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Many people are unaware of the controversial Bible
Codes.
The idea that the Bible has hidden codes is not new.
Rabbi Bachya ben Asher, who died in 1340, was
probably the first to discover an Equidistant Letter
Sequence (ELS) code in the Bible. His four-letter
code dealt with the zero-point of the Jewish calendar.
Isaac Newton believed that the Bible itself was "a
cryptogram set by the Almighty -- a riddle of the
Godhead of past and future events divinely
fore-ordained...which Daniel was commanded to shut
up and seal, till the time of the end." The Jewish sage,
Vilna Gaon Elijah Ben Solomon Zalman (1720-1797),
taught that everything that ever was, is, or will be,
was contained within the Torah. He said: "The rule is
that all that was, is, and will be unto the end of time is
included in the Torah, from the first word to the last
word. And not merely in a general sense, but as to
the details of every species and each one
individually, and details of details of everything that
happened to him from the day of his birth until his
end."
Current research may be proving him right -- though
the codes appear to run throughout the entire
Hebrew scriptures.
Although Codes were found in the past, (most notably
by Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandl, whose work
wasn't published until 1957 -- after his death), it
wasn't until the advent of the computer that the
existence and extent of the Bible Codes was fully
realized.
In the 1980s, codes' research came to the attention
of Eliyahu Rips, Doron Witztum, Alexander Rotenberg
and several others. The result was that, in 1994, a
paper entitled "Equidistant Letter Sequences in the
Book of Genesis" was published in Statistical
Science, one of the world's foremost mathematical
and scientific journals.
Using a computer program that they had written, they
searched the Book of Genesis by Equidistant Letter
Sequence (or ELS).
How this works: A word or phrase is chosen to
search for. Once the program finds the first letter of
the word search, it looks for the second letter. The
program will search at different intervals. It might
begin searching at a two letter interval. If the word or
phrase is not found, it might then go to a three letter
interval, and so on. Once the program finds the
second letter, it continues to search at that skip
sequence. So if there are seven skips between the
first letter and the second, the computer continues to
search for the remaining letters at a skip sequence of
seven. I have included an example of how this works
below. Can you find the encoded word?
Cold weather could delay our departure, Janet. See
you soon.
As you can see, the word I encoded in the above
example is: code. If you haven't found it yet, start at
the first 'c' and skip every twelve letters. It's not an
accident that the word is there. I deliberately
encoded it, and it took a little time and effort.
Next, it's important to know that the Bible Codes'
program removes the spaces and punctuation from
the surface text, like below.
coldweathercoulddelayourdeparturejanetseeyousoo
In a Bible Codes' matrix, the length of the lines is
determined by the skip sequence in the code. Since
there are 12 skips between each letter in my sample
code, each line in my matrix is 12 letters long. Now
you can see the word 'code' spelled out vertically in
column one in the below matrix.
coldweatherc
oulddelayour
departurejan
etseeyousoon
The codes in the Bible, and the research conducted
in the 1980s, are certainly more complex and
elaborate than that. In the "great rabbis experiment,"
the researchers searched for the names of 34
famous rabbis who lived between the ninth and
eighteenth centuries. They paired the names of these
men with their dates of birth or death. (Using the
Hebrew calendar and language.) They found every
single name, paired with the date of birth or death,
encoded in the book of Genesis. The odds of this
happening by chance were only one chance in
775,000,000.
Later, a second group was run. All 32 men in this
group, along with their dates of birth and death, were
also found. The odds of all 66 names and dates
occurring by chance were 1 in 2.5 billion.
Since that day, many more codes have been found,
and the research continues. Unfortunately, many
sensationalists have attempted to use Code research
to predict the future -- to the detriment of serious
code research. The Bible Codes cannot be used to
predict the future and should not be used to form
doctrine.
I use the Bible Codes 2001 software. I have
conducted code research into my name and the
personal names of my family. All results are in
Hebrew, but I have included the English translation.
This is a brief overview of the results of my own
personal research:
My name is encoded twice in the Bible. It runs
backwards: Kennedy Dora L. The odds of just my
name being encoded twice are 1 chance in 170. In
the most significant matrix, which is the size of a large
paragraph, there are several occurrences of my
"middle" name, Lynn. One of the "Lynn's" that occurs
on the page shares the "L" in Kennedy Dora L. It runs
diagonally, pointing down and right to a large cluster
of codes that relates to my family. (My name runs
vertically down the middle of the matrix.) I was named
after my maternal grandmother, Dora Esther. One
skip above the L in my name, and running
horizontally, is my maternal grandmother's middle
name, Esther. My grandfather's name, Nellis, also
appears to be in the matrix, though I'm not certain if I
used the correct Hebrew spelling. A few skips from
my name are the names of my mom and dad. Coming
down from my mom's name, is my sister's name. My
sister's name was Holly. Her name occurs six times in
the matrix. (There are six years between our dates of
birth.) Holly died July 17, 2002. Her name, her date of
death, and the date of her last birthday, February 8,
2002, form a rough, broken triangle. One of the tips of
the triangle cuts through the heart of my mother's
name.
My son's name appears several times in the matrix .
One is toward the bottom of the matrix. The K in his
name shares the K in my name. Another occurrence
of his name runs horizontally across the middle of my
name and is just below the name of his father. There
are numerous family names in the matrix as well, but
in order to maintain some privacy, I won't go into all of
them. However, the matrix is like a genealogy or
family history spanning several generations.
The matrix also lists some of the jobs that I have held,
and it lists the time of the year that I was born -- I was
born on the first day of spring. I am my mother's
oldest child, and firstborn is encoded in the matrix.
There is quite a bit of personal information in the
matrix. The word 'encode' is also found in the matrix.
It is embedded in my name and shares several of the
same letters as my name. Shroud is also found in the
matrix, and as you will see below, it was the Shroud of
Turin and the codes that led to my conversion to
Christianity. If you have the software, you can check
the accuracy of my research. I have not extended my
search beyond the visible matrix.
