"Dear friends, welcome one last time. As you know, we have come to the last meeting of this series. I for one am sorry to see it come to a close. Over the last several weeks we have covered much ground, and heard some amazing and wonderful things about God and the Bible. We have presented to you what we believe is overwhelming proof that the Word of God and His existence is a reality.

        What you do with this information is of course your choice. For my students, you will have three weeks to complete your monographs and have them in to me so I can study them over and assign a grade. I think you will agree with me that this has been a most fruitful summer session.

        I want to thank all of you who are not my students, who have come faithfully and supported this seminar. Without your presence and financial support it would have been impossible to bring in our guest speakers each week. Perhaps, if you want, sometime in the future we can do this again.

        Tonight in closing this symposium series I thought it would be appropriate to present to you what has, for thousands of years, been the ultimate physical test of the Word of God. Bible prophecy or the prediction of coming events in history has ever been the acid test, the visible and most obvious proof of the Scripture's divine origin. Prophecy is an open witness to the world of the authenticity of God's Word.

        But there are two problems that need to be understood. One is that because biblical prophecy is largely symbolic, there are almost as many interpretations as there are churches or preachers. Most of these preachers hold up a hellish torch of false prophetic light which is leading millions to delusion and eternal death.

        The other problem is that today the enemy is working feverishly to counterfeit God's work. Ever since the beginning Satan has been hard at work to deceive and confuse mankind. Through human agents and demonic angels, garbed in heavenly light, he is making false predictions about the future sucking millions into his web of fear and delusion. Individuals like Nostradamus, Edgar Casey, and Jeanne Dixon are examples. The human counterparts of the apparitions of Mary, and the ETs who are making appearances around the world in heretofore unprecedented numbers. Many believe, and rightly so, that this is an omen that something big is about to happen.

        Man has ever been curious, starting with Eve, to know what the future holds. While only God truly knows the future, Satan through divination, incantations, soothsayers, fortune tellers and false prophets and spiritual manifestations, has for thousands of years satisfied man's curiosity to know the future by predicting events that may or may not come true. Because some of the things he foretells do come true keeps people ever entranced to know more. And he is able to cause some things to happen as predicted because he is able to manipulate circumstances and events, especially when a person comes on his ground and under his influence.

        Thus Satan leads people on from one deception to another, leading them as he wills. Millions are unknowingly enslaved, like puppets being led to destruction and eternal death. So closely can he counterfeit the true that sometimes one cannot always tell the source of a predicted event until the event comes.

        One favorite device used by the enemy to cause people to doubt all prophecy and the Bible, is through a dream, vision, or message to say that an event is going to take place at a definite time in a definite place. This is often done in a dream to the unsuspecting person who may be a Christian. God has not worked in this way. When this type of incident happens, you can be sure it is not of heavenly origin. This is nothing more than a device of the enemy to get people to lose confidence in true biblically predicted end-time events. To my knowledge I cannot personally recall a single instance when God gave a specific date or time for a prophecy to come to pass. God always frames time in general terms such as "soon," "eminent," "almost here," "shortly," etc.

        Biblical prophecy and its fulfillment has always been of interest to me. In fact that is why I chose this as my field of study and expertise. With this introduction, tonight I will share with you some of the things I have discovered over the past 50 years.

        We will start at the beginning with the first prophetic utterance in the Bible given to Adam and Eve by God. We will then look briefly at a few other Old Testament prophecies and show how they were fulfilled. We will look at the first prophecy about coming of nations up to Christ's setting up His kingdom. Then we will look at the longest time prophecy in the Bible which covers 2300 years, clear up to the end of time, which time is now. We are living in the time when there are very few major prophecies left to be fulfilled. We will then look at prophecies about Jesus' coming, life and death. Finally we will look at a new phenomenon, secret Bible codes.

        Prophecy is like a sign post along the road of time, telling us what is yet to come and sometimes approximately how long to the event. The final destination along this road is the end of this world's current history, which will end when Jesus returns to take those who love Him home to be with Him in heaven.

        The prophetic signs tell us that we are within prophetic seconds of seeing this happen. It appears that the coming of our Lord is going to be around the time of earth's six thousandth birthday, which will be the year two thousand or thereabouts. As the weekly cycle is seven days, which is earth's legacy from its creation week, and as God gave man the seventh day as a day of rest, just so there seems to be a similar relationship as the earth finishes its six thousandth birthday and enters its seven thousandth year which will be one thousand years of rest both for the people of God and for Satan and his evil hosts. Revelation 20 describes the saints of God as spending that time in heaven with Him, while Satan remains on this earth chained by circumstances to a dead planet that shows the results of his reign of terror.

