The rolling up of the 66 books of the Bible into the Bible Wheel has a very interesting comparison to the way chains of Amino Acids spiral and fold together to create proteins. The sequence for the way an Amino Acid chain is constructed is contained in the DNA.
The way DNA codes for the building of Proteins is by using a three letter section called a “Codon“. A Codon is a section of the DNA that consists of 3 nucleotides [each nucleotide consist of a sugar, a phosphate, and a base] in the DNA strand. Each three letter “Codon” codes for a single Amino Acid (there are 20 different Amino Acids) that makes up one unit of the polypeptide chain (called polypeptides because of the peptide bonds that connect the Amino Acids together) that folds back upon itself to create a protein (many proteins contain more that 100 Amino Acids).
The sequence of the Nucleotides in the DNA is what determines the Codon which determines which Amino Acid and in what order the chain of Amino Acids (the building blocks of life) will be in, that form Proteins when they are folded in a specific way. The process by which the chain of Amino Acids folds to create a Protein to a large extent still remains a mystery….it is that folding back upon itself and creating unique connections that activates the Protein.
What we know is that Proteins are formed from chains of Amino Acids by the way in which the chain folds back upon itself creating connections that were not active while the chain was in its linear form. In much the same way as Amino Acids are transformed into Proteins by folding back onto themselves, the Bible transforms into the Bible Wheel by spiraling and folding back onto itself creating connections that could not be seen in its linear form….thus adding a whole new depth of knowledge to our understanding of the Bible. Transforming what was only seen in a linear way to a three dimensional view.
The code that instructs the proteins to be built from Amino Acids is contained in the Codons of the DNA, it can be compared to the Hebrew letters that guide the rolling up of the Bible Wheel, which are themselves contained in the very words of the Bible…. explicitly seen in the alphabetic structure of Psalm 119.
I love the study of the body even though DNA etc are above my understanding based on my lack of education in this area BUT….I know enough to understand that God and His Word are so deep and beyond our understanding that this really does make sense if you don’t let your lack of sense get in the way. Make “sense” ?
I have studied blood to a greater extent and find like parallels.
Years ago a chiropractor friend and I were discussing the physical body at a pretty deep level and I commented on how I just loved learning about the body. I had been struggling with wanting to get further education in this area but knew that God wanted me to focus on things He wanted to show me for that time instead of getting distracted. As I said these words to my chiro friend “I just love learning about the body” and longing to study it more than God was allowing, He (God) said “You are!” I instantly knew He was showing me that He was and had been teaching me about the “body” of Christ first. I have this sense that in the right time of things He will open the door to the other and it will be much easier because the two are parallel in the ways they function just as was given the the example about the Bible Wheel and DNA and Amino Acids.
We are so limited without being totally open to understand our lack of understanding. Once this limited thinking is severed from our lives we will be limitless in what God can show us. God conceals things and it is our honor and joy to search them out without preconceived ideas. One thing I have always said “Why Not” Thanks for the example!