Friday, August 29, 2025

They blew, and the wall fell down flat

This morning, I was preparing a simple vocabulary quiz for some young children and, as I often do when I'm doing something that doesn't require much brain work, listening to an audio version of the Bible.

This particular quiz was focused on various ways of spelling the "long o" sound. I had a list of target words, which I randomized and then went through one at a time, creating for each a sentence with that word blanked out and a picture to elicit the missing word. I came to the word blow at the same time that the Bible recording did -- just as it said, "the priests shall blow with the trumpets" (Joshua 6:4).

I searched Google for a suitable image to use. First I searched for pictures of someone blowing out the candles on a birthday cake, but I couldn't find any that I liked. Then I suddenly had a different idea: Why not a picture of the Big Bad Wolf blowing down one of the Three Little Pigs' houses? I found a suitable picture and cropped it:


At the very moment I pasted the above image into my document, the Bible recording said, "the wall fell down flat" (Joshua 6:20).

I'm not sure how much of a sync this is. I'm of course quite familiar with the story of the fall of Jericho and knew that the wall was going to fall down flat, so it's quite likely that the story is what subconsciously suggested a picture of blowing a house down rather than blowing out a candle. Anyway, I note it here in case anything should develop from it.

1 comment:

Ra1119bee said...

William,
But you forgot to include this part
of the Josuha 20 scripture about
the trump-pence (Trumpet).
copy and paste:
20: So the people shouted when the priests blew with the
*****trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people
heard the *****sound**** of the trumpet, and the people shouted
with a great shout, that the**** wall fell down*** flat,
so that the people went up into the city,
every man straight before him, and they took the city."
~~~~~~
If you watched the movie I linked titled Frequencies, you'll
understand why my comment and why I believe
the significance of sound is to your post and the Joshua 20
scripture and to the Frequencies movie.

Also the personal connection of course
to my 2015 Where's My Horn? dream.

Also in the 2023 Netflix apocalyptic movie
Leave The World Behind, sound is also very significant.
copy and paste: asterisks mine
"In case you've not yet watched it, the plot follows
a family of *** four who leave New York City to spend
some time in a remote(ish) town.

From that point on, a whole lot of weird stuff goes
down from crashing planes and creepy drones dropping
sinister flyers to malfunctioning driverless cars
and *****deer everywhere.

At one point in the film when the
character of Amanda (Roberts) is out in the woods,
a deafening noise comes out of nowhere."
~~~~~
The clip I linked ( below ) is a short review of
a couple of scenes in Leave the World Behind
where sound is significant
in the storyline. Note the Flamingos.

I don't know if you've heard the booms in Tawain, but
Marshall and I have been hearing them for about 7 or so years.
There is no rhyme or reason for them.
Several years ago the boom was so loud I called
the police.
No explanation from the police.

Ever hear of Skyquake?
copy and paste: asterisks mine
A skyquake is a phenomenon where a loud sound
is reported to originate from the sky.

It often manifests as a banging, or a ****horn-like noise.
The sound may cause noticeable effects on buildings,
including vibration in ceilings or across the walls
of a particular room.

Those who experience skyquakes typically*** do not have
a clear explanation*** for what caused them and they are
perceived as mysterious.

They have been heard in several locations
around the world, typically in areas**** close to lakes***
and other bodies of water."***
~~~~~~~~~
Please note that I just found this wiki article about
Skywake today ( Aug 29 ). I did NOT know
about Skywake before today and I certainly didn't
know about it for the last 7 years or so when the booms
started occurring, nor did I know about Skywake
in 2015 when I had my Where's My Horn dream.

LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND The Loud Noise Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAX3cXsnFDk


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyquake

https://www.tyla.com/entertainment/netflix/leave-the-world-behind-netflix-archie-illness-explained

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