The Flying Roll

Satellite Surveillance
Line by line - Zechariah 5
post 118

Because this next concept is so unique and somewhat technical, I have elected to post it in a line by line approach, taking each verse of scripture and explaining its interpretation directly. the numbers after a word are taken from the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, rendering each word from the original language in which it was written.

I fully recognize this interpretation is not in conformity to any scholars I have read, but frankly, I have not read anyone try to seriously interpret this section in Zechariah.

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Zechariah 5:1 “Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll (4040)”.

Again we see a change in events beginning at this verse. His turning, and lifting up his eyes indicates an entirely, perhaps unrelated, topic.

Typically we would self interpret a word like roll; of course this is a parchment scroll used in Zechariah’s day, right?

NT Greek translation;

Roll 4040 perioikos; from 4012 and 3624; housed around, i.e. neighboring (elliptical as noun):- neighbour.

4012 peri; from the base of 4008; properly through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time…

3624 oikos, of uncertain affinity, a dwelling…

OT Chaldean [not Hebrew]:

Roll 4040 megillah; (Chaldean, [from Babylon]) corresponding to 4039.

4039 megillah: from 1556; a roll:- roll, volume.

1556 galal; a primitive root; to roll (literally or figuratively)…

Here is a strange event: I was double checking my research and found I had made an accident in translating the Chaldean (Babylonian) word “roll” into New Testament Greek not the Old Testament.

I have since corrected that translation here but left the Greek translation included above to show the strange curiosity of relation, I presently do not have the ability to track the NT use of this Greek word in the scriptures. But the translation from one language into the other does not create an actual error once it is openly understood what was done. This “accident” opened my perspective of possibilities to an interpretation I would not have arrived at otherwise.

The NT Greek interpretation of this OT Chaldean word appears to be correct and so I expound on this string as plausible in the spirit of the Brass Serpent.

I always had assumed this was a flying scroll and therefore metaphorical, but it appears to actually be something much more.

What if this is describing a satellite? It would fit both the basic and the detailed interpretation of this word as a satellite is a roll shaped house for information. Keep this theory in mind as we explore the job of the roll.

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Zechariah 5:2 “And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.”

This is a very big roll! In fact ridiculous if it is an actual written scroll.

Since a cubit is approximately 18”, this roll is about 30’ long and 15’ wide.

Again, this has a much better application if it is describing a satellite.

According to payload size and shape we have today, this is very plausible.

"About the GeoEye-1 Satellite

The GeoEye-1 Satellite sensor was developed by GeoEye and features the most sophisticated technology ever used in a commercial remote sensing system.

GeoEye-1 is capable of acquiring image data at 0.41 meter panchromatic (B&W) and 1.65 meter multispectral resolution. It also features a revisit time of less than three days, as well as the ability to locate an object within just three meters of its physical location.

This newly developed sensor is optimized for large projects, as it can collect over 350,000 square kilometers of pan-sharpened multispectral satellite imagery every day." (http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/geoeye-1.html)

Use:

“Analysts in Europe and the United States are using high-resolution satellite imagery to identify and track shipments of timber illegally logged from rainforest parks in Madagascar. The images could be used to help prosecute traders involved in trafficking and put pressure on companies using rosewood sourced from Madagascar.” (http://geoeye.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=57)

Just one example of many currently operational today! What will they do tomorrow?

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Now lets suppose for moment that this roll Zechariah is describing is actually a satellite. How would Zechariah explain what he saw? He used words with meaning in his time, to explain what he saw in our time. And with the meaning of the words he used, it is really amazing that they fit!

Normally the OT word ‘roll’ used for a book (scroll) is not the Chaldean but the Hebrew;

Hebrew: Roll 4039 megillah; from 1556 roll, volume.

1556 galal; a primitive root; to roll (literally or figuratively)…

But the word used is Chaldean (Gentile), therefore the Greek translation of the meaning is perhaps accurate in the application of what I suggest.

Greek: Roll 4040 perioikos; from 4012 and 3624; housed around, i.e. neighboring (elliptical as noun):- neighbour.

Babylon: Roll 4040 megillah; corresponding to 4039.

4039 megillah: from 1556; a roll.

1556 galal; a primitive root; to roll (literally or figuratively)…

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Zechariah 5:3 “then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth (*1) shall be cut off (*2) as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off (*2) as on that side according to it.”

This roll is a curse that has the ability to travel above the entire surface of the globe. The word “for” after the colon provides the evidence of such a claim.

Zechariah declares as a matter of fact that everyone who steals will be found out… according to the flying role which is a curse. Everyone that swears will also be found out, according to the flying roll which is a curse. From this interpretation, we can easily see the genuine possibilities of a government controlled video and audio surveillance program through satellite.

