I've come to the Apocrypha, and certainly don't think it ought to be in the Bible. But, like Pilgrim's Progress, or the number of other appendixes we use, such as Bible Commentaries, Works of Religious Poetry, Works of Religious Fiction, Essay Books, etc. Sirach is extremely edifying for the church body.

One of the most important themes in the book, which struck me, is the theme of Self Respect. It's something the Bible does not speak of---as Sirach gives a lot of Worldly Wise sayings which do not appear in the Bible---and I find that silence very revealing. It's one of the reasons I don't canonize Sirach as a work of Biblical exegesis. It's definitely not scripture, but it is a very, very wise compilation of important concepts one needs for success in life.

Sirach is a worldly book. It's a worldly wise book, meant to teach us how to navigate this world, and thereby gain success. Therefore, when it talks of "Self Respect", and appraising oneself correctly, it's speaking on a matter that the Bible speaks nothing of. But, it is giving a deep revelation about concepts natural to the human mind. It is a natural thought humans have to underlay self respect, and concentrate heavily on it. The whole society of America is infatuated with the idea of Self Love, and I think the context of Self Love is deceptive. The wording of it implies one ought to be loving toward themselves. However, Sirach talks of Self Respect, which is to accurately appraise oneself and one's own abilities. Not to be so humble, that you undervalue yourself. And that's wisdom for the world, and it's very important to understand it in that context. But, it's also very much a good indicator of what maybe American Society is lacking. In our constant obsession with Self Love, we forget the point of Self Respect. We esteem ourselves too highly when we "Self Love", but with "Self Respect" we appropriately navigate life, with the right amount of confidence and with hope.

As, Sirach talks a lot about losing hope, and how it is a sin. A lot of the concepts are not scripture, but teach a Christian an Anti-Value system, opposite of that which we normally associate with Christ's teachings. Which, are in no way conflicting with Christ, but it seems to put a check to the selflessness we often ascribe to Christianity and its teachings. Rather, it says not to be selfish, but on another hand, it tells us to enjoy our money. It tells us not to be lazy, but on the other hand to work slow and consistent. It tells us on the one hand not to be prideful, but also not to be so humble that we forget to appraise our gifts and talents rightly. It tells us common sense wisdom with regard to how to act around judges, rich men, rulers...

It is perhaps one of the wisest books I'd ever encountered. But, not scripture. Wise, edifying for a Christian who will gain success... But not canon. There's subtle points that go a little too far, and are not nuanced enough to give the balance of scripture. They don't strike that balance of a Biblical Proverb, but do have the axiomatic and perfected wisdom of sagacity.

Therefore, one could read Sirach the same way they'd read Confucius or Aristotle. Or, more precisely, C. S. Lewis or G. K. Chesterton; Augustine or Aquinas. In that the philosopher is rooted in God's word, but has error which the attuned reader needs to sift out. But, every verse is highly wise and good information to hold close to your heart, as it is wisdom.

There is a curious little fact I learned, which gets even more curious every day. Ancient civilizations had no word for "Blue." The Bible called the sky "Amethyst", probably relating it to a "Sapphire", yet in this we get the prime distinction I'm trying to make. A blue Sapphire and a Blue Quartz would have no difference to the ancient eye, and neither would a Purple Amethyst and a Blue Sapphire. There'd be no distinguishing between the two. Not like today, where every single thing is categorized, color, gems, flora and fauna. 

We live in a unique age, where we can see the variegated differences better than any other. We can know the difference between two species of flowers; we can see and accurately describe all species, all differences. Yet, even we are blind. There are tribes in Africa which can distinguish between two sets of greens---so minutely different that my eye has to strain to tell---and yet cannot distinguish between a blue square and a green square.

This is so odd, yet I come to this that many of us endowed with knowledge of the Bible, and are rooted in its word, have a separate categorization for things, equally as objective, which perhaps the Atheist cannot see. He's not physically incapable of seeing it, but nonetheless, he doesn't see it, though the two things are as different as Blue and Violet, or Blue and Green. Or as other distinguishes go, some cultures cannot tell the difference between Green and Yellow.

Therefore, we must minister to atheists in a way in which we describe the things of God, "Good and Evil", "Love and Peace", "Justice and Mercy", for they are as estranged to these concepts as the tribesmen of Africa, who cannot distinguish between an obvious Blue and an obvious Green. But, much like those primitive peoples, the atheists have niche and often useful only to them categorizations which we cannot see. Such minutia of differences, which allows them to see the difference between two very similar shades of green. Yet, how does something so obvious, like an apparent Blue, go unnoticed by them? More so, the Bible doesn't mention Blue, it mentions "Amethyst", and an Atheist might criticize what I'm saying that God is blind to different colors, and is as primitive as the peoples I'm describing. It is not so. 

