Post by Johnny Gotham on Jun 1, 2005 23:19:35 GMT -5
This question is best answered by David W. Daniels (emphasis added by me):
"There is no way to tell whether the "Bible Codes" are being used to show divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ or of Joshua, Moses' successor. Obviously Joshua son of Nun was in no way the same as Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. And there is another problem. When using the program to find "Jesus," His name could also be spelled "Jeshua," "Jehoshua" or "Jahshua," in Hebrew. With the right settings, the so-called "Bible Code" can say whatever we want it to say.
For instance, I was able to use a Bible Code program to "find" the blasphemy that "John Lennon is a god." If I have nothing but consonants to search, I can probably find anything I'm looking for, somewhere in the Hebrew Old Testament.
I take no stock in "Bible codes." What God said plainly in His preserved words is much too clear to rely on supposed "patterns" in skipping from letter to letter. The most exciting "mystery" in the Bible is a revealed mystery, the Gospel (Ephesians 6:19).
What God wants us to understand He made obvious in the Scriptures."
To read the entirety of Mr. Daniels' article, go to www.chick.com/ask/articles/codes.asp . You can read more about the "Bible Codes" at www.jesus-is-lord.com/numerolo.htm, and www.geocentricity.com/ba1/no83/bibcode.html .
"There is no way to tell whether the "Bible Codes" are being used to show divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ or of Joshua, Moses' successor. Obviously Joshua son of Nun was in no way the same as Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. And there is another problem. When using the program to find "Jesus," His name could also be spelled "Jeshua," "Jehoshua" or "Jahshua," in Hebrew. With the right settings, the so-called "Bible Code" can say whatever we want it to say.
For instance, I was able to use a Bible Code program to "find" the blasphemy that "John Lennon is a god." If I have nothing but consonants to search, I can probably find anything I'm looking for, somewhere in the Hebrew Old Testament.
I take no stock in "Bible codes." What God said plainly in His preserved words is much too clear to rely on supposed "patterns" in skipping from letter to letter. The most exciting "mystery" in the Bible is a revealed mystery, the Gospel (Ephesians 6:19).
What God wants us to understand He made obvious in the Scriptures."
To read the entirety of Mr. Daniels' article, go to www.chick.com/ask/articles/codes.asp . You can read more about the "Bible Codes" at www.jesus-is-lord.com/numerolo.htm, and www.geocentricity.com/ba1/no83/bibcode.html .