My first question is, how did my name, family
genealogy, and so much personal information get into
a manuscript that is several thousand years old? And
in such a small space? As I said, the matrix where this
information is encoded is about the size of a large
paragraph. Is it just a coincidence? And what about
all the other codes discovered to date by the
scientists? It seems that every major and minor event
in history is encoded in the Bible. Are all of those
codes just coincidence too? If they're not
coincidence, what are they? Deliberate? After all, the
Bible claims to be God's word. If God did inspire it,
would He leave such strange clues pointing to His
authorship? I am primarily orthodox in my beliefs, but
most orthodox Christians don't believe in the Bible
codes. Are they right that the codes don't exist, or
that they are just some sort of accident? An accident
that God did not intend? Why do they think the codes
don't exist when you can see them with your own
eyes? Or why do they think they are just a
coincidence? The rabbis have a saying: "Coincidence
is not a kosher word." Personally, I doubt that
anything takes God by surprise or that coincidence
exists in Him. To me, the codes are further proof of
the Divine inspiration of the scriptures. Initially, they
were why I changed my hostile opinion of the Bible. I
realized that if the Bible were encoded, only God
could have done it. I also realized that if God wrote
the Bible, I needed to take the Bible seriously and find
out what it said. Today, I would believe the Bible,
every word of it, even without the codes - primarily
because of the prophetic, archaeological, and
scientific evidence. (More on that below.)
The secularist say that the discovery of extensive
hidden words in the Hebrew text is partly because
there are only 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, and
that "hidden words" will always be found in any large
body of text -- and that's true. But I don't know if all
"codes" in the Bible can be explained away by either
of those facts -- though many can be. It's important to
realize that code critics don't deny that the "hidden
words" are there -- they admit that the words are
there -- they deny that they mean anything, that they
are "codes," or that they are statistically significant.
In addition to the Codes, the Hebrew language itself
exhibits some strange qualities that are unique to it --
qualities that can't easily be explained away. For
example, it has recently been discovered that the
optical images of Hebrew letters, as they are
pronounced, look like the letters as they are written
in Hebrew! No other language has this characteristic!
So far, this has proven true for 17 out of 22 letters in
the Hebrew alphabet. In the Bible, the LORD says
that when He brings His people back to the land of
Israel in the Last Days, He will restore to them a pure
language.
Zephaniah 3:9 NKJV
For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language,
That they all may call on the name of the LORD,
To serve Him with one accord.
As I said, there are code skeptics, and they make
some good arguments, but, to me, the Bible Codes
are very compelling. (There are links farther down
this page related to the codes, and also links on other
issues discussed in this article.)
Shortly after learning about the Bible Codes in 1999,
something else occurred that also led to my
conversion to Christianity. It was a program on the
Discovery Channel about the Shroud of Turin.
The first time I heard about the Shroud was when my
father was asked by an acquaintance to set up some
equipment and software that would allow Dr. John
Jackson to plot cross sections of geometric data
taken from the Shroud. The data was then used to
build a statue of the Shroud. The statue was placed
on display at the Air Force Academy in Colorado
Springs. I believe it is still there to this day.
The next thing I heard about the Shroud was the
carbon 14 test results. I thought that was the end of
the Shroud. But then in 1999, I saw the program:
"Jesus and the Shroud of Turin" on the Discovery
Channel. (For an excellent introduction to the Shroud
of Turin, Click Here. These are a short series of
lectures from Shroud University.) The scientific
evidence convinced me that this was indeed the
burial cloth of Christ -- and, for me, the inexplicable
image on the cloth was proof of the resurrection. I
was so overwhelmed by this program that I literally
fell to my knees in submission to Christ. When I arose
from my knees, I was a new person in Christ. My
overwhelming and non-stop depression was gone; my
addictions were gone; my shame, guilt, fear, and
worry were gone; my interests were changed, and my
anger was gone. I now knew what it meant to be born
again. I had experienced the first miracle of Jesus. He
had "changed water into wine." I have been a
Christian since that time.
It was a combination of the Bible Codes and the
Shroud of Turin that led to my conversion. The Codes
and the Shroud started me on a search for more
evidence. It led me into a study of Biblical prophecies
and their fulfillment. It led me into a search for
historical, scientific, and archaeological evidence.
And much to my shock, despite what I'd been taught
in schools and in the media, the evidence was there.
If you have never really checked for yourself, please
do. The consequences of being wrong in this regard
are serious. I know most people think there are no
answers to the skeptics' questions about God, but
there are answers. I strongly encourage you to seek
them, and through them, God and His Son.
I have included many resources below to use in your
search. I do not necessarily agree with all of the
doctrines of the Websites listed on this page. I
recommend testing all doctrines against Holy
Scripture.
Most Websites listed on this page are listed primarily
for their apologetic value.
Codes.
The idea that the Bible has hidden codes is not new.
Rabbi Bachya ben Asher, who died in 1340, was
probably the first to discover an Equidistant Letter
Sequence (ELS) code in the Bible. His four-letter
code dealt with the zero-point of the Jewish calendar.
Isaac Newton believed that the Bible itself was "a
cryptogram set by the Almighty -- a riddle of the
Godhead of past and future events divinely
fore-ordained...which Daniel was commanded to shut
up and seal, till the time of the end." The Jewish sage,
Vilna Gaon Elijah Ben Solomon Zalman (1720-1797),
taught that everything that ever was, is, or will be,
was contained within the Torah. He said: "The rule is
that all that was, is, and will be unto the end of time is
included in the Torah, from the first word to the last
word. And not merely in a general sense, but as to
the details of every species and each one
individually, and details of details of everything that
happened to him from the day of his birth until his
end."
Current research may be proving him right -- though
the codes appear to run throughout the entire
Hebrew scriptures.
Although Codes were found in the past, (most notably
by Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandl, whose work
wasn't published until 1957 -- after his death), it
wasn't until the advent of the computer that the
existence and extent of the Bible Codes was fully
realized.
In the 1980s, codes' research came to the attention
of Eliyahu Rips, Doron Witztum, Alexander Rotenberg
and several others. The result was that, in 1994, a
paper entitled "Equidistant Letter Sequences in the
Book of Genesis" was published in Statistical
Science, one of the world's foremost mathematical
and scientific journals.
