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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 follow this same pattern.
If a word or a phrase is added or omitted, this ruins the pattern. Could
it be that this is why God commanded us not to add or take away from His
Word" (Deut. 4:2, Rev. 22:18,19) An
example of how this works is found in the phrase "Holy
Spirit". This phrase is found exactly 7 times in the King
James Bible. This not only reveals the Divine nature of the Holy Spirit,
but also reveals to us that the Bible is a very unique Book. It contains
the very signature of God himself, for, it would be impossible for man
to plan a book, and a system of numbers, in this fashion. Please
read these pages carefully and with an open mind. It may benefit you to
acquire some knowledge of the use of numbers in the Bible, but a mastery
of the subject is not necessary. For those who are not familiar at all
with the usage of Bible numerics, I include a reference guide in this
document.
Numbers
are one of the few things in this world that can truly reflect the
nature of God in several ways. First, numbers are infinite. We will
never count the last number, because it does not exist. Not only are
they infinite in positive form, but in negative form as well. This
perfectly describes a God who is eternal; a God who always was and
always shall be. Numbers
are constant. They never change. In this world, languages have changed,
people have changed, the world itself is in a constant state of change,
but numbers remain the same. 2+2 always equals 4 and always will. There
is no way it will change. Numbers
are one of the few things, according to Revelation 21, that will
accompany us from this world to the next. They are as eternal and
infinite as our Mighty God is. This
is why His Word is a word of numbers. Please read the following
carefully. All of this research can be easily replicated using a Bible
search program. I recommend using QuickVerse for Windows. It is the
program that I used in gathering this information. A copy will cost
about $10-$15 dollars. QuickVerse will allow you to search for a word or
phrase, and then list exactly how many times that word or phrase is
found, and show you how many verses it is found in. Not all Bible search
programs will do this. Also, QuickVerse comes with a master list of all
the words in the AV, along with the number of times they are found in
the text. As
I said earlier, this information came on me rather quick. Although I
have made several attempts at proofreading and double-checking the
various patterns for accuracy, there may be an occasion where I have
made an error. Let me assure you, that any errors in this book are
merely the result of human frailty and not sinister manipulation, just
to prove a point. I welcome any response you may have after reviewing this information. My address is given below. Thank you and may the Lord bless you. ------------------------------------------------- Section
2:
A Brief History Lesson Allow
me to begin with a little story-telling. A
long time ago, the story goes, a tiny group of people were being held in
bondage. The tyranny of the day was great, and their burdens were heavy.
They cried unto God from their chains, and God heard them. He sent them
a leader, a man that He had specially prepared, to take them out of this
land of bondage, and take them to a new land. A land flowing with milk
and honey. This
leader secured their freedom, and led them across the sea to their new
home. However, before God allowed these, His people, to come into this
promised land, He had to make a few special arrangements for them.
First, He wanted to establish them in His truth and not someone else"s,
so He gave them a copy of His written Laws, to establish His truth in
all that they did. Then, He made sure all the prior inhabitants of the
land who knew not God, would never be a threat to His people. Once this
was done, God brought His people into this new and wondrous place. God
blessed them in this new land, just like He promised, and once they were
settled, finally established them as His Peculiar People. He used these
people in this special land, to spread His Good News to the whole world,
just like He promised their forefathers. He established His covenant
with them, and said that as long they served Him, He would favor them
and bless them. The
story of the Exodus from Egypt and the establishment of God"s people in
the Promised Land is one of the greatest stories that can be told. But,
the story I just told you is not the story of the Israelites, it is the
real story of the establishment of America. The
similarities, indeed, are great. God has used Israel as a mirror in the
Church Age to establish a people that would accept His covenant, and
establish themselves as God"s people, for the purpose of spreading the
Gospel to the entire world. Our forefathers, the Pilgrims, knew this,
and let this calling be their constant incentive to establish a
Christian nation, and allow God to reform His Church from the bondage of
the government controlled churches of Europe. And just as sure as God
delivered His Word in the form of the Ten Commandments to the Israelites
as they established themselves in the Promised Land, God also delivered
His Holy Word to those Puritans and their followers in the form of the
King James, or Authorized Version of the Bible. Do not think, because of
this statement, that I am a racist. America is, and was intended, to be
a nation of people that were "gathered out of many nations".
All who have come to her shores have before them the greatest
opportunity ever. The opportunity to become part of the Great Kingdom of
God. There is no other nation on this planet where the gospel is so
freely accessible.
It
was the King James Bible that accompanied the Puritan leader John
Winthrop and 700 settlers who came to the New World in 1630. It
was the King James Bible that was used to establish the first churches
in America. It was the King James Bible that was used to establish the
first civil governments in the Colonies. It was the King James Bible
that led those brave Patriots in rebellion against the tyranny of King
George. It was the King James Bible that was the basis of our Great Law,
the Constitution of the United States. It was the King James Bible that
our first President, George Washington, laid his hand upon, to swear an
oath to preserve and protect the Constitution. It was open to
Deuteronomy 28. (read it to find out why) It was the King James Bible
that used to be taught in our public schools. It was the King James
Bible that literally millions of Americans learned how to read and write
with. It was the King James Bible that was the centerpiece of the common
American home for hundreds of years. It is still the King James Bible
that succeeding presidents lay their hand upon to swear the same oath.
It is the King James Bible that many of our citizens have sworn upon to
tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. It is the
King James Bible that is distributed by the millions every year, free of
charge, to military personnel, chaplains, prisons, hospitals, nursing
homes, hotels and motels, and schools all across this land. And now, for
some reason, the King James Bible is not good enough anymore. This
most sacred of all books was intended to be God"s true shining light for
all English speaking peoples all over the world. There is no greater
representation on earth of the beauty of the English language. But now,
we are trading this Wondrous Work in for lesser versions where the
language, and might I say, the doctrines, are more modern than eloquent.
Please
read the following quotations about our Bible. I will list them without
comment, so that you may see and understand what our Founding Fathers
knew about the Sacred Text. When these great men spoke of the Bible, it
was predominately the King James Bible that they spoke of. All
of the following quotations are reprinted by permission from America"s
God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations, written by my good friend,
William J. Federer. I encourage each and every one to secure a copy of
this book. In
his second work, The Truth of the Christian Religion, Hugo Grotius
wrote: "There
is no reason for Christians to doubt the credibility of these Books (of
the Bible), because there are testimonies in our books out of almost
every one of them, the same as they are found in the Hebrew. Nor did
Christ, when He reproved many things in the teachings of the Law, and in
the Pharisees of His time, ever accuse them of falsifying the Books of
Moses and the Prophets, or of using supposititious or altered books. And
it can never be proved, or made credible, that after Christ's time the
Scripture should be corrupted in anything of moment, if we consider how
far and wide the Jewish nation, who everywhere kept these Books, was
dispersed over the whole world." Sir
Matthew Hale (November 1, 1609-December 25, 1676), was Lord
Chief-Justice of the King's Bench, a position of high influence in
England. He testified: "There
is no book like the Bible for excellent wisdom and use." In
his work entitled Some Considerations Touching the Style of the Holy
Scriptures, Robert Boyle wrote: "The
Books of Scripture illustrate and expound each other; as in the
mariner's compass, the needle's extremity, though it seems to point
purposely to the north, doth yet at the same time discover both east and
west, as distant as they are from it and each other, so do some texts of
Scripture guide us to the intelligence of others, for which they are
widely distant in the Bible." Sir
Isaac Newton wrote: "We
account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find
more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history
whatsoever....Worshipping God and the Lamb in the temple: God, for his
benefaction in creating all things, and the Lamb, for his benefaction in
redeeming us with his blood." "But
through the system of revealed truth which this Book contains is, like
that of the universe, concealed from common observation, yet the labors
of the centuries have established its Divine origin, and developed in
all its order and beauty the great plan of human restoration." In
describing Sir Isaac Newton, the Encyclopedia of Philosophy stated: "Newton
himself was a student of Old Testament prophecies and believed in the
Scriptures as inerrant guides." Immanuel
Kant in Halley"s Bible Handbook wrote: "The
existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest
benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to
belittle it is a crime against humanity." George
Washington stated: "It
is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the
Bible." "The
blessed Religion revealed in the Word of God will remain an eternal and
awful monument to prove that the best Institutions may be abused by
human depravity; and that they may even, in some instances, be made
subservient to the vilest of purposes." Robert
Aitken (1734-July 15, 1802), was the publisher of The Pennsylvania
Magazine. On January 21, 1781, he petitioned Congress for permission to
print Bibles, since there was a shortage in America due to the
Revolutionary War interrupting trade with England. The Continental
Congress, September 10, 1782, in response to this shortage of Bibles,
approved and recommended to the people that The Holy Bible be printed by
Robert Aitken of Philadelphia. This first American Bible was to be
"a neat edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of
schools". In
1756, John Adams wrote in a diary entry: "Suppose
a nation in some distant Region should take the Bible for their only law
Book, and every membershould regulate his conduct by the precepts there
exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance,
frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his
fellow men; and to piety, love, and reverence toward Almighty God...What
a Eutopia, what a Paradise would this region be." In
a report to President Thomas Jefferson, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
wrote: "The
Bible is read; it is considered a duty to read it to the children; and
in that form of religion the sermons and liturgies in the language of
the people tend to increase and formulate ideas of responsibility....In
America, a great number of people read the Bible, and all the people
read a newspaper. The fathers read aloud to their children while
breakfast is being prepared - a task which occupies the mothers for
three-quarters of an hour every morning....It is because of this kind of
education that the Americans of the United States...have the advantage
of having a larger proportion of moderately well-informed men." Noah
Webster, known as the "Schoolmaster to America," used only the
Bible and the New Guide to the English Tongue, 1740, in his earliest
school. Thomas Dilworth said he wanted to rescue: "Poor creatures
from the Slavery of Sin and Satan by setting the word of God for a
Lantern to our feet and a Light to our Paths." It
was Thomas Jefferson who said: "The
Bible is the cornerstone of liberty. A student's perusal of the sacred
volume will make him a better citizen, a better father, a better
husband." Benjamin
Rush stated: "The
great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a
more effectual means of extirpating Christianity from the world than by
persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at
schools." "In
contemplating the political institutions of the United States, I lament
that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes and take so
little pains to prevent them. We profess to be republicans, and yet we
neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican
forms of government, that is, the universal education of our youth in
the principles of Christianity by the means of the Bible. For this
Divine book, above all others, favors that equality among mankind, that
respect for just laws, and those sober and frugal virtues, which
constitute the soul of republicanism." In
an essay entitled, "A Defense of the Use of the Bible as a School
Book," included in his 1798 work, Essays, Literary, Moral and
Philosophical, Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote: "[T]he
Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period
of life....[It] should be read in our schools in preference to all other
books from its containing the greatest portion of that kind of knowledge
which is calculated to produce private and public temporal
happiness." Fisher
Ames (April 9, 1758-July 4, 1808), was an American founder and
politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1789-97,
who help formulate the Bill of Rights in the First Session of the U.S.
