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NASB | John 5:39 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 5:39 "You search and keep on searching and examining the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and yet it is those [very Scriptures] that testify about Me; |
Bible Question: Why do some poeple think that ELS and/or Theomatics is numerology? I looked into all three and numerology has nothing to do with faith in The God of the Bible and His Son. |
Bible Answer: I have many personal values, there are public values as well. Once when I was talking to two young men that was promoting Mormonism and I asked them “How can you be sure that the Book of Mormon is from God?”. There answer of course was the ”burning in the bosom” response. I then asked if the Book of Mormon passed the acid test of Theomatics. Theomatics should not be confused with ELS Codes. They had not heard of Theomatics, and I explained that the original text and language of the Bible had a stamp of authenticity on it. Any other text by any author or even texts that any person or computer written for the purpose of emulating Theomatics cannot occur. Even the Macabee apocrypha does not qualify. I asked if they had an original or a copy of the original text of the Book of Mormon and they said the Joseph Smith had destroyed it. Why, I asked, and they replied “ Joseph Smith was concerned that people would worship the tablets that Moroni wrote instead of God”. Sounds pious enough but Father put His signature on the real Bible for a reason. I believe so that we could not just prove the authenticity of the Judeo Christian scriptures but to prove the counterfeit as well. Many people are interested as they should be, in understanding the Bible but have you considered the variable “Received Texts” that are available? An example could be the number in Revelations “666” in some manuscripts the number is “626”. Theomatics proves beyond a doubt the correct rendering is “666”. To make an uneducated judgment of Theomatics could be a serious mistake. Another purpose is one that Del Washburn brings out in Theomatics II is the ability the put concepts in their proper or corresponding relationship with scripture texts therefore being a valuable tool in exegetics. For the ELS codes many have arguments but I have not heard a valid one yet, most negative responses have been emotional at best and pride-full at the worst. God is big enough to take on all questions, how can we ask a question that He cannot answer? We may not be able to comprehend the answer but that does not limit God. When the Dead Sea scrolls were made available it took away one of the arguments of Orthodox Judaism, that the manipulating Christians covertly inserted the 40th Ode of Isaiah in their Talmud, (Isaiah 52,53). And “Glory to God and the Lamb” the ELS codes shows this phrase through out this text, My Name Is Yeshua. Of course it is in Hebrew. Naturally the orthodox Jews need now to find ways to seriously debunk ELS. There is much more that needs to be said. |