Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Job 38.1

This page is both a challenge and a guide. It is a challenge to all who would assert that the Bible is not the Word of God and a guide to those who just can not quite get what the Bible Wheel is really all about. The question is simply this:

Is it possible to improve on the Bible Wheel?

The answer should be a resounding "yes" if the Wheel were nothing but a happenstance of history with no overriding intelligent design. If that were the case, it should be exceedingly simple to find many improvements, no? And again, if the Wheel were not the product of a single superintending Mind - which for historical reasons could only be the Mind of God if any mind at all - then how did it acquire such depth of beauty, symmetry, and elegance, let alone the mathematically correlated word distributions and KeyLinks? These are but a few of the many profound questions that must be pondered as we review just what the Lord God Almighty has done in His Holy Word, and this is the insurmountable challenge faced by all who would dare darken God's Counsel with words lacking knowledge.

Large-scale structure: Sevenfold Symmetric Perfection

The high-level patterns of the Bible Wheel integrate with various Christian symbols derived directly from the text of Scripture. This is one of the most compelling aspects of the Wheel - the appearance of these symbols in the geometric structure of the Holy Word should be as ten thousand bells ringing in the hearts and minds of all who behold God's Work! The patterns are very deep, extending well below the sevenfold symmetric perfection of the Canon Wheel (cf. Symmetries of the Bible Wheel). Here are a few of the most obvious high-level patterns:

• A Perfect Circle: Amongst all possible two-dimensional figures, the Circle alone exhibits infinite symmetry. It is therefore uniquely qualified to express God's everlasting and unchanging Word. It is hard to imagine anyone failing to appreciate this point, let alone trying to argue against it (cf. The Eternal Circle and Fearful Symmetry).
• 22 Spokes: The natural integration of the 66 Books with the 22 Hebrew letters has endless implications. The many hundreds of articles on this site testify to its abundant fruitfulness. The fact that the ancient Jews attempted to force fit the Old Testament into this pattern is a standing witness to its intellectual appeal. The fact that it was discovered in rather than imposed on the Bible testifies to its divine origin. Could we improve on the Number of Spokes? How about 24 to correspond to the Greek alphabet? Not a good idea - God didn't write any alphabetic verses in Greek, whereas we have 22 Alphabetic Verses for each of the 22 Hebrew letters! Besides, this wouldn't work with the circle for geometric reasons. In fact, the only other possibilities would be 2, 3, 6, 11, or 33 Spokes, since the number of Spokes must be a divisor of 66. None of these possibilities offer any improvement to the 22 Spokes.
• Seven Canonical Divisions: The Biblical use and meaning of the Number Seven is universally recognized (cf. Seven and Scripture). To find this number as part of the intrinsic geometric structure of the Canon Wheel - the very Capstone of Scripture - can not be improved upon. Simply stated, there could be no better choice. There is also an intriguing relation between the Numbers 7 and 22 which form the best approximation to Pi (about 22/7) using integers less than 100. Or stated another way, 22/7 is the first convergent of the continued fraction  expansion of Pi. These numbers also integrate with the structure of the Hebrew alphabet, composed of 3 Mother, 7 Double, and 12 Elemental letters. Of course, 12 also figures prominently in both the text and the geometric structure of Scripture.
• Bilateral Symmetry: The line of Bilateral Symmetry divides between the Hebrew Aleph and Tav, corresponding to the Greek Alpha and Omega, the sign and seal of the Creator designed by the Almighty Himself (cf. GR 801). If this is not "rightly dividing the word of truth" then nothing is. What could improve this perfection?
• Radial Symmetry: What could improve this beauty?

Detailed Structure - Linked Books

The great themes linking the books on each Spoke manifest in Thematic Links, KeyLinks, and mathematically correlated word distributions, which often exhibit a