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The Spectrum

By Augusto A. Kho

July 29, 2018 (Sunday); 9:00am

Updated: July 31, 2018 (Tuesday): 7:31 pm

Updated: August 1, 2018 (Wednesday); 5:02 am

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Blurred vision

For the past two weeks by now, I am having blurred vision. I could hardly recognize anyone’s face even for merely 6-7 meters away. Sometimes I see someone with a distorted face like having four eyes, four ears, four eyebrows, two noses and so on. It could be a neurology-related problem. Until I decided to see a doctor last Friday, July 27, 2018 to ease my paranoia-like -attitude.

St. Luke’s Hospital

At St. Luke’s Hospital in Quezon City, I was referred to see an ophthalmologist in the peron of Dr. Bernardo Joaquin P. Tuano, Opthalmologist, Cataract Surgery and Vitreo-retinal Surgery. After the examination I asked Tuano what was the problem or shall I have my eyes rested. His reply was this:

“You have a slight cataract but it takes a decade to have it developed. Nothing alarming so far. Your blurred and shadowy vision is not eye-related but brain-related. Eyes do not rest. Eyes work 24 hours a day. Your eyelids may be closed but your eyes are still open and working unlike the brain that needed much rest to make your vision clearer.”

When Dr. Tuano said that eyes never sleeps nor rest that was the only time I understood clearly this Scripture that says:

“Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep,” – Psalm 121:4

God therefore never sleeps. The Lord never closes His eye even for a second. He watches over us 24 hours a day. He knows our coming in and going out.

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In other words, my brain is overworked if not being drained because but I refused to give my brain rest or a break . While we thought that our eyes are closed but it is actually the brain that is completely shut down that affects our sense of seeing.

While very few can see or perceive clearly what is going on around us yet majority could hardly see the reality. A good example is when prophet Habakkuk complained to God this matter:

“How long (that must be very long I presumed), Lord, must I cry out for help, but you won’t listen? I’m crying out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you aren’t providing deliverance. Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound. Therefore the Law has become paralyzed, and justice never comes about. Because criminals outnumber the righteous, whenever judgment are issued, they come out crooked?” - Habakkuk 1:2-4/ ISV

Let us see some social issues today that Habakkuk is wailing at:

Like Habakkuk, I huffed (indignantly reacted) Him twice why He allowed me to see injustices and wickedness before my very eyes. Yet the Lord God remained standing still and passive as if He was doing nothing while I kept crying for help and in prayer and in intercession.

I saw by myself how laws are being distorted by the lawmakers themselves and how graft and corruption became SOP (standard operating procedure) among government projects and how abuse of power is being wielded left and right yet no one seem, to care to file a formal protest and complaint.

Why very few from the Christian bishops, pastors and ministers can see the bewailing condition of our nation? Why our reefs, shoals and islets are being robbed before our eyes yet our top leaders would either shrug their shoulders if not even become a spokesperson by our foreign intruder?

While our territories and boundaries are being taken one by one and our Constitution and Human Rights are being trampled upon, what is the stand of the Church now? Even Christian or Evangelical lawmakers in the lower house (House of Representatives) and higher house (Senate) support dubious bills in the likes of Ant-SOGIE, Civil Partnership (HB 6595), BBL now BOL (Bangsamoro Organic Law) just to name a few.

(At the Plenary Hall of the Congress of May 31, 2018, votes for BBL are 221 Yes; 11 No and zero Abstain. Senate approved BBL at 1:00 am with a vote of 21 Yes, Zero No. Zero Abstain as reported by Manila Bulletin dated 01 June 2018)

Can’t we recognize the right from the wrong? Can’t we discern what is light from the dark? Can’t we recognize what is good and what is evil? Is it our mind or understanding has been automatically shut down because our brain is overworked that it needed much rest that made our eyes so dim and blurring that we fail to see the way God sees them? Or Isaiah is indeed right that God’s people are just like “dumb dogs who loves to sleep” and God’s people are like “blind watchmen,” (Isaiah 61:10)’

I presumed our brains are pretty much occupied with earthly, religious ministries and programs rather than seeing from God’s perspective that wears out our sense of vision.

