Subject: The Bible written in code ? |
Bible Note: Hi Searcher, The point I wanted to make was that it is one thing to say that you believe something about someone, but it is certainly another to demonstrate the evidence. If you disparage a Bible teacher, perhaps you might give examples of where they are wrong? Typology, in all but very few instances, is reading something into the text that is not there. There are only a couple of places that the Bible states something is given as a type. So let me ask you: Where does the Bible say that Isaac is a type of Christ, Abraham a type of the Father, Eliezar the servant a type of the Holy Spirit, and Rebecca a type of the church? No where! The Father, after offering His Son as a sacrifice, sends His Servant to obtain a Gentile bride for His Son, giving her gifts. In upper case, its the story of Jesus and the church. In lower case, its the story Isaac and Rebecca. Does that force the Bible to say something that God did not intend? The Genealogy from Adam to Noah, translated to English: Adam - Man, Seth - Appointed, Enos - Mortal, Kenan - Sorrow or mourning, Maheleleel - The Blessed God, Jared - comes down, Enoch - teaching, Methuselah - His death will bring, Lamech - despair, Noah - rest. Man appointed mortal sorrow. The Blessed God comes down teaching. His death will bring the despairing rest. The Christian gospel, concealed in a genealogy in the Torah. Plain text? No. Does this change the Bible's message? No. Inserted by Chuck Missler? No. Bible Code? You decide. Did Jesus, David, or the Apostles tell us that Psalm 22 prophesied the death of the Messiah? No. Eisegesis? No. Forcing the text into something God did not intend? No. The Holy Spirit tells us that as we read the Psalm. God did not spell out how many years Israel would be exiled from the land following their captivity. But putting it all together from Leviticus, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah, they were due back under their own rule, in their own land, in 1948. Do the math - it works! God is so much bigger than any of us can possibly imagine. Why is there such strong resistance to the notion that He left His fingerprints all over His Word? Typology, the meanings of names, of places, letter sequence codes, the heptatic structure of the Bible, none of these things change the meaning of His Word, or alter His commands to us, one iota! But they display the infinate creativity of the Author, as we continue to stand ever amazed by Him. And so it shall be forever! There is so much in the Bible that could bring us everything from these small insights into the mind of God, and how He communicates, and authenticates His word, to the bigger issues of faith and deliverance, that could lead us in lives of hope and joy (and here, due to this being the last of the last days, I am really thinking of the teachings of rapture), but for so many that will not enter in, nor do they let others enter in. We need to be careful to only teach what the Bible teaches. We also need to be careful that we do not claim that the Bible does not teach that which it does. We have to judge these things by the rest of what the Bible says. If there is not complete agreement, than we are not looking at it right. but if there is complete agreement, then what is the issue if a particular matter is plainly written, or hidden? (Pro 25:2 The glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.) Sorry for the "soapboxing" - but some of us become so quick to say "the Bible doesn't say that" - Well, in fact there are certain things that the Bible does not come straight out with. But it says them nonetheless. Love in Christ, Mark |