╔═══════════ KING'S COLLEGE SEMINARY [5-Year Educational Journey]══════════════╗
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║ Preceptorship Program ║
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║ Seminary Studies ║ Thesis Research ║ Non-Levitical ║
║ (Year 1-3) ║ (Year 4) ║ Ordination ║
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║ ENTRY LEVELS: ║ Research Question: ║ DAVT (Year 5) ║
║ M1: Interlinear ║ "I help... ║ Final Phase ║
║ M2: Modalities ║ to...by..." ║ ║
║ M3: Unseen Realm ║ ║ ║
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║ SEVENS FRAMEWORK: ║ THESIS COMPONENTS: ║ GRADUATION: ║
║ 7 Mountains ║ Literature Review ║ Ordination ║
║ 7 Archetypes ║ Methodology ║ Ceremony ║
║ 7 Movements ║ Data Analysis ║ Certification ║
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║ FOURS PILLAR: ║ DEFENCE: ║ PLACEMENT: ║
║ Servant Leadership ║ Oral Presentation ║ Ministry ║
║ Malachi 4:4-6 ║ Written Submission ║ Assignment ║
║ Lion,Ox,Eagle,Man ║ Final Defence ║ ║
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Support Components & Resources
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║ Research ║ SOLE ║ Assessment ║ Student ║
║ Development ║ Learning ║ Framework ║ Services ║
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║ C-BAM System ║ Academics ║ ORCID ID ║ Municipality ║
║ Ref. Library ║ Impact Study ║ Diagnostics ║ Advisory Board ║
║ Notion Platform ║ Self-Study ║ Thesis Review ║ Logistics Team ║
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† C-BAM: Challenge-based Agile Management Framework
* SOLE: Self-organised Learning Environment with Integrated Assessment
* Assessment includes continuous evaluation and milestone achievements
Equal and Opposite Errors
Two such errors exist on the same axis but on opposite sides. One is to take the Fall so seriously as to consider man depraved beyond redemption—"Go to hell," as some might curse, leaving no room for God's mercy. The other is to deify man as though he could do no wrong, leaving no room for God's wrath.
Our fickle minds commit both these errors unthinkingly, sometimes elevating mere mortals to celebrity status and sometimes demonizing others as though hell were eternal. Heaven is open and available, and likewise, the invitation to hell stands as always to all, without respect to persons. But both heaven and hell will pass away. Only the Word stands forever. And what does that Word say about the Fall? It speaks of something before the Fall and something after it. It talks about old creation and the new. It speaks of inviolable laws set in Eden that cannot be reversed or countermanded. These laws extend into the new world beyond the flood, into our time, beyond the cross, and even into the common histories of all our tomorrows.
This is the law of Adam, even before we can speak of Moses and the Tabernacle, the seven-branch menorah, the seven modalities in Paul, or the seven churches in John. We must first address the seven natural endowments in creation, the expression of God's goodness in man, the imago dei situated in every soul ordained for greatness and in every community that flourishes under God.
General Introduction on the Pattern of Seven Endowments
I will share my thoughts on 2 Peter 1:5-8 in the context of the seven natural endowments that are "added unto us" in Christ Jesus. Here are some preliminary observations:
(1.) There appears to be a master list in the mind of God, an eternal sevenfold code consistent across the spectrum of revelation, both before the Mosaic code and after the pattern shown to Moses on the mountain in Exodus 40.
This was recently confirmed as Maestro uncovered the roots of the Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti sequence in historical hymnody, as revealed to the Italian monk Guido d'Arezzo (991–1033), which forms the foundation of the musical scale.
(2.) There seem to be echoes of this pattern shown to Peter in 2 Peter 1:5-7 in other lists found in Scripture, written in the pattern of sevens found in Paul (e.g., Romans 12:6-8) and in John in the seven churches of Revelation chapters 2-3.
(3.) There may be a correlation of symbolisms in both the seven seeds mentioned in Deuteronomy 8:8 and the seven archetypes of Israel that we can explore more fully at another time:
Fig - land of Israel Barley - glory of Israel Wheat - laws of Israel Olive - spiritual Israel Palm - house of Israel Pomegranate - commonwealth of Israel Vine - tribes of Israel
(4.) This series of seven "add to your faith" may have deeper implications than meets the eye or than we have time to explore:
virtue - Ephesus knowledge - Smyrna self-control - Pergamon perseverance - Thyatira godliness - Sardis brotherly kindness - Philadelphia agape love - Laodicea
There may be discrete insights from natural law, as the jurist William Blackstone (1723–1780) has implied in his four-part treatise on the Commentary of the Laws of England, where he lays out arguments for the Common Law system from the first principles of Adam in the Garden:
eye - prophetic asset & liability hand - kinesthetic asset & liability ear - didactic asset and liability tongue - linguistic asset and liability neck - organizational asset and liability head - leadership asset and liability heart - eleemosynary asset and liability
So, from first principles—i.e., ab initio ('from the beginning')—we may be able to decode, define, and ultimately declare as New Testament theologians a discernible pattern in Scripture that unlocks the mystery of personhood in answer to the questions: What makes life worth living? And why will tomorrow be better than yesterday? This is our present focus.
In 2 Peter 1:5-7, we learn about the seven powers or natural endowments given to man. These endowments are meant to help us rule and have dominion over the earth. But what are these endowments, and what are the limits set by heaven on them?