Congress. He graduated from Harvard, 1774, and became of member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1788, where he participated in
the state's ratification of the U.S. Constitution. He was chosen a
member of the Governor's Council, 1798, and served until 1800, the year
he was honored by the Massachusetts Legislature to deliver the message
upon the occasion of George Washington's death. In 1804, he was offered
the presidency of Harvard University, but declined due to ill health. On
August 20, 1789, Fisher Ames' suggested wording of the First Amendment
was adopted by the House: "Congress
shall make no law establishing religion, or to prevent the free exercise
thereof, or to infringe the rights of conscience." Fisher
Ames stated: "Should
not the Bible regain the place it once held as a schoolbook" Its morals
are pure, its examples are captivating and noble....The reverence for
the sacred book that is thus early impressed lasts long; and, probably,
if not impressed in infancy, never takes firm hold of the mind....In no
Book is there so good English, so pure and so elegant, and by teaching
all the same they will speak alike, and the Bible will justly remain the
standard of language as well as of faith." On
September 20, 1789, in an article published in the Palladium magazine,
Fisher Ames stated: "We
have a dangerous trend beginning to take place in our education. We're
starting to put more and more textbooks into our schools....We've become
accustomed of late of putting little books into the hands of children
containing fables and moral lessons....We are spending less time in the
classroom on the Bible, which should be the principal text in our
schools....The Bible states these great moral lessons better than any
other manmade book." The
Holy Bible (during the period 1760-1805), was the source for 34% of all
quotations cited by our Founding Fathers. After reviewing an estimated
15,000 items, including newspaper articles, pamphlets, books,
monographs, etc., Professors Donald S. Lutz and Charles S. Hyneman, in
their work "The Relative Influence of European Writers on Late
Eighteenth-Century American Political Thought" published in the
American Political Science Review, revealed that the Bible, especially
the book of Deuteronomy, contributed 34% of all quotations used by our
Founding Fathers. The
other main sources cited include: Baron Charles Montesquieu 8.3%, Sir
William Blackstone 7.9%, John Locke 2.9%, David Hume 2.7%, Plutarch
1.5%, Beccaria 1.5%, Trenchard and Gordon 1.4%, Delolme 1.4%, Samuel von
Pufendorf 1.3%, Cicero 1.2%, Hugo Grotius .9%, Shakespeare .8%, Vattel
.5%, etc. These additional sources as well took 60% of their quotes
directly from the Bible. Direct and indirect citations combined reveal
that 94% of all quotations referenced by the Founding Fathers are
derived from the Bible." So
now we understand that the Authorized version has held a revered place
amongst our people for nearly 400 years. There is no good reason to
abandon it, or trade it in for something of lesser value. We have found
it to be a book of superior English, poetry, science, math, history,
doctrine, morality, prudence, virtue; a book of the superior Love that
God has for all mankind. And now we will see that God has placed His
very special Signature upon this Divine Book. Section
3:
Reference Guide to Numbers in Scripture and their Symbolic Meanings Listed
below is a quick reference guide to the symbolic meanings of various
numbers that are used in the Bible. This is not an exhaustive list, nor
is it meant to be totally comprehensive as to their meanings. I have
selected certain of these numbers to focus on in this book, and their
meanings will become apparent. I recommend purchasing at least one if
not several books written by different authors on the subject. This
list is compiled from two of these books, plus my own research into
biblical numbers. In a few instances, I depart from previously published
material on Bible numerics, as to meaning and usage of certain numbers,
but for the most part, there is a general agreement concerning a
majority of these numbers. I also recommend using this list and the
research contained in this book, to advance your own study. The Word of
God will be your authority and the Holy Spirit will guide you into all
truth. Number Symbolic Meaning
Here
are a few principals to keep in mind when it comes to understanding
certain numbers in the Bible. Often, numbers above 12 will carry several
different meanings, usually dependant on the context of the verse or
chapter they are located in, or by what numbers they are compounded by
or by what they are the sum of. For instance, the repeated numbers, 22,
33, 44, 55, 66".etc., are used either as repeated numbers, giving them a
compounded meaning of the main number, or sometimes they carry with them
the identification with the number 11, 2 X 11, 3 X 11, etc. Numbers that
are multiples of 10, may carry their own significance, or carry the idea
of the root number being compounded, (5, 50, 500, 5000, 1, 10, 100, 1000"and so on.) In several cases, as we will see later, the number of
times a certain word is found in the scriptures, gives that number its
meaning, or is associated in some way with a meaning already
established. As
you are reading through your Bible, take note of how certain numbers are
used, consult the meaning of that particular number, and ask the
question, "What prinicipal or doctrine is being taught by this
number as it relates to the context of the passage." For instance,
in Genesis 24, why did Abraham"s servant take ten camels with him to
find a bride for Isaac" In the story, he takes ten camels to search for
a wife for Isaac, the only begotten son of Abraham, (type of Christ).
When he finds Rebekah, she is carried back to Isaac riding on the
camels! Why" Because ten represents the written Word of God, i.e the Ten
Commandments, and God"s Word tells us that whenever God issues forth His
Word, it never comes back empty handed, but always accomplishes that
which it was sent out to do! (Isa 55:11) "So shall my word be that
goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it
shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing
whereto I sent it." That is just one instance of how to use the
numbers of the Bible as a tool for interpretation.
It
cannot, at least for now, be proven that every single number in the
Bible has any great significance. Many are, however, finding out more
and more of the mysteries of the Scriptures in these last days. It is
the opinion of this author that to omit or otherwise change any of the
numbers found in the scriptures is a mistake that should be avoided at
all costs. The problem that many of the modern translations have is that
they have in many cases, changed the numbers, usually by converting
weights and measures into current standards, or by completely omitting a
number altogether, replacing it with an invented paraphrase.
Allow
me to give one example of this. In John 6, the story of the feeding of
the Five thousand is given. In the Authorized Version, verses 5 through
7 are recorded as follows: (John
6:5-7) "When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company
come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that
these may eat" {6} And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew
what he would do. {7} Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth
of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a
little." Notice
the difference between this and its corresponding verses from the NIV. (John
6:5-7) "When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward
him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people
to eat"" 6. He asked this only to test him, for he already had in
mind what he was going to do. 7. Philip answered him, "Eight
months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a
bite!" Not
only has the number been omitted, but a paraphrased interpretation has
taken its place. The phrase "eight months wages" is not
contained in any of the Greek texts. I am curious as to how the regular
student of the Bible is supposed to find out that two hundred pennyworth
is the exact amount that a person would be expected to earn in eight
months time. Is this idea or equation located in the Bible anywhere" The
answer is no. I do not doubt that someone has done some digging into
ancient history and discovered something, somewhere that told him that a
man earned two hundred pennyworth in eight month"s time. But isn"t this
a case of relying on man"s knowledge and not God"s" Those who translated
this passage obviously made the assumption that God really intended to
tell John to write it down as eight month"s wages, but never got around
to it, until the NIV was published. Please, don"t do God any favors! As
you can probably tell, I am a stickler for leaving the Bible the way it
is. Although I realize that I do not have a flawless apologetic for the
King James Translation, I am content with leaving it intact, not making
any changes to any portions of it, and letting God supply the
interpretation He wants.
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4:
The Genesis Codes Coming
from a person who hated mathematics in grade school, the study of Bible
numerics has been a fascinating adventure into God"s Word for me. I am
amazed each day as I open up God"s word and uncover the hidden treasures
that are contained in the Authorized Version.
From
the earlier chapter on God"s plan for America, I realized very early in
my study that God had placed a very special anointing on this special
book. That anointing has been apparent for almost 400 hundred years now.
I believe in my heart that it is the Very Word of God. What I will show
in this section are the textual and numerical patterns that are
contained in the A.V., patterns that are not replicated in the modern
translations. I will show that not only is God"s signature on the text,
but on the chapter and verse divisions as well. Now I realize that this
statement will almost immediately be rejected by many who read this. It
will therefore not be my intention to try to convince anyone of this
principal. I am already convinced. I will only show you the pattern, and
let you be the judge.
The
first such pattern is found in the book of Genesis. As you will see,
many, if not all (I have not yet completed this study), of the chapter
divisions in Genesis follow their numerical equivalent in the theme of
each chapter. First
of all, it is noted that the book of Genesis contains 50 chapters. This
is by design. It has the stamp of inspiration placed on it by the Holy
Spirit himself, for 50 is the number for the Holy Spirit. (2 Tim 3:16)
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness:" In English, the word "inspiration" is
akin to the word "respiration" which simply means
"breath". The Holy Spirit is usually represented as being the
"breath of God." Now,
we will list some chapters in Genesis, and see this numerical pattern
displayed. Chapter
1. One is the number for Beginnings and Unity. The theme of Genesis 1 is
the beginning of the creation of God. Also, when we see the phrase,
"Let us make.." we are reminded that "The LORD our God is
one LORD." Deut. 6:4 Chapter
2. Two is the number for division and union. The theme of Genesis 2 is
how God separated or divided man by removing a rib from him, creating
the woman, and uniting them together in marriage. Chapter
3. Three is the number for resurrection and Divine completeness. In
Genesis 3, we find a microcosm of God"s plan for the ages, i.e. the fall
from grace, man"s sinful nature, the Seed of the woman who is to come,
die for sin, and be resurrected on the third day in order to put down
the serpent. It was intended for man to live forever. Sin brought death
into the world, but the prophecy of vs. 15 resurrects man to eternal
life once again. Chapter
4. Four is the number for the world and worldliness. In chapter 4, the
first births are recorded, the first murder is committed (worldliness)
and the worldly lineage of Cain is detailed here.
Chapter
5. Five is the number for grace and redemption. It is a number that is
associated with the Rapture, (the five wise virgins whose lamps are
full, etc.). It is in chapter 5 that we find Enoch being translated for
his righteousness. The only other mention we have of Enoch being
translated is found in Hebrews 11, verse 5. The word
"rapture" is not in the Bible, however, the word "translated"
is. This word is mentioned in three different forms, "translate,
translated, and translation." All of these combined make up 5
occurrences of this word. The 5th time is in Hebrews
11:5. Chapter
6. Six is the number for man and the wickedness of sin. In Genesis 6,
the seed of man is corrupted by the fallen angels. Also, God looks at
the entire world and sees the total depravity of mankind. It is now time
for judgement. According to scripture, man has been sinning now for
6,000 years. It is now time for judgement. Chapter
7. Seven is the number for completion and perfection. In Genesis 7, God
brings His judgement on the whole world. God literally puts an end to
life on earth. Only a remnant is saved. The old world is done away with.
God is ready to start all over again with the new world. Chapter
8. Eight is the number for new beginnings. Sunday is the first day of
the week, Saturday is the seventh day. At midnight on Saturday, the
seventh day, the week starts all over again on the eighth day, which is
also the first day all over again. This is God"s plan for the ages.
Since He has established this as His method, He will not and cannot
change it. In Genesis 8, Noah and the animals are released from the ark
in order to start the world all over again. There were eight people on
the ark who repopulated the earth. Chapter
9. Nine is the number for fruit bearing. It can be assumed that since
there were 7 of each clean animal and 2 of each unclean animal on the
ark, that the total number of animals on the ark was a multiple of 9. It
was with these animals that God repopulated each species. In the first
verse of chapter 9, God tells Noah and his sons to "Be fruitful,
and multiply." Chapter
10. Ten is the number for the Law and for Kingship. There are ten kings
represented by ten horns on the beast in Revelation 13. The first king
ever mentioned in the Bible is Nimrod, the first King of Babel (Babylon)
found in Genesis 10. By counting, we also find that Nimrod is the 13th
descendant from Adam. 13 is the number for rebellion and depravity. This
number is associated with Antichrist. Chapter
11. Eleven is the number for judgement and disorder. In Genesis chapter
11, we have the story of Babel. Need I say more" Chapter
12. Twelve is the number for governmental perfection. It is a number
given to Israel, the literal seed of Abraham, and the Gentile church,
the spiritual seed of Abraham. In Genesis 12, we find the first promise
given to Abraham concerning his seed, who would become a great nation. Chapter
13. Thirteen is the number for rebellion and depravity. In Genesis 13 we
find the first description of Sodom. Notice that it is in verse 13 that
the Bible says this, (Gen 13:13) "But the men of Sodom were wicked
and sinners before the LORD exceedingly."