Using a computer program that they had written, they
searched the Book of Genesis by Equidistant Letter
Sequence (or ELS).
How this works: A word or phrase is chosen to
search for. Once the program finds the first letter of
the word search, it looks for the second letter. The
program will search at different intervals. It might
begin searching at a two letter interval. If the word or
phrase is not found, it might then go to a three letter
interval, and so on. Once the program finds the
second letter, it continues to search at that skip
sequence. So if there are seven skips between the
first letter and the second, the computer continues to
search for the remaining letters at a skip sequence of
seven. I have included an example of how this works
below. Can you find the encoded word?
Cold weather could delay our departure, Janet. See
you soon.
As you can see, the word I encoded in the above
example is: code. If you haven't found it yet, start at
the first 'c' and skip every twelve letters. It's not an
accident that the word is there. I deliberately
encoded it, and it took a little time and effort.
Next, it's important to know that the Bible Codes'
program removes the spaces and punctuation from
the surface text, like below.
coldweathercoulddelayourdeparturejanetseeyousoo
In a Bible Codes' matrix, the length of the lines is
determined by the skip sequence in the code. Since
there are 12 skips between each letter in my sample
code, each line in my matrix is 12 letters long. Now
you can see the word 'code' spelled out vertically in
column one in the below matrix.
coldweatherc
oulddelayour
departurejan
etseeyousoon
The codes in the Bible, and the research conducted
in the 1980s, are certainly more complex and
elaborate than that. In the "great rabbis experiment,"
the researchers searched for the names of 34
famous rabbis who lived between the ninth and
eighteenth centuries. They paired the names of these
men with their dates of birth or death. (Using the
Hebrew calendar and language.) They found every
single name, paired with the date of birth or death,
encoded in the book of Genesis. The odds of this
happening by chance were only one chance in
775,000,000.
Later, a second group was run. All 32 men in this
group, along with their dates of birth and death, were
also found. The odds of all 66 names and dates
occurring by chance were 1 in 2.5 billion.
Since that day, many more codes have been found,
and the research continues. Unfortunately, many
sensationalists have attempted to use Code research
to predict the future -- to the detriment of serious
code research. The Bible Codes cannot be used to
predict the future and should not be used to form
doctrine.
I use the Bible Codes 2001 software. I have
conducted code research into my name and the
personal names of my family. All results are in
Hebrew, but I have included the English translation.
This is a brief overview of the results of my own
personal research:
My name is encoded twice in the Bible. It runs
backwards: Kennedy Dora L. The odds of just my
name being encoded twice are 1 chance in 170. In
the most significant matrix, which is the size of a large
paragraph, there are several occurrences of my
"middle" name, Lynn. One of the "Lynn's" that occurs
on the page shares the "L" in Kennedy Dora L. It runs
diagonally, pointing down and right to a large cluster
of codes that relates to my family. (My name runs
vertically down the middle of the matrix.) I was named
after my maternal grandmother, Dora Esther. One
skip above the L in my name, and running
horizontally, is my maternal grandmother's middle
name, Esther. My grandfather's name, Nellis, also
appears to be in the matrix, though I'm not certain if I
used the correct Hebrew spelling. A few skips from
my name are the names of my mom and dad. Coming
down from my mom's name, is my sister's name. My
sister's name was Holly. Her name occurs six times in
the matrix. (There are six years between our dates of
birth.) Holly died July 17, 2002. Her name, her date of
death, and the date of her last birthday, February 8,
2002, form a rough, broken triangle. One of the tips of
the triangle cuts through the heart of my mother's
name.
My son's name appears several times in the matrix .
One is toward the bottom of the matrix. The K in his
name shares the K in my name. Another occurrence
of his name runs horizontally across the middle of my
name and is just below the name of his father. There
are numerous family names in the matrix as well, but
in order to maintain some privacy, I won't go into all of
them. However, the matrix is like a genealogy or
family history spanning several generations.
The matrix also lists some of the jobs that I have held,
and it lists the time of the year that I was born -- I was
born on the first day of spring. I am my mother's
oldest child, and firstborn is encoded in the matrix.
There is quite a bit of personal information in the
matrix. The word 'encode' is also found in the matrix.
It is embedded in my name and shares several of the
same letters as my name. Shroud is also found in the
matrix, and as you will see below, it was the Shroud of
Turin and the codes that led to my conversion to
Christianity. If you have the software, you can check
the accuracy of my research. I have not extended my
search beyond the visible matrix.
My first question is, how did my name, family
genealogy, and so much personal information get into
a manuscript that is several thousand years old? And
in such a small space? As I said, the matrix where this
information is encoded is about the size of a large
paragraph. Is it just a coincidence? And what about
all the other codes discovered to date by the
scientists? It seems that every major and minor event
in history is encoded in the Bible. Are all of those
codes just coincidence too? If they're not
coincidence, what are they? Deliberate? After all, the
Bible claims to be God's word. If God did inspire it,
would He leave such strange clues pointing to His
authorship? I am primarily orthodox in my beliefs, but
most orthodox Christians don't believe in the Bible
codes. Are they right that the codes don't exist, or
that they are just some sort of accident? An accident
that God did not intend? Why do they think the codes
don't exist when you can see them with your own
eyes? Or why do they think they are just a
coincidence? The rabbis have a saying: "Coincidence
is not a kosher word." Personally, I doubt that
anything takes God by surprise or that coincidence
exists in Him. To me, the codes are further proof of
the Divine inspiration of the scriptures. Initially, they
were why I changed my hostile opinion of the Bible. I
realized that if the Bible were encoded, only God
could have done it. I also realized that if God wrote
the Bible, I needed to take the Bible seriously and find
out what it said. Today, I would believe the Bible,
every word of it, even without the codes - primarily
because of the prophetic, archaeological, and
scientific evidence. (More on that below.)
The secularist say that the discovery of extensive
hidden words in the Hebrew text is partly because
there are only 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, and
that "hidden words" will always be found in any large
body of text -- and that's true. But I don't know if all
"codes" in the Bible can be explained away by either
of those facts -- though many can be. It's important to
realize that code critics don't deny that the "hidden
words" are there -- they admit that the words are
there -- they deny that they mean anything, that they
are "codes," or that they are statistically significant.
