DID THE OLD TESTAMENT HAVE JUST ONE AUTHOR? [Enrichments, refinements of Code art & science]

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[Quix]

DID THE OLD TESTAMENT HAVE
JUST ONE AUTHOR?

Discovering the First Evidence of "DNA" in the Bible

What kind of evidence might support the hypothesis that the entire Old Testament had a single author? In this article, we will look at a phenomenon that at first appeared small, but then expanded into a sprawling, mind-boggling mega-structure of codes contained in an inconceivably small set of Hebrew letters that threads its way throughout the entire Old Testament.

In past Bible code investigations, we have been working with two dimensional matrices (like a crossword puzzle array or an expanded Scrabble board), or with multi-dimensional clusters, consisting of numerous matrices that all include a small segment of literal text. Now, we are looking at a one-dimensional straight line of Hebrew letters, like just one column of a very large Scrabble board, that contains the impossible: a column of only 372 Hebrew letters (at a skip of 3,806 letters between each successive letter) that includes the following collection of lengthy codes:

Table 1
The 13 Codes Found in a Single Column of a Code Matrix

Table 1 The 13 Codes Found in a Single Column of a Code Matrix

How could there be 666 letters (and 85 sentences) of code within only 372 Hebrew letters? It is much like a DNA molecule. It consists of strands that wrap around one another in a double helix. However, this collection of codes also includes a few triple helixes and a few quadruple helixes as well. The letters in this single column matrix include letters from all but three of the 39 books of the Old Testament, tying together the entire book in a package. Only the very short books of Nahum, Haggai and Jonah are not touched by this single column of encoded letters, which is mind-boggling.

DNA diagram from

Just like a mutated gene, however, the content of this collection of codes is a series of messages about something bad, or defective, whether it be a person, a series of events, or a movement of history. It is not that the author of the text and codes is bad, but that the author could be describing something that didn't go according to the original plan, which was for good. It is truly remarkable how consistent the content of these codes is. There is a noticeable absence of positive subject matter in these codes.

That in itself is highly improbable. If these "codes" were random, one would expect that some of the content would either be positive or nebulous. But it is not. It is basically all bad.

In a previous article [WHAT NO CODE SKEPTIC CAN FIND link:

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, we presented the codes that Moshe Shak had found after searching for extensions to a short code about Mel Gibson. Within a single column of only 147 Hebrew letters, he had found five codes nested within one another. In total, these codes consisted of 371 letters in 52 sentences, as summarized below.

Table 2 The Five Codes Found in a Single Column of a Code Matrix

After publishing this article, we thought Shak's investigations had been completed. Some months afterward, we noticed that three of the above five codes stopped just short of the end of the Tanakh. This suggested the possibility of the existence of wrapped extensions to these codes that would extend into the Torah after finishing up at the end of the Tanakh.

Shak found wrapped extensions to two of these three codes. One was 40 letters long (Code 1W) and included the phrase A rounded end, which Shak believes is strongly descriptive of the nature of a wrapped code. This increased the 147-letter-long code in the earlier article to 187 letters. The second wrapped extension was 29 letters long (Code 2W). It increased the 110-letter-long code in the earlier article to 139 letters.

We also asked Shak to check for extensions prior to the original five long codes he had found and he discovered one, increasing a 44-letter-long code to 54 letters (Code 4E).

Since he had found codes at double and triple the original skip of 3,806 letters, we asked him to check for other possible codes at double and triple the original skip. He found two more codes in an alternative triple skip to the two triple skip codes he had already covered. These codes were 30 and 10 letters long, respectively, and were separated by a single letter that was not part of either code (Codes 6a and 6b).

Having previously found codes at double and triple the original 3,806 skip, we asked Shak to search for codes at quadruple the original skip. He found four new codes, with lengths of 53, 44, 16 and 13 letters. Two of them were wrapped codes, running up to the end of the Tanakh and then continuing on in the Torah (Codes 7 & 7W and 8 & 8W). One of these (Code 7W) kept going beyond the end of the Torah, and continuing on into the rest of the Tanakh. The ninth code (Code 9) was in the vicinity of the beginning of the earliest discovered codes. The tenth code (Code 10) started at the beginning of the Torah and stretched well into the rest of the Tanakh.

The location of all of these codes is summarized in the following table. The yellow cells represent the codes presented in the prior article. The green cells represent wrapped extensions to codes found in the Tanakh, as well as Code 10, which started in the Torah and continued on into the rest of the Tanakh. The purple and rose cells represent newly discovered codes at three and four times the original skip.

The letter numbers in the first two columns are in reference to the first letter of the first previously discovered code. So the original 147-letter-long code appears in letter numbers 1 through 147. link:

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Table 3 Location of the First 10 Codes Listed in Table 1

The color scheme adopted above will be continued in the tables below to make it easier for the reader to follow which codes are which. Where an extension was found, we display the entire code, so the reader can get a sense of whether or not the extension fits with the earlier code.

How could all of the above ELSs, which appear to be about a single topic and which are in good Hebrew, just happen to appear within a single column of only 379 letters? To do so would require simultaneous orchestration, while maintaining a surface text that is intelligible and which has inspired millions over more than two millennia. To think that chance could explain this is not reasonable.

There Is Still More . . .

There is yet more that was found in Shak's review of these letter strings, which is not even included in Table 3.

This code runs backwards from letter number 277 to 191.

Shak also found the following code in the string of letters with half the skip of 3,806 (1,903), where every other letter was taken from the original column of Hebrew letters:

This code runs backwards from letter number 206 to 198.

We also sent Shak the letter strings from five times the original skip (19,030 = 5 x 3,806), within this same single column of Hebrew letters. He found the following code:

This code runs from letter 84 to 129.