The 4 P’s

The violation of the highest order can now be found in the 4 P’s namely – the prophets, priests, princes and people.

Prophets

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof – Ezekiel 22:25

Priests

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them – Ezekiel 22:26

Princes 

Eze 22:27  Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain – Ezekiel 22:27

People

Eze 22:29  The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully – Ezekiel 22:29

Intercessor Wanted:

It takes just one man to make a difference – just one man, an intercessor to let this nation not to be judged by the living God.

Ezekiel, 22:30 “ And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. “

Habakkuk’s perspective

ISV or Standard International Version used these two words, “to look” and “to stare.” Habakkuk 1:3 says, “Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness?” In comparison to KJV or King James Version are as follows:

In other words, not all can perceive the way Habakkuk sees social injustices, crimes and violence? Today, not all Christian can see the way God sees. Perhaps the Lord have purposely closed the eyes of the fools that no matter how much will you explained to them, they could not simply understand. Just like what prophet Isaiah said:

“And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not,” – Isaiah 6:9

When the President signed the BBL now, BOL (Bangsamoro Organic Law) on Wednesday, no Church from the evangelical side reacted. Me too, I did not react nor text to anyone to the said bill. Afterall I have already done my part since 2014-2015 when I submitted to the Congress and Senate my Position Paper and “NO Signature Campaign” with over 12,000 signatories from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. You cannot simply react when you expect it to become a law no matter how questionable the enclosed provisions on that bill. And yet I had my piece and stood on my ground for a simple reason like what the Lord have said to Ezekiel, the prophet of doom that says:

“I am not sending you to a foreign people whose language you cannot understand. No, I am not sending you to people with strange and difficult speech. If I did, they would listen! But the people of Israel won’t listen to you any more than they listen to me! For the whole lot of them are hard-hearted and stubborn. But look, I have made you as obstinate and hard-hearted as they are .. Then go to your people in exile and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says!’ Do this whether they listen to you or not.”” – Ezekiel 3:5-8, 11 / NLT

When you perceive a coming danger, God will send you there to warn the people whether they believe it or not.

God sent angels to warn Lot before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Noah gave the warning before the flood came. Samuel warned the people of Israel the danger should they refuse Theocracy for a monarchy. Christ warned us as well in Matthew 24. Warning signs are being made every now and then. Should the people of God refuse to listen to God and prefer to listen to the voice of a man or men, it is because of the volition and our freedom to choice. After all, we are a democratic country. It is not a crime to make a choice – good or bad yet we must be ready to face the consequences. That is when warning from God is necessary.

I heard former Senator Bongbong Marcos saying that if BBL will be approved it may create a civil war. While Bishop Eddie Villanueva said that approval of that bill will restrict religious freedom and persecution against Christians and Islamization of the Philippines. YET who will listen and obey God’s voice?

Even Senators Joel Villanueva, Gatchailian, Manny Pacquio, Honasan who allegedly claimed as Christians voted yes for BBL on June 1, 2018 at 1pm right after the House of Representatives approved BBL on May 30, 2018 at 5:05pm at the Batasanng Pambansa (I was right there at the Plenary Hall). Even the evangelical party-list CIBAC voted “Yes” for BBL.

(And BBL or BOL was finally signed by the President at 5:13pm during the 69^th Anniversary of Ipil, town of Zamboanga on July 26, 2018).

BBL questioned

Only two Christians so far who asked me a question that after President DU30 signed the BOL or BBL. The text of a Pastor’s wife reads: “What will happened now?”

Another one is also a lady, a Security Services owner whose text reads: “ Perhaps the reason why even IFP is silent because we don’t have a copy yet of the BOL – 1) did we fail as a church in fighting BBL? We had our victory during PNoy’s time, hindi lumusot nagka Mamasapano. What’s the difference with DU30? 2) Other than challenging its constitutionality we have to seek the and higher and divine way to nullify it? 3) When the church feels the heart from this BOL what is our way out for Islam? Death? Rapture? 4) Can we opt to say LET GOT TAKE OVER? Is that the resignation to the thought that all hope is lost.”

