Iron (metal)

Iron brought up in lava crumpled and twisted the oldest fossil-bearing stratum. 58:7.6 58:7.10

Early mankind regarded fire as a sacred spirit or fetish, using iron pyrites and flints to produce sparks for fire while fearing and appeasing it through various rituals and taboos. 69:6.4

The exodus from the Euphrates valley enriched Egypt with skilled Andite artisans who improved metalworking with iron ore from Mount Sinai and the Black Sea. 80:6.3

Iron in red blood cells plays a vital role in oxygenating blood and removing carbon dioxide, showing how organisms adapt to their environment. 65:6.4

Iron settled towards the center of the planet as the earth's crust stabilized 850,000,000 years ago. 57:7.1 57:8.16

Urantia’s density is about that of cooling stars which can be physically gaseous and tremendously dense at the same time. 41:4.3

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Fire fetish 69:6.4 — Ex 13:21-22.