http://www.understanding-the-bible.com/other-dimensions.htmlOn March 16, 2009, the Templeton Foundation announced the winner of its annual £1M prize to Bernard d’Espagnat, a French physicist at the University of Paris-Sud. He receives the award from the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace for his work using theoretical physics to predict the reality of a hypercosmic god, who exists outside of the physical universe2.
So science now recognizes the existence of God as well as additional dimensions, although the Bible and other ancient Hebrew writings show recognition of their existence thousands of years ago. The Spanish scholar Nachmonides in the 12th century, studying of the text of the early chapters of Genesis, concluded that they express the universe as having ten dimensions3.
There are 7 Hebrew words for Heavens found in the Old Testament:
Vilon – is the word for curtain or tent as where God stretches out the heavens. (Isaiah 40:22)
Rakia – refers to the physical or visible heavens containing the sun, moon and stars (Genesis 1:17).
Shechakim – refers to the atmosphere (Psalm 78:23).
Zevul – is the habitation where God’s glory exists as in the Heavenly City (Isaiah 63:15).
Maon – is the place where angels reside from which come songs (Psalm 42:
Machon – refers to the storehouses where the treasures of rain, snow and hail reside (Deuteronomy 26:15).
Aravot – is the storehouse of righteousness and peace, where angel beings reside and possibly the spirits of those not yet born in waiting(Psalm 6:4).
To our understanding, these descriptions may seem primitive, but they illustrate the revelation to the early Jews that there are unseen realities above and beyond what can be seen.
We live in a 3-Dimensional world: Height, length and depth or x, y and z coordinates. However, mathematically or conceptually, there are many more dimensions, although we can only perceive and understand 3 dimensions. Time or duration can be regarded as the fourth dimension. Though an object travels through time, we can only see it at one point in time. Mathematically it can be shown that there are in fact 10 possible dimensions4.
Our 3 dimensional universe is not all that God created. There are other dimensions, referred to in the Bible as the heavenlies. As we have mentioned, there are 7 words which are definitions of ‘the heavens’ in the Hebrew Bible, which, when added to the 3 we can perceive gives us the 10 dimensions. Some of these may be populated by other beings, known as cherubim, seraphim, angels and demons that we are unable to communicate with. We are only able to perceive and understand a small part of the whole. This is why the supernatural is so hard for us to grasp and accept. We have to be prepared to accept what we cannot see, hear or even understand and not lock ourselves into the small cave of our limited perception. Logic and reason often inhibit us from believing. We have to become like a child emerging from the womb, ready to learn and absorb the richness of the real world.