For, the Bible teaches us Words different than color, flora or fauna. In fact, "Amethyst" in that instance was also a blue color, as the tzitzits would be colored after the color of a sunny day, that with a pure blue and a pure white. Yet, I infer this because the Jews came from Egypt, where blue was understood, and secondly, that the dye the Jews used must be blue, as the pattern of the tzitzits would be that of the sky and clouds. I infer that because God reigns above the Jews, over the vault. Yet, the same word for "Blue" was the same word for "Purple", but it didn't stop them from distinguishing, still. Yet, it still doesn't change the fact that certain concepts are lost on different cultures.

Your average person will not know the difference between two birds, yet a bird watcher will know the minute differences and various sub-species. Just so, a Christian is given words which describe a certain thing which to the Atheist, they cannot see. Because the atheist refuses to see it. And some atheists find it, and walk away from it. And some atheists find it, and worship it, without knowing what it is. It is this that the Christian is educated on. The nature of Peace, of Plenty, of Love, of Joy, of Truth. We understand the better natured pleasures, the laws which conform men to be patterned after finding those pleasures in abundance. And where does it come from? Well, it comes from ordering oneself according to God's law. And also the mercy by which God forgives us when we do not accomplish it.

For, to the atheist, their sins are accepted by society. Homosexuality. Transgenderism. Adultery. Fornication. Bitterness. Envy. Greed. Covetousness. Lust. Anger. Backbiting. Malice. Revenge. To them, these are perfectly natural, and are in fact good. They understand the feeling it gives them, and this is the only good feeling they perceive. They only know this, and therefore, when they feel love or joy, it is like looking at green and yellow, and determining that both are indeed the same color. They cannot distinguish between the wholesome feeling of true love, and the slough that is infatuation. To them, it is the same shade, of the same color, and like the tribesman, they look at the two, and will only after much deliberation distinguish between them.

The good thing is, that it can be taught. And that is why one need be educated on the Word of God. For, through His word, one can begin to distinguish between the obvious colors. Blue becomes blue, and Sadness is not the same shade as Jealousy. Anger is not the same shade as Indignation. Bitterness is not the same shade as a broken spirit. Love is not the same shade as lust. Marriage is not the same shade as a close relationship. Heterosexual is not the same as Homosexual. Men are men. Women are women. And by that, men can be given to the greater pleasures of life, and be fulfilled and have their fill of life, for others will not be tempted to steal it from them. For when we understand Good and Evil, Good is not the same shade as Evil, and Evil is not the same Shade as good. And one does not call Love, Infatuation. And one does not make equal fornication with nuptial embrace.

Of course, the fact is these people could see blue, so perhaps also good; the only blindness is the modern age's desire to obscure clearly established truth.

