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IS MY BIBLE THE WORD OF
GOD OR NOT"
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The King James Bible is the word of God. New versions contain some of
the word of God. As new versions replace the KJV in sales and use, it is
no wonder people sense this void. Unsaved scholars have pointed out for
years that the omissions in new versions are not wholesale. The doctrine
is removed only fifty to eighty percent of the time. As long as
the doctrine can be found somewhere in the bible, apostates claim
that version is acceptable. This contention fails when tested by
scripture. The bible says that "a little leaven leaventh the whole
lump" (1 Cor. 5:6). So, when there is an error one place, the poison
destroys the entire version. The bible also says: "In the mouth of
two or three witnesses every word may be established" (Matt. 18:16).
God made four gospels. A doctrine needs
to be there several times to prove its authenticity. You cannot proof
text when you have only one bible verse. If you were leaning on a table
and someone removed one of the legs, it would be unstable. If your
employer omitted fifteen days pay from your salary, protest would ensue,
yet the NIV's fifteen omitted verses do not raise an eyebrow. (Matt.
17:21; 18:11; 23:14; Mark 7:16; 9:44, 46; 11:26; 15:28; Luke 17:36;
23:17; John 5:4; Acts 8:37; 24:7; 28:29; Romans 16:24, just like the
NWT!) If you went outside and found that someone had stolen one of the
tires from your car, you would strongly object. Why are some Christians
reluctant to object when words and verses are removed from their bibles.
Luke 12:34 says tellingly, "For where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also." I think that only those who see the
bible as a textbook, and not as Job 23:12 says, "more than my
necessary food," would approve of a bible like the NIV or NASB where
there are sixty-four thousand missing words. Most of the people of the
world today do not even have a whole bible, and so if new versions
remove the doctrine in only one portion, that may be the only portion
that these poor people have. A well-known Christian often tells his
story of bringing a suitcase of bibles into communist China. When he and
his suitcase found their way to an underground house church, he was
dismayed as he watched them tear the covers from his bibles and then
tear the pages from the bindings. He was then told, to his surprise,
that due to the scarcity of bibles, members could receive only one of
the books of the bible, or several chapters of the bible. Within the
confines of that one book, the member should find the essentials of the
Christian faith to sustain him daily. God knows that we need a complete
and balanced diet every day. We need three meals and three chapters of
the bible every single day. Within those three chapters, we need to find
all of the essentials of the faith: the deity of Christ, salvation by
faith, and the comfort of the scriptures. The enemy knows that God's
soldiers cannot oppose him strongly if they have spiritual food that has
been depleted of many of its nutrients. Anyone who would contend that
these new versions contain the truths of the faith, somewhere
in them, does not really understand that the bible is more than our
necessary food. "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
of God" (Luke 4:4). Is that in your NIV" We need every word! Why should a person "use and
compare other versions" when trying to "gain a better
understanding of the Word of God"" Why should not the person rather
go to the Hebrew or Greek texts that underlie the King James Bible to
gain his "better understanding"" This could be done either
directly, if the individual has a working knowledge of the Hebrew and
Greek and can use lexicons, grammars, and concordances in these
languages, or indirectly by use of the Strong's numbers and the
Englishman's Greek and Hebrew Concordances. It is most unsafe and even
dangerous to resort to the New King James Version or to the New American
Standard Version or to the New International Version if you wish to
"gain a better understanding of the Word of God." These new versions are most
untrustworthy sources! The reason for this is twofold: (1) These modern
versions either use (NASV, NIV, and others) or make reference to (NKJV)
false Hebrew and Greek texts. (2) These modern versions, to a lesser or
greater extent, make use of the false technique of translation known as
"dynamic equivalence" or "paraphrase." By this
process they think they are justified in either ADDING to God's Words,
SUBTRACTING from God's Words, or CHANGING God's Words in some other way.
From my own careful, time-consuming, exhaustive research on this theme
for the three versions mentioned, NKJV, NASV, and NIV, I found instances
of "dynamic equivalence" as follows: Over 2,000 examples in
the NKJV [Cf. B.F.T. #1442, 95pp.]; over 4,000 examples in the NASV [Cf.B.F.T.
