Movement

MovemenT

In the ancient scriptures and in ancient times there were many methods of moving from one place to another. We will discuss some of the more interesting methods employed by people and entities throughout history.

Craft:

Tze Merkabah (Fiery Chariot)

2 Kings 2:11 

 ¹¹ As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Eliyahu (Elijah) went up to Shamayim in a whirlwind. NIV

The word for chariot is rekab, which means vehicle and the word for horses in the text is the Hebrew word soos, which literally means rapid flight. The word for fire comes from a seldom used Aramaic root that is also used to describe a certain celestial being (which we will discuss latter) so the passage actually says this:

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a vehicle controlled by a shining being flying rapidly appeared and separated the two of them, and Eliyahu (Elijah) went up to the heights in a vortex.

Mahabharata

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the RAMAYANa. The epic is part of the Hindu history.

In the beginning Sanjaya gives a description of the various continents of the Earth, the other planets… My question is how could a book written around 900 BCE describe other planets?

In the full volume of writings is described enormous in air battles between celestial beings in airships with one battle even culminating in what can be described as a thermal nuclear blast.

In the text there appear descriptions of vehicles called Vimāna who are said to "jump into space speedily with a craft using fire and water ... containing twelve pillars, one wheel, three machines, 300 pivots, and 60 instruments."

One account of these flying machines is described as follows:

"The Pushpaka chariot that resembles the Sun and belongs to my brother was brought by the powerful Ravana; that aerial and excellent chariot going everywhere at will .... that chariot resembling a bright cloud in the sky ... and the King [Rama] got in, and the excellent chariot at the command of the Raghira, rose up into the higher atmosphere.'"

It is clear that the ancients had a very interesting world view. In the ancient Sumerian writings there are a number of accounts of people taking flight. Clearly there existed an artificial means of flight long before Orville and Wilbur built their primitive self propelled glider.

The question is this: Where did the ancients get the technology to build such machines and/or who were the pilots of the craft that is described in these writings.

Wormholes

There are many references to something in Hebrew that is called a Gilgal (vortex). Generally it is translated as a whirlwind. The unique thing about this is that in most cases when this whirlwind is described as occurring it is during circumstances that result in the disappearance of someone or the rapid movement of something else.

The ancient Arabs believed in Keramat, the folding up of the earth. It was believed that certain people and entities had the ability to travel great distances across the earth utilizing this technique.  

In the first century it is reported that an individual by the name of Philippos was instructed by an other worldly figure known in ancient times as Ruach Ha Kodesh to travel from an area in the Gaza desert to the ancient city of Azotus (Ashdod) which was approximately an 80 kilometer journey which He accomplished in an instant. ACTS 8: 38 - 40