Even today, nearly every street corner in every city across the globe has a video camera sending information to satellites which send the “evidence” to the proper authorities.

Our cell phones are now enabled with GPS, and I imagine a recording of our conversations. Theft and speech are now in our day very capable of falling into this category of surveillance apparently described here in Zechariah! And yet the day described is still in our future. How much better will they achieve the fulfillment of this prophecy exactly, at the appointed time?  How long do you imagine it will take to get there? Are they actually there with the technology already, just waiting for the application? Very possibly! And this prophecy was written in about 519 BC! That’s more than 2,500 years ago!

Add further the description; “...shall be cut off as on this side according to it” From this suggested interpretation we can easily see how one is convicted according to the satellite! No need for a trial, here is the data with irrefutable proof; You are simply cut off *2.

IF this is allegorical why give the role a specific size? Yet if it is not allegorical how can it enter every house applicable? Impossible without this interpretation, then suddenly it is so possible that we loose interest because it is every day stuff to us!

“…even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows”

Daniel 7:20

There is no doubt this passage in Daniel is describing the Antichrist (see Daniel 7:7,19-25) But note the horn has eyes. This represents that he sees everything, our present passage interpretation explains how.

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Zechariah 5:4 “I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts,…

(God is claiming the credit for bringing this thing about. Of course here in the temporal perspective it will be man that actually builds the satellite, implements the program, and perhaps has his own purposes, all the while it is God who is the one who brings all the factors to the table ending in this system for his purposes, but don’t ignore the extended possibilities as this event is not pinned down to any specific time frame. Think about it).

…and it shall enter into the house of the thief, (*3) and into the house of him that sweareth falsely *4 by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume (3615) it (the house) with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.”

Clearly something this large cannot physically enter into a house, and so we can see that our TVs, our DVRs, our Home Security systems, our Fire Protection systems, etc, all can be used to see and hear everything that goes on within the privacy of our own homes sending the information to the satellite. The H.G. Wells HGbook; “World Brain” (*5) suggested such a thing back in the 1930s, but who would have thought that a 2500 year old prophecy would declare it first?!

I am submitting that this verse describes a system of surveillance that before long, surveillance technology will fill the home utterly and not be removed because it will be in the very construction materials used as suggested by “consuming the timbers and stones of the house” in the transitive definition of the word used:

Consume 3615: kalah; a primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)…

So lets just explore the possibilities of the rest of this verse using this interpretation:

How many people have you heard proclaim; “I swear to G_d!” or simply utter the exclamation; “G_d!” or “Oh my G_d!” or now days swearing with sophisticated style; "O.M.G."? These are all a common virtual fulfillment of this verse; to swear by God but not in truth.

But this is not just a western prophecy; This is global.

We have no problem understanding that a surveillance system to catch theft is quite plausible and many see as actually necessary. The only part of this passage that causes question regarding this interpretation is; “it shall enter into the house of …him that sweareth falsely by my name”.

This passage is clearly dealing with the Globe, not just the Jews or Christians, so why would the global surveillance system be condemning people who swear falsely by God’s name specifically? We easily understand that swearing falsely is to lie, but swearing falsely by God’s name? this is something else.

Because this is surveillance, I am convinced this does not means telling lies in general or God would not have specifically included his name, therefore I really believe this passage is actually meaning the use of profanity such as; “I swear to G_d” which is truly a false swearing to God; a misuse of his name, just as the original word implies *4.

As one of only 10 Commandments suggests, God really does not like his name used falsely;

“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain” Exodus 20:7 *6.

The Jews were so fearful of even accidentally falling into this offense that they never speak the name of God, they only pronounce the letters of his name!

I am submitting that God will use the heathen to punish people for this sin as he has shown precedent many times in scripture of this punishment technique. While at the same time those people using this technology will be implementing their own purposes.

So why would someone in the world view of governance be punished or perhaps killed for using this phrase? I mean; get real!

I submit it is because Islam will be the masters of the surveillance system. And Islam finds such a swearing as offensive to Allah. No one is to swear by anyone other than Allah at the cost of your life, which they have shown a propensity to do! This interpretation fits the very words of the passage, the apparent intent of the passage, and the evidence of the reality we can now see coming.

Since genuine followers of God do not use this verbiage, they will not fall to this surveillance punishment. It is those who use the verbiage as a thoughtless expression, spoken without caution, who will be punished, and that by the actual enemies of God while doing his bidding!

Finally, there is one small phrase in the previous verse that does not come clear to me presently;

“…as on this side” and “as on that side according to it” Zech 5:3.

We see it will be according to the satellite data, but as on “this and that side” of what?

