ordained it before the foundation of the world. Yes, there are hidden messages in the Bible, and I don’t mean just the equidistant letter sequences that have caused such controversies in recent years. There are dozens of other kinds of codes that don’t require a computer to decipher; they are there if you know how to look. The Scripture is inexhaustible—you can never get to the bottom of its depth. And that’s what you would expect from the Word of God. Let me remind you: the New Testament is in the