Incredible Techology

Did you see this? Israeli scientists have figured out a way to put the entire Hebrew Bible on a silicon chip smaller than a half grain of sugar! It's amazing to me what can be done with modern technology.

I remember when Bible's were made pocket-sized and I thought that was a great accomplishment. Of course it made it easy to misplace your Bible. Now you have to be careful not to dissolve your Bible in a cup of coffee.

The Psalmist says that that hiding His Word in our hearts will help us not to sin against God. As difficult as it would be to read the text on such a small silicon chip, no one is able to access the word of God that is written on your heart. Except you!

I especially found it interesting that of all the things that the scientists could have etched on the chip, they chose the Hebrew text of Scripture. There is just something special about the Book that causes it to surface in some of the most interesting places.

It reminds me of the words of Jesus when he said that the Holy Spirit would bring to our remembrance what God has to say in a specific situation when we may be concerned that we won't have the words. God's word pops up when and where you need it most.

But the most exciting event in history is when the Word became flesh. While it may be difficult to read the word on a chip, or in some one's heart, the Word dwelt with us and was seen and touched. His Word can be read in His life.

It is something to celebrate when technology can do something as remarkable as putting the entire text of the Hebrew Scriptures on a surface the size of a head of a pin. As difficult as that would be to read, during this Christmas season, celebrate the Word that became visible. The mystery of God revealed in the life of Christ, for all to see.

Codes Within the Text of Scripture

I have always been fascinated by those who claim to find codes within the text of Scripture. Often they are mathematicians who superimpose complex formulas to find sequences of letters that add up to a sentence. For example, they may take the tenth letter of every sentence in the book of Isaiah and miraculously a decipherable sentence may appear. This doesn't happen often, and more often than not the letters add up to gibberish, but every once in a while the results are surprising.

Take a look at the story at this link. I don't put a lot of credibility on such stories, but they are interesting to think about. The idea behind the study is to try to prove that there are mathematical formulas that God has encrypted in His Word. These codes not only speak of upcoming events, but often point to Jesus in revealing who he was, what he taught and what his ministry was about.

So far the jury is out. Most theologians don't put a lot of stock in these studies, but like I said, it's fun to think that there might be some kind of code that would prove that the compilation of our Bible was not random, or subjective, but ordered and directed by God.

What would you think about there being some kind of code revealed in Scripture?