In Defense Of The KJV! : Part 3

In Defense Of The KJV! : PART 3

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Last Updated : July 23, 2006

God's Sword Of Division Or Plastic Swords?, Weak Shepherds
Ecumenism And The Dalai Lama, Human Family Or God's Family?,
Children By Adoption, One True Gospel - One Common Version,
Constitutions Bibles And Hymnals, Spiritual Anarchy, 100's
Of Counterfeits, Doctrinal Unity Through One Version, Why
The KJV?, Elizabethan English And Foreign Languages, Crime
Of Perverted American English, America's Hell Generation,
Readability Of The KJV, My Daughter's Example, Parental
Responsibility, Baby Hueys, Spiritually Divorced From His
Word, Evil Television Set, Spiritual Truth For The Worthy

Just as the ancient armies of Babylon sieged Jerusalem, cut
off her vital supplies, and then plucked out the eyes of
King Zedekiah once victory had been won, Satan has also laid
siege against many Christians, cut off their supply of real
spiritual nourishment, exchanged their most prized weapon
for a poor counterfeit, and spiritually blinded them as they
read those modern treacherous tomes. Many Christians are
aware of the fact that God's Word is likened to a sharp
spiritual sword. From the words of Jesus, as well as from
the writings of John and Paul, we can see that using this
sword is supposed to sharply cut people to the heart, and
force them to take a stand; either for the truth of God's
Word, or else against it. Consider the following verses
which clearly support this view:

"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not
to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at
variance against his father, and the daughter against her
mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that
loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me:
and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not
worthy of me."
Matthew 10:34-37, KJV

"Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying,
said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others said, This is
the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed
of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
So there was a division among the people because of him."
John 7:40-43, KJV

"But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees,
and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men
and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the
hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between
the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was
divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no
resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees
confess both."
Acts 23:6-8, KJV

"And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God:"
Ephesians 6:17, KJV

"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper
than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart."
Hebrews 4:12, KJV

"And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he
should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod
of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty God . . . And the remnant were slain with
the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword
proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled
with their flesh."
Revelation 19:15, 21, KJV

Sadly, as we have now seen, many Christians no longer
possess this vital weapon in their spiritual arsenal; and
that includes the Christian leadership. They have foolishly
traded it in for a cheap, plastic, toy sword. A real sword
is sharp, and heavy. It requires time, and proper training,
in order to learn to use it skillfully, and with accuracy.
But in this day and age of junk food, designer jeans, and
digital noise which is still called music, many Christians
have also foolishly decided that a spiritually lighter,
"designer version" of the Bible, designed for their own
deception, is better than the heavyweight version, which
still contains the whole truth of God's Word, and which
convicts not only their own hearts, but the hearts of others
as well. God's Word is clearly supposed to divide the sheep
from the goats. It is supposed to divide the chaff from the
real wheat. It is even supposed to divide families. Is this
what we see in the world of modern Christianity today? For
those who have remained faithful to the Lord, and who have
not surrendered the true Word of God, yes; but as for those
who have compromised their faith, and replaced their heavy
iron sword with a plastic one, definitely not!

As we saw in part one, these weak, pitiful, modern, false
shepherds of the Lord's flocks, have become so spiritually
debilitated because of their unwise abandonment of God's
true spiritual nourishment; and they have become so utterly
defenseless because they have forsaken the true Sword of the
Spirit, that rather than lift up the standard, and fight
against the enemy, in their spiritual blindness, they have
chosen to join hands with him. Forget what Jesus said about
His Father's Word causing division. This is a new age which
requires a new gospel of reconciliation with our enemies.
Our doctrinal differences aren't really that great they
claim. They don't really matter as long as we love each
other they claim. Let's all hop on board the ecumenical
wagon and show more compassion, and more understanding
towards each other. Do you honestly believe that Christians
are the only ones saying this? Well, guess again! Following
is a quote taken directly from a web site which promotes
Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama:

----- Begin Quote -----

"My message is the practice of compassion, love, and
kindness. Compassion can be put into practice if one
recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of
humanity and the human family regardless of differences in
religion, culture, color, and creed. Deep down there is no
difference."

----- End Of Quote -----

On the surface, this seems to be a wonderful statement; and
if you are short-sighted enough, you just might be willing
to accept it; but if you are a true child of God, you can
see that it really wreaks of secular humanism, one worldism,
compromise and deception. Yes, it is true that we are all a
part of the human family; and it is also true that deep
within, we all long for the same things. In that regard,
there is no difference between us; but exactly how far are
we supposed to take this man's statement ". . . there is no
difference"? Are we supposed to take it to the point where
we compromise our sacred Christian beliefs, and sacrifice
our doctrinal purity, in order to become one with the world,
and one with the false religions of the world?