Church condition today

It is somehow acceptable for an ordinary person of not knowing the wrong from the right. But it is indeed a tragedy when a Church herself is blind and a Christian bishop, minister or leader is blind himself. Laodicea is a branded church called “a blind church” (Revelation 3:18) while the Church of Ephesus is called a “sleepy church” and it is in fact a “dead church” or a “corpse” from the Greek word, “nekros” (Ephesians 5:14). Once a person is dead it has no sense of reaction or response. The same is true when wicked legislations are being unveiled before our eyes and yet we as a Church remained docile, apathetic and unresponsive.

Christ said that a “blind cannot lead a blind “ (Matthew 15:14) and He referring to religious group no less than the Pharisees that has the world’s greatest religion called Judaism that rooted from Biblical patriarch Abraham. Yet Jesus called them as blind. The Jews fall into spirit of religion more than knowing God personally. The Christians today are falling away to this same spirit – spirit of religiosity.

Paul complained of having “many sleepless nights” and he explained this way, “I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches“ (2 Corinthians 11:27-28). And how many Christians today have the same burden like Paul? How concern we are to the destiny of the Church?

Seeing eyes : Scientific & Biblical Explanation

I praise the Lord for giving me profound understanding seeing an ophthalmologist lately. What the doctor said is mind-boggling.

Eyes. Eyes are organs of the visual system. Eyes detect light and convert it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons. In higher organisms, the eye is a complex optical system which collects light from the surrounding environment, regulates its intensity through a diaphragm, focuses it through an adjustable assembly of lenses to form an image, converts this image into a set of electrical signals, and transmits these signals to the brain.

Light. We need light to enable the eyes to see. Light is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The word usually refers to visible light, which is the visible spectrum that is visible to the human eye and is responsible for the sense of sight.

Why Filipinos could not see the difference nor distinguish the true Gospel and the false Gospel, the right and wrong; the authentic news and the fake news? Why many Christian pastors and leaders could not see wicked leadership from righteous governance? What could be the possible reason scientifically, medically and biblically speaking?

The answer could be the spectrum problem? Spectrum is like a colour-coding indicator? That could be the reason why others see white as gray or dark. In SOGIE Bill or BBL, the lawmakers voted “Yes” seeing the “wrong” as “right” while others voted “No” seeing the bill as wrong while others who cannot distinguish the wrong from the right simply voted as “abstain.”

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It is the disability to distinguish colours. What is black to gray and to white? What is right from the partly right to wrong? The Bible for example is completely the only standard

Eyes, light and life are inseparable. Light is needed for our eyes to see. Light is needed as well to see a wrong as wrong. When we travelled to Turkey or Asia Minor, we were taken to the Temple of Artemis (Diana) which is very near from the ancient ruins of Sardis. In that ancient Greek shrine, American archaeologist and Greek scholar, Dr. Mark Fairchild read to us an ancient Greek inscriptions on outdated broken column of the temple that reads “Phos” and “Zoe” which means light and life. These two words are being immortalized by Christ Himself when He said, “I am the Life,” (John 14:6). In one instance, He said, “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12).

Life in Greek “zoe” means “life” literal or figuratively. The word “light” in Greek “phos” means not only “ light or rays” (literal or figuratively) but it also came from the Greek root word “phaino” meaning “to meet the eyes as light” according to Thayer. Strong define phaino as “be seen.”

Light has a color-coded schemes if you notice how its flames moves which we science call “spectrum.” And our varying opinions, ideas, judgments and so forth depend on the kind of colour-coding we can recognize if not from our brain condition. As John puts it in terms of choices:

“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still,” - Revelation 22:11

Jesus and God as light
Jesus said, “I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness.” (Also in John 1:1-4)

Light in Greek “phos” refers to the “ light, light emitted by a lamp; a heavenly light such as surrounds angels when they appear on heart, anything emitting light (star; fire. lamp, torch).” Metaphorically God is light (delicate, pure, subtle, brilliant).

1 John 1:5, “ This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” 

Saul experienced that on his way to Damascus and “suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven” (Acts 9:3).

John the Beloved experienced that light as he said, “And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength,” (Revelation 1:16).

