2007-04-01 07:22:10 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
hi, i am a student of the manuscripts;
I have two thoughts for you:
First, there is Biblical numerology, which is plain to see. Example; no matter which "Book" in the Bible you look at, all the numbers coicide, even though each book was written sometimes a thousand years apart. Example: 7 being spiritual completeness; 8 being new beginnings, 40 being probation, etc.
But what I think you may be referring to is what is known as an acrostic. An acrostic is a message hidden within the verses.
Psalms 37 has an acrostic which addresses those people who feel that wicked people always seem to fare quite well in this life, even when "good" people are having a very hard time. The acrostic says that the wicked are getting away with nothing; that they will be as an animal on a spit, with the grease of them dripping down and then the smoke of it rising up forever and ever.
This is just one of hundreds of acrostics in Scripture.
I hope this is helpful.
2007-04-01 07:38:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.It is not an esoteric book.There is some amazing things that could be likened unto codes[order of themes that run constant throughout the Bible];but not this Drosnin's Bible code nonsense.
2007-04-01 07:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by kitz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's something interesting about so-called predictions in Bible codes and other such nonsense. No one ever notices the prediction until after it's been fulfilled. If it's warning, why isn't it found before the event, and if it's discovered after, what good is it as a prediction?
Some do make predictions. How many times has the end of the world been prophesied? And how many times has it ended?
2007-04-01 07:34:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes according to my college professor that taught the history of the bible. This was the only college course I failed. It was interesting but she wanted to cram a doctors in theology into one semester. I didn't even write a term paper. she said I would have passed if I did. If I knew that I would have wrote something.
Oh, I remember something about the 7 headed beast representing the government in Rome or somewhere. Or was it 6 heads? It was because 6 or 7 people filled the top positions in the government. They had to write in code to keep their communication secret because this government would kill them if they intercepted the letters.
2007-04-01 07:29:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You can find the same thing in Shakespeare, the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and every other large collection of literature.
Either there are codes in everything that predict the future, or it's all BS. You decide.
2007-04-01 07:29:16 · answer #5 · answered by scifiguy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Since the bible is a translation any kind of code would be meaningless.
2007-04-01 07:25:39 · answer #6 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
If you look hard enough, you'll find codes in absolutely anything. It's all just wishful thinking.
2007-04-01 07:30:07 · answer #7 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
As many as there are in Moby Dick, and just as accurate. That is to say, not at all. It's just wishful thinking until you can predict an event, time, and place.
2007-04-01 07:26:18 · answer #8 · answered by eri 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You'd think the bible has everything you need to know. Alas, it doesn't.
2007-04-01 07:25:22 · answer #9 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No....the bibel is a little bit of history, with a whole bunch of booollsheeeet.
2007-04-01 07:25:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