In Defense Of The KJV! : Part 4

In Defense Of The KJV! : PART 4

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Last Updated : July 23, 2006

Example Of The Bereans, TV Dinners And American Christianity
Modern NCRAP Versions, Godly Guidance Or Footnotes?, Serious
Omissions In NCRAP Versions, Our Web Site, Attack On Jesus'
Unique Status, Historical Recap Of The Conspiracy, Modern
Bible Publishers And Their Goal, KJV - A Very Anti-Semitic
Book. Jewish Controllers, Philip And The Ethiopian Eunuch,
Respect For God's Word, Divine Inspiration Of God's Word
Some Tough Questions, God's Last Warning, Closing Remarks

As I concluded in part three, it is only those dedicated
mountaineers, who are willing to make the spiritual trek up
the steep mountain trail, who are rewarded with the true
riches of God's Holy Word. Thank the Lord that, even in our
modern day, there are still those few people who follow the
example of the Bereans found in Acts chapter seventeen; and
who don't allow themselves to be easily deceived by every
fast-talking preacher who comes along with a new doctrine,
or by some money-minded Bible publisher who offers them a
more modern version of the Holy Scriptures. In the Book of
Acts we read:

"And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by
night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue
of the Jews. These were more noble than those in
Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all
readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were so."
Acts 17:10-11, KJV

These goldminers of the Spirit enjoy delving into the deep
wonders of His Word. To such people, my writings only serve
as a supplementary diet, and as spiritual snacks, and maybe
even as a confirmation of what they have already discovered
in His Word, because they have already grown up spiritually;
and they know how to find the spiritual food for themselves.

But sadly, this is not so for many people in the Christian
West, particularly in the United States of America. They
want everything served on a silver platter for them; like
those very popular "TV dinners"; already half-cooked and
interpreted for them, in easy-to-understand modern words;
even if the original meaning has been changed; or even if
some important words or entire verses have been omitted; or
even if the Power of the Spirit has been lost, or even if a
few notes have been taken out of the song. Some of them are
so spiritually out of tune already, that they won't notice
anyway. They will just keep on going through the motions of
being Christians, singing those same old dirges in their
off-key Babylonic confusion, never even realizing that
something is terribly wrong; never even realizing that they
are no longer the great Christian nation that they claim to
be; at least not until they feel the Heavy Hand of the Lord!

Satan has blinded their hearts through their affluence, and
he has fed them his lethal poison in all of those Bible
look-alikes called the modern translations. As my regular
readers know, while the big Bible publishers like to refer
to their doses of devilish doctrine as the NIV, or the NKJV,
or the NASV, I prefer to place them all in one neat little
category which I refer to as the NCRAP versions; which
stands for New Corrupted Revised And Perverted versions;
because that is precisely what they are. They are like the
neat, pre-fabricated meals which are conveniently served at
fast-food restaurants, which are full of growth hormones,
grease and cholesterol, sugar and other health-robbing
chemicals! In these modern versions, everything is already
prepared for the reader, with footnotes at the bottom, and
personal commentaries in the margins, so that nothing is
left to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The unsuspecting
reader is told exactly what he should believe as he reads;
and surely the Bible publisher couldn't be wrong, could he?
As in the food we eat, so too in our study of the Bible,
convenience seems to be the word of the day; even if it is
at the expense of sacrificing doctrinal purity!

This brings us to one of the final points I wish to discuss
in this current series. Some of the people who attack the
KJV, will argue that if our primary goal as Christians is to
win souls to the Kingdom of God, then it is only logical
that we should want to use a version which is more easily
understood by the masses, and which easily conveys the
Salvation message. Personally, I do not accept this argument
for one minute; and if some of these people who make this
claim would seriously, and sincerely, take the time to study
more closely the obvious differences between the KJV Bible,
and some of these other modern translations, they would
quickly realize how deceitful these other versions really
are.

