![]() In 1890 he claimed to have made a startling Biblical discovery. Ivan Panin had emigrated to the US in 1882 from Russia. Long before the computer made finding complex patterns of letters routine, Panin searched the Scriptures looking for patterns of sevens. ![]() The booklet was a summary of the work of Ivan Panin, who had concluded that what he had found in the Bible proved that it was Divinely inspired. I first heard of codes and patterns to be found in the Bible about thirty years ago when a young brother handed me a booklet called ![]() Why should we waste time on ambiguous codes when convincing proof of inspiration is abundant in the plain text of the Scripture? Our personal conviction of the inspiration of Scripture will grow proportionally to the effort we spend in examining it. Understanding what was discovered may help us understand better the dangers of the latest search methods using PCs and Bible Code programs. ![]() The search for secret codes in the Scriptures is not new in the last century men 'discovered' hidden codes in the Greek and Hebrew text. Unfortunately, whilst computer programs have made it relatively easy for anyone to search the Scriptures for hidden 'meanings', the plain text of Scripture is receiving less and less attention by the world at large. There has been much talk recently regarding the Torah or Bible codes.Īlthough at first it may have seemed that there was something special about what was found, a closer study shows that there is really not much to it.
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