-Caveat Lector- http://www1.internetwire.com/iwire/release_clickthrough?release_id=21246&; category=Lifestyle Details of the Christmas story have been found encoded together in the ancient Hebrew text of the Bible, written nearly a thousand years before the event. The surprisingly extensive collection of predictions was discovered beneath the surface text of the book of Proverbs earlier this month by Bible Code Digest researchers. In announcing the finds, the monthly e-newsletter and web site (www.biblecodedigest.com) noted that its researchers suspect there are many more similar codes yet to be found in the passage. Centered around a puzzling Christmas message, the researchers have so far found dozens of Hebrew equidistant letter sequences (ELSs) such as Mary, Joseph, Bethlehem, stable, manger, nativity, shepherds, star and angels. The cryptic 14-letter focal ELS reads "Christmas is a gift to him and to the mother," and runs backwards every 19th letter from Proverbs 15:30 to 15:22. Researchers are not sure of the meaning of the message, although they note that both Joseph and Mary appear near it. The complete cluster of Christmas codes appears to span Proverbs 14 through 17. Bible scholars believe Solomon, the son of King David, authored most of Proverbs. He reigned as king of Israel from 970-930 B.C. Equidistant letter sequences are Hebrew words and phrases made up of letters with equal numbers of other letters, or "skips," between them. According to veteran mathematician R. Edwin Sherman, director of the Bible Code Digest, the odds against these words appearing by chance is less than one in a trillion. "Any small number of shorter codes could just be coincidental," said Sherman. "But there are far too many of them in this array to be there by chance." Sherman is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies on insurance risk, Sherman uses extensive statistical analysis to evaluate the validity of Bible codes. Researchers included Sherman, physicist and Hebrew expert Dr. Nathan Jacobi, and Dave Swaney, editor of the Bible Code Digest. Bible Code Digest researchers use search software developed by the pioneering Israeli scientists whose paper announcing the significance of Torah codes was first published in the prestigious journal Statistical Science. The software uses the Koren version of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament. Significant code clusters like this are typically connected thematically to the surface text above them. For instance, another less mathematically-significant Christmas cluster was discovered during the project beneath Micah 5:1-2, a well-known prophetic passage about the Christmas story. This verse reads, "But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth to me, he who is to be ruler in Israel; and his origin is from ancient time, from days of old." The researchers are so far baffled by the lack of such a connection for this cluster. The Proverbs text where the Christmas codes are located is seemingly the same advice for living given throughout this revered book, and has no obvious link to the Christmas story. Bible code research gained the world spotlight three years ago with the publication of several best-selling books on the subject. But research into Bible codes has been going on since the Middle Ages, when rabbis began noticing remarkable ELSs in the Torah. Code research took a quantum leap forward with the introduction of mathematical analysis of German and Japanese codes during World War II, and the advent of personal computers a few decades later. Bible code researchers use the same basic methodology to search for codes in the original Hebrew. Bible Code Digest researchers have discovered several other meaningful code arrays in the Old Testament. The most significant is a massive cluster beneath Isaiah 52 and 53 about the crucifixion of Christ. Another is an extremely significant group of Holocaust clusters in Genesis and Deuteronomy. They also recently announced discovery of a new form of code called mosaics, which are word patterns that when analyzed statistically indicate authorship of portions of Genesis was far beyond the abilities of humans. The following is a partial list of the Christmas ELSs found to date: 61623; Christmas is a present to him and to the mother 61623; Son of Mary 61623; Joseph 61623; Mary 61623; Betrothed 61623; City of David 61623; Bethlehem 61623; Star 61623; Jesus the Messiah 61623; Stable 61623; Manger 61623; Angels 61623; Homage 61623; Deer of the dawn (star of the east) 61623; Son of Man 61623; Cow shed 61623; Shepherds 61623; Atonement Lamb 61623; Hope 61623; Adoration 61623; Virgin 61623; The Magi 61623; Gifts 61623; Gift of myrrh 61623; Gift of frankincense 61623; Gift of gold 61623; The root of Jesse 61623; Savior 61623; Cradle of straw 61623; A Banner for the peoples 61623; A Covenant of the people 61623; Light of the nations 61623; Holy Child 61623; Holy new-born Child 61623; Newborn King 61623; Son of the Highest 61623; He will be great 61623; Wonderful Counselor 61623; John 61623; The Baptist 61623; Carpenter 61623; Elizabeth 61623; The Word 61623; The Promised One 61623; Anointed One 61623; Ruler in Israel 61623; Seraphim 61623; Herod 61623; Prophetic 61623; Cross 61623; Immanuel 61623; Atonement 61623; Descendant of David 61623; Pilgrim 61623; Awesome Jehovah 61623; Angelic 61623; Childbirth 61623; Ephratah 61623; Astrologer 61623; Camel 61623; Camels 61623; Astrologers 61623; No room 61623; At the inn 61623; Redeemer 61623; Jehovah 61623; Miraculous 61623; Lamb of God 61623; Second Adam 61623; Son of Jehovah 61623; Peace (Shalom) 61623; Fulfillment 61623; Lord 61623; Heavenly 61623; Census 61623; Miracle 61623; Wonderful 61623; Counselor 61623; Wreath of thorns 61623; Living Jehovah 61623; Glory 61623; Glorious 61623; Foundation 61623; Roman tax 61623; Holy 61623; Caesar 61623; Gabriel 61623; Quirinius 61623; From Nazareth 61623; Simeon ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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