For
yet more of these incredible patterns in the book of Genesis, see the
instructions for ordering the book, "The King James Code" at
the top of this article. ___________________________________________ Section
5:
Various Numerical Codes In
the following section, you will see an assortment of the various
numerical patterns that are contained only in the King James Version. It
is my opinion, that this proves beyond any reasonable doubt, that God
has placed His very own Signature in this book, and it is truly the
Inspired Word of God. Many of these patterns have been searched for in
the NIV, and "have been found wanting". For a complete list of
the codes that I have discovered so far, get the book The King James
Code. Your unbelieving friends will need to know that the Bible was not
written by man. Your Christian friends will need to know that God has
indeed preserved His Word for us in the last days. Give them a copy of
the book. Use it as you would a gospel tract. It will force most people
into making a decision, one way or the other, about God"s Word, and even
their relationship with Him. Then, pray for the results. The
Number Three The
number 3 is the number of divine completion and resurrection. Three
is the number for the Godhead. It should be mentioned that the term
"trinity" is not a Bible term. The only term used to describe
the persons of God is the word "Godhead." I John 5:7 declares
to us that there are 3 persons in this Godhead, (unless you have
an NIV). So it comes as no surprise that the word itself, "Godhead"
is found only 3 times in the Scriptures. (Acts
17:29) "Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not
to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone,
graven by art and man's device." (Rom
1:20) "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the
world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without
excuse:" (Col
2:9) "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead
bodily." Since
the number 3 is the number for resurrection, it would stand to
reason that it would be associated with being born again. It is. The
phrase that Jesus himself used to describe salvation, "born
again" is found exactly 3 times in the AV, and each time it
is in reference to the number 3 either in chapter or verse. (John
3:3) "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God." (John
3:7) "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
again." (1
Pet 1:23) "Being born again, not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for
ever."
Along
with this same theme of resurrection lets look at a verse in the Bible
that talks about resurrection. (Rom
1:4) "And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to
the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:" In
this passage, Paul clearly points out that the power of Christ and of
salvation was not manifested on the cross, but manifested by His
resurrection from the dead. We serve a living Savior, and all who are
followers of Him, and have been born again also receive this
resurrection from the dead. We were once dead in our sins, but now we
are made alive in Christ Jesus. This phrase "resurrection from
the dead", is found exactly 3 times, all of them in the
New Testament. Here are the other two occurrences. (Luke
20:35) "But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that
world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are
given in marriage:" (Acts
4:2) "Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached
through Jesus the resurrection from the dead." A
few years ago, Dallas Holm sang a song that became one of the best loved
songs in modern Christianity. The title of his song was "Rise
Again". He took this title directly from the scriptures. It was
a song about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This phrase is to be
found 9 (3x3) times in the New Testament.
The
Number Four The
number 4 is the number for the world, creation, and worldliness.
This section will be devoted to this theme, and the pattern
associated with this theme. In
the very first verse of the Bible, we find that God spells out exactly
what His creation consists of. (Gen
1:1) "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." These
two words, "heaven" and "earth" are
found together in the same verse a total of 156 times. This
breaks down to 4x39. When we search for the exact four
word phrase that is used in Genesis 1:1, we find that it is found
exactly 4 times in the Authorized Version. (Gen
1:1) "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (2
Sam 18:9) "And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode
upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak,
and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven
and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away." (Jer
32:17) "Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the
earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing
too hard for thee:" (Jer
51:48) "Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is
therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her
from the north, saith the LORD." It
is also one of the great doctrines of the faith, that one of these days,
God will create a New Heaven and a New Earth. In fact it is mentioned 4
times in the scriptures that this will occur. (Isa
65:17) "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:
and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind." (Isa
66:22) "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I
will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed
and your name remain." (2
Pet 3:13) "Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." (Rev
21:1) "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first
heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more
sea." In
the first section of this book, we noted that Genesis 4 displayed
the theme of the world and worldliness. It should also be noted that the
word "ground", pertaining to the earth itself, is found
4 times in Genesis 4. It is also interesting to note that
the one person who symbolized the lineage of worldliness, Cain,
is found 16 (4x4) times in Genesis 4. The
Number Five The
number 5 is, without a doubt, the number for grace and
redemption. It is the number that is associated with the future
translation of the Church. All of these themes can be discovered in the
Authorized Version of the Bible. First
we find, that the 5th time Noah"s name is mentioned,
it is mentioned with Grace. (Gen
6:8) "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
LORD." It
might also be mentioned that Noah was 500 years old, when he
begat the lineage that was to repopulate the earth after the flood. The
first time Noah"s name is mentioned is in Genesis chapter 5. The
Bible tells us that the flood waters prevailed on the earth for exactly 150
days. This breaks down to 5 months. You may have noticed that in
the King James Bible, Noah"s name is spelled differently in the Gospels,
but not in Hebrews, or the two epistles of Peter. In the Gospels it is
spelled "Noe." Did you ever wonder why" Maybe it has
something to do with the fact that his name spelled this way exactly 5
times. The last time Noah"s name is ever mentioned is in II Peter
chapter 2 verse 5. The 40 day time period that it
rained on the earth is found 5 times in the book of Genesis, the
last time being found in chapter 50. Now,
let"s look at a phrase in the Bible that is associated with grace. (Acts
20:24) "But none of these things move me, neither count I my life
dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the
ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
of the grace of God." Through
this and other verses, we understand that true grace is God"s grace. It
is his unmerited favor to all who will receive it. This phrase "grace
of God" is found in two forms; "grace of God"
and "grace of our God". Together, they are found in 25
(5x5) verses, exclusively in the New Testament. Our
Savior is associated with the number 5. In Isaiah, he is given 5
titles. (Isa 9:6) "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall
be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace." He arrived on this earth at the
beginning of the 5th millenium from Adam. As the
number for Antichrist is 666, the number for Christ is 555.
Why" The word "Christ" is found exactly 555 times in
the Bible! The first occurrence is Matthew 1:1, the first verse of the
New Testament, and in Revelation 22:21, the last verse of the New
Testament, literally, he is the first and the last. His title as the
"only begotten son" is found exactly 5 times in
the Bible. The
number Eight The
number 8 is the number for new life and new beginnings.
In Genesis 8, Noah and the animals are allowed to depart from the
Ark and restore the earth. Noah and his family consisted of 8
people that repopulated the human race. Noah"s name is found exactly 48
(8x6) times in the Old Testament. His name in both forms (Noe and
Noah) is found exactly 8 times in the New Testament. When you
combine them together you end up with a total of 56. Here we find
that the name of Noah is the product of Completion (7) and
New Beginnings (8). What an amazingly perfect Book! Twice
in the New Testament, Noah is associated with the number 8.
(1
Pet 3:20) "Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark
was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by
water." (2
Pet 2:5) "And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth
person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the
world of the ungodly;" After
the 7th millenium, in which Christ reigns on the earth
for 1,000 years, everything is formed anew and this is when the
New Heaven and New Earth show up. This, too, is God"s pattern, and He
will not depart from it. Those who say that Christ will not literally
reign for 1,000 years at the end of the 6th
millenium either do not recognize this pattern, or completely ignore it
altogether. This is a shame. The
number 8 is the product of 2 and 4. When you
multiply the number for division with the number for the creation, you
realize that there will be 2 creations, the old and the new. This
is the essential idea behind being born again. The number 8 is
also the sum of 5 and 3. When you add the number for
redemption, with the number for resurrection, you still have new life,
no matter how you look at it.
In
the 8th book of the Bible, the book of Ruth, you have
this pattern displayed and preserved. The whole theme of Ruth is the
redemption and restoration of Naomi, (Jewish Church), based upon this
verse, (Ruth 4:15) "And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy
life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law,
which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath
borne him." (that"s because 8 is better than 7) The
word "alive" is found 88 times in the scriptures. Its
usage, as well, indicates the new life found in Christ through his
resurrection. (Mat
27:63) "Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he
was yet alive, After three days I will rise again." (Luke
15:24) "For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost,
and is found. And they began to be merry." (Luke
24:23) "And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that
they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was
alive." (Acts
9:41) "And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had
called the saints and widows, presented her alive." (Rom
6:11) "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto
sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Rev
2:8) "And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write;
These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is
alive;" The
word "forth", quite a common word for the Bible, is found 888
times in the scriptures. One of its more famous uses comes in this form. (John
11:43-44) "And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,
Lazarus, come forth. {44} And he that was dead came forth,
bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with
a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go." In
Hosea 6:2 (6+2=8), we find a prophecy concerning the restoration of
Israel in the last days. (Hosea
6:2) "After two days will he revive us: in the third day he
will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight." Encoded
in this passage is a time prophecy of "the third day".
As Christ was given new life on the third day, so will the nation
of Israel, prophetically speaking. Christ is going to revive
those dry bones and give them life all over again very soon. The word
"revive" is found exactly 8 times in the Bible. The
Number Nine The
number 9 is the number for fruits or fruitbearing. It has already
been mentioned that the command to come out of the ark and be fruitful
is found in Genesis chapter 9. There were 7 clean animals
of every kind and 2 unclean animals of every kind, showing us
that the number 9 is to be associated with the animals in the
Ark. In Genesis 1:22 God gives the very first fruitful command ".. (Gen
1:22) "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the
earth." Yes, you guessed it. The phrase "be fruitful"
is found exactly 9 times in the scriptures!
We
are admonished in the Scriptures, as Christians, to bear fruit.
When we look in the scriptures, we find this principal exactly 9
times. (2
Ki 19:30) "And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah
shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward." (Isa
37:31) "And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall
again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:" (Ezek
17:8) "It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might
bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might
be a goodly vine." (Ezek
17:23) "In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it:
and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly
cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of
the branches thereof shall they dwell." (Luke
13:9) "And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then
after that thou shalt cut it down." (Luke
8:8) "And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare
fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried,
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." (John
15:4) "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear
fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except
ye abide in me." (John
15:8) "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit;
so shall ye be my disciples." (Rev
22:2) "In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the
river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits,
and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for
the healing of the nations." In
Leviticus 25, God gives His instruction concerning the year of Jubilee.
Here is what the Scriptures say. (Lev
25:19-22) "And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat
your fill, and dwell therein in safety. {20} And if ye shall say, What
shall we eat the seventh year" behold, we shall not sow, nor
gather in our increase: {21} Then I will command my blessing upon you in
the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
{22} And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit
until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the
old store." In
this is displayed the numerical patterns. They were commanded to work on
the 6th year, rest on the 7th year,
start anew on the 8th year, and reap the fruits on the
9th year. Here again, we see that our God is a God of
order, and that order does not change. It
is no surprise that in the 9th book of the New
Testament, the book of Galatians, we find the 9 fruits of the Spirit.
(Gal
5:22-23) "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, {23} Meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law." Would
it be possible then that the fruit of the Spirit be associated
somewhere else with the number 9" Lets take a look and see. (Eph
5:9) "(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness
and righteousness and truth;)" Since
God"s Word is a book of order, it is no surprise that we find this in
verse 9. Remember, God wrote the book, not man, and He alone is
responsible for its patterns.
There
is another type of fruit that the Bible mentions. It is the fruit of
sin. Here is what the Psalmist said happens to those whose hearts
are full of sin. (Psa
9:17) "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the
nations that forget God." Hell
is literally the reward and the fruit of those who remain in their sin.
God even established a pattern for hell. The word hell is
found exactly 54 times in the scriptures. This is the number for
the wickedness of man (6) times the number for fruit (9). The
Number Twelve Although
I am very aware of the importance the number 12 plays in the
scriptures, I do not have as yet very much to report as far as the codes
are concerned. Remember, all of this information that you see before
you, has been the process of revelation, and not education. The Lord
would tap me on the shoulder and tell me what to look for.
