From the previous page, ‘The Key – Part 3’, the numerical Key was derived and appears to be 26, 21, 26. The Key should be used from the point that “TRUTH” ended in the 7 letter arrangement of the Biblical text, shown in ‘The Real Bible Code’. Figure 1 shows the letters “TRUTH” in the rearranged text that were found using the moves of a Knight in the game of chess.

The first and last letters of line 18 are “CW” = 26, which is the first value in the numerical Key.

Imagine that the 7 letter per line arrangement of the text is in the form of a ladder. Jacob’s Ladder is a prominent feature in Masonic imagery.

Jacob’s Ladder

Jacob’s Ladder is described in Genesis 28 verse 12, but the full story is found in Genesis 28: 10-22, shown below.

10 And Iacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

11 And hee lighted vpon a certaine place, and taried there all night, because the sunne was set: and hee tooke of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillowes, and lay downe in that place to sleepe.

12 And he dreamed, and beholde, a ladder set vp on the earth, and the top of it reached to heauen: and beholde the Angels of God ascending and descending on it.

13 And behold, the LORD stood aboue it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I giue it, and to thy seede.

14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the South: and in thee, and in thy seed, shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

15 And behold, I am with thee, and will keepe thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this land: for I will not leaue thee, vntill I haue done that which I haue spoken to thee of.

16 And Iacob awaked out of his sleepe, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place, and I knew it not.

17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place? this is none other, but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.

18 And Iacob rose vp earely in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had put for his pillowes, and set it vp for a pillar, and powred oile vpon the top of it.

19 And hee called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that citie was called Luz, at the first.

20 And Iacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this way that I goe, and will giue me bread to eate, and raiment to put on,

21 So that I come againe to my fathers house in peace: then shall the LORD be my God.

22 And this stone which I haue set for a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, I will surely giue the tenth vnto thee.

References to Jacob’s Ladder are found throughout Masonic imagery and symbolism. Several examples are shown below.

In the Masonic images above, Jacob’s ladder is a focal point of many of the images. It is usually accompanied by the three columns of Masonry, Strength, Wisdom, and Beauty. In the first image, note that each column is labeled with the first letters, S, W, and B. Adding the values of the three letters produces an interesting result.

• S + W + B = 44
• There are 26 letters in the alphabet, subtracting 26 from the total of the three letters, could be part of how the code functions.
• 44 – 26 = 18
• 18 is a coded representation of 666, 18 = 6 + 6 + 6 = 666
• The message here could be that three letters become one.

Three Become One – The Trinity

It is possible that three of the letters selected by the Key are added together to decode a single letter. A shift could also be applied to the total of the three letters to further complicate the process.

If three letters are used to encode a single letter of the hidden message, it would provide the translators a considerable amount of flexibility in writing the cover text of the Bible. Having to hit a single particular letter at a particular location is difficult, but if they had the ability to adjust three letters, it would make the process a little easier and the translation would be more faithful to the original Hebrew and Greek texts.

Another important aspect of the images is that the ladder often rests on top of the VSL or Bible with Square and Compass. The top of the ladder extends into heaven. The ladder can be viewed as a representation of the 7 letter arrangement of the Bible text.

What do the Angels mean? Angels are the messengers of God. In the Biblical account, the Angels are ascending and descending the ladder. The Angels can represent the letters selected by the Key. it is important to understand that the Angels are moving both up and down the ladder in two lines. When an Angel is alone on the ladder, either going up or down, then there is just one Angel on that rung of the ladder or line of text. When an Angel going up meets an Angel going down, the Angels must pass each other on the ladder. This implies that two letters are selected on the that step of the ladder or line of text.

The Tree of Life and Kabbalah

The Tree of Life is first mentioned in Genesis 2:9,

8 And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow euery tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euill.

10 And a riuer went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and became into foure heads.

The Tree of Life is distinct from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. After Adam disobeyed God by eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he was driven out of the garden of Eden. Remaining in the garden, however, was the tree of life. To prevent the man’s access to this tree in the future, Cherubims with a flaming sword were placed at the east of the garden, as seen in Genesis 3:22-24,

22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of vs, to know good & euill. And now lest hee put foorth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eate and liue for euer:

23 Therefore the LORD God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground, from whence he was taken.

24 So he droue out the man: and he placed at the East of the garden of Eden, Cherubims, and a flaming sword, which turned euery way, to keepe the way of the tree of life.

