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Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

David Mead's methodology: mixing Bible with geopolitics, science, numerology, ancient languages, and Bible codes to make predictions hard to track

Mike describes the general methodology of end-of-world predictors, using Mead as the prime example. The complexity of the mixture is itself part of the rhetorical strategy.

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Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

David Mead's use of 'generation' and the founding of Israel (1948) as a prophetic countdown trigger

Mike briefly addresses Mead's broader eschatological system, which ties generation-counting to 1948.

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Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

David Mead's third Scripture abuse: Genesis 7:4 'seventeenth day of the second month' read as the year 2017

Mead takes Noah's ark entry date from Genesis 7 and treats it as a numerological code predicting the year 2017.

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Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

The Bible is not a mystical puzzle; unauthorized numerological exegesis is a form of public sin requiring repentance

Mike issues a strong pastoral rebuke of Mead's method and calls it a public, accountable error.

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Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Harold Camping's numerology: 7,000 years of creation history derived from combining Genesis 7:4 and 2 Peter 3:8

Mike now explains the mathematical system Camping used to arrive at his dates.

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Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Reason 3: We allow people to break interpretive rules when handling prophecy — eisegesis masquerading as exegesis

Third reason people fall for false predictions.

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Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Q&A: How to minister to young adults involved in numerology and end-times speculation

Question from Evan Adamson, a young adults leader.

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Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Q&A: Is biblical numerology nonsense? Distinction between symbolic numbers and predictive numerological systems

Question from Jessie Swanger.

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Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Q&A: 666 and the mark of the beast — why any name can be made to equal 666 using flexible math; and why barcodes and microchips are not the mark

Question from 'Bible History Science' about whether 666 is itself numerological.

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Mike Winger idea 2020-10-17

Bereshit Prophecy in Genesis 1:1 — Mike strongly dismisses as fabricated

Q from Enigma about the "Bereshit prophecy" in Genesis 1:1 regarding end times.

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Mike Winger idea 2020-11-06

The seven spirits of God in Revelation symbolize the Holy Spirit's omniscience and universality, not seven distinct spirits

Responding to Olivia Hartland's question about the seven spirits of God in Revelation

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Mike Winger idea 2021-07-23

Is Biblical Numerology Really Biblical?: What are your thoughts about “biblical numerology”? Are certain numbers in Scripture intended by God to carry hidden theological significance for us to find, or is this a man-made and potentially dangerous thing to look for while studying?

Q&A question: Is Biblical Numerology Really Biblical?
Mike Winger idea 2021-07-23

About Gematria & Numerology: In light of today’s first question, how do you account for more subtle/compelling examples of Gematria such as JESUS (IESOUS in Greek) calculating to "888"? Contrast with "666.” 8=new life, etc.

Q&A question: About Gematria & Numerology

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