Revelation 22:5, “And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. “

Spectrum

Spectrum according to Webster is the group ff colours that a ray of light can be separated into including, red, orange, yellow, green blue, indigo and violent: the colours that can be seen in a rainbow. Spectrum is the entire range of light waves or radio waves or a complete range of different opinions, people and others. Full definition of spectrum is a continuum of colour formed when a beam of light is dispersed (as by the passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order. Spectrum is being called as electromagnetic spectrum or radio spectrum or mass spectrum.

God created the spectrum or rainbow in Genesis 9:13-14 as a form of covenant. The colour-coded spectrum is like a standard of measurement to judge the right from the wrong just like choosing the white (pure) from the black (impure) while the gray colour speaks of no-position like an abstaining to choose.

That is why Christians and Christians groups vary in terms of their ideas, opinions, understanding and judgment. Majority are black, some are gray and very few under the banner of color white. One perceives evil as light and it is because of spectrum. The lesser the amount of light we see is the darker our world would be.

Are we a colour-blinded church?

See, darkness and light is a part of spectrum (colour-coded signals). When there is a “gray area” on certain issues, bright people are reluctant to provide their choice of selection. They would rather abstain rather than vote for yes or no when questionable issues hangs on their heads.

Brain

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. The brain is located in the head, usually close to the sensory organs for senses such as vision.

The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body. In a human, the cerebral cortex contains approximately 15–33 billion neurons.

These neurons communicate with one another by means of long protoplasmic fibers called axons, which carry trains of signal pulses called action potentials to distant parts of the brain or body targeting specific recipient cells.

If our conscience do not recognize the Bible or Scriptures as a standard of righteousness to discern what is good and evil, is it the church is suffering from brain disorder because our brain could not transmit neurons properly to the different parts of our body?

I’ve found out very amusing that defy my below-average IQ to see Christian leaders and pastors who hailed from seminaries and bible schools protecting President Duterte in ranting God as “stupid” then uses the Scriptures to support their claim?

Is it not the Scriptures must be our measuring rod in balancing the good and evil?

When someone uses someone as a standard it is like using darkness as a standard for light.

Light and darkness are irreconcilable that is why God separated that darkness from light in Genesis 1:4, “God divided the light from the darkness.“

Hebrews 4:12, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. “

2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. “

1 Peter 1:20-21, “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”

Shall we call ourselves brain-damaged church when we find our brain not functioning perfectly well?

Brain processing

Our brain processes all sensory images and perceptions before it gives signal to transmits it to our whole body.

The brain is to exert centralized control over the other organs of the body. The brain acts on the rest of the body both by generating patterns of muscle activity and by driving the secretion of chemicals called hormones.

If we cannot properly process a certain issue be religious, social or political like “separation of the State and the Church; SOGIE Bill and same-sex marriage and righteousness leadership, can we properly say that we are hormonally-imbalanced church?

How many of us can recognize that the so called BBL now Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) is not merely religious and political but also economics? Why economics? Imagine that Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said P160 billion needed to fund the BOL and additional supplemental budget which is not yet included in the 2019 Annual Budget and over 60-70% of Mindanao’s natural resources including minerals like gold and silver, gas, oil and others belongs to proponents of BOL who happened to be Muslims? Is it not religious? Where will this huge budgetary requirements will be taken from? But from 85% Catholics and 10% Protestants (backslidden included) and the rest of other faith-based systems ethnic groups?

Neuron

A neuron, also known as a neurone (British spelling) and nerve cell, is an electrically excitable cell that receives, processes, and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals. These signals between neurons occur via specialized connections called synapses.

Christ is like the brain

Christ is the like the brain that is close to the eyes. The amount of light you see from Christ is your standard of tests to all sensory

Colossians 1:18/ NIV says, “And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.”

The word “head” in Greek “kephale” (kef-aal-ay) related to capital and extreme punishment according to Thayer Bible Definition since “the loss of the head destroys life.” Metaphorically the head refers to “anything chief, supreme, prominent, master, lord, husband in relation to wife; of Christ who is the Lord of the husband and the Church; the chief cornerstone.”

