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Saturday Study Week One Saturday Study Week One Introduction, Creationism Genesis Chapters 1-5 Acts 17:10-11 • 10 Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. • 11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. • Bottom Line: Don’t believe anything just because I say it – check it out for yourself! I stand on the shoulders of giants • Lots of influences – Chuck Swindoll – Chuck Smith – J Vernon McGee – Chuck Missler – Walter Martin – Chuck Smith Jr. – Phil Helfer – Gerard Driscoll – Brian Broderson – Matthew Henry – Josh McDowell – Charles Spurgeon – Adam Clarke – Karen Wadsworth – Albert Barnes – Many others THE BIBLE IS UNIQUE • The Bible is THE most amazing book ever. It is the biggest seller and best literature ever. More Bibles are shoplifted every year than most books sell. • Amazing communication from outside our time domain • Designed to circumvent hostile jamming • 66 books, 40 authors, over thousands of years Our Amazing Bible • Inspired and Inerrant – The Word of God, the sixty-six Books of the Old and New Testaments, verbally inspired in all parts, and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21). – The Bible contains neither error of fact (material errors) nor internal contradictions (formal errors) in the original autographs • Imperfect transmission – Very few transmission errors – No doctrine depends on a disputed passage Our Amazing Bible • Infallibility – This is the subjective consequence of Divine inspiration; that is, it is reliable and trustworthy to all who turn to it in search of God’s truth • Authoritative – The final word for faith and practice both for individuals and for the church collectively Why is Bible so cool? • Ps 119 9 How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. 24 Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors. 50 This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life. 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. • 2 Timothy 3:16-17 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. • 2 Peter 1:20-21 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. Why is Bible so cool? (2) • Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. • Psalms 138:2 I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name. • Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." Authentication • Prophecy – Sharing God’s Message. Sometimes involves telling the future – Isaiah 46:9,10 9 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,‘ • Also confirmed through coding structures – Numerical – Equidistant Letter Sequence Prophecy • Prophecy does not always involve telling the future • J. Barton Payne – Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy – Out of 23,145 verses in Old Testament, 6,641 contain predictive information – 1,817 predictions on 737 topics • Greek translation of Old Testament – the Septuagint – 70 scholars from 285 B.C. to 270 B.C. Messianic Prophecy Prophecy Reference Odds Born in Bethlehem Micah 5:2 1:100,000 King on Donkey Zechariah 9:9 1:100 30 Pieces of Silver Zechariah 11:12 1:1,000 Temple, potter, etc. Zechariah 11:13 1:100,000 Wounds in hands Zechariah 13:6 1:1,000 No defense, innocent Isaiah 53:7 1:1,000 Died with wicked, grave with rich Isaiah 53:9 1:1,000 Crucified, No bones broken Psalm 22:16,17 1:10,000 Specific DAY for messiah (Psalm Sunday) Daniel 9:25 1:100,000 1:1033 Genealogy – divisible by seven Matthew 1:1-11 in Greek • Number of words • Number of words that • Number of letters – Start with a vowel • Number of vowels – Start with a consonant – occur more than once • Number of consonants – occur in more than one form • Number of nouns – Occur in only one form • Number of names • Only 7 words shall not be • Male names nouns • Generations • Only 7 other kinds of nouns Discovered by Dr. Ivan Panin – generated 43,000 pages of discoveries Last 12 verses of Mark Dr. Panin identified 75 “sevens” in these verses • Number of words (175)(7x25) Logical sections in the passage • Number of different words (98)(7x7x2) • Address