I admit that I'm fascinated by the mysteries in the scriptures and the ones that I mentioned barely scratched the surface.  There are many, many more.

 

I don't believe any of the mysterious verses are there by happenstance.  There's a reason for every one.

 

Here's another example.  Often I have comtemplated on Joseph's gentile bride (Asenath) in Genesis 41:45 and see a lot of significance hidden there.  I mentioned in an earlier post that Joseph took his gentile bride before the 7 years of famine and that looks like a pre-tribulation rapture parallel to me.

 

Back in October 2012, I wrote about the pitch used on Noah's ark...

 

Strong’s Hebrew Lexicon…."atonement":

3722 kaphar kaw-far' a primitive root; to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel:-- appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).

 

Notice that the root for atonement means to cover with bitumen. You know what bitumen is. Bitumen is pitch.

Now that you know that the word atonement can be understood as bitumen/ or pitch, the following passage can be examined in a new light.

Genesis 6:14
So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.

You can see that even as far back as Noah, that atonement was introduced as a principle component for salvation.

 

The further one digs into the scriptures, the more there is to find.

 

YBIC

Bruce Baber