The guilty are not actually punished on this and that side, but only “as”. This suggests a representation, but of what?

I am inclined to think the surveillance system will be divided into two independent laws. You will be judged according to whichever "side" you violated; the religious or the political side of the satellite data, again lining up accurately with the Islamic form of Government.

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Now of course we are left to question how are these two ‘crimes’ connected?

We could surmise that the men in power clearly are implementing a religious goal, but also justify it through a political jurisdiction.

But I propose that God’s perspective is because stealing is taking something that does not belong to you and swearing falsely is also claiming ownership of a position that is not actually owned; In other words, stealing God’s name.

Is it not strange that the two elements of Morals and Material are again the subject of confrontation just as in the first sentence of Saul Alinsy’s prolog to his book “Rules for Radicals” we covered previously?

I realize this post is jumping over a lot of groundwork that needs to be laid, but it just seemed time to bring it out. I will of course eventually build the structure supporting this interpretation and how it fits into our timeline of world events.

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*1 Stealeth 1589 ganab; a primitive root; to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication to deceive…

*2 Cut 5352 naqah; a primitive root; to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated:-  acquit…be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear (-ing), be cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent…be unpunished…

Not the same as Daniel 9:26 cut off 3772 karath; a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)…

extirpate: to pluck up by the stem or root. (Webster’s 1948)

Here is quite a puzzle;

How is this a device, declared by God to be a curse and a devise to cut off the guilty, but uses a word (cut) that purposes a good end?

The answer comes clear only when we apply the intent of Islam. That is the used word to ‘cut’ for the purpose of purification. Jihad. To kill the infidel as a cleansing. And from their perspective the intent is for the good but in an adverse sense! The form of global government we see rising today is following this very perspective to bring about peace through coercion “for the good of the whole”.

*3 Thief 1590 gannab; from 1589; a stealer.

*4 Falsely 8267 sheqer; from 8266; an untruth; by implication a sham (often adversely):- without a cause, deceit (-full), false…

8266 shaqar; a primitive root; to cheat, i.e. be untrue (usually in words)…

*5 H.G. Wells 1930s book “World Brain” is more detailed than even Orwell’s better known book “1984” published in 1949.

*6 God’s Name: It is interesting to note that the abuse of God’s name is the only word singled out in the 10 Commandments as specifically and un-pardonably punished; “for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain”. Seems pretty clear.

But today we have now included a long list of other words we feel are also forbidden (general profanity that gets bleeped on TV), yet curious, virtually all these additional forbidden words originated in a legitimate usage and, vile as we have now made them, God says nothing about them directly.

Our media regulations (not known for their righteousness) has had a long practice of “bleeping” all these forbidden words *6b, but over time began a slow process of allowing them, depending on a variety of rules, until now days they are quite common to hear even on primetime TV, though the presentation is still an “attempt” to keep these profanities off the air. Yet strangely the one word that is rarely if ever bleeped when the others are… is the only one God has specifically forbidden.

Does this remind you of anything?

“And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” Genesis 2:16-17.

and of course that was the tree they decided to eat from.

“For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God” Romans 10:3.

This is the media’s mockery of confused Profanity Rules today.

*6b Transcript of TV program by Kirk Cameron, aired on 11/22/2010 channel 372 TBN:

"As soon as movies began around the year 1900, even though they were without sound, they were filled with sex and violence. Then in 1921 there was a public outcry... Hollywood was getting a bad image. So some studio heads hired a Presbyterian... William Hays to try and clean up Hollywood and convince the nation that it wasn't all bad. Hays persuaded the studios that abiding by a set moral standard was the safest and cheapest way to fix their troubles. If the industry would simply police itself then government censorship wouldn't need to step in... So in 1930 Hays' Code was adopted, and it stated:

"POINTED PROFANITY--

This includes the words "God", "Lord", "Jesus", "Christ", (unless used reverently) "Damn", "Hell", or every other profane or vulgar expression however used, is forbidden."

Then in 1934 the code was enforced, it had the authority to review all movies and demand script changes. If a theater ran a film without the proper seal of approval, it would be fined $25,000. The code had successfully forced studios to toe the line.

Consequently Hollywood began producing wonderful, award winning heartwarming family movies such as; "Ben Hur: a tale of Christ”, "The Ten Commandments", "It's A Wonderful Life" and many others.

However, Hollywood knew that there was big money in sex and violence, so during the 50s some found a way around the Hays Code through the free speech clause of the First Amendment, and studios began to push the moral envelope.

In 1968 Hollywood officially abandon the Hays Code for film makers, and shifted the moral responsibility to the parents, with what we now have as The Rating System."

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