The Hidden Keys in the Bible

By Vernon Atkins

Is it really possible to unlock the mysteries of hidden secrets that are contained within the Bible? And what would be the reason for God and/or his Son to lock up true knowledge of who he and his Son is from his children, whom he says he loves very much and wishes that none should perish? Could it be that God wants to see if his children would go all out to know him and his Son? This would show true love for the parents, and God and his Son is no different than any other parent. They want to see how much the children loves them, and what better way for the child to show the parents that they are very much loved by the children than for the children to obey the parents, completely, without question. For the child at that point when the parent jumps for joy, for the child has shown very much respect for his parents, our God and his Son are no different than the parents of human children. It's almost like when a human parent hears for the first time their child say "Papa" or "Mama." It is complete joy to the parents, and likewise to the Father and his Son, when they see the children taking the time to seek them out, to know them firsthand. It is the same feeling as the human parents feel when the child says "Papa" or "Mama." This is when the Father starts to open up doors that were hidden from the rest of the world. This is how he shows you his love for you. The Father slowly releases his Spirit (Holy) a little bit here and there. It is only when you begin to put the pieces together that it becomes clear, and a key is given unto you; and the more you study his Word, his Bible, he releases more knowledge that is hidden from the rest of the world. Remember, the more you seek out the Father, the more he releases his knowledge to you. "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Tim. 2:15). What is 2 Timothy 2:15 saying? The Father is telling you to not put your trust in man (minister) to reveal his truth but to seek for him yourself. All you need to do is knock, seek, and ask with a pure heart, and he will come to you and be your God, and you will be his son or daughter.

Those who have ears will hear. God bless us all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638448648

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The Hidden Keys in the Bible

Vernon Atkins

ISBN 978-1-63844-863-1 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-63844-864-8 (digital)

Copyright © 2022 by Vernon Atkins

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Introduction

I

Are there hidden keys in God’s Bible?

One might ask, why would God have hidden keys in his Bible? And for what purpose, being how much he says he loves us and wishes that none should perish? This God is our protector, the one who provides us with clean air daily, fresh and clean water, fresh food daily, rain in due season, plentiful harvest every year, enough to feed the whole world. We who are in the USA are a blessed people above all other nations, are we better than other nations? No, we are not. Could it be that our nation was one of the earlier nations that adopted the Israelites’ God? Any nation that calls itself Christian should be following the God of Israel and his laws and commandments, which he left for all of mankind, even though most keep it not to the letter. We are bound to it for life, for when we choose him (God), he chooses us.

Some follow the words of God to the letter, while others only part-time, but even part-time is better than no time at all, for even mildew bread that is taken might give you an upset stomach, but it won’t kill you and, at the same time, keep you alive until you can get the good bread. Hopefully that true Bread (Christ, our Lord), the Son of the living God, he will always give his children time to know him and at least a C+ for putting effort. For God knows those who are yet not able to eat meat but are still drinking milk, but there comes a time when he should be of the age to eat meat, for he has had plenty of time to know his God, but the cares of this world have stopped his growth. How does God feel about this? And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30). In other words, after several hundred years, man should be eating meat. He should be able to read God’s words with understanding and to have grown in the knowledge and truth of his God. For God gave them ample time to know him and to know how to obey him, but time has run out expressed in Acts 17:30. Again God in the past winked at our sins. He is not winking anymore, for with disobeying his laws and commandments comes punishments. He said, I will break your pride, you will flee when none is chasing you, you will borrow, and not lend. Slowly God will take away our blessing, our wealth, and then our power. Any father who loves his children, when they refuse to obey him, that father has the right to punish them as a way of correction to put them back on the right track; therefore, God returns all that was taken away, for he is a loving God and gives rewards to those who love him.

II

And to those who go the extra mile, above and beyond what God expects, these are those who God gives his Spirit which opens their minds to his hidden keys, which the Father has placed in his words, the Bible. I myself went that extra mile when one Sunday morning while watching television, trying to find something worth watching, flipping through channels, I came upon a television ministry, where the minister had a congregation of about sixty thousand people in what I would called a pro football stadium. I was at the point of changing the channel when he said something that stopped me in my tracks, and I froze, not believing what I just heard. When he told his whole congregation, Everything in the Bible is not true, in other words, God and Jesus have lied in parts of the Bible, I could not believe what I just heard coming from a man of God who is telling his congregations not to believe everything in the Bible. Then he gave the reason for this belief. It was when he pointed to a scripture that he had read many times in the Bible and did much researching and came to the conclusion of the Bible not being completely true. He made reference to a chapter in the New Testament, in which he said is not true, and it did not happen, which makes the Bible a liar, and that God and his Son liars as well.

