Reaching Unbelievers

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“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

*Tel: 253-517-9195 - Email: jmbetter at gmail.com*

*Web: www.2rbetter.org*

January 24, 2011

 REACHING UNBELIEVERS THROUGH BIBLE NUMERICS

Does a mathematical design exist in the text of the Bible, and if so, would
it convince unbelievers that the Bible is divinely inspired? An early 20th
century mathematician believed it could.
by Jim and Marie Watt

 Marie and I pastored the Messianic Congregation Beth Chesed in Federal Way,
Washington. For some time we had felt a prayer burden for a Russian Jewish
couple. They had been looking for prayer support and help to reach Russian
Jews in Israel, America and in Russia. We believed we could help them to
fulfill the vision and call God had given them, and to put tools in their
hands that could bring to fruition all their hopes and dreams. Why were we
so confident?

 In the spring of 1944, as a new believer in Jesus, I was approached by a
Russian Jew, Dr. Jewell. He challenged me. "You are called to the ministry,
no?"

  [image: Reaching Unbelievers Through Bible Numerics]

Dr. Ivan Panin
 "Yes," I replied. "You would like to know Greek, no?"

"Yes”, I again responded.

"If I teach you Greek, would you study the works of the great Ivan Panin?"

I had not heard of the great Ivan
Panin,<http://members.cox.net/8thday/panin.html>but I quickly
perceived that this would be a bargain for me, so I said,
"Yes."

"Here are two pamphlets by Dr. Panin," he said. "Take and read, and next
week we have our first lesson."

The following week, Dr. Jewell did not show up at our church in Victoria,
B.C., of approximately 400 members. Not only that, but no one in the
congregation could recall him at all! I wondered if I had met an angel!

 When I was discharged from the Canadian Navy in 1945, I attended Bible
college in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for one year. During that time I often
took out Panin's two pamphlets and pondered them. I decided to order all 20
or so books and pamphlets listed on the back cover. Soon I received a
package from Ontario containing my order. When I read Panin's introduction
to his *Greek Numeric New Testament*, I was "bit." He demonstrated that Bible
Numerics <http://sigler.org/finnestad/bible.htm> show the original Greek
reading of the New Testament, reveal copyists errors among the seven major
manuscripts and 3000 New Testament fragments, and more than that, Bible
Numerics clearly settle accurate contexts by sentence, paragraph and chapter
equivalent.

I immediately outlined the book of Ephesians by giving each sentence a
title, and then summarizing these titles into paragraphs and chapters. I was
so impressed with the clarity that came to this book, that in time I did the
same for the entire New Testament. In the process I copied out the Greek
text by hand twice, and worked back Panin's English translation into a
literal format, so that individual English words lined up under the Greek
words. I then inserted my sentence titles and summaries into paragraphs and
chapters. Next I put *Strong's Concordance* numbers above each significant
Greek word.

It was also for the sake of Panin that I prepared the outline of Ephesians
as a model for the rest of the New Testament. By working his translation
back into a literal form, preserving it as closely as possible to his
original, the desire of his heart for his Russian compatriots would be
fulfilled.

On Saturday morning March 18, 1967 I was preparing for our Sunday services
at Broadway Tabernacle, Seattle. Totally unexpectedly—in a split second I
saw how to use the works of *Englishman's Greek Concordance*, John
Stegenga's *Greek Concordance*, and Panin's *New Testament* numeric Greek
and English texts to produce Greek word studies in a new format, but easily
usable by lay leaders. It took me two hours to write up the insights given
to me at that time by the Holy Spirit. While the *Interlinear Greek and
English New Testaments* give perspective and context, the word studies
provide accurate definitions that can quickly be converted into preaching
and teaching outlines. I have sought to provide "tentative evaluations" of
each Greek word, as much as possible void of personal doctrinal convictions,
by letting God's Word mean what it wants to mean so that God alone can say
what He wants to say. In a few months I hope to have the book of Ephesians
in this format on my website. And added to this, as it is finished, each
significant Greek word as a new type of word study based on the above
mentioned texts.

I am currently transliterating the Greek text into English letters along the
Berlitz method of learning foreign languages. In this way a layman with no
knowledge of Greek or Hebrew can pronounce the Greek text understandably
with the correct accent, while seeing Panin's translation right below.

Panin himself had both his *Greek* and *English Numeric New
Testaments*printed in Oxford, England in a most scholarly way, devoid
of typos and
personal choice of words. Preceding the production of his *Greek Numeric New
Testament*, he spent ten years providing a scientific and mathematically
checked *Greek Concordance* as an accurate guide to accompany his New
Testament. It also proved to be a great help in providing an English
translation.

He was a mathematical genius who died a Harvard scholar …

It was Panin's hope and conviction that his countrymen, among whom were many
mathematicians and scientists, would through this tool find God's plan of
redemption in Jesus. Jehovah's Witnesses offered to use his two texts to
form an interlinear Greek New Testament in a parallel manner to their *Emphatic
Diaglott*. Panin turned down this offer, because he considered them to be a
cult. For 63 years since his death in 1942, his hope has languished.