Contrary to what Christ and His Apostles taught us, some of
our Christian leaders certainly seem to think so. They have
betrayed their brothers and sisters in the Lord! They have
forgotten that through the Blood of Jesus Christ, we have
been adopted into a much more important spiritual family;
that of course being the Household of God Himself; and we
are a part of the greatest nation upon this Earth, and the
only one that God recognizes; the worldwide invisible nation
of the born again Children of God; and you can only become a
part of God's Family, and God's Nation, if you accept Jesus
Christ! That leaves out Muslims, Buddhists, and anyone else
who rejects the Precious Blood of the Lamb! The proof is
clearly found in His Word; His real Word:

"Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by
Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of
his will,"
Ephesians 1:5, KJV

"Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of
God;"
Ephesians 2:19, KJV

"For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to
fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby
we cry, Abba, Father."
Romans 8:15, KJV

"Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken
from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits
thereof."
Matthew 21:43, KJV

"And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom
of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom
of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say,
Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is
within you."
Luke 17:20-21, KJV

"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy
nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his
marvellous light:"
1 Peter 2:9, KJV

So once again, let me say that these Christian shepherds are
like blindfolded little children who are playing with their
plastic swords; all the while thinking that they must be
brandishing some awesome weapon; while the enemy laughs in
their faces, as he moves the little sword away with his
hand, and says "Would you like to come and meditate with me
again little brother Christian?".

Yes, there is supposed to be unity; but it is not unity with
our enemies! As we saw earlier in this series, up until the
latter half of the First Century, there was a clear unity in
Spirit and in purpose amongst the Early Christians. They
believed in one Godhead, one Jesus Christ, one Plan of
Salvation, and one Gospel; which they preached by word of
mouth, from town to town, and from village to village. It
was kept pure by those who had sat at Jesus' feet, as well
as by those who had been trained directly by the Apostles.
The true doctrine of the faith was carefully guarded and
preserved, and anyone who dared to say or teach otherwise,
was apparently excommunicated from fellowship. This is made
perfectly clear to us by the verses I shared in part one of
this series. There was no room for compromise!

If there was only one true Gospel two thousand years ago,
there should only be one true Gospel today as well; yet this
is definitely not the case. We Christians live in a world of
doctrinal confusion; and as I have already made clear, it is
definitely not of God! Please ask yourself; how can we
possibly begin to be in spiritual and doctrinal unity like
the First Century Church, as Jesus and Paul desired, if we
can't even quote and study from the very same Bible? Is it
really that difficult to see that having so many different
versions of Bibles on the market today is a divisive tactic
of Satan? Not in my mind! Through this clever tactic, Satan
has attacked the very foundation which binds our Christian
family together; and that is a common, and agreed upon,
inspired Word of God; one Gospel, and not hundreds of them!

We can no more use more than one valid English translation
of the Bible, than a congress or parliament can rely upon
more than one valid constitution to write the laws for its
country. Such a body would rarely agree upon anything due to
so many different interpretations of the law being used by
that body; and that country would soon fall into total
anarchy and confusion; and eventually be overrun by its
enemies. Or consider if you were at a sports event, and just
before it was about to begin, everyone stood up to sing your
national anthem. Suddenly, the arena is filled with the
ugliest sound you ever did hear, as twenty thousand people
started singing different versions of the same song, because
some people got the bright idea that they didn't like a few
words, so they decided to change them; or maybe they felt
the tune needed to be modernized a little to fit the time
period, so they changed just a few notes, and increased the
tempo. After all, changing just a few words, or a few notes,
won't make that much of a difference, will it? It's still
the same song isn't it? It reminds me of some of these
upbeat, modern versions of traditional Christian hymns. How
disgusting! They have violated the sanctity of the songs,
and made them absolutely worldly!

From another perspective, for those of you who are church-
goers, or who attend some form of fellowship, wouldn't it be
rather odd, and cause a great deal of confusion, if your
priest, pastor, minister or shepherd asked his congregation
to turn to a certain verse in the Bible, and to read it
aloud in unison; and all of a sudden, to everyone's great
surprise, the church or fellowship was filled with absolute
confusion as everyone tried to read the same verse from
twenty different versions of the Bible? Or what if your
chorus leader, or inspiration leader, said, "Okay, everyone,
please turn in your hymnals to hymn number fifty". So
everyone obediently turns to hymn number fifty in their
particular hymnal, and again the church or fellowship is
filled with absolute confusion, because everyone is using a
different version of the hymnal book.

