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Question: Do we need to know about secret codes embedded within the text of the Bible in order to understand it?
Answer: The claim that there is a secretly embedded code in the Bible discernible by computer calculations has created much interest of late, but knowledge of such a code is not necessary to understand the Bible. While it is true that God inspired the Scriptures in a way that veils their meaning, the key to understanding is God's Spirit—not a codebook, computer or clever mathematician.
The apostle Paul wrote that "the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God... nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:14). The Spirit of God is a gift to the children of God, not restricted to a few who discover the keys to a hidden code.
Notice also the words of a related prophecy found in Isaiah 29:10-14: "For the Lord has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes [blocked your understanding]... The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed [closed, unable to be understood], which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, 'Read this, please.' And he says, 'I cannot, for it is sealed.' Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, 'Read this, please.' And he says, 'I am not literate.'
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