At this point, some of you who resist my words are probably
saying to yourselves, "Alright, WordWeaver; so what are all
of these terrible differences which you claim exist between
your beloved KJV and all of the other versions?". Obviously,
due to the fact that there are literally hundreds of English
translations of the Holy Bible, for me to list all of the
differences which exist between even just a few of them,
would require a great deal of time and space; however, in
order to at least provide the serious Bible researcher with
a starting point, I have placed some related files at our
web site, under the section entitled "Why The KJV?". I am
sure that anyone who reads them will find them to be quite
enlightening. Allow me to point out that what you read on
our site concerning this topic, is only the tip of the ice
berg. There are a number of other sites on the Web which
contain many more files which even more fully expose the
spiritual treachery of these other counterfeit Bibles.
Perhaps after you have read what we have made available to
you on our site, you will be motivated to do further
research, in order to even more fully confirm what I have
written here.

However, for the time being, allow me to point out to you,
that as you read the files at our site, what will quickly
become apparent to you, is that many key words and phrases
which are found in the KJV Bible, which help to emphasize
the Divinity of Christ, the important relationship He has
with the Father, and the significance of His sufferings as a
necessary part of God's Plan of Salvation, are either
completely omitted in the NCRAP versions, or else changed to
words which carry a lot less spiritual impact. These include
such words and phrases as God, Jesus Christ our Lord, Jesus
Christ, Jesus, Christ, the Lord, Holy Spirit, the blood,
etc. In some instances, where such words are not completely
omitted, they are replaced with he, the one, the spirit, and
similar less emphatic words.

To the honest seeker of truth, it becomes very clear that
someone has made an intentional effort to purposely demote
the status of Jesus Christ. This being the case, how can
those who attack the KJV Bible, possibly claim that the
newer NCRAP translations more clearly explain the message of
Salvation? It is a complete lie! Please note that while I
have emphasized the deficiency of these other verses as they
relate to God's Plan of Salvation, these are not the only
corruptions found in the modern versions. There are many
more; some of them quite contradictory to what is stated in
the KJV; which you will discover as you begin your research.

This leads us into our final point of discussion for this
series: Who is behind this conspiracy and widespread
onslaught of God's Holy Word, and why are they doing it? As
I have already pointed out, Satan the adversary is most
definitely the spiritual force who has inspired this war
against the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. We have also seen
that since some two thousand years ago, he has employed the
services of the anti-christ Jews in order to try to defeat
God's Divine Purposes. From verbal attacks on Jesus Christ,
they soon graduated to treachery and murder. When that
failed, they relied upon bribes to silence the witness of
those who knew the truth regarding the Resurrection. Next,
they began their verbal assaults against the fledgling
Church. When that failed to work, they resorted to more
persecution and murder, such as in the case of the stoning
of Stephen, the beheading of James, and the pharisaical Saul
persecuting the Early Church. But there again, persecution
only seemed to increase the Christian numbers; and that is
when the Jews decided upon the most subtle forms of attack
of all: infiltration into the flocks, and spreading false
confusing doctrine by word of mouth, as well as by creating
false gospels, or ancient NCRAP versions, which would endure
long past their physical lifetimes.

Today, as I mentioned earlier in this series, the very same
technique continues to be employed by those who would
corrupt the truth of God's Word. Some time ago, I read a
commentary which stated that there is a concerted effort
amongst some of the large American Bible publishers, to
slowly, but totally, remove the KJV Bible from circulation;
and I might add that, from all indications, they are most
assuredly succeeding at their goal! Why is there this major
modern attack on the KJV Bible? Might one reason be because
it is the only English language Bible which does not have a
copyright, and thus can be freely copied and distributed by
anyone, to anyone in the world? Might it have something to
do with the fact that the continued popularity of the KJV
Bible places a big dent in the potential profits made by
some of these large Bible publishers who sell these hundreds
of other NCRAP versions? Just imagine how much profit these
companies must be earning through the sale of so many
different versions of the Sacred Text. It must be enormous!

To take this thought a step further, might this campaign
against the KJV Bible be fueled by some of these large Bible
publishers, because they are controlled by persons who hate
the glaring truth and purity which is found only in the KJV
Bible? The truth of the matter is that the KJV Bible is a
very anti-semitic book! It exposes the many sins, failures
and rebellions of the Jewish people against their Creator.
The simple truth of the matter is that this campaign began
some two thousand years ago with the Jews, and today, it
continues with them as well; because they are the ones who
own most of the large publishing houses found throughout the
Jewish-controlled United States of America! They are the
behind-the-scenes controllers whose forefathers murdered
Jesus Christ, and who today continue to conspire against the
printed Word of God as well!