#1749-P, 284pp.]!! Because of these versions' citation or use of the
heretical Egyptian Greek texts, and their mishandling of God's Words,
they are as undependable as the "bruised reed" mentioned in
the Bible: 2 Kings 18:21 Now, behold, thou
trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on
which if a man learn, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is]
Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. We must not put CONFIDENCE in such
UNFAITHFUL versions as Proverbs cautions us: Proverbs 25:19 Confidence
in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken tooth, and a
foot out of joint. (KJV) Q A "As a member of the editorial
committee in the production of the Amplified New Testament, we honestly
and conscientiously felt it was a mark of intelligence to follow
Westcott and Hort. Now, what you have in these books strikes terror to
my heart. It proves, alarmingly, that being conscientiously wrong is a
most dangerous state of being. God help us to be more cautious, lest we
fall into the snares of the arch deceiver." The books that he referred to are Which
Bible" and True or False", by Dr. D. O. Fuller. These showed
Dr. Logsdon, for the first time, the corrupt nature of the Westcott and
Hort Greek text underlying new versions-- that would include the NIV,
the Amplified, and the NASB. The particular problem with the Amplified
Bible is that it is guilty of adding to God's word. It is called an
"expanded translation." It is in direct violation of
Revelation 22:18 which says: "For I testify unto every man that
heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add
unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written
in this book:" Proverbs 30:6 adds: "Add thou not unto
his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." We
are forbidden to add anything to the word of God, and the Amplified
Bible translation has in fact done that. Q The identity factor is very important
because the New Agers say that "the Christ is coming," or
"the Christ is here." Certainly they are not talking about Jesus Christ. Our next
question comes from a pastor who is a faithful listener to the Southwest
Radio Church. While he does not object to your defense of the King James
Version, he is concerned that you may damage or harm the faith of those
who have accepted the newer versions as the inspired word of God. This
pastor asks: Can the New King James Version be trusted" What is wrong
with it" Why do you call it a counterfeit" A I think many of the men on the New
King James committee were godly men who had the best intentions in mind.
As a matter of fact, I have received positive responses to my book from
two different men on the New King James committee. One of them is now
buying my books by the case and passing them out at churches where he
goes; the other one has given me an endorsement for the book. Many of
these men are sweet, godly men who had little control over how it turned
out and are justifiably disappointed. We have to remember that in the bible,
deception always takes the form of a counterfeit or imitation of the
real thing. Galatians 1:6-7 says there is "another gospel: Which is
not another; but... would pervert the gospel of Christ." So they
change it just a little bit. Remember in Isaiah 14:14 Lucifer said, "I
will be like the most High." He did not say he would be like Charles
Manson; he said he would "be like the most High." He wants to be
as much like God as he can. Second Timothy 3:8 says, "as Jannes
and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these...." These magicians copied
Moses exactly. Satan is a counterfeiter; he tries to copy Jesus Christ
and the Father as closely as he can. Jesus is the Light of the world;
how does Satan appear" He appears as an angel of light. When Jacob tried
to disguise himself as his brother, his words betrayed him. I am afraid
the words of the New King James betray it as a counterfeit. It has about
one hundred changes per page. This amounts to about sixty thousand
changes in the New King James Version. Compare that to the four hundred
changes in orthography (spelling and punctuation) which took place in
the 1700"s to the original King James Version. I am so reminded of the verse in
Jeremiah 6:16 which says, "ask for the old paths, where is the good
way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." The
churches today are without rest, and I think they need to take the "old
paths." Let me give you some examples of some of the verses that
have been changed in the New King James. The deity of Christ has
disappeared in a number of places in the New King James. The devil said
to Jesus Christ, "IF you are the Son of God..." (Matt. 4:3,6). He
was questioning whether he was "the Son." The mockers said to
Jesus on the cross, "IF you are the Son of God, come down" (Matt.
27:40). They were questioning whether or not he is the Son of God. His
Sonship is an essential doctrine. In fact, 1 John 2:22"23 says, "He
is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth
the Son, the same hath not the Father." The KJV verses in Acts 3:13, 26 that
say Jesus Christ is the "Son" of God, is changed in the New King
James to say he is a mere "servant." Something very similar to
this happens again in Acts 4:27, 30. The King James says that Jesus
Christ was God's "chiId"; the NKJV changes that to "servant."
Now, the problem with this rendering is that the New King James and the
new translations, in John 4:51, take the same Greek word and translate
it as "nobleman's son," so they know that the word can be
translated as "Son." Yet they take the Sonship away from the Lord Jesus
Christ. We see his deity being watered down in the NKJV again in Matthew
20:20 where instead of saying "worship," it just says "kneel."
Matthew 26:64 talks about "the right hand of power"; the New King
James capitalizes "Power," and says that Jesus is
"at the
right hand of the Power," implying that the "power""is
something other than Jesus Christ. But as we read the context of that
verse and go down to Matthew 28:18, we see that Jesus said, "All
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth." So the power is
Jesus Christ. Another change made in the New King
James is in Revelation 1:6. The King James says, "God and his Father";
the New King James says, "His God and Father." Genesis 22:8 is
one of the saddest renderings in the New King James. It is a prophetic
comment. Abraham said, "God will provide himself a lamb." The New
King James says, "God will provide for Himself the lamb." We know
this was prophetic because a ram was provided for Abraham, not a lamb;
God himself is going to be a lamb. There are a lot of New Age renderings
in the New King James. They consistently substitute the term "the
Christ" for "Christ." Liberty University's dean, Norman
Geisler, says, "We should be particularly wary when someone refers to
Jesus Christ as "the Christ." The worst component of the New King
James is its use of the term, "the One,"capital O-n-e, for the
masculine pronoun "he." This word gives credence to the monism,
pantheism, and the neuter god that is so prevalent in the New Age
movement. The February edition of Pat Robertson's Christian American
magazine quotes one of the new version editors. She boasts of her "monism" and refers to
"god herself" as the neuter One, capital 0-n-e.
