Saturday, November 8, 2008

DNA,God's book of our members

DNA,God's book of our members
Psalm 139:13-16
Psalm 139 details God's blueprint for our design. On April 2, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick presented the structure for DNA. DNA contains all the genetic information to create our entire bodies. DNA encodes our red blood cells, and the heart that pumps them. DNA encodes our hair follicles, and the color of the hair in them. DNA encodes our bones, and the muscles attached to them. God knew the structure of DNA long before 1953 because God created DNA, and has used it as His "book" of our members
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Psalm 139:13-19 [KJV]
13 "For thou hast possessed my reins: thou has covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Unique, distinguished creations!
In verse 14 we read that we are "fearfully made". The Hebrew word is "Ya're" is from the root 'to revere' or 'to fear'. The word "wonderfully" in Hebrew is 'Pah'lah' which has as its root 'to distinguish, separate, or set apart'. From this we read, "With fearful things I am distinguished" God is saying that we are each unique, distinguished, wonderful creations! And He created us with fearful, reverent, awesome things. Certainly the construction of our bodies is with amazingly awesome building blocks.


I remember Anatomy class in Medical School. Everyone dreaded with fear and nervousness the first day of Anatomy. Most of us anticipated it the entire summer leading up to that our first year in Medical School. The day we unveiled the cadavers we would be dissecting in lab was a memorable day. Although everyone of us had seen a dead person at a funeral, none of us had seen the insides of a dead person. As the weeks passed into months, we dissected muscles, nerves, blood vessels, organs, bone, and fascia. We identified every one of these hundreds of structures and were tested on them. From a purely non-microscopic viewpoint I can tell you that we are made with awesome things!!!! The intricacy of our bodies is beyond comprehension. When we think of our bodies from a microscopic standpoint, it becomes even more mind-boggling to consider the complexity of the "fearful things." With these "fearful things" we are made into unique, distinguished creatures. Though we all possess the same anatomy [with rare exceptions], we are all unique.

Not hidden from God:
In verse 15 we read that our substance was not hid from God. This word "substance" is 'otsem' which can also refer to our bones or our body. Certainly nothing that happens in the womb is hidden from God. All the details of how we are made are not known to mankind. Even if we can map out the events with precision, we shall never know the full details of the "how". Thus, our formation will remain "in secret" to a degree. We were "curiously wrought or woven" by God. The next phrase "depths of the earth" is an interesting phrase. The word for "depth" is 'tach'tiy' which refers to lower parts, pit, or womb. Here we see that the womb of the woman is figuratively the womb of the earth. For we all come from dust [Genesis 3:19], so our mother's womb is where "dust or earth" becomes an image bearer of God!

God's book of DNA
In verse 16 we read that God saw our substance [literally our unformed bodies--or 'embryo' in today's language], in the womb.
An interesting difference is seen here between the NIV translation and the King James Bible. The NIV says that "All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." So the question is this: "Does God's book contain our days and the things we will do, or does God's book contain the information that details the formation of our bodies?"
This is an important question because it determines the nature of God's book. Without knowing what is in God's book, we cannot know what His book is at all.
The hinge to this passage is "kowl"; which means "all of them" or every one"
The passage reads like this: "Your eyes saw my embryo/substance and on your book all of them ["kowl"] were written. In the continuance of days ['yowm'] were they formed."
If "kowl" is referring to the days rather than our substance, then it would be appropriate to translate this passage with a reference to the book containing our days. But the antecedent [prior context] is our bodies, NOT our days. Verses 13, 14, 15, and 16 all have as their subject matter the formation of our bodies in the womb. Therefore the psalmist, when saying "kowl--all of them" is most certainly referring to the subject of the last 4 verses...our bodies.

God's record of our bodies is found in the spectacular DNA structure. He has recorded everything about us in the pages of these molecules.
The number of hairs on our head.
Our height.
Our skin and hair color.
Our physical, mental, and intellectual strengths.
Long before mankind discovered DNA, God was creating and using it to record us in His wonderful book of our members.

Gen Tuhan - Iman Sudah Tertanam Dalam Gen KitaPengarang : Dean HamerPenerbit : Gramedia Pustaka Utama

Deskripsi :
Kecenderungan setiap manusia bersikap religius (bukan beragama) bukanlah suatu kebetulan, melainkan secara meyakinkan disebabkan oleh gen dalam diri manusia—demikian pendirian Dr. Dean Hamer. Banyak temuan baru di bidang genetika perilaku serta neurobiologi menunjukkan bahwa setiap manusia mewarisi dalam dirinya kecenderungan yang membuat otak manusia "haus" sekaligus siap menerima "kekuatan yang lebih tinggi".

