From: richard@biblewheel.com
Date: Mon Nov 03 2003 - 13:47:05 EST
Dr. Nelson has reduced the fundamental all-encompassing question about the
meaning of the supernatural structure of Holy Scripture to the cogent and
pithy question of "So what?". Please understand I am "not trying to be flip"
any more than he was when he wrote the following:
So there is some "tri-radiant cruciform halo"?
What, in practical terms, does that mean?
Does it mean we should do something other
than what we currently do? Does it provide
some insight into the life of Jesus? Does it
provide additional moral law? What, exactly, once I
have seen this amazing structure, does it do
for me other than give me another instance to
say, "wow, God is pretty amazing?" I am not
trying to be flip, but IMHO you haven't answered
the "so, what?" question, yet.
I respect these as honest questions. Jim Armstrong raised a similar issue
when he said he could not "see a real God-purpose" for such a design in
Scripture. My explanation to him began by pointing out that the inability to
immediately intuit the significance of divine design in Scripture is an
historical anomaly due largely to the current intellectual fashion that
discourages its serious study. I went on to attempt to open his eyes to what
should be (imHo) extremely plain and obvious to anybody. I quote my answer
from post http://www.calvin.edu/archive/asa/200311/0011.html
===Quote===
Any child can appreciate the simple Circle as the ideal symbol of things
divine, eternal, and perfect. When enlightened by God's Spirit, the impact
is
overwhelming. The full integrity and divine unity of all Scripture is now
*visually* evident. It glorifies God and His Word beyond measure and reveals
the Bible as a great work of divine Art. The radial and bilateral symmetry
displayed in the Canon Wheel forms a stunning image of the tri-radiant
cruciform halo used since the 6th century to indicate Deity in Christian
iconography. This means that the Cross of Christ - the central message of
all Scripture - is also the basis of its geometric design! The implications
are staggering. The Wheel reveals more than just the supernatural unity of
the Holy Bible; it reveals the form of the unity itself as a work of Divine
Art, an icon of the very Faith taught within its pages!
===End Quote===
Yet this is, of course, just the beginning. The implications are truly
infinite. Excuse me for being indelicate, but questions of immediate
practical application posed by Dr. Nelson sound to me like an illiterate
plumber's first encounter with Special Relativity, who says:
"E = mc^2? So what? That's not gonna change the way I stick my pipes
together! What good is it?"
No disrespect intended. But this is how it seems to me. These questions seem
to indicate that certain faculties of the soul are not being exercised. I'm
talking about the parts of the soul that recognize meaning, beauty,
symmetry, structure and purpose. If these faculties are not being exercised,
there is no way to explain the question of "So what?", and if they are
exercised, there is no need to since the faculties themselves would provide
the answer.
Yet further examples may help awaken the requisite faculties, so I will
continue:
What does it tell us about God and the Bible?
Take a look at the greatest discoveries in the history of the world. These
include such things as the very practical wheel that transports our bodies,
moveable type that transports our minds, and equations that unlock the
workings of the physical world. Features of each of these is found embedded
by God in the geometric structure of His Word. The Bible Wheel is integrated
with the 22 Letters of the Hebrew alphabet which God designed to govern each
Spoke. The sevenfold symmetric structure of the whole - with the line of
bilateral symmetry dividing between the Aleph and Tav - can be derived from
first principles in a way that is precisely analogous to the greatest
discoveries of modern physics. The symmetry and perfection of the Holy Bible
in the form of the Wheel speaks ten thousand volumes concerning the nature
of God, the way He works in the World, and the nature of His Creation. In
one fell swoop it destroys the vain jangling of so-called "scholars" who
have sought to deny His Word. It reveals God as the Master Architect of All,
and opens the door for us to share in His Wisdom and Knowledge! What could
be greater than this Holy Gift? Salvation is to know God! This study
culminates in the revelation of the whole Bible as a tri-radiant cruciform
halo which simultaneously reiterates the centrality of the Cross, the Deity
of Christ, and the divine design, completion, and perfection of the Bible as
a whole. Like I said, there is no end to the multifaceted implications. We
have received the very Capstone to Holy Scripture. There are no words left
but cries of "Grace, Grace unto it!" (cf. Zech. 4.7)
Hope that helps,
Richard
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