        I believe that soon the few Bible prophecies left to be fulfilled will happen in quick succession. Many of you here will behold these events as they unfold. In fact some of the events foretold by the prophets Daniel and John the Revelator are unfolding daily. But only those who seek God with all their hearts, have the spiritual discernment to recognize these signs for what they are and what they mean. Only those who love God and keep His commandments will survive what is soon to come. Everyone else (the wicked) by their choice will be doomed to destruction, if not by the wrath of God poured out in the seven last plagues, they will be by the brightness of Christ's coming.

        Dear friends and neighbors, I confess that I have had a hidden agenda in arranging for this symposium. My only purpose was to alert you to what is soon to come so that you can, if you so choose prepare to meet God and be on His side when the last great test will come for every man, woman and child. Each of you will have to decide whose side you will be on, either Christ's or Satan's. There will be no fence straddling. It will be one side or the other. The last great test for all of us living today will be based on keeping the commandments of God. This test is just upon us. It will come as an overwhelming surprise. If you are interested in knowing more about this test, I would be more than happy to share this information with you after the meeting.

        Now that you know where this discussion is going let us get started.

The Genesis Prophecy:

        The first prophecy in Scripture is found in the book of Genesis. Adam and Eve have just be beguiled by Satan in the form of a serpent, and sinned by partaking of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God was asking them what they had done. Then he introduced them to His plan to save them and the contention that would take place between them and Satan. Speaking to Satan the serpent, He said: "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel." (Gen. 3:15)

        In this prophecy God foretold the conflict that would take place between Satan and those that loved God from that time forward. In Bible prophecy, a woman stands for God's church on earth. He was saying to Satan, "There will be conflict from this time forward between you and my people, and between those born with your spirit (his seed), and those born of God who have (her seed). God's seed would wound or bruise Satan's seed in the head (a potentially mortal wound), and his seed would wound God's seed in the heel (a non mortal wound). The reference to "his heel" refers to Jesus when He would come to earth to redeem mankind.

        This the first prophecy in the Bible then, is about God's plan of salvation and the great controversy between Him and Satan, all couched in symbolic language. Thus it was that God set the standard about prophecy and how He would use symbolism in predicting events to take place.

        Shortly after this dialog between God, Satan and Adam and Eve took place, they were driven out of the Garden of Eden and God introduced them to the sacrificial system. They were given a glimpse of how His son Jesus would someday be sacrificed and shed His blood to atone for the sins of all mankind.

Enoch the pre-flood prophet:

        The prophetic gift was then given to selected individuals as God no longer, because of sin, communicated with Adam and Eve face to face. The only pre-flood person we know of that has this gift was Enoch. He was shown the whole history of the world clear up to the Second Coming of Christ. Only a smattering of his prophecies remain. Christ and the apostles knew them well and quoted from Enoch often. Unfortunately, today there are false writings supposedly coming from Enoch and other Old Testament prophets that are inspired by Satan and written to deceive.

Post-flood Prophecy:

        The next major prophecy found in Scripture was given to Abraham when God told him that his seed would be as the sands of the sea. This prophecy was not fulfilled until many hundreds of years passed. One after the other God foretold what would take place, such as Esau serving Issac his younger brother, Joseph's brothers bowing down to him.

Tyre:

        There are literally hundreds of prophecies in the Bible. Most prominent are those that have to do with the rise and fall of nations. God foretold when the city of Sodom would be destroyed by fire, when Tyre a great ancient coastal metropolis would be no more. He told how it would be scraped clean as rock, a place where fisherman would spread their nets to dry them. This is exactly what happened. It was fulfilled when Alexander the Great scraped all the rocks of the buildings into the sea to make a causeway to reach an offshore island.

Ancient Babyon:

        Ancient Babylon is another example. God said that it would never be built again, and that it would only be inhabited by wild animals. For thousands of years Arabs have refused to pitch their tents anywhere near the ruins of Babylon or stay overnight. We could go on and on with prophecies like these, but time does not permit us to look at them all.

        What I really want to focus your attention on tonight are some major prophecies given thousands of years ago about coming world kingdoms that rose and fell, and some that are yet to come. These, probably more than any other evidence, declare the authenticity of God's Word.

The Image of Daniel:

        The book of Daniel, the second chapter, tells the story of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon and Daniel. In the story, the king had a dream which greatly troubled him. He was greatly disturbed because he could not remember what the dream was, but felt it had great importance. As soon as he awoke, he called for his wise men to come and tell him what the dream was and interpret its meaning for him. This was a highly irregular request. One which no king had ever asked his wise men to do. They tried to reason with him, but agitated him more instead. He told them that if they could not tell him what his dream was, they would all be put to death. In consternation they left knowing that sure death awaited them, for there was no way they could tell the king what he dreamed.

