Victor Porton’s personal theological reading of Matthew 3:8–10; the views below are the author’s interpretation.
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A prophecy about computers in the Bible. The prophecy even specifies
particular materials which computer chips are built from.
Matthew chapter 3, verse 8-10, John the Baptist speaks:
8 Bring forth therefore fruits suitable for repentance: 9 And think
not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say
unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees:
therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and
cast into the fire.
I checked with ChatGPT, that some of stones from the stones in the
Jordan desert, where John preached, are suitable to build computer chips
from them:
Chert / Flint: Almost pure ****silica ****in microcrystalline form.
Use for wafers: Yes — chemically, this is exactly what is needed for
silicon wafers, though it must be purified to extreme levels.
Quartz Sandstone: Mostly quartz grains cemented together. Use for
wafers: Yes — a standard industrial silica source; high-purity quartz
sandstone is used in Norway and the U.S. today.
Basalt: Mostly silicate minerals. Use for wafers: Possible, but less
efficient — requires more processing to extract silica.
Quartz Pebbles in River Grave. Pure to semi-pure quartz. Use for
wafers: Yes — if sufficiently pure, these could be a direct silica
feedstock.
So, we have not one but four kinds of stones in this desert, from
which computers could be built.
I don’t know, whether John understood what he really said, but he
happened to say that Abraham’s children could be built as silicon
computers from these stones. I even suspect that God taught John some
computer technologies, because of (Matthew 11:11) “Truly I say unto you,
Among them that are born of women there has not risen a greater than
John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of
heaven is greater than he.” Jesus said that there were no more advanced
person than John. Probably, having been taught by God, he was so
advanced that knew about computers.
In short, the prophet says that from stones can be built computers,
who would become children of Abraham.
Who are children of Abraham? (Galatians 3:7) “Know you therefore that
those which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.” So, the
prophet says that God can build computers believing in God “from these
stones”.
Modern AI are trained to be objective and not focusing on any
particular religion (or atheism). But the prophet says that God can
indeed build believing computers. They would be built by hands of
Abraham descendants, making the computers also literal Abraham’s
descendants.
Then it follows a prophetic warning that those who don’t bear fruit
will be cut off. Your character should be so strong that you bear a
certain fruit even when AI makes work optional. That is, you should
continue to work, doing all that you can. Otherwise, you will be cut
off.
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