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Seeker2000 · 07-28-2005, 03:19 PM

From: http://www.khouse.org/articles/2001/331/

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An acrostic can be a mechanism for including a hidden message. In the Book of Esther we encounter some remarkable surprises. The name of God is hidden no less than eight times in acrostics in the text. Four times it appears as an acrostic, the famed Tetragammaton, "YHWH" or "Yahweh" or "YeHoVaH"; once as "EHYH" or "I AM" as at the Burning Bush. Also, Meshiach ("Messiah"), Yeshua ("Jesus"), and El Shaddai ("The Almighty"), also appear as equidistant letter sequences.

I don't think it is that spectacular that acrostics can be found in the Book of Esther. Apparently Esther means "something hidden" and the name of God doesn't appear once in the text, so it wouldn't be out of place if the author of the text hid "YHWH" in it in the form of acrostics (poems where the initial letters, syllables or words of the verses form a name or saying).

But what about terms like "Jesus" hidden in it? This could not really be the intention of the original author of Esther. The author of the article from the link above would probably say it is a hidden prophetic message about the Gospel, but is it really there? What do you think about these "equidistant letter sequences"?

Toto · 07-28-2005, 03:32 PM

That's Bible Code nonsense. You can find those messages in Moby Dick.

Wallener · 07-28-2005, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Seeker2000

But what about terms like "Jesus" hidden in it?

Give me a digital version of the book. I guarantee I can find an equidistant sequence that produces the phrase "Seeker2000 will burn in hell". Does that prove you are damned, Seeker? I mean, that's a pretty specific message, it couldn't possibly be unintended, could it?

Amaleq13 · 07-28-2005, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Seeker2000

But what about terms like "Jesus" hidden in it?

Assuming it is not just a coincidence, why wouldn't it be more likely translated as "Joshua" in reference to the significant figure from the Hebrew stories?

Bublish · 07-29-2005, 04:30 PM

The Tetragrammaton is (obviously) only four letters long, and the other words you cite aren't much longer. There are only 22 letters in Hebrew, and zillions of different ways you can arrange the text to find acrostics. Your coincidences are singularly unimpressive.

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07-28-2005, 03:32 PM	#2
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	That's Bible Code nonsense. You can find those messages in Moby Dick.

07-29-2005, 04:30 PM	#5
Bublish Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Gad Avia Posts: 6	The Tetragrammaton is (obviously) only four letters long, and the other words you cite aren't much longer. There are only 22 letters in Hebrew, and zillions of different ways you can arrange the text to find acrostics. Your coincidences are singularly unimpressive.

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