Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

Jewish rabbis are taught to analyze the Torah by using four different methods. They are: 1. Peshat —understanding the simple meaning of the text 2. Remez —an allusion , or an allegorical and philosophical level of study 3. Drash —t he regal level, the Bible is understood using riddles and parables 4. Sod —the hidden meaning or the mystical level17 Christ was a master at teaching on all four levels. He taught the simple and practical life truths through the Beatitudes, yet He also revealed the riddles using parables and privately revealed the mysteries of the kingdom to His disciples (Matt. 13:11). The Jewish mystics spend abundant time searching the mystery level of the Torah and Hebrew alphabet. One such mystery has been called the Esther code . I first learned of this code in 1987 while visiting Israel. This code demonstrated that a biblical story can have both a literal ( Peshat ) and a hidden ( Sod ) prophetic application. The theme of Esther is of a young Jewish orphan girl, named Hadassah, who won a national Persian beauty contest and became the wife of the Persian king. An evil governmental leader, Haman, conspired in secret to have the Jews killed but