Bible Code II: The Countdown

by Michael Drosnin

Book Overview

The Bible code-the ancient code encrypted in the Bible that may reveal our future-was made known to the world by investigative reporter Michael Drosnin. Now he reveals startling new predictions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670032107
• ISBN13: 9780670032105
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The book is good , then you can agree or not

I have read this book and I think that one thing is clear . There's a code inside the Bible, at least in the first 5 books . For me that's interesting enough. After this we can agree with Michael Drosnin views or not . But I find the book very entertaining .

Bible Code is All that it's cracked up to be

This book is by far the best I've seen. It not only explains the bible code, it shows you exactly where it is seen. The details in the book are amazing. I've looked for other books similiar to this one and have been disappointed. This is the best book money could buy. I'm looking into finding the software to give it a crack of my own. Spend the money, the book is worth it!

KUDOS TO DROSNIN FOR HIS COURAGE SAYS LAUREN TRATAR

In the not too distant past, people like Drosnin were killed. "Blasphemous" people would cry. For by doing away with the source of irritating knowledge we don't have to face our deepest fears: Change. There is more to life than what we now believe. The Wright Brothers, Copernicus, Socrates, all possessed knowledge that challenged the prevailing beliefs of mankind, until it didn't. The result? We, as mankind, evolved. One aspect of life that is certain: Evolution. It is innate to human consciousness says Dr. David Hawkins. That being said, what if the Bible Code and its supposedly outrageous claims were but one source that conveyed the same message? What if thousands of years ago mankind possessed knowledge that would be critical for those of us living right now? What if ancient scribes from many different civilizations across the globe painstakingly tried to convey that critical knowledge in any form they could conjure? What if vast amounts of evidence existed from many diverse realms that corroborated what the Bible Code says? Would you be more apt not to cry "death to the messenger?"Overwhelming evidence does exist that corroborates the Bible Code. The prophecies of Hopi Indians, the ancient Mayans, the ancient Egyptians, the Lakota-Sioux native American tribe, the Jewish Kabhallists, the Hindus, the Essenes, all have a common thread: Humankind would arrive at a precarious point in its collective evolution around the year 2000. By that time we would have attained vast technological abilities but at the same time, lack critical information as to how life operates at the most fundamental level thereby creating very dangerous conditions that could lead to the annihilation of mankind and earth. However, at this pivotal moment in history, referred to as the "Shift of the Ages", ancient secrets were to be revealed which would allow us to EVOLVE -- if we heeded them. You don't need a degree in rocket science to see that "something" is happening today. All you have to do is to tune into the news or pick a newspaper. Indeed, we have arrived at a pivotal point in our evolution. Historian Arnold Toynbee studied the fall of 26 ancient civilizations concluding that each met their demise because they refused to evolve. Furthermore, Albert Einstein tells us that problems are created at one level of awareness but the solutions lie at the next level -- thereby impelling our evolution. If we continue to "take an eye for an eye" we will only perpetuate going through the motions on the hamster wheel resolving nothing. If I kill you and you kill me, we're both dead. A 4 year-old can understand that. Lest your logic and skepticism have the better of you, the new science of Quantum Physics also supports the underlying premise in the Bible Code which states that a number of "possible futures" exist simultaneously and that we actualize one possibility over another, or "choose" our future, based on what we focus on. Furthermore, noted physicist Henry R. Stapp, in his p

Still the nagging feeling of truth....

First of all, as I stated in my review of the original book, it would be fairly easy to fool me. I am not a cryptographer, nor a statistician, nor a reader of Hebrew, nor a scholar of the Torah. Yet, after reading this book all the way through, it still has the nagging feeling of truth to it.This would seem to be the "sealed book" mentioned in Isaiah.The author hammers home his warning of atomic terrorism in 2006, as well as, the fact that we are in "the end of days." He also includes the code table that covers all the details of the September 11th attacks. Plus, the other code matrixes dealing with bin Laden are included. He even includes incredibly relevent and accurate matrixes dealing with recent U.S. politics.However, the truly mind boggling revelations deal with what he has found concerning the "code key" and its origins. It may sound too fantastic to be believed, until you reflect that it is in agreement with the published views of Sir Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the DNA helix..... While I have an absolute certainty in my own mind that God exists, I have no use for organized religion, so I have no fundamentalist ax to grind. I have a couple technical degrees and have worked in engineering, so I do not think that I am a totally credulous dupe. I've even obtained the software to test it myself. There is something here. I can't see how anyone with even a half-way open mind can simply dismiss it (unless you are a "fundamentalist" materialist.) Indeed, from what I've read of some of the critical reviews, it is obvious from their statements that the authors have not actually read either book, or if they did, they were incapable of following the technical side of the arguement. As I stated before, if it does turn out that this is an elaborate hoax it will not shake my beliefs. However, if you do concede that it exists, then some detailed soul searching would seem to follow of necessity....

Bible Code II: Riveting, Scary, Important

Anyone who is concerned with the current crisis in the Middle East -- and its global implications -- should read Bible Code II: The Countdown. If you are not concerned, read this book and you will be. Combining political analysis and the compelling evidence of an ancient code hidden in the Old Testament, Drosnin allows us to understand the danger the world is facing. Yet despite the horrifying "End of Days" scenario Drosnin paints here, he does more than predict doomsday: he provides an imperative for finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Readers of Bible Code II may find that fear can lead to action and, ultimately, hope.