I
do, however, have a few, very important codes to share that involve the
number 12. God established the pattern of 12 in the Old
Testament, when He gave Father Israel 12 sons. It was through
them and their respective tribes that the whole Nation of Israel was
formed. In the New Testament, God re-established this pattern by
appointing 12 Apostles. It is on their foundation (Eph. 2:20,
Rev. 21:14), Christ being the Chief Cornerstone, that the Gentile Church
is built. As the 12 tribes were intended to be 1 nation,
we are expected to be 1 body. No divisions, no schisms, just 1
body. The codes spell that out very clearly. In Acts, we are told this
about the beginning of the Church age. (Acts
1:14) "These all continued with one accord in prayer and
supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his
brethren." It
did not surprise me one bit to find that this phrase "one accord"
is found exactly 12 times in the New Testament. It is only found
once in the Old Testament, and carries the same theme. I will reserve
comment on this subject. Go to your King James Bible, study the use of
this phrase, and let God do the talking! The
number 12 is understood clearly from the scriptures to be a
number that is associated with the Church, both of the Old Testament,
and of the New. Those who are in the New Testament Church are those whom
God has quickened, or brought back to life and given a new beginning in
His Kingdom. This gives them the association both with the number 12
and with the number 8. They are called the "saints".
They are called saints exactly 96 (12x8) times in
the scriptures. The
Number Seven I
have decided to save the best for last. You may have, by now, seen some
things you have never seen before, but it hasn"t been enough to put you
over the edge of belief just yet. What follows in this last chapter is,
without a doubt, the most incredible set of codes and patterns that you
have ever seen. The number 7 is God"s very own number. If His
Word is going to have an association with any number, it would be this
one. Please read very carefully, and let the Spirit guide you into all
wisdom and knowledge. The
number 7 is associated with God, and with Divine completion and
perfection. It has become apparent to most who read the scriptures, that
the number 7 is the most significant number in all of the
scriptures. It is the number most often mentioned when you ask someone
to give them a number out of the Bible. As a person reads the Bible,
they often encounter this number and conclude that there must be some
very special significance to the use of this number in the passage that
they are reading. With that in mind, it stands to reason that there must
be some extremely important patterns that are associated with the number
7. As you read through this section, you will understand that the
use of the number 7 in the King James Version, is what sets it
apart from the other English translations. Here are many of the various
patterns associated with the number 7. The
very first version of the written Word of God was a little, two tablet
book commonly called The Ten Commandments. They are the basis of the
laws that govern this great nation. The devil is increasing his attack
on the Ten Commandments because of what they represent. God has placed a
very important value on the Ten Commandments, for, we find them located
in the 70th chapter of the Bible, Exodus 20. The Bible
mentions that they were written on "tables of stone."
In fact, the Bible mentions 14 (7x2) times that they are
written on tables of stone.
As
I mentioned earlier, it is very clear that the words, phrases, verses,
chapters and books of the scriptures have been arranged in a perfect
order. It would be impossible for men to manipulate a group of documents
in this manner, especially men who, in many cases, lived thousands of
years apart. One pattern that I discovered about the Divine arrangement
of the Scriptures was revealed to me as I read Genesis 1:1. This verse
details the beginning of the creation of God. Notice it is in the first
book of the Bible, the first chapter, the first verse. The
first things always belong to God. I remembered that there was another
place where there is a similar passage. It is in John 1:1. Notice
that it also begins with "In the beginning", that it is
in chapter 1, and verse 1, but what about the book. It is
not the first book of the New Testament. However, from Genesis to Luke,
there are exactly 42 (7x6) books. This makes John the first
book of a whole new set! How
do we know which Bible to use" The bible you use must be the true "Word
of God." We are told that Jesus is the Word of God in
John 1:1. He is also given that title in I John 5:7 "For
there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word,
and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." It seems odd that
most of the modern translations omit verse 7, or place a question
mark by it in the form of a note that says that this passage does not
appear in some Greek texts! The phrase "word of God" is
found exactly 49 times (7x7) in the Authorized Version of
the Bible!
Jesus
and the Bible are forever linked together. They are in reality, the same
thing. He is truly the Word of God. The title of "the
Word" that is given to Jesus is found exactly 7 times in
5 verses, including being found in I John chapter 5 verse 7!
They are listed below. (John
1:1) "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God." (John
1:14) "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and
we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth." (1
John 1:1) "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our
hands have handled, of the Word of life;" (1
John 5:7) "For there are three that bear record in
heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three
are one." (Rev
19:13) "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his
name is called The Word of God." These
verses are copied exactly as they are found in the Scriptures. I have
added emphasis to some of the words, but have not changed them in any
other form. The capitalized "w" at the beginning of
"Word" was put there by the translators, but was not contained
in the Greek manuscripts. Do we yet not believe that the Hand of the
Almighty was on these men as they compiled and translated this sacred
Book" Does the Bible you read and trust in contain this Divine pattern" The
number 49, being the product of 7x7 is a tremendous
number, for it compounds the idea of completion that we find in the
number 7. This very equation is found right in the text of the
scriptures themselves. (Lev
25:8) "And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto
thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven
sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine
years." Since
this number was so important to God, it is very reasonable to assume
that His Word and His Son should be associated with this number. It
reveals to us in these last days, exactly who His Son is, and now
reveals to us which Bible is His truly inspired Word. The
Bible itself states that the Word of God is a book of parables. The word
"parable" is found 49 times. The word
"parable" is found 7 times in the book of Numbers.
All of them are found in chapters 23 and 24, and all of them are spoken
by Balaam, the first time being found in verse 7 because, (Num
23:5-7) ""the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said,
Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. {6} And he returned unto
him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes
of Moab. {7} And he took up his parable, and said, Balak
the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the
east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel." In
Psalm 78, we are told that God speaks his Word by means of the parable,
(Psa 78:1-2) "Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law:
incline your ears to the words of my mouth. {2} I will open my mouth in
a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:". And we are
also told that all the words of Jesus are in parable form, (Mat
13:34) "All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in
parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:".
It
was Paul who warned us about a false gospel. (Gal
1:8-9) "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other
gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let
him be accursed. {9} As we said before, so say I now again,
If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have
received, let him be accursed." Notice
that this warning was so strong that he mentions it twice to get the
point across. There is a difference between the real Word of God, and
the false gospel. Paul and Peter made sure that we understood this,
because they spoke of The gospel of God. This phrase is found
exactly 7 times in the scriptures. The 7th time
it is used is an indication of what will happen to those who do not obey
the real gospel. (1
Pet 4:17) "For the time is come that judgment must begin at the
house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them
that obey not the gospel of God"" As
we have seen before, the Holy Spirit is represented elsewhere in the
scriptures as being the "breath" of God. God tells us
in Ezekiel 37:14 that He will "put my breath in you, and ye
shall live." In Genesis, God did this with Adam. (Gen 2:7)
"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living soul." This is the first place we find the word "breath".
Notice that it is in verse 7. The word "breath"
is found 42 times. God took the number for man (6) and
multiplied it by the number for God (7). In
the two listings of the lineage of Jesus Christ is the manifestation of 7
displayed. The account given for us in Matthew chapter 1 lists 42 (6x7)
generations from Abraham. The account given for us in Luke chapter 3
lists 77 generations from God who created Adam, the first
"son of God", to Jesus, the "true Son of God." Jesus" title of "Son of God" in its various forms is found 49
(7x7) times in the New Testament. It is found only one time in
the Old Testament, recorded in the book of Daniel. (Dan
3:25) "He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in
the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth
is like the Son of God." Check
your modern translations for this verse. The NIV records it as "a
son of the gods." There can be no mistaking that this points to
Antichrist and not the real Christ! The scriptures do attribute a
"god" status to fallen angels. The word "gods" is
found a total of 244 times in the scriptures. This is a product
which has the number for the world (4) as its multiplier (4x61).
These false "gods" are truly earthly and not heavenly. Our
Savior is also given the title of "Son of Man". This phrase is
found 196 times in the AV. This number breaks down to 49 (7x7)
x 4! The last place that this phrase is used is in Revelation 14
verse 14! Check your modern translations for this same pattern.
Is this title found exactly this many times in any other translation" I
do not believe that it exists outside the King James Version.
In
John 12, the doubters ask Jesus a very simple question. (John 12:34)
"".who is this Son of man"" I
know who it is. It is Jesus Christ. How do I know for sure" It is
all in the numbers. The phrase "Jesus Christ" is found
exactly 196 times in the King James. The exact amount of times
that the "Son of Man" is found! The
unity of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and the Church is
established exactly 7 times in the King James Bible by use of the
phrase "are one." This phrase is only found 7
times in the scriptures, and, it is not associated with any other idea. (John
10:30) "I and my Father are one." (John
17:22) "And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that
they may be one, even as we are one:" (Rom
12:5) "So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every
one members one of another." (1
Cor 3:8) "Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one:
and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour." (1
Cor 10:17) "For we being many are one bread, and one body:
for we are all partakers of that one bread." (1
Cor 12:12) "For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all
the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also
is Christ." (1
John 5:7) "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." Comparing
this pattern with the NIV, I discovered that in Romans 12:5, this phrase
has been divided up to change the meaning, in I Cor. 3:8, the phrase is
missing and replaced with "have one purpose", which is not the
same as being one with someone especially God. God and Satan have the
same purpose, to draw all men in worship to each of them respectively,
but this does not make them "one." In I Cor. 10:17, the phrase
"are one bread" is replaced with "are one body", the
phrase is omitted in I Cor. 12:12, and the entire verse of I John 5:7 is
completely gone. There
is a two-word phrase that is used repeatedly in the scriptures to
describe the total authority and power of Almighty God. It is the phrase
"most high". Truly, our God is the Most High God. He is
given this title exactly 49 times in the Scriptures. Listed
below, are the places where this title is either mentioned in the 7th
chapter, the 7th verse, or one of its multiples. Genesis
14:18, Genesis 14:19, Genesis 14:20, Genesis 14:22, Psalm 7:17, Psalm
21:7, Psalm 77:10, Isaiah 14:14, Daniel 7:18, Daniel 7:22, Daniel 7:25,
Daniel 7:27, Hosea 7:16, Hosea 11:7, Mark 5:7, Acts 7:48, Hebrews 7:1. Isaiah
14:14 is the verse where we find that Lucifer"s sole desire is to
be like theMost High. Hebrews 7:1 is the 49th
place that you find God"s special title of Most High. As
we saw earlier, Jesus" title of "Christ" is found 555
times in the Bible. We also found, according to the lineage of Luke
chapter 3, that He is the 77th in line from God the
Father. When we count forward to the 555th chapter of
the Bible, we find that it takes us to Psalm 77! Our God is a God
of perfect order, and so then is His Word. Might it also surprise you to
know that the word "church" is found 77 times in
the Authorized Version"!!!!
Now,
let"s take this just a little further. Let"s look at the 77th
chapter of the Bible. It is Exodus 27 (20+7). This chapter has 21
(7x3) verses in it. In the 21st verse we find
this passage. (Exo
27:21) "In the tabernacle of the congregation without the
veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order
it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute
for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of
Israel." This
phrase is a common phrase that refers to the church of the Old
Testament. This is the first occurrence of this name for the church.
