Ch 6 Preserving

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Geocentric Bible </B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Geocentric Bible "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preface"><U>Preface</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch1Scripture"><U>Ch1-Scripture</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 2 Evidence"><U>Ch 2 Evidence</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 3 First Second of Creation"><U>Ch 3 First Second of Creation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 4 The Revolving Heaven"><U>Ch 4 The Revolving Heaven</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 5 Density Center of Universe"><U>Ch 5 Density & Center of Universe</U></A>   |   <B>Ch 6 Preserving</B>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 7 A Relatively Small Universe"><U>Ch 7 A Relatively Small Universe</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 8 Lesser"><U>Ch 8 Lesser</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 9 Proof"><U>Ch 9 Proof</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch 10 Links Contact Us"><U>Ch 10 Links - Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Ch 6 Preserving</I></div> <div>    </div> <div> This is sent to the same group that received the “Geocentricity” book and my articles.  When I found out about the subject of the preservation of God's word in the King James Bible from the leaders of the geocentricity subject, I thought, UH HO, what next?  I write this article with a sense of embarrassment.  The New International Version and New American Standard Version and other modern version are used through out our brotherhood and in our homes and great numbers of people have been led to Christ through them.  After studying several books on this subject, it looks like there is a need to summarize this material.  One good thing about this is that I do tremble at His word (Isaiah 66:2) to a greater extent.</div> <div>      Criticism is welcome.</div> <div>      The difference between Christ and Satan can appear to be very thin.  Christ is the “bright and morning star.”  (Rev. 22:16).  Satan is called the “son of the morning” (Isaiah 14:12).  As both refer to the sun, Satan can be mistaken for Christ!  </div> <div>      The majority viewpoint is to defend the inaccuracies in modern versions by stating: “Let's stick to where our Bibles agree rather than quarrel over where they disagree.  Since so much of any modern translation is accurate and only a small portion is inaccurate, there is no cause for alarm.”  But we couldn't say that since I'm 98% healthy, I can ignore a cancer.</div> <div>      In 1869, someone writing in the Gospel Standard, said, “If the new translation were once to begin, where would it end?  We should have a Bible that nobody would accept as the Word of God, to which none could safely appeal, and on which none implicitly rely.  Modern versions breed confusion, doubt and misunderstanding.”  </div> <div>      “Beloved, believe not every spirit (version), but try the spirits whether they be of God...” (1 John 4:1).  God expects us to examine modern versions of the Bible.  When we do, “...the Spirit of truth...will guide you into all truth...” (John 16:13).  The Holy Spirit will identify the correct version, which is the KJV.  Every verse has its mate to confirm any doctrine and this one does also, “Even the Spirit of truth...shall be in you” (John 14:17) showing new versions in their true light. </div> <div>                    <IMG SRC="0c331b90.png" border=0 width="305" height="185" ALT="Bitmap Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The fall of geocentricity and the beginning of the false theory of heliocentrism (the earth spinning daily) beginning in 1613 marked the division between the one perfect Bible, the KJV 1611 and the many corrupt versions.  The false theory of evolution came in 1860, followed by the first corrupt modern version in 1881.</div> <div>      As the world was being offered an entirely new science, the Church was being furnished an entirely new Bible.  After centuries of fruitful faith in the Bible, Christians began to doubt that they really had the Word of God.  A generation was tricked into thinking that the defense of the “originals” was better than claiming to have the authoritative Word of God in their hands.  WHY?  The simple mistake in the 16th century of abandoning geocentricity (sun going around a stationary earth) and accepting heliocentrism (earth spinning and going around the sun).  There is no proof for or against either theory; except God's word, but it falsely showed the Bible to be in error.  “I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing” (Hosea 8:12).  The scientific law of geocentricity was labeled as an error and cast aside.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> DOCTRINE CHANGING</div> <div>      All modern versions attack, at least once, the major doctrines of the Bible, such as the deity of Christ, the virgin birth, etc.  </div> <div>      Psalm 12:7 in the KJV says, “thou shalt keep them (the words of God)”  “Them” refers to God's word that He has said He will preserve for ever.  Psalm 12:7 in the NIV says “you will keep us” which eliminates the Bibles reference on Divine preservation.  Obviously, the NIV, RSV, ASV and many others, which deny and confuse the deity of Christ, are not pure. Cross-references are lost when modern versions are used.</div> <div>           Acts 3:26 says, “Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.  Acts 3:26, NKJV says, “Unto you first God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”  Christ is God, not a mere “servant.”  Jeremiah 26:2 says “...diminish not a word.”</div> <div>      Hebrews 2:11 in the KJV says “For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren.”  The Revised Standard Version has “For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin.  That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren.”   The RSV adds “origin.  Christ did not have an origin!  