An Analysis of Isaiah 14

1. The LORD will have mercy on his yet, unrepentant people. Jacob is the name of Israel, before being bestowed the blessing. Before he had to wrestle with Christ, and therefore, receive the inheritance. The nations will cleave to Jacob, and Israel will be set in their own land.
2. Those who enslaved Israel will be taken captive. Those who have made Israel a prey, and have made them slaves, will be taken as house servants and slaves to the House of Israel. A fitting end for them.
3. In the day when the LORD gives Israel rest from his fear and sorrow, and restore him from his slavery,
4. Israel will take up this "Proverb" against the king of Babylon. He will say, "How the Oppressor ceased!"
5. The LORD will break the scepter of Wickedness, and the staff of rebuke.
6. The man, King of Babylon, who smote the whole earth with continual rebuke, and ruled the nations in anger, will be persecuted, and none will hinder his descent into destruction. They will be glad that this man falls.
7. When the King of Babylon is fallen, the whole Earth will be quiet, and at rest. It will break into singing.
8. The trees and firs of Lebanon will rejoice that the King is defeated, the one who oppressed the world with his evil decrees. They will sing that there is no ax which is lifted up against them.
9. Hell moves up to meet him. Hell will swallow him whole, the one who oppressed the Earth, and would not leave men be at rest and quiet at their work. It is speaking of Satan, drawing its archetype from the King of Babylon who would rule over the Earth. A physical domain.
10. Those in hell will speak to the King of Babylon, "Have you become like us", is what they will say. Even the proud destroyer who has subdued all nations will be in hell, like one of the fallen and those who suffer torments.
11. The King's pomp, his splendor, has brought him down to the grave. The worm is spread under him. The worm a type of death.
12. Lucifer is a name given to Satan in the King James Translation---the Son of the Morning Star. This epithet was given at first to Egyptian Pharaohs and is now, here, being related to the Babylonian King, who likely would call himself the "Son of the Morning Star." It was a common epithet kings would call themselves, those kings who were known as "Baalim", kings who wished to be worshipped as gods. The tradition is ubiquitous around the ancient world, and did not originate in Greece. It originated in Egypt, and likely carried over to all kings who wanted to be worshipped as gods. It is also foreshadowing the captivity of God's people, their oppression under the yoke of Babylon---some seventy years before Babylon took Israel captive; interestingly, this seems to be written after Hezekiah showed the treasures to Babylonian Princes, but the prophecy was written under King Ahaz, therefore, it is literally prophesying when Hezekiah would meet with the Babylonian Princes and showed them the kingdom's treasure. God prophesied from that moment, that Babylon would take Judah captive since the Babylonian Princes had seen the treasures of Israel in their full sum. Lucifer is fallen, likely a demonic entity which inhabits kings, and causes them to oppress their people and have themselves be worshipped as gods.
13-14. Here it's detailing the pomp of the Babylonian Kings. They wish to ascend into heaven, and be seated at God's throne. They believe themselves to be the rightful heir to God's throne.
15. And it says that this entity and the kings shall be thrown into hell. I have some recollection of Nebuchadnezzar making the people worship the bronze statue. Making himself a god, for the people to worship. And again with Daniel, being thrown into the lion's den for not worshiping Nebuchadnezzar. Both times were God's people protected, yet also, both times God's people chose death rather than life, if it meant following after an idol. The reference to the "Morning Star" is likely a harkening back to Egyptian captivity, relating Nebuchadnezzar to Pharaoh, which Ezekiel will actually do. And Ezekiel will also liken this same entity to the King of Tyre.
16- 17. The same entity, Satan, which caused the whole earth to tremble---foreshadowing the great tribulation---will be cast into hell. He will be sucked down into hell, and the beings within hell will all say to themselves, "Is this the man who caused all the nations to rue? Who caused all men to suffer? Is this the man who lopped the bough, and destroyed like none other before he? He who had no mercy, and would not let the prisoners be free?" And here's a definite reference to Pharaoh. Pharaoh famously would not let the Jews go to their homeland, and the "Morning Star" is referring to Pharaoh. Babylon and Egypt are being typed together, as the Bible will do often with the nations. It links Moab, Tyre, Ziddon, Ammon and Philistia as principalities directly ruled by Satan; often making Satan the literal head of those states, as well.
18-19. All the kings lie in glory at their house. But, he is slain as one of the uncircumcised. His carcass is "Trodden under feet". He is killed ingloriously. He does not die in the full comfort of his kingdom. He dies, rather, the death of a worthless man. Many kings were killed this way in history. Alexander was embalmed alive, they say. Jezebel was thrown out of a window, and eaten by dogs. Absalom was hung on a tree, and gutted. Agamemnon, who I think is Nebuchadnezzar, was said to be avenged by his wife, for the slaying of Iphigenia. We have historical, Biblical, and mythological deaths of kings who acted unjustly.
20. The King of Babylon would not be set with the kings in burial. He will, rather, be slaughtered ungracefully, and be a corpse trodden down in the mire.
21. Even his children will be destroyed. They will not inhabit the land.
22. The LORD will cut off the remnant of Babylon, son and nephew. Even the nephew. There will be none in Babylon who survive, of the dynastic family. They will be all slain, which was fulfilled by Cyrus when he gained possession of the city. Cyrus won Babylon with his good will, and this verse here proclaims that the regency was killed off to the sum, down to the nephew and son.
23. The LORD will sweep it with the Besom of Destruction. My name means "Broom" which is another word for "Besom." I'm particularly happy about this verse, that it's one of the few verses in the Bible which relates to my name. That, and Elijah slept underneath a Broom Tree. But, the LORD will sweep away Babylon with a broom of destruction. Probably a pronged one, with metal thongs.
24. And as the LORD proposed it, it will pass. The LORD brought Jesus, prophesying Him in Genesis. In perfectly clear and unambiguous terms. Prophesied him in Exodus, by causing Israel to roam the desert in the pattern of a cross. Prophesied Him in the Law, by saying one set apart from the people must surely die---many other such prophecies, both in the Torah, the Prophets, and the histories.
25 - 27. Now the work calls Assyria the same as Babylon. In truth, they both had the same effect. They both were called upon God's people, to destroy them for their wickedness, and when the destruction was over, they were to be destroyed themselves. It isn't at all faulty to view Assyria and Babylon the same, nor Assyria and Syria. They were all agents of Satan, used to confront Israel and Judah in their time of sin, to cause them repentance. The LORD has purposed victory for those who believe in Him. That's the sum of it. He was faithful to bring Jesus. He'll be faithful to sweep Babylon away with the Besom of Destruction.
28. Confirming that this is indeed a prophecy. One of the nuances of scripture, that a bunch of scribes rushing to compile together couldn't fake. Ahaz was the king before Hezekiah, and the prophecy relating to Babylonian Captivity was before Hezekiah, who would famously show the treasures of the whole Kingdom to Babylon, and thus give them the notion to attack Judah some seventy years later. Dating this segment at Ahaz is something that a rushed compiling of scripture by a dozen or so Persian scribes couldn't recreate. It's too nuanced, and would certainly be more literary, and therefore more probable, to date the prophecy during Hezekiah. A rushed compiling of scripture to suzerain a satellite Persian State couldn't manufacture such nuance. Also, if it were true, why would Nehemiah have servants of Persia defying the king's orders? If the Jews were created on the spot by Persia to be suzerained, would the other nations attack a Persian dominion, after just being released from Persian rule? It would seem to foment another war, if such were the case that Persia was building a Satellite state in Jerusalem. And why, if it wished to create a myth of a Messiah, would it not do so for the Arabs, too, who were belligerents in this conflict? And, if the Bible were plagiarized, how could such contemporary details exist, such current politics, to place Arabian belligerents against Jerusalem? It seems, rather, the Bible is authentically the Jewish religion.
29. I believe this refers to today. Palestina is the realm of the Philistines, therefore, it is prophecying of the current conflict we have today. The rod which smote them will be broken. But, they are not to rejoice, because God will have judgment against them, too, in the latter days.
30. At the end of this conflict, when Satan's dominion is brought down, the poor will live in comfort, and they will lay down in safety. Their roots will not dry up in famine.
31. The city of Palestina---the seat of the Palestinian Government---will be dissolved. I only need let the reader imagine what this is referring to.
32. The LORD founded Zion. It shall survive. Jerusalem shall survive, and the city of destruction shall be destroyed, which oppresses Zion's borders.

