The
Creation Geometries
The opening of God's Word, in
the original Hebrew, is associated with a remarkable confluence
of coordinated numerical geometries which spring from 216 (or, 6
x 6 x 6).
Among the cubes, this figure is
unique for two reasons, viz
(1) The total number of squares
forming its outer surface is equal to the number of unit cubes
from which it is constructed, ie 216.
(2) Its dimension, 6, is the
only number that may be expressed as the sum, or as the product,
of the same sequence of natural numbers, thus: 1+2+3 = 6 = 1x2x3.
This property also confers on 6 the title, first perfect
number.
Setting out these 216 unit cubes
evenly on a flat surface (as shown above) we form the outline of
a triangle of side 73 units. This figure represents a basis for a
number of simple geometrical developments involving the sums of
number sequences drawn from the 21 words comprising the first two
verses of the Bible (ie Genesis 1:1-2).
Here are these words together
with their meanings and numerical interpretations:
- Words 1 - 7 total
2701, or 37 x 73; this is precisely the number
of units required to construct the triangle having an
outline of 216.
- Within this
sequence, words 6 and 7 total 703, or 19 x 37;
this is precisely the number of units required to
construct the perfectly-fitting inverted triangle shown
below - each side of 37 units. The satellite triangles
(coloured orange) comprise 666 units apiece.
- Words 4 - 8 (ie the
final four of Genesis 1:1, and the first of Genesis 1:2)
total 1801; this is precisely the number of
counters required to construct a regular hexagon within
the initially-defined outline. It is unique among
hexagons in that the number of counters forming a side,
the number forming its outline, and the number of its
rows, are square numbers, ie 25 (=5x5), 144 (=12x12), and
49 (=7x7), respectively. The triangles at the vertices
(coloured yellow) each comprise 300 units.
- Words 9 - 15 (ie 2
- 8 of Genesis 1:2) total 1875, or 3 x 625; because
625 = 25 x 25, 1875 may be represented as a trio of
rhombi - their inner vertices overlapping at the centroid
of our initial outline triangle. Each of the three
triangles (shaded blue) comprises 276 units.
- Words 16 - 21 (ie
the words remaining in Genesis 1:2) total 1369, or 37 x
37; they are represented by a single rhombus
which precisely spans the height of the outline triangle.
The two triangles (shaded orange) each comprise 666
units.
- Words 1 - 8 (ie the
whole of Genesis 1:1 and the first of Genesis 1:2) total
3003; this is a triangle of side 77 units.
- Clearly, this
triangle has four more rows than that representing
Genesis 1:1; the latter may therefore be envisaged as
resting on a plinth, as follows:
Some further observations add a
particular potency to this analysis:
- Genesis 1:1 - a powerful,
and strategically-placed assertion - is also an
equilateral triangle (ie a logical symbol for our Triune
God)
- That triangle, expressed as
a number, is interesting: (a) it is the product of 37 and
its digit reverse, 73 (ie 2701 = 37 x 73) - 37 being a
uniquely trifigurate number; (b) its outline is the cube,
6x6x6; (c) the inner triangle, representing "...and
the earth.", divides the remainder into a trio of
666's (each related visually to 6x6x6!)
- The Creator's Name, Jesus
Christ, also incorporates 37 as a factor in each of its
components - its complete value being 37 x 64, ie the
product of 37 with the cube of 4 (which, in typical 2-d
representation, reveals 37 of its total of 64 unit
cubes!)
How many coincidences of this
kind can reasonably be tolerated by the skeptical mind? Are they
not concrete evidence of intelligent and purposeful design?
Vernon Jenkins MSc
13th Jan.1999
email: vernon.jenkins@virgin.net
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