APO:Computer Analysis of the Order and Number of Bible books

   COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF THE ORDER AND NUMBER OF BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

   The original sequence of the books of the Bible differ somewhat from
the sequence that is presently found in the English Bible.  The
original* text had the following order:

   1.  Genesis   12.Isa     23.Zep    34.Esth    45.James
   2.  Exodus    13.Jer     24.Hag    35.Dan     46.I Peter
   3.  Lev       14.Ezek    25.Zech   36.Ezra    47.II Peter
   4.  Numbers   15.Hosea   26.Mal    37.Nehem   48.I John
   5.  Deut      16.Joel    27.Psa    38.I Chr   49.II John
   6.  Joshua    17.Amos    28.Prov   39.II Chr  50.III John
   7.  Judges    18.Obad    29.Job    40.Matt    51.Jude
   8.  I Sam     19.Jonah   30.Song   41.Mark    52.Romans
   9.  II Sam    20.Micah   31.Ruth   42.John    53.I Cor
   56. Eph       62.I Tim
   57. Phile     63.II Tim
   58. Col       64.Titus
   59. I Thes    65.Phil
   60. II Ths    66.Revelation
   61. Hebrews

   * Original means the Oldest or most original that were known to the
world, at this time.  Some of the books assign themselves, either
totally or in part to a particular scribe's name, while others are
anonymous.  The books which reveal (in part or totally) the scribe's
identity are :

   Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy ascribe themselves to
Moses and are ascribed to Moses in other books of the Bible.  Isaiah,
Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the 12 minor Prophets ascribe themselves to the
scribes whose name the book bears. Psalms is ascribed to David.
Proverbs and Song of Solomon ascribe themselves to Solomon and
Ecclesiastes ascribes itself only to the "son of David" which most
believe to be Solomon.  Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah ascribe themselves to
these respective scribes.  James, 1 and 2 Peter and Jude bear the names
of their respective scribe.  The Epistles of Paul ascribe themselves,
with the exception of Hebrews, to Paul.  Revelation ascribes itself to
John.

   The anonymous books, therefore, are : Genesis, Joshua, Judges, 1 and
2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, Job, Ruth, Lamentations, Esther, 1 and 2
Chronicles, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, 2 and 3 John, and Hebrews.
Moses has 4, Solomon 3, Peter 2, Paul 13.  The other identified scribes
have one book each.

   The number 66 is 6-11's (Feature 1).  The anonymous books are 22 or
2- 11's.  The non-anonymous books are 44 or 4-11's (Feature 2). Of
these 44, 22 (or 2-11's) belong to writers of more than one book and 22
(again 2-11's) belong to writers of only one book (Feature 3).  The sum
of the 66 numbers totals 2, 211 or 201-11's.  We can divide this number
in this manner: the 22 books of the writers of more than one book have
946 (or 86-11's), while the other 44 have 1, 265 (or 115-11's) (Feature
4).

   Of the 66 books, 21 are Epistles.  Their numbers are (James to
Philemon or 45 to 65).  The sum 2, 21 for the 66 books can be divided
between Epistles and Non-Epistles.  The Epistles have 1, 155 (or
105-11's) and the non-epistles have 1,056 (or 96-11's) (Feature 5).
Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, Joel and Daniel are expressly
quoted in the New Testament.  The number of their respective books are
2,3,4,5,12,13,15,16,27,35.  The total sum of these books is (Feature
6) 132 (or 12-11's).

   The Numeric Values of the Bible Writer's names are:

   Moses 345      Isaiah 401     Jeremiah 271
   Hosea 381      Joel 47        Amos 176
   Jonah 71       Micah 75       Nahum 104
   Zephaniah 235  Zechariah 242  Malachi 101
   Solomon 375    Daniel 95      Ezra 278
   James 833      Haggai 21      Peter 755
   Paul 781       John 781       John 1069
   Ezekiel 156    Obadiah 91     Habbakuk 216
   David 14       Nehemiah 113   Jude 685

   The total sum of these is 7,931 - which is 11 X 7 X 103.  Just to
show you that can also be expressed as 721-11's, while the sum of the
factors 7, 11, 103 is 121 or 11-11's (Features 7 and 8).