In addition to the Codes, the Hebrew language itself
exhibits some strange qualities that are unique to it --
qualities that can't easily be explained away. For
example, it has recently been discovered that the
optical images of Hebrew letters, as they are
pronounced, look like the letters as they are written
in Hebrew! No other language has this characteristic!
So far, this has proven true for 17 out of 22 letters in
the Hebrew alphabet. In the Bible, the LORD says
that when He brings His people back to the land of
Israel in the Last Days, He will restore to them a pure
language.
Zephaniah 3:9 NKJV
For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language,
That they all may call on the name of the LORD,
To serve Him with one accord.
As I said, there are code skeptics, and they make
some good arguments, but, to me, the Bible Codes
are very compelling. (There are links farther down
this page related to the codes, and also links on other
issues discussed in this article.)
Shortly after learning about the Bible Codes in 1999,
something else occurred that also led to my
conversion to Christianity. It was a program on the
Discovery Channel about the Shroud of Turin.
The first time I heard about the Shroud was when my
father was asked by an acquaintance to set up some
equipment and software that would allow Dr. John
Jackson to plot cross sections of geometric data
taken from the Shroud. The data was then used to
build a statue of the Shroud. The statue was placed
on display at the Air Force Academy in Colorado
Springs. I believe it is still there to this day.
The next thing I heard about the Shroud was the
carbon 14 test results. I thought that was the end of
the Shroud. But then in 1999, I saw the program:
"Jesus and the Shroud of Turin" on the Discovery
Channel. (For an excellent introduction to the Shroud
of Turin, Click Here. These are a short series of
lectures from Shroud University.) The scientific
evidence convinced me that this was indeed the
burial cloth of Christ -- and, for me, the inexplicable
image on the cloth was proof of the resurrection. I
was so overwhelmed by this program that I literally
fell to my knees in submission to Christ. When I arose
from my knees, I was a new person in Christ. My
overwhelming and non-stop depression was gone; my
addictions were gone; my shame, guilt, fear, and
worry were gone; my interests were changed, and my
anger was gone. I now knew what it meant to be born
again. I had experienced the first miracle of Jesus. He
had "changed water into wine." I have been a
Christian since that time.
It was a combination of the Bible Codes and the
Shroud of Turin that led to my conversion. The Codes
and the Shroud started me on a search for more
evidence. It led me into a study of Biblical prophecies
and their fulfillment. It led me into a search for
historical, scientific, and archaeological evidence.
And much to my shock, despite what I'd been taught
in schools and in the media, the evidence was there.
If you have never really checked for yourself, please
do. The consequences of being wrong in this regard
are serious. I know most people think there are no
answers to the skeptics' questions about God, but
there are answers. I strongly encourage you to seek
them, and through them, God and His Son.
I have included many resources below to use in your
search. I do not necessarily agree with all of the
doctrines of the Websites listed on this page. I
recommend testing all doctrines against Holy
Scripture.
Most Websites listed on this page are listed primarily
for their apologetic value.
http://crosstv.com I especially recommend the videos
from The Apologetic Series and from the Special
Features Series. Many can be viewed for free at
Google Videos or You Tube. Links below.
1) He's Alive: The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth
(my favorite)
2) The Authenticity of the Bible: Proving the Bible
Through Archeology. Free online in six parts:
http://tinyurl.com/2m2uwj
3) The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict
http://tinyurl.com/2lvlvy
4) Evolution vs. Creation
5) Proof of Prophecy. http://tinyurl.com/2qa93p (In six
parts. I do have some complaints about the accuracy
of some of this information. I do think that certain
prophecies in it are yet future.)
http://www.crossexamined.org/
http://www.crossexamined.org/resources.asp
There are many Bible Code skeptics, and they make
some good arguments, but for me, the evidence in
favor of the Codes is more convincing. For more
information on the Bible Codes and the Shroud of
Turin browse through the below links:
http://www.biblecodedigest.com/page.php/9
http://aramaicnt.com/ This website is dedicated to the
Aramaic primacy of the New Testament. There are
amazing codes found in the Aramaic manuscripts of
the New Testament. Nothing similar has been found in
the Greek. This page details some of his code finds:
http://aramaicnt.com/Research/ (right side of page.)
He also includes a fascinating preface to his book
"Divine Contact."
http://aramaicnt.com/Contact.pdf
I highly recommend reading the above preface!
http://www.peshitta.org/ More about the Aramaic
Peshitta. (The Aramaic manuscripts of the New
Testament which might predate the Greek. Very
controversial theory.)
The Shroud sites:
http://www.shroud.com/
http://www.shroud.com/meacham2.htm (Fig 3 is an
amazing shroud image obtained with a recursive filter.
It's about 2/3 of the way down the page. The article is
fascinating and well worth the read.)
Click here for the best illustrations I've seen of the
Shroud. The artist is Trey Gallagher.
http://godonthe.net/evidence/forensic.htm
http://www.duke.edu/~adw2/shroud/
Other websites:
Evolution vs Creationism: Free video A Question of
Origins. In six parts: http://tinyurl.com/3bmqjq
http://www.levitt.tv/ ** This is a must watch if you are
seriously seeking answers to the Bible's authority. Go
to "Special Topics" -- Click on "Genesis One - A
Physicist Looks at Creation". If that's not there, see:
http://www.levitt.tv/media/watch/472 . and:
http://www.levitt.tv/media/watch/669 - click on play
real media version. (There are other great webcasts
at the Levitt site as well.)
Dr. Gerald Schroeder
http://www.rbc.org
http://ankerberg.org
http://www.reasons.org
http://www.rzim.org free Ravi Zacharias online videos
here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2818883628
http://www.khouse.org/ Especially the series on the
DaVinci Code.
http://answering-islam.org.uk/Walid/index.htm Walid
Shoebat's address to Muslims...apologetics and
various other subjects.
http://jesusfactorfiction.com/
http://www.olivetreeviews.org
http://evolution-facts.org/index.htm
http://scienceagainstevolution.org/
Moral relativity: http://tinyurl.com/yos9xr
http://www.str.org/
http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/PageServer
There are many more great sites on apologetics, but
this is a good start.
