Unlocking the "Keys" to Revelation?

Posted by Christine Pack

I'm writing this post as a warning to fellow Christians of a new Christianized form of numerology that has appeared on the scene.  This teaching, called Unlocking The Keys to Revelation, claims to have secret knowledge that is somehow locked inside the Bible and also "buried" in some of our American landmarks, but when decoded gives the reader a glimpse into hidden information about the end of the age. This teaching attempts to gain credibility by claiming that the well-known English physicist Isaac Newton somehow held this view because he wrote of the prophetic similarities between Daniel and Revelation.

As a former occultist, now born again Christian, I am writing this post to warn other Christians to flee from this kind of teaching. It is occultic because it hints at this idea of "hidden" knowledge, and that is always a danger sign that something is bordering on the occultic, this idea of hidden knowledge (ref. Garden of Eden).

"The hidden things belong to the LORD, but the things revealed belong to us and our children forever." (Deut 29:29)

This passage from Deuteronomy just means that what God wants us to know, He reveals to us in a plain reading of his Word. We don't have to have a calculator or come up with secret formulas to try and figure out what he is REALLY saying to us. He has already said it! To go through all the numerological gymnastics that this new teaching does - regardless of how much Scripture has been pasted on top - is doing nothing more than using the Bible as a ouija board.