The Synthetic Principle

a. Definition.
That principle under which God superintends the literary structure of the Bible so that it is constructed in introversion, alternations, or combination of both.
b. Explanation.
Everything that God does is perfect: Everything in nature and the Book; everything in the world and the Word. God is not the Creator of that which is imperfect. A blade of grass is perfect and so is a drop of dew. Man’s most perfect creation is a razor-blade—smooth, sharp. But put it under a microscope and the edge would look like this: w But a blade of grass under the same microscope is perfect.
Snowflakes are perfect. If 10,000 snowflakes were photographed, you would find no two alike, yet they are all alike in structure. They are all six-pointed.
The same perfection that you find in nature, you find in Scripture. When you find the same perfection in Scripture that you find in nature, then you have proof that the God Who created is the God Who wrote.
c. Alternation.

1. Meaning. Alternate members to an outline or alternation.
   A A
   B B
   C A
   D B
   A A
   B B
   C
   D
2. Examples:—showing the beauty of the structure of the Word of God.
   (a) Book of Jonah.
   A. Commission 1:1, 2
   B. Disobedience 1:3
   C. Consequence 1:4-17
   D. Prayer 2:1-9
   E. Deliverance 2:10
   A. Commission 3:1,2
   B. Obedience 3 :3, 4
   C. Consequences 3:5-10
   D. Prayer 4:1-3
   E. Correction 4:4-11
   (bi John 3:20, 21.
   A. Everyone that doeth evil hateth the light.
   B. Neither cometh to the light.
   C. Lest his deeds be reproved.
   A. Everyone that doeth truth.
   B. Cometh to the light.
   C. That his deeds may be made manifest.
   (c) Prov. 31:10-31.
   A. Her husband — 10-12.
   B. Her occupation—13-19.
   C. Her character—20.
   D. Her household—21.
   E. Herself—22 (What she is on the outside)-
   A. Her husband—23.
   B. Her occupation—24.
   C. Her character—26.
   D. Her household—27,28.
   E. Herself—29, 30 (what she is on the inside).