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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">September 21, 2012</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>2012-09-21
- DOES THE BIBLE HAVE A HIDDEN MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>THAT
PROVES IT IS OF SUPERNATURAL ORIGIN?</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>-
The Discoveries of Ivan Panin Strongly Proclaim It!</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>There
are numerous books on the market today concerning hidden “Bible
Codes” and other mathematical phenomena, which are attracting the
attention of Christians. Unfortunately, some of these books are only
thinly veiled attempts to make money at the expense of truth. But on
the other hand there is apparently a growing body of evidence that
suggests there is reason to believe the existence of such things. One
of the more popular theories now extant concerns the ELS, or
“equidistant letter spacing,” codes. The premise of this “code”
involves selecting every other letter, or every third letter, etc.,
in a passage of Scripture - particularly the “Torah” (the first
five Books of the Old Testament) - in the original Hebrew. Because of
the extreme complexity of such an undertaking, modern computers have
been programmed to search for messages through such letter sequences.
As one might expect some pretty wild messages have purportedly been
found along with “prophecies” relating to future events. It is
not my intent to try to promote the hidden code aspect, although I do
believe that there is ample evidence to show that there is some
related fire and it is not all smoke and mirrors!</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Apologetics
is the area of theology that deals with a defense of the Christian
faith. God and His Word do not need defending, but because of our
humanity we are always comforted when we find “proofs” to
substantiate our faith - a faith that probably should not engage in
such trivialities, but nevertheless it goes on. In my own experience
I have found that most Christians, in the early stages of our walk
with God, go through a phase or period of preoccupation with things
apologetic. I suppose this is only natural, because it does help us
to “get a handle” on this thing we call faith. All of us would
like nothing better than to confront the atheists, agnostics, and
skeptics of the world with overwhelming and irrefutable proof that
the Bible is God’s Word and it means exactly what it says! Our
flesh - our human nature - would really enjoy popping them right
between the eyes with the truth, so that they could not possibly have
a comeback. Have you ever had thoughts like these? Boy, I sure have!
But to date this has not happened and probably will not until the
Lord Himself reigns in the hearts of all men everywhere. Unbelief is
so “unbelievably” strong that irrefutable proof is merely a
desirable but unachievable goal. However, having said all of this, I
will now make another attempt to supply Christians with apologetic
ammunition and give unbelievers something else to deny!</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>The
first time I heard of Ivan Panin was nearly thirty years ago. Someone
gave me a tract that outlined his discovery of the “heptadic”
structure of the Scriptures (the recurrent phenomena of the number
seven associated with the texts of both the Old and New Testament),
which he called “Bible Numerics.” His finding fascinated me and I
began discussing the tract with some friends at church. One of them
borrowed my tract and failed to return it - which, as it turned out,
deprived me of the basic information because I was not able to find
other sources. It was not until after I acquired a computer and
searched the Internet that I found what I had been looking for all
those years.</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Mr.
John W. Irwin of Ontario, Canada, (81 Bayview Ridge, Willowdale,
Ontario, Canada M2L 1E3) has in his possession the actual
hand-written notes of Dr. Panin’s work of a lifetime (43,000
pages). When I contacted Mr. Irwin about this information he told me
that his dad had been a close friend of Dr. Panin and during WWII
accompanied his coffin on the train to Grafton, Massachusetts where
he arranged for his burial. He also told me (in response to my
question) that even though in recent years Dr. Panin’s work had
attracted some criticism and a few attempts to disprove it, no one -
to his knowledge - had been able to do so. This just bears out the
fact that no matter how strong a case may be, there will always be
those who claim they can prove it wrong.</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>My
sole intent with this article is to acquaint you with the findings of
Mr. Panin and not to try to add to the excellent articles already
available on other sites. If his findings are correct, and I believe
they are, the apologetic ammunition should be made known far and wide
because it <u>proves</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> to the
regenerate mind the supernatural authorship of the Bible. Of course
you will have to make this determination for yourself, but the links
that follow (coupled with the link to Panin’s own notes given
earlier) should give you plenty of information to work with. Check
them out and marvel at God’s signature on His handiwork. May He
bless you in the search.</span></b></font></font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Ron
Riffe, Cutting Edge Ministries.</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">1.
<<a href="http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/panindx.htm">http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/panindx.htm</a>> Following the
links given on this site, will allow you to take a very close look at
Mr. Panin’s work. Articles by Chuck Missler and Grant Jeffery are
also included.</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><span style="text-decoration:none">“<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Mathematical
Codes Found in the Bible” by Chuck Missler in his book “</b></font></font></span><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">The
Creation Beyond Space and Time”, </span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">is
another.</span></span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><span style="text-decoration:none">“<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>The
Inspiration of the Scriptures Scientifically Demonstrated” by Ivan
Panin - included in this - a “Letter to the New York Sun” </b></font></font></span>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><u>NOTE</u><span style="text-decoration:none">:
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">Since Ron Riffe wrote
the above article, Mr. John W. Irwin of Ontario, Canada has retired,
and passed on the marketing of Books and Pamphlets “on” or “by”
Mr. Panin to </span><span style="text-decoration:none">Jim &
Lois Thompson, New England Bible Sales, 202 Quaker Road, Sidney, ME
04330 - <<a href="mailto:jpbooks@gmail.com">jpbooks@gmail.com</a>>, Phone 207-215-7986</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none"><<a href="http://www.NewEnglandBibleSales.com">www.NewEnglandBibleSales.com</a>></span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">-
Ivan Panin’s Numeric English NT has been updated and is available
here, and also on Amazon</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">-
also “Mathematics Prove Holy Scriptures” by Karl Sabiers, 158 pp
- good synopsis</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">-
also “Absolute Mathematical Proofs” by Dr. Keith Brooks - 15 pp -
nice int</span><span style="text-decoration:none">r</span><span style="text-decoration:none">oductory
summary</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">I
fully endorse the above transfer, and have </span><span style="text-decoration:none">had
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">most favorable dealings
with Mr. Jim Thompson. He will be also making available our “Outlined
Interlinear New Testament” based on the Bible Numeric Greek and
English texts made and printed for Ivan Panin by Oxford Press,
England.</span></b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">To
receive up-to-date information on this “Interlinear” text, you
can contact <<a href="http://www.BTJohnsonPublishing.com">www.BTJohnsonPublishing.com</a>> - It is about to be
made available for purchasing, and can be pre-ordered. </span></b></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><span style="text-decoration:none">“<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Part
2” to the above article on Ivan Panin by Ron Riffe of “Cutting
Edge Ministries” can be obtained by going to our Website -
<<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org">www.2rbetter.org</a>> and clicking on “Archives”. Then scroll
down to “2011.01.02</b></font></font></span><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">Cutting Edge Ministries on
Panin”. </span><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><span style="text-decoration:none">Jim
Watt</span></b></font></font></p>
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