        Now Daniel, because of his great wisdom given to him by God, had been appointed as one of the king's wise men, but he had not been summoned with the others when the king called for them. When he heard about his fate, he immediately went to the king and told him that the God he served would tell him what his dream was and give him an interpretation. He asked the king to give him a little time to pray which was granted.

        He retired to pray and God revealed it to him in a night vision. I will now read for you about this from the Bible, Daniel 2 verse 26 and on. We enter the story as Daniel is given an audience with the king. The king is speaking.

        "The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, and the magicians, the soothsayers show unto the king.

        "But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. The dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these.

        As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

        But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

        Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

        Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

        "This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

        "And where-so-ever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

        And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

        "And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

        "And wheras thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

        "And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

        "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

        "Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it break in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure."

        The Bible then tells how Nebuchadnezzar was so taken by Daniel's testimony, that he "fell upon his face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors unto him." Daniel of course gave God all the credit. He was made a great man next to the king.

        Thus it was that God began to reveal to Daniel many things that were to come from his time to the end of the world. The head of gold represented Babylon, the wealthiest nation the world had ever seen. Babylon fell and was followed by the breast and arms of silver. This was the kingdom of Greece, a great cultural nation, but it was never as great as Babylon just as silver is inferior to gold. Greece was followed by Medo-Persia represented by the belly and thighs of brass. It was inferior to Greece as brass is inferior to silver. The legs of iron represented ancient Rome known as the iron kingdom. The feet partly of iron and clay has a duel application. Anciently it represented the 10 kingdoms Rome was divided into when the 10 tribes of Europe overran Rome who ruled the then known world. Today some believe that the ten toes represent the European Republic. This fits with what is about to come.

        You will notice that the Bible says that these ten kingdoms did not get along, just as clay does not mix with iron. To bring them together, they were described as trying to intermarry ("mingle themselves with the seed of men"), but they would be unable to accomplish this just as iron and clay do not mix.

        It is a historical fact that all the crown heads of Europe are interrelated through marriage in order to bring it into unity, but unity has never taken place. The French revolution, World War I and II attest to that fact. Previous to this the fierce 10 nomadic tribes of Europe, of which the countries of Europe are today comprised, never did get along.

        Today, we see them trying to form a United States of Europe. We know this will never come to pass for the prophecy given to Nebuchadnezzar 600 years before Christ will stand fast. And we know the outcome. Today as Europe tries to become one, we know the sure word of prophecy says that "In the days of these shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed." This world is living in the times of the ten toes. Jesus is about to come back. John in Revelation tells us that when Jesus comes, the saints will be taken to heaven for one thousand years and then Christ will return to this earth and destroy the world by fire, after resurrecting all the wicked of all ages. This is the real hell fire. After the earth is purified by fire and all evidence of this sin cursed world and sinners, including Satan and all his evil angels destroyed, God will recreate this earth all brand new. It will be the home of all the saints forever and ever. They will be immortal and never die. There will never be any sickness, sadness or dying. This is the kingdom represented by the stone cut out without hands in the king's dream. The last thing that Daniel said to the king about this dream was: "the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure."

        This incident launched Daniel into his role as God's prophet. The rest of the book of Daniel is an account of the visions given to him. Each ties in with the image, enlarging upon what each of these nations would do and what would happen. All ending with the end of the world, the coming of the King of kings, and the setting up of His kingdom. These kingdoms were represented as beasts, such as a lion, bear, a leopard, and finally a dreadful and terrible beast with three horns. A leopard, a ram and he goat, and other animals. All these were symbolic of various nations, and told what they would do. But this is beyond the scope of this lecture both in content and time. If you are interested in considering the prophesies of Daniel and Revelation at a later time, let me know and I will see what we can arrange.

The Longest Time Prophecy:

        There is one other prophecy in the Bible that I want to tell you about that is in the book of Daniel, for it has great meaning for us today. It is found in Daniel 8 verse 14, and spans the time from 457 BC to the end of the world. It is called the 2300 day prophecy, a day in prophecy meaning a year. This prophecy is coupled with another in chapter 9 verse 24 and known as the 70 week prophecy which is 470 years. Let us briefly consider these texts and then consider what they mean.

        "And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days: then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." (Daniel 8:14)

        "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.

        "Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again and the wall, even in troublous times.

        "And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

        "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the over spreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." (Daniel 9:24-27)

        These texts describe a time period in which events would take place related to the coming of Christ to earth the first time. Certain times can be historically established. For example, we know when this 2300 year prophecy began. Daniel 9: 25 says: "from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem..." This command was given in 457 BC when king Artaxerxes told Nehemiah to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem which was in ruin because the Jews had all been taken captive and the city was in ruin.

        Using this date as the starting point, Daniel 9:25 says that "from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall in troublous times."