In the Book of Proverbs, verses 13 to 18, the tree of life is associated with wisdom. This is also a veiled reference to Revelation 13:18, which begins “Here is Wisedome. Let him that hath vnderstanding…”

Verse 20 connects the Tree of Life to Knowledge, which will become important when related to the Kaballah.

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

14 For the merchandise of it is better then the merchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof, then fine gold.

15 She is more precious then Rubies: and all the things thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.

16 Length of dayes is in her right hand: and in her left hand, riches and honour.

17 Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace.

18 She is a tree of life, to them that lay hold vpon her: and happy is euery one that retaineth her.

19 The Lord by wisedome hath founded the earth; by vnderstanding hath he established the heauens.

20 By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp; and the cloudes droppe downe the dew.

There are several references to the Tree of Life in Revelation,

Revelation 2

7 Hee that hath an eare, let him heare what the Spirit saith vnto the Churches: To him that ouercommeth will I giue to eate of the tree of life, which is in the middest of the Paradise of God.

Revelation 22

1 And he shewed mee a pure riuer of water of life, cleere as Chrystall, proceeding out of the throne of God, and of the Lambe.

2 In the middest of the street of it, and of either side of the riuer, was there the tree of life, which bare twelue manner of fruits, and yeelded her fruit euery moneth: and the leaues of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God, & of the Lambe shall bee in it, and his seruants shall serue him.

4 And they shall see his face, and his Name shall be in their foreheads.

5 And there shalbe no night there, and they need no candle, neither light of the Sunne, for the Lord God giueth them light, and they shall reigne for euer and euer.

6 And hee said vnto mee, These sayings are faithfull and true. And the Lord God of the holy Prophets sent his Angel to shew vnto his seruants the things which must shortly be done.

7 Beholde, I come quickly: Blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecie of this booke.

8 And I Iohn saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seene, I fell downe, to worship before the feete of the Angel, which shewed me these things.

9 Then saith he vnto me, See thou doe it not: for I am thy fellow seruant, and of thy brethren the Prophets, and of them which keepe the sayings of this booke: worship God.

10 And hee saith vnto mee, Seale not the sayings of the prophesie of this booke: for the time is at hand.

11 He that is vniust, let him be vniust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and hee that is righteous, let him bee righteous still: and hee that is holy, let him be holy still.

12 And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with mee, to giue euery man according as his worke shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first & the last.

14 Blessed are they that do his commandements, that they may haue right to the tree of life, and may enter in thorow the gates into the citie.

Figure 2 shows the most common form of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah teachings.

There is one Sephira that is missing or hidden in the common form of the Tree. This Sephira is often called the secret Sephira, but the proper name is Daath. The Tree of Life that includes Daath is shown in Figure 3.

Daath is the Doorway to Knowledge, or the Doorway to God.

When the Tree of Life is superimposed on Jacob’s Ladder, the Sephira become the Angels and show how the letters should be selected from the rearranged text of the Bible, with 7 letters per line.

The Knights Move Selects The Letters

The word “TRUTH” was found using the standard knights move in a game of chess. It stands to reason that the numerical Key, 26-21-26, should also be used in a similar manner. A little trial and error shows how to use the numbers in the Knights move. Figure 4 shows how the Key numbers are used in a knights move from the “H” in “TRUTH” to select the letters from the text. One of the problems in using the knights move is determining the horizontal direction of the move. Rather than having to select either right or left, both directions are used, resulting in the selection of two letters per line. Each path reverses direction for each Key number. The “21” Key Number selects the same letter on each path.

There are some interesting confirmations built into the text.

• The word “TRUTH” covers lines 13 to 18, and 13 X 18 = 234.
• The first Key number, 26, goes from line 18 to 24, and 18 X 24 = 432.
• 234 + 432 = 666, confirming the line number of the first letters selected by the Key.

• The first three letters selected are on lines 24, 24, and 25, and 24 + 24 + 25 = 73 = IESUS, the same value as the numerical Key.

• The first three selected letters are “TAL” = 33
• 33 could relate to the 33rd degree of the Masonic Scottish Rite

• There are 123 letters before the letter “H” in “TRUTH” from the beginning of the modified text of the Bible.
• The standard gematria value of the 10 letters spanning the first three letters selected by the Key is “TANSAWTHEL” = 123, confirming the first three letters.