The extent of magic's effect on someone is purely psychological. Shrunken heads are shook, the heads contain no power. Rather, it is the mind which ascribes to the symbol power. It looks frightening. It creates trauma. Same thing with a woman throwing gemstones. It isn't the power of the gemstones. It is the psychological effect of the gemstones. I, seeing the gemstones, gave them power. It frightened me, sent me into a frail mental state---later, I would learn about conspiracy theories. I got frightened because my mind was primed for the fear, incepted by the woman throwing gemstones. Hypnotism is real, yet is only neuroticism. Power through suggestion.

Demons are very real. Yet, magic does not affect one, to bring upon an innocent person demons. As the proverb goes, "As a bird does not alight without a cause, so does a curse not alight without a cause." The bird being related to a demon. Magic has no power over the one who lives righteously. And should magic be exerted---hypnotism---the individual will have that part of them shaved off, and it will become a folkstem. Like it had never existed. The sin will be removed as far as the east is from the west.

Magic also deludes. If one believes the levitating statue is real---it's done by magnets---then one is inculcated into the cult, believing their own will power moved the statue. If one sees the cup move by the water underneath it, and is told a ghost had moved the cup... unless the magic trick is revealed, the person has witnessed the cup move, and thereby believes in ghosts. Not to say there are not real poltergeists. Yet, such a thing is a demonic entity and thereby a curse on a sinful dwelling. It is a demon implanted in a place from a crime committed long ago. Yet, it can be spiritually cleansed by one's own repentance. For the belief in ghosts is delusional. But the belief in demons is not. Consorting with ghosts is witchcraft. Consorting with idols is witchcraft. Yet, the idols are dumb and cannot perform any work. The witchcraft is dumb and cannot cause any harm. For, Satan is under God's command to do what is evil and thereby destroy the wicked, while chastening the righteous. Satan is a rebellious prince, wishing to commit regicide and patricide, yet, for fear of his own life, he still performs the King's duties. His armies go to war on the King's authority, not the Prince's. As the King decrees, "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD." Thereby, the prince's war machine cannot siege, without God's command. He says of Assyria, " Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood." The smiting of the LORD is in the LORD's authority, and when the Enemy overreaches his bounds, he shall be rebuked for our sake.