It is found in the 77th chapter of the Bible, the 21st
verse. This phrase is found exactly 21 (7x3) times in the
Book of Exodus. It is found exactly 133 (7x19) times in
the whole Bible! (19 just happens to be 7+12!) And
the list goes on and on. Allow
me to display some of the 7 related patterns in column form. In
this first column, we will list the various titles and attributes given
to God and His Son Jesus, followed by the number of times that
particular phrase is mentioned in the KJV. Son
of Man 196 times (49x4)
Jesus
Christ 196 times (49x4)
Word
of God 49 times (7x7)
Son
of God 49 times in the New Testament (only once in OT)
Most
High 49 times
The
Word of the Lord 245 times (49x5)
The
Word 7 times
Husbandman
7 times
My
Beloved Son 7 times
His
Son 7 times
Firstborn
7 times
Thy
Word 7 times in the New Testament
"It
is Written" 63 times (7x9) in the New Testament
Jesus
and Grace 49 times in the same verse
Holy
Spirit 7 times
Breath
(form of Spirit) 42 times (6x7)
Thunders
(God"s voice) 7 times
God
of Israel 203 times (7x29)
I
will now list for you the various names that are identified with the
Church, along with the number of times they are mentioned in the
scriptures. Many of these have not previously been mentioned. Church
77 times (as in the 77 generations of Luke 3)
Kingdom
of God 70 times, found only in the New Testament
Assembly
49 times
Bride
14 times
Firstfruits
7 times in the New Testament
Daughter
of Zion (or Sion) 28 times (7x4)
Daughter
of Jerusalem 7 times
Daughters
of Jerusalem 7 times (all in the Song of Solomon, found only one other
time in Luke 23:28)
Children
of Israel 644 times (7x92)
Congregation
49 times in the Book of Exodus
Tabernacle
of the Congregation 21 times in Exodus (7x3)
56
times in Numbers (7x8)
Witnesses
49 times
Fishers
(as in fishers of men) 7 times
Peculiar
7 times
Kinsmen
7 times
Worshippers
7 times
Workmanship
7 times
If
in the course of my study, I had encountered one or two of these
patterns, I might not have thought too much of it. But as you can
clearly see, the evidence is overwhelming, and is growing day by day.
There has not been a single time, when I dedicated myself, my time and
my study to the Lord, relying on His inspiration, that I have not been
shown more of His signature in the King James Bible. It is my hope that
all who discover these wonderful truths, will also come to revere this
most special of all books, the way I have. http://www.biblebelievers.com/Hoggard_KJV_Code.html
Some Differences in the
NIV compared to the KJV! Words, whole verses left out, changed, etc. ====================== Garden Tools Verses the Word Of God Food for thought, Every disciple that Jesus had was baptized the Baptist way. Submersed, and they were submersed based on the very Word of God. They took Him at His Word and were baptized. The took Him at His WORD and followed Him. His Word was their guide. Matthew 24:35,
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my
words shall not pass away." Notice the "NOW"
Until now things have been easy. But is it going to get rough from here
on out. The battles we have today NO METAL SWORD
can handle! (Eph 6:12 KJV) For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (13 ) Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (14) Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; (15) And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; (16) Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. (17) And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: (18) Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Armor we are going to WAR not a
picnic When Jesus fought with Satan He said "
IT IS WRITTEN" If you were as smart as the Devil you would try to get the weapon out of the hands of the warriors. FACT: The Devil does not want you to have a Supernatural Sword. Let's read (1 Sam 13:19 KJV) Now there was no smith (NO BLACKSMITH worker of metal) found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: (1 Sam 13:20
KJV) But all the Israelites went down
to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and
his ax, and his mattock. ( coulter " agriculture tools "plowshares ) King Saul closed down all the Blacksmith
Shops " He fell for the lies of the Philistines who were the enemies of
God Devil said, let"s give them GARDENING
TOOLS instead of SWORDS " then we will attack. The Devil Left them HELPLESS, DEFENSELESS
WEEK - no swords, just gardening tools. I've been going to Baptist churches for over 30 years. Every pastor I've ever had as a pastor preached from the King James Bible. He always said to the crowd, "Open your Bibles and let's hear what the Lord says." It is amazing how well this nation did when we didn't know how ignorant we were. (Are you listening") This is my only pastorate of 14 years, and I have been preaching from this book ( my SWORD - the King James Version 1611 edition) for over 20 years. I've seen miracles in my pastorate from the power of this BOOK. I've preached thousands of SERMONS AND
LESSONS from this book, and I've never yet preached a sermon that wasn't
preached from the King James Bible. To be quite frank with you, I've
seen fellows who preach from other Bibles, and I somehow get the idea
THEY are missing something. I've never seen a fellow really whoop it up
about any other Bible. I've never heard a fellow say, "Blessed be
God, let's look in the Book" and then preach with such power and
conviction as I have when I heard men preach from THIS Book. The very
sword of Almighty God. We've got to have it! I mean, shall we
have an authority we can't find" Would God tell us His Word is the final
authority and leave us without His Word" We must have a copy or we may
as well join our cultic friends and let the church be the basis for
truth. Jesus said, (Rom 10:17 KJV) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Rom 15:19 KJV) Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. (1 Cor 14:33 KJV) For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. Devil knows which one is the WORD of God He will provide some garden tools for you if you will just lay down your sword. God gave the 1611 KJV Bible to the English speaking people so that we could evangelize the world with the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. He did not give us a perversion, nor a watered down replica - He gave us HIS WORD, not some watered down, I do not want to offend the Devil version. Take up the Sword of God , The Sword of the Holy Spirit and fight the enemy with the very power of the God of creation -- His Word. Have you ever thought about this. ONLY the English-speaking people have been evangelizing this world for the last 400 years. Many have taught others of foreign lands to evangelize, but those were first taught by English speaking people who used the KJV 1611 Bible, And God gave us the very WORD OF GOD to get the job done. The SWORD of God is in my hand today! Devil does not fear garden tools, NIV - New this and New that - The Taylor Living Bible, The Modified New KJV Jesus said buy a SWORD " Go to WAR
Sword of the Spirit " POWER to fight the
powers of darkness. But the KJV is over 400 years old and is
still in print today Let me show you why the NKJV is a garden tool and not the SWORD of God (1 Cor 15:35 KJV) But
some man will say, How are the dead raised up" And with what body do
they come" Now lets read the NKJV (1 Cor 15:35 NKJV) But
someone will say, "How are the dead raised up" And with what body
do they come"" HADES """" Hell is not the grave
" that is Jehovah Witness teachings. BIBLE SAYS: (John 8:44 KJV) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Satan is the father of all lies "if the NKJV told a lie then whose book is it" Satan"s. ============ (Mark 1:14 KJV) Now
after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching
the gospel of the kingdom of God, Let"s read the NKJV (Mark 1:14 NKJV) Now
after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the
gospel of the kingdom of God, Did you catch that, KJV said to THE GOSPEL and the NKJV says to believe IN the gospel LISTEN: Cults believe in the gospel,
Devil believes in the gospel Satan is the father of all lies "if the NKJV told a lie then whose book is it" Satan"s. Here is an attack on His deity: First
let's read from the KJV - God's Word to us: (Mat 20:20 NKJV) Then
the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down
and asking something from Him. You can go to church an kneel at the altars and still not worship God. You can walk down the street though and
worship, You can be riding in your car and worship, if the worship is
given to God by you. You do not even have to be in a church to worship
God. ================= What about the NIV the New International Version" NIV " copyrighted " Why" they say it is
"our words" (John 3:16 NIV) "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Did you catch that" KJV "Only
Begotten" that is virgin born. If the NIV is right, then there
goes our salvation " We are the Sons of God through Jesus
Christ " we are adopted. Satan is the father of all lies "if the
NIV told a lie then whose book is it" Satan"s. (Col 1:13 KJV) Who
hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us
into the kingdom of his dear Son: Look at what is missing in the NIV ""the blood" " they left it out. (Col 1:13 NIV) For
he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the
kingdom of the Son he loves, Why did they take out the BLOOD"
Satan's attack to remove the blood. Why" Let's read: (Rev 22:7 KJV) Behold,
I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the
prophecy of this book. (Rev 22:7 NIV) "Behold,
I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy
in this book." Quickly = twinkling of an eye, 1/30 of second which means that Jesus could come 30 times in just one second that is how fast it will be. WOW Not soon like
the NIV says. Hey it has been 2000 years, that"s not soon, He said QUICKLY (Mark 1:1 KJV) The
beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; PROPHETS " plural - but lets read the NIV now: (Mark 1:1 NIV) The
beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Hey, you will NOT find
that written anywhere in the book of Isaiah. Isaiah never said that. Fight for the WORD of GOD Don"t go up against the Devil with garden tools, buy you a SWORD and FIGHT with the POWER of Almighty God. Inv. ================================== Take God at His Word and believe in Him ! FURTHER NOTES OF STUDY: Before we consider the King James Version
(KJV) and a few of the modern translations in use today, let us first
consider certain Greek texts from which all New Testament translations
are derived. Foremost amongst these is the Traditional Received Text (Textus
Receptus), also called the Byzantine Text or the Majority Text because
it is based on the vast majority of manuscripts still in existence.
These extant manuscripts (MSS) were brought together by various editors
such as Lucian (AD 250-312), Erasmus, Stephanus, Beza and the
Elzevir brothers to form the text known as Textus Receptus, the name
given to the Majority Text in the 17th century. The most
notable editor of all was Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) one of the
greatest scholars the world has ever known. When the early Protestant
Reformers of the 16th and 17th centuries decided
to translate the scriptures directly from Greek into the languages of
Europe, they selected Textus Receptus as their foundation Greek
document. It is vitally important to understand why they did so. Wilkinson writes in his book Truth Triumphant: Quote: Two Bibles In his book Which Bible" David Otis Fuller says this about Textus Receptus. Carefully note Fuller's first point that all churches (we could now add all Bible students) fall into one of two basic study categories:
Fuller continues: Quote: Why did the early churches of the 2 nd
and 3rd centuries and all the Protestant Reformers of the 15th,
16th and 17th centuries choose Textus Receptus in
preference to the Minority Text"
Reverend Gipp comments further: Quote: In his book Final Authority, William P Grady provides further interesting details about Textus Receptus, the Received Text: Quote: If the critic of your King James Bible is correct in his rejection of the underlying Textus Receptus, then he is also under the greatest pressure to account for its existence. To complain of fabrication is one thing, but to account for its universal prevalence is quite another. Whenever a large body of ancient documents are seen to be in agreement, this inexplicable harmony becomes their greatest evidence for legitimacy. Simple arithmetic confirms that the nearer a particular reading is to the original, the longer the time span will be for descendants to follow. The longer the family is, the older the original source must be."(Ref: E1) Question:
Where can I obtain a copy of the Textus Receptus" 9. THE MINORITY TEXTS There are other extant Greek texts which are referred to as the 'Minority Texts' simply because they represent only about 5% of existing manuscripts. Another 5% are Neutral Texts: sometimes agreeing with the majority and at others with the minority. The 'Minority Texts' are also known as the Alexandrian Texts because they were produced in Alexandria in Egypt. The Minority Texts were rejected by the early Christians and also by all the Protestant Reformers of the 16th and 17th centuries. The Reformers, who were well aware of the existence of the Minority Texts, considered them unfit for translation purposes. These are very important points to bear in mind. Why did the early Christians and the Protestant Reformers reject the Minority Texts" The answer is:
Proof of these astonishing allegations
will follow in Part Two where we will take a close look at some 80+
Bible verses corrupted by the Minority Text. Yet, startling as it may sound, virtually
every modern English Bible relies on the Minority Text as its underlying
New Testament text in preference to Textus Receptus! Isn't that an
amazing revelation" What brought about this almost incredible switch
from the reliable Textus Receptus, beloved by the early Christian church
and the Protestant Reformers, to the corrupt minority text favoured by
the Roman Catholic Church" It is important that you find out soon:
because the modern "Bible" you may be faithfully
studying every day is really nothing more than a counterfeit posing as
the Word of God! If it is any consolation to you, do remember that I was
equally in the dark and totally devastated by my findings.