        In prophecy, time is reckoned as a day for a year. (Numbers 14:34, Ezekiel 4:6). The 2300-day prophecy of Daniel 8:14 points out twenty three centuries of history from Artaxerxes' commandment down to A.D. 1844. This is how it is reckoned: It took seven weeks to rebuild or restore Jerusalem, which in prophetic time is 49 years. This is a historical fact as the work was completed in 408 BC (457-408).

        Verse 25 then mentions that from 408 BC to Messiah (Jesus) it would be 62 weeks (threescore and two). This in prophetic time was 434 years. This date was 27 AD when Jesus was anointed by the Holy Spirit.

        Verse 26 says that after the 62 weeks "shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself." Verse 27 tells us that Jesus would "confirm the covenant with many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease..." What Daniel was shown here was that Jesus would come and die to confirm His covenant with all those who would accept the gift of His life. The plan of salvation for the Jews would continue for a 7 year period (one week), but that in the midst of that week He would cause the offerings and sacrifices in the temple to cease. He, the Lamb of God, would replace the animal sacrifices that were offered to atone for man's sins. This system which was initiated by God right after Adam and Eve sinned had been replaced by Jesus, the Lamb of God. Type had met antitype.

        This one week time period represented 7 years starting at Jesus' anointing in 27AD. This would take the time to 34 AD at which time probation for the Jews as a nation closed as they forever rejected Jesus as their Savior. Just as the prophecy said, Jesus died in the midst of that 7 year period after 3 ½ years of public ministry.

        When Jesus died, the Bible tells us that the huge curtain in the temple was torn from top to bottom as Ron Wyatt discussed with us. The sprinkling of animal blood upon the mercy seat of the ark was at an end, for Jesus' blood from that time on atoned for our sins. His covenant with man was complete. The sacrifices and offerings were at an end.

        When the Jews rejected Jesus, their relationship as God's chosen people came to an end, and their doom as a nation was assured. Never more would Israel again be God's chosen race. Individually however, any Jew can come to God and be saved, but as a nation never again. This should tell all who think that God is going to restore them and set up His kingdom in Jerusalem something. Those today who think this, are just like the apostles who mistakenly thought that God was going to set up His kingdom here on earth. He did, but not as they thought. It was His kingdom set up in the heart that Jesus referred to in Luke 17. Every time the Greek word "kingdom" is used in the New Testament, it means a heart relationship, not a worldly empire.

        Knowing these historical times we can now determine when the end of this 2300 year prophecy took place. This happened in the year 1844 AD. What happened at this time? We now must go back to Daniel 8:14 to see what it says. We find that at this time the sanctuary was to be cleansed. What does that mean?

        When the children of Israel left Egypt and were led into the wilderness, God gave Moses plans for the building of a tabernacle for them to worship Him. He at that time gave Moses the Ten Commandments in stone as well as the ordinances and codes for him to govern the 2 plus million people. This tabernacle had three areas, the outer court, the tabernacle itself which contained two compartments, the holy and most holy place.

        Their whole system of worship centered around the offering of sacrifices for sins committed, the same system instituted by God and given to Adam and Eve after they had sinned. As I mentioned before, this all pointed to Jesus the Lamb of God who was to come and shed His blood to save mankind from the penalty of death that hung over everyone's head because of sin. In other words, the earthly tabernacle services were a type which pointed forward to what would take place in heaven after Jesus was crucified.

        When Jesus came back to life and went back to heaven, Scripture says he became our High Priest. He replaced the earthly services and continued them in heaven. The rending of the veil or curtain between the two apartments when Jesus died, showed the Jews and the world, that the earthly service had been replaced by Jesus, and that it would be continued by Him.

        When Jesus returned to heaven He was ordained by the Father and began His priestly work of offering up the sins of the world before the Father, and claiming His shed blood to cover for those sins. Whenever a person prayed asking for forgiveness, that pray ascended to heaven and was received by Jesus who then would claim His blood to cover for that person's sin.

        As in the earthly services these sins were collected over time and sprinkled on the veil which separated the holy from the most holy place. This was done before the altar of incense where the smoke rising from that altar represented the prayers of the person asking forgiveness. Obviously over a year's time, the veil became contaminated with the dried blood, which necessitated cleaning it. This cleansing of the sanctuary was done once a year, the time called the day of atonement. This occurs in our time around October.

        At that time the priest would prepare himself through a rigorous regime of cleansing and confessing any sins he might have committed, for to go into the most holy place before the Ark of the Covenant with any unconfessed sins would mean instant death. If any in the camp had any unconfessed sins, that would have meant instant death for the high priest as well. It was a most solemn occasion for the whole camp, involving total soul searching.

