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Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Psalm 147:4
The circular structure of the Wheel is most naturally described using modular arithmetic ,
the mathematics of cyclical number patterns.
For example, the books found on the first Spoke are the
1st, 23rd, and 45th books of the Canon. These numbers
all leave the same remainder, namely 1, when divided by 22. This is because they are all
1 plus a multiple of 22. Likewise,
the ordinal numbers of the books on the second Spoke always leave a remainder of 2
when divided by 22. This is because they are all 2 plus a multiple of 22 + 2. These patterns are displayed in the table below.
Mathematicians describe such numbers by saying they are
equal or congrugent Modulo 22.
These ideas help see the structure of the Bible Wheel because the ordinal number
of each book relates to its Spoke and Cycle
numbers through this simple formula:
Book Number = Spoke + (Cycle - 1) x 22
This table gives a few examples of how this works:
| |
Spoke 1 |
Spoke 2 |
... |
Spoke 22 |
| Cycle 1 |
1 = 1 + 0 x 22 |
2 = 2 + 0 x 22 |
... |
22 = 22 + 0 x 22 |
| Cycle 2 |
23 = 1 + 1 x 22 |
24 = 2 + 1 x 22 |
... |
44 = 22 + 1 x 22 |
| Cycle 3 |
45 = 1 + 2 x 22 |
46 = 2 + 2 x 22 |
... |
66 = 22 + 2 x 22 |
A very useful and compact notation that brings forth many patterns from God's Word is
found when we denote a book's ordinal number using a Spoke Number (or Letter) with
a subscript indicating the Cycle Number:
Book Number = SpokeCycle
This table gives a few examples of this notation:
| |
Spoke 1 |
Spoke 2 |
... |
Spoke 22 |
| Cycle 1 |
1 = 11 |
2 = 21 |
... |
22 = 221 |
| Cycle 2 |
23 = 12 |
24 = 22 |
... |
44 = 222 |
| Cycle 3 |
45 = 13 |
46 = 23 |
... |
66 = 223 |
This pattern can be generalized so that any number can be written this way by allowing
the Cycle number to increase indefinitely. For example, this notation displays the
natural relation between the Number 22 and all repeating three-digit numbers:
| 111 = 1 + 5 x 22 = 16 |
| 222 = 2 + 10 x 22 = 211 |
| 333 = 3 + 15 x 22 = 316 |
In general, for 0 < n < 10, we have: nnn = n5n+1
This notation can be extended to use the letters to represent the Spokes. I like this notation for personal
use because it makes the links between the geometry and the alphabet very clear, but I don't use it much
on the site because most people
are not familiar with the Hebrew alphabet, and I don't want to place any stumblingblocks in their way. But here
is a table that shows how modular notation works with the alphabet:
| |
Spoke 1 |
Spoke 2 |
... |
Spoke 22 |
| Cycle 1 |
1 = 11 =  |
2 = 21 =  |
... |
22 = 221 =  |
| Cycle 2 |
23 = 12 =  |
24 = 22 =  |
... |
44 = 222 =  |
| Cycle 3 |
45 = 13 =  |
46 = 23 =  |
... |
66 = 223 =  |
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