I also recommend books by the following authors:
Norman Geisler
Duane T. Gish
Gary Habermas
Lee Stroebel
Josh McDowell
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to
Evolution -- by Michael J. Behe He's not a Christian,
but he's no longer an evolutionist either. I consider
this a must read.
More recommended reading:
"Bible Code Bombshell: Compelling Scientific
Evidence that God Authored the Bible" written by
Edwin Sherman
I highly recommend both the below video and book:
"The Exodus Revealed: Search for the Red Sea
Crossing" Watch the video online for free, click here.
Both the video and the book include pictures of coral
covered chariots, chariot wheels, and axles from
Pharaoh's army found scattered across the floor of
the Red Sea. You must see these pictures. You can
find some of these pictures at the bottom of the below
website:
http://www.arkdiscovery.com/red_sea_crossing.htm
I do not recommend the information at the above or
below site, but I can recommend that you take a look
at these photos.
http://www.arkdiscovery.com/redsea2.htm - More
interesting photos halfway down this page.
You'll find products at this link on intelligent design.
http://www.illustramedia.com/orderlaunch2.htm
Or, once you know the product names, you can
search for them at video.google.com
Here is a link to watch a free online video detailing the
location of the real Mount Sinai: Click Here. It is a
well-done and interesting video. Bob Cornuke is not an
archaeologist and his methods are very controversial.
Here are links to his Web sites.
http://www.baseinstitute.org/ and
http://www.explorationfilms.com/mtsinai-collection.htm
See Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort's Website --
The Way of the Master for a better presentation of the
gospel message.
See these sites if you are interested in Bible prophecy
or how Bible prophecy relates to current events:
http://www.gracethrufaith.com/
http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/ezekiel_4_3.htm
http://www.eternal-productions.org/catholicism.html
http://calvarychapelcostamesa.com/maranatha
http://joelrosenberg.blogspot.com/ (Especially his
studies in Ezekiel) Calvary Chapel at Albuquerque
http://www.maranathachapel.org/ (mainly in archives)
http://tinyurl.com/yqyrrl Rapture Ready: Jack Kelley
http://calvarycch.org/media_center.php?se=22
Once at the above site, for year click 2008, all other
options should be set to "any." I recommend listening
to Walid Shoebat or anything from the Southern
California prophecy conference. After that, I
recommend changing the settings. For year, choose
2007. Leave the other options as "any." I recommend
listening to anything by Walid Shoebat, Amir Tsarfati,
Thomas Ice, Jacob Prasch, but, most of all, I
recommend listening to the talk given by the "3-ex
terrorists" on 9/11/2007.
http://tinyurl.com/yt9frm (Israel in Prophecy.)
http://tinyurl.com/3eyg5x (sobering message from
Jack Hibbs, the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel in
Chino Hills, California.)
http://jimmydeyoung.gospelcom.net/pp/
Here is a fascinating online video by Ian McCormack
who died and experienced both hell and Heaven.
Feel free to e-mail me through the contact section of
this site if you have any questions or comments about
anything you've read on this page. Thank you.
Doralynn.
from The Apologetic Series and from the Special
Features Series. Many can be viewed for free at
Google Videos or You Tube. Links below.
1) He's Alive: The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth
(my favorite)
2) The Authenticity of the Bible: Proving the Bible
Through Archeology. Free online in six parts:
http://tinyurl.com/2m2uwj
3) The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict
http://tinyurl.com/2lvlvy
4) Evolution vs. Creation
5) Proof of Prophecy. http://tinyurl.com/2qa93p (In six
parts. I do have some complaints about the accuracy
of some of this information. I do think that certain
prophecies in it are yet future.)
http://www.crossexamined.org/
http://www.crossexamined.org/resources.asp
There are many Bible Code skeptics, and they make
some good arguments, but for me, the evidence in
favor of the Codes is more convincing. For more
information on the Bible Codes and the Shroud of
Turin browse through the below links:
http://www.biblecodedigest.com/page.php/9
http://aramaicnt.com/ This website is dedicated to the
Aramaic primacy of the New Testament. There are
amazing codes found in the Aramaic manuscripts of
the New Testament. Nothing similar has been found in
the Greek. This page details some of his code finds:
http://aramaicnt.com/Research/ (right side of page.)
He also includes a fascinating preface to his book
"Divine Contact."
http://aramaicnt.com/Contact.pdf
I highly recommend reading the above preface!
http://www.peshitta.org/ More about the Aramaic
Peshitta. (The Aramaic manuscripts of the New
Testament which might predate the Greek. Very
controversial theory.)
The Shroud sites:
http://www.shroud.com/
http://www.shroud.com/meacham2.htm (Fig 3 is an
amazing shroud image obtained with a recursive filter.
It's about 2/3 of the way down the page. The article is
fascinating and well worth the read.)
Click here for the best illustrations I've seen of the
Shroud. The artist is Trey Gallagher.
http://godonthe.net/evidence/forensic.htm
http://www.duke.edu/~adw2/shroud/
Other websites:
Evolution vs Creationism: Free video A Question of
Origins. In six parts: http://tinyurl.com/3bmqjq
http://www.levitt.tv/ ** This is a must watch if you are
seriously seeking answers to the Bible's authority. Go
to "Special Topics" -- Click on "Genesis One - A
Physicist Looks at Creation". If that's not there, see:
http://www.levitt.tv/media/watch/472 . and:
http://www.levitt.tv/media/watch/669 - click on play
real media version. (There are other great webcasts
at the Levitt site as well.)
Dr. Gerald Schroeder
http://www.rbc.org
http://ankerberg.org
http://www.reasons.org
http://www.rzim.org free Ravi Zacharias online videos
here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2818883628
http://www.khouse.org/ Especially the series on the
DaVinci Code.
http://answering-islam.org.uk/Walid/index.htm Walid
Shoebat's address to Muslims...apologetics and
various other subjects.
http://jesusfactorfiction.com/
http://www.olivetreeviews.org
http://evolution-facts.org/index.htm
http://scienceagainstevolution.org/
Moral relativity: http://tinyurl.com/yos9xr
http://www.str.org/
http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/PageServer
There are many more great sites on apologetics, but
this is a good start.
