So How Does This Apply to the Bible?
The first ELSs discovered were found in the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, which were ostensibly written by Moses, the prophet who led his people out of Egypt.
More than 50 years ago, a Jewish rabbi (H.M.D. Weissmandel) noted that if you start with a T (tav) in the first verse of the book of Genesis, skip 50 letters, pick up a V (vav), skip another 50 letters, pick up an R (resh), skip another 50 letters, and pick up an H (heh), you have TVRH, or Torah as it is spelled in Hebrew.
Now this occurs, mind you, not only in the first book of the Torah, but also in the first verses of the books of Exodus and Numbers. It also appears in the first chapter of the book of Deuteronomy. In each case there is also a skip of exactly 50 letters.
Where the Codes Began to Attract Worldwide Attention
The discovery of these first Torah codes was not necessarily eyebrow-lifting, however. Any author, human or otherwise, could have intentionally embedded such codes within a text. What heightens eyebrows are codes, embedded, mind you, thousands of years ago, about contemporary people and events.
For example, Drosnin begins his book, The Bible Code, with a show-stopping claim: the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995 was foretold by hidden Hebrew codes in the ancient text of the Bible.
WhatÂ’s more, Drosnin also found the name of the assassin, Amir, as a code near the original ones, as well as a code which meant, "name of assassin." Furthermore, a code for Tel Aviv, the city where the shooting occurred was also discovered, as well as a code for the year when it occurred.
Keep Going . . . It Gets Better
Drosnin doesn't stop with the Rabin codes, however. He goes on to present numerous clusters of codes that would be astounding if only they were not coincidental.
Here is a sampler of codes that are displayed in crossword clusters:
* Economic collapse, the depression, 1929 and stocks.
* Atomic holocaust and 1945.
* Watergate and "Who is he? President, but he was kicked out."
* World War and atomic holocaust.
While all of these are bad events, Drosnin also presents a few positive clusters:
* Wright brothers and airplane.
* Shakespeare, presented on stage, Macbeth and Hamlet.
* Newton and gravity.
* Edison, electricity and light bulb.
* Fall of, communism, Russian, in China next.
I've seen newer ones that have a ton more in them. If you watch those documentaries, they actually show the matrices and box out the words. It gets really convincing.
EDIT: I just noticed, it says these are from Drosnin's first book, which might be why I've seen newer ones with more in them, because it was his first book that really started the interest.
Of course, it could just all be a coincidence.
Last edited by !King_Amazon!; 2005-04-05 at 11:05 PM.
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