To conclude this series, the Lord inspired me to create the
following fictitious scenario. If nothing else has struck
home with you in this series, perhaps the following might
shock you into understanding the seriousness of this matter,
and how dangerous it is to tamper with the Word of God. We
open to the account of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch found
in the eight chapter of the Book of Acts:

"And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise,
and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from
Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went:
and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority
under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of
all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the
prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join
thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him, and
heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest
thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some
man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would
come up and sit with him. Then saith Philip unto him, it is
not meet that thou shouldest have such difficulty in
understanding the word of the Lord. Behold, name me a fair
price, and I will accompany thee to Ethiopia, that I may
resolve this matter for thee. And the eunuch named him a
fair price, and Philip accompanied him into his own land,
that he might commence the work which had been placed upon
him. And it came to pass at the end of a short season, that
Philip presented the finished work unto the eunuch: And upon
reading the work which had been made ready by Philip, the
eunuch exclaimed, Thou hast indeed done a mighty work!
Surely the prophet Esaias would be pleased with the many
improvements thou hast made to his noble endeavors. Behold,
I will pay unto thee double because of the excellency of thy
work! Then Philip, after receiving the bag of gold, taketh
him aside and saith unto him, Behold, there is yet but one
matter to attend to. Drawing near to the eunuch so that he
might speak to him privately, Philip saith unto him, It is
not meet that there should be two copies of the writings of
the prophet Esaias in the land. Let us beseech the queen,
that she will declare an edict, so that this old version of
the writings of the prophet Esaias may be thoroughly removed
out of the land of Ethiopia. But surely she will not agree
to such a thing, for she is a woman of great virtue,
answereth the eunuch. With a slight gleam in his eye, Philip
saith unto him, Yea, my friend, but there is a profit to be
made in this my version, and not in the other. And with
that, the eunuch nodded in agreement as they approached the
court of the queen."
Acts 8:26-40, WW's NCRAP Version

Now isn't that rather shocking? Imagine if such an event had
actually occurred almost two thousand years ago. The
Ethiopians might still be reading a counterfeit version of
the Book of Isaiah, at the expense of a very rich queen and
the cohorts in the money-making scheme. Of course, we know
that this isn't what really happened. Let us now resume the
story after Philip got up into the eunuch's chariot:

"The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was
led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before
his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: In his humiliation
his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his
generation? for his life is taken from the earth. And the
eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom
speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same
scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. And as they went on
their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch
said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be
baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine
heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot
to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both
Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they
were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught
away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on
his way rejoicing. But Philip was found at Azotus: and
passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came
to Caesarea."
Acts 8:32-40, KJV

As we can see, when the eunuch expressed difficulty at
understanding the words of the Prophet Isaiah, Philip didn't
say, "You know, you are right; Isaiah didn't do a very good
job of explaining the sufferings of Christ, did he? Some of
those words he used are a little outdated, and some people
just might not fully understand God's Plan of Salvation.
I'll tell you what; pay me a good price, and I will simply
write you an easier version to read. Not only that, but
since I am going to write this for you, and not the original
Prophet, I will own the copyright to it; and thus, we will
be able to sell it and make some money from it at the same
time. Of course, we will have to somehow get rid of that
original version, so that we don't have any competition, or
raise any suspicions".

