Laminins and the Cross of Christ
Slawomir Gromadzki
Let me share with you a very interesting example of how human anatomy can be linked to Christ and the symbol of His death.
Have you ever heard about an interesting found in our body structure called laminin?
Laminin has something in common with certain text found in the Bible. It was written by Apostle Paul in his letter to Christians living in the first century in Colossae. Today it is in Turkey but at that time it belonged to the Roman Empire and was mostly inhabited by Greeks, Jews, and Romans. The letter was written by Paul during his imprisonment in Rome in the first century. Colossae was located 120 miles east of Ephesus in the part of the Roman territory of Asia Minor resting at the foot of Mount Cadmus.
In this letter to Colossians inspired Apostle Paul says that Christ holds all things together: “For by him (Christ) all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible… And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:16-17).
What does it mean that in Christ all things hold together? How in Christ all things hold together?
The Bible states that He created everything, including invisible things such as atoms, protons, neutrons, electrons and quarks.
So, how He holds all those invisible particles together?
He holds, found in nucleus, protons and neutrons together by the power known to us today as the strong nuclear force (or gluon). Using the same strong nuclear force, He holds together quarks, found in protons and neutrons. The same Christ holds nucleus and electrons together, using the electro-magnetic force. Then He also holds atoms and molecules of atoms together through electron bonds and other types of bonds.
After Jesus used all these forces to hold atoms together He used these atoms, as building blocks, to create DNA and all types of cells in order to form human body out of them. However, He had to find the way how to hold all the body cells and tissues together as otherwise our body would fall apart. And in order to accomplish this task He created special amazing structures known to us today as laminins. So, what are these laminins?
According to one of the books on anatomy and physiology, “Laminins provide attachment for cells inside organs. They ‘glue’ the cells to the connective tissue.” So, laminin is described by science as a kind of glue which holds our cells and body together.
Do you want to see how does laminin look like? When I saw it for the first time my jaw dropped and I said, “Wow! You must be kidding me! It was so amazing because the laminin through which Christ holds our cells and body together looks like a … cross!
One of the books dealing with anatomy and physiology states that, “Electron microscope reveals a cross-like shape for all laminins investigated so far.” Wow! Can you believe it? 
Another article says, that, “Peter Elkblom and Rupert Timpl describe laminins as proteins that ‘hold cells and tissues together’.” It simply means that Jesus Christ in whom “dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily”, and in whom “we are complete” (Colossians 2:9) used laminins which looks like a cross to hold our cells and tissues together.
Was Apostle Paul right by saying that in Christ all things (visible and invisible) hold together? Yes he was. Did he know anything about atoms, gluons or laminins? No, because he wrote those words over two thousand years ago.
But let us find out more details about those incredible cross-shaped laminins. How many parts does laminin consist of?
You should be able to guess by now. A single laminin consists of three parts. Here is the proof in the form of another quote: “Laminin is a large flexible complex of three very long polypeptide chains arranged in the shape of a cross.”
Why laminin consists of three parts?
The reason is the same as it is in the case of the three smallest particles called quarks which Christ holds together inside protons and neutrons.
Those three parts of cross-like laminin and three quarks in protons and neutrons are the signature or a logo of the One who created us. In both cases there are three of them because He wants us to know that it is He who made us and that He is one God in three divine Persons perfectly united and bound together by most powerful God’s Agape love.
Remember what I told you about Hebrew language which was inspired by God? In this language only the first letter Aleph and last Shin refer to God. And each of these two letters, that carry God’s names, consist of three parts, because God exists in three persons.
Isn’t is, therefore, amazing that also the laminin, through which Jesus holds our cells together, also consists of three parts?
It is interesting that before I learned about laminin I included exactly the same cross-like shape of laminin in the logo of my website. Doesn’t it look like laminin too?
Well, it is so mind-boggling that even in our body we can find something that points to the cross of Jesus Christ who saved us through His cross. Unfortunately, there are so many people who do not get the message as the same inspired apostle Paul wrote that, “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God!”