        The high priest had around the bottom of the special garment that he wore, bells which were there to tell the people if the priest was still alive. A cord was attached to his leg so that if he was struck dead because of any unconfessed sins, they could pull him out.

        This once a year cleansing of the sanctuary when the priest went into the most holy place was symbolic of what Jesus would someday do in heaven. So now you begin to get the connection with the 2300 day prophecy in Daniel 8:14, which states "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed."

        We established that this time was 1844. This means that Jesus completed the first phase of his priestly ministry in the holy place, and went into the most holy to begin the atonement for the sins of those who claim to believe in Him and accept His blood to cover for their sins. What does this mean to us? It means that Jesus has been interceding for us before the Father to forgive us for all our sins as we ask forgiveness for them. This was in effect the day of judgment when the person came before the judgment bar of God.

        In 1844 through inspired testimony the Lord said that at that time the judgment of all the dead from the time of Adam and Eve to the present time had begun for all those who professed to love God. When all the dead were judged, Jesus began with all who are living today. We have reason to believe that this has also been completed. If you want to know more, see me after the meeting and I will explain.

Jesus and Prophecy:

        Thus you can see how the longest time prophecy in the Bible, given to Daniel around 600 BC, has been fulfilled. It confirms the many other prophecies pointing to the end of the world. But more important, is how this very prophecy centered around Jesus Christ our Lord. His coming to the world to save mankind is so integrally interwoven into this earth's history that there is no way a person can truthfully deny His existence. The atheist and agnostic, the evolutionist, scientist, skeptic, the computer programmer, the business man, housewife, the corporation, all by using the Gregorian calendar to count years, automatically give obeisance to Jesus, assents to His death on the cross as being the most important event in the history of the world. Before Christ (BC) and After Christ (AD) admits that even time revolves around our Creator and His act to save mankind from eternal death.

        This is not all. God's (Jesus') creation of this world is the only reason the seven-day weekly cycle exists. God created the world in seven days, resting on the seventh day Sabbath. There is no other to account for a seven day cycle, not astronomically, astrologically, physically, or otherwise.

        My friends, one other fact you may have overlooked about Jesus. Many of the Old Testament prophecies had to do with Jesus coming, the reason and the way he would die. He was the focal point of all prophecy. The prophets Zechariah, Isaiah, and David, who wrote most of the book of Psalms, contain prophecies announcing the coming of Jesus and details about His crucifixion. The New Testament gospel writers, Matthew, Mark. Luke and John all quote from these books when describing events connected with Calvary. Not only did Daniel in vision foretell in time when Jesus would come, but, Isaiah foretold about events connected with Jesus' coming, trial and death in detail, hundreds of years before they happened.

        Zechariah 11:12,13 described Judas and the 30 pieces of silver given to him to betray Jesus. "...So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord." Psalms chapter 69 is a prophecy about Jesus and the shame he would endure. Verse 19 says, "Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: mine adversaries are all before thee." Verse 21, Jesus Himself, through David spoke about being given gall and vinegar as if it were happening then, hundreds of years before it actually happened. "They gave me also gall for my meat: and in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink."

        Like chapter 69 of Psalms, chapter 22 is also all about Jesus' trials and suffering at Calvary. The first verse repeats the very words used by Jesus while on the cross. "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

        The rest of the chapter describes Jesus' agony of heart in the first person, that is as if He were speaking, and how his enemies assailed Him. "They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint, my heart is like wax, it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws: and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: THEY PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. THEY PART MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND CAST LOTS UPON MY VESTURE." (Verses 13-18)

        Finally, the prophet Isaiah in chapter 53 describes Jesus' coming, his life, his beauty, how he would be "despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief." He describes how "we hid as it were our faces from him; how he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

        "But He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

        "All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all,

        "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: HE IS BROUGHT AS A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER, AND AS A SHEEP BEFORE HER SHEARERS IS DUMB, SO HE OPENETH NOT HIS MOUTH.

        "He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: FOR THE TRANSGRESSION OF MY PEOPLE WAS HE STRICKEN.

        "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death: because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth." (Verses 3-9)

        Soon my friends, very soon, we are going to see this Jesus, our Savior coming back to this earth, not as our Savior, but as the King of kings to receive us unto Himself. Many of us will live during the time Jesus spoke of, which he described as the most terrible time of trouble this world has ever seen since there was a nation. Look around you at what is happening in the world, at nature, at nations, spiritually, in all the signs and lying wonders happening all around us. It is no wonder that the judgments of God are already falling. Our only safety is to be a child of the King. Only in this way can we be protected and safe under the shadow of the Almighty (Psalm 91).

