SUBJECT: Bible Codes
QUESTION: Is there anything to the Bible Codes?
ANSWER:
No, there is nothing to the Bible Codes.
I have studied into this matter and it just does not seem to
hold water. Different organizations and individuals are
claiming to know and understand these supposed codes but
their findings are different and contradictory. Further,
the code meanings relate to things otherwise known from
overt sources including the Bible.
Many of the code meanings are in opposition to the doctrine
we know.
Further, it does not seem like a loving God to do such a
thing. Why would He do it? For what purpose? Is there
anything binding to the codes? Is God pitting our salvation
against our ability to crack such codes? Why no allusion to
these codes in the text. In other words, why doesn't Jesus
or Paul or Peter or David mention these codes?
We truly believe that these codes are the invention of man
and can only serve their purposes. There does not, from our
studies and investigation, seem to be anything new in these
codes. They, in fact, fall into one of two areas:
1) Repeating of known scriptures or prophecies from the
Bible.
2) Statements and prophecies not supported in the Bible
And between these two, statements and prophecies that are
contradictory to each other.
The words "code", "codes", "sequence" are not in the Bible.
Notice something Jesus said:
John 18:20
Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever
taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews
always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
Jesus was open and is being open with us in His word.
Notice...
Matthew 24:25-31
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in
the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret
chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth
even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be
gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the
sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in
heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a
trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
This prophecy is clear. Certain events will take place
before the return of Christ. We should look to these
things.
Also, and I know you know all these things, notice:
Matthew 24:3-24
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came
unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things
be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end
of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no
man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and
shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye
be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but
the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall
kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's
sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one
another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive
many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall
wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be
saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all
the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the
end come.
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the
holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take
any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take
his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that
give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter,
neither on the sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not
since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever
shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should
no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall
be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ,
or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it
were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
If the codes are not of God and we believe this to be the
case, then verses 11 and 24 seem to apply. The other verses
clearly indicate that we should be watching for these things
as we approach the Tribulation and the end time.
I would encourage you to; if you look into these codes
attempt to see if they are supported in scripture. God says
to prove all things...
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Following are some web sites that refute the so-called
Codes:
http://www.csicop.org/si/9711/bible-code.html Hidden
Messages and the Bible Code
http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/dilugim/moby.html
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