The Square and Compass Confirms The Selected Letters

The hunt for the Key to the Bible started with the Square and Compass that the Masons place on top of the opened Bible in their rituals. It appears to end with the Square and Compass as well. The letters selected using the Knights moves in the previous section form the shape of the Square and Compass. This same shape is also hidden in the Tree of Life, as shown in Figure 5.

It is important to note that seven of the ten Sephirot are used to form the Square and Compass Key. Three are not used. An important confirmation of the Key is found by looking a the total of the Sephirot numbers in each group.

• Used for Key: 1 + 2 + 3 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 10 = 37
• Not used for Key: 4 + 5 + 9 = 18
• 37 X 18 = 666

The Tree of Life is numbered in such a way that once the shape of the Key is discovered and connected to the Tree of Life, the number 666 confirms that we have the right Key.

The Heart of Freemasonry?

The traditional Freemason symbol of the Square and Compass with a “G” inside it is possibly a direct reference to the Square and Compass Key used to break the code in the King James Bible. The letter “G” = 7, and the text of the Bible is rearranged into 7 columns. The Square and Compass are then used as a Key acting on the 7 columns of letters to break the code.

It is little wonder why Duncan Burden, an active Freemason, and the rest of the Maranatha team felt that they were unable to freely share what they had found. The secret of the code may not be taught outright to most Masons, but it is clear that the Freemason symbols were designed to protect the information needed to one day enable someone to decode the Bible and share the “Truth” with the world, whatever that Truth may be.

Decoding

The first four decoded letters are shown in Figure 6. The code appears to function by adding together each group of three letters selected by the Key. If the total value is less than 26, then that is the value of the letter in standard English gematria. if the total is greater than 26, then subtract 26 until the result is less than 26. This process can also be interpreted as the Trinity, or three in one.

• The first three letters provide the confirmation that the technique is correct.
• The First two letters, “CG” can be interpreted as the number 37, or 73 in reverse.
• 73 is the total value of the numerical Key and also the value of IESUS.
• Multiplying with the third letter value, 37 X 18 = 666, a second confirmation is found.

However, the fourth letter, “N”, could be a problem. It appears that a shift or other modification of the text might be needed beginning with the fourth letter.

• Adding the first three letters with “CG” = 37 gives, 37 + 18 = 55.
• Multiplying the total with the fourth letter value gives, 55 X 14 = 770.
• Using the target value of 777, the shift might be 7.
• Using the three letters that added to 14, AE = 15, and 15 – 8 = 7. A possible confirmation of the number 7.
• The letter “N” = 14 would then become either 14 – 7 = 7 = “G”, or 14 + 7 = 21 = “U”.

God and the Square

According to Freemason.com,

In one of the earliest Masonic rituals, around 1725, the the following question is asked.

“How many make a Lodge?”

The answer is specific,

“God and the Squares, with five or seven right or perfect Masons.”

There are a wide array of variations to the question and answer above that can be found on the internet and books, but not being a Mason, I don’t know whether this exact form is really found in today’s rituals or not. Either way, it definitely has implications related to the next step in the process.

The first four letters decoded in Figure 6 appear to offer confirmations that the technique is correct, but nothing else appears to be correct after the letter “N”. Part of the problem is using each group of three letters, and reusing one or two of the letters in the previous group of three. If three letters are used to encode one letter of the message, it gives the translators a lot of flexibility to construct the primary text of the Bible without having to hit one specific letter at a certain location. However, re-using one or two f the letters int he manner shown above greatly diminishes any benefit of using three letters for the translators. The letters used in one letter are fixed and only one or two letters would be available to encode the next letter in the message.

The phrase “God and The Squares” seems to hint at using only the letters that form the Squares, not the letters that form the Compasses in Figure 5. Using only the Squares means that each group of three letters would only be used once, allowing full flexibility to the translators and make the task of encoding the message far easier. Figure 7 shows the effect of using the first Square and Compass and then only the squares.

Figure 7 appears to be suggesting that another Key is required. Some of the other information has suggested that a shift of the decoded letters might also be required. However, a constant shift is somewhat pointless as a code. Anyone trying to crack this code would naturally try to shift all of the decoded letters using all 26 possible shift values in order to find the decoded message. To prevent someone from finding the message at random a variable shift would make more sense. In other words, using a shift that was different for each consecutive letter, would force anyone trying to break the code to find one final Key to determine the required shift values.

