From: Michael Roberts (michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 27 2003 - 02:17:16 EDT
Does 2 Corinthians 11 vs 1 apply here?
Michael
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From: "Richard McGough" <richard@biblewheel.com>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 5:17 AM
Subject: The Bible Wheel
> The Bible Wheel is a two-dimensional representation of the standard 66
book Christian Canon as a circular grid of 66 Cells arrayed on three
concentric Cycles of 22 Cells, forming a Wheel of 22 Spokes. The books are
simply displayed in order on the Wheel. Graphics and a detailed explanation
are available on my site:
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> http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/Wheel_FullSize.asp
>
> It is highly recommended that the image of the Wheel be viewed and
contemplated before making any comments on this thread.
>
> It is imperative to understand that the Bible Wheel is simply a way of
viewing an object that exists in our common universe, the 66 Book Canon.
This means that variations in the Christian Canon have nothing to do with
the Bible Wheel as such, since it is defined as a 2D representation of one
particular canon, (which also happens to be the dominant biblical textform
on the planet).
>
> Issues relating to the status of the underlying 66 Book Canon as Scripture
are very interesting and important, and will be tremendously impacted by the
Wheel when it is recognized to be of divine origin, but they have nothing to
do with how we choose to represent the said Canon. Thus, variations in the
Canon is a separate issue and should be discussed in a separate thread. It
is also important note that proof of the divine origin of the 66 book Canon
does not necessarily imply that the other canons are invalid. For all I
know, they could all fit together in some meta-pattern I have never
imagined. Isaiah 55.9
>
> Here now are a few highlights to get the discussion going:
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>
> Spoke 1:
> So what is it about the Bible Wheel that should attract our attention? I
begin with the initial Spoke, which consists of three books that initiate
three of the primary divisions of Scripture:
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> Genesis: The First Book of the Law
> Isaiah : The First Book of the Prophets
> Romans : The First Book of the NT Epistles.
>
> To the Law and to the Prophets! This is the First Spoke of the Wheel. It
should ring bells in the spiritual ears of all Christians, especially in
light of Romans as a deep interweaving of primary themes from Genesis and
Isaiah. In fact, Romans is the only book on Cycle 3 that mentions the name
of Isaiah at all, and the doctrinal perspicuity of Isaiah has prompted some
scholars to refer to it as the "Romans of the Old Testament." This aspect of
the Wheel is discussed at length in my article "A Great Cloud of Witnesses:"
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> http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/CloudOfWitnesses.asp
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>
> Sevenfold Symmetric Perfection:
> Without a doubt, the most striking aspect of the Wheel is the radial and
bilateral symmetry that emerges when the seven traditional canonical
divisions are displayed on the Wheel. This object is called the Canon Wheel.
Here is a link to the graphic:
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> http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/CanonWheel_FullSize.asp
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> The symmetry arises from these seven divisions:
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> 5 Books: Torah
> 12 Books: OT History
> 5 Books: Wisdom
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> 5 Books: Major Prophets
> 12 Books: Minor Prophets
> 5 Books: NT History
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> 22 Books: NT Epistles
>
> The numbers 5, 12, and 22 are consecutive terms in the pentangular number
sequence.
>
>
> What are the Chances?
> When I introduced the Bible Wheel to the ASA two years ago, I asserted
that though I hadn't done the calculations, it seemed intuitively obvious
that the symmetry of the Canon Wheel was very rare. I now have confirmed
this intuition with a careful analysis. The result is that there is one
chance in 688,324 that 66 objects grouped into seven arbitrary divisions
would exhibit both bilateral and radial symmetry when displayed on the
Wheel. Here is the article:
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> http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/probabilities.asp
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>
> Derivation from First Principles:
> As is common knowledge amongst many of the physicists on this list, God's
Work in the physical world appears to be understandable in terms of various
Symmetry Principles. For example, Conservation of Momentum can be explained
as the result of invariance with respect to spacial translations, which is a
kind of symmetry (cf. Noether's Theorem). It is therefore extremely
intriguing to find that the Bible Wheel exhibits sevenfold symmetry within a
perfect circle. But even more intriguing is the fact that the entire
structure of the Canon can be derived from first principles using nothing
but
>
> 1) A Model (the Bible Wheel)
> 2) Two initial conditions
> 3) Maximal symmetry constraints.
>
> This mimics the derivation of some of the most significant discoveries in
20th century physics. Here is the proof:
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> http://www.biblewheel.com/Topics/Derivation.asp
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>
> Additional Symmetries:
> Additional symmetric structures exist below the sevenfold symmetric
perfection of the Canon Wheel. E.g the Babylonian Captivity divides both the
OT History books and the Minor Prophets at Spoke 14. Both this event and
this number also divide Matthews geneology of Christ. This is discussed in
this article:
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> http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/symmetries.asp
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>
> Divine Art:
> The overall structure of the Canon Wheel is isomorphic to the threefold
cruciform halo used since the sixth century or so to represent Christ. THis
is discussed in my article "Art, Theology, and Prophecy:"
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> http://www.biblewheel.com/Topics/Art_Wheel.asp
>
> We also have a direct correlation of the seven canonical divisions with
the Menorah. When the number of books on each pair of branches are
represented by their corresponding Hebrew letter, the word Tehilah, meaning
Praise, emerges. Here is the article:
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> http://www.biblewheel.com/Topics/Menorah.asp
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> Various articles relating to Art and the Bible Wheel are listed here:
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> http://www.biblewheel.com/Topics/BibleArt.asp
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>
> Integration with the Hebrew Alphabet:
> The 22 Spokes are integrated with the meaning of the 22 Hebrew Letters, as
established in the alphabetic verses of Scripture, the names of the letters,
their function in the Hebrew grammar, and elsewhere. These letters cast
divine light on the the themes found in the books on the corresponding
Spoke. E.g. Consider the third letter Gimel. It is cognate to the verb Gomel
which God used in the first Gimel verse of Psalm 119, translated as "deal
bountifully" in the KJV. As a noun, Gomel means "Abundant Giver." This then
integrates with II Corinthians (Spoke 3, Cycle 3) where we find such phrases
as "God loves a cheerful giver" and the greatest density of teaching on
giving to be found in Scripture (chpts 8 & 9). This is discussed in this
article:
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> http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/Spokes/Gimel_Giver.asp
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>
> Well, this should be enough to get the discussion going.
>
> B'Shem El Elyon,
> Richard Amiel McGough
> Discover the sevenfold symmetric perfection of the Holy Bible at
www.BibleWheel.com
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