Scripture Numerics A n Unansrweaable Proof of the Divine Authority) of the Bible. Challenge grOen to a Skeptic through the Newspaper by Rev. Ivan Panin, and which no Critic has ever dared to answer.
Several years ago a correspondent of th e New York Sun challenged any one to bring on conclusive proof of the divine inspiration of th e Scriptures. Rev. Ivan Panin, a thorough stud en t of both Hebrew and Greek, made a reply. L ater some very prom inent ration alists were asked to refu te Mr. P an in ’s article, and not one was able to do so. We publish a p a rt of Mr. P an in ’s argum ent. The Asher Publishing Co. of St. P aul publish th e article, and o ther sim ilar ones, in tra c t form. S ir:— In today’s Sun Mr. W. R. L. calls for a “ champion of orthodoxy” to “ step into th e arena of the Sun and give him some “ facts.” Here' are some facts: 1. The first 17 verses of the New T estam ent contain the genealogy of th e Christ. It consists of two m ain parts: .Verses 1-11 cover the period from Abra ham , the fath e r of th e chosen people, to th e Captivity, when they ceased as an independent people. Verses 12-17 cover th e period from th e Captivity to th e prom ised Deliverer, th e Christ. L et us examine the first p a rt of this genealogy. Its vocabulary has 49 words, or 7X7. This number is itself a multiple of seven (F e atu re 1), and th e sum of its factors is 2 sevens (F e atu re 2 ). Of these 49 words 28, or 4 sevens, begin w ith a vowel; and 21 or 3 sevens, begin w ith a consonant (F e atu re 3 ); seven end w ith a vowel, and 42, or 6 sevens, end w ith a consonant (F e atu re 4 ). Again: these 49 words of th e vocab u lary have 266 letters, or 7X 2X 18 ;
th is number is itself 38 sevens (F eatu re 5 ), and the sum of its factors is 28; or 4 sevens (F e atu re 6). Of these 266 let ters, moreover, 140, or 20 sevens, are vowels, and 126, or 18 sevens, are con sonants (F e atu re 7). T h at is to say: J u st as the number of words in the vocabulary is a m ulti ple of seven, so is th e num ber of its le tte rs a multiple of seven; ju st as th e sum of the factors of the num ber of the words is a multiple of seven, so is th e sum of th e factors of th e num ber of th e ir le tte rs a multiple of seven. And ju st as the number of words is divided between vowel words and consonant words by sevens, so is th e ir number of letters divided between vowels and con sonants by sevens. Again: Of these 49 words 35, or 5 sevens, occur more th an once in the passage; and 14, or 2 sevens, occur but once (F e atu re 8 ); seven, occur in more th an one form , and 42, or 6 sevens, occur in only one form (F e atu re 9). And among the p arts of speech the 49 words are thu s divided: 42, or 6 sev ens, are nouns, seven are no t nouns (F e atu re 10). Of the nouns 35, or 5 sevens, are proper names, seven are common nouns (F e atu re 11). Of the proper names 28 are male ancestors of th e Christ, and seven are not (F e atu re 12 ). This enum eration of th e numeric phenomena of these 11 verses does not begin to be exhaustive, bu t enough has been shown to make it clear th a t this p a rt of th e genealogy is constructed on an elaborate design of sevens.
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