For those who have tried to find 31.68 for the
latitude of Bethlehem, as I have on several maps, and come away disappointed, I
have this to offer form the author. I wrote to Bonnie Gaunt to ask for clarification on this point because I was confronted by a reader who adamantly pointed out that 31.68 was NOT the
latitude of Bethlehem and that I should be more careful with what I offer.
She wrote back saying, "Your question regarding the latitude of Bethlehem is not easy to answer. I first became aware
of its latitude of 3168 from a professor of architecture who teaches at the
Trontheim University in Trontheim, Norway. When I first saw it I felt he was in
error. I checked it out on several maps and on a large globe, and always came
up with different answers. So I wrote to the National Geographic department of
cartography and asked them for the latitude of Bethlehem. Instead of answering
my question, they sent me a photocopy of some tables from a book, with an
explanation of how to compute the necessary latitude. When I did this, I came
up with 31.68. However, I have since tried to check this out with National
Geographic maps, and have found that the maps are not in agreement with this
figure, nor are different maps in agreement with each other - some are close to
this figure, and some are quite different. I find this absolutely amazing. How
could different maps give a different figure for the latitude or longitude of
any spot on earth? I would have thought such constants were precise. One day,
about a year ago, I received a very angry phone call from a man in Oregon who
accused me of fraudulent journalism because he had proof that 3168 was not the
latitude of Bethlehem. I have not since tried to confirm this again with
National Geographic department of cartography, but perhaps I shou1d."
But then I received an email that had three satellite images of the area. One explanation for the slight difference between Bethlehem and 31.68 is that over the last 2000 years, there has been a small shift in the earth's crust. this same explanation is used to account for the Great Pyramid being very slightly off True Polar north. I'm satisfied.
Every page of Bonnie Gaunt's books has God-confirming evidence like this. The
above excerpt is from her book, "Beginnings the Sacred Design". This
and all her other books can be ordered from her address: Bonnie Gaunt, 510 Golf
Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49203,USA (telephone 517-784-3605)
She "measures" lots of things, but mainly the Great Pyramid and
Stonehenge. This book on beginnings is the best, though. She ties in
God-numbers to everything including the atomic weight of hydrogen, E=mc
Can you do anything with numbers. In some contexts, yes. But the numbers of the
letters in the Greek and Hebrew alphabets cannot be changed. Neither can the
diameter of the earth be enlarged or reduced. Scholars have recognized that the
number four is the number of the earth. To find out who the Lord of the earth
is, multiply the earth-number, four, by the diameter of the earth, 7920(miles).
For those of you who would like confirmation, try doing some gematria on your
own sampling of Greek and Hebrew words, in or out of the Bible. You'll find
that IN the Bible there are some amazing things hidden in the text. OUT of the
Bible you'll find very little, if anything of significance.
To understand better Gematria better Bonnie Gaunt has wiritten about how it works.
Interested in more numbers? Check out the
Bible Numerics page, or the Number Table, which contains the
most commonly used numbers and their significance. Also very interesting is the
page on A Message Encoded in the
Patriarch's Names.
More of
gematria will appear on this page. Please stop back.