   There may be some that may claim that this could be accidental or by
design.  The the number of books in the Bible should be a multiple of
11 could possibly be accidental; However, since only every 11th number
is a multiple of 11, then THE CHANCH OF ACCIDENT IS 1 IN 11!

   That this number can be divided between anonymous and non anonymous
books in such manner as to be multiples of 11 could also be accident;
However, THE CHANCH IS 1 IN 11 TIMES 11 or ONE CHANCH IN 121!  That
this number can be divided between the non anonymous by 11's among the
authors of only one book and those of more than one book could also be
accidental; However, the chanch for it being accident is ONE IN 11
TIMES 11 TIMES 11 or ONE CHANCH IN 1,331.

   If we carry out the progressions through the eight occurances proven
above, we concede that each one could be accidental; However, the
chanch for them all being so becomes ONE CHANCH IN 11 TO THE EIGTH
POWER or ONE IN 214,358,881!!!!

   Using our pencil and a lot more paper, we find:

   The sum of the numeric values of the 26 authors named as Biblical
writers which was shown above as 7931 is a multiple of seven (Feature
9) as well as leven .  The sums of the numeric values of the 26 writers
(7,931) is a multiple of 11.  Of this number the 21 writers of the Old
testament (3-7's) have 3,808 or 544-7's and the new Testament writers
have (Feature 10) 4,123 or 589-7's.  of the 3,808 belonging to the Old
Testament, 2,933 or 419-7's belong to the writers of the Law and the
Prophets, from Moses to Malachi, and 1, 190 or 170-7's belong to the
writers of the hagiographa, from David to Nehemiah (Feature 11). Seven
of the 21 Old Testament writers (3-7's) are expressly named in the New
Testament; These are Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Hosea,
Joel.  Their numeric value is 1,554 or 222-7's (Features 12 & 13).  The
numeric value of Moses who heads the list and John who closes it, 345
and 1069 equal 1414 or 202-7's (Feature 14)

   The Bible begins with the Hebrew word "beginning" and ends with the
Greek word "saint".  The Hebrew word occurs in the following books:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1 Samuel, Isaiah,
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Amos, Micah, Psalms, Proverbs, Job,
Ecclesiastes, Daniel, Nehemiah and 2 Chronicles.  The Greek word occurs
in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, Jude,
Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Philemon and
Revelation.  These books total 42 or 6-7's. take the number of these
books in the order of their respective place and the sum is 1575 or
225-7's.The possibility of these eight features of SEVEN and the eight
features of ELEVEN occuring together is ONE IN 5,764,801 TIMES 214,
358, 881 or ONE IN ONE THOUSAND MILLION MILLIONS !!It would be
IMPOSSIBLE, therefore to claim accident or conspiracy in the phenomena
indicated.  The above clearly demonstrates the design of:

   1. THE NUMBER AND ORDER OF BOOKS AS RECEIVED. * feature 1*
   2. THE PROPORTION BETWEEN ANONYMOUS AND NON-ANONYMOUS BOOKS *2*
   3. THE PROPORTION BETWEEN BOOKS WRITTEN BY AN AUTHOR OF A
   SINGLE BOOK AND THOSE WRITTEN BY AUTHORS OF MORE THAN ONE BOOK.
   *3 & 4*
   4. THE PROPORTION BETWEEN EPISTLE AND NON EPISTLE BOOKS. *5*
   5. THE NUMBER OF O.T. WRITERS QUOTED IN THE N.T. *6*

   The Bible was written by some thirty different writers from many
different walks of life over a period of sixteen hundred years between
its first and last writers.  If we assume that it was exclusively
written by HUMAN hands, we cannot account for the mathmatic phenomena
demonstrated.  If we assume that a SUPERIOR MATHMATICAL MIND (The
Mathmatical Author of Nature) has planned these phenomena, provides an
immediate and rational explanation of these phenomena and others found
in the Bible.

   It is not the desire of this report to provide anything other than
an insight into the immeasurable intelligence that produced the Bible.
The same intelligence that produced the limitless stretches of space,
that produced the smallest one cell creature, the same one that created
it ALL, is the only source that could have produced the Bible as it
presently stands.

   SOUND DOCTRINE BBS