Just as trying to use more than one valid constitution to
establish a certain country's laws and political policies
would eventually lead to chaos, confusion and anarchy, due
to so many different interpretations and understandings of
those multiple constitutions, because we have allowed and
encouraged more than one valid English translation of the
Bible in the world today, it has also resulted in worldwide
spiritual anarchy, total doctrinal confusion and disunity
within the Christian body. Yes, each individual part, that
is, each particular church or fellowship, may have a degree
of unity because they use the same Bible, but beyond that
level, there is definitely very little unity in the
worldwide Body of Christ today. No one can deny this.

Amazing as it may seem, some time ago, I recall reading a
certain article which claimed that there are now over seven
hundred and fifty different translations of the English
Bible in circulation. There is one for the housewife, and
one for the working husband, and one for the college
student, and one for the little girl in kindergarten, and
one for this, and one for that, and the list goes on and on.
Imagine if you will, if seven hundred and fifty different
versions of the Gospel of John had been distributed during
the First Century. Where would the Church be today? Would
there even be a Church? Do you not see the danger in this?
Can you not sense how Satan has had a heyday with the Lord's
children, by dividing and weakening both us, and God's Word,
through his subtle tactics? Do you not realize that that
black tome sitting on your desktop with the title inscribed,
"Holy Bible", might actually be Satan's secret weapon, his
counterfeit, and not the real thing?

As I have now made abundantly clear, what I find so alarming
about this situation, is that I know that some of you who
are reading this message, are in fact shepherds yourselves
over some of the Lord's flocks, in teaching positions, etc.
Despite this grave responsibility which has been placed upon
your shoulders, you seem to be of the opinion that having so
many English translations of the Bible is alright. Brethren,
Satan is out to defeat God's people; and one way in which he
is accomplishing his goal, is by weakening, perverting and
polluting the very spiritual Rock which forms the foundation
of our faith; God's Holy Word; and yet some of you leaders
find nothing wrong with this! Your lack of spiritual
discernment amazes me!

Now, before I continue, allow me to make an important point.
I believe that I have a realistic view of the situation, As
such, please do not think that I am suggesting that if every
English-speaking Christian in the world were to suddenly
start using the very same version of the Bible, all of our
doctrinal and unity problems would just fade away overnight.
Such a thought would be ludicrous; however, what I will say,
is that if such a thing were possible, it would at least be
the beginning of the solution. Why? Because doctrine is in
part determined by what is printed in black and white. If we
are all reading the same thing in black and white, then it
seems to me that we might be more inclined to come to the
same conclusions regarding our understanding of a particular
verse or group of verses. It might take a while, but our
chances of success are much higher if we are at least using
the same version; don't you agree? For example, two people
can immediately begin to understand each other a lot better
if they are both speaking the same language, than if one is
speaking English, while the other is speaking French. Our
main problem is that we can't even agree upon a common
language; that is to say, one common version of the Bible.

At this point in our discussion, the obvious question is,
"Alright WordWeaver; so which one do you use?". As the title
of this series denotes, I use only the Authorized King James
Version of the Bible; commonly referred to as the KJV, or as
the AKJV. I have been using it alone since 1971, and have no
intentions of switching to the NKJV, or to any other modern
version. Why have I chosen to remain with the KJV all of
these years? While some of you might be led to think that it
is just a matter of habit, or tradition, this is not the
case whatsoever. While I was raised a Catholic, and thus
read the Catholic Bible and Catholic catechisms as a young
boy, when I became a teenager, I switched to the more modern
"Good News For Modern Man", which did not help my situation
very much. When I began to use the KJV in 1971, as with most
people, I imagine that I may have found the language used a
little odd. I honestly cannot remember, as it was so long
ago; but I grew to like and accept it.

Now, years later, I realize that I made a wise choice to
remain with the KJV. What I have learned through personal
study, is that the devout men of God who performed the 1611
translation for King James, were brilliant scholars, and
very educated in the Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic languages.
Not only that, but they had access to the very same Textus
Receptus, which is available to scholars and translators
today; and I am referring to the real one, and not to the
fake, corrupt one which appeared later; nor to the fake
documents which were invented by the Roman Catholic Church;
such as the Vaticanus text which was reportedly found in a
garbage dump, nor to some of the corrupted texts which I
believe were found at Alexandria. What I have also learned
is that any authentic parchments or scrolls which have been
discovered since that time, have only served to verify the
accuracy of the King James Version of the Bible, and not to
detract from it. Most importantly however, I personally
sense the power of God in the KJV Bible. It is alive with
Power, Spirit and Truth. It speaks out to me like no other
version does. In my opinion, the others are dry and
Spiritless. The KJV moves me! It excites me!