        Now you can see why I have over the years been so intrigued by Bible prophecy and why I believe it is the ultimate proof about God and His Word. Of necessity, I have only touched on the barest minimum of these. There are literally hundreds of prophesies all declaring God's Word as the truth. There is still many of them like those found in the book of Revelation that are yet to be understood. Only as the events unfold will we understand perfectly what was meant. Prophecy is only fully understood when it takes place. It is impossible for man to understand God and His Word without the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

        Now, before I close this lecture, there is yet one other late development that I mentioned at the beginning of this discussion that needs to be addressed. This has to do with a very recent finding about bible codes. Although the findings and research overwhelmingly prove them to be authentic, in the back of my mind I have some reservations. I see the possibility of the enemy manipulating these findings to introduce a hidden agenda.

        I see the possibility of this computer study being orchestrated to get people to believe some things that are not true. In this way Satan could deceive millions of honest people seeking for truth and light. I admit that I may be wrong and hope that I am. But, if I am right in this, it will in time be proven, for something that does not agree with the Word will surface, leading people on a line of reason that not will deceive them. Time will tell. Anyway this is what has been found:

WORD STRUCTURE:

        In March 1996, "Flashpoint," a newsletter ministry by Texe Marrs, carried the following article about the Bible which is similar to Panin's findings about numerical word patterns, except that the findings deal more with mathematical patterns of words rather than the number equivalent of their letters. The article quotes "Statistical Science," the official journal of the institute of Mathematical Statistics which published the research study proving the Holy Bible to be of divine authorship. Bible Review magazine, in quoting from the journal, explains that the results of the study apply only to the Hebrew manuscript from which only the King James version of the Bible was written.

        Some very interesting prophecies have been discovered about the Bible through the use of the computer. These discoveries are much like the findings of Panin and the number 7 which I shared with you a few weeks ago. Just as with Panin, it seems impossible to explain these findings in any other way but that the Word of God is of divine origin, that is, unless the enemy is up to something, for he is very capable of manipulating computers.

        This discovery seems to put a whole new twist on biblical prophecy. No doubt, some of you already know what I am talking about. It has to do with a hidden Bible code which has been widely publicized on TV and talk shows, and is described in several books. But there is reason to be suspect, as I will point out after I share some quotations. I will first quote Texe Marrs, who writes extensively and publishes "Flashpoint," a periodical update of current spiritual events. Then I will share with you what I found in Michael Drosnin's new book "The Bible Code," which first brought this phenomenon to the attention of the public. However, other authors have also written about the Bible codes. Another well publicized book which I have also read, is "The Signature of God," by Grant R. Jeffrey. Promotion for his book says: "Discover research that will help you prove the Bible is the inspired Word of God! Jeffrey explains mysterious Hebrew codes in the Old Testament that refer to Hitler, Rabin, and Jesus; gives historical proof for the Exodus and Tower of Babel, as well as Christ's death and resurrection; shows the precision of fulfilled prophecy, and uncovers scientific statements from the Bible." The Christian world is most impressed with these findings. Christian writer and author Texe Marrs is convinced that this is of heavenly origin. Here is what he has to say:

        "Astounded scientists have no explanation for the new, mind-boggling, scientific discovery of three highly respected professors from the Jerusalem College of Technology and the Hebrew University in Israel. The authoritative research of these scholars, published in two prestigious scientific journals, proves conclusively that the Holy Bible (King James Version) could only have been written by God Himself!

        "The three scholars, all mathematicians, used an advanced computer to painstakingly and scientifically analyze the Bible's book of Genesis. The results left them stunned and in shock. They discovered hidden words encoded in the original Hebrew text that could not have been accidental, nor placed there by human hand.

        "Even more amazing was the discovery that some of the words found included numerous names and personal data of people living today in the 20th century. What's more, the decoded text predicted actual events which have happened in the lives of the named men. This, in spite of the fact that Genesis was written thousands of years ago!

        "The researchers realized that their findings, if scientifically verified and replicated by others, would change the religious landscape of the world forever. For decades now, scientific critics have claimed that the Bible is the work of men, not God. Sadly, even most of today's so-called 'Bible Scholars' and 'Seminary experts' discount the contention that the Bible was literally written by God.

        "Apostate Bible scholars have long scorned and laughed at Christians who teach that the Bible is wholly inspired and without error. They especially despise and love to vilify Christian fundamentalists who teach that every word of the Bible is perfect—even every letter!

        "Criticized, too, are traditional, Orthodox Jews, who insist that the Torah, (the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible—e.g. the Old Testament) were dictated by God directly to Moses in a precise, mathematical and divinely designed manner. Christian literalists extend this belief to cover the entire Bible—Old and New Testament—pointing out that God promised to preserve all of His Word forever.