All of these findings were made using Keys to the Bible software. Because of letter differences in the Hebrew texts used, comparable findings using other software would be different.

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[P-Marlowe]

I know some folks with MPD but few have accused me of that problem.

"Few" means more than one.

Hmmmmm.

BTW are the few who have accused you of having that problem also the ones who actually have it?

[Quix]

Probably so!

Don't recall. Just supect there have been some, over the years.

LOL.

[Titanites]

Who did Jesus say it was written by?

You bring up an interesting point that I'd like to check for myself. In which verse(s) does Jesus specify who wrote down the Book of Isaiah?

[baubau]

Has it occurred to you also that the people who believe in the OT are not the people of the OT?

Few, if any, are in these threads, or the evolution, or other religious threads. They want us to believe what they, themselves, do not believe because it benefits them by feeding us myths and fables. In so doing it occupies our minds with the irrelevant and meaningless, instead of using our limited resources to fight and defeat the enemy.

Now, the NT, that is a different thing. Of course, the people of the bible do not want us to concentrate on it, not because of its divinity, but because it helps us Christians organize. Ergo, they, trash the NT at any chance they get, and belittle, demean and debase Jesus Christ. Eg, Mel Gibson et al.

You know I'm right. The truth shall set you free!

[Enosh]

Perhaps this is what was meant?

Luke 4:17-26

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.

...

and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

[baubau]

"that a significant percentage of that group . . .

"ARE SERIOUSLY HYPER THREATENED on at least a subconscious basis . . . by even the possibility that GOD REALLY IS; REALLY IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS; AND REALLY CAN DO AND WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO . . .

And that may be true, irrespective of whether one is able to prove the existence of God or not, and irrispective of the OT. I don't know for certain. That is the mystery of life. Had there been no OT, does that mean there would have been no God? I don't think so.

I also believe that the God of the OT, is not the same God of the NT. The God of the OT says, "an eye for an eye," which is to say that if a person breaks another person's leg, he should have his own leg broken. That is a God of vengeance and retribution. The NT says, "turn the other cheek," which is to say a God of mercy and forgiveness.

[P-Marlowe]

But He answered and said to them, Well has Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, "This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. (Mark 7:6 MKJV)

Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, "This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
(Matthew 15:7-8 MKJV)

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which said, "By hearing you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive;
(Matthew 13:14 MKJV)

[baubau]

"Don't recall. Just supect there have been some, over the years.

So did Jesus Christ, Socrates et al.

[P-Marlowe]

I also believe that the God of the OT, is not the same God of the NT.

That is interesting inasmuch as Jesus Christ claimed to be the God of the Old Testament. (John 8:58)

Since Jesus Christ is the God of the Old Testament, who then is the God of the New Testament?

[Enosh]

And John 1:14, John 10:30, etc.

baubau, the answer to this common question comes with understanding the nature of the Trinity.

[Sloth]

What a steaming crock. Mel Gibson? Does it also mention Britney Spears shaving her head, or identify the father of Anna Nicole's baby?

[marshmallow]

It doesn't mention Gibson specifically. Just "Mel".

It could be Mel Torme or Mel Brooks.

They're still working on that one.

Stay tuned.

[Enosh]

Those are in the Macbeth Code, not the Bible Code.

*Snicker*

[redgolum]

That was the view starting in the 19th century, which was trying to say that the OT was not really canon but a collection of stories and fables.

There are style differences in Isaiah and Jeremiah, but remember they had a school of prophets with them, and there could have been different scribes writing down what they said. Or, they could have just written differently at times (which is pretty common).

[marbren]

"How could there be 666 letters"
Thanks for the ping Quix. Does this 666 mean anything?

[Titanites]

Thanks, but those passages do not specify who recorded the events. Yes, the prophecies are Isaiah's, no arguement there, but where does Jesus say who wrote it all down?

[P-Marlowe]

Thanks, but those passages do not specify who recorded the events. Yes, the prophecies are Isaiah's, no arguement there, but where does Jesus say who wrote it all down?

The question was authorship. Jesus confirmed that it was Isaiah who authored the book. There are confirmations of the authorship from the Apostle Matthew and the Apostle John and from the Apostle Paul.

If that isn't good enough for you, then I can't help you. Believe what you want, but the scriptures are clear that Isaiah was the author of the Book that bears his name.

BTW are you one of those who believes that the Old Testament is just a book of fables? Or is it the Word of God?

[Titanites]

The question was authorship. Jesus confirmed that it was Isaiah who authored the book.

I believe Salvation's comment was about the writing of it. Isaiah had many disciples and he certainly could have tasked them with transmitting his teachings. That in no way would negate the truthfulness of the Book of Isaiah. The comments you posted from Jesus do not make a claim one way or the other as to who wrote the book.

If that isn't good enough for you, then I can't help you.

Ok, thanks for being honest.

BTW are you one of those who believes that the Old Testament is just a book of fables? Or is it the Word of God?

I believe both the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God - all the books.

[xzins]

Any teacher who'd say it was "probably" written by 3 authors is in the same camp as those who say "The Return of Jesus will "probably" be inside of 10 years."

It is a theory based on a bit of flimsy circumstantial evidence. Because the Book of Isaiah could have 3 different "styles" does not mean it does have 3 different styles. If it did have 3 different styles, that would not necessarily mean it was 3 different authors.

It could mean that a young Isaiah, a middle-aged Isaiah, and a senior citizen Isaiah are represented in that book. It could mean that Isaiah had different intent in different parts of the book.

For what it's worth, I've been taught that any of those 3 supposedly different styles can also be found in the middle of each of the other supposed "style" sections.

What's that tell ya?

[Quix]

Good pts, imho.

Thx.