Okay, now here's something NOT in the Bible regarding advanced technology (do I hear cheering in the rafters lol)
...except one teensy reference saying "many shall run to and fro and knowledge will increase" in the old testament book of Daniel
Many people over the years have proposed that there would be an increase in technology as the end times approach. Among those espousing this view were renowned scientists Isaac Newton and Francis Bacon. On the frontispiece of Bacon’s
Instauratio Magna, ships of learning were depicted passing by the limits of human knowledge, with a quote in Latin from
Daniel 12:4. In more recent times, this belief has been supported in books like
Future Shock by Alvin Toffler and
The Bible Code by Michael Drosnin.
In
Future Shock, first published in 1970, Toffler described the results of the rapid advancement of technology he had observed in the 1950s and 1960s. As technology brought ever faster changes in society, certain people were left on the sidelines, unable to cope with the speed of change. That stress and disorientation in people was dubbed “future shock.” Toffler did not attempt to use the Bible in his work, but the concept of future shock was alluded to in works like Hal Lindsey’s
Late Great Planet Earth, which was also published in 1970. Mr. Lindsey has made frequent mention of
Daniel 12:4 as a prophecy of this rapid technological advance.
The Bible Code was based on the work of Eliahu Rips and others, who proposed that the history of all mankind was encoded in the text of the Torah and could be found by the process of “equidistant letter sequencing” or ELS. This concept was first proposed by Rabbi Bachya ben Asher in the 13th century, a man who is recognized as introducing the use of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) into the study of the Torah. According to this theory, the Hebrew word for “computer” is encoded in
Daniel 12:4, thus giving apparent confirmation that technology would indeed have exponential advances with the advent of computers.