She believes that God is a female god and a neuter kind of a god. So
when we see the 0-n-e in the New King James, instead of "he," the
masculine, we are moving away from the historic God of Christianity to
this monistic neuter god. We also see this monism in the New King James
in John 4:24. The King James says, "God is a Spirit." The New
King James says, "God is Spirit." Now we know that there are
plenty of spirits that are not God; the NKJV makes similar changes in
Revelations 15:3. The most frightening thing that I found
in the NKJV was its rendition of Luke 7:19,20. The King James says, "he
that should come." The New King James has dropped "he,"
capitalized "Coming," and capitalized "One,"
and says, "the
Coming One." They do not know what this is and I suspect they were
deceived when the devil got them to put this in there. The New Age and
Luciferian matriarch, Alice Bailey, has a chapter in her book entitled "The Doctrine of the Coming
One." Who is her "Coming One"" Let me read
what she says: [1]
Now Christians know who this "Coming One" is. Second Thessalonians 2:9
says it is the Antichrist, "him, whose coming is after the working of
Satan." By using the title, "Coming One," that is so pervasive in
New Age literature, the New King James is giving us that "common
vocabulary" once again that we really do not want to see in our
Judeo-Christian bible. Another example of the retrograde
nature of the New King James is its Jehovah"s Witness readings. They
have taken the historic title of the Holy Spirit, the "Comforter"
(John 14:16) and changed it to "the HeIper." The
Jehovah's
Witness bible has always called the Holy Spirit "the
helper"
there and elsewhere because they do not believe the Holy Spirit is a
person. They believe the Holy Spirit is a wind or a force, or something
like that, something that just sort of helps God. So now the New King
James has the identical rendering the Jehovah's Witness bible (The New
World Translation) has had for years and years and years. The New King James omits the word "hell"
numerous times, ten times I believe, and substituted it with the word "Hades,"
which has numerous New Age interpretations. They have also taken away
the word "hell" in the Old Testament and replaced it with the
word "Sheol" about thirteen times. So again, we have a
translation that needs to be translated, using words that have no exact
meaning and can be given any sort of definition or meaning that anyone
would like. The New King James Version is carving a
platform to support the idol worship that will fill the globe during the
tribulation, when they "worship the image of the beast" (Rev.
13:15). Paul's harsh rebuke to the idol worshippers in Acts 17:22 ("ye
are too superstitious"), becomes a hearty compliment in the NKJV ("you
are very religious"). The Greek word that is translated "superstition"
contains the root word for "devil"! The Greek word for "religious"
is nowhere in the verse. The sharp distinction between the saved and the
unsaved fades from the page of the NKJV as "the heathen" (Ps.
79:1), a word with religious connotations, is transmuted into the
politically correct "nations." Sorcerers no longer "bewitch,"
but merely "astonish" (Acts 8:9). Ask yourself, "Which terms fit
in with the one-world religion"s theme " Toleration for Religious
Diversity " "too superstitious heathens who have been bewitched" (KJV), or
"very religious nations who are astonished"" We have time to mention only one more
pro-New Age rendering in the New King James Version. The Bible talks
about "the end of the world." The NKJV changes that to
"the
end of the age" in Matthew 24:3 and in most of the New Testament.
This is what New Agers have taught all along. They believe in a series
of ages " one age follows another age " you merely change the page on
your calendar. They do not believe that the world will end
in a cataclysmic explosion (2 Pet. 3:10 " 12). New Agers believe time is
cyclical and think we are approaching the end of the age and the dawning
of a "new" age. Expanded Greek lexicons like the
ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (vol. 10,
pp. 203 " 204) reveal that the KJV"s use of the term "world" for
the Greek aion, when the context refers to "space," and
"age"
when it refers to "time," is correct within the historic Judeo-Christian
tradition. The exclusive use of the word aion as "age" is
Platonic in origin and implication. New versions admit that the word "world" is a valid rendering of aion, using it in Romans 12:2, 2
Timothy 4:10, and other places where the verse cannot be twisted to
adapt to this Platonic notion. The New King James publishers boast
that it "continues the great tradition" of the KJV. Its New Age readings
are not its only divergence from the traditional text. The 1881 New
Testament text of Scrivner and that of the New King James do not
represent the text followed by the King James translators in 1611.
