STARMAN OR STARCHILDDavid Bowie explained that the character of Ziggy Stardust was conceived as an alien rock star who arrives on an Earth that is dying due to a lack of natural resources. Around the world older people have lost touch with reality, while children have adopted a hedonistic way of life and no longer want rock music, as there is no electricity to play it. Ziggy is advised in a dream by the infinites ("black-hole jumpers") to write about the coming of a starman who will save the earth. Ziggy's tale of the starman is the first news of hope that the people have heard, so they latch onto it immediately. Ziggy soon gathers a large following and is worshipped as a prophet. According to Bowie, "He takes himself up to incredible spiritual heights and is kept alive by his disciples." The infinites eventually arrive, and tear Ziggy apart onstage.And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of Ziggy stardust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven. But I tell you this, brethren, flesh and blood cannot [become partakers of eternal salvation and] inherit or share in the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable (that which is decaying) inherit or share in the imperishable (the immortal). Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed) DAY 18 PERMANENT SUPERNAL INDEXICALITY “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord [the only Lord].” Deuteronomy‬ ‭6‬:‭4‬ ‭“Whereas this One [Christ], after He had offered a single sacrifice for our sins [that shall avail] for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,” Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭12‬ ‭ “God’s own self-manifestation, constitutes a perpetual epiphany, a permanent entempling of the divine Presence.”Kline Meredith G. 2001. Glory in Our Midst : A Biblical-Theological Reading of Zechariah's Night Visions. Eugene Ore: Wipf and Stock, 225.SUPERNAL Relating to the sky or the heavens; celestial.of exceptional quality or extent.INDEXICALITY The concept of indexicality has been greatly elaborated in the literature of linguistic anthropology since its introduction by Silverstein, but Silverstein himself adopted the term from the theory of sign phenomena, or semiotics, of Charles Sanders Peirce. As an implication of his general metaphysical theory of the three universal categories, Peirce proposed a model of the sign as a triadic relationship: a sign is "something which stands to somebody for something in some respect or capacity."[7] Thus, more technically, a sign consists ofA sign-vehicle or representamen, the perceptible phenomenon which does the representing, whether audibly, visibly or in some other sensory modality;[8]: "Representamen" An object, the entity of whatever kind, with whatever modal status (experienceable, potential, imaginary, law-like, etc.), which is represented by the sign;[8]: "Object"  andAn interpretant, the "idea in the mind" of the perceiving individual, which interprets the sign-vehicle as representing the object.[8]: "Interpretant" Peirce further proposed to classify sign phenomena along three different dimensions by means of three trichotomies, the second of which classifies signs into three categories according to the nature of the relationship between the sign-vehicle and the object it represents. As captioned by Silverstein, these are:Going Boldly Where The Last Man has Gone Before! Decrease time over target: PayPal or Venmo @clastronaut Cash App $clastronaut