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[ABrotherinFaith]

Originally Posted by Drake

Brother Nee speculated that God's throne may be physically located in the "Swan" constellation.

I've never heard/read that. Do you remember where I can find it in his writing? Or at least which verses he used to arrive at that idea?

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by ABrotherinFaith

I've never heard/read that. Do you remember where I can find it in his writing? Or at least which verses he used to arrive at that idea?

Speculation.

The Swan Constellation is also known as the Northern Cross.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by ABrotherinFaith

I've never heard/read that. Do you remember where I can find it in his writing? Or at least which verses he used to arrive at that idea?

Hi ABF,

The Word of the.Cross. Should be Chapter 6.

Drake

[awareness]

Originally Posted by Drake

Hi ABF,

The Word of the.Cross. Should be Chapter 6.

Drake

Now I've got the itch. I searched the whole book for "swan" and "constellation," and found nothing.

So where did Nee say it? Maybe it's been scrubbed.

And great pix bro Ohio. By the way, the stars in the swan constellation aren't anywhere related to each other. They take their shape when seen from earth.

That's why I laughed at Nee's remark. There's no actual center to the stars in the swan constellation. They aren't all stars.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by awareness

Now I've got the itch. I searched the whole book for "swan" and "constellation," and found nothing.

So where did Nee say it? Maybe it's been scrubbed.

And great pix bro Ohio. By the way, the stars in the swan constellation aren't anywhere related to each other. They take their shape when seen from earth.

That's why I laughed at Nee's remark. There's no actual center to the stars in the swan constellation. They aren't all stars.

Personally, I don't think the throne of God is in any physical location.

God and the angels and other witnesses are unseen, yet they are watching us all the time. See Hebrews 12.1

My apologies to RecoveringCK, since we have taken this thread into the stratosphere.

[recoveringCK]

Originally Posted by Ohio

My apologies to RecoveringCK, since we have taken this thread into the stratosphere.

The stratosphere is on our way to the 3rd heaven were god lives in the Swan constellation, Cygnus, anyway. Interesting. Entertaining.

[awareness]

Originally Posted by recoveringCK

The stratosphere is on our way to the 3rd heaven were god lives in the Swan constellation, Cygnus, anyway. Interesting. Entertaining.

Interesting and entertaining cuz it's out beyond the stratosphere into the stars far far away ; and of vastly divergent distances from each other. Nevertheless, being in the north pole area it was seen back when the books of the Bible were written, back when eye sight could only see around 5000 stars in the sky, back when asterisms were being freely drawn like seeing images in the clouds, cuz the skies were the only source of entertainment back then ... that and telling stories around campfires.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by awareness

Now I've got the itch. I searched the whole book for "swan" and "constellation," and found nothing.

So where did Nee say it? Maybe it's been scrubbed.

And great pix bro Ohio. By the way, the stars in the swan constellation aren't anywhere related to each other. They take their shape when seen from earth.

That's why I laughed at Nee's remark. There's no actual center to the stars in the swan constellation. They aren't all stars.

Hmmm

Ok. Go to Lsm.org

Click the online publications button.

In the search box type. “Swan”

Should get you there

Drake

[Ohio]

Here is the referenced section in Nee's book ...

The earth's geographic and magnetic poles both point toward the north. How wonderful it is! Who can know the reason why the compass always points towards the north? In the Constellation of the Swan in the north, there is a place where the surroundings are all stars, yet this space is without any star. This empty space is known by some astronomers as the "dark nebula" or by others as the "rift of the sky." Job 26:7 says, "He [God] stretcheth out the north over the empty place." Can this "empty place" not be the same as the "rift"? If the uttermost part of the north is in the midst of this, then should heaven not also be in it? We will certainly find out one day!

Job 26:7 is another good proof of heaven being in the uttermost part of the north. "He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, / and hangeth the earth upon nothing." Here, "the earth" and "the north" are in opposition. "Nothing" refers to the atmospheric air enveloping the earth. If "nothing" means the atmosphere, then the empty place over which the north is placed cannot be the same atmosphere. It must be where heaven is. Heaven is therefore in the north.

Astronomers tell us that the entire solar system—the sun, the planets, and the earth—are all traveling toward this "rift" at a velocity of more than twenty miles a second! That is equivalent to almost 72,000 miles per hour! Why would our Lord allow the inhabited earth to travel toward the north? Who can say there is no purpose in this phenomenon?

Today the theory of heaven being a definite place has been under numerous attacks and mockings. What we have studied in this book is not of utmost importance. The important thing is to believe that there is a place called heaven.

Heaven is a place prepared for those who are prepared. Do you desire this? Are you prepared for it?