Estimated variance is between fifty-six and two hundred and eighty-seven
differences. Harvard alumni, Dr. Jack Lewis, author of The English
Bible from KJV to NIV, also notes the NKJV's divergence from the
KJV's Old Testament tradition, citing the NKJV's use of "current Old
Testament text criticism" and "the 1966/1977 edition of the
Stuttgart [German] Bible" (p. 332). The historic ben
Chayyim Rabbinic Bible, used by the KJV, was altered in 1937 by
liberal German theologian Rudolf Kittel, using Leningrad Ms B 19a (ben
Asher text). His family's conviction for their involvement in the death
of millions of Jews during Hitler's holocaust makes his alterations to
the Old Testament highly suspect. The NKJV"s use of recent discoveries
like the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Dead Sea cave manuscripts (see NKJV
preface) contradicts the bible's doctrine of preservation (Ps. 12:6-7) "to
a thousand generations" (Ps. 105:8). Did God skip the generations
from the fourth century to the nineteenth century" The secular notion of
continual progress and evolutionary development cannot be applied to the
scriptures. Many people have asked about the subtle
666 logo on the cover of the New King James. The publisher, Thomas
Nelson, says that this is an ancient graphic device that represents the
Godhead. Since the bible is our final authority for all matters of faith
and practice, we must look at Acts 17:29 to see if we are allowed to
have graphic devices representing the Godhead. "... we ought not to
think that the Godhead is like [anything]... graven by art and man's
device" (emphasis mine). There are no verses in the bible
that allow or encourage pictorial representations, whether naturalistic,
stylized, or abstract. Images are very pagan. The bible begins with a
warning against imagery in the second commandment (Exod. 20:4) and ends
with people worshipping the image of the beast (Rev. 19:20). The warning
was not heeded. God communicates through words. Man has
always tended to move away from this. This is why we have moved from a
word-based culture to an image-based culture. Children do not read the
bible anymore; they watch bible videos or look at bible picture books
and get their image of Jesus Christ, not from words. but from pictures
or images which pretend to portray Jesus Christ. Thomas Nelson is correct in noting that
the NKJV logo is an "ancient" design. Pattern Design by Archibald
Christie says of the trifoil, "They are of Oriental
origin." The
shape refers to the pagan trinity of the Father, the Mother, and
the Son, popular in ancient Egypt and Greece (or Vishnu, Shiva, and
Brahma, the trinity of the Hindus). Therefore, this is not a Christian
device, even though the Church of Rome adopted it for use in cathedrals.
Thomas A. Nelson, a Roman Catholic himself, signed letters, "sincerely
yours in Christ and Our Lady" " wrong trinity. This same 666 symbol design, sans
barbed outer edges, appears on the cover of the most popular New Age
book, The Aquarian Conspiracy. Esoterics believe the number 666
is a powerful occult number and should be used, whether subtly woven
into logos or displayed openly. I do not think either the pagan trinity
or the number 666 belong on the cover of a bible. Q The work of Wescott and Hort, at first and almost without exception, was
accepted by the majority of so-called biblical authorities. Later, as
they learned more and more about the work of Wescott and Hort, they
changed their minds; I think that is also true of some of the modern
versions; they were accepted too quickly without study. What do you
think of the Geneva Bible" A
The Geneva Bible was one in a line, preceded by the Great Bible and
followed by the Bishops Bible, marking the ascent to the King James
Version. After the King James was finalized, revision was of a
retrograde nature; English revision work started going downhill. It was
going uphill with the Geneva, and then it started going downhill after
the KJV. The Geneva, like those English bibles
preceding it and immediately following it (except the Jesuit Douey
Rheims Bible), follows the traditional text underlying the King James
Version. Historically, the church has always used the traditional Greek
text that underlies the King James Version, not the Jesuit text now
underlying the NIV and NASB. The Geneva Bible was written in about 1560,
and was used by those people who were exiles from the persecution of
Bloody Mary, queen of England. The Geneva New Testament was written by
a gentleman named William Whittingham. It had a number of good points.
Each verse was separate. This would encourage memorization and was new
for English bibles. It had many anti-Catholic footnotes. Some of the areas in which it needed
improvement include Psalms 12:7 where it followed the Septuagint and its
denial of the preservation of scripture. In several places, the Geneva
Bible uses the term "master" instead of "Lord." In Hebrews
4:11, it had the term "disobedience"; it really should be
"unbelief."
The KJV corrected all of these errors. There are also some funny words in the
Geneva Bible. It was called the Breeches Bible because in Genesis 3, it
said that Adam and Eve wore breeches. The "abusers of
themselves"
(1 Cor. 6:9) were called "buggerers." The King James was an
improvement of the Geneva Bible, but the Geneva was definitely within
the line of the traditional text bible. Q Isn't holding to one specific version as the true word of God akin to
idol worship or making it an icon" A
Webster defines an idol as a false god. Having more than one
version is idolatry. Let me explain why. With one version, God is the
authority. When there are conflicting authorities, as there were when
the serpent challenged God's words in the garden, man becomes the
arbiter, choosing which "authority" to follow. Hence man usurps
the authority of God. "God is not the author of
confusion"
(1 Cor. 14:33). If there is only one road, there is no confusion. When a
second road forks to the left, confusion is created. It is apparent that
someone is trying to seduce the traveler off of the straight and narrow
path. First Corinthians 1:10 describes the
key to unity in the body of Christ. "Now I beseech you, brethren, by
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and
that there be no divisions among you." The divisions are caused when
we do not "all speak the same thing." Anyone who has ever been to
a bible study where numerous versions are present has experienced this.
Divisions and conflict will arise at that study over what the
bible says. The attendees will "be as
gods" (Gen. 3:5), deciding
for themselves which rendering is
"good" and which is
"evil."
Instead of the word correcting, dissecting, and judging us, we judge it.