Therefore, Magic is not real. Kabbalah and fortune telling with numbered cards implants into the brain fear. And that fear is used by evil forces to malign one, and cause one to shrink back. Same thing with anger, rage, hate, bitterness---these are the true witchcraft. For by these things, one shrinks back, feels frightened, is caused to seek vengeance, is caused to seek evil for evil. And when this incepts in the mind, it produces sinful thoughts, which bring upon the soul guilt. Even lust has this effect. To which, namely, Magic is simply psychological, by manipulating this grief to cause one to fear, hate, lust or be enraged. And by these faults, the Magician can turn one toward even worse sins. Save that the LORD cleanse the heart of its unrighteousness, and circumcise the folkstem from the soul. For to stop magic, it takes love, kindness, forgiveness, joy, peace, gentleness, self control, forgiveness, to never let anger last until the night.

Matthew 11:13 says, " For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John."

Until John. The prophets have spoken in the Old Testament concerning Israel, and the prophesies had their literal end when Jesus said, "It is Finished" upon the Cross.

The way we use Old Testament Prophecies is to gauge the world we live in today, and measure it up to Christ's standard. Jeremiah, and Ezekiel and Isaiah, for instance, have good teaching lessons about civilizations which abandon the truth. Micah and Hosea have good lessons about individual conduct, which our lives, according to Hosea, ought to line up with. 

The Old Testament is God's Judgment, and Christ is the Redemptive Power, the restoration of our soul, being saved from the condemnation of the Law. And written into works like Micah, are beautiful verses such as, "In the day that your walls are to be built, in that very day, the decree shall be far removed." Meaning, those of us who have made the mistake of yoking ourselves to the Old Covenant for salvation, will be redeemed through Christ, who is the prophetic restoration called for in Nehemiah and Ezra.

The "Last Days" in Old Testament prophecy refer to the days leading up to and shortly after Christ's resurrection. Meaning, that our restoration is found through Christ, and our redemption from the Law is also found through Christ. 

It's a surprising verse, but it's one of utmost importance. The Old Testament's revelation is finished, completely, in Jesus Christ on the Cross. The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, and the Roman Siege of Israel were the final moments of Old Testament prophecy. And we are now in a new age, where our revelation comes from Christ, and Christ alone. Our revelation comes through the Apostleship, and not through the prophets in the Old Testament.

However, this does not mean that the Old Testament is false. It discovers the world's judgment, and brings condemnation on those who are not in Christ Jesus. Those who are fallen, or filled with iniquity, the prophets of the Old Testament call forth judgment on, even entire nations, tongues and tribes.

Therefore, we as Christians can use it, to understand God's judgment, but that judgment is not yoked upon our necks. We have escaped divine judgment, and are called to obey a lighter covenant, one in Christ's blood, to the purification of our souls through affliction, until Christ Jesus restores us like Job.

Jesus never said Homosexuality was a sin
Yet, he said "‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’"

Jesus never said anything about abortion
Yet he said, "whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me."

Jesus never said anything about being the only way
Yet Jesus said "I am the way and the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me."

Therefore, what the evil ones say Jesus didn't say,
He said, and more, with much compassion on we sinners
To die for us, and thereby, transfix our sins to the grave. 

Jesus was an INFP. Not an INFJ. And I'll explain why.

Jesus was introverted. As opposed to extroverted. He had twelve apostles follow Him around, but he got most of His energy by spending time alone. We know that Jesus was in prayer at this time, so He was setting an example for us to follow. When we need recharged, to go out into the wilderness and pray. Yet, Jesus would also leave His disciples, and spend time in the desert, or in the gardens, or once even leaving them unmoor their ship, while he stayed on the coast, and then walked to them atop the water. Jesus was certainly an introvert.

Jesus was intuitive. Intuition is the ability to see things beyond what we sense. It's the ability to understand things without having direct evidence. It's a key aspect of faith, but Jesus was intuitive---prophetically---knowing details about people's lives without having known them. He wasn't a fortune teller, but rather had direct revelation from God, yet we can say this is a sort of intuition. Not to mention, His teachings peered into the very workings of true ethics. No sage in history had ever developed a more cogent philosophy. No sage could. Some tried, but they were far behind Jesus in their understandings.

