WHAT IS GOD’S WORD
Lesson No. 7
(WHICH
BIBLE?)
We
have arrived! At last we can get to the question: Which Bible?
In
the last 100 years nearly 100 English translations of the Bible have hit the ‘market’. But it has only been in the
last 20 years that (for the first
time since 1611) these “NEW”
translations have started making serious inroads (in the so-called Fundamental
-Evangelical Christian community) into the acceptance and popularity of the
AV-KJB.
Within
the modern “Christian” world you can find a veritable menagerie of bibles. What with the modernists
pushing for the RSV,
Today,
just like in the 1st and 2nd centuries, any heretic,
modernist, feminist, Russelite, Cambellite, Protestant, Pentecostal,
Charismatic, Fundamentalist, Catholic, Jew, Communist, etc., etc., can find a
‘bible’ to suit his or her needs, bias’s, opinions and prejudices. Here are
just a few examples from a
GBI - Pg. 32, Item 84. “The Revised Version. – According to modern English, the
Revised Version is usually more accurate than the Authorized, but here is an
exception. The placing of the verb “is” in the translation, “Every
Scripture inspired of God is also profitable,”
is a strange, unaccountable,
and serious blunder. It cannot be defended.” (Why would anyone even want to try to “defend” such a “serious
blunder”?)
GBI – Pg. 34, Item 86. “We have also a more sure word of
prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth
in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture
is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but
holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (2 Peter
What about the verses that teach
that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 1Corinthians 5:6 Your
glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth
the whole lump? Galatians
5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. If
we had the time (and the space) we could examine GBI-Pg. 372, Item
673; GBI-Pgs. 377-379, Item 674 (10) and Item 675; or GBI-Pgs.
382-384, Items 680-682. Each Item demonstrates the same peculiar ‘mind
set’ of the scholars and the critics, (Christian’s included). This book (GBI)
was written by a “Conservative” Christian scholar and used in many
“Fundamentalist” schools and ‘bible’ colleges as a ‘text book’! And there are
many more that are even worse! (For example: The Ancestry of Our English Bible by Ira M. Price; The Books and the Parchments by F. F. Bruce).
What a sad ‘commentary’ on the state of academic and intellectual Christianity!
These
men and their ‘works’ are nothing like those in the
Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
As
a matter of fact these men and their works are in the tradition of the apostate
Laodicean church: Revelation
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
The days that we are living in are apostate
times, be careful – don’t be Lukewarm! Are you hot? Are
you cold? God would have us either hot or cold. As Brother
Dusty Rhoades used to say: “If you ain’t hot or cold
then what are you? – LUKEWARM!
It’s a sad state of affairs and shameful as to how many
“Christian” books I’ve read that say: “The KJV unfortunately obscures this passage”;
or “a better reading would be”; or “older and better manuscripts say”. How many
honest and sincere pastors and preachers and evangelists have underestimated
The Book? Only God Knows!
Under the guise of “updating
‘archaic’ words in the KJV”, or “because we now have so many more manuscripts
and much older manuscripts”, or “we now have a more accurate knowledge of the
original”, the ‘scholars’ are trying to persuade Bible believers to trade in
their Holy Bible for “more trustworthy bibles”.
Just
remember:
#1. The AV-KJB always
gives the Lord Jesus Christ the
preeminence.
#2. The AV-KJB always elevates the word of God.
Which
is more than can be said for Phillips, Weymouth, Berkeley, the RV, the RSV, the
NWT, the Jerusalem, the NEB, the ‘old’ ASV, the ‘new’ ASV, the NIV or any other
of the 100 plus English translations that are out there.
It’s
time to make some comparisons. The ‘scholars’ say the AV-KJB is hard to
understand, archaic, not clear, etc. Oh really! Let’s compare the Revised
Standard Version (RSV) and the New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses bible -
NWT)
with God’s Holy word (AV-KJB)
shall we?
RSV: Numbers
NWT: Numbers 13:33 And there we
saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who are from the Nephilim; so
that we became in our own eyes like grasshoppers, and the same way we became in
their eyes.
AV-KJB: Numbers
RSV: Deuteronomy
22:9 You shall not sow your vineyard with a second kind of seed, or
the whole yield will have to be forfeited, both the crop that you have
sown and the yield of the vineyard itself.
10
You
shall not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
11
You
shall not wear clothes made of wool and linen woven together.
NWT: Deuteronomy
22:9 You must not sow your vineyard with two sorts of seed, for fear
that the full produce of the seed that you might sow and the product of the
vineyard may be forfeited to the sanctuary.