The multiplying of languages at the tower of Babel divided
mankind; the multiplied voices of the different versions divide
the church. Romans 8:28 can be applied, however.
First Corinthians 11:18"19 says divisions serve,
"that they which are
approved may be made manifest among you." Since the word of God is
"a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart" (Heb. 4: 12),
the bible version issue has a way of separating the good men from the
bad boys. Satan knows, just as he knew in the
garden, that by not saying
"the same
thing" as God, he could create
division and discord. Today the sons of God, just like Adam, yield to
the same temptation. It happens under the same umbrella " the tree of knowledge.
The bait, just as it was in the garden, is
"good,"
"pleasant,"
and
"to be desired to make one
wise" (Gen. 3:6). The initial
temptation is never to be "bad," although that is the result; the
temptation is always to usurp the final authority of God. It occurs in
the church today in the form of subtly dismantling the authority of the
word of God and re-directing that authority to man or a man-made
source. The Greek lexicon is the icon of choice today "to make
one wise" and to change God's authoritative voice. The tree of
knowledge has been recycled, its pulp pressed to create these paper
popes. Lucifer boasted that he would
"exalt" a
"throne
above"
God's (Isa. 14:13). Both he and mankind vie to perch there via the
corrupted bible versions. The word of God is our only way of
hearing God's voice and is his means of communicating with man. To the
Laodician church he had to say, "If any man hear my voice." His
word, the KJV, has been moved outside of many churches, replaced by a
pulpit hewn out of the tree of
"knowledge." Jesus Christ is
seeking the people in this church; he has not abandoned them. He is
standing outside, at the door (Rev. 3:20). Christians will have to "go
forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach"
(Heb. 13:13). Reproach,
"ah, and there's the rub," said Shakespeare. The hidden idol man has set up
"in his
heart"
(Ezek. 14:7) is freedom from persecution. Staying within
the camp, starving church members try to fill the void and "experience"
Christ through goose bumps, pew jumps, psychological pumps, signs and
wonders, and music that thunders. They are, as Jude 19 described,
"sensual,
having not the Spirit." Jesus said,
"The words that I speak unto
you, they are spirit" (John 6:63). With his word out of many
churches, all that remains are the sensual "desires of the flesh and
of the mind" (Eph. 2:3).
"Denying the power
thereof," that
is, rejecting the true word of God which is
"powerful" (Heb.
4:12) leaves only a "form of
godliness." This brings us back to
Webster, who further defines an idol as a form or appearance but without
substance. The real idols today are those "forms of godliness" which
Christians devise when the word, with its "Spirit," "power," and
"life," are gone. "Thou hast a name that thou livest, and art
dead" (Rev. 3:1). True spiritual life comes not from programs and
high attendance, but from "the word of God, which liveth" (1 Pet.
1:23). Jesus said, "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit,
and they are life" (John 6:63). Only a living thing can reproduce
itself. That is why new versions die when their copyright holder dies.
The KJV is alive and keeps going from generation to generation. The
bible is "spirit," just as God is a spirit. It has a living nature
because it is the voice of God, "the voice of my beloved" (Song
of Sol. 2:8). That is why there is such a close
association between the words of God and the Word, Jesus Christ.
Revelation 19:13 says, "And his name is called The Word of
God."
John 1:1 further states, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God." As important as these names of
God are, Psalm 138:2 says, "Thou hast magnified thy word above alI
thy name." The parallels between Jesus Christ, the
Word, and the word of God are manifold. John 17:17 says, "Thy word is
truth"; Jesus said, "I am the... truth" (John 14:6). Psalm
119:105 says, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path"; Jesus said, "I am the light ofthe world" (John 9:5).
Psalm 119:50 says, "This is my comfort... thy word": Isaiah 51:12
says, "I, even I, am he that comforteth you." They pulled out his
beard; they pull words out of the bible to alter how we view Jesus
Christ. Isaiah 52:14 says, "His visage was so marred more than any
man." They have marred the face of the written word so that we
cannot detect the counterfeit when he comes. They mocked Jesus Christ;
they will mock the KJV and those who hold it dear. Actually, it is scandalous for rich
Americans to have ten versions of the bible, instead of just one. Four
million dollars was invested in the New King James Version; subsequent
to that, several million dollars was spent on advertising campaigns.
Many tribes and peoples around the world have no King James type bible
at all; the Albanian bible was destroyed during the communist regime.
Many of the tribes in New Guinea do not have a bible in their language.
