A new search is ongoing, with Israeli chemists on a trek; they seek find the color of God, which was formerly called tekhelet.
Is its significance a harbinger of future Messianic times? Can the rabbis or scientists decipher this dividing line?
It’s an enigmatic shade of blue that represents God’s infinity caught between the color spectrum of visible light and invisibility.
Some experts believe the source, (though the origin is unknown), may be the secretive creatures of antiquity called… the hillazon.
Based on some vague descriptions, its body resembles the ocean; can Levitical trade secrets be exposed with the clarity of resolution?
This divine azure is a key color, of the high priest’s holy vestments; for this serves as a reminder to keep and honor God’s law and commandments.
Allow the penetrating light of God to serve as a transforming catalyst; though this mystery of life is unfinished, know that faith is not an accident.
Open my eyes Lord, that I may see the royal blue of Your sea and observe Your sea of the sky, that depicts the colored backdrop of the holy throne belonging to Adonai. . . . Author Notes:
Loosely based on: Num 15:38-39 and an episode of the Naked Archaeologist; as part of the dye making process, direct sunlight is required and serves as a catalyst to modify the color pigment at the atomic level.
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