Saturday, July 16, 2016

Cosmic Codes and More Surprises in the Bible! 519-2 - 20 - 6

I really enjoyed revisiting The Genealogy of Genesis 5 as it has been several years since taking Genesis. In my opinion our gentile world does not place the same significance on the meaning of names as did/ do the Jews. In eight generations the story of the Gospel is summarized.
Adam                      Man (is)
Seth                        Appointed
Enosh                    Sorrow; (but)
Mahalalel              The Blessed God
Jared                    Shall come down
Enoch                   Teaching
Methuselah           His death shall bring
Lamech                The Despairing
Noah                     Comfort, Rest
The name Methuselah became well known in 1959 due to the movie version of the American folk opera Porgy and Bess. Sporting Life (Sammy Davis Jr.) has a great number, “It Ain’t Necessary So” in which he sings about Methuselah being 900 years. Simple things like this could create a common ground with an unbeliever and be a Christian Apologist tool.
A more recent use of a Biblical name was Esther, “Something Hidden.” And hidden it was in 2010!
“What most people don’t realize, is that Queen Esther had a role in defeating modern-day Persia (Iran), or at least delaying their quest for a nuclear weapon by between one and two years, the weapon Esther used this time was called Stuxnet.
Stuxnet was malicious computer worm that, when it got into Iran’s computer systems, destroyed the rogue nation’s nuclear centrifuges.”
“Stuxnet Computer Worm: When Queen Esther Defeated Modern-Iran”
Also “In a Computer Worm, a Possible Biblical Clue” By John Markoff and David E. SangerSEPT. 29, 2010
Proverbs 25:2, “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.” While we may not be kings, scoping out hidden meaning is fun and, again, can be used as an apologetic tool.
A very interesting series that CM created is Cosmic Codes. There are four PDFs each with two relevant slideshows. These include:
Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages From the Edge of Eternity
Volume 1
Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages from the Edge of Eternity
Volume 2: Microcodes
Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages from the Edge of Eternity
Volume 3: Macrocodes
Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages from the Edge of Eternity
Volume 4: Metacodes
CM refers to 2 Peter 1:16, “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”
So the why, Cosmic Codes, another instrument in the Christian Apologist’s toolbox.

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