But, these countries have no money to pay the publishers. The publishers
are not interested in giving these people bibles; they are just
interested in making bibles that can produce a profit for their
operation. Did not Jesus say, "He that hath two
coats, let him impart to him that hath none" (Luke 3:11). I believe
the disciples fed the five thousand equally; we need to be content with
just one version. I understand that before the communists took over in
Norway, they had a national turkey shoot. After everyone shot their
turkey, they were given the turkey to take home, but were told, "We"re
going to keep your weapons." Likewise before the devil can defeat a
person, he must steal their sword. Our only effective weapon against the
devil is the sword of the spirit which is the word of God. There are four ways the devil steals
the sword from people. From the brutal reign of Diocletian until the
1400s, bibles were burned along with their owners. It is against the law
now (we are all quite cultured, you know). The new versions are the
second method of taking the word from Christians via their sixty-four
thousand missing words. The third method is to destroy people"s confidence
in the bible, saying from the pulpit, "It should read this," or "A
better reading would be this." By correcting the word of God, they are
taking away people"s confidence in the word of God. If a wife corrected
her husband in front of the children, they would soon lose respect for
their father. Likewise, when the bride of Christ corrects the voice of
the Father, in front of the babes in Christ, a generation grows up that
no longer "tremble at his word" (Isa. 66:5). The fourth and final
way the devi1 steals our sword, for those who do not fall prey to the
first three, is to keep us from our daily bible reading. Revelation 22:19, one of the last
verses in the bible, says, "And if any man shall take away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of
the book of life." We can see how serious God is about this when we
look at the genealogy in Matthew 1, it says, "Josias begat Jechonias"
(vs. 11). Jehoiakim actually begat Jechonias. Josias was his
grandfather. Why does it say that" God took Jehoiakim"s name out of the
book of life, acting as if he had never existed. Why" Jeremiah 36 tells
us Jehoiakim took a penknife to the word of God. It says he was not
afraid, and when they warned him, he would not hear them. So God took
his name out of the book of life.
http://www.av1611.org/nkjv.html coun
ter feit
\'kaunt-er-fit\: to imitate or copy closely The
greatest method of deception is to counterfeit. The Bible in 2 Corinthians 11:14-15
warns of Satan's counterfeit: "And no marvel; for Satan himself
is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great
thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of
righteousness;. . ." Isaiah 14: 14 tells of Satan's ultimate
counterfeit: ". . . I will BE LIKE the most High." WHAT ABOUT THAT MYSTERIOUS MARK" Symbols
are used throughout the occult. Harpers' Encyclopedia of Mystical &
Paranormal Experience (p.594) says, "Symbols are important to
all esoteric teachings, for they contain secret wisdom accessible only
to the initiated." Many people have asked about the mysterious symbol on the NKJV.
Thomas Nelson Publishers (publishers of the NKJV) claim, on the inside-cover, the symbol, ". . .is an ancient symbol for the Trinity." But Acts 17:29, clearly FORBIDS such symbology: ". . . we ought NOT to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, GRAVEN BY ART and man's device."
Constance Cumbey, author of The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow and a notable authority on the New Age Movement, said, "On the cover of the Aquarian Conspiracy is a Mobius, it is really used by them as triple six (666). The emblem on the cover of the New King James Bible is said to be an ancient symbol of the Trinity. The old symbol had gnostic origins. It was more gnostic than Christian. I was rather alarmed when I noticed the emblem..." (The New Age Movement, Southwest Radio Church, 1982 p.11)
The same symbol (with a circle) is displayed by the rock group Led Zeppelin. Members of Led Zeppelin are deeply involved in satanism and the occult. Guitarist Jimmy Page, so consumed with satanism, actually purchased satanist Aleister Crowley's mansion. Most believe the symbol is from the teachings of Aleister Crowley and represents 666.
The following picture is "The Hierophant" taken from the Tarot card set designed by satanist Aliester Crowley. The "Hierophant" is a priest in the occult and Eleusinian. Notice the "three circles" at the top of the wand or rod in the Hierphant's hand. Inside the the three intertwined circles is the "NKJV symbol".
Book of Shadows: Also called a grimoire, this journal kept either by individual witches or satanists or by a coven or group, records the activities of the group and the incantations used. (Jerry Johnston, The Edge of Evil: The Rise of Satanism on North America, p. 269)
The
book "Blood on the Doorposts" by former Satanists, Bill and
Sharon Schnoebelen, also documents the "trio of sixes (666)"
in the "NKJV symbol" and goes so far as claim it is
"symbolic of the anti-christ": "A
disguised interlocked trio of sixes, symbolic of the anti-christ. Also
symbolizes the triple goddess of Wicca (three interlocked vesica pisces
together). Commonly used in Catholic liturgical iconography, and has
recently found its way into the logo of the New King James Bible."
(Bill and Sharon Schnoebelen, Blood on the Doorposts, p. 150) Dr.
Cathy Burns writes in her book, Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated,
concerning the "NKJV symbol": "Marilyn
Ferguson, a New Ager, used the symbol of the triquetra (another name for
the triskele) on her book The Aquarian Conspiracy. This is a
variation for the number 666. Other books and material have a
similar design printed on them, such as books from David Spangler, the
person who lauds Lucifer, and The Witch's Grimoire. As most people know,
the number 666 is the number of the beast (see Revelation 13:18) and is
evil, yet the occultists and New Agers love this number and consider it
to be sacred. As
stated earlier, many organizations, such as the World Future Society and
the Trilateral Commission, incorporate this symbol into their logo. I
think it is quite interesting to see that this same symbol appears on
the cover of the New King James Bible as well!"(Dr. Cathy
Burns, Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated, pp. 242-243) For more info on the NKJV "mark" Would God "mark" His word with a symbol in the occult" The Preface to the New King James
Version (NKJV) reads, "A special feature of the New King James
Version is ITS CONFORMITY to the thought flow of the 1611 Bible.
