Testimony of Mathematics in Scripture: How Mathematics Proves Holy Scripture

This book is a look at the life work of Ivan Panin: its scope, value, and application. Testimony of Mathematics in Scripture is a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand Bible Numerics, both as Panin researched it for 50 years, and how the work has progressed since his time. This work shows why Panin s discoveries and the texts he produced from them have stood unassailable through the storms of textual criticism. In over 330 pages of readable 12-point type, all aspects of Ivan Panin s work are covered: from his proof of the validity of the last twelve verses of Mark to the development of his Greek New Testament. A wide selection of his writings are included, as well as four chapters of the actual Greek of his text, side-by-side with both today s Nestle-Aland and the classic Westcott & Hort texts for comparison. These follow a comprehensive list of every time in the New Testament that Nestle-Aland and Westcott & Hort differ, and which text, if either, agrees with Panin. Testimony does not limit itself to what Panin did nearly a century ago, but presents Numbers as they appear in Nature, Scripture, Geometry and Mathematics. The meaning of numbers are plainly laid out, as well as several approaches to discovering the numerical and linguistic symmetries in Scripture and what they mean. Visual examples abound. Several extended explorations into subjects such as the patterns within decimals of prime numbers are presented to whet the reader s appetite for further exploration. Ivan Panin s use of gematria is explained, and hundreds of verses are provided as examples of the way this phenomena works. These are not merely coincidences, but a solid consistent order found in each and every word, verse, and passage of Scripture, as well as from book to book, and over the Bible as a whole. Its scope is beyond our understanding, but its all-pervasiveness allows us to get a toehold and begin the journey. At the end of this book, the reader has been given the tools and resources to navigate his own way through the often overwhelming world of Numerics. Testimony of Mathematics in Scripture is a substantial tribute to Panin, God s order in Creation and Scripture, and Truth.