The Mysterious Bible Codes: The Phenomenal Discovery That Proves the Truth of Bible Prophecies

For years, people have been studying biblical prophecy and its relevance to current events. The enormous popularity of Michael Drosnin's The Bible Code signaled the public's interest in divining the mysterious workings of God through the words of scripture. Now Jeffrey (The Signature of God) joins the ranks of those who read the Bible as an almanac of current events. Using linguistic evidence to crack the codes of the Hebrew and Greek of the Bible, Jeffrey claims that the codes reveal events such as Hitler and the Holocaust (Deuteronomy 10:17-22), the death of Diana (Exodus 28:10) and the Oklahoma City bombing (Genesis 32, 34-36, 44). Although Jeffrey cautions that Bible codes can't be used to foretell future events and they do not contain any hidden theological or doctrinal messages, he casts these cautions to the wind as he demonstrates how Bible passages reveal events that occur outside the Bible's historical context. If, as Jeffrey maintains, these codes are some kind of game God has played to reveal to us the origin of scripture, then the mystery and authority of scripture are diminished by Jeffrey's approach. Jeffrey uses poor scholarship and inadequate evidence to shore up his grandiose claims. (Oct.)