10 You must not
plow with a bull and an ass together.
11
You
must not wear mixed stuff of wool and linen together
AV-KJB: Deuteronomy
22:9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of
thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and
an ass together.
11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
RSV: 1 Kings
NWT: 1 Kings 20:38 Then the
prophet went and stood still for the king by the road, and he kept himself
disguised with a bandage over his eyes.
AV-KJB: 1Kings
RSV: Job 6:6 Can that which is
tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the juice of mallows?
NWT: Job 6:6 Will tasteless things be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the slimy
juice of marshmallow?
AV-KJB:
Job 6:6 Can that which is unsavoury be
eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white
of an egg?
RSV: Psalm 71:7 I have been
like a portant to many, but you are my strong refuge.
NWT: Psalm 71:7 I have become
just like a miracle to many people; But
you are my strong refuge.
AV-KJB:
Psalm 71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong
refuge.
RSV: Isaiah
NWT: : Isaiah 7:15 Butter and
honey he will eat by the time that he knows how to reject the bad and
choose the good.
AV-KJB: Isaiah 7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil,
and choose the good.
RSV: Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your
eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish
like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and those who live on it
will die like gnats; but my salvation will be forever, and
my deliverance will be never ended.
NWT: Isaiah 51:6 Raise your eyes to the
heavens themselves, and look at the
earth beneath. For the very heavens must be dispersed in fragments just like
smoke, and like a garment the earth itself will wear out, and its inhabitants
themselves will die like a mere gnat. But as for my
salvation, it will prove to be even to time indefinite, and my own
righteousness will not be shattered.
AV-KJB:
Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the
earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth
shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like
manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be
abolished.
RSV: Jeremiah
NWT: Jeremiah 13:19
The cities of the south themselves have been shut up, so that
there is no one opening [them].Judah in its entirety has been taken into exile.
It has been taken into exile completely.
AV-KJB:
Jeremiah 13:19 The cities of the
south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away
captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
RSV: Daniel 3:2 Then King Nebchadnezzar sent for the satraps,
the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the
justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to assemble
and come to the dedication of the statue that King Nebchadnezzar
had set up. When they were standing before the statue that Nebchadnezzar had set up,
NWT: Daniel 3:2 And Nebchadnezzar himself as king sent to assemble the satraps,
the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the
judges, the police magistrates and all the administrators
of the jurisdictional districts to come to the inauguration
of the image that Nebchadnezzar the king had set up.
AV-KJB:
Daniel 3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather
together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers,
the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to
the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
RSV: Hosea 8:1 Set the trumpet
to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the Lord, because
they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.
NWT: Hosea 8:1 To you’re a mouth – a horn. [One comes] like an eagle
against the house of Jehovah, for the reason that they have overstepped
my covenant, and against my law they have transgressed.
AV-KJB:
Hosea 8:1 Set the trumpet to thy
mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they
have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
RSV: Matthew
20:2 After agreeing with the laborers for the usual
daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard.
NWT: Matthew
20:2 When
he had agreed with the workers for a denarius a day, he sent them forth
into his vineyard.
AV-KJB: Matthew 20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for
a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
There’s
a whole lot more, but why go on and on and on? Just one more:
RSV: Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the
Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman
is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.
NWT: Isaiah 7:14 Therefore
Jehovah himself will give you men a sign: Look! The maiden herself will actually become pregnant, and she is
giving birth to a son, and she will certainly call his name Immanuel.
AV-KJB: Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear
a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Try
to cross reference their Isaiah 7:14 with Matthew 1:22-23!
RSV: Matthew 1:22 All this took
place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
23
“Look,
the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him
Emmanuel,” which means, “God is with us.” (What happened to the young woman?)
NWT: Matthew 1:22 All this actually
came about for that to be fulfilled which was spoken by Jehovah through his
prophet, saying:
23
Look!
The virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they
will call his name Immanuel, which means when translated, With us is God. (What
happened to the maiden?)
AV-KJB:
Matthew 1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23 Behold, a virgin
shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name
Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
THAT is enough reason to reject the RSV and the NWT.
But not all of the ‘new’ bibles will go that far. However, as we will soon see,
these ‘new’ and ‘improved’ bibles still go ‘far enough’ to reject them also.
After all, they come from the same
manuscripts (and the same manuscript “Families”) as the RSV and NWT! They just don’t have
the courage to make as many changes!