In this article we will not analyse these
footnotes, simply because there are scores of them scattered throughout
the modern translations and each has a slightly different slant.
However, one thing they all have in common: and that is, they ALL cast
doubt on the accuracy of the Authorised King James Bible! By implication
they all claim to be more accurate and reliable than the King James
Version. In the preface of the Revised Standard Version (RSV) we read
this misleading statement. "Yet the King James Version has grave
defects." Oh how subtle is Satan, how evil and how sinister!
The stunning fact is: the very opposite is true. The King James Version
is infinitely more accurate and reliable than ANY modern English
translation on the market today. And that is why for nearly 400 years it
has had - and continues to have - the blessing of the Almighty God upon
it: something no modern version or translation can come anywhere near.
Most, after a decade or two, disappear from the book shops, only to
re-appear some years later with a few alterations under a new name. How did it happen that the Minority Text
supplanted the trustworthy and respected Textus Receptus which triggered
the great Protestant Reformation during which tens of thousands of true
believers perished by flame, famine and torture" Who is behind this
dangerous deception that has engulfed the Christian Church" Do you know"
Do you care" Is it important" Does it really matter" I most certainly didn't know. But I do
believe that it is vitally important that every believer know that Satan
is behind it: not any particular Church, its leaders or its members -
but the great enemy of souls! He is behind every deception ever aimed at
the human race and millions, in and out of the church, believe his lies.
I for one had been living in blissful ignorance of the danger for many
years; till a massive heart attack laid me flat on my back and I was
moved - yea inwardly compelled - to make a deep study of the History of
God's Word and how He has providentially preserved it till today. Now let us turn our attention to the Minority Text's two most prominent manuscripts on which most modern translations of the Bible heavily rely. They are called Codex Sinaiticus (Aleph ) and Codex Vaticanus (B). The word 'codex,' incidentally, means that the manuscript is in book form, with pages, as opposed to being a scroll. But first a little about the man whom God raised up over 150 years ago to expose the errors of the Minority Texts. His name is John Burgon. John Burgon was undoubtedly one of the greatest defenders of the Greek text of the New Testament. He exposed the hundreds of amendments, deletions and additions in the Minority Text and defended the reliability of Textus Receptus till the day of his death. Unlike most Bible students and ministers of today, John Burgon was a masterful Greek scholar of the highest rank who spent much of his life browsing through the museums and libraries of Europe examining the ancient Greek manuscripts. He had first hand experience examining the Vatican texts whilst he ministered as a chaplain to a congregation in Rome. His findings are of utmost value in these days of wilful, spiritual ignorance and sin. I will quote a few extracts about this magnificent warrior from David O Fuller's book Which Bible"Quote: In 1860, while temporary chaplain of the English congregation at Rome, he made a personal examination of Codex B (Vaticanus), and in 1862 he inspected the treasures of St. Catherine's Convent on Mt. Sinai. Later he made several tours of European libraries, examining and collating New Testament manuscripts wherever he went"Of all the critics of the nineteenth century Burgon alone was consistently Christian in his vindication of the Divine inspiration and providential preservation of the text of Holy Scripture" Burgon regarded the good state of preservation of B (Codex Vaticanus) and Aleph (Codex Sinaiticus) in spite of their exceptional age as proof not of their goodness but of their badness. If they had been good manuscripts, they would have been read to pieces long ago. We suspect that these two manuscripts are indebted for their preservation, solely to their ascertained evil character; which has occasioned that the one eventually found its way, four centuries ago, to a forgotten shelf in the Vatican Library; while the other, after exercising the ingenuity of several generations of critical Correctors, eventually (viz. in A.D.1844) got deposited in the wastepaper basket of the Convent at the foot of Mount Sinai. Had B (Vaticanus) and Aleph (Sinaiticus)
been copies of average purity, they must long since have shared the
inevitable fate of books which are freely used and highly prized;
namely, they would have fallen into decadence and disappeared from
sight. Thus the fact that B and Aleph are so old is a point against
them, not something in their favour. For an orthodox Christian Burgon's view is the only reasonable one. If we believe that God gave the Church guidance in regard to the New Testament books, then surely it is logical to believe that God gave the church similar guidance in regard to the text which these books contained" Who but those with Roman Catholic sympathies could ever be pleased with the notion that God preserved the true New Testament text in secret for almost one thousand years and then finally handed it over to the Roman pontiff for safekeeping" Surely every orthodox Protestant will prefer to think with Burgon that God preserved the true text of the Greek New Testament in the usage of the Greek-speaking Church down through the centuries and then delivered it up intact to the Protestant reformers." (Ref:F11) Codex
Sinaiticus (Aleph) Quote: 'On many occasions 10, 20, 30, 40
words are dropped through very carelessness. Letters, words or even
whole sentences are frequently written twice over, or begun and
immediately cancelled; while that gross blunder, whereby a clause is
omitted because it happens to end in the same words as the clause
preceding, occurs no less than 115 times in the New Testament. In his excellent book An
Understandable History Of The Bible, Rev. Samuel Gipp writes of Codex
Sinaiticus: The great Greek scholar, Dr Scrivener, points this out in his historic work A Full Collation of the Codex Sinaiticus. He speaks of correctional alterations made to the MS: 'The Codex is covered with such alterations... brought in by at least ten different revisers, some of them systematically spread over every page, others occasional or limited to separated portions of the MS, many of these being contemporaneous with the first writer, but the greater part belonging to the sixth or seventh century.' " (Ref:B5) The second major manuscript of the Minority Text is known as Codex Vaticanus, often referred to as 'B'. This codex was also produced in the 4th century. It was found over a thousand years later in 1481 in the Vatican library in Rome, where it is currently held. It is written on expensive vellum, a fine parchment originally from the skin of calf or antelope. Some authorities claim that it was one of a batch of 50 Bibles ordered from Egypt by the Roman Emperor Constantine; hence its beautiful appearance and the expensive skins which were used for its pages. But alas! this manuscript, like its corrupt Egyptian partner Sinaiticus (Aleph) is also riddled with omissions, insertions and amendments. Of Codex Vaticanus Samuel Gipp writes on
page 72: "This codex omits many portions of Scripture vital to Christian doctrine. Vaticanus omits Genesis 1.1 through Genesis 46:28; Psalms 106 through 138; Matthew 16:2,3; Romans 16:24; the Pauline Pastoral Epistles; Revelation; and everything in Hebrews after 9:14. It seems suspicious indeed that a MS possessed by the Roman Catholic church omits the portion of the book of Hebrews which exposes the 'mass' as totally useless (Please read Hebrews 10:10-12). The 'mass' in conjunction with the false doctrine of purgatory go hand-in-hand to form a perpetual money making machine for Rome. Without one or the other, the Roman Catholic Church would go broke! It also omits portions of the Scripture telling of the creation (Genesis), the prophetic details of the crucifixion (Psalm 22), and, of course, the portion which prophesies of the destruction of Babylon (Rome), the great whore of Revelation chapter 17. Vaticanus , though intact physically,
is found to be in poor literary quality. Dr Martin declares, 'B'
exhibits numerous places where the scribe has written the same word or
phrase twice in succession. Dr J Smythe states, 'From one end to the
other, the whole manuscript has been travelled over by the pen of some"
scribe of about the tenth century.' If Vaticanus was considered a
trustworthy text originally, the mass of corrections and scribal changes
obviously render its testimony highly suspicious and questionable." The Westminster Dictionary of the Bible has this to say about Codex Vaticanus (B) on page 624 under the article Versions. Quote: "It was written on fine vellum (tanned animal skins) and remains in excellent condition. It was found in the Vatican Library in 1481 AD. In spite of being in excellent condition, it omits Genesis 1:1-Gen.46:28, Psalm 106-138, Matt.16:2-3, the Pauline pastoral Epistles, Hebrews 9:14-13:25, and all of Revelation. These parts were probably left out on purpose." "Besides all that - in the gospels alone it leaves out 237 words, 452 clauses and 748 whole sentences, which hundreds of later copies agree together as having the same words in the same places, the same clauses in the same places and the same sentences in the same places... The Vaticanus was available to the translators of the King James Bible, but they did not use it because they knew it is unreliable." (Ref:C2) Dean Burgon comments on Codices
Sinaiticus (Aleph)and Vaticanus. In his masterful book Revision Revised
Dean Burgon wrote, over a hundred years ago, concerning the ages of
Codices Vatican (B) and Sinai (Aleph): In short these two codices are old simply because:
Can any true believer imagine JEHOVAH, the Holy One of Israel, hiding Codex Vaticanus away for over 1000 years in the Vatican Library till 1481" or prompting the deeply religious monks of St Catherine's Monastery to dump Sinaiticus into a waste basket" The very idea is ridiculous. A vital fact to remember is that though codices Aleph and B (produced in the 4th century) are older than other Greek manuscript copies of the Scriptures, they are not older than the Peshitta, Italic, the Old Latin Vulgate and the Waldensian versions which were produced 200 years earlier in the 2nd century. All these versions, copies of which are still in existence, agree with Textus Receptus, the underlying text of the King James Bible. I repeat: these ancient versions are some 200 years older than Vaticanus and Sinaiticus: so the 'oldest is best' argument should not be used. All Bibles fall, basically, into one of two categories.
Which Bible you select for study each day
is going to have an enormous effect on your spiritual growth and well
being. Bear this vital fact in mind. "In the reign of Edward 1 of
England, about 1272, the price of a complete (hand-written) Bible was
from "30 to "37, and occupied a careful scribe in his scriptorium about
ten months, while the days wage of a working man only averaged 1.5
pennies. When it is borne in mind that it only cost "25 to build two
arches of London Bridge in 1240, while the price of a complete Latin
Bible was considerably more, it will readily be allowed that only the
rich and scholarly had access to the Word of God."
If printing, rightly used, could do so much to spread Truth, who can imagine the potential for the spread of Truth on the Internet" The King James VersionNow that we have learned something about the majority and minority texts, let us turn our attention to the history of the King James Version (KJV) which is based on Textus Receptus. The King James Version was translated directly from the original languages: though it owes its style and biblical language to versions which went before. I now invite you to imitate the believers of Berea mentioned in the book of Acts. Acts 17:11 In his book The King James Version Defended Edward F Hills says this concerning the language of the KJV: Quote: Just before the Saviour's crucifixion he warned his disciples - particularly Peter - of Satan's intended plan to test them all. These are the Master's words: Luke 22:31-32 In this passage the Saviour used the word 'you' to mean all the disciples. But when he used the words 'thee' and 'thou' he meant Simon Peter alone. By replacing the 'thee' and 'thou' in this passage with 'you,' the Saviour's explicit warning to Simon Peter is considerably weakened. As for his warning to all the other disciples, that Satan wanted to sift them all, that warning is completely lost. Here are two more examples where the plural word 'you' and the singular words 'thee' or 'thou' are used.
