mites, some bees, some Phasmatodea and parasitic wasps) and a few vertebrates (such as some fish,[4] amphibians, reptiles[5][6] and very rarely birds[7]). This type of reproduction has been induced artificially in a few species including fish and amphibians.[8]
Normal egg cells form after meiosis and are haploid, with half as many chromosomes as their mother's body cells. Haploid individuals, however, are usually non-viable, and parthenogenetic offspring usually have the diploid chromosome number. Depending on the mechanism involved in restoring the diploid number of chromosomes, parthenogenetic offspring may have anywhere between all and half of the mother's alleles. The offspring having all of the mother's genetic material are called full clones and those having only half are called half clones. Full clones are usually formed without meiosis. If meiosis occurs, the offspring will get only a fraction of the mother's alleles since crossing over of DNA takes place during meiosis, creating variation.
The asexual, all-female whiptail species Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (center), which reproduces via parthenogenesis, is shown flanked by two sexual species having males, A. inornatus (left) and A. tigris (right), which hybridized naturally to form A. neomexicanus.