Let me preface by saying I enjoy listening to you, and I respect and admire you, and your position on just about everything I’ve come across. Your trust in some of the medical ideologies/procedures may be an exception. I especially appreciate your Biblical earth work!
On page 45 of the book referenced in this article, you wrote “…Notice how Satan leaves off the last four words…” Then you write,
““For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways” (Psalms 91:11 AV)”
and beneath it:
“”For it is written, For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee.” (Luke 4:10 AV)”
Luke’s meaning is absolutely clear ~ with or without the last four words. To say it’s Satan, makes no sense in the context you’ve given, unless you are indicating that even King James had the scriptures translated without a pure heart, and that he was not above allowing “adding or taking” (letting Satan in, so to speak) and that it’s not only modern day translators prone to possible inconsistencies. We’ve read that may be the case, and that some modern translations HAVE corrected KJV from the ancient texts. It’s difficult to be certain since we have no originals…
You can sit on your mountain of privilege and spout off about those of us reading and distributing all but the KJV going to hell or being heretics, but that shows little faith in our Father. He ALONE knows the heart. He can provide Truth in any context as He promises His word will be preserved. I’d certainly rather read something that flows in my own spoken language (I don’t speak Old English), and I’m sure there are MANY misunderstandings by KJV only folks because we DON’T speak that way, or even use the same vocabulary in many cases.
Here at the bottom of the mountain, I work with street kids (all male) ~ some lucky to be alive, with bullet wounds to prove it, others who have killed, or tried to kill others in the streets. Drugs are the driving force behind everything. Some have no family to speak of ~ or worse, have families with members who have abused and raped them for years - or sold them for the same to fuel their own demons, until corrupt CYS agencies remove them. That rarely improves their lives. By the time they get to me, some are a mess and often can’t read above a 3rd grade level. KJV?! Laughable. They have limited vocabulary when it comes to everyday English! I’ve seen adults walk away from the KJV Scriptures because they can’t read & comprehend; they become exasperated and give up. I do what I can to teach these kids about Jesus and provide them with a Bible ~ whatever I have in the collection I’ve managed to assemble. The simplest is best. I let God worry about helping them read and understand it, and changing their hearts and lives. I’ve even given out The Adventure Bible <gasp!>. Comic book style isn’t my first choice, but when you see a 15-year-old thrilled because he’s “read” and understands a little bit about God or Jesus, I see God at work. I just bought a big box of “365 Read Aloud Bible Stories” written quite simply. Some kids are convinced, and have accepted, they’re going to hell because they know going home means the streets ~ where they’ll be forced to live “accordingly”. It’s heartbreaking! And heartbreaking to get word when one has killed, been killed, overdosed, or done something that means decades in prison. God alone knows their hearts.
If you know of a suitable resource ~ book, brief Bible study, or whatever, that would SIMPLY explain to teens what Christianity is, what it takes to be saved, and how to live for God, I’d love to hear your recommendations (maybe you could write something?!). KJV just can’t cut it; I’d love to write something but am intimidated by the idea of speaking for God and not getting it all accurate. I already worry about saying things that are incorrect and leading these kids wrong somehow! I pray constantly for God to guide me and to protect them. Thanks for hearing me; blessings on you always.
Edward, appreciate your writings! Have your book, Greatest Lie on Earth, on my shelf as well.
I stake no position, nor especially one of expertise in this conversation. But, I must add, with the creation of the letter “J” in 1524, I do not believe the name could be Jehovah. I also believe the Tetragrammaton to be a deception from the Hebrew Roots movement.
I have struggled with what to call The Father since being awakened from my prior scientism and atheism, and have been discouraged due to the massive historical deceptions in timelines, places, people and names as placeholders. We certainly have phantom hundreds if not thousands of years added to our Scaligarian, Vatican approved timeline. See: Jean Hordouin, Isaac Newton, Dr Anatoly Fomenko etc.
I did have one final thought, in that King James is certainly a peculiar historical figure, Freemason, homosexual, hedonist. It certainly seem a to have been written by Francis Bacon, as with all of Shakespeare. I have Geneva and Tyndale, and worry they are not early enough. The Vatican held the book up for 1,000 years (allegedly) and being found with a copy was punishable by death. I have Ethiopian copies with the full apocrypha, as well as all the traditional gnostic gospels. And, it’s still a struggle. Deception all around, separating us from The Father has been a goal for millennia!
Congratulations for exposing this. I'm far from being a Bible scholar but it seems to me that each iteration of the Bible, each 'new' version, away from the KJ5 is a step away from truth towards something else.
The change of a word here, a word there, often for 'clarification' or to make it 'easier' to understand takes away from the original (often sacred) meaning and often has deep & meaningful results. Usually negative. The example in your essay is perhaps a most blatant example of trying to totally change the original meaning of words.
Is this being done deliberately or through ignorance? I suspect the former; it seems there are powers in this World who want nothing more than to destroy the very foundations of humanity for their own perverse reasons - and what could be more fundamental than the Bible?
Let me preface by saying I enjoy listening to you, and I respect and admire you, and your position on just about everything I’ve come across. Your trust in some of the medical ideologies/procedures may be an exception. I especially appreciate your Biblical earth work!
