Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
Faith is not just a mental assent of I believe in Jesus and that is all. Biblical Faith is Trust in God, Belief in God, and Loyalty to God. However I just realized the immense impact of knowledge. The gift that God has given us is knowledge and that knowledge is a knowing of His power. For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14)
The common quote “Knowledge is power” is a rephrase of this biblical concept. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name(John 1:12)
In your body as we speak DNA replication is actively going on in the nucleus and mitochondrial matrix of each one of your cells. The over 6 billion base pairs of DNA that comprise our 46 chromosomes are replicated at absolutely amazing speeds. Replication in a human cell requires about 8 hours. That is complete replication of all the DNA in your body. While that is happening RNA is being transcribed from the replicated DNA. There are three types of RNA they are called mRNA, rRNA, and tRNA. I want to discuss mRNA with you. Messenger RNA aka mRNA is transcribed from the template strand of each double strand of DNA. This is a process albeit complicated it can still be described in 4 steps.
- 1. Initiation
- 2. Elongation
- 3. Termination
- 4. Post-transcriptional changes
During step 4 the freshly transcribed mRNA is ready for export from the nucleus through nuclear pores. However it doesn’t just leave the nucleus as is. It goes through some changes. There are very small nuclear proteins called snRNPs ("snurps") these are associated into spliceosomes. Spliceosomes section off the mRNA into introns and exons. These sequences are then spliced back together in a unique way. The introns are in essence pinched off the mRNA and the exons are spliced together. The exons then exit the nucleus through the nuclear pores.
Although there are only 27,000 to 38,000 genes in the human genome, there are about 120,000 proteins made possible by differential splicing of exons. Introns represent about 24% of the genome, while exons represent about 1.1%. The average number of exons per gene is seven.
Just pause and take that all in (as I have over and over!)
The mRNA that exits your nucleus is going to be translated into proteins. These are necessary for your growth and continued development. God can make you over my friend! The proof is in this process that scientist have actually viewed via very powerful microscopes! The genetic information for the proteins that comprise your body are perfectly complete and unique. There are 7 exons per gene! God will perfect everything that concerns me! This is the proof. For me this knowledge is the evidence of the change that my soul yearns for. The substance of the hope that the essence of my being clings to. I am being changed. I will be changed. And this is the proof that the change He is creating is permanent and complete.
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