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Michaels Drosnin's book "The Bible Code" is available from all good bookstores (and some bad ones!)
Drosnin, a journalist, popularised the Torah Codes with his best-selling book:
The Bible Code.
He performed his own analysis of the Bible based on the work of the scientists who developed the code, Eliyahu Rips, Doron Witzum, and Yoav Rosenberg. His book, he says, is an investigative report on the facts. And these facts are that there is a code in the Bible, and that in a few instances it has foretold events that then happened exactly as predicted, but also that there is no way to know if the code can predict the distant future. He has proven these facts by testing them on his own, and by interviewing the scientists who discovered the code. He became convinced that the code was real when he accurately predicted the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin a year in advance.
Although Drosnin says that the bible code "is not a crystal ball and that his book is a report on the facts, that does not keep him from making catastrophic predictions for the future. A large portion of his book is devoted to the possibilities of Armageddon, and the Apocalypse. But few, if any, of the code's important advocates agree with Drosnin's ideas.
Drosnin believes that the Bible code has revealed when and where the Apocalypse may begin. He says that only two years, the year 2000 and 2006, were clearly encoded with "World War." They were also encoded with the words "atomic holocaust." There is no way to know which year the code means that the war would occur in. The year 2000 is seen twice within the code, but the year 2006 is mathematically the best match. So if the Bible code is right a third World War within the next ten years.
It would be a war fought with weapons of mass destruction that would cause a literal Armageddon. This prediction came from the Isaiah scroll. Isaiah describes a terrible Apocalypse, and also says: "For you this whole vision is nothing but words sealed in a book." This sealed book is of course the Bible code, which tells not only about the Apocalypse but when and where it might begin.
Drosnin also looks to the Mezuzah scroll for answers about the real Armageddon. In its 170 words the years 2000 and 2006 are encoded. The only time that "World War" and "atomic holocaust" are encoded in the Bible they appear here, in the same two versus with the same two years. Also where these years are encoded, the code reveals the phrases "it will bombard your country, terror, devastation, it is being launched." This same code also predicted "in 5700 the cremator came." This is a clear prediction of the Holocaust, and if it predicted the First World War then why not the last?
Jerusalem is the only world capital encoded with "atomic holocaust" or "World War." It is located near "your city to be destroyed by an act of terrorism" crossed by "atomic holocaust." It is encoded in a section of the Book of Isaiah that describes the Apocalypse. It is a description that sounds undeniably like that of an atomic explosion, and a nuclear war. The Bible code seems to confirm the Biblical prophecy of Armageddon.
"Terrorism" is also encoded with "World War." This could mean that terrorists with nuclear weapons could bring on the total destruction of the world. And Drosnin's theory is that today, due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, nuclear weapons are more available to terrorists than ever before, so this is a definite possibility.
Drosnin concludes that Armageddon will begin with nuclear terrorism in the Middle East, because Armageddon is a real place. It is the Greek name for the city of Megiddo in Israel. The ancient city is in ruins today, and does not seem like it would be the sight of major battle. But not to far north of it is located one of Israel's most important Air Force bases. The base faces Syria, which according to the code will have a major role in the final world war. "Armageddon is encoded with the name Hafez Asad, Syria's current leader, in a sequence that includes the word "holocaust." Russia, China and the USA also appear with the words World War, but since they are super powers it is to be expected. Syria on the other hand is the odd one.
In a prophecy told in Ezekiel in the plain text of the bible, it says that Israel will be invaded from the North. Syria is also encoded in Ezekiel, with the names of its allies: "Persia" and "Phut." These countries are the present day nations of Iran and Libya. The text of the bible, and the code within in seem to work together predicting a huge destructive battle (World War III) that will begin with a battle between Israel and the surrounding Arab nations. This battle will most likely be fought with atomic weapons. This war will perhaps occur in the years 2000 or 2006
This is not Drosnin's only idea of end times. He also predicts a massive earthquake to bring on the Apocalypse. The destruction of the world by earthquake is frequently foretold in the plain text of the Bible. And the last thing encoded in the bible is what sounds like a prophecy of the Apocalypse. "To annihilate, totally destroy, he hurled a violent force, and for everyone the great terror: fire, earthquake." The code seems to predict a series of "great earthquakes" in the years 2000, 2014, and 2113. The U.S., China, Japan, and Israel all have great "earthquakes" predicted in the near future. But Los Angeles is mathematically the best match, near which is encoded the year 2010. Japan is the country most clearly encoded with a great earthquake. It and Israel are repeatedly stated to be in great danger. They appear together with "End of Days" and "Japan" is encoded with "holocaust of Israel." The two countries names are also encoded together crossing "year of the plague" and "Final Battle."