Like a brain, Christ is the head that controls the whole church (1 Corinthians 12:12). Also in Ephesians 5:23 it says:

“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. “

The moment you lost the head (Christ) where the brain is, you will lose control of everything.

Nervous System

The nervous system is the part of an animal that coordinates its actions by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body.

When President Duterte ranted God as “stupid” the evangelical church are even more divided than ever which simply means the Church have had a nervous-breakdown. If not, brain-damaged church?

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Needed rest

My ophthalmologist explained that eyes works 24 hours a day without rest. But our vision gets blurred the moment our brain needed rest and yet we resist to call for a break.

The church has to do a lot of soul-searching by resting with God rather than fighting for their idols or men. For me, I could only fight for Christ and for God’s Kingdom, otherwise I am doomed to death. No life is greater than serving Him and not the consistently inconsistent politicians.

Genesis 2:2-3, “And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3  And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. “

“Rested” in Hebrew “shabath” “to cease, desist, rest (from labour); to exterminate; to keep and observe Sabbath, repose, still.”

So when President Duterte signed BOL or BBL, I did not react at all – I simply rested in God. After everything have been said and done and yet the opposite still turned out “victorious” then let it go and leave it to God and rest with Him. “Some boast in chariots, others in horses; but we will boast in the name of the LORD our God,” (Psalm 20:7).

Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God.”

Be still in Hebrew “raphah” (raw-faw) i.e “to sink, to sink down, relax, withdraw, be disheartened; forsake, to let go; to be quiet, to cease; to be idle, slothful..”

So let it go. And let it be. And let God our righteous judge.

Jesus is your rest.

Matthew 11:28, “ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. “

The word “rest” in “anapauo” I.e. “to cause or permit one to cease from any movement or labour in order to recover and correct his strength; to give rest, refresh, to give one’s self rest; to calm down, to keep quiet, of calm and patient expectation.’ (Thayer and Strong definition).

Matthew 12:8, “ For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.” Sabbath Greek Sabbaton i.e. the seventh day of each week which was a sacred on which the Israelites were required to abstain from all work; the institution of Sabbath; the law for keeping it holy,” (Thayer); Strong: weekly repose.

The write of the Book of Hebrews is encouraging the backslidden Christians specifically to the Jewish Christians to go back to the Lord and find REST in God.

The same is true to the Church today who had backslid due to their intense political drama and thrown themselves to Colosseo to become public spectacle. Hebrews 4:1-4, 11-12 says:

“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. :2  For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3  For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works…11  Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. “

NOTES:

Brain dead

Medically speaking, a brain dead is when a person is showing no sign of activity in the brain; or having no brain function. Brain dead also means very stupid; not able to function normally or it lacks intelligence or vitality according to Webster.

Sleep disorders

A sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental, social and emotional functioning. Polysomnography and actigraphy are tests commonly ordered for some sleep disorders.

Disruptions in sleep can be caused by a variety of issues, from teeth grinding (bruxism) to night terrors. When a person suffers from difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep with no obvious cause, it is referred to as insomnia according to Max Hirshkowitz, (2004).

Sleep disorders are broadly classified into dyssomnias, parasomnias, circa dian rhythm sleep disorders involving the timing of sleep, and other disorders including ones caused by medical or psychological conditions and sleeping sickness.

Some common sleep disorders include sleep apnea (stops in breathing during sleep), narcolepsy and hypersomnia (excessive sleepiness at inappropriate times), cataplexy (sudden and transient loss of muscle tone while awake), and sleeping sickness (disruption of sleep cycle due to infection). Other disorders include sleepwalking, night terrors and bed wetting. Management of sleep disturbances that are secondary to mental, medical, or substance abuse disorders should focus on the underlying

Eyes

Eyes are organs of the visual system. They provide organisms with vision, the ability to receive and process visual detail, as well as enabling several photo response functions that are independent of vision. Eyes detect light and convert it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons. In higher organisms, the eye is a complex optical system which collects light from the surrounding environment, regulates its intensity through a diaphragm, focuses it through an adjustable assembly of lenses to form an image, converts this image into a set of electrical signals, and transmits these signals to the brain through complex neural pathways that connect the eye via the optic nerve to the visual cortex and other areas of the brain. Eyes with resolving power have come in ten fundamentally different forms, and 96% of animal species possess a complex optical system according to Land, M. F.; Fernald, R. D. (1992). "The evolution of eyes".