Most
people are not aware that the practice of corrupting
God’s word and handling God’s word deceitfully was going on even in the Apostle
Paul’s day.
2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint
not;
2 But have renounced the
hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling
the word of God deceitfully;
but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's
conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians
Do you really believe that from the time the Lord Jesus Christ established His church up until the present day, that the situation has been any different at any particular time in church history? Can you honestly say that after the deaths of the apostles, men just suddenly ceased from messing with God’s words? Do you think that Satan has lost interest in corrupting God’s word?
The following are a few examples of word changes in the Old Testament (words that are underlined have been changed or removed). Please compare these verses from the AV-KJB with whatever bible you may be using:
Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with
man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be
an hundred and twenty years.
2Samuel 21:19 And there was again a battle
in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a
Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of
whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (1
Chronicles 20:5, 1 Samuel 17:1-58)
1Kings 19:12 And after the earthquake
a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small
voice.
1Kings
20:38
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised
himself with ashes upon his face.
Job 19:26 And though after my
skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27 Whom I shall see for
myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be
consumed within me.
Psalms 2:12 Kiss the Son,
lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but
a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Psalms 12:6 The
words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of
earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation
for ever.
Psalms 33:4 For the word of the
LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
Ps 138:2 I will worship toward
thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:
for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Proverbs 8:7 For my mouth shall
speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
9 They are all plain to him that
understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Proverbs 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and
hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them
within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made
known to thee this day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things
in counsels and knowledge,
21 That I might make thee know the certainty of
the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words
of truth to them that send unto thee?
Ecclesiastes 12:11 The words of the
wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which
are given from one shepherd.
Isaiah 27:1 In that day the LORD with
his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing
serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the
dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD hath
poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes:
the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the
words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that
is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it
is sealed:
12 And the book is delivered to him that is not
learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
Isaiah 34:14 The wild beasts of
the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and
the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also
shall rest there, and find for herself a place of
rest.
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise
him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an
offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and
the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Daniel 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.
Hosea 11:12 Ephraim compasseth me
about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth
with God, and is faithful with the saints.
Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem
Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee
shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings
forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon
the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of
grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have
pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son,
and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his
firstborn.
Zechariah 13:6 And one shall say unto him,
What are these wounds in thine hands?
Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded
in the house of my friends.
Malachi 1:3 And I hated Esau, and
laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the
wilderness.
Some Old Testament verses that are changed so that they no longer match New Testament references (words that are underlined have been changed). The words have been changed so they no longer mean the same thing! Please compare these verses from the AV-KJB with whatever bible you may be using:
Psalms 68:18 Thou hast ascended on
high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts
for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell
among them.
Ephesians 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive,
and gave gifts unto men.
Psalms 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is
for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Hebrews 1:8 But unto the Son he
saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is
the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord
himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive,
and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin
shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name
Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Proverbs 8:22 The LORD possessed
me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
John 1:1 In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him
was not any thing made that was made.
Whole verses removed or taken out of the “New” bibles (all of the words that are underlined have been removed): Please check these verses from the AV-KJB and see if they are in your bible:
MATTHEW
Matthew 12:47 Then one said unto him,
Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Matthew 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth
not out but by prayer and fasting.
Matthew 18:11 For the Son of man is
come to save that which was lost.
Matthew 21:44 And
whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall
fall, it will grind him to powder.
Matthew 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows'
houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the
greater damnation.
MARK
Mark 7:16 If any man have ears to
hear, let him hear.
Mark 9:44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched.
Mark 9:46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched.
Mark 11:26 But
if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your
trespasses.
Mark 15:28 And
the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the
transgressors.
Some of the “New”
bibles remove all of the verses from Mark 16:9-20. Others insert a corrupt note claiming that
the verses were added and don’t really belong there.
Mark 16:9 Now when Jesus was risen
early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of
whom he had cast seven devils.
10
And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
11 And they, when they had heard that he
was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
12 After that he appeared in another form
unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
13
And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they
them.
14 Afterward
he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their
unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen
him after he was risen.
15
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature.
16
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not
shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that
believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then after the Lord had
spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of
God.
20 And they went forth, and preached every
where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs
following. Amen.
LUKE
Luke 17:36 Two men shall be in the
field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Luke 22:20 Likewise also the cup
after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed
for you.
Luke
23:17
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
Luke 24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran
unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the
linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering
in himself at that which was come to pass.
Luke
24:40
And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
JOHN
John 5:4 For an angel went down
at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first
after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever
disease he had.