"...the more the Bible comes alive with meaning"
Reading The Bible Unlocked is an enriching journey for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of Scripture and uncover the profound truths within the Word of God. This book serves as a guide to study tools and methodologies that allow readers to navigate the complexities of biblical text. With its emphasis on research and careful analysis, it equips believers with strategies to uncover the original meaning of passages, peeling back layers of historical context and cultural nuances that often obscure modern interpretations. By delving into the intent behind God's words, The Bible Unlocked inspires a more intimate and accurate relationship with the Scriptures.
How to Get the Most Out of This Book:
Using Simple Tools
to Discover the Truth
For those beginning their journey into Bible study, the easiest starting point for verifying where to find information in Scripture, is the internet. While not always entirely reliable, it can be a helpful resource. If I quote a Scripture without providing its chapter or verse, you can easily search online to confirm where it is written.
Please keep in mind, if you use the internet to do your research and it doesn’t align with the manuscripts known as God’s word, it is simply not true. No matter how many times you find the same information online – making it look like the truth – it is always best to check with what God says in the Bible and ancient manuscripts, rather than believing something other than God’s word.
The same holds true for anything any man, including myself, may say or write. If it doesn’t agree with what God says in the Bible and ancient manuscripts, it should not be believed.
To help you know what aligns with God’s word, I will introduce tools that can assist you in uncovering the truth.
The first step in researching the truth is to understand how to trace words in the Bible back to their original languages, which would be Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic. These three languages are considered foundational, and symbolize perfection, completeness, and divine wholeness.
Speaking these languages is not necessary to do research. One can simply verify the meanings of specific words by referencing the original texts. I will be providing a straightforward tool to help with this process.
Uncovering the true facts involves thorough investigation. This means looking into seven areas: archaeology, astronomy, geography, history, science, technology, and religion. I refer to these seven areas of study as my “research tools.” The number seven in Biblical numerics stands for spiritual completeness.
Combining the three languages and these research tools gives everyone ten methods to use to discover the truth. The number ten in Biblical numerics signifies divine law, righteousness, responsibility, perfection, judgment, and completeness.
In order to get to the true meaning of what is written in the Bible, a person should research not only the original languages, but also consult one, or several, or all of the ten methods suggested here to find the truth.