An immense disaster seems to threaten both nations. In Israel the threatened disaster is nuclear war, and in Japan it is a great earthquake. Both would affect the entire world. But it is possible that the disaster that strikes Japan that affects the world is actually an "economic collapse" which is also encoded with "earthquake struck Japan." This would make sense because Japan is so central to the world economy today.
Another possibility for the way the end will play out which is encoded in the bible, is the collision of an asteroid with the earth. A collision is predicted in the year 2006. Crossed with this year are the statements "its path struck their dwelling" and "star like object." Other years are also predicted however. The year 2010 appears with "comet" "days of horror" "darkness" and "gloom." And the year 2012 is encoded right below "earth annihilated."
Drosnin also points out that sometimes the code predicts events accurately but does not predict the accurate date. This became apparent to him when he was convinced that in July 1996 an atomic holocaust would occur in Israel. After it did not occur he noticed that the word "delayed" was encoded with it. This presents a different view of the code, and of time itself.
Time is not predetermined. People have freedom o f choice. There are simply a number of possible futures, and not one definite one. But each of them can be found within the Bible code. This means that the times of events, even of the apocalypse can be delayed, or changed. The code can be thought of more as a warning than a simple prediction of what will happen.
The word delay is frequently encoded in the bible with important events. It can be found with many of those mentioned above, such as "year of the plague" in Israel and Japan, "World War" encoded with the years 2000 and 2006, and even with "end of days." Whenever "end of days" appears in the text of the Bible, the word delay is encoded.
Every tension or skirmish in the Middle East could be the beginning of Armageddon according to Drosnin. But until each comes to an end we cannot tell. The bible has many Middle Eastern leaders' names, event over event, and year over year encoded, so it is impossible to know which battle or exactly when a battle will become the final battle.
The above is a summary of the Apocalyptic conclusions that Drosnin made in his book from his study of the code. When Eliyahu Rips learned of these predictions that Drosnin had made from the bible code he tried to distance himself from it, making it known that they had done no joint research. He felt that Drosnin's book made unfounded claims, and that he distorted the research. Above all Rips denounced Drosnin's predictions of the End of the World. In a press conference Rips said "All attempts to extract messages from Torah Codes or to make predictions based on them are futile and of no value. The only conclusion that can be drawn from the scientific research regarding the torah codes is that they exist and that they are not mere coincidence. It is scientifically impossible to make predictions with codes."
Rips is only one of many scientists who disagree with Drosnin. Harold Gans, a retired National Security Agency cryptologist studied and verified Rips, Witztum, and Rosenburg's research. He found Drosnin's research to be statistically, and scientifically shaky. Dave Thomas, a mathematician and physicist programmed his computer to use Drosnin's approach, and found some interesting results. In Genesis he found "The Code is Bogus" and in War and Peace he found "Guilty Lee Oswald shot Kennedy." Both Died." Brendan McKay found equally "astonishing" references in Moby Dick. Drosnin responded "That Brendan Mckay has counterfeited 'codes' in Moby Dick does not prove that the Bible code is not real," adding "Thomas appears not to understand the Bible Code at all."
It is questionable however if Drosnin understands the code himself. His book is essentially a sensationalist piece, and receives no respect from any of the codes' top proponents. He draws considerable catastrophic conclusions from the Bible Code that scientifically cannot be made. In trying to defend his book, Drosnin himself said, "I am not saying that the Bible Code is a crystal ball. You cannot say 'Bible, please tell me the future' and find out anything. You have to know what you are looking for to find anything at all." With this statement he inadvertently admits that in order to find the specific predictions and accounts of events that he found within the code, he had to specifically look for these things. His approach was less than scientific to say the least.
