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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/" target="_blank">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">March 21, 2012<br></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
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- NUMEROLOGY & ALPHABETOLOGY: VOIDS GOD'S WORD</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>KABBALAH
& THE ESOTERIC - SLIPPING INTO CHRISTIANITY</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>CLASSICAL
HEBREW” - UNDERCUTS GREEK NEW TESTAMENT</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>BIBLICAL
MEDITATION - JEOPARDIZED BY THE ABOVE</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><span style>Hi
friends - <a href="tel:2012-03-2012" target="_blank">2012-03-2012</a></span></p>
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The following article is being sent first to a very few selected
friends prior to its regular mailing. It is in my estimation a very
serious document. I fear the enemy is launching a very determined
effort to sidetrack the Outlined Interlinear NT - so that instead of
applying Biblical Meditation upon a simple Bible text, complications
are being injected that will make true “Bible Meditation”
exceedingly difficult.</p>
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I have had 3 very strong examples of this departure from simplicity.
One back in the early 2000's in a Messianic Jewish Congregation we
were leading. More recently in another Messianic Jewish Congregation.
But most recently through a friend who but two years ago was walking
soundly in the simplicity of the Word - but has now veered off into
this land of excitement because of having departed from the
simplicity of the "manna" of the Word. Israel got tired of
the simplicity of angel's food, and wanted the food of Egypt. I am
afraid my friend is willing to give them what they want.</p>
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Before I send this out - I need your appraisal. Do you agree? Are
their additions, omissions, changes that you suggest? I will most
appreciate your words along this line. Your friend - Jim Watt</p>
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Following are a few responses to my request above: - first from the
SeaTac Metroplex -</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style>Jim,
In my 30 years of ministry - 40 years as a believer - I've come to
the conclusion that there is something in the carnal mind that longs
for the esoteric and the unusual. While I am a great advocate of
Jewish roots, I think much of the preoccupation with Messianic stuff
is misguided and a fascination with Judaism rather than Biblical
Christianity. </span></font></font><span style><br></span><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style>Most
believers today know much about Jewish customs but little about the
revelation given to the apostle Paul. They don't know who they are in
Christ, their authority as a believer or the basis of their standing
before God (or justification). These truths, which all have heard,
are assented to yet not lived. It takes prayerful meditation in God's
New Covenant to bring these truths out of the intellectual realm into
our lifestyle. </span></font></font><span style><br></span><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style>As
you know, E.W. Kenyon was both a great advocate of meditation and
Paul's revelation. As I see it today, the Church is in desperate need
of both.</span></font></font><span style><br></span><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style>Blessings,
my friend.</span></font></font><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">
</font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style>
</span></font></font><font size="3"><span style>In
Christ, </span></font>
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One from the East Coast -
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Dear Jim, I like the way you approached this. You are consistent in
your approach, honoring the Word of God. You are also fair-minded and
gracious with your detractors. You are a blessing! Love to Marie.
Miss you both! Thanks for including me in the updates and "deeper
discussions" like this. God Bless!
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Another from the SeaTac Metroplex - Dear Brother Jim. I see where you
are going, and canot help see through the glass darkly your
inference. I was going to call you and see what your take was on the
exegesis presented. I will withhold any evaluation. Thank you for
your presence. You are and always will be a watch-dog and guardian
for common sense and reason. Best to you and your lovely bride ---</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b>My
take -</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b>There
are 4 possible ways to interpret the Bible: PRDS - covers the
following 4 points of alliteration:</b></p>
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Peshat - (lit. simple) - the direct interpretation of meanings</b></p>
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Remez - (hints)</b></p>
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Derash - (allegorical meanings - think allusions)</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b>- Sod
- (Secret or mystical) - The last three are <u>not</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
mentioned by any OT or NT writers! Jesus in Matthew 15 accused
Scribes and Pharisees of His day - of </span><u>making void</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
the Word of God (in its simplicity) by their traditions.</span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Through
Kabbalah, Numerology, Gematria and Alphabetology (making each letter
of the Hebrew alphabet into a </span><u>word</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
in itself) - is both secret and verging on the occult.</span></b></p>
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<b>See also “Hebrew Alphabet” under Google, and “Ancient Hebrew
Alphabet”. Some call this “Classic Hebrew” - but actually it is
a departure from the simple Bible (Torah) interpretation. It is a
departure from the Simplicity of the given words as they are in the
Bible, and makes simple “Biblical Meditation” in the spirit of
George Muller and George Whitefield exceedingly difficult.</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">It
also undercuts the integrity of the Greek New Testament - that is
</span><u>anything</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> but “form”