Other examples where 'you' is plural and
'thou' or 'thee' is singular are found in Deut. 4:3; 1 Kings 9:5-6;
Matthew 5:39-44; 6:4-7; 11:23-24; 18:9-10; 23:37-38; Mark 14:37-38; Luke
6:30-31; 9:41; 16:25-26; John 1:50-51; James 2:16. These texts, and
there are hundreds more, prove that the word 'you' was well known by the
translators of the King James Version. If you consult a concordance you
will discover that it was used over 1800 times in that version; but not
exclusively as in modern translations. In short, when the Saviour
addresses a particular individual, church or town he uses the words
'thee' or 'thou' simply because these words are more explicit and
personal than the uni-plural word 'you.' The Bible, remember, is the
Word of God: explicit in every sentence - yea in every word! Alleged KJV Errors ... Easter/Passover Many claim that the King James Version has serious 'errors' in it. The most quoted 'error' concerns the use of the word Easter in Acts 12:1-4. The original word, these believers maintain, should have been translated as Passover - not Easter! Let us now examine the passage concerned and see if that argument holds water.Acts 12:1-4
The events recorded in Acts 12:3-4 occurred
during the days of unleavened bread. In other words, the Passover in
that particular year had passed, it was history, it had gone. Why, then,
would Herod wait for an event which had already passed" Surely Herod
knew that the Passover had passed and that the days of unleavened bread
were in progress.
What, then, was Herod really waiting for before releasing Peter" The answer is: Herod was waiting for Easter to come and go - just as the King James Version says. We can be confident that the translators of the KJV knew full well why in this passage they rendered the word 'Pesah' as 'Easter' and not 'Passover' as at other times. Their combined knowledge of Hebrew and Greek and the vast amount of manuscript evidence before them (thousands of copies, versions, and church-father citations etc.) were all used to arrive at every word in the King James Version. Are we, whose knowledge of these languages is microscopic by comparison, to challenge their judgment" The fact is that Herod, during the days of unleavened bread, was not waiting for the Passover - which had come and gone; he was waiting for Easter just as the KJV says. The events in our story tell us that:
The question now arises: Was the pagan festival of Easter known at that time" And were the Romans keeping Easter" The answer is - yes. The pagan festival of Easter, with its hot cross buns and Easter Sunday sunrise services was well known in ancient Babylon and Rome centuries before the events recorded in Acts 12. Let me quote a short passage about EASTER from Alexander Hislop's book The Two Babylons. (ISBN 0 7136 0470 0) Quote: No scholar doubts the fact that Easter is
a pagan festival which came down from ancient times, long before the
Christian era. The next question is: Did some Israelites keep Easter and
worship the QUEEN OF HEAVEN" Did they bake hot cross buns for Ishtar -
Easter" The answer, surprisingly, is again - yes! Ancient Israel
worshipped the Queen of Heaven - ISHTAR and they paid her homage each
year with special cakes (buns) and drink offerings. I quote Scripture:
Jeremiah 7:18 Jeremiah 44: 18 But since we left off to burn incense
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we
have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the
famine. 19: And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and
poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship
her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men" Oh yes, many ancient Israelites kept
Easter. Modern Israelis still do. In summary we can say that when Herod,
after the Passover and during the days of unleavened bread, shut up
Peter intending to bring him out after Easter, Herod meant exactly what
the King James Version is saying. He meant Easter not Passover which had
already come and gone. This means that every translation which uses the
word Passover in Acts 12:3-4 is, strictly speaking, incorrect. Easter is
the correct word, and the King James Version uses it. The Protestant Reformers When the early Protestant Reformers of Europe (German, Dutch, French and English etc.) began to translate the Old and New Testaments into their native languages, they first had to decide which Hebrew and Greek Text they were going to use.Hebrew For the Old Testament, the King James translators used the traditional Ben Chayyim Masoretic Text. This text was produced under the strict Masoretic rules mentioned earlier. Besides it was - and still is - the only trustworthy Hebrew Text available. Do not the Scripture teach in:Romans 3:1 Greek
Wisely they settled for the Majority Text, from which came the Received text - Textus Receptus. No doubt the Spirit of God was guiding their minds and providentially preserving His Word. It is a grave error to think that the early Protestant Reformers of the 16th and 17th centuries were unaware of the Minority Texts produced in the 4th century. They were well aware of them. They had before them copies of the Majority, Minority and Neutral texts. In addition they had many ancient versions of the Scriptures: the Peshitta, Old Latin Vulgate, Italic, Waldensian, Albegensian, Gaul and Celtic Bibles. They also had before them thousands of scriptural citations of the early Church Fathers, which date back to the 2nd and 3rd century. They were also well aware of the fact that the Roman Church used a Eusebio-Origen type of Bible based on the Minority Text. What did these great men of God do" The answer is: in making their translations they set aside the Minority Text and chose to produce versions of the Bible which were all based on the Received Text, Textus Receptus; the text used by the early Christian Church. The following quotation will help fix this fact in the reader's mind. Quote: The King James
Version Translators 1Samuel 16:7 The Protestant translators of the King James Version were providentially chosen by God in exactly the same way: firstly for their faith, holiness and love of truth, and secondly for their linguistic abilities. In other words, they were TRUE BELIEVERS. At their centre some 47 pious scholars were involved. In addition many hundreds of Protestant ministers and believing linguists throughout the UK assisted in the great work. I cannot over stress the importance of that fact: that FAITH IN GOD was the first and over-riding reason why the Almighty chose the KJV translators for their sacred task. It is totally inconceivable that the Almighty, who initially inspired "faithful, holy men of God" to write the Scriptures in the first place, would then - centuries later - hand over the translating of those selfsame Scriptures to unbelievers and sceptics. So I repeat: the translators of the King James Version were MEN OF FAITH, who believed that the text they were translating was, in fact, the WORD OF GOD! "Thus started the greatest writing project the world has ever known, and the greatest achievement of the reign of James I - the making of the English Bible which has ever since borne his name." (Ref: L2) W Scott writes as follows: Quote:
Here are a few quotes about some of these great men of God from Rev.Gipp's book entitled An Understandable History of the Bible..
William Grady backs up this evidence: Quote: Why the King James Version
Should Be Retained "But, someone may reply, even if
the King James Version needs only a few corrections, why take the
trouble to make them" Why keep on with the old King James and its 17th
century language, its thee and thou and all the rest" Granted the Textus
Receptus is the best text but why not make a new translation of it in
the language of today" In answer to these objections there are several
facts which must be pointed out. In the FIRST place , the English of the King James Version is not the English of the early 17th century. To be exact, it is not the type of English that was ever spoken anywhere. It is biblical English, which was not used on ordinary occasions even by the translators who produced the King James Version. As H Wheeler Robinson (1940) pointed out, one need only compare the preface written by the translators with the text of the their translation to feel the difference in style. And the observations of W A Irwin (1952) are to the same support. The King James Version, he reminds us, owes its merit, not to 17th century English - which was very different - but to its faithful translation of the original. Its style is that of the Hebrew and of the New Testament Greek. Even in their use of thee and thou the translators were not following 17th century English usage but biblical usage, for at the time these translators were doing their work these singular forms had already been replaced by the plural you in polite conversation. In the SECOND place , those who talk about translating the Bible into the language of today never define what they mean by their expression. What is the language of today" The language of 1881 is not the language of today, nor the language of 1901, nor even the language of 1921. In none of these languages, we are told, can we communicate with today's youth. There are even some who feel that the best way to translate the Bible into the language of today is to convert it into folk songs. Accordingly, in some contemporary youth conferences and even worship services there is little or no Bible reading but only crude kinds of vocal music accompanied by vigorous piano and strumming guitars. But in contrast to these absurdities the language of the King James Version is enduring diction which will remain as long as the English language remains, in other words, throughout the foreseeable future. In the THIRD place, the current attack on the King James Version and the promotion of modern-speech versions is discouraging the memorization of the Scriptures, especially by children. Why memorize or require your children to memorize something that is out of date and about to be replaced by something new and better" And why memorize a modern version when there are so many to choose from" Hence even in conservative churches children are growing up densely ignorant of the holy Bible because they are not encouraged to hide its life-giving words in their hearts. In the FOURTH place, modern-speech Bibles are unhistorical and irreverent. The Bible is not a modern, human book. It is not as new as the morning newspaper, and no translation should suggest this. If the Bible were this new, it would not be the Bible. On the contrary, the Bible is an ancient, divine Book, which nevertheless is always new because in it God reveals Himself. Hence the language of the Bible should be venerable as well as intelligible, and the King James Version fulfils these two requirements better than any other Bible in English. Hence it is the King James Version which converts sinners soundly and makes of them diligent Bible students. In the FIFTH place modern-speech Bibles are unscholarly. The language of the Bible has always savoured of the things of heaven rather than the things of earth. It has always been biblical rather than contemporary and colloquial. Fifty years ago this fact was denied by E J Goodspeed and others who were publishing their modern versions. On the basis of the papyrus discoveries which had recently been made in Egypt it was said that the New Testament authors wrote in the everyday Greek of their own times. This claim, however, is now acknowledged to have been an exaggeration. As R M Grant (1963) admits, the New Testament writers were saturated with the Septuagint and most of them were familiar with the Hebrew Scriptures. Hence their language was not actually that of the secular papyri of Egypt but biblical. Hence New Testament versions must be biblical and not contemporary and colloquial like Goodspeed's version. Finally in the SIXTH place , the King James Version is the historic Bible of English-speaking Protestants. Upon it God, working providentially, has placed the stamp of His approval through the usage of many generations of Bible-believing Christians. Hence, if we believe in God's providential preservation of the Scriptures, we will retain the King James Version, for in doing so we will be following the clear leading of the Almighty." (Ref: G3) 11. MODERN VERSIONS & TRANSLATORS Most, if not all, modern translations are based on the Revised Version (1881-5) which, as we have already learned, was influenced throughout by the Alexandrian manuscripts Sinaiticus and Vaticanus. In effect there really are only Two English language Bibles to choose from.
I list a few of the 100+ modern Bibles which followed in the trail of the Revised Version of 1881-5:
As Samuel Gipp so succinctly puts it: "All
modern translations, such as the New American Standard Version, are
linked to the Revised Version of 1952, which is a revision of the
American Standard Version, an American creation growing from the English
Revised Version of 1881." (Ref: B11) Quote: Sad to say the revision committee when faced with a choice between trustworthy Textus Receptus and the corrupt Sinaiticus and Vaticanus, usually chose the corrupt Egyptian manuscripts. To be sure the Egyptian codices, written on vellum, were in far better physical condition than the papyrus or parchment MSS. But beauty, as pointed out earlier, is no indication of character. In Part Two we will examine some 80+ texts which have been seriously corrupted by these Egyptian codices. Two of the revision committee's most prominent translators were:
Rev. Gipp has this to say about Westcott: Quote: We can see from these quotations that
Brooke Foss Westcott wasn't really a believer in the Almighty or in His
inspired Scriptures. By his own admission he was a sceptic who doubted
the infallibility of the New Testament and the miracles of Jesus. He was
unable to give up the scepticism and unbelief that stormed his mind. He
totally rejected the infallibility of Scripture and confessed that
simple faith would never be his. These are warning signals! You ignore
them at your peril! David Fuller writes: "Textual criticism cannot be
divorced entirely from theology. No matter how great a Greek scholar a
man may be, or no matter how great an authority on the textual evidence,
his conclusions must always be open to suspicion if he does not accept
the Bible as the very Word of God." (Ref:
F2) Quote: Hort believed in the evolutionary theory over a century ago. Here are a few statements of his from the Life and Letters of Fenton John Anthony Hort taken from page 223 of the book Which Bible"
In his book Defending the King James Bible Rev.D.A. Waite, Th.D, Ph.D writes on page 41 as follows: Quote: "The Westcott and Hort Text changes the Textus Receptus in over 5,600 places"My own personal count, as at August 2, 1984, using the Scrivener's GREEK NEW TESTAMENT referred to above, was 5,604changes that Westcott and Hort made to the Textus Receptus in their own Greek New Testament text. Of these, 5604 alterations, I found 1,952 omissions (35%), 467 to be additions (8%), and 3185 to be changes (57%). In these 5604 places that were involved in these alterations, there were 4,366 more words included, making a total of 9970 Greek words that were involved. This means that in a Greek Text of 647 pages (such as Scrivener's text) this would average 15.4 words per page that were changed from the Received Text." (Ref: Q1) Dr Henry M Morris, a founding father of the Institute for Creation Research, USA, made these telling comments concerning modern translators. Quote: Westcott and Hort were also the most
influential members of the English revision committee which produced the
English Revised Version of the Bible. The corresponding American
revision committee which developed the American Standard Version of 1901
was headed by another liberal evolutionist, Philip Schaff. Most new
versions since that time have adopted the same presuppositions as those
of the 19th century revisers" So one of the serious problems with
most modern English translations is that they rely heavily on Hebrew and
Greek manuscripts of the Bible developed by liberals, rationalists and
evolutionists, none of whom believed in the verbal inspiration of the
Bible. Is this how God would preserve His word" Would he not more likely
have used devout scholars who believed in the absolute inerrancy and
authority of the Bible"" I believe therefore, after studying the, teaching and loving the Bible for over 55 years, that Christians - especially creationists - need to hang on to their old King James Bibles as long as they live. God has uniquely blessed its use in the great revivals, in the world-wide missionary movement and in the personal lives of believers, more so than He has with all the rest of the versions put together, and 'by their fruits ye shall know them' (Matthew 7:20). It is the most beautiful, most powerful and (I strongly believe), the most reliable of any that we have or ever will have, until Christ returns. " (Ref:N1) The Revised Standard Version Committee Few Protestants know that the Revised Standard Version (RSV) committee had Roman Catholic members on it: or that the RSV is the preferred choice of the Roman Church. I quote from the preface of this Bible:Quote: Since most of the citations in the 1994 Catechism
of the Catholic Church, the first update of this catechism in some
400 years, are from the RSV, we can safely say that this translation has
virtually become the official version of the Roman Church. In effect,
the aim of the translators is ecumenical. They want all the churches,
yea all religions, to unite under one supreme authority - the Pope!
