My sister just e-mailed this to me. Whether you are a "believer" or not, it is very interesting. A little food for thought.

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Zola Levitt Ministries, Inc. April 1999

Dear Friends:

As I prepared to go to the God's News Behind the News prophecy conference in Florida, I was asked to speak on subjects I never learned from the Bible. The most interesting topic was "Y2K Chaos - Fact or Fiction?". I am more accustomed to explaining Passover, the Tabernacle, and the types and shadows of the Lord, etc, but the computer is a matter of concern these days. We are all, more or less, dependent on these machines.

To that end, I started looking into the Hebrew language and certain computer designations. I've said some of this before, but it probably bears repeating. In any case, here is the information I contributed to the workbook handed out at that conference. I hope it gives you food for thought.

The Hebrew language has always been the best clue to understanding Biblical affairs. Not only is it the original text of most of the Bible, but it is full of hidden clues to meanings. It is rich in describing spiritual things, for which it was originally conceived. An example of the hidden clues might be the recent book on Bible codes, which seems to reveal some prophetic material established by looking at the arrangement of Hebrew letters in the text. While I'm not ruling favorably or unfavorably on that particular example, it does serve to show that the Hebrew language can guide us to greater knowledge of Scripture.

THE CONCLUSIONS BELOW ARE NOT DOGMATIC, BUT MERELY INTERESTING. They pertain to Y2K and how looking at certain computer terms, as they would be rendered in Hebrew, might elucidate it.

To begin with, the familiar symbol for the Internet, World Wide Web or "www", would be rendered in Hebrew as vav, vav, vav, (the Hebrew alphabet does not have a "w" and Hebrew-speaking people use the vav, or "v" , in place of our "w"). The interesting part is that since Hebrew letters also have numerical values (Hebrew speakers do not prefer Arabic numerals), we have a number for the letter vav. Since it is the sixth letter of the alphabet, the expression "www", in Hebrew, is 666.

In addition, most Bible commentators agree that Adam was born about 6,000 years ago. If we assume that he was born in exactly 4000 B.C. on our calendar, then we have spent 5,998 years to the present day. (We deduct one year when adding A.D. years to B.C. years since 1 B.C. and 1 A.D. were the same year.) What we now call 1999 is really 5998. 5998 in Hebrew is heh, tet, tet, peh, which would be "http", another computer address.

And further, September 9, 1999, could conceivably be the day that marks what the disciples called "the end of the age." According to computer researcher Michael S. Hyatt, "On this date, many computers will encounter the infamous "99" problem. For decades, programmers designated the end of a file, or the termination of a program, by entering a series of four nines in a row (i.e., "9999") in a date field. This code, like the millennium bug, is embedded in millions of computer programs throughout the world. Unless it is tracked down and removed, these programs will abruptly terminate, often with unexpected results."

This year, on September 9, 1999, computers will confront the date just that way, 9 9 99, but the results don't have to be so unexpected to Bible students.

Those familiar with the schedule of the seven feasts realize that the Rapture of the Church may occur on the Feast of Trumpets, or Rosh Hashanah. This year, that festival will begin at sundown on September 10! Could it be that the Age of Man, that is, the time from the creation of Adam to the end of the Church Age, will indeed terminate on September 9? And then will the Kingdom Age for believers, and the day of God's wrath for the world, begin with the catching up to heaven on September 10?

Finally, the popular search engine, Yahoo, is an important Hebrew word repeated often in the Scriptures. The name Yahweh is shortened to Yah in names; and hu, in Hebrew, stands for the pronoun "he". Thus, "Yahoo" on the end of a name in Hebrew, such as Netanyahu, means "he? the gift of God." The prophets Isaiah (Yeshayahu) and Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) also had yahu on the ends of their names. These were meant in complimentary terms, but in the case of the Antichrist, Yahoo by itself expresses exactly his counterfeit: "he is God."

There might be still more to learn from the Hebrew equivalents of computer terms, but a message might be gleaned from the above information like this: 5,998 years after Adam, the one who claims "he is God" will control all men through the designation 666, or some similar idea.

The above reasoning would place the coming of the Antichrist later in this very year, 1999 A.D., and would agree with expositors who say that the year 2000 will mark a huge change in human affairs - Y2K and the start of the Tribulation Period, etc.

We could guess at the Antichrist's delusion by which he explains away the Rapture. He could simply say, "The survivalist nuts have departed because of the oncoming Y2K problems." The missing church will be characterized as screwballs who ran into the hills. They will not be particularly identified as Christians since certain "Christian" denominational churches will still be full after the Rapture.

All of the above is, of course, speculation. It is interesting, though, that the Hebrew equivalents produce so convincing a display. One such clue might be interesting, and two a coincidence, three is noteworthy, but four seems especially convincing since they all pertain to the computer and its tremendous influence in modern affairs.