        "The 'higher criticism' Bible scholars say this is nonsense. They maintain that the Bible is 'man-made' and is flawed, being a grand duke's mixture of fables, legends, and pseudo-history concocted by fertile human imaginations. They insist that it definitely should not be taken literally. That is why they publish and recommend the newer Bible versions, which butcher the Word of God, omitting or mangling so many passages that the original wording is horribly marred.

Bible Critics Proven Dead Wrong:

        Now, with this recent scientific discovery, the Bible critics are proven dead wrong. Even "Bible Review," the influential, scholarly magazine well known for its liberal views of biblical history and archaeological findings, is impressed. Editor Hershel Shanks writes that, according to this new research, it is documented that imbedded in the book of Genesis are "hundreds of...names of Jewish leaders and events that postdate the composition of the biblical text." (Bible Review, October 1995, p.4)

        "'The odds of this happening by chance,' Shanks says, 'are mathematically one in 50,000,000,000, 000,000.' In other words: impossible. "In an Associated Press article (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, October 28, 1995), journalists David Briggs, confirms this stupendous mathematical certainty. 'The odds of the words occurring by chance,' he reports, 'are less than one in 50 quadrillion.'

        "'So far,' Briggs writes, 'the research has been published in two scientific journals, and no natural explanation has been found. 'It is,' he adds, 'a mystifying mathematical and biblical puzzle. World's Top Mathematicians are Stumped'

        "One of the scientific journals publishing the research study by the three Hebrew University professors is" Statistical Science," the obscure but highly prestigious and respected journal of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). IMS is a professional association of the world's most distinguished statisticians and mathematicians. The journal's executive editor, Dr. Robert Kass, had never before published a religious study in Statistical Science. But he and his fellow editors were stumped. They could not find a single flaw in the research. The bewildered but fascinated Kass then sent the study out to other, independent researchers, professionally known as 'referees.' They, too, were taken aback. 'How can this be?' they asked.

        Finally, as a challenge to the journal's scholarly readers, worldwide, Dr Kass decided to publish the resarch findings. Thus, in the August 1994 edition (Vol. 9, No. 3) of Statistical

        Science, was published the study titled 'Equidistant Letter Sequences in the Book of Genesis.'"

        "In the preface of the journal, Dr. Kass writes: 'Professors Doron Witztum, Eliyahu Rips and Yoav Rosenberg searched the Book of Genesis looking for pairs of words spelled by picking out every dth letter, where 'd' is some integer. The pairs of words were names of personalities and dates of their birth or death taken from the Encyclopaedia of Great Men in Israel. When the authors used a randomization test to see how rarely the patterns they found might arise by chance alone they obtained a very highly significant result, with p==0,000016. Our referees were baffled: their prior beliefs made them think the Book of Genesis could not possibly contain meaningful references to modern-day individuals, yet when the authors carried out additional analyses and checks, the effect persisted. The paper is thus offered to Statistical Science readers as a challenging puzzle.'

Bible Author Not Human!

            "Dr. Jeffery Satinover, who reviewed the Hebrew University study and reported on it in Bible Review, admits that, he, too, is perplexed, yet intrigued, by the stunning conclusions traced by the study. 'The implications,' Satinover remarks, 'are for individuals to decide.' But, he adds, 'If the research holds up and no flaw is found in the methodology, then I think the implication is clear that the authorship of Genesis is not human.'

King James Bible vs. The False, New Versions:

        "Significantly, the new findings of divine authorship strike a mortal blow at the false versions of the Bible. They apply only to the Hebrew Masoretic Text, which is the text used by the King James Bible translators.

        "As Dr. Satinover notes, the Hebrew University researchers 'worked from the Hebrew text... They focused on the book of Genesis as transmitted in the Jewish Orthodox tradition (the textus receptus, or Masoretic text).'"

        This sounds very impressive doesn't it? Supposedly irrefutable proof that the Bible is the Word of God. Comparing these recent findings with Panin's study using the same Masoretic text, you can see direct parallels between the two. We know that Panin's discovery is of divine origin, but what about this recent discovery? There are telltale signs that something is not quite right. Although no fault can be found with the research, the messages coming from this computer raises questions which need to be seriously considered. The following are some of the things I, and others have found from Drosnin's book that makes this study suspect.

        Drosnin begins his book by describing how these codes were first found, his involvement in proving them to be true, and his contact with the people like Rabin whose assassination was found in Scripture. My first question is about Drosnin himself. He is an avowed skeptical secular reporter. Yet after all of the evidence, he indicates he is still a religious skeptic. I contend that if after all his involvement and becoming part of the story, he has not been brought to the point of believing, then the Holy Spirit who gives all wisdom has not been involved in teaching him all truth regarding the nature of God.

        Pehaps the strongest evidence in Drosnin's book against these findings being authentic comes from the statement that it was not God that revealed the code, but "some other good being." There is no other source of good in the universe except God, who alone is the revealer of true secret spiritual things.

