BETHANY BEACON

 

Bethany Bible Church - 1200 Park Terrace Ave., Lake Havasu City, AZ 86404

928-855-2661/855-0807

 

WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG

 

Job 38:4-11 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, and brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Music is in the very heart of the universe. It is music that gives life interest and expression of emotions. Good music is satisfying to the soul and refreshing to the spirit. It stimulates and tunes the mind and body. Instrumental and vocal music, when combined, produces a method of expression and communication that is unequaled. It’s hard to imagine what life would be like without music.

Even the physics of music is intriguing. All sound is made up of vibrations. In music, every note has a specific frequency (speed of vibration.) For instance Middle C is 261.63 HZ frequency with a132 cm wave length.

Another interesting fact is that music conforms to specific patterns, called the Fibonacci numbers, which are are 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... (add the last two to get the next). This same pattern is seen in plants and animals (we’ll review that at another time.)

There are 13 notes in the span of any note through its octave. A scale is comprised of 8 notes, of which the 5th and 3rd notes create the basic foundation of all chords, and are based on a whole tone which is 2 steps from the root tone, that is the
1st note of the scale.

Note too how the piano keyboard scale of C to C above of 13 keys has 8 white keys and 5 black keys, split into groups of 3 and 2. While some might "note" that there are only 12 "notes" in the scale, if you don't have a root and octave, a start and an end, you have no means of calculating the gradations in between, so this 13th note as the octave is essential to computing the frequencies of the other notes. The word "octave" comes from the Latin word for 8, referring to the eight whole tones of the complete musical scale, which in the key of C are C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C.

In a scale, the dominant note is the 5th note of the major scale, which is also the 8th note of all 13 notes that comprise the octave. This provides an added instance of Fibonacci numbers in key musical relationships. Interestingly, 8/13 is .61538, which approximates phi. What's more, the typical three chord song in the key of A is made up of A, its Fibonacci & phi partner E, and D, to which A bears the same relationship as E does to A. This is analogous to the "A is to B as B is to C" basis for the golden section, or in this case "D is to A as A is to E." (Dr Ron Knott's multimedia web site.)

And there are some who claim that all this happened by chance. Our response? Not a chance!

 

 ADULT BIBLE STUDY GROUP

Come on out to this study of the book of Colossians under the teaching ministry and Harry Hiebert and Eric Stephan.

 

MORNING MESSAGES

Creationism

Genesis 1-10

 

BETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Thank you for praying for the staff, students, and school parents to whom we minister. We are living in the perilous (dangerous) times Paul wrote about in 1 Timothy 3:1. We are now more than ever pressed with the need to correctly educate the students God brings to us.

 

YOUTH MINISTRY

 

Please pray with us that the Lord will raise up a few more teens with a heart for Bible quizzing so we can resume this ministry next season.

 

SEASONED SAINTS MINISTRY

 

We are taking a break for the summer months and will resume in the Fall. The new study will be in 1 Samuel.

We invite you to plan to be with us for this interesting study in the development of the nation of Israel. Through the life of Samuel, Saul, David, and Solomon God united the Kingdom. Along the way, we can learn many life lessons.