The value of 41 = “KEY” is repeated twice above, once with the first Square and Compass pair, and with the first three Squares only. The 41st word of the Bible is “GOD”. The three Squares appear to be pointing at the word “GOD”. The Masonic phrase, “God and The Squares”, appears to confirm this association as well. The first four verses of Genesis, with the 41st word “God” highlighted in red, is shown below. The “H” used in “TRUTH” is also highlighted red near the end of verse 2.

1 In the beginning God created the Heauen, and the Earth.

2 And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the light from the darkenesse.

Verse 4 says that “God divided the light from the darkness.” The light is the hidden message. The word “GOD” stands between the darkness of not knowing the hidden Truth and the light of knowing the Truth. “GOD” is the final Key to the light.

In standard gematria “KEY” = 41, and in simple gematria “KEY” = 38. “GOD” is the 41st word of the Bible, and “THE”, which is the letter “H” in “TRUTH” is word number 38. The text that includes “GOD” before and after the the “H” in “TRUTH” is shown in Figure 8.

There are a few important clues in the text above.

• The code works by following JESUS and IESUS. The first and last letters of the text are G = 7 and D = 4, giving the confirmation 74 = JESUS.
• The first “GOD is the 32nd word of the Bible, and the last “GOD” is the 41st word of the Bible. Adding, 32 + 41 = 73 = IESUS.
• There are a total of 37 letters and the “H” in “TRUTH” can be interpreted as 18. 37 X 18 = 666, confirming that this is the correct setup of the Key.
• There are 7 words to the first “GOD” and 4 words to the last “GOD, giving 74 = JESUS again.
• There are 23 letters to the first “G”, and 13 letters to the last “D”. Combined with the one letter in the middle, the key numbers for “GOD” are 23, 1, 13.

Use the values from the “GOD” Key to shift the first three decoded letters in Figure 7.

G = 7 + 23 = 30. Subtract 26 to get 30 – 26 = 4 = D
N = 14 + 1 = 15 = O
T = 20 + 13 = 33. Subtract 26 to get 33 – 26 = 7 = G

Using the “GOD” Key to shift the decoded Trinity letters converts “GNT” into “DOG”, or “GOD” in reverse. The first decoded word, “GOD”, appears to be the last word of the encoded message, meaning that the hidden message, called TRUTH, should decode in reverse order.

The God Key above, 23-1-13, appears to be missing one component. The 4th number in the Key should be 18. The number 666 is the guide, so we need to find this number at each step.

23 + 1 + 13 = 37
37 X 18 = 666

The God Key becomes 23-1-13-18

The next question that needs to be answered is whether a square or compass is used.

The standard gematria value of four “Square” and four “Compass” words is very close to 666.

“SQUARE SQUARE SQUARE SQUARE” + “COMPASS COMPASS COMPASS COMPASS” = 668

668 – 2 = 666

Also, “SQUARE COMPASS” = 13 letters

666 associated with “SQUARE” and “COMPASS” appears to indicate that the Square is to be used four times and the Compass is to be used four times. Because the total value is 2 more than 666, this indicates that the approach could be right, but we need to do something else to find 666 exactly. The number 13 appears to indicate that the four Squares and four Compasses are to be split in some manner in groups of 3 and 1, respectively.

The first three decoded letters were “GOD” in reverse order using three squares. Logically, the next shape to be used should be the Compass with a shift of 18. Following this approach, the first four decoded letters are shown in Figure 9.

The letter “R” on line 39 is used for both the Square and the Compass, and corresponds to the shift of 18 used for the Compass.

The letters “GOD C” are confirmed in the first five words of Genesis.

“C” is the 18th letter of Genesis, confirming the shift of 18 to get “C”.

“IN THE BEGINNING GOD C” = 166

Reversing the value 166, to 661, and adding 5 for the first five words, gives the confirmation number.

661 + 5 = 666

Continuing the process with 2 more Compasses, a Square, and then one more Compass, the confirmation numbers 666 and 888 can be found. See Figure 10.

There are a lot of good confirmations built into this arrangement of the squares and compasses.