Here is a brief bio of Panin by Keith Newman, titled, "God Is a
Mathematician" <http://www.wordworx.co.nz/panin.html>.

*"The authenticity of the Holy Bible has been attacked at regular intervals
by atheists and theologians alike but none have explained away the
mathematical seal beneath its surface.*

*"It would seem the divine hand has moved to prevent counterfeiting in the
pages of the Bible in a similar manner to the line that runs through paper
money. Bible Numerics appear to be God's watermark of
authenticity<http://members.cox.net/8thday/panin.html>
.*

*"Vital research on this numeric seal was completed by a native of the
world's most renowned atheistic nation, Russia. Ivan Panin was born in
Russia on December 12, 1855. As a young man he was an active nihilist and
participated in plots against the Czar and his government. He was a
mathematical genius who died a Harvard scholar and a citizen of the United
States in 1942.*

*"Panin was exiled from Russia. And after spending a number of years
studying in Germany, he went to the United States where he became an
outstanding lecturer on literary criticism.*

*"Panin was known as a firm agnostic—so well known that when he discarded
his agnosticism and accepted the Christian faith, the newspapers carried
headlines telling of his conversion.*

*"It was in 1890 that Panin made the discovery of the mathematical structure
underlining the vocabulary of the Greek New Testament. … *

*"This article is in truth an oversimplification of the work of Panin and
others who followed in his footsteps. Panin's work initially involved some
40,000 pages of material on which he had written millions of small neat
calculations. It involved volumes.*

*"He often labored up to 18 hours a day exploring the vast numeric
structure. By and large it was a thankless task. Panin said 'When I first
made the discovery I was of course, taken off my feet—I was in the same
condition as our friend Archimedes who when he solved a great mathematical
problem while in the bath, rushed into the street naked, crying "I have
found it". I thought people would be delighted to embrace the new discovery
but I found human nature is always the same. So I quietly withdrew and did
my work all by myself.'*

*"Although it would appear that his work has been largely lost from popular
reading today—Panin did accomplish several outstanding works. He published
Structure in the Bible through the 'Numeric Greek New Testament' and the
'Numeric English New Testament.'*

*"The works of Ivan Panin have been put before the experts many times. Panin
once challenged nine noted rationalists and Bible critics through the medium
of the *New York Sun *newspaper November 9, 1899. He dared them to publicly
refute or give explanation for a few of his presented facts. Four made lame
excuses. The rest were silent.*

*"Panin issued a challenge throughout leading newspapers of the world asking
for a natural explanation or rebuttal of the facts. Not a single person
accepted. He died at Aldershot, Ontario Canada on October 30th, 1942, age
87."*

If you want to investigate the reliability and accuracy of Panin's 100,000
hours and 50 years of research, do a Google search on "Bible Numerics" as it
relates to Ivan Panin. Check him out with men like Dr. Jowett, David
duPlessis, Winkey Pratney, Dr. Keith L.
Brooks,<http://www.bereanpublishers.com/Apologetics/Book_Info_On_Ivan_Panin.htm>Karl
G. Sabiers and many others. These men have researched the reliability
of Panin's work and have come to believe that Bible Numerics is a God-given
tool that could sweep millions of Russians into the Kingdom of God. They in
turn could win many Russian Jews to the Messiah, and these then could win
more Russian and fellow Jews to faith in Jesus, who at his first coming
worked out redemption for the whole human race.

You will find in your Bible Numerics Google search strong opponents to the
research work of Ivan Panin. Take the opposition of the critics to Ivan
Panin with a grain of salt. I have experienced his work draw unbelievers to
Christ on several occasions.

I presented to a Ph.D. in Pharmacology at the University of Illinois in
Chicago a portion of Panin's Greek text of John 1, with the numerical
equivalents. He checked it out, and in less than two weeks, was completely
satisfied. He asked me what he should do about his own spiritual life. I
gave him John 7:17, and encouraged him to seek water baptism, which he
immediately did. He then left his humanistic, modernistic, Unitarian type
church, and found an Evangelical church that honoured God the Father, Jesus
the Son, the Holy Spirit, and God's infallible Word.

Also, the Bible students to whom I taught Panin's material in a Seattle
Bible college, went to the campus of the University of Washington and
literally won dozens of students to Christ not only as their Saviour, but
also as their Lord. These students wanted to be discipled in all Christ's
teachings.

Imagine translating the word "baptism," as "washings"!

One caution. Many cannot withstand the temptation to use Panin's findings
for their own greed, power and personal prestige. Paul said, "All have
forsaken me but Timothy." His disciple Demas went back to the world, and
others left him for various reasons.

