INTERPRETATION OF SRI LANKA
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country off the tip of India and was formally known as Ceylon, a British colonial
Primarily Hindu ( 13%)and Buddism (70%) Islam (10%) Christian 7%
is one of the few places that all colors of sapphire gems can be mined and ‘Ceylon sapphires are prized worldwide for their brilliant intense colors
INTERPRETATION OF IMAGERY
Exo 24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Exo 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Come up higher and behold the Lamb of God!
Saw a stairway leading into heaven[ Buddism teaches levels to paradise/nirvana] with the pierced hand of Jesus extended