Dengan menganalisis pengaruh genetis yang membentuk diri manusia—subyek penelitiannya 1000 orang, berlatar belakang kehidupan serta usia yang beragam—kemudian membandingkan semua sampel DNA subyek penelitiannya dengan skala pengukur kadar spiritualitas, Dr. Hamer berhasil mengidentifikasi sebuah gen tertentu, yakni "Gen Tuhan", yang tampaknya membangun spiritualitas. Dengan pilihan kata dan bahasa sederhana, dengan penulis yang punya otoritas besar di bidangnya, buku ini menyajikan banyak temuan baru hasil riset bidang genetika, biologi molekuler, dan psikologi yang berkaitan dengan kecenderungan dasariah perilaku manusia.
The Divine Code of Life
Author: Kazuo Murakami,Professor Emeritus at Tsukuba University, one of the leading universities in Japan. He was researcher at University Oregon, Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University and Professor at Tsukuba University. He is one of the core members of international bio-chemistry research associations.
Table of Contents: Prologue How to read the wonders of life
* DNA works differently depending upon your attitude to life
* No cloned human beings will be the same

Chapter 1 When the DNA awakens
* On and Off of a DNA
* The codes written in DNA's
* Positive thinking awakens DNA's

Chapter2 DNA's change according to stimulations
* My career and my DNA
* Features of DNA -ON Type of people
* Unexpected encounter lead me to a success
Chapter A life with DNA on
* Nobel prize class findings come from night science
* Doctor 35000- cows finally succeeds
* Nature accredits the experience results
* World's first attempt to collect Renin excessively
* Decoding the Renin enzyme leads to complete cure
Chapter4 Wonders in DNA as the design of a life
* A human life itself is a miracle
* You should try to keep your DNA's on all the time
* Best design of a new pharmaceutical can be done on CG
* Even bad germs can help science
Chapter 5 Who wrote the codes of life?
* When I sense the existence of " Something Great"
* Obstacles that block you from doing things more freely
* Being moved deeply will bring you longevity
* Balance in the Mother Nature should not be lost
Summary:
It is widely known that DNA contains all the information for each of all the living creatures. DNA's of all animals, plants and human beings control basic behaviors of their own. This is what most people today know and believe. As a result, people tend to believe that most results of their lives are already determined at the point of birth. If you have good DNA's for athletic activities, you would succeed in sports anyway. If not, you will not make an excellent athlete. Thus people are inclined to a new kind of fatalism backed by scientific facts which you cannot argue at all.
Murakami, however, found that actual results of what people do can vary greatly depending upon their attitudes. If a cancer patient maintains a strong will to overcome the disease, the likelihood is he or she will survive much longer than the others who takes it as fate and see the situation entirely negative. According to this internationally acclaimed bio chemical scientist, many medical doctors found incredible recoveries from fatal cancers because of strong and positive will the patient maintained.
For the first time, Murakami shows clear evidences of DNA functions that give strong influences to our daily lives once it is activated by the human being. If you are in a positive mood certain DNA's start to work actively sometimes against expectations of medical professionals . If you are in a negative feeling, potentially powerful DNA functions will continue to be inactive.
Thus by maintaining positive ways to see what you see in your life, you can improve and enjoy your life greatly. The book reveals all the secrets how to remain positive throughout your life.
High lights: Kazuo Murakami is one of the bio scientists who are within the community of future Nobel laureates. His scientific achievements have been recognized internationally for a long time. The most well known achievement is the extraction of renin which is the key enzyme for high blood pressure. He succeeded to get pure renin from cow the pituitary gland.
He collected 0.5 milligrams of renin from 35000 cow pituitary gland. Pasture Institute in France was close to the success but he completed the long awaited result before anyone else in the world.
The study of high blood pressure was enhanced with his success empowering the worldwide pharmaceutical studies for the medical problem to go forward more promptly.
Thorough his academic studies he started to sense the power ofnature that controls all the living creatures exist in a great harmony with other living creatures. He found many examples of incredible effects of positive thinking.
The most amazing finding was that human way to look at his/her life has great influence on how DNA's actually work in different situation. He thinks if you look at your troubles in a positive manner certain dormant DNA's start working to tackle your problems, psychological or physical.
He quotes Bernard Shaw that once he replied to a beautiful lady, "
You say if you and I get married we will have most beautiful and brilliant child on earth. But what if we had a child with your brain and may look!" It is so true that you can not have a full control on how your DNA's work at the point of birth.
However, Murakami argues. you can make certain DNA's awake a good portion of them by having a positive state of mind. Human beings have 3 billion DNA's each and yet it is scientifically true that we utilize only a small part of it. What a waste!
Adolph Hitler was one of the worst human beings ever existed on earth. However, even if someone succeeded to make a clone of him, it will not be like Adolph Hitler because the mind of the cloned being will grow with different environment, culture and state of mind!
The point is you can make a new "YOU" by having different attitude and way of thinking.DNA's are not something static. They work every moment without stopping for a second. It is you who can change your life letting your DNA's work better by keeping positive, constructive state of mind.

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