Here is the gist of the scripture and what he read: Jesus was talking with his twelve disciples when he told them that some of them standing there would not taste of death until they see his kingdom. Now this minister said that he had searched the scriptures many, many times, and nowhere did any of his disciples see his kingdom before they all died. This minister told his sixty-plus thousand people to not trust completely everything in the Bible and at the same time telling the people not to put all their trust in God or his Son. It was this that told me to prove this minister wrong and at the same time prove to myself that God is real and that his Son is real also, and I did just that and proved that Christ did not lie to his disciples when he told them that some of them would not die until they see his kingdom. This is when God opened the door for me by giving me his Holy Spirit. This was my reward for going that extra mile. And now twenty years later, many other hidden keys have I found in God’s Bible. All you need is to believe that he is and that Christ is his only begotten Son.

III

But is that enough to believe that there is a God and that he has a Son who will save the world from all their sins? At the same time closing the gap between man and his God? This all sounds good to the majority of the people, but there are many skeptics, agnostics, and atheists who say, Show me proof of there being a God, and if there is a God, why does he allow so much pain in the world? Why has he not stepped in between nations to stop wars before they begin, thereby saving many millions of lives? And what about all of these pandemics that are causing the death of millions over the last five thousand years, not to mention starvation of millions over the last four to five thousand years? And last but not least, why is it that some nations are rich and other nations are barely making ends meet? The rich are those who have all the gold and the silver; they are a power nation with enough wealth to supply all of the poor nations. God has also blessed them with fruit of the land, in which they alone could feed the entire world. God has also blessed the wombs of their women. Their planting crop is on the hill of their harvest crop.

As I said before, our nation (USA) has enough food yearly to feed the entire world, and other nations are not so lucky. Now you tell me how is that fair, and why would a loving God permit such unfairness in the world, to give so much to one nation and so little to another nation, and why would God not intervene to even things out? To save his children who are in need of his help, you would think if God intervenes in all of these matters, you could say there is no doubt that there is a God, who intervenes in the lives of man if all of man’s problems were solved by a loving and kind God, who wishes that none of his children should pass away. God himself says how much he loves his children and wishes that none should perish. Well, it is easy to see why agnostics and atheism are still alive to this very day. Now maybe the answer to all these questions is just a page or two away.

Those who have ears will hear.

1

Is It Possible for Christ to Lie?

Verily I say unto you, There be some [his disciples] standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see his kingdom. (Matt. 16:28)

Did Jesus lie when he told his disciples that some of them would not die till they see his kingdom?

Some have said this never happened, for all of his disciples died before seeing his kingdom. This has many saying this proves that everything in the Bible is not true. If that’s the case, then how can one believe anything, even God, even more so his Son; and if he lied to his disciples, how can we believe anything he says, most of all his resurrection from the grave; and if he was not resurrected from the grave, how can we believe that we will be resurrected from our grave?

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead. but if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. (1 Cor. 15:12–14)

Let’s now look at 1 Corinthians 15:16–21:

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are falling asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we of all men most miserable, But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruit of them that slept. For since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Now if anything in the Bible is incorrect, then how can we believe anything in God’s word and the words of his Son concerning the resurrection from the grave? And if we can’t have trust in the scriptures about his resurrection from the grave, how can we have faith?

So you see how important it is for us to prove that the words of God by way of his Son is true, but how do we prove this? By going chapter by chapter and verse by verse to prove that Christ did not lie when he told his disciples that some of them standing here should not die before they see his kingdom. In searching the scriptures, I found three chapters that prove he did not lie to his disciples, starting with Matthew 16:27–28 and Matthew 17:1–9, Mark 9:1–9, and Luke 9:1–9.

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Verily I say unto you, there be some standing here which shall not taste of death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. (Matt. 16:27–28)

Now there is no doubt that Jesus indeed made that statement to his disciples, that some of them standing there should not die before they see his kingdom. But something told me go on to the next chapter. That’s when I went to Matthew 17:1–9:

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high Mountain apart, And was Transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the Sun, and his Rainment was white as the light. And behold, there appeared unto them Moses, and Elias talking with him, Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three Tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him. And when the Disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, arise, and be not Afraid. And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, tell no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

So far there is nothing in Matthew that proves or disproves Jesus’s promise to some of his disciples of this prophecy, that some of them would not die until they see his kingdom.

Now let’s look at Mark, starting with Mark 9:1–9. Now I will not print the entire chapter, for it is pretty much the same as the chapter of Matthew. Okay, let’s now go to the chapter of Luke, staring with Luke 9:27–37:

But I tell you a truth, there be some standing here which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. And it came to pass about an eight days after these saying he took Peter, and John, and James, and went up into a mountain to pray, and as he prayed the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias; not knowing what he said. While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, this is my beloved Son: hear him. And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. and they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him.