Highlighted orange on line 3, “R” = 18 is used for both the square and the compass. On lines 59 and 60, the letters “RMF = 37 are used in both transitions between compass, square and compass.
18 X 37 = 666 confirming the transitions between square and compass are correct.

Highlighted yellow at the bottom of the Figure, the total of the letters used to form the square and compass shapes is 278.
The total value after applying the shifts to the square and compass letters is 388.
278 + 388 = 666 confirming both the letters that form the square and compass shapes and the shifted values.

Highlighted yellow on the right side, the single digit summation of the groups of decoded letters that form “GOD”, “CUP”, and “LX” produces the number 849 + 39 = 888 confirming both the decoded letters, and the words formed by those letters.

Everything seems to indicate that the solution is correct, but nothing decodes after the first 8 letters above that makes any sense. This either means that the solution shown in Figure 10 in incorrect and all the confirmations are just coincidence, or it could mean that there is something else that needs to be done. Before abandoning the solution and trying to follow a different path, it makes sense to go back to basics when a roadblock is encountered. This entire code is based on JESUS and the numbers associated with Him. It is also based on the concept of “First and Last”.

This portion of the solution has assumed that the code works from the beginning of the Bible to the end. The possibility exists that it works from both the beginning and end of the Bible. Also, the two words decoded above, “GOD” and “CUP” might be important in how things should proceed. It is also important to note that “GOD” and “CUP” are in opposite directions. From the beginning, the letters “GOD” were deleted from the text, which was then arranged with 7 letters per line. The clue here might be that the letters, “CUP”, should be deleted from the end of the Bible.

First and Last

A quick check using the first and last words of the Bible provides the confirmation that the beginning and end of the Bible are likely connected in some manner.

The first word of the Bible is “IN” = 23

The last word of the Bible is “AMEN” = 33″

The values of the two words can be combined to get 2333 = 2 X 333 = 666 confirming the connection between first and last, and also the number 13 because the four digits are rearranged into two groups with one digit and three digits, respectively.

24 X 37

The process of decoding the text from the beginning of the Bible began on line 24. It would be reasonable to expect the code to not begin on the first line from the end of the Bible. The code works by following JESUS and the numbers of His name. In Greek, JESUS = 888.

24 X 37 = 888, line 37 might be the correct place to start the code from the end of the Bible. A quick check can be made by deleting the letters “CUP” from the last verse of Genesis and counting 37 characters, including punctuation, from the end.

RAE OF OR LORD IESS HRIST BE WITH YO ALL. AMEN.

The 37th character from the end with “CUP” deleted is “R” = 18.

37 X 18 = 666

The remaining four letters from the beginning of the last verse of Revelation are “THE G” = 40.

Since “CUP” also has a value of 40, these two clues confirm the deletion of “CUP” from the end of the Bible, and that the starting position is on line 37 from the end.

Punctuation

When a code depends on specific letters being located at specific positions in a text, punctuation can be a very useful tool to the person or persons creating the code. So, far punctuation has not been a part of the code except for the brief use in finding the Key. For a code that is bidirectional, as this one appears to be. punctuation would be very useful in one or both directions. The punctuation marks would allow letter positions to be adjusted slightly without affecting the text.

In a similar manner, the deleted letters of “GOD” and “CUP”, allow the translators to adjust the positions of letters in both directions without affecting the positions of letters in the opposite direction. Before looking at punctuation though, it makes sense to first examine the text from the end of the Bible without punctuation.

The Text from The End without Punctuation

Deleting the letters “CUP” from the end of Revelation and rewriting the text in reverse order produces an interesting result. The first 38 lines of 7 letters are shown in Figure 11.

The total gematria value of line 37 has the same value as “TRUTH”.

“SNAMYNA” = 87 = “TRUTH”

The first 8 lines relate to the numbers 36 and 664. 36 is the total value of the first 8 line numbers. 664 is the gematria value of the 56 letters on these lines.

These numbers will apply to the use of punctuation.

Note that the Square applied to lines 37 and 38 is formed by the letter “A” three times, giving a total value of 3 for the Square.

Combining The Text from The Beginning and End without Punctuation

The next step appears to be using the next Square after the first 8 Square and Compasses from the beginning of the Bible, on Line 66, and the first Square from the end of the Bible, on Line 37. Figure 12 shows these two Squares.

