"Some of the greatest mathematical minds of all ages, from Pythagoras and Euclid in ancient Greece, through the medieval Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa and the Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler, to present-day scientific figures such as Oxford physicist Roger Penrose, have spent endless hours over this simple ratio and its properties. But the fascination with the Golden Ratio is not confined just to mathematicians. Biologists, artists, musicians, historians, architects, psychologists, and even mystics have pondered and debated the basis of its ubiquity and appeal. In fact, it is probably fair to say that the Golden Ratio has inspired thinkers of all disciplines like no other number in the history of mathematics." - Mario Livio, The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, The World’s Most Astonishing Number (Wikipedia, Golden Ratio)
“The golden ratio is an irrational mathematical constant, approximately 1.6180339887” (ibid). In other words, the RATIO of 1.618... to 1, or 1.618 divided by 1 is a special number, one of three special irrational numbers in mathematics. The other two are "e" (approximately 2.71828...), and pi or π (approximately 3.1416...). An irrational number is a number with a decimal ending that never repeats and never ends, but goes on into infinity forever.
There are many mathematical constants (i.e. irrational numbers with some significance in science and/or mathematics). Here is a link to a page on Wikipedia that discusses them further.
Here is a link to an external website (not related or affiliated to TLHS Publishing ministries) that provides a lot of detailed information about applications and manifestations of the Golden Ratio in nature:
I am very thankful for all of the many, many websites on the internet that provide so much helpful information on the Golden Ratio, as it makes my task much easier. I will refer you to these websites for extended study of the subject, if you are interested. Simply type "Golden Ratio" into Google or any web browser, and you will have far more information than you could possibly read, so I will not attempt to repeat that information here. My task is to show how the Golden Ratio relates to the Bible, and that is where I will start now.
The Relationship between the Golden Ratio and the Bible
The Golden Ratio can be found by a number of different means. Here is a website page (not affiliated or associated with TLHS Publishing) that explains some of these in a very simple way.
http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/golden-ratio.html
One special way the Golden Ratio can be found is what brings the Bible format and the Golden Ratio together (I will explain this in more detail further on); this is called the Fibonacci Sequence of numbers; and here is what it is:
Start with the integers (whole numbers from zero upward) zero and one, add them together and get one.
0 + 1 = 1
Then you take the 2nd number and add it to the result: 1 + 1 = 2
Then you take the 2nd number and add it to the result: 1 + 2 = 3
Do the same thing again: 2 + 3 = 5
Do the same thing again: 3 + 5 = 8
Do the same thing again: 5 + 8 = 13
Do the same thing again: 8 + 13 = 21
Do the same thing again: 13 + 21 = 34
Do the same thing again: 21 + 34 = 55
Do the same thing again: 34 + 55 = 89
Do the same thing again: 55 + 89 = 144
And this sequence goes onward into infinity...
1/1 = 1
2/1 = 2
3/2 = 1.5
5/3 = 1.666...
8/5 = 1.6
13/8 = 1.625
21/13 = 1.6153846153846153846153846153846...
34/21 = 1.6190476190476190476190476190476...
55/34 = 1.6176470588235294117647058823529
89/55 = 1.6181818181818181818181818181818
And so on......
When you REDUCE the fraction of 2/1 or 3/2 or 5/3 etc, you get 1.618 to 1, or 1.618 divided by 1 (which is the same as 1.618...), which is the Golden Ratio. With the calculations shown above, you can easily see how the process gets the result closer and closer to an infinitely precise number that starts with 1.618.
The Fibonacci Sequence of numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 which gives us the Golden Ratio are the numbers that I will demonstrate that God has built into the true arrangement of the Bible Books and the true arrangement/organization of the Biblical text right down to the paragraph level.
Take note of the first five numbers of the Fibonacci Sequence above in red type: 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8. The numbers themselves have characteristics that provide an insight into how God uses them in the Bible, which I cover in another page:
0 + 1 = 1 One is Unique because it is not the addition of anything (zero is nothing); it is Singular.
1 + 1 = 2 Two and Three are Complementary to each other because both have ONE as a common addend
1 + 2 = 3
2 + 3 = 5 Five is neither Complementary nor Unique compared to One, Two, or Three, but rather Opposite in that it uses
the results of the last two additions as its addends and does not use One as they do.
3 + 5 = 8 Eight is the opposite of Five because while it follows Five in not using One as Two or Three do, it uses
both the result (Five) and an addend of Five (Three).
Interestingly, 2 and 3 start with 1 in their addition order, while 5 and 8 are in reverse order by having 3 in the second and first position, respectively.
So the intrinsic nature of the first five numbers of the Fibonacci Sequence (UCCOO) is:
1 is Unique, 2 is Complementary to 3, 3 is Complementary to 2, 5 is Opposite to 8, 8 is Opposite to 5
Also, there is a sub-group of 1, 2, and 3, since all three numbers share 1 as a common addend: UCC.
Nonetheless, 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 are a group unto themselves in the Fibonacci Sequence, since the numbers above them (13, 21, 34, 55, etc) have no significance whatsoever in the Bible format, nor do those numbers have any significance in the Bible anywhere, to my knowledge.
It is important also to understand that only the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 are actually found in the Bible format. The number 8 is only found by adding 3 and 5; and the main place it is found is on the Volume level of the format; that is to say, there are five Volumes in Division 1: the Law, the Prophets, the History of the Kingdom, the History of the King, the children of God; and three Volumes in Division 2 (the Psalms): the Children of God, the History of the King, and the History of the Kingdom.
There is one other place that 8 is found, and that is in Psalm 119. This Psalm is a very special Hebrew acrostic poem divided into 22 groups of 8 sentences, or verses. Each group is related to a letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. And, interestingly, these groups of 8 manifest the Golden Ratio pattern of OOCCU-CCU or UCC-UCCOO (alternating with each other), which shows that even there, the number 8 doesn't stand by itself, but as a combination of 3 + 5. Significantly, Psalm 119 is dedicated to the Bible itself and its relationship to the Believer, which is further proof (as if we needed any more) that God is the Author of the Holy Scriptures, and not man alone.
This means that there are no higher numbers than 8 in the Bible, in relation to the Bible format. I believe this is God's way of indicating that the Bible is perfect and complete and nothing more can or should be added to it. The Traditional Biblical Canon fits perfectly into the Kingdom Bible Golden Ratio format, which means that you cannot add any other documents into the Biblical Canon without destroying the Golden Ratio format. It's sort of like a brim-full coffee cup: once it's full, it's full, and you can't add any more without making a mess. The converse is also true: take away any of the Traditional Canon from the Bible, and you have gaps that cannot be filled with anything else. And so the Words of Jesus Christ are found to be true:
"For I testify to every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this Book, if any man shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this Book; and if any man shall take away from the words of the Book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the Book of Life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this Book." Revelations 22:18-19
There are numbers higher than 8 in the Bible (not related to the format), when talking about theology: such as 40 (the number of days Jesus was tested in the wilderness, the number of days and nights it rained on the earth during the Great Flood) or 7 (the number of perfection) or 12 (the number of Tribes of Israel, the number of Apostles of Jesus Christ) or 22 (the number of completion or fullness because it is the total number of letters in the Hebrew Alphabet -see Psalm 119), and so on. A good study of Biblical Numerology is "Number in Scripture" by E.W. Bullinger. You can find it in just about any Christian bookstore or on the web.
How the Bible actually implements this pattern of UCCOO is covered in another page.