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THE PROPHETIC CODE OF THE
BIBLE
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Carlos Padilla, October 2012
The
Bible is a work of heavenly engineering and architecture that has a specific design in each of
its four interpretation categories: historic, prophetic, doctrinal and
spiritual. Likewise, we must nourish our spirit, our mind, our soul and our
body. Both The Bible and ourselves have been created by God.
The
Bible shows us God's history with human kind. It also shows us the prophecies
that God has been revealing and that have been fulfilled so far, and the ones that
will be fulfilled. It also includes all the teaching for life, the teaching of
doctrine and relationships for man towards his family and friends, with his brethren in
the faith, with his neighbours and with God. It also includes all the spiritual
message, symbolic, in parables and allegories than enrich and nourish our lives
applying them in every age and generation, like Jesus used to open the Parables
to His disciples.
We can
find the historical code if the study the history of humanity contained in the
Bible and we confront it with the history of humanity in the registers we hold.
The
doctrinal code is a structure of thoughts that starts with the first
conversation that God had with Adam, continues with Noah, Abraham, the Law given
to Moses and that Jesus Christ taught the apostles and us in its spiritual depth
and truth under the Grace of God.
The
spiritual code is a gift from God, like faith, that has been given to us under
the mind of Christ revealed to ours, what the Bible teaches through the Greek
word "metanoia", the change of mind. But this word that we know in the Bible
translated as repentance - what John the Baptist and our Lord Jesus Christ used
to proclaim at the beginning of their ministry - is not associated with
this change of thinking, the change of mind, of attitude, but with penance for
the condemnation of sin and guilt, for most of the readers, which is a serious
mistake that is against the doctrine of the Gospel of Christ. Hebrew
also has the word "teshuva" which means return to God, in a reference to the way
of thinking, acting, a way of life, always in the same lines of the New
Testament, as it could not be any other way. Parables, allegories and symbolism
in the Bible are so rich that they will never leave the disciple
in Christ hungry.
This
time we will focus on the Prophetic Code in the Bible, which we can understand
following the timeline of events, if we see the Bible as the true
definitive time entity regarding time limit that God has given man
on Earth, which He created and that he will replace with Paradise.
THE
PROPHETIC CODE OF THE BIBLE
When
we talk about code we can remember what it means if we think about laws,
figures, formulas, applications, etc, such as a code of laws, an alarm code, a
bar code, the post code, the code of signs used un the navy or in air force. The
Law of God is a code of conduct, the Commandments are also a part of it - even
if most of the world ignores them, they are still in force.
But there are other higher codes, like the love of God from a human heart,
something that can only be learnt and felt through the Grace of God and the
effort of a spiritual doctrine under the Holy Spirit.
God
designs everything He created with perfection and accuracy as basic
principle. We only have to look at the stars and our planet, or the human body.
Prophecies contained in His Word could be no less. As the laws of physics
show, designed by God, they are exposed systematically, in order,
deliberately, they are not coincidences.
The
prophecies in the Bible follow an orderly pattern of fulfillment, whose
purpose is to show us that the Bible is real and that the Bible is the Word of
God.
19
Do not
quench the Spirit.
20
Do not
despise prophecies.
21
Test all things; hold fast what
is good.
22
Abstain from every form of evil.23
Now may the God of peace
Himself sanctify you completely;
and may your whole spirit, soul,
and body be preserved blameless
at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
24
He who calls you is faithful,
who also will do it. 1
Thessalonians 5:19-24.
It is not a coincidence that we find books that start and end
the great encyclopaedia of books that the Bible is, are Genesis and Revelation. One in Hebrew and the other one in
Greek. These two languages, as we all know, have letters that also have a
numerical value. The Secret Code of the
Bible is already well known, and is used by the secret services in many
countries, like Israel, the U.S.A., England and others, as a guide to try and
prevent major terrorist attacks and tragedies. Another issue is how
far it can be used and how much faith political leaders
have. Does God allow for His Word to be used merely for the purpose of political
convenience?
GENESIS AND REVELATION
The book of Genesis starts with Creation, as we all know, and
the book of Revelation ends with the New Creation, Chapters 1 and 2 and Chapters
21 and 22 respectively.
The chronology of the prophetic code is like a W, it has three
peaks and two valleys. It is not a coincidence that the letter used to write the
name of God in ancient times - in Hebrew, of course - and read from
right to left: YHWH and later YHVH. This allegory of letter "W" allows us to
understand that the first peak is God's Creation, the second one is Christ on
Earth - who is the Kingdom of God - and the third peak is the end and the
beginning of the New Creation and Eternity in His coming. In the three of them
we have God's personal intervention in the Trinity: "..Let Us make man..."
Genesis 1:26. The two valleys are the history of humanity before and after
Christ, marked by the history of Israel and of the Church.
We continue with the symmetry of these two impressive
books of the Bible with the intermediate point of the Gospels, the W. After
Creation, man - Adam and Eve - live in a personal relationship with God in
Paradise, in the garden of Eden. In Revelation 22:4 we see how human kind that
has been saved, through faith in Jesus Christ, sees the face of God
and lives with God.