        The next question I have, is that Drosnin mixes evolution into his text, talking about man's 170,000 year existence. He shows evidence that the Bible Code links the extinction of the dinosaur with a massive asteroid which hit the earth wiping them out.

        Frequently Drosnin refers to the years 2006, 2010, and 2020 as the time of the end. He states that 'delay' is written into all the original prophecies of the 'End of Days.' " This is exactly the opposite of what the Bible says. God says that at the end of time, "the days would be shortened," else there would no flesh remain alive. As near as we can tell, for God never gives a specific date or year, 1997 began the seven thousandth millennial year, which, according to Scripture, marks the end of time. Using the code to convince people that there is more time (10 or 20 more years), and that God is going to extend time, has ever been a favorite ploy of the enemy to get people to put off their soul's preparation until after probationary time is closed and it is forever too late.

        I believe that this may be just the beginning of many lies presented as truth from the Bible code studies. Satan certainly has the power to manipulate computers to prove anything he wants them to prove. In this end of time, he will leave no stone unturned. He will use every device he has at his disposal, for he knows his neck is in the noose of God's judgment. He knows the end of his reign as king of this world is just about over.

        This latest device has all the earmarks of being a counterfeit of the true study done by Panin in the 1800's. The fact that it is getting such worldwide media attention makes it suspect. Wide publicity is how the enemy has always worked. The Marian apparition, the UFO phenomenon are cases in point. This latest trick of his is attracting the attention of the world, especially millions of Christians and Jews—Satan's primary target.

        As always, a counterfeit mixes error with truth. This particular one, in the eyes of the world, contains overwhelming astounding evidence from the infallible computer which the whole world worships as the ultimate truth machine. What people do not realize is that this supposedly infallible electronic god is under the control of the arch-deceiver who is manipulating its results in order to deceive and destroy all who believe and follow him and his devices. You can be sure that in the future he will use this device to announce false dates, events, possibly his coming as the Messiah. (see the book "Comings").

        You can see why I felt I should share with you my impressions and ideas about the Bible codes that has been brought to the attention of the whole world. I would encourage you to not just take my word, but to search this out for yourselves. If you will search with a prayer for the Holy Spirit's guidance and with an open heart, you will not be deceived by the enemy. The Lord will not let you be deceived. How many more delusions and devices Satan will bring to the fore, only time will tell. But you need not be deceived.

In Conclusion:

        So, my friends and students we have come to the end of what I believe was a very stimulating and thought provoking symposium series. In conclusion I would like to ask the question of those who still may be unconvinced about God and His book the Holy Bible. How do you answer the evidence presented by the God of heaven against evolution and men's claims that He does not exist? Where is your evidence? We will answer for you. You CANNOT present a single shred of evidence that can stand against the truth.

        God has effectively unmasked the enemy so that all may know the truth. "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." God is escalating His evidence, vindicating His word with proof that cannot be denied. No doubt there will still be more evidence to come. God has provided for all who want to know the truth the opportunity to find it. In this time of the end of this world, God is bringing forth His evidence against the carefully contrived machinations of the enemy, so that no detractor of truth will have anything left to say in defense of their beliefs.

        THERE IS A GOD! AND HE IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS. HE IS REVEALING TO ALL THE UNBELIEVING WORLD HIS PRESENCE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO LEAVE NO DOUBT IN ANYONE'S MIND. LET THOSE WHO MAINTAIN THERE IS NO GOD DENY HIS EXISTENCE IF THEY WILL. GOD WILL BE VINDICATED, AND HIS EXISTENCE KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED BY THE WHOLE WORLD.

        Each of you who have attended this series is as an individual accountable for the light that has been given to you. Each of us is standing before the judgment bar of God. Each of us is going to be asked to make a decision as to whom he will serve. At stake is your eternal life or death, depending upon what choice you make.

        God has never and will not now force anyone to serve Him. He woes and calls each of us now into a relationship with Him that will last for eternity, or bliss and joy, without pain or sorrow of any kind, and no more death and heartache. Will you my friends accept of this wondrous gift made possible by our Savior, the gift of His life to save you? Eternal life is waiting your decision. Do not put Him off any longer. Let His Holy Spirit come into your heart. Ask and seek Him with all your heart and you will find Him. You are either His or you are not. The decision is yours alone.

        I admit that the primary purpose of this seminar was to bring you to a point of decision for God by unfolding the evidence of His fantastic, unfathomable love. Will you not accept Him today? That is the question! I thank you for your support during this series and wish you all God's speed. lf you have any questions, I will remain here after the meeting to try and answer them. Perhaps, if you are interested we might in the future have another series. Until then, I bid you all goodnight, and thank you for coming.