Trotting Home Crew
9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
Exodus 27:9
At this point in time truly, it’s almost time for the Lord to come in. I mean, you can talk all you please about rebuilding the temple and whether or not it’s just as unto him. Though I can just about promise that the one Solomon had made that one he did not. Though whether or not is just between him and the Lord and thereunto should the judgement thereof just be left up to him. It’s just about time isn’t it for our God to come in. So, let’s leave the instructions thereof just up to him. Basically, if you could’ve gone back in time, which I’m not sure you can at this time, what a sight to be seen. Remember the time that the driver of the ark when it was captured put out a hand to stabilize it back on the wagon lest it should fall from the load. He’d put out his hand, but was struck dead on the spot. Suffice to say that the glory of God killed him along with whatever’s inside. Though we don’t have to wonder for long do we for it already says in his Word that to first come and save us he’s got to bring a mighty big sword. Though the ox carrying it ran on to wherever it’d trot. I’d like to say they ran all the way home just in time to be let back in the barn.
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
In similar fashion, the Philistines faced an issue when moving through the ark of the Lord. Considering the weight of the ark though, possibly of similar fashion to the altar it had been fashioned or as in Solomon’s time simply been carved from the stone. It’s no wonder that God has to tell his people he’d replace their hard-stony heart with a fleshy one there later on. Theology aside though I mean really, have you ever stopped to consider just how far they could run? Oxen when equally paired and also running together can quite easily pull a whole wagon and with it the weight of its load. Let’s say the wagon is made out of solid wood which probably equals about the weight of the two. That is, it does if it’s a smaller one but for larger sizes you’ll need something that weighs a bit more in construction. That’s why though it matters if you’ve got one ox or two. Then the two must be equally yoked of the few. I mean, pulling with a donkey is not hard but impossible.
Donkey and ox equal out to a ‘whatever’s the matter with you’ and all the while you’re stopped in the road and the donkey is trying to tell the ox what to say it doesn’t matter what you are pulling regardless the load. The donkey, remember, stopped Balaam dead in his tracks and that was just with one man on his back. Thus, I’ll express it out in this fashion, that spirit deep down inside that makes that thing hurt.
Donkey:
Will to go on and how far you can travel = the desire to be heard, felt, or understood / the size of the load
Let’s say you’ve got Balaam on his way to curse all of God’s people. The donkey itself was 2-3 times Balaam’s weight, possibly four if he was an unusually small of a man and the donkey itself was more than you’d quite understand. Balaam could’ve equaled out to oh I don’t know, say about a hundred pounds then or so given that men in that time would’ve been unusually active and small. If it was more modern times, I’d say 120 at best or probably 150 for the more active to have withstood a good breeze.
100/2.2 = 45.5 kilograms
Though that’s a good estimate of Balaam, his donkey might’ve been anywhere from 200-300 lb range in size. That’s 136.4 kilograms in case you were wondering there on the end. In this case, though there’s no accounting for desire in the matter. That is to say, it’s not something that can be quantifiably measured but in this case the effects of it can be felt on the person. The donkey had no will to go on. It was stopped in the road.
Thusly, 0 and 0 make a 0 over here on this side with inversely the desire to be heard.
Desire to be heard / 0 and 0 = weight in kilograms, pounds, or the size of man in the road
There, that’s for a donkey. Now imagine if you have a couple of these yoked up and pulling together just like the oxen. It doesn’t matter then if you’ve got one or a hundred. That’s just increasing the adding to each side of the equation. With the ox it’s something a bit more like this in the mix.
Ox:
Will to go on and how far you can travel = the size of your master and the cart and whatever’s inside it down in the back
Actually, just delete the will to go on complete cause it doesn’t matter anymore. I’d say it doesn’t factor in to the equation but that’d be silly now wouldn’t it cause the size of the Master is the whole reason it’s pulling. Therefore, I’ll rewrite it like this.
How far you can travel / (the size of your master = the cart on your back)
Then let’s try something else like bringing in another ox since this master’s not cruel is he, knowing the object is heavy, he’s tired and doesn’t want to be just in time for his supper. Well, more than likely the oxen do too but at least they know what time the master would rather. Thusly the time it takes to get there is determined by how fast they can trot, whether the stomachs are empty or fed, the time of day, and the weather instead. That’ll be added to there just in case you were wondering multiplied by the number of trots in a day and divided by the stops on the way. You forgot though if it’s horses they’re slightly faster than that but still the same basic principle applies of the few. Then you’ve got another side of the issue which is where one becomes paired up with two.
Oxen:
Strength of attraction multiplied by how far one can run = the size of your master, the cart, and whatever’s behind it
In the case of the oxen, once again you can’t measure the force that comes from the heart that gives one the strength nor yet the will of an ox relieved of its master that instead trotted all the way home then for supper. Surely the Lord would’ve been guiding that wagon for then and not just unto man. In that case, the oxen problem could’ve been solved just like this in the end.
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
13 And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
1 Samuel 5:10-13