Looks pretty durned interesting to me, TXnMA. I'd like to explore your last further. I suspect you are on the right track here. I'd love to hear more about/help elaborate the details.
I do wonder about the "made to perform" language though. It is stated in the "imperative voice" of "natural speech (language)." The worry is, in general, it's not a good thing to "queer the deal" by imposing arbitrary limits from the get-go. (The word "made" presupposes an unidentified causal agency at work.)
Of a truth, in biological programmed cell death, the message itself might be to curl up and die.
Thank you so much for sharing your insights, dearest sister in Christ!