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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
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NUMEROLOGY
Because the letters of the Hebrew alphabet are also numbers, each
word is also a sum. Rabbis and Christian Bible scholars of a mystical
orientation interpret the meanings of Bible verses by using the numerical values
of the Hebrew words. This type of interpretation is called gematria. In gematria,
connections are made between different words that have the same numerical value
Rabbis believe these numerical values show the infallibility of the Bible text,
something which Jesus also referred to in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew
5:17). It is not permissible to take away even the smallest letter from the Law
(the Torah) and the Prophets, which together make up the Tanach (Old Testament),
because otherwise the numerical values would no longer be correct.
Nowadays, in
the age of the computer, this is becoming more and more clear. In spite of all
the playing around with numbers in the name of the Bible Code, the precision of
computers has brought one thing to light: the text of the Torah has remained
completely authentic, like a sealed numerical combination.
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