The SILVER cord

 

Ecclesiastes 12:6

King James Version

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, 

or the golden bowl be broken, 

or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, 

or the wheel broken at the cistern.

There seems to be truth to the saying, "hanging by a thread".

Over four decades ago, I woke up, and saw a long string, gently swaying, and glistening, in the air.

Actually, I seemed to be half-asleep, half-awake, as I witnessed that strange thing.

It connected my body on the bed, to my body up on the ceiling.

Researchers say it's an out-of-the-body experience, or OOBE.

Many "sensitives" say they see their body on the bed.

Well, the reverse was true for me.

I saw my body up in the air.

If not for the ceiling, I'd have gone off.

I knew that if that "string" snapped, or was cut, I'd be gone.

I also saw a rotating, large white circle (or disc) against the wall, with many things going on in it.

I don't know if that was to be my life.

Or it was the world's.

But the images seemed chaotic.

Apparently, it wasn't time to go yet.

Only GOD had control over my life.

Psalm 31:15

King James Version

15 My times are in thy hand: 

deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, 

and from them that persecute me.

The top psychic researcher in my country was astounded that I saw the "silver cord".

That was a silver cord?

I had no idea.

No one could really explain that silver cord.

But I did see it.

Since I've been born again over three years ago, I dropped all new age explanation, and focused on GOD's WORD instead.

And now, I discover King Solomon's verse above, without really looking for it.

I very nearly forgot the dream, until the verse showed up today.

Surely, SPIRIT feels it's time for me to know what that decades-old experience was all about.

As if confirming my initial thoughts.

So, I checked other Bible versions, to tell me more about the "silver cord":

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Amplified Bible

6 Earnestly remember your Creator before the silver cord [of life] is broken, or the golden bowl is crushed, or the pitcher at the fountain is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

6 [Remember your Creator earnestly now] before the silver cord [of life] is snapped apart, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern [and the whole circulatory system of the blood ceases to function];

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Easy-to-Read Version

Death

6 Remember your Creator while you are young,

    before the silver rope snaps and the golden bowl is crushed

like a jar broken at the well,

    like a stone cover on a well that breaks and falls in.

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Expanded Bible

6 Soon ·your life will snap like a silver chain [L the silver thread will be snapped]

    ·or break like a golden bowl [L and the golden bowl will be crushed].

·You will be like a broken pitcher at a spring [L The jar will be broken by the well],

    ·or a broken wheel at a well [L and the wheel crushed by the cistern; C metaphors of death].

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Good News Translation

6 The silver chain will snap, and the golden lamp will fall and break; the rope at the well will break, and the water jar will be shattered.

Ecclesiastes 12:6

International Standard Version

6 When the silver cord is severed,

    the golden vessel is broken,

the pitcher is shattered at the fountain,

    and the wheel is broken at the cistern,

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Living Bible

6 Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young—before the silver cord of life snaps and the gold bowl is broken; before the pitcher is broken at the fountain and the wheel is broken at the cistern;

Ecclesiastes 12:6

New Life Version

6 Remember Him before the silver rope of life is broken and the gold dish is crushed. Remember Him before the pot by the well is broken and the wheel by the water-hole is crushed.

Ecclesiastes 12:6

Wycliffe Bible

6 Have thou mind on thy Creator, before that a silveren rope be broken, and a golden lace run against, and a water pot be all-broken on the well, and a wheel be broken (al)together on the cistern; (Think thou upon thy Creator, before that the silver rope is broken, and the golden bowl is broken, and the water pot at the well is broken, and the wheel at the cistern is broken, yea, before that all is ended;)

In SUMMARY, "silver cord" means:

silver cord [of life]

silver rope

silver chain [L the silver thread

silver chain

silver cord

silver cord of life

silver rope of life

silveren rope

Even not being born again then, I knew my life was literally hanging on "by a thread", from that glistening string swaying gently in the air, as if someone was going to play jump rope.

It looked so fragile, swaying like that in the wind.

GOD gave me the opportunity to see life, and potential death, in that one instant.

And then again, death of our physical bodies on earth means life with JESUS.

Something born agains look forward to.

2 Corinthians 5:8

King James Version

8 We are confident, I say, 

and willing rather to be absent from the body, 

and to be present with the Lord.

King Solomon confirms what is to happen when that cord snaps:

Ecclesiastes 12:7

King James Version

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was:

 and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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