Bible Question:
I've heard it said (by non-Christians) on more than one occasion that the Bible is written in code. I said God had no reason to do that, He wants His Word to reach all. It dosen't make any sense that God would do that, He keeps nothing from His children, except for the time of Jesus' return. I went to a Bible bookstore once and the owner had a book for sale, written by a non Christian. The subject of the book was how the Bible is written in code. I pointed this out to the store owner, whom I know. He said it did no harm, I disagreed with Him, he was not pleased. The next time I went there the book was no longer in the store. I didn't ask him about it, I just thought that he changed his mind. After the lenghty prologue, have you ever heard of the Bible being written in code. Thank you. In Him, Bruce Bergren |
Bible Answer: 'How Should Christians Respond to the Bible Codes? 'An important question to ask ourselves is, "Why are we so fascinated by codes and mysterious messages in a book as clear as the Bible?" Do we not trust that God has given us all we need to know, both for ourselves and to evangelize the world, in the text that all of us can read? Perhaps for His own pleasure, God has indeed hidden certain things in the text of the Bible, but surely they are not the main message. God has given us the Bible so that we might know Him and make Him known. ELS codes in the Bible do not seem to do much more than pique curiosity. 'Our responsibility is to read the text for what it says, not for what may be hidden under the surface. We know from the Book of Revelation that some great cataclysm is coming, and as it draws nearer, we are warned not to be misled. Jesus vividly portrayed how obvious His return would be: "Just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be."(16) So as you watch the news and the millennium approaches, keep your "baloney detectors" alert! 'Will Bible codes become an important tool in the apologetic toolkit of evangelical Christians? We should be very cautious when we do not use God's Word as He wrote it. Merely studying the Bible codes will not necessarily result in Christian faith. For example, Michael Drosnin, after years of research for his book, The Bible Code, was still an athiest: "I had proof there was a code, but not proof there was a God. . . . I don't believe in God. . . . The message of the Bible code is that we can save ourselves."(17) If that is all that Drosnin came to believe after working with these codes for five years, we are probably better off having people read the Bible and encountering the real God through His own words. One needs no codes to read and understand John 3:16.' To read more go to: www.probe.org/content/view/47/77/ |