I also recommend books by the following authors:
Norman Geisler
Duane T. Gish
Gary Habermas
Lee Stroebel
Josh McDowell
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to
Evolution -- by Michael J. Behe He's not a Christian,
but he's no longer an evolutionist either. I consider
this a must read.
More recommended reading:
"Bible Code Bombshell: Compelling Scientific
Evidence that God Authored the Bible" written by
Edwin Sherman
I highly recommend both the below video and book:
"The Exodus Revealed: Search for the Red Sea
Crossing" Watch the video online for free, click here.
Both the video and the book include pictures of coral
covered chariots, chariot wheels, and axles from
Pharaoh's army found scattered across the floor of
the Red Sea. You must see these pictures. You can
find some of these pictures at the bottom of the below
website:
http://www.arkdiscovery.com/red_sea_crossing.htm
I do not recommend the information at the above or
below site, but I can recommend that you take a look
at these photos.
http://www.arkdiscovery.com/redsea2.htm - More
interesting photos halfway down this page.
You'll find products at this link on intelligent design.
http://www.illustramedia.com/orderlaunch2.htm
Or, once you know the product names, you can
search for them at video.google.com
Here is a link to watch a free online video detailing the
location of the real Mount Sinai: Click Here. It is a
well-done and interesting video. Bob Cornuke is not an
archaeologist and his methods are very controversial.
Here are links to his Web sites.
http://www.baseinstitute.org/ and
http://www.explorationfilms.com/mtsinai-collection.htm
See Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort's Website --
The Way of the Master for a better presentation of the
gospel message.
See these sites if you are interested in Bible prophecy
or how Bible prophecy relates to current events:
http://www.gracethrufaith.com/
http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/ezekiel_4_3.htm
http://www.eternal-productions.org/catholicism.html
http://calvarychapelcostamesa.com/maranatha
http://joelrosenberg.blogspot.com/ (Especially his
studies in Ezekiel) Calvary Chapel at Albuquerque
http://www.maranathachapel.org/ (mainly in archives)
http://tinyurl.com/yqyrrl Rapture Ready: Jack Kelley
http://calvarycch.org/media_center.php?se=22
Once at the above site, for year click 2008, all other
options should be set to "any." I recommend listening
to Walid Shoebat or anything from the Southern
California prophecy conference. After that, I
recommend changing the settings. For year, choose
2007. Leave the other options as "any." I recommend
listening to anything by Walid Shoebat, Amir Tsarfati,
Thomas Ice, Jacob Prasch, but, most of all, I
recommend listening to the talk given by the "3-ex
terrorists" on 9/11/2007.
http://tinyurl.com/yt9frm (Israel in Prophecy.)
http://tinyurl.com/3eyg5x (sobering message from
Jack Hibbs, the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel in
Chino Hills, California.)
http://jimmydeyoung.gospelcom.net/pp/
Here is a fascinating online video by Ian McCormack
who died and experienced both hell and Heaven.
Feel free to e-mail me through the contact section of
this site if you have any questions or comments about
anything you've read on this page. Thank you.
Doralynn.
This page has been written to help you make a
reasoned decision about the authority of the Bible.
Why is it important to make a reasoned decision
about the authority of the Bible? Because the Bible
says in Romans 3:23 that "all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God." The Bible says that no one
enters Heaven unless they've been born again. It
says that no one comes unto the Father except
through Christ. (If you've never read the Bible,
please get one and read the book of John.) Or you
can read or listen to it online at:
http://www.biblegateway.com/
or http://www.blueletterbible.org
Despite what the Bible says, most people consider
themselves to be good people. But what is God's
standard? When the 10 commandments are
presented to people, they quickly admit: "Yes. I've
lied." "Yes. I've stolen -- but it was only something
small." "Yes. I've taken God's name in vain, but I'm
basically a good person." "Yes. I've lusted after him,"
or "I've lusted after her." (Which, according to Jesus,
makes them an adulterer at heart.) They are
convinced that they're a good person, even though
they just admitted that they're a liar, a thief, a
blasphemer, and an adulterer at heart. The Bible
says that all liars, thieves, adulterers, and
blasphemers will not see Heaven. Still, when asked,
most people will say that when they die they think
they will go to Heaven -- even though the Bible tells
us that God is a just God and will punish sin.
At this point, most people will say, "But God is
merciful. He's a God of love and forgiveness. I think
He'll overlook my sins."
But consider an earthly judge. Let's say you're in
court. You're guilty. You've broken the law and there
is a penalty, but you say to the judge, "Your Honor, I
know you're a merciful judge and I'm sure you won't
punish me for my crimes."
Do you think he'll let you go? No! If he did, he wouldn't
be a just judge. Imagine a world where lawbreakers
always go unpunished. Judges who allow these
criminals to walk away are not just. They are as guilty
as those who committed the crimes.
Now let's say you're back in court awaiting your
sentencing. You find out that the court is charging
you an enormous fine that you can't possibly pay. But
just as you're about to be led away in handcuffs,
someone you don't even know comes into the
courtroom and pays your fine for you. How would you
feel toward that person? Grateful? I hope so. He just
took the punishment for you.
Well, that's what Christ did on the cross for us nearly
2000 years ago. He suffered a terrible, humiliating
death, and He paid the penalty for our sins with His
blood—so that we could be reconciled to God.
Romans 5:8 puts it this way: "But God commendeth
his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us."
And Romans 6:23 tell us that: "The wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord."
Jesus died on the cross and took the punishment for
our sins, but He rose three days later and gave us
eternal life. That's the good news. In Romans 10:9
the Bible says: "If you confess with your mouth Jesus
as Lord, Yield and believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved."
Sites that I recommend. I recommend looking at links
and additional pages at these sites as well:
http://apologetics315.blogspot.com
(If you don't really know what the Bible teaches or
claims, Click Here. And then watch Jesus Film Here.)
Click here for a great Bible study resource.