Several on the RSV committee regard the Scriptures as being on an equal
footing as church TRADITION: for this is - and always has been - the
teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. The RSV committee, in other
words, is vastly different from the Protestant committee which produced
the King James Version. They are as different as chalk is from cheese. A
brief look at some of the members of the RSV committee is startling to
say the least. The following quotes are taken from Rev. Gipp's book An
Understandable History of the Bible:
Some Christians flatly refuse to take account of these facts. They contemptuously brush them aside as false or irrelevant. But these are facts which can be proved and should not be ignored. They are well documented statements and they are vital. In them we can see, and that very clearly, that the leading and most influential members of the Revision committee were confessed unbelievers.
How should Protestants who believe in the
divine inspiration and preservation of Scripture evaluate this
committee's work" I answer without hesitation: With grave suspicion! Quote: There is a case where a little means much. 'If one wonders whether it is worth while' says Dr Robertson, speaking of the Revision, 'he must bear in mind that some of the passages in dispute are of great importance.' The Bible should more probably be compared to a living organism. Touch a part and you spoil it all. To cut a vital artery in a man might be touching a very small point, but death would come as truly as if he were blown to pieces." (Ref: F4) Every word in Scripture is important: infinitely more important than a bolt or rivet in a jet airliner; or a line of code in a life-saving computer program. If His Father's words were that important to our Saviour, yea every jot and tittle, how much more should they be to us in these end times.Matthew 4:4 Matthew 5:18 Revelation 22:18-19 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: 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, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. Yes, God's words are important - vitally important. A translator must, therefore, translate God's words - all of them - and not assume that he understands the Almighty's thoughts and can change or delete the divine words to reflect what he thinks God meant. The King James Version translators employed a 'word for word' translation technique. That is, they translated each Hebrew and Greek word as closely as possible into its English equivalent. Modern translators chose a vastly different method called 'dynamic equivalence.' Using this method the translator primarily endeavours to carry forward 'God's thoughts and intentions' without paying too much attention to His actual words. Using 'dynamic equivalence' in hundreds yea thousands of places, the modern translators have changed the very 'words of God' and replaced them with what, they think, God meant. In effect, dynamic equivalence is not true translation, but interpretation or paraphrase.Writing in his highly recommended book Defending the King James Bible, Rev. D.A.Waite writes on page 105: Quote: With these sobering facts in mind let us now consider a Biblical principle of which comparatively few Christians know anything. It concerns SPIRITUAL POLLUTION, of how something unholy can pollute everything it touches. This little-known principle is described in the following passage: Haggai 2:11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, 12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy" And the priests answered and said, No. 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean" And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. What does this symbolic drama, involving
dedicated meat, bread and wine becoming unclean if touched by an unclean
person, mean" What spiritual truth is the Almighty trying to put across
in this passage" The answer, I believe, is as follows: At its basic physical level it means that
if an ancient Israelite believer, whilst carrying his consecrated tithes
(flesh, bread, wine or oil) to the Temple, happened to come in contact
with an unclean person (a leper or corpse for example) his offering
would lose its holiness and would become unacceptable to God. It's like
pure meat being infected with a disease virus: or like a cup of tea
being polluted by a fly: or a computer hard disk being infected by a
virus-laden floppy. At its higher spiritual level it means that any sacred offering (prayer, charitable gift or act of worship) becomes unacceptable to God if the unholy element of unbelief motivates it. Does this spiritual principle, that diseased things pollute everything they touch, apply to Bible translations" I'm certain it does. The Bible is the Bread of Life, the strong spiritual meat for the soul. It can also become spiritually unholy, unclean and unacceptable to God if its words are infected by the unbelief of a scribe or translator or twisted out of context by the leprous spirit of Satan. That is exactly what happened to the holy manuscripts which were carried down to Egypt.
And so the high-level spiritual lesson of Haggai 2:11-13 has become a living reality in these last days. FIRST:
the sacred texts were corrupted by unbelieving Egyptian copyists and We ignore those two facts at our peril.
Indeed, these are the two main reasons why I have set aside all modern
English translations of the Bible and have returned to the King James
Version, first published in 1611. Bible prophecy never ceases to amaze me. I used to wonder how come the Bible predicted a 'famine' in the last days of 'hearing the Words of the Lord,' when there are still millions of "Bibles" being printed every year. Are not Christian shops, churches and homes bursting with Bible translations and paraphrases to suite every taste" What does this prophecy mean" Amos 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. I wonder no longer, because now I know that the predicted famine of the Word of God has already begun. The Real Bible is fast disappearing from Christian churches and homes. To be sure there are scores of modern translations and single Gospels available: but the Real Word of God, the King James Bible, is comparatively hard to find and is seldom read from the pulpit. Soon it will be as scarce as is bread during a literal famine. In the closing chapter of his book The King James Version Defended, Edward F Hills pens this solemn warning. We all do well to take heed.Quote: In regard to Bible versions many contemporary Christians are behaving like spoiled and rebellious children. They want a Bible version that pleases them no matter whether it pleases God or not. 'We want a Bible version in our own idiom,' they clamor. 'We want a Bible that talks to us in the same way in which we talk to our friends over the telephone. We want an informal God, no better educated than ourselves, with a limited vocabulary and a taste for modern slang.' And having thus registered their preference, they go their several ways. Some of them unite with the modernists in using the R.S.V. or N.E.B. Others deem the N.A.S.V. or the N.I.V. more evangelical. Still others opt for the T.E.V. or the Living Bible." But God is bigger than you are dear friend, and the Bible version which you must use is not a matter for you to decide according to your whims and prejudices. It has already been decided for you by the workings of God's special providence. If you ignore this providence and choose to adopt one of the modern versions, you will be taking the first step in the logic of unbelief. For the arguments which you must use to justify your choice are the same arguments which unbelievers use to justify theirs, the same method. If you adopt one of these modern versions, you must adopt the naturalistic New Testament textual criticism upon which it rests. In other words, naturalistic textual criticism regards the special, providential preservation of the Scriptures as of no importance for the study of the New Testament text. But if we concede this, then it follows that the infallible inspiration of the Scriptures is likewise unimportant. For why is it important that God should infallibly inspire the Scriptures, if it is not important that He should preserve them by His special providence" Where, oh where, dear brother or sister, did you ever get the idea that it is up to you to decide which Bible version you will receive as God's holy Word" As long as you harbour this false notion, you are little better than an unbeliever. As long as you cherish this erroneous opinion, you are entirely on your own. For you the Bible has no authority, only that which your rebellious reason deigns to give it. For you there is no comfort, no assurance of faith. Cast off, therefore, this carnal mind that leads to death! Put on the spiritual mind that leads to life and peace! Receive by faith the true Text of God's Holy Word, which has been preserved down through the ages by His special providence and now is found in the Masoretic Hebrew text, the Greek Textus Receptus, and the King James Version and other faithful translations." (Ref: G4) Concerning the peculiar, yea dangerous, mind-set of the Westcott and Hort followers both past and present, Dean Burgon wrote: Quote: Quote: "Tyndale thought with himself no way more to conduce thereunto , than if the Scripture were turned into the vulgar speech, that the poor people might read and see the simple plain Word of God. He perceived that it was not possible to establish the lay people in any truth, except the Scriptures were so plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue that they might see the meaning of the text; for else, whatsoever truth should be taught them, the enemies of the truth would quench it, either with reasons of sophistry, and traditions of their own making, founded without all ground of Scripture; or else juggling with the text, expounding it in such a sense as it were impossible to gather of the text, if the right meaning thereof were seen." In the book of Revelation we read that the Apostle John was banished to the island of Patmos for the Word of God! Revelation 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the WORD OF GOD, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. The prophecy of the Revelation goes on to tell of a great company of believers who would live and die for the WORD OF GOD! a martyrdom which is to be repeated in these last days. I will not exhaust the reader with frightening details; but this is what the prophecy says. Note carefully that these martyrs and their end-time kinsman were - and still are to be - slain for the WORD OF GOD! The main themes of the Word of God are the Son of God (Yeshua the Messiah) and the Law of God (the Torah). These martyrs, past and future, are slain because they loved the living and written Word of God and kept the commandments recorded in it.
Quote: This is not an overstatement of the importance of this issue. As believers we have the responsibility in our day and age of proclaiming the Gospel, the pure Gospel, the undiluted Gospel. We also have the right and privilege of being the next in the line of protecting God's Word and proclaiming it. Each individual Christian will make a decision on this matter, of which text is correct. Unmistakably, this decision will be made, consciously or unconsciously, by every single believer. This decision is made when the believer decides which edition of the Bible he will use to read and study; and if he chooses a translation based upon corrupted manuscripts which reflect views which omit the deity of Christ, His blood atonement, His virgin birth, then the decision has been made to extend this error to the next generation. If, however, today's Christian chooses a translation of the Word of God which is translated from the Traditional Text of the New Testament, the decision has been made to continue to see God's working through His providence in providing His Word in its complete form, not only for this generation but for those to come." (Ref:L1) In my opinion, the quote you have just read is one of the most important in this whole publication, that 'New Testament textual criticism is, therefore, the BASIC BIBLE STUDY, a prerequisite to all other Biblical and theological work.' If you stop to think about it, you will see how true this is: that before we even begin to study any book claiming to be 'The Holy Bible' we should check to see if that really is the case. I must confess that, like multiplied millions of other Christians, I just didn't do that. I blindly accepted every modern translation as the Word of God; some better or worse than others: but all equally holy. How wrong I was! How terribly wrong! But I thank the Almighty that He mercifully pardoned my ignorance, and then opened my eyes to the error of my ways - before it was too late! But JEHOVAH answered my prayer and allowed me to place this article on the Internet. Praise His holy name! The TRUTH shall set you free! See Also WHY THE KJV"
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