Jesus, Don’t You Dare Heal That Man’s Withered Hand!
You know what he was doing with it!
In this article, I will attempt to show how the synoptic Gospels were used to encrypt information. We will focus on one of Jesus’ lesser-known miracles, the healing of the man with the withered hand. This miracle is found in all three synoptic Gospels which makes it an ideal candidate for demonstrating the three-fold system of encryption.
There was something about the words Jesus had said and the actions He had taken, that stymied His enemies and locked them into a paradox which could only be resolved by revealing the significance of the miracle Jesus had just performed, and that they would never do.
We begin with Mark as it shows all the signs of being the first Gospel written. Mark lays down the basic text.
There are some basic assumptions that should be stated openly. The first is that the authors of the synoptic Gospels wrote these texts to both conceal and to reveal. They are designed to appear simple and obvious to the majority of readers, while also being fairly easy to unlock when approached with the proper intention.