Many of the below videos can be viewed free online.
Evidence for Creation and a Creator:
For several short clips on various apologetic
subjects, Click Here.
http://soundthetrumpet.ca/videos/prophecyseries/
I especially recommend the mp3 prophecy teachings.
http://garyhabermas.com video and audio resource.
Evidence for Christ, the authenticity of the Bible, and
the Resurrection - several from Lee Stroebel to
choose from: http://leestrobel.com/
I also recommend Lee Stroebel's video: "The Case
for a Creator." Buy online, or search at You Tube.
http://www.pleaseconvinceme.com/ Jim Wallace,
apologist. He is also a cold-case homicide detective.
http://tinyurl.com/yr5aee for Dr. William Lane Craig.
Next, The Privileged Planet - View free online. In six
parts: http://video.google.com/PrivilegedPlanet
Next, Unlocking the Mystery of Life - View free. In
seven parts. Click Here.
Startling Proofs: Does God Really Exist?
http://tinyurl.com/yrb6mm
reasoned decision about the authority of the Bible.
Why is it important to make a reasoned decision
about the authority of the Bible? Because the Bible
says in Romans 3:23 that "all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God." The Bible says that no one
enters Heaven unless they've been born again. It
says that no one comes unto the Father except
through Christ. (If you've never read the Bible,
please get one and read the book of John.) Or you
can read or listen to it online at:
http://www.biblegateway.com/
or http://www.blueletterbible.org
Despite what the Bible says, most people consider
themselves to be good people. But what is God's
standard? When the 10 commandments are
presented to people, they quickly admit: "Yes. I've
lied." "Yes. I've stolen -- but it was only something
small." "Yes. I've taken God's name in vain, but I'm
basically a good person." "Yes. I've lusted after him,"
or "I've lusted after her." (Which, according to Jesus,
makes them an adulterer at heart.) They are
convinced that they're a good person, even though
they just admitted that they're a liar, a thief, a
blasphemer, and an adulterer at heart. The Bible
says that all liars, thieves, adulterers, and
blasphemers will not see Heaven. Still, when asked,
most people will say that when they die they think
they will go to Heaven -- even though the Bible tells
us that God is a just God and will punish sin.
At this point, most people will say, "But God is
merciful. He's a God of love and forgiveness. I think
He'll overlook my sins."
But consider an earthly judge. Let's say you're in
court. You're guilty. You've broken the law and there
is a penalty, but you say to the judge, "Your Honor, I
know you're a merciful judge and I'm sure you won't
punish me for my crimes."
Do you think he'll let you go? No! If he did, he wouldn't
be a just judge. Imagine a world where lawbreakers
always go unpunished. Judges who allow these
criminals to walk away are not just. They are as guilty
as those who committed the crimes.
Now let's say you're back in court awaiting your
sentencing. You find out that the court is charging
you an enormous fine that you can't possibly pay. But
just as you're about to be led away in handcuffs,
someone you don't even know comes into the
courtroom and pays your fine for you. How would you
feel toward that person? Grateful? I hope so. He just
took the punishment for you.
Well, that's what Christ did on the cross for us nearly
2000 years ago. He suffered a terrible, humiliating
death, and He paid the penalty for our sins with His
blood—so that we could be reconciled to God.
Romans 5:8 puts it this way: "But God commendeth
his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us."
And Romans 6:23 tell us that: "The wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord."
Jesus died on the cross and took the punishment for
our sins, but He rose three days later and gave us
eternal life. That's the good news. In Romans 10:9
the Bible says: "If you confess with your mouth Jesus
as Lord, Yield and believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved."
Sites that I recommend. I recommend looking at links
and additional pages at these sites as well:
http://apologetics315.blogspot.com
(If you don't really know what the Bible teaches or
claims, Click Here. And then watch Jesus Film Here.)
Click here for a great Bible study resource.
Many of the below videos can be viewed free online.
Evidence for Creation and a Creator:
For several short clips on various apologetic
subjects, Click Here.
http://soundthetrumpet.ca/videos/prophecyseries/
I especially recommend the mp3 prophecy teachings.
http://garyhabermas.com video and audio resource.
Evidence for Christ, the authenticity of the Bible, and
the Resurrection - several from Lee Stroebel to
choose from: http://leestrobel.com/
I also recommend Lee Stroebel's video: "The Case
for a Creator." Buy online, or search at You Tube.
http://www.pleaseconvinceme.com/ Jim Wallace,
apologist. He is also a cold-case homicide detective.
http://tinyurl.com/yr5aee for Dr. William Lane Craig.
Next, The Privileged Planet - View free online. In six
parts: http://video.google.com/PrivilegedPlanet
Next, Unlocking the Mystery of Life - View free. In
seven parts. Click Here.
Startling Proofs: Does God Really Exist?
http://tinyurl.com/yrb6mm
Bible Codes
Are There Codes in the Bible?
http://www.y-zine.com/ The article, Body Count, sums
up much of the evidence listed in the below "He's Alive"
video. Great article on the Da Vinci Conspiracy as well.
New! Christian Video on Demand. See: God of Wonders.
up much of the evidence listed in the below "He's Alive"
video. Great article on the Da Vinci Conspiracy as well.
New! Christian Video on Demand. See: God of Wonders.
http://www.thehungersite.com/
One click every day will
provide 1.1 cups of staple
food to the hungry, without
costing you a single cent.
This website also has similar
free charity programs to raise
money for mammograms,
children's health, literacy,
conservation and animal
rescue.
http://www.thebiblesite.org/
One click every day will
provide 1 book of the Bible to
persecuted Christians,
without costing you a penny.
More ways to help for free
are listed at the bottom of the
article.
Is Hell Eternal?
One click every day will
provide 1.1 cups of staple
food to the hungry, without
costing you a single cent.
This website also has similar
free charity programs to raise
money for mammograms,
children's health, literacy,
conservation and animal
rescue.
http://www.thebiblesite.org/
One click every day will
provide 1 book of the Bible to
persecuted Christians,
without costing you a penny.
More ways to help for free
are listed at the bottom of the
article.
Is Hell Eternal?