On page 45 of the book referenced in this article, you wrote “…Notice how Satan leaves off the last four words…” Then you write,
““For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways” (Psalms 91:11 AV)”
and beneath it:
“”For it is written, For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee.” (Luke 4:10 AV)”
Luke’s meaning is absolutely clear ~ with or without the last four words. To say it’s Satan, makes no sense in the context you’ve given, unless you are indicating that even King James had the scriptures translated without a pure heart, and that he was not above allowing “adding or taking” (letting Satan in, so to speak) and that it’s not only modern day translators prone to possible inconsistencies. We’ve read that may be the case, and that some modern translations HAVE corrected KJV from the ancient texts. It’s difficult to be certain since we have no originals…
You can sit on your mountain of privilege and spout off about those of us reading and distributing all but the KJV going to hell or being heretics, but that shows little faith in our Father. He ALONE knows the heart. He can provide Truth in any context as He promises His word will be preserved. I’d certainly rather read something that flows in my own spoken language (I don’t speak Old English), and I’m sure there are MANY misunderstandings by KJV only folks because we DON’T speak that way, or even use the same vocabulary in many cases.
Here at the bottom of the mountain, I work with street kids (all male) ~ some lucky to be alive, with bullet wounds to prove it, others who have killed, or tried to kill others in the streets. Drugs are the driving force behind everything. Some have no family to speak of ~ or worse, have families with members who have abused and raped them for years - or sold them for the same to fuel their own demons, until corrupt CYS agencies remove them. That rarely improves their lives. By the time they get to me, some are a mess and often can’t read above a 3rd grade level. KJV?! Laughable. They have limited vocabulary when it comes to everyday English! I’ve seen adults walk away from the KJV Scriptures because they can’t read & comprehend; they become exasperated and give up. I do what I can to teach these kids about Jesus and provide them with a Bible ~ whatever I have in the collection I’ve managed to assemble. The simplest is best. I let God worry about helping them read and understand it, and changing their hearts and lives. I’ve even given out The Adventure Bible <gasp!>. Comic book style isn’t my first choice, but when you see a 15-year-old thrilled because he’s “read” and understands a little bit about God or Jesus, I see God at work. I just bought a big box of “365 Read Aloud Bible Stories” written quite simply. Some kids are convinced, and have accepted, they’re going to hell because they know going home means the streets ~ where they’ll be forced to live “accordingly”. It’s heartbreaking! And heartbreaking to get word when one has killed, been killed, overdosed, or done something that means decades in prison. God alone knows their hearts.
If you know of a suitable resource ~ book, brief Bible study, or whatever, that would SIMPLY explain to teens what Christianity is, what it takes to be saved, and how to live for God, I’d love to hear your recommendations (maybe you could write something?!). KJV just can’t cut it; I’d love to write something but am intimidated by the idea of speaking for God and not getting it all accurate. I already worry about saying things that are incorrect and leading these kids wrong somehow! I pray constantly for God to guide me and to protect them. Thanks for hearing me; blessings on you always.
Edward, appreciate your writings! Have your book, Greatest Lie on Earth, on my shelf as well.
I stake no position, nor especially one of expertise in this conversation. But, I must add, with the creation of the letter “J” in 1524, I do not believe the name could be Jehovah. I also believe the Tetragrammaton to be a deception from the Hebrew Roots movement.
I have struggled with what to call The Father since being awakened from my prior scientism and atheism, and have been discouraged due to the massive historical deceptions in timelines, places, people and names as placeholders. We certainly have phantom hundreds if not thousands of years added to our Scaligarian, Vatican approved timeline. See: Jean Hordouin, Isaac Newton, Dr Anatoly Fomenko etc.
I’m always casually reading into the subject, here’s a fairly well sourced article about the proper name of The Father (I AM is the author’s conclusion). https://christianobserver.net/our-gods-name-is-not-yah-yahweh-or-jehovah/
I did have one final thought, in that King James is certainly a peculiar historical figure, Freemason, homosexual, hedonist. It certainly seem a to have been written by Francis Bacon, as with all of Shakespeare. I have Geneva and Tyndale, and worry they are not early enough. The Vatican held the book up for 1,000 years (allegedly) and being found with a copy was punishable by death. I have Ethiopian copies with the full apocrypha, as well as all the traditional gnostic gospels. And, it’s still a struggle. Deception all around, separating us from The Father has been a goal for millennia!
Congratulations for exposing this. I'm far from being a Bible scholar but it seems to me that each iteration of the Bible, each 'new' version, away from the KJ5 is a step away from truth towards something else.
The change of a word here, a word there, often for 'clarification' or to make it 'easier' to understand takes away from the original (often sacred) meaning and often has deep & meaningful results. Usually negative. The example in your essay is perhaps a most blatant example of trying to totally change the original meaning of words.
Is this being done deliberately or through ignorance? I suspect the former; it seems there are powers in this World who want nothing more than to destroy the very foundations of humanity for their own perverse reasons - and what could be more fundamental than the Bible?