Jesus was a feeler, not a thinker. He was empathetic, compassionate, and He loved very hard. He once made whips of chords and cast out the buyers and sellers in the temple. He had wrath, but He also had moments of great compassion. When He set free the woman caught in adultery, or when He had compassion on the Samaritan woman at the well. Or, when He healed the invalid at Bethesda. Jesus was compassionate---some men don't even understand the compassion of Jesus, and the goodness of Him.

And here's the controversial one. Many people place Jesus as a "Judger." Yet, Jesus said of Himself, "I have not come to judge the world, but to save it." Judgment is the ability to prioritize, create order. Jesus lived His life in disorder. It's an interesting thing about Him, that He moved almost like a ship being blown about by the wind. And the Wind was the Spirit. He didn't plan---He forbid planning---He forbid judging, and the Judge sense is one who constructs a sense of right and wrong, and orders things around them. The Perceiver is one who, rather, witnesses things going on around him, and attempts to understand it. Though, Jesus would understand intuitively what's true, He also saw things as they are, as opposed to creating a personal sense of "Ought". Which is interesting about His teachings is that there is no "ought" about it, but rather they are an accurate description of how moral truth actually is.

This verse came to me in the book of Isaiah. And, it occurred to me, "What is the intelligence of an Earth Worm." I wanted to know, so I could accurately gauge my intelligence with regard to comparison with God. Not for pride---but, to get an estimation of what my intelligence is compared to God.

It became apparent to me, that an Earth Worm has a little cluster of cells, that are somewhat similar to the human brain. Yet, that pathway is mostly used for instinctual operations in the Earthworm. It doesn't think, so to speak, but rather moves with a sort of instinctual intelligence. It may even have some form of memory.

It became clear to me, however, searching another database, that Darwin and a philosopher relegated them to having an intelligence incomparable to that of a human's. That a dog and man had more in common, and had certain reaches of intellect similarly. Such thing may be mystically referred to the Cherubim, something like comparing a man to an elephant or dolphin. Yet, a man and a worm are two, incomprehensibly different forms of intelligence. It's the difference between a little cluster of cells which form complex behavior, and an entire neural synapsis developed for memory, problem solving, speech and higher rational functions.

A human and worm are so far removed from one another, that they are two entirely different forms of intelligence. The one being only moves in a reactive pattern, is far different than the complex thinking patterns of even a lower functioning invalid. Even being able to understand speech in a logocentric way, as opposed to a cat or dog which only understands phonemes which harken it to behavioral reactions. Or an elephant able to do basic levels of art. Even a mentally handicapped child, with severe disability is more intelligent than a cat, per say, for they have the ability to understand strings of sentences. Whereas, this same individual is so far removed from a worm, which hasn't even the ability to do much of anything, beside perhaps remember sensations. Sort of like a tube of flesh.

Which, gets to the picture of the analogy in Isaiah. Humans have flesh. Their flesh makes them weak, prone to fear, and much unlike God Who is a purely Spiritual being; even Christ in His resurrected body is of a matter much different than our own. It's the best way to understand it, how human beings likened to a worm---not even an ant or caterpillar, which have some level of functional IQ. Not likened to a vegetable or tree which probably has a higher ability for cognitive thinking than even a worm. Some may say trees are incredibly intelligent due to their communication through roots, and have memories, which even that, we are not compared to. We are compared to a worm. Which is smarter than a single celled microbe. Which, perhaps an animal like a dolphin is like this microbe. And perhaps a worm, at the very bottom, is something like strands of DNA, in this comparison I'm making.

Which, is interesting to think about, how our intelligence cannot even be compared to God's. It is fundamentally different in nature, as different as a worm's and man's. It is so far beyond the scope of our imagination. Though, God is infinitely wiser than the comparison I've drawn. A man and worm are distanced in intelligence in a finite way. God's intelligence is distanced from us in a manner infinitely greater. Should a man and worm be a line segment. The man, being a point, wouldn't even be a ray reaching out to God's intellect. We'd be like that point on a one dimensional plane, and God would be in a dimensional plane more complex than a graph of infinite dimensions. Humans, being that point on a one dimensional plane. God is even further beyond us than that; it is something my mind, in all its creativity, couldn't even fathom. That is the depths of God's wisdom.