Great Ways to Help Others
More Great Ways to Help
Many of us want to give more to charity. We want to
do more to make a difference in the world and in the
lives of others. Quite often the thing that keeps us
from giving is our wallet, but there are ways to give
that don't cost anything -- except a little bit of time.
The below sites are great ways to give. All it takes is
one click a day at the site or sites of your choice. No
matter what your "cause" is, there is a way to help
that doesn't involve your checkbook or credit card.
This may seem too good to be true. How can you give
to a charity by clicking on a banner? The answer is
advertising sponsors. Every day when you click on
the site of your choice, you will be taken to a
confirmation page. The sponsors will be listed there.
It's an ingenious idea. Not only have they found a
unique way to advertise their business, but they are
helping others at the same time.
Here are some of the sites that raise money for
charities through advertising dollars.
http://www.hungrychildren.com
Their sponsors donate $25.00 to feed hungry children
for every 1000 visitors.
http://www2.povertyfighters.com/
At this site, you can "fight hunger and poverty,
conserve the environment, empower women, combat
AIDS, and improve labor standards - all with just two
clicks a day."
http://rainforest.care2.com/
Click free to save Marine Wetlands, the American
Prairie, or the Rain Forest.
http://www.thestophivsite.com/
Click here to help stop HIV.
http://www.solvepoverty.com/
One click donates 0.05 Euro towards the cost of
resources and activities supporting the development
of education projects in poor areas of the world.
http://bigcats.care2.com/
Free clicks here generate donations from their
sponsors to save big cats -- tigers, jaguars, and snow
leopards.
http://breastcancer.care2.com/front.html
Someone is diagnosed with breast cancer at the
frightening rate of once every 24 seconds. Clicking
here helps to prevent the environmental causes of
breast cancer. This was a for profit site, donating 10%
of their revenue to fight breast cancer. I'm not sure if
that's changed, but I don't believe it has.
http://www.landcareniagara.com/
Click here to plant a tree in the Niagara area.
http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/banners/banner1.htm
Clicking here donates a bag of pet food to a shelter.
This page doesn't always load properly, but if you
mouse over the "missing banners" you can tell where
to click.
http://oceans.care2.com/
Your free click generates a donation to help save
oceans.
http://primates.care2.com/
Helps save primates.
http://www.theenvironmentsite.org/donate.php
Clicking here helps protect the enviornment. All
money raised goes to the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
http://pets.care2.com/
One click generates a donation to help pets in need.
http://www.giveaminute.org/
One click provides one minute of healthcare.
http://www.ecologyfund.com
Many different ecology charities.
http://www.oneclickatatime.org/
Click the different categories in the menu on the left
of the page. This is a directory of numerous charities
where you can click free to give. There is some
crossover to the above list, but there are many
charities not covered above.
The categories they list are: Animal Charities,
Environmental Charities, Health Charities, Hunger
Charities, Children Charities, Womens Charities,
Homeless Charities, and many other charities.
Consistently giving a little time every day, and telling
others about these sites, does make a difference. It's
certainly better than doing nothing at all.
Many of us want to give more to charity. We want to
do more to make a difference in the world and in the
lives of others. Quite often the thing that keeps us
from giving is our wallet, but there are ways to give
that don't cost anything -- except a little bit of time.
The below sites are great ways to give. All it takes is
one click a day at the site or sites of your choice. No
matter what your "cause" is, there is a way to help
that doesn't involve your checkbook or credit card.
This may seem too good to be true. How can you give
to a charity by clicking on a banner? The answer is
advertising sponsors. Every day when you click on
the site of your choice, you will be taken to a
confirmation page. The sponsors will be listed there.
It's an ingenious idea. Not only have they found a
unique way to advertise their business, but they are
helping others at the same time.
Here are some of the sites that raise money for
charities through advertising dollars.
http://www.hungrychildren.com
Their sponsors donate $25.00 to feed hungry children
for every 1000 visitors.
http://www2.povertyfighters.com/
At this site, you can "fight hunger and poverty,
conserve the environment, empower women, combat
AIDS, and improve labor standards - all with just two
clicks a day."
http://rainforest.care2.com/
Click free to save Marine Wetlands, the American
Prairie, or the Rain Forest.
http://www.thestophivsite.com/
Click here to help stop HIV.
http://www.solvepoverty.com/
One click donates 0.05 Euro towards the cost of
resources and activities supporting the development
of education projects in poor areas of the world.
http://bigcats.care2.com/
Free clicks here generate donations from their
sponsors to save big cats -- tigers, jaguars, and snow
leopards.
http://breastcancer.care2.com/front.html
Someone is diagnosed with breast cancer at the
frightening rate of once every 24 seconds. Clicking
here helps to prevent the environmental causes of
breast cancer. This was a for profit site, donating 10%
of their revenue to fight breast cancer. I'm not sure if
that's changed, but I don't believe it has.
http://www.landcareniagara.com/
Click here to plant a tree in the Niagara area.
http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/banners/banner1.htm
Clicking here donates a bag of pet food to a shelter.
This page doesn't always load properly, but if you
mouse over the "missing banners" you can tell where
to click.
http://oceans.care2.com/
Your free click generates a donation to help save
oceans.
http://primates.care2.com/
Helps save primates.
http://www.theenvironmentsite.org/donate.php
Clicking here helps protect the enviornment. All
money raised goes to the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
http://pets.care2.com/
One click generates a donation to help pets in need.
http://www.giveaminute.org/
One click provides one minute of healthcare.
http://www.ecologyfund.com
Many different ecology charities.
http://www.oneclickatatime.org/
Click the different categories in the menu on the left
of the page. This is a directory of numerous charities
where you can click free to give. There is some
crossover to the above list, but there are many
charities not covered above.
The categories they list are: Animal Charities,
Environmental Charities, Health Charities, Hunger
Charities, Children Charities, Womens Charities,
Homeless Charities, and many other charities.
Consistently giving a little time every day, and telling
others about these sites, does make a difference. It's
certainly better than doing nothing at all.
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Start with #47, #38, #54, #9,
#28, #31, #42, #43, #46,
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#28, #31, #42, #43, #46,
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