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- Summary of Episode 3 by Dr. Robert Cargill. This episode explores many ancient Jewish and Christian documents that didn’t make it into the Bible. Scholars refer to these documents as the “Pseudepigrapha” (books written under a false name) and the “Apocrypha” (which came to be understood as the “hidden books”).
- “The Forbidden Scriptures” Act 1: The Biblical Canon. The episode begins by noting that both Judaism at the time of Christianity and early Christianity were incredibly diverse.
- “The Forbidden Scriptures” Act 2: Gnostic Christianity. In Act 2, the show introduces the Gnostics and some of their beliefs. The corpus of texts discovered at Nag Hammadi leads to a discussion of Gnosticism and Gnostic Christianity and how this belief system differed from what would become mainstream Christianity.
- “The Forbidden Scriptures” Act 3: The Figure of Mary Magdalene. In Act 3, the documentary examined the person and the Gospel attributed to Mary Magdalene.
Feb 8, 2021 · Whether you know your Scriptures chapter and verse, or your Bible still has that new-book smell, these Bible facts will surprise you!
- Ariel Zeitlin
Apr 10, 2023 · Scientists Have Discovered an Ancient Hidden Chapter in the Bible. UV photography revealed it was buried under layers of other text. By Tim Newcomb Published: Apr 10, 2023 12:49 PM EDT. Save...
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Jun 18, 2021 · Culture Club/Getty Images. The Power of Secrets. Five types of secrets that appear in the Bible help to illuminate key truths about life. by. Joseph M. Davis. June 18, 2021. Culture Club/Getty...
- Gematria: Hebrew Code
- An Encoded Focus
- A Flawed Idea
- Why Look For Codes?
- A Means of Starting Conversation
- A Clear Conclusion?
Scholars have identified an ancient Hebrew code known as gematria. Kevin DeYoung explainedthat with gematria, “every letter corresponded to a number, just like A might equal 1, and B equal 2, C equal 3, and so on,” but with greater complexity. “People did use [gematria] in the ancient world, more than we think.” In other words, the Hebrew writers h...
What if God used his scribes to embed coded messages into Scripture? Proponents of this idea tend to look for these codes relating to prophecy. In particular, they search for hidden meanings regarding Christ’s birth, death, resurrection, and return in the Old and New Testaments. Some believe that revealing such a code in the Old Testament will prov...
One article writerasserts, “we cannot completely rule out the possibility that God has ‘hidden’ messages in His Word. God is certainly capable of structuring His inspired Word in such a complex way.” But there are many hurdles to correctly deciphering Bible codes if they exist. One of these is that the number-to-letter schematic can result in numer...
Yet the trend continues. Many people simply enjoy the challenge, but there are many who desperately search for clues as to the End Times so that they can prepare for that day. To this end, they seek out hidden messages in Revelation, Daniel, and elsewhere. But the Lord’s Word says this: “concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angel...
As with any contentious argument regarding the Bible, the matter of codes is one that can lead to profitable conversation. Jesus’ parables were not encoded messages, but one could certainly use the theme of code-breaking as a segue into the subject of metaphor in stories about the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son. Furthermore, every codebreaker ...
Christians rest their faith on many factors, including what Jesus said about himself, the changed lives of the disciples, and the Holy Spirit’s transformative power in their lives personally. One does not need further evidence, such as hidden messages, for the truth about Jesus to be revealed. And no purportedly hidden messages can change the good ...
Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
Paul’s use of the term “hidden” to refer to this “secret” wisdom (v. 7) confirms that he has in mind a wisdom that is known clearly only in the fuller new covenant revelation. Of course, this wisdom consists of the truth that God saves people through the crucified and risen Savior (1 Cor. 1:23; 2:2).
