Considering Wisdom
Gold or Wisdom—What will it Be?
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Chapter 1
Wisdom versus Knowledge
In terms of times and ages, the longest word in our language is the word eternity. Astoundingly, when we consider how the longest, endless running major rivers on six of Earth’s seven continents contribute greatly to wisdom, it can lead to other far-reaching magnificent truths. Considering wisdom’s eternal consequences, a list of only a few of the world’s famous rivers will serve well to reveal how wisdom and nature are supernaturally linked:
Asia Chang (Yangtze) River 3,434 miles (5,530 km) long
Australia Murray-Darling River 2,310 miles (3,720 km) long
Europe Volga River 2,290 miles (3,700 km) long
North America Missouri River 2,540 miles (4,090 km) long
North America Mississippi River 2,340 miles (3,770 km) long
South America Amazon River 4,157 miles (6,694 km) long
Africa Nile River 3,915 miles (6,305 km) long
Other famous rivers: Columbia River Canada/United States St. Lawrence River Canada Elbe River Germany Rhein River Switzerland/Liechtenstein/Austria/France/Germany/Netherlands Mosel River France/Luxembourg/Germany Ohio River United States Arkansas River United States Potomac River United States Since there are 165 famous rivers in the world, these lists are by no means near complete. These rivers seem to flow forever; year after year, day and night. By applying wisdom, we can see that’s a lot of continuous water flowing. With examination of the evidence, it becomes more fully understood, beyond simply nature’s implications to supernatural certainties. Knowing these facts contributes to wisdom. To maintain perspective, some of the world’s largest waterfalls are listed: Victoria Falls Zimbabwe/Zambia Angel Falls Salto Angel, Venezuela Niagara Falls United States/Canada (most visited tourist attraction in the world) Kaieteur Falls Potano River, Guyana Yosemite Falls Yosemite National Park, California
Gullfoss Falls Hvita, Iceland Jog Falls Created by River Sharavathi in India Plitvice Waterfalls Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia Sutherland Falls New Zealand Tugela Falls South Africa Nohkalikai Falls Himalayas of India Dettifoss Falls Vatnajokull National Park, Iceland Takakaw Falls Yoho National Park, Canada Gocta Cataracts Falls Peru Huangguoshu Falls Asia Detian Falls Border of China and Vietnam Blue Nile Falls Northern Ethiopia “Few geographical features exemplify the beauty and power of nature [or creation] as dramatically as majestic waterfalls. The sight of tons of water spilling over the edge of a cliff or cascading over rocks never fails to impress.”
The enormous power of these waterfalls is enough to generate electrical power for metropolitan cities as well as massive rural areas. The Kaieteur Falls of the Potano River in Guyana, cited above, producing 663 cubic meters of water every second, equal to 23,413.6 cubic feet per second. The weight density of only one cubic foot water is 62.4 pounds.
Just imagine a square container, one foot wide, one foot long, and one foot high, filled with water. The weight of the water filling that container is 62.4 pounds. Now multiply that cubic weight of 23,413.6 × 62.4 and realize that there are 1,461,008 pounds of water spilling out of that waterfall every second. That is about 44,000 tons of water each minute, about 2.5 million tons every hour—about 60 million tons of water running nonstop, day after day. And that’s from only one waterfall in South America. What is it that causes the ocean to maintain its constant level, even though all these waterfalls and rivers continuously feed it? All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place from which the rivers come, there they return again. (Ecclesiastes 1:7) Ecclesiastes was written nearly three thousand years ago (circa 930 BC), likely by King Solomon of Israel, son and successor of King David. God had answered Solomon’s prayer for wisdom: “Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?” The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. Then God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.” (1 Kings 3:9–12) God blessed Solomon with more wisdom than any other earthly natural person. And God’s Spirit inspired Solomon to write this: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (Proverbs 9:10) Fear is not necessarily being afraid. In this case, “the fear of the Lord” is trusting Him, respecting Him, and having faith in Him. The original Hebrew word for fear in Proverbs 9:10 is yirâh, which translates to “being reverent”; that is, giving awesome respect. It’s not about being afraid.
Philosophy is the quest for knowledge and wisdom. In Greek, philosophy is philosophia, which literally means “love of wisdom,” from philos, love, and sophia, wisdom. Philosophy is then further defined as “the science which aims at an explanation of all the phenomena of the universe by ultimate causes.”
1 mile (1.7 km) wide, 360 feet (108 meters) high
dropping a total of 978 meters from the summit
(3,230 feet high; uninterrupted drop: 2,647 feet)
663 cubic meters of water per second (23,400 cubic feet/second)
(tallest waterfall in the United States)
https://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/volume-to-weight
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About the Book
In his book, Considering Wisdom, author Michael Copple gently and lovingly reveals the beginning of wisdom and the Source of wisdom as he delves into controversial subjects with great anticipation of joining and reasoning together with those who’ve been exposed to so many different facets of indoctrination.
He admits to also being “programmed”, but discerns he is indoctrinated with sound doctrine rather than false doctrine. Of course, everyone has free will to believe their own schooling. However, many points are made in an attempt to prove there is only one absolute truth when wisdom is seriously and honestly considered. The writer also acknowledges that he cannot force any change onto anyone, but the Source used for explanations can certainly get a person’s attention if one is willing to listen.
The author submits that minds can easily be filled with allegedly compelling facts relating to acknowledged but divisive topics. The matters in which he has chosen to divulge truth when applying wisdom include the following: climate change; gods of different religions; voting; forms of government; truthful education versus “intellectual” indoctrination; abortion; LGBTQ; gender identification; and revised history.
The author offers sound insight and unique perspective such as telling the difference between knowledge and wisdom. For example, a person can have knowledge to know everything there is to know, but wisdom provides the ability to discern what is true and what is false about what one knows.
Although the author attempts to write in a gentle and loving tone, he admits that there are different kinds of love, i.e., godly love, brotherly love, eros love—but sometimes showing godly love and brotherly love can come across as tough love. When considering wisdom, this tough love, which, like other forms of love, regards others more important than self, cannot be squelched. Solomon said, “Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it.” (Song of Solomon 8:7a)
Brotherly love is what prompts the action to write a book of this caliber.
About the Author
Michael Copple’s life experience includes twenty-six years active duty in the US Air Force, nine years of which were overseas, including one year in Vietnam, and nine years with the Wings of Blue Parachute Team at the U.S. Air Force Academy. From 1983 to 1986, he was the Superintendent of Parachuting Operations at USAF Academy. He accumulated 2,000 parachute jumps and fifteen hours of freefall, and he earned jump wings from six foreign countries. Mike obtained the highest enlisted rank of Chief Master Sergeant. For the past seventeen years Michael Copple, a permanent resident of Canada, has resided near Golden, B.C., with his Canadian wife, Elfriede. They both believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of God, enjoy reading and studying God’s Word, and enjoy cross country skiing, hiking, and walking every morning with their dog “Kansas.”