Light

Light is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The word usually refers to visible light, which is the visible spectrum that is visible to the human eye and is responsible for the sense of sight according to International Lighting Vocabulary (1987).

Visible light is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400–700 nanometres (nm), or 4.00 × 10−7 to 7.00 × 10−7 m, between the infrared (with longer wavelengths) and the ultraviolet (with shorter wavelengths) says Pal, G. K.; Pal, Pravati (2001) and Buser, Pierre A.; Imbert, Michel (1992). This wavelength means a frequency range of roughly 430–750 terahertz (THz). The main source of light on Earth is the Sun.

Why Filipinos could not see the difference nor distinguish the true Gospel and the false Gospel, the right and wrong; the authentic news and the false news? Why many Christian pastors and leaders could not see President Duterte’s wicked leadership including his Cabinet members? What could be the possible reason scientifically, medically and biblically speaking?

The answer could be the spectrum problem? It is the disability to distinguish colours. What is black to gray and to white? What is right from the partly right to wrong? The Bible for example is completely the only standard

Spectrum

Spectrum according to Webster is the group pf colours that a ray of light can be separated into including, red, orange, yellow, green blue, indigo and violent: the colours that can be seen in a rainbow. Spectrum is the entire range of light waves or radio waves or a complete range of different opinions, people and others. Full definition of spectrum is a continuum of color formed when a beam of light is dispersed (as by the passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order. Spectrum is being called as electromagnetic spectrum or radio spectrum or mass spectrum.

God created the spectrum or rainbow in Genesis 9:13-14 as a covenant of God to man. The colour-coded spectrum is like a standard of measurement to judge the right from the wrong just like choosing the white (pure) from the black (impure) while the gray colour speaks of no-position like an abstaining to choose.

Brain

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. The brain is located in the head, usually close to the sensory organs for senses such as vision.

According to A. K. Stark and B. Pakkenberg, “Neurobiology of Aging,” (2008), the brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body. In a human, the cerebral cortex contains approximately 15–33 billion neurons.

Each neuron connected by synapses to several thousand other neurons. These neurons communicate with one another by means of long protoplasmic fibers called axons, which carry trains of signal pulses called action potentials to distant parts of the brain or body targeting specific recipient cells.

Physiologically, the function of the brain is to exert centralized control over the other organs of the body. The brain acts on the rest of the body both by generating patterns of muscle activity and by driving the secretion of chemicals called hormones. This centralized control allows rapid and coordinated responses to changes in the environment. Some basic types of responsiveness such as reflexes can be mediated by the spinal cord or peripheral ganglia, but sophisticated purposeful control of behavior based on complex sensory input requires the information integrating capabilities of a centralized brain. The operations of individual brain cells are now understood in considerable detail but the way they cooperate in ensembles of millions is yet to be solved according to George M. Church and Rafael Yuste (2014).

Neuron

A neuron, also known as a neurone (British spelling) and nerve cell, is an electrically excitable cell that receives, processes, and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals. These signals between neurons occur via specialized connections called synapses. Neurons can connect to each other to form neural circuits. Neurons are the primary components of the central nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord, and of the peripheral nervous system, which comprises the autonomic nervous system and the somatic nervous system according toNicholas Wade; "Brain may grow new cells daily" (1999); The New York Times and R.S.

Nowakowski (2006).

Christ is like the brain

Christ is the like the brain where it is located in the brain.

Colossians 1:18/ NIV says, “And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.”

The word “head” in Greek “kephale” (kef-aal-ay) related to capital and extreme punishment according to Thayer Bible Definition since “the loss of the head destroys life.” Metaphorically the head refers to “anything chief, supreme, prominent, master, lord, husband in relation to wife; of Christ who is the Lord of the husband and the Church; the chief cornerstone.”