My friends, Philip had utmost respect for the Word of the
Lord. Like Peter and Paul who wrote the following verses, he
believed absolutely in the Divine Inspiration of the Prophet
Isaiah's words. He knew that they were God-breathed; that
is, God-inspired:

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness:"
2 Timothy 3:16, KJV

"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 1:21, KJV

Can any of you reading this, who criticize the Authorized
King James Version of the Bible, honestly tell me that you
feel the same way regarding those who take upon themselves
today, the liberty to tamper with God's Word, by omitting
entire verses, or by taking out key words and phrases, or by
replacing certain important words with words which convey a
lesser meaning, and thus reduce Christ and His message to a
lesser status? Can you honestly tell me that you believe
that this butchering of God's Holy Word really has no effect
on the spiritual impact of the written text, or in what is
transmitted to the modern reader? Can you honestly tell me
that you believe in your heart, that God-fearing men would
do this to His Holy Word? If you can answer "yes" to any of
these questions, then I fear that you are just as guilty as
they are. You must likewise not have a very reverential fear
of the Lord. In the Old Testament, just touching the Ark of
the Covenant, which contained the Holy Writs, was punishable
by death, as we see in this story:

"Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of
Israel, thirty thousand. And David arose, and went with all
the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring
up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the
name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the
cherubims. And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and
brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah:
and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new
cart. And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which
was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went
before the ark. And David and all the house of Israel played
before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir
wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and
on cornets, and on cymbals. And when they came to Nachon's
threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God,
and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of
the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there
for his error; and there he died by the ark of God."
2 Samuel 6:1-7, KJV

Most Christians are also aware of the somber warning which
the Lord attached to the Book of Revelation. Its contents is
so sacred, its inspiration so holy, and its message so
important to the Lord, that He wanted to make sure that it
was left intact, and preserved without corruption, for we,
its readers of the Endtime. Thus we read:

"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."
Revelation 22:18-19, KJV

When the eunuch requested Philip's assistance, Philip
immediately did as he requested, mounted his chariot, and
then began to patiently explain to him what the Prophet
Isaiah was writing about, until the eunuch reached a point
where he was ready to accept the Gift of Salvation. This is
the proper way to teach someone the Bible. It requires a lot
of love, patience, energy, time and self-sacrifice. Notice
that we are told that Philip had to actually run in order to
catch up with the chariot. The Lord said "Go!", and Philip
ran! How many of us are so willing, and so obedient to the
Lord's Call? How many of us have so much love in our hearts
for the lost, and are so eager to do the Master's Will, that
we are willing to drop whatever we are doing, in order to
reach one of His dear sheep; even if it does inconvenience
our own lives? Lord help us all! As the Apostle Peter wrote:

"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready
always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a
reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:"
1 Peter 3:15, KJV

Only God knows how many golden witnessing opportunities we
have let slip by due to our own selfishness, or because we
are worried about what someone might think of us for being
so bold as to witness to them, or to offer them one of our
tracts. As we read in the Old Testament:

"He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his
sheaves with him."
Psalms 126:6, KJV

One thing we have certainly seen, is that the proper way to
instruct a person in God's Word, is not by rewriting it in a
more modern language; thereby possibly corrupting it, and
causing it to lose some of its spiritual impact. As I have
pointed out earlier, the further we move away from the First
Century, the more opportunity there is for corruption in the
Word of the Lord. What I find interesting, is that this is
also a scientific principle. The further one moves away from
a particular event, the more distorted, and weakened, the
effects become, until the effect finally dissipates; just as
when one casts a stone into a mud puddle. Eventually, the
small ripples subside and disappear.

In a spiritual sense, if we compare the spirit of the world,
and particularly what was happening in European Christianity
almost four hundred years ago, with the spirit of the world
today, and what is happening in modern America, personally,
I would much rather trust in the sound judgment, and in the
Divine Inspiration of those learned men under King James,
than in any American Biblical translator today. How about
you? This is not to say that I believe that the King James
Bible is a perfect work; for indeed, it was translated by
fallible men who were not only not perfect, but who were in
fact under certain political and religious influences at the
time of the translation. However, I still believe that the
KJV is the most inspired English translation of the Bible
available to modern man; and I believe that it contains and
preserves the full essence of what God wanted for us to know
and to understand. If we were all to believe and live by it
precepts, surely it would make a positive difference.

With these thoughts, I am going to bring another series to a
close. I truly hope that it has been a blessing in your
life; that it will cause you to seriously consider which
version of the Bible you use in your daily studies, and that
perhaps it will even motivate you to further look into this
matter, if you are not yet convinced of my conclusions.