As we continue to read forward in Genesis and backwards in
Revelation, we also see the symmetry in the design of prophetic events, the
prophetic Code reveals itself. The sin of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3 when the
serpent deceives Eve, is confronted
with the judgment in Revelation 2, when the serpent is released
after 1000 years to test the nations. Until then, the first fathers until
Noah, just like the ones who will live in the millennium, live to 1000 years of
age.
After this event, Noah's Ark symbolizes the call to the
Wedding of the Lamb, for those who love God in Christ. After this event, we see
that man continues his own way, opposing God, and builds the Tower of
Babel, which coincides symmetrically with Babylon, and its fall, that reflects
the confusion of languages, another symbol of the different
denominations, religions, the ecumenism which is so fashionable these days, the
"anything goes" attitude, placing the criteria of the men of God before the Word of God.
Disobedience prevails in the majority of people. But there are a few others who do obey God
and look for His love and His blessing, because they understand that He is our
Father who loves us.
God's judgments are revealed in the flood, which coincides
with the final plagues, the seven cups of wrath, the trumpets and the seals in
Revelation. But His Grace is with Abraham and his descendants, the children of
the faith, the Church and the Israel of God, which is shown in Revelation. We
then go on to the birth of Isaac and Jacob "Israel", and the state of
Israel today, according to Jesus Christ's prophecies, after being scattered
across the nations, which is another Bible prophecy in
Zechariah 12.
As we have seen, Genesis and Revelation are a heavenly source
of information that opens what I have called the
Prophetic Code of The Bible for the mind of the believer. I invite you to
continue reading these two books in both directions until you reach the Gospels
and to find the rest of events in history happening symmetrically. The Holy Spirit
awaits to show them to you. He will show you the prophecy of
Isaiah 9:6 and the one in Isaiah 53 about Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah
who would come to wart, being the King of the Universe, to die for us.
BIBLE TEXTS
GENESIS 1. CREATION OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
In
the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth.
2
The earth was without form, and
void; and darkness was
on the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God was
hovering over the face of the
waters.
3
Then God said, “Let there be
light”; and there was light.
4
And God saw the light, that it
was good; and God divided the
light from the darkness.
5
God called the light Day, and
the darkness He called Night. So
the evening and the morning were
the first day.
REVELATION 21. CREATION OF NEW
HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH
The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave Him to show His
servants—things which must
shortly take place. And He sent
and signified it by His angel to
His servant John,
2
who bore witness to the word of
God, and to the testimony of
Jesus Christ, to all things that
he saw.
GENESIS 2. GOD WAS WITH ADAM AND
EVE
25
And they were both naked, the
man and his wife, and were not
ashamed.
REVELATION 21. GOD IS WITH US
3
And I heard a loud voice from
heaven saying, “Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
and He will dwell with them, and
they shall be His people. God
Himself will be with them and be
their God.
4
And God will wipe away every
tear from their eyes; there
shall be no more death, nor
sorrow, nor crying. There shall
be no more pain, for the former
things have passed away.”
GENESIS 3. THE SERPENT DECEIVES
EVE AND ADAM
13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 So the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
REVELATION 20. THE SERPENT IS BOUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS SO THAT IT WILL NOT DECEIVE
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.
GENESIS 11. THE TOWER OF BABEL
Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
REVELATION 18. THE FALL OF BABYLON
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. 22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”
PROPHETIC EVENTS SEEN SYMMETRICALLY
Genesis 1. Creation of Heaven and Earth. Genesis 2. God was
with Adam and Eve. Genesis 3. The serpent deceives Eve and Adam. Genesis 11. The
Tower of Babel.
Revelation 18. The fall of Babylon. Revelation 20. The serpent
is bound for a thousand years to stop it from deceiving. Revelation 21. God is with us.
Revelation 21. Creation of New Heavens and New Earth.
The Bible opens and ends the same way. "...I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last." Says
the Lord in Revelation 22:13. Blessed are those who do His commandments, that
they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates
into the city. Revelation 22:14
Read more events of the Prophetic Code symmetrically in your
Bible, and if you do not have one, go to
The New King James Bible
CONCLUSION
The Bible is a jewel whose magnitude we cannot comprehend, it
is a spiritual project from God, designed by His omniscient mind. We can feed
from it always. "... Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God ..." Matthew 4:4, Luke 4:4. All the information
in the Bible is for us, since it was written for is, this is why we must get
used to feed from the Bible every day of our lives. Whoever does not do this,
will suffer from spiritual famine, lack of spiritual nutrition which leads to
mental and spiritual fragility, which precedes the illness of losing our faith,
which precedes death. Although God can bring the dead back to life, as He shows
us in the prophetic story in Ezekiel 37 in the Valley of the Dry Bones,
referring to Israel and the Church. Do not let this be a reflection of your own
life. Eat every day, feed yourself, feed your spirit, your mind, your soul and
your heart, because the Holy Spirit is always ready.
Finally, let us remember the Words that Jesus Christ said to
John in Revelation 21: ...Then
He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to
me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
6 And
He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely
to him who thirsts.
7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things,
and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
I recommend that you draw a
chronological chart on a large sheet of paper, with your family, like a school
assignment for children. You will all learn from this Code and you will know
where you are living at and will know the blessing of the Grace of God, who
loves us and has a precious plan for eternal life, by the Love of Christ on the
Cross for us. Glory be to the Lord. HalleluYah. Maranatha. Amen.
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