The Music Lesson

Vernon Jenkins (vernon.jenkins@virgin.net)
Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:36:12 +0100

Gary,

I assume you have carefully studied the material on my website. I am
therefore surprised that you are not impressed by the coordinated
numerical geometries that underly the Bible's first eight words and
their links with the Creator, Jesus Christ? Bearing in mind the
circumstances, are you seriously suggesting that such things can be
attributed to chance?

You ask 'Why on earth should God choose to do this?'. I trust you would
not wish to deny His sovereignty in this matter. There may therefore be
many reasons, but the one that occurs to me is this: we are rapidly
moving to the kind of situation that existed immediately before the
flood; He is now graciously providing tangible evidence of His Being and
Sovereignty
1) to strengthen the faith of those who love Him;
2) to convince and encourage those who currently have no faith;
and, 3) to condemn those who will yet defy Him, and leave them with no
vestige of an excuse.

Regarding the layout of the table, don't you find the coincidences with
Gen.1:1 and the Lord rather striking? We are talking about musical
basics here. A major scale is made up of tones and semitones, is it not?

I completely reject your suggestion that 'you can find this sort of
pattern in just about anything'. This is a totally vacuous remark.

Vernon