THE DNA OF CHRISTMAS​
December 2021
At lunchtime on February 28th 1953, Francis Crick, who was a molecular biologist at the University of Cambridge stood up in his local pub and announced that he and his friend James Watson had discovered
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THE SECRET OF LIFE!
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They had been working on the chemical structure of the DNA molecule. DNA was first isolated by the Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher way back in 1869. This was the beginning of a long history of discovery by many eminent scientists which finally resulted in that announcement in the Eagle Pub in Cambridge in 1953.
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Since then, a lot more work has been done and we have even more understanding of the way DNA works.
All living creatures—including plants—contain deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
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DNA is found in every human cell, and if unwound, each strand of DNA is nearly 2 meters long - yet it fits into 0.09 micrometer of space!
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If you put all the DNA molecules in your body end to end, the DNA would reach from the Earth to the Sun and back over 600 times. (The sun is 93,000,000 miles or 147.56 million kilometers away) *
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As the Bible says: “We are fearfully and wonderfully made!” Psalm 139:14: “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvellous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.”
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All human beings share 99.9% of those genes in common - but it’s that .1% which makes each of us unique.
In a normal human conception, the egg of the mother and the sperm of the father containing their DNA join, to form a complete set of genes.
The child has equal amounts of DNA from their father and their mother.
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In the totally unique case of the virgin conception of Jesus, Gabriel explained to Mary what would happen as: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you.”
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So, when Jesus was conceived, Mary’s DNA was combined with what would have been the DNA from the father in a normal conception, BUT replaced by the POWER OF THE MOST HIGH GOD instead!
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Can we reverently call that DIVINE DNA?
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God - who created and designed the whole process of reproduction broke into this situation - divinely replacing the DNA of a normal father with the POWER OF THE HIGHEST upon Mary combining with her human DNA to produce the One who is God and Man in one Person.
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Thus, the WORD WAS MADE FLESH.
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This is the Christmas story according to John’s gospel:
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“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
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I personally believe that the conception took place at the moment that Mary said:
“Let it be to me according to your WORD.”
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Although God had chosen Mary to be the mother of the Messiah – He did not tell her after it was a fait accompli – He respected her free will and He waited for her agreement.
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It’s the same with us – the moment we agree that Jesus is the One and we submit our lives to Him - is the moment we are BORN AGAIN.
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John’s gospel says: “As many as received Him, to them He gave the right (the power, the authority) to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:12
Spiritually speaking we receive the divine DNA of the Holy Spirit when we are born again which makes us sons and daughters of God!
Just as Francis Crick stood up and proclaimed that they had found the secret of life, we who have the same Spirit in us who raised Christ from the dead can stand up and say: ​​
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WE HAVE FOUND THE SECRET OF ETERNAL LIFE!
Happy Christmas!
*https://www.thoughtco.com/interesting-dna-facts-608188
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