Even if you choose to ignore my personal feelings regarding
the KJV Bible, and just want to look at the historical
facts, this still leads me to ask you, that is, if you use
another version other than the KJV, why is there even a need
for another version? What is wrong with the KJV? It has
passed the test of time. Millions of souls have been won to
Christ by it over the past almost four centuries. It has
been soundly proven to be a very accurate translation of the
original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts; or perhaps it would
be more correct to say, of the copies of the originals,
being as the originals penned by the Old Testament Prophets,
and the New Testament Apostles, are long gone as far as we
know.

Of course, I am fully aware of the fact that one of the most
common arguments which is sometimes used to try to discredit
the validity of using the Authorized King James Version of
the Bible in our modern day, is that we are almost living in
the 21st century; and thus, the language of the KJV has
become outdated. In other words, some of the critics of the
KJV Bible claim that it is too difficult for modern people
to understand due to its Elizabethan English. One person who
wrote to me recently, even went so far as to compare the
English used in the KJV to a foreign language! I find such a
thought to be absolutely ludicrous! Let's be honest here. If
a young English-speaking person can go to school, and over a
period of a few short years, learn a foreign language like
Spanish, French, German or Italian, which has completely
different word and sentence structure, how can anyone even
dare to suggest that that same capable person will find
difficulty in understanding a form of English which only has
a few slight variations from his own? Thus, in my view, this
argument is baseless; unless of course we are dealing with a
country which is full of absolute morons! Are we?

Now, I'll tell you what is a foreign language. It is the
perverted and polluted English which is spoken throughout
the United States of America on city streets, in the public
school system, and on millions of television sets across the
land! It seems that in our modern, "enlightened" country,
one is not very American unless he knows how to cuss in
every other word of his sentence! He's not very "macho" as
they say. It is the very same proud, belligerent spirit
which pervades oppressive, and aggressive, American foreign
policy; and the world is beginning to hate it!

Now, in my view, it isn't that the English in the KJV Bible
is really that outdated; as most of it is not. In fact, it
has been kept pure from lingual pollution for literally
hundreds of years. While I have no facts to substantiate
this claim, I would dare say that all of this resistance to
using the KJV Bible originates in the USA, and no where
else. I will explain why I believe this in just a moment.
You see, the real problem is the corruption of American
English; and more importantly, it is the physical, mental
and spiritual corruption of the American citizen himself,
who has become so spiritually callous, and hardened of heart
due to his easy, affluent, materialistic lifestyle, that he
cannot even begin to understand the wonderful, spiritual
truths which are plainly stated in the KJV Bible. As the
Apostle Paul wrote so long ago:

"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit
of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he
know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
1 Corinthians 2:14, KJV

To be quite frank with you the reader, from my many online
experiences with young American teenagers, I have to say
that, next to the anti-christ Jews themselves, some of these
kids are the most anti-christ people I have ever met in my
entire life! Their total lack of reverential fear of God,
and their utter disrespect for His Holy Word, the Bible,
absolutely amazes and astounds me! I am not exaggerating!
They are a generation of the children of hell! My young
daughter can fully testify to this fact, because she often
observes the language that they use, and the messages that
they post on our server. The filthy, sexually-explicit,
perverted language some of them use in reference to our God,
and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, is nothing short of
disgusting! These are children who are supposedly raised in
so-called "Christian America"! Well, I know exactly where
the problem lies; and I talk all about it in my revelatory
article "The Plight Of The Children". I do hope that you
will find the time to read it.

But let us return for a moment to the scholastic aspect of
the KJV Bible. I have read commentaries which state that
when compared with some of the other more modern versions,
the KJV scores much higher in scholastic reading and grammar
tests. In fact, if I recall correctly, it is at the fifth
grade reading level. In other words, a fifth grade American
student can easily read the KJV Bible, and grasp most of its
meaning if he applies himself to the task. I will even take
this a step further; and I hope that it will embarrass those
of you who oppose and fight against the KJV Bible with your
unfounded claims. My daughter is of elementary school age.
She is just a normal child. While she sometimes likes to
think otherwise, in a scholastic sense, she is above average
in some areas, but by no means exceptional. She could be the
child next door. Not only does she use the KJV Bible, and
understand a great deal of it, and know many of its stories
and parables, and have quite a few of its verses memorized,
but she also knows how to use the electronic Hebrew and
Greek lexicons, and her dictionary, which sits between us on
our work table, between our computers, so that we can share
it together.