Adding the starting line numbers from the beginning and end,

66 + 37 = 103

The total of the three letters from the beginning of the Bible are 41 = “KEY”. The total from the end is 3.

41 – 3 = 38 = KEY in simple gematria.

This appears to indicate that the value extracted from the end of the Bible is to be subtracted from the value found in the beginning of the Bible.

These numbers and more are confirmed in the Maranatha Puzzle on page 38, described here, “Maranatha – Page 38”.

Back to The Punctuation

The first eight letters decoded in Figure 10 were “DOG CUP L X”. The three “GOD” letters were deleted from the beginning of the Bible and “CUP” was deleted from the end. That leaves two more letters, “L X”, one each for the Square and Compass shapes used to find them.

“L” = 12

“X” = 24

Combined, “LX” = 36, which is an encoded form of 666.

Also, the letter “L” can be viewed as the Masonic Square, and the “X” can be seen as the Compass.

It is important to understand the so-called unbalanced divide of four, as it was called in the Maranatha puzzle. The unbalanced divide of four means that four items are divided in some way, such that three of those items have something in common, while the fourth is different from the other three. This can be accomplished in many ways. I Figure 10, there were three Squares, followed by three Compasses, and then a single Square followed by a single Compass. With the decoded letters, two groups of three of those letters form a word that was deleted from the text in either the forward or reverse direction in the Bible. The next two letters, “L” and “X”, are probably related to punctuation marks that are to be retained in each direction. Three deleted letters, plus one punctuation mark that is not deleted forms an unbalanced divide of four, two different ways.

Three letters and one punctuation mark is one form of an unbalanced divide of four. Three items deleted and one that is not deleted is another unbalanced divide of four. The numbers, 13 and 31, are also references to the unbalanced divide of four.

Logically, it would make sense to look for a single punctuation mark that is retained in both directions of the Bible, but each direction should be expected to use a different punctuation mark. The last two decoded letters should offer the guidance needed to determine what punctuation marks should be retained.

There are two basic aspects related to punctuation that might be converted to numbers. The position in a string of text and/or the number of punctuation marks used within a given length of text.

The first thing to check is to look at which punctuation marks are the first and last marks in the Bible.

The first punctuation mark in Genesis is a comma at position 34.

The last punctuation mark in Revelation is a period in position 1 from the end.

Figure 13 shows the total number of Periods and Commas on the first and last pages of the Bible.

The total number of periods and commas on the first and last pages of the Bible is 151, which is the value of “JESUS CHRIST”. This confirms that the periods and commas are needed to properly locate the letters that form the ladder.

There are 36 periods on the last page, which is the same value as the two decoded letters “LX”

There are 34 commas on the first page and the first comma is in position 34.

Multiplying the number of commas on the first page with the number of periods on the last page gives a very interesting result,

34 X 36 = 1224, The last two decoded letters after “CUP” were “L” = 12, and “X” = 24, giving the value 1224.

This appears to confirm the comma from the beginning and the period from the end.

The Punctuation Contains a Clue

Again, it is important to follow Jesus to break this code. Since Jesus is the first and last, perhaps looking at the first and last punctuation marks will provide a much needed clue. It is also important to look for clues hidden in the unbalanced divide of four items (3:1 or 1:3). Four punctuation marks can be found by looking at the first and last periods and/or commas in the first and last chapters and pages of The Bible. Figures 14 and 15 show the first and last punctuation marks of both the first and last chapters and pages of The Bible.

The unbalanced divide of four is used in Figure 14 to get the the number 73 with the positions of the first three punctuation marks, and “IESUS” = 73. Adding the fourth position gives the number 74 = “JESUS”.

In Figure 15, the unbalanced divide of four is used three different ways to get the same 73 and 74 values from the first and last pages of The Bible.

Possible Starting Lines

One way to increase the difficulty of breaking the code would be to use different starting line numbers form the beginning and end of the Bible. Since the code works by following Jesus, it makes sense to continue in that manner. The punctuation clues indicate two possible values to seek out. First, the number 147 because it is the value of “IESUS and JESUS”. Since “JESUS” = 74 and “IESUS” = 73, it makes sense to first look for this combination of line numbers. Figure 16 shows the value result of line 74 from the beginning and line 73 from the end.

The other value indicated by the punctuation was 151, or “JESUS CHRIST”. Figure 17 shows the combination of line 77 from the beginning and line 73 from the end.