. . the new edition, while much clearer ARE SO CLOSE to
the traditional. . ." So
why are they there"
KJV:
"And I say
also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my
church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Luke
16:23
KJV:
"And in
hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar
off, and Lazarus in his bosom." Hell is removed in 2 Sam. 22:6, Job
11:8, 26:6, Psalm 16:10, 18:5, 86:13, 116:3, Isaiah 5:14, 14:15,
28:15,18, 57:9, Jonah 2:2, Matt. 11:23, 16:18, Luke 10:15, 16:23, Acts
2:27, 31, Rev. 1:18, 6:8, 20:13,14. AND
THEY AIN'T JUST A KIDDIN'! Here's a sampling of the required changes:
AND
THAT DOESN'T SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF ALL THE CHANGES!
The New King James is a COUNTERFEIT! It's
NOT NEW! The changes are already in the NIV, NASV, NRSV, or RSV!
And
it's certainly NOT true to the 1611 King James Bible! ________________________________ Friend, I want to ask you the most
important question anyone will ever ask you: HAVE
YOU EVER BEEN SAVED" It's
simple to be saved ... Know
you're a sinner. "As it is written, There is
none righteous, no, not one:"
Romans 3:10 That
Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for your sins. "Who his own self bare our sins
in his own body on the tree, ..."
1 Peter 2:24 And
the best way you know how, simply trust Him, and Him alone as your
personal Savior.
"For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life."
John 3:16 WOULD
YOU LIKE TO BE SAVED"
http://www.texemarrs.com/031997/mark.html Mark of the
Devil Discovered" New King James Version "And he
causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to
receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no
man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the
beast, or the number of his name." (Revelation 13:16-17) In a startling
video expose of the New King James Version (NKJV) of the Bible, renowned
researcher and Bible scholar Gail Riplinger discusses the triquetra logo
found on each issue of the NKJV. She demonstrates that the NKJV logo is
strikingly reminiscent of the symbol employed by pagans and occultists
for their unholy, Luciferian trinity of deities. The same unified - yet
three-part logo, or symbol - is also connected with the theology of top
New Age leaders, and with the dark initiation rites of high-level
Freemasonry. The publisher of the NKJV, Thomas
Nelson Publishing, may claim that their bible's logo represents the Holy
Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But, if so, why is the same
design found dominant in New Age and occult circles" Why does a
revoltingly blasphemous Masonic ritual also employ the same symbol" A Symbol of Freemasonry
We reproduce in Flashpoint an
illustration from the classic Masonic text, Duncan's Ritual of
Freemasonry, which shows how the cryptic "Three Times Three"
handclasp is performed in the Royal Arch Degree by three
"brothers" of the Lodge. Incredibly, it is during this
grotesque ritual that the Masonic initiate learns the true name of the
Masonic god, nebulously referred to by Masons as the "Grand
Architect of the Universe." In this secret ritual, however, the
Masonic Lodge reveals that the actual name of their deity is Jahbuhlun.
This repugnant name is obtained by combining the name of Jehovah, or
Yahweh, with the names of the Philistine god, Baal, and the Egyptian
god, On. (On is one of the several names of the great Egyptian sun god.)
Thus, Jah-baal-on, or Jahbuhlun.
Riplinger has brought to my attention
that this same tri-part symbol is found concealed in the tail of the
Green Dragon, illustrated in Harry E. Wedeck's occult classic volume,
Treasury of Witchcraft. The same symbol and logo can also be
found on an album from Atlantic Records of heavy metal music by Led
Zeppelin, the satanic rock group. Moreover, it is similar to the logo of
the immense Krupp Works, the German manufacturing giant that was one of
the most important producers for Adolf Hitler's Nazi war machine. A Symbol of the Aquarian
Conspirators
New Age leader Marilyn Ferguson, who
wrote the million copy bestselling book, The Aquarian Conspiracy,
included the triquetra symbol at the beginning of each chapter of her
447-page encyclopedia promoting New Age perversion. Indeed, the very
cover of her book has this symbol prominently displayed against a stark,
black background. In her book, The Aquarian Conspiracy,
Ferguson displays an arrogant, in-your-face attitude. She confidently
discloses that yes, there is a global, New Age conspiracy. She gushingly
reports that the goal of its leadership is to dramatically transform
humanity and usher in a New Millennium of Oneness. Ferguson writes: A leaderless but powerful network is
working to bring about radical change in the United States - This
network is the Aquarian Conspiracy - There are legions of conspirators.