One more caution: I am not a date-setter and am only offering the above speculations a just that - speculations. Our Lord tells us that "No man knows the day or the hour?" In the Jewish wedding, the bride did not know the wedding day.

Zola Levitt P.O. Box 12268 Dallas, TX 75225-9987

-- winna (??@??.com), April 23, 1999

Answers

What a page of crap.

-- unbelievable (what@crap.edu), April 23, 1999.

Winna -- As many know here, I am a serious Christian and there are times I've been direct about/in defense of my faith as have many others. But this post is not appropriate for this forum, IMO. Would you want a Muslim, a Hindu or an atheist posting something like this that fit their own world view? (You might, but I would be distressed).

In the future, I would request personally that you post these kinds of things, if you want to, on Pastor Chris' forum.

-- BigDog (BigDog@duffer.com), April 23, 1999.

As a believer I think this is a hoot! Some of us have a sense of humor.

Zola clearly states that no one knows for sure. He's just throwing it out there. It's a bit of lightness in what tends to be a very heavy subject. Thanks for sharing it.

-- kay (jkbrooks@bellsouth.net), April 23, 1999.

Repent! The world will end on 9/9/99!

ROFL

-- 666 (666@666.666), April 23, 1999.

That was my purpose in posting. Some will find it humorous some interesting. sorry if it offended anyone. As I said, just food for thought, believer or not.

-- winna (??@??.com), April 23, 1999.

Just remember "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988" (a little booklet which I actually have in my possession) along with its not- quite-so-popular sequel, "89 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1989."

Real booklets. Really silly.

-- David Palm (djpalm64@yahoo.com), April 23, 1999.

Winna ... Fools hoot the loudest ! And those who have no knowledge of the biblical connections, have done little research or even read a bible, will be especially frightened to hear such news, as they are as unprepared for judgement today as yesterday . They are too busy wallowing in this sinful enviornment to have any time for reasonable thoughts of the greater picture, or the many warning signs of the times. I have researched this out since 1981, and the tribulation WILL start in 2000, if not sooner. Keep the faith. We haven't long to wait now ! A Wise (old) Man

-- A. Wiseman (Wiseman@protigy.com), April 23, 1999.

A book called "Scripture Twisting" is good if you are interested in reading about the typical ways the scripture can be misused or misinterpreted(and correspondingly what is on more solid ground). It does not push doctrines per se but looks at logical erros, falacies, 'world view' confusions, etc. I found it very instructive and helpful.

I can't remember the authors name. Logos Bookstore carries it I think.

-- Daivd (C.D@I.N), April 23, 1999.

I would recommend taking this to Pastor Chris's site except that Chris tends to censor and expunge any discussions that he doesn't like, so this thread may or may not survive there.

Wiseman, there are a few of us who have studied eschatology in some detail (I wrote a Master's thesis on the Olivet Discourse). We come to different conclusions. Hopefully that doesn't automatically make us fools or toast-in-the-Judgment in your book.

-- David Palm (djpalm64@yahoo.com), April 23, 1999.

winna: See also

Talk of WWIII begins; market closes at 9666...synchronicity?

Is Y2K the modern Tower of Babel?

and About that upside down "666" in "1999" (can't find the link, it may have been deleted)

-- a (a@a.a), April 23, 1999.

Thanks, A, Interesting!

-- winna (??@??.com), April 23, 1999.

come on the 09/09/99 thing has been knocked on the herad a number of times, the leading zeros will mean that most programs testing for 999999 will not fail

-- dick of the dale (rdale@coynet .com), April 23, 1999.

Thanks winna. These are interesting times we live in.

-- me (me@work.org), April 23, 1999.

Dick,

did you meam herald or Herod?

Inquiring minds need to know...

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), April 23, 1999.

Andy,

uh, try inserting "head" instead of herald or herod to see if that helps.

Dave

-- David (David@BankPacman.com), April 23, 1999.

1999 upside down is 6661.

-- Wow (what@stab.inthedark), April 23, 1999.

Then again, as I was driving to work one day, I noticed one of the mail boxes along the way. The name EDWARDS, the number 5. Is this a 'coincidence'?? I just LOVE finding animals in the clouds. Really I do! Its all depends upon what your filters are set to see. Then the universe will present you with a wonderful viewing opportunity. Woman or rabbit???

-- David (C.D@I.N), April 23, 1999.

Let me guess! You belong to the World Wide Church of God, or one of its' derivitives. (Isa 28:11 KJV) "For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people."

Not Hebrew! Learn your Scripture before you preach!

-- Mark Hillyard (foster@inreach.com), April 23, 1999.

Mark, Zola Levitt is a Jew. Winna is just reposting what he said. Lay off the booze and PAY ATTENTION when you're posting!

-- none (none@none.none), April 23, 1999.