Like a brain, Christ is the head that controls the whole church regardless of its members and functions from whatever evangelical denominations they might be coming from (1 Corinthians 12:12). Also in Ephesians 5:23 it says:

“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. “

Nervous System

The nervous system is the part of an animal that coordinates its actions by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body. The nervous system detects environmental changes that impact the body, then works in tandem with the endocrine system to respond to such events according to G. J. Tortora and B. Derrickson on Principles of Anatomy and Physiology (2016).

Jesus and God as light
Jesus said, “I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness.” (Also in John 1:1-4)

Light in Greek “phos” refers to the “ light, light emitted by a lamp; a heavenly light such as surrounds angels when they appear on heart, anything emitting light (star; fire. lamp, torch).” Metaphorically God is light (delicate, pure, subtle, brilliant).

1 John 1:5, “ This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” 

Saul experienced that on his way to Damascus and “suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven” (Acts 9:3).

John the Beloved experienced that light as he said, “And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength,” (Revelation 1:16).

Revelation 22:5, “And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. “

Rest

Genesis 2:2-3, “And on thhe seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3  And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. “

“Rested” in Hebrew “shabath” “to cease, desist, rest (from labour); to exterminate; to keep and observe Sabbath, repose, still.”

Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God.”

Be still in Hebrew “raphah” (raw-faw) i.e “to sink, to sink down, relax, withdraw, be disheartened; forsake, to let go; to be quiet, to cease; to be idle, slothful..”

Jesus is your rest.

Matthew 11:28, “ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. “ The word “rest” in “anapauo” I.e. “to cause or permit one to cease from any movement or labour in order to recover and correct his strength; to give rest, refresh, to give one’s self rest; to calm down, to keep quiet, of calm and patient expectation.’ (Thayer and Strong definition).

Matthew 12:8, “ For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.” Sabbath Greek Sabbaton i.e. the seventh day of each week which was a sacred on which the Israelites were required to abstain from all work; the institution of Sabbath; the law for keeping it holy,” (Thayer); Strong: weekly repose.

The write of the Book of Hebrews is encouraging the backslidden Christians specifically to the Jewish Christians to go back to the Lord and find REST in God. Hebrews 4:1-4, 11-12:

“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. :2  For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3  For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works…11  Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. “

BBL APPROVAL

MAY 30/ THU

Congress 211 Yes; 11 No; and 0 Abstain. Even the so-called Christian Party-list CIBAC voted for “Yes”

JUN 01/ FRI

1:00 am: BBL Approved

Senate votes 21 Yes; No zero: Source (Manila Bulletin)

Eye-related Scriptures

Poverty

Psalm 132: 4-5, “I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 5  Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.” 

Proverbs 6: 10-11, “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. “ Also in Proverbs 24:33-34.

Isaiah 56:10, “His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. “

Ephesians 5:14, “Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. “

Unseeing eyes

Isaiah 6:9, “And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. “

God makes eyes

Exodus 4:11, “And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? “

The gift

Exodus 23:8, “And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. “

Curse of God

Deut. 28:28,-29, “The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 29  And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. “

Wicked men of Sodom

Genesis 19:112, “And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. “

Elisha’s prayers

2 Kings 6:15-18, ““And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?  16  And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17  And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. 18  And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. “

Church of Laodicea

Revelation 3:18, “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. “

Why this Saudi man hasn't slept for 30 years

Khaleej Times , Philippine time 6:40pm; dated July 21, 2018; Staff Report

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© Provided by Khaleej Times Why this Saudi man hasn't slept for 30 years

A Saudi man in his 70s who hasn't slept a wink in 30 years just got a free car.

The man's case was referred to several doctors and specialists, but to no avail.

Sources in Saudi media confirm that the man's condition began after he stayed awake for 20 consecutive days during on an army assignment. 

Once his army service ended, he went to the hospital to discover the reason for his condition.

Even a team of doctors from four nations were unable to find a cure. The root cause of his chronic insomnia appears to be depression. 

He was given medication to treat his symptoms yet his sleep never returned. 

Yet when the Emir of Al Baha area heard the man's tale, he only had one wish - to have a family car. 

Upon hearing his plight, the Emir assured him that all his needs would be taken care of.

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