They are in corporations, universities, and hospitals, on the faculties
of public schools, in state and federal agencies - and the White House
staff. Whatever their station or sophistication, the A Symbol of the Black Madonna In countless New Age magazines and
books, one will find on prominent display the triquetra seal - the same
logo that is used by Thomas Nelson Publishers as the dominant design to
announce each copy of its false bible version. In Gnosis magazine (Winter 1997, p. 10)
I recently discovered an ad promoting a tour of "sacred sites in
Southern France." Parti-cipants, the ad explained, will be taken to
key places to honor and contemplate the Black Madonna, said to be
"a direct link to the pagan Earth goddesses and the archetype of
the sensual, uninhibited woman" A symbol of High Tech Control
But perhaps the ultimate use of this
strange, ancient symbol of foreboding evil is found on - of all places -
a high tech smart card. Gail Riplinger sent me a prototype of a new
smart card just unveiled by MasterCard, Visa, Citibank, and Chase
Manhattan. I was utterly shocked to find the triquetra symbol emblazoned
repeatedly on the card. As Gail told me in her letter, "The latest
smart card has the NKJV's logo all over the face of the plastic so that
when a picture goes under it, you have 666 on your forehead." In other words, the image on the prototype smart card is that of a man, the bearer or holder of the card, who has this dreadful symbol splattered all over his face and head. A Symbol of the Beast" Gail Riplinger suggests that the design
of the triquetra symbol on the smart card is alarmingly likened to that
of three 6's linked together: 666! Could it be that this strange symbol
is the prophesied Mark of the Beast, that terrifying seal someday to be
given each person on Earth, in their forehead or right hand, as a sign
of the Beast's unreserved ownership of the individual's body and soul": And the smoke of their torment
ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who
worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his
name. (Revelation 14:11) The prophetic Word solemnly warns us
not to receive the "mark of his name." And what is his name"
We instantly recall that higher-level Masons worship a false god under
the adulterous name, Jahbuhlun. And, as we have seen, the mark of
Jahbuhlun is that of the triquetra, the same three-part symbol used by
the publisher of the NKJV bible. Therefore, I ask once again: Could it be that this symbol - the secretive sign of the Aquarian Conspirators; the symbol of the worshippers of the Black Madonna; the symbol plastered on the image of the face of holders of a coming, new universal smart card - is the very mark signifying the name of the beast" A Sign From God
Frankly, I do not believe that in
choosing this symbol for its bible version the publisher of the NKJV
bible had any idea of the true meaning of its esoteric significance. But
because this bible version, like so many others, is permeated with
errors and omissions, I believe it possible that God saw to it that
there would be a signal for true Christians - one glaringly printed on
this false bible - warning us to reject the NKJV. God is faithful. He
always gives His people the light of truth so that darkness can be
avoided and rejected. I believe, then, we are witnessing the
hand of God, cautioning us to have nothing to do with the corrupt, new
bible versions. As we have repeatedly stated, the authorized King James
Version (KJV) remains the one, true, untarnished Bible. It is accurate
and without mixture of error. No wonder, then, that so many deceivers
today seek to cast doubt on the powerful, eternal Word of God contained
in the King James Bible. My friends, the real war in these last
days is not in the field of economics. Our major enemy is not political.
The greatest battle is not over the conspirators' scheme for the New
World Order. What we are engaged in now is the epic contest of the ages.
This is a struggle for the spiritual heart of mankind. I thank God that
he has provided us with all the ammunition and answers we need to fight
in this Holy War and prevail. The mighty weapons we require are found in
ample supply in His Book, the majestic and incomparable King James
Bible.
Revealing
God's Special Signature of Textual and Numerical Patterns in the
Authorized Version of the Bible
This article is a substantial excerpt of a larger work. If you wish to inquire about obtaining the full version of this online article, please send all questions and requests to: Michael Hoggard, 5983 Reynolds Creek Rd., Hillsboro, MO 63050 USA. E-mail: bethel@integritynetwork.net Index About
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A Brief
History Lesson Section
1:
About the King James Code. What
the King James Code is NOT. The
King James Code does not have anything to do with equidistant letter
sequences. Much debate centers around ELS because of its controversial,
and sometimes rather subjective nature. Some feel that, even though,
there may well be letter sequences in the Hebrew scriptures, there
meanings and interpretations are most often obscure. The
King James Code is not a private, secret language that only the elect
are going to be able to interpret. It does not necessarily require
sophisticated computers and software in order to discover the codes,
however, a computer search is much easier and less time consuming than a
typical concordance search. What
is the King James Code" If
I had to describe the King James Code in a nutshell, I would do it this
way. The King James Bible contains a system of numbers that are
consistently linked with words or phrases in the scriptures. It is
understood that the Bible can be comprehended on many levels. The more
you study the Scriptures and become accustomed to them, the more you
understand the Divine symbols of certain passages that you never saw
before. These must always come as a product of Divine Revelation.
Certain words and phrases take on a whole new meaning, never
contradictory to any other passage in the Scriptures. As you study, you
begin to see also that numbers seem to have a certain relevance in the
Bible. Each number will have its own symbolic meaning. Things associated
with completion or perfection will be linked with the number 7.
Things associated with the sinfulness of man will be associated with the
number 6, and so on. What I have discovered, or rather, what the Lord has revealed, is that word and phrase occurrences in the King James Bible foll | ||||||||||
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