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I hate biblical prophecy enthusiasts who tell how the events are going to unfold to the end of the world. They assume a symbolism exists in each and every portion of prophesy and then produce theories that are really no different from taking numbers and producing something to go along with it. The Bible code is the worst example of this. It would be the equivalent of looking at a sheet of marble and thinking that it's some amazing find when a shape is found that vaguely resembles the genie from Aladdin.

I'm not saying that there is no Bible code; what I'm saying is that it doesn't matter. God told us what he wanted to tell us in plain Greek. If it was important, it would be somewhere on every bookshelf in every Bible somewhere between Genesis and Revelation. So, if it's not important, why do people devote their time looking for it assuming that it exists in the first place?

Here is a classic example: could God make a rock too big for Him to lift and then lift it? If you are a fan of The Simpsons, you might vaguely know what I'm talking about if you substitute a burrito and a microwave. People could debate this and say that God would have to change who he is or say that the paradox proves that God is inexistent. Me, I would just think in simpler terms: why would a God who knows everything bother to make a rock that big if he knew that he would be lifting it later?

My advise: consider the obvious before you start drawing the flowcharts and schematics; you could answer your question and save yourself time and confusion. As Scotty would say: “The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.”