I always hoped that the students I trained according to Panin's material
would help realize his vision. But four of them left for various reasons and
prostituted the vision, goal, spirit and example that Panin set. I had to
withdraw my name from the writings of one of my former associates who would
have proverbially caused Panin to turn over in the grave at the extent to
which he had corrupted Panin's vision. Imagine translating the word
"baptism," as "washings"! I encountered so many errors in this man's
interlinear text that I couldn't touch his work for two years because of the
grief it caused me to think of the travesty it wrought upon Panin's work.
But, I take heart. God is great! His servant Panin was humble and faithful
and the task is still worthwhile.

With the above tools, I believe that our Russian Jewish friends in the
Seattle/Tacoma area will effectively enter into the ministry to which God
has called them.

 *In your Google search you will find an order form for both of Panin's
texts. They sell for $25.00 each plus shipping and handling. Write to: J. W.
Irwin, 81 Bayview Ridge, Toronto ON M2L 1E3, Canada. Fax: (416) 445-4060.
Email: **Jirwinc617 at rogers.com* <Jirwinc617 at rogers.com>*. A further search
on this subject will yield an order form for Dr. Keith L. Brooks book at
$1.00, as well as Karl Sabiers book for $5.00.*

Jim Watt, formerly a Canadian resident, now lives with his wife Marie in
Federal Way, Washington. They pastored the Beth Chesed Congregation.
Website: www.2rbetter.org/, www.2rbetter.org. The Evangelical Fellowship of
Canada published this article on “Canada's Christian Online”. It was
originally published in "Two Are Better Than One" Ministries Newsletter,
November 2, 2005.

 *A SIMPLE FORMULA TO ACTIVATE “SPIRITUAL STAR WARS”*

*(THROUGH AN ORGANIC AUTOMATED 7-FOLD LASER-TELESCOPE -*

*8-FOLD “PILOT PRAYER TEAMS” MAKE THIS WORK)*

 *1. Ivan Panin's **Interlinear Greek Bible Numeric New Testament**. Go to
our Website <**www.2rbetter.org* <http://www.2rbetter.org/>*> and click on
“Interlinear”; make use of our “postings” there. God revealed in a vision
that this is the **Key* *and **First* *of the 7 above components! **God* *is
behind **all* *that Panin discovered!*

 *2. “The City Church Concept”. God sees but one church per city, with all
local churches moving as one for His purposes. However, believe for a
“Remnant” of individuals from any church in each city to man “City Halls”
for prayer. This is the “Pedestal” to uphold the Interlinear NT. The books
written by John Dawson of YWAM are very significant at this point.*

 *3. The 12 Embryonic Revival Principles of 1948. Click on “Embryonics” on
our website. Believe to bring these 12 Embryonic Revival Principles to “
Maturity”. They will be parameters of safety for the last great Visitation
prior to the Return of Jesus. God used George Hawtin of Saskatchewan to
bring these together.*

 *4. Prayer Multiplication. Deuteronomy: 32:30; Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; Matthew
18:19; and especially Zechariah 12:8. Each City Hall Prayer Group should
claim that 2 will start out driving 10,000 to flight; but go on to Zechariah
12:8 and believe for each couple to drive 10 million; and 4 couples 1
billion! Why not? Ern Baxter brought out this principle solidly based on
“Covenant” understanding.*

 *5. Meditation. As George Muller used this from George Whitefield; Joshua
1:8; Psalm 1:1-3; and Psalm 19:14 - Let us learn this amazing Spiritual
Secret! Ben Franklin was powerfully influenced by Whitefield also, and our
Constitution reflects his influence through these two friends.*

 *6. Possessed by the Holy Spirit. As Rees Howells experienced this with a
team of 120 and defeated Hitler in World War II, let us multiply this
effectively with 200 to 300 teams! H.A. Baker in “Visions Beyond the Veil”
shows how he too moved in this same spirit. Angels were released through
such intercession.*

 *7. Personal, Passionate Devotion to Jesus as Oswald Chambers experienced
and laid out in “My Utmost for His Highest”. Jesus is the Key, and by His
Spirit must always be pre-eminent. Our focus on Him is God's desire for each
of us.*

 *NOTE**: Rees Howells of Wales during World War II and preceding, gathered
together 120 intercessors. He sensed the evil of Hitler, and called him “The
Beast”; but proved that **greater** is He that is in us than he (Satan) that
is in the world. He sensed the year (1936) and the day that Satan entered
Hitler because of his Occult dabbling. But through Intercession, Hitler had
to confess that for the first time he had disobeyed “his Voice” - Satan, and
also 5 more significant times - until his 1000 year Third Reich ceased in 12
years, and he became a suicide! Howells walked in a similar manner to the
above 7 proponent parts of the Laser-Telescope. Of these, God's Bible
Numeric Outlined Interlinear Greek New Testament is the first and key
prerequisite. We too can cause Satan's soon-coming Antichrist to also
disobey “his Voice” - fail like Hitler, and at Jesus' Second coming with the
False Prophet be cast into the Lake of Fire, and see Satan cast into the
bottomless pit! J.A.W.*

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