alone. But under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, it becomes
through the “Outlined Interlinear NT” based on the Bible Numeric
discoveries of Ivan Panin - an extremely effective way to walk
through the “Tabernacle of Moses” into the very place of the Holy
of Holies, and intimacy with God!</span></b></p>
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<b>No wonder Jesus was so “rough” on those Jews of His day, who
departed from the pure word of God, into their own traditions. The
Talmud and Mishnah, when replacing the Torah in actuality, become
suspect. Those who follow that path, are encouraging one to walk even
in the spirit of Kabbalah. </b>
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<b>Dr. David Stern - himself from an Orthodox Jewish background, has
written a “Jewish Commentary on the NT”, which he also gave with
his own interpretation. In Hebrews 8:6, he by the help of the Holy
Spirit and study, discovered the following insight:</b></p>
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<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>d. 8:6 SUPERIOR COVENANT
PRODUCES A SUPERIOR MINISTRY</b></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>But now has he obtained a ministry the more superior,</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">nun de di-a-pho-r<u>o</u>TEras
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1313]</font> TEtu-chen <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5177]</font>
lei-tourGIas <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3009]</font>,</font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>by so much as he is also mediator of a <u>better
covenant,</u></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HOs<u>o</u> kai KREITtoNOS
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2909]</font> es-tin di-aTH<u>E</u>k<u>e</u>s
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1242]</font> meSIt<u>e</u>s
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3316]</font>,</font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>which has been <u>enacted</u> upon better promises.</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">H<u>E</u>tis ePI KREITto-sin
e-pag-geLIais <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1860]</font>
ne-no-moTHEt<u>e</u>-tai <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3549]</font>.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>See the Greek word from which
“enacted” is translated: </b><span style>ne-no-moTHEs</span><u><span style>e</span></u><span style>-tai
- </span><b>which is the only time used in the NT. It could be freely
translated - “The NT has been <u>constituted</u> as <u>Torah</u> or
law - upon these better promises in Jesus (YeSHUa) in the New
Covenant.” This makes the Greek New Testament on the same level for
all “Observant Jews” as the Old Covenant - the Torah, the Hebrew
OT. That is - now in NT times - <u>no Jew</u> can be truly <u>Observant</u>
unless he observes the NT on the same level as the Old! Which means
that the Greek NT is <u>not</u> just a “form” - but in its latent
written word (LOgos) is just waiting for us to vocally meditate upon
it, and then like in Genesis 1 when the command is spoken, the Holy
Spirit springs into action, and transforms it into a <u>living</u>
R<u>E</u>ma word - which is Christ Himself growing in us like He did
for Paul in Galatians 2:20. (The text above has been taken from our
“Outlined Interlinear NT” - now being printed.)</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>So what am I saying? that 70
years ago this year, Dr. Ivan Panin originally from Russia, completed
what God allowed him to discover in 1890 - namely the Bible Numeric
structure of the entire Bible, both Hebrew and Greek. These are <u>the
only two</u> languages in the world with no numerical equivalent. We
in English use for mathematics, Arabic numbers. Romans used Roman
numerals. <u>Not so</u> Hebrews and Greeks. Each letter from 4000 BC
for Hebrew had a numerical equivalent - so that aleph, beit, gimel,
dalet became 1, 2, 3, 4, and tov became 400. In Greek for 3000 years,
alpha, beta, gamma, delta became 1, 2, 3, 4, and O-MEga became 800.
Jesus (I<u>E</u>sous) in Greek becomes 888! The man of sin in
Revelation 13 will be 666. </b></font>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Bible Numerics is <u>not</u>
numerology linked with Kabbalah, but is simply God's signature to
prevent counterfeiting His Bible. All 66 books of the Bible are
undergirded with Bible Numerics. We don't need esoteric methods of
interpretation by “alphabetology” and numerology. Let's stick to
the simplicity of the known 33 Bible writers of these 66 books. It is
so-called “Classical Hebrew” that leads us from this simplicity.
It is quite impossible to have the pre-incarnate Christ fall upon the
lintel and doorposts of the Jewish houses in Egypt at the first
Passover, and have his head on the lintel - which like the lintel of
our doorways - is <u>over</u> 6 feet high! So the word equivalents of
each Hebrew letter, cannot be forced to fit this analogy.</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Throughout the church, there
are now many, even in Messianic Jewish Congregations - that indulge
freely and strongly in this “Classical Hebrew” method of
“alphabetology” - which few laymen can follow or utilize, or
meditate upon. K.I.S.S. - Keep it Simple, Sweetie! Don't let us be
led astray from the simplicity of the Word - into esoteric
Kabbalistic methods of interpretation. Jesus condemned strongly those
of His day who <u>made void</u> the simple Word of God by traditions.</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Watch for our completed
“Outlined Interlinear NT” based on the 50-year labors of Ivan
Panin. Under a commission of God, I have spent over 60 years putting
his two Bible Numeric texts into an Interlinear format, - outlining
each sentence, sub-paragraph, paragraph, chapter equivalent, and
gathering them into a summarized title for each of the 27 NT books.
God allowed Panin to discover this outlining format also. It is a
<u>simple</u> format. Panin describes this in the Introduction to his
Bible Numeric Greek NT. It is easily usable by lay-folk or scholars.
It leads richly into Bible Meditation - and parallel with the
Tabernacle pilgrimage of the 7 pieces of furniture - right into the
presence of God in the Holy of Holies - through the riven veil!</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Get side-tracked in the maze
and traditions warned about above - and you will miss the simplicity
of the ways of God! Jim Watt</b></font></p>
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