Okay, did you see it? Or did you miss it as so many others who have read the scriptures and swear that Christ’s prophecy to his disciples never happened. Let’s read again starting at verse 34. Now pay close attention to verse 34: While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. Okay, how did they get into a cloud? Did the cloud come down to them, or were they lifted up from the ground into the cloud? Now let’s skip down to verses 36–7: And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were coming down from the hill.

There you have it. Jesus did not lie; he kept his word, for he took Peter, James, and John into the mountain, where he first talked to two of his angels, and afterward, these three disciples were taken up into a cloud. Afterward Jesus was found alone, for his disciples were gone to see his kingdom (not heaven, for no man has seen, or entered into it). They did not return to Jesus until the next day, when they came down from the hill. Okay, so now you know that Jesus did not lie to his disciples and that the words of God still stand true. Are there any other examples of man being drawn into a cloud? Yes, there are, starting at Acts 1:9:

And when he [Jesus] had spoken these things, while they beheld he [Jesus] was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Could this have been the same cloud that his disciples enter? Now we know that the disciples were returned to earth the next day, but the cloud that took Jesus did not return him to the earth, for that cloud took Jesus back to the Father until this very day. Question is there are two kingdoms, the Father’s kingdom and is there also Jesus’s kingdom? Once again let’s let the Bible interpret itself. Okay, let’s turn to Revelation 3:21:

[Now this is Jesus speaking] To him that overcome will I grant to sit with me in my throne [kingdom], even as I also overcame and am sit down with my Father in his throne [kingdom, heaven].

Okay, we just proved that there or two kingdoms, the Father’s and the Son’s.

There are those who would say, what was in the cloud? Once again let’s let the scriptures answer this question. Let’s turn to the chapter of 2 Kings 2:11:

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Let’s look now at another scripture that may give more information about this cloud. Turn now to the book of Ezekiel, starting with 1:4–5, 15–16, 19–21, and 24–25. In Ezekiel 3:12–15, both Elijah and Ezekiel saw an object that came from or went into the clouds. Ezekiel gives a more detail description of the object which came from the clouds. Ezekiel first saw four objects which came out of a large cloud. It had a brightness about it; the color was that of amber. Ezekiel call them wheels. He said their appearance and their works were as if they were a wheel in the middle of a wheel, and when they went, he heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, and when they stood, they let down their wings. And there was a voice over their heads when they stood and let down their wings, and he saw as the appearance of fire round about in within it, and it had brightness round about it.

Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place. I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creature that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness [fear] in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me. Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. (Ezek. 3:12–15)

Ezekiel witnesses four physical objects which came out of a cloud and landed. It was the color of amber, and fire was around it, and Ezekiel was inside of it and was taking back to his people after he was given a mission by the Lord to warn his people to repent of their sins, and he was astonished (confused) many day seven days. These are the same objects that were hidden behind the clouds that drew up the three disciples into it, as well as the ones that drew Christ up from the ground and carried him to the Father. What it is that can transport a man from one place to another place will be answered later in another chapter.

Going back to the question, Where, then, is Jesus’s throne? Let’s start in the book of Revelation, beginning at 21:1–6.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were pass away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with man, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

Okay, we see that Jesus is saying new Jerusalem is coming down from God, to land here on the earth. Jesus will be with man, he will dwell with them, and we shall be his people, and he will be our God, along with the Father. To prove who it is that is giving this prophecy, we must go again to verse 6: And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Now back to the clouds that we found in the book of Ezekiel, and we know that objects were hiding behind the clouds when they did not want to be seen by man. Now verse 2 of chapter 21 says John saw the holy city (Jesus’s throne, his kingdom) come down from God, and in the very next verse, we see the tabernacle of God with man, and he will dwell with them. This is clear as a bell. This is Jesus leaving the Father in his throne and coming to the earth to dwell with man and be their God; and they will be his people; and he will wipe away all of their tears; and there will be no more crying, and no more pain, and no more death, for the former things are passed away. Now let’s take a look at Christ’s throne, new Jerusalem, starting at Revelation 21:9–27.

And there came unto me one of the seven Angels which had the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride [new Jerusalem] the Lamb’s wife. And he carried me away in the spirit [one of the smaller objects] which drew Christ up from the earth to be with his Father, the wheel inside of a wheel, to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like a jasper stone as clear as crystal; And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve Angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. And the walls of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that talked with me had a folden reed to measure the city and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the read, twelve thousand furlongs. the length and the breadth and the height of it is equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was of pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was of jasper; the second sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the forth, an emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the six, sardius; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleven, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was of pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the Light of it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie, but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

No, Christ has never lied, for his words are true and faithful. Yes, Christ indeed allowed three of his disciples to see his kingdom before they died. They were transported by way of what Ezekiel called a wheel in the midst of a wheel that took them deep into the heavens (the open space in between the Earth and the sun) to look upon Christ’s kingdom (his throne, his bride, his new Jerusalem) that is coming down from God to land upon the earth, where Christ will rule the earth as God