of the Lord (56)(7x8) • Number of letters (553)(7x79) • Rest of the passage (119)(7x17) • Vowels (294)(7x7x6) • vv. 9-11 (35)(7x5) • Consonants (259) (7x37) • Vv. 12-18 (105)(7x15) • Words Found earlier in mark (84)(7x12) • V. 12 (14)(7x2) • Words Found only here (14)(7x2) • Different words used in Lord’s address • Vv 13-15 (35)(7x5) (42)(7x6) • Vv. 16-18 (56)(7x8) • Different words not part of Lord’s • Vv. 19-20 (35)(7x5) address (56)(7x8) More From the Last 12 Verses of Mark Greek numerical values and word forms ALSO divisible by 7 • Total value (103,663)(7x14,809) • Total forms (133)(7x19) • Vv. 9-11 (17,213)(7x2,459) • Value of total forms • V. 9 (11,795)(7x1,685) (89,663)(7x12,809) • V. 10 (5,418)(7x774) • Occur once (112)(7x16) • 1st word (98)(7x7x2) • Occurring more than once • Middle (4,529)(7x647) (21)(7x3) • • Last word (791)(7x113) Occurring 63 times (7x9) • • Total occurrences V. 11 (11,795)(7x1,685) (112+63=175)(7x25) • Vv. 12-20 (86,450)(7x12,350) • Total value (103,663)(7x14,809) Equidistant Letter Sequences • By skipping letters forwards and backwards, we can find additional messages in the text – We need to be careful with this, but especially as it goes way beyond what would happen by chance, it serves as testimony to design Equidistant Letter Sequence Simple Example from Chuck Missler • Rips explained that each code is a case of adding every fourth letter to form a word. • Rips explained that each code is a case of adding every fourth letter to form a word. • Readthecode • Read the code Example in the Torah • Genesis – every 49th letter – TORH (Torah) • Exodus – every 49th letter – TORH (Torah) • Leviticus – nothing • Numbers – Every 49th letter – HROT (Torah Backwards) • Deuteronomy – Every 49th letter – HROT (Torah Backwards) • Leviticus – every 7th letter – YHWH • The Torah points to the one true God Genesis 1:29 to Genesis 2:9 Equidistant Letter Sequence • This passage includes God creating the plants and the Garden of Eden. • Using equidistant letter sequencing, we find an amazing list of almost all the trees mentioned throughout scripture. 1) Tamarisk: 2 8) Date Palm: 5 14) Pomegranate: 8 21) Willow: -15 2) Terebinth: -2 9) Cedar: -5 15) Gopherwood or fir: 8 22) Oak: 17 3) Thicket: -3 10) Aloe: 6 16) Thornbush: 9 23) Vine: -18 4) Citron: -3 11) Grape: -6 17) Olive: -9 24) Barley: -28 5) Acacia: -3 12) Boxthorn or 18) Pistachio Nut: 13 25) Chestnut: 44 6) Almond: 5 Bramble: 7 19) Hazel: -13 26) Poplar: -85 7) Wheat: 5 13) Cassia: 7 20) Fig: 14 Isaiah 53 Equidistant Letter Sequences Names of Followers and Other Names and Phrases Family at the Cross Y’shua shmi (My name is Yeshua) Messiah Mary/Miryam Mary/Miryam Shiloh Passover Galilee The evil Roman city Mary/Miryam Peter/Kefa Herod Wicked Caesar perish Matthew John/Yochanan Annas High Priest Caiaphas High Priest Andrew Philip The Disciples mourn Let him be crucified His cross Lamp of the Lord Thomas James/Yaacov His signature Bread James/Yaacov Simon/Shimon Wine From Zion Moriah Obed (servant) Thaddeus Matthias Jesse Seed Joseph/Yosef Water Levites From the Atonement Lamb Principles and Assumptions Dispensational – God’s Interaction with Man has been/will be different over time The dispensation of 1. Innocence (Gen 1:1–3:7), prior to Adam's fall, 2. Conscience (Gen 3:8–8:22), Adam to Noah, 3. Government (Gen 9:1–11:32), Noah to Abraham, 4. Patriarchal rule (Gen 12:1–Exo 19:25), Abraham to Moses, 5. Mosaic Law (Exo 20:1–Acts 2:4), Moses to Christ, 6. Grace (Acts 2:4–Rev 4:1)(The current church age), 7. Tribulation (Rev 4:2-Rev 20:3 and Daniel 9:27)(70th week of Daniel), 8. Millennial Kingdom (Rev 20:4–20:6) A literal, earthly 1,000-year that has yet to come but soon will 9. The New Heavens and New Earth. How to Interpret the Bible 1. Understand that this is God’s own Word – a Love letter from the all-knowing, all-powerful God – different than ordinary book – deals with absolute truth 2. God wants to help you understand the Bible with the guidance and help of the Holy Spirit 3.
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