Now, if this precious little child of the Lord can take the
initiative and do that, because she hungers for the full
truth of God's Word, why can't some of you adults do the
very same thing? Furthermore, why can't you take the time to
explain things to your children when there is something in
the Bible which they don't understand, instead of relying
upon Sunday school teachers, and watered-down, comic book
style versions of the Bible to do the job for you, and a
pitiful one at that? Do you see where the finger is pointing
now? Might it be as I have said in my article, "Are You Just
A Baby Huey?", that some of you are spiritually "Baby Hueys"
yourselves, who must have everything easily spoon-fed to
you? Might it be that easy American life, and too many hours
of television has softened the brains of many American
adults and children? Considering the poor grammar, and the
myriad of misspelled words I see in many UseNet newsgroups,
etc., I don't doubt this for a moment.

Consider this sobering question: Just as over the past three
decades, as a part of the spirit of so-called "women's lib",
many American women have gone from breast-feeding to the
unnatural use of the milk bottle, and have decided that they
now have the right to abort their God-given babies, might it
be that in a spiritual sense, America has done the exact
same thing? Have many Americans divorced themselves from the
pure unadulterated Word of God as found in the KJV Bible,
and foolishly accepted some seven hundred and fifty cheap,
counterfeit, and less nutritional brands, which are full of
all kinds of corruption which pollute the mind and spirit
with false doctrines and half-truths? As the Apostle Peter
wrote:

"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that
ye may grow thereby:"
1 Peter 2:2, KJV

Furthermore, might it be that many American parents have
taught these same bad spiritual habits to their children, so
that their children are not even willing to attempt to read
and understand the beautiful language found in the KJV
Bible? After all, playing video games on the television set
is much more fun, and it doesn't convict one's heart to do
good. In fact, it continually teaches evil, violence, anti-
God science, and unnatural, perverted and unrefrained sex!
The television set is the very broadcaster of Satan's evil
voice which has invaded many American homes across the land;
and I daresay, in many other countries of the world as well!
It has become the universal electronic babysitter!

In one of His most famous sermons of all times, the Lord
Jesus Christ spoke the following words of truth to those
sincere Disciples who followed Him that day up the steep
trail to the top of a mountain:

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that
asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened."
Matthew 7:7-8, KJV

Have people in our modern day become too spiritually lazy to
seek out the truth of God's Word? Have you become too lazy
to seek out the truth of God's Word? Didn't Jesus even speak
in parables, so that only those who were truly spiritually
hungry would seek out the truth from Him? In the thirteenth
chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, we find the following
account:

"And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest
thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them,
Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For
whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have
more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be
taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in
parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear
not, neither do they understand."
Matthew 13:10-13, KJV

Didn't Jesus even travel to secluded mountaintops where only
the rugged and the worthy followed Him in order to hear Him
preach, while the weaker sheep and the half-hearts stayed in
the valleys below? As I have pointed out before, due in part
to the false impression many people have been given by
Hollywood movies, it is commonly believed that thousands of
people heard Jesus preach the Sermon on the Mount; but that
is not the case. We are clearly told in the Scriptures, that
only His Disciples followed our Lord to the mountaintop that
day, while the vast multitudes did not rejoin Him, until
after He had returned from the mountain three chapters
later; so apparently they must have remained behind, because
they were not willing to make the difficult trek up the
mountainside. Following is clear Scriptural proof of this:

"And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and
when he was set, his disciples came unto him:"
Matthew 5:1, KJV

"When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes
followed him."
Matthew 8:1, KJV

Clearly then, it is only those who truly hunger after the
Words of Life, those who make a sincere, honest effort to
hear, read and study them, who shall indeed be filled. It is
for this reason, that in echoing the Lord's own words, the
Apostle Paul wrote:

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth."
2 Timothy 2:15, KJV

In the final installment of this series, we will take a look
at such topics as the example of the Bereans, TV dinners and
American Christianity, modern NCRAP versions, Godly Guidance
or footnotes, serious omissions in the NCRAP versions, the
subtle attack on Jesus' unique status, the motivations of
modern Bible publishers, the "anti-Semitism" in the KJV, the
Jewish controllers, Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch, respect
for God's Word, the Divine Inspiration of God's Word, some
tough questions, God's last warning, and my closing remarks.
I trust that you will join me.

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