Psalm 90:2 says, “even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.”  By saying that Christ had the same origin as man, they are saying that Christ is a created being.  That Christ is not God!     </div> <div>      In the KJV, John 6:47 says, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”  The New American Standard has, “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.”  The NIV has, “I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.”  He who believes on who or what? Both the NAS and NIV do not say what to believe in.  </div> <div>      In the KJV, Isaiah 14:12 has “O Lucifer, son of the morning” one of the names of Satan, who was first created as an angel during creation week.  By taking “Lucifer” out of The Ryrie Study Bible (New American Standard Translation), the reader would not know of Satan's beginning in the Bible.  Also, the NAST has references listed, 2 Peter 1:19, Rev. 2:28 and 22:16; but these are to Jesus Christ, who is “the morning star.”  Christ cannot be connected in any way with this passage!  The phrase, “son of the morning” and “the morning star” are totally and completely different.</div> <div>      The only verse in the New Testament, after the cross, that records the minister in the act of sharing the Gospel and a sinner's confession of faith in Christ is Acts 8:37.  The reader of the NIV is eternally denied this verse.</div> <div>      Some people may read Matthew 9:13 in the NIV where the words “to repentance” are omitted and not compare it with Luke 5:32 where the words are not omitted.  To justify an omission because it can be found somewhere else fails when tested by scripture, “a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump” (1 Cor. 5:6).</div> <div>      In the KJV Micah 5:2 says, “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.”  The NIV says, “out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from old, from ancient times.”  According to this, Christ was not eternal.</div> <div>      In the KJV, Matt. 9:18 says, “there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him.”  The NIV has, “a ruler came and knelt before him”  You can bow respectfully before royalty without worship.</div> <div>      In the KJV, Matt. 5:22 says, “...whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause...”  The NIV says, “whosoever is angry with his brother.”  The NIV would have Christ breaking his own command and would then not be sinless. </div> <div>      Since all modern versions eliminate themselves, the only one left is the KJV.  The KJV has “many infallible proofs” because it is the only one that does not deny and confuse the deity of Christ.  Mat 7:20 says, “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.”  We know the modern versions are wrong because of the doubt they are producing.  </div> <div>      The Holy Spirit could not possibly have guided the writers of modern versions to write these verses.  Only one verse that diminishes the deity of Christ is enough for us to realize that the Holy Spirit had nothing to do with that entire version, because God is perfect.  In modern versions, a verse is wrong in one place and right in another.  A busy family man with a job may look at the wrong verse and never realize that the verse is right in another location.  Let's recall that just one “error,” that the KJV is geocentric, started all modern versions.</div> <div>      The NIV has shown its true colors by wanting to make a new version gender free.  Let's use modern versions only as a paraphrase, not as the word of God.  In the beginning the greatest attacks on the Bible came from enemies.  Now, attacks come from within, by Christians who doubt the word of God.</div> <div>      I Timothy 3:16, KJV says, “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh...”  This verse clearly teaches that Jesus is God, because Jesus is the one who came in the flesh.  Therefore, <U>Jesus is God</U>!  The New American Standard has, “And by common confession great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh...”  By changing “God” to “He,” the fact that Jesus is God is taken out!  The Living Bible has, “It is quite true that the way to live godly life is not an easy matter...”  “It is quite true” is the <U>opposite</U> of “without controversy.”</div> <div>      “Hold fast the <U>form</U> of sound words” (2 Timothy 1:13).  Form means “a prescribed and set order of words” or a “formula.”  A formula cannot be changed and have the same solution.  By changing words, modern versions diminish and deny the deity of Christ, plus destroy cross-references.</div> <div>      When God is aware of such ordinary things as: [is there any taste in the white of an egg?  (Job 6:6)], He must have been aware of the coming of corrupt versions.  Also, He declared “the end from the beginning” (Isaiah 46:10).</div> <div> Modern versions do “word studies” which dig downward to a dead-end which may or may not be correct.</div> <div> Change is not always progress: “and meddle not with them that are given to change” (Proverbs 24:21).  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> NO DOCTRINE IS CHANGED</div> <div>      The King James Bible is the 7<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> major translation in the English language:  1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT>  the Wycliffe Bible - 1382, 2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >nd</FONT> - Tyndale Bible - 1525, 3<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >rd</FONT> - Matthews Bible, 4<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> - The Great Bible - 1539, 5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> - Geneva - 1560,  6<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> - the Bishop Bible - 1568 and 7<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> - the King James Bible. Psalms 12:6 says, “The word of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.” Only the King James has been purified 7 times. </div> <div> None of these diminished the deity of Christ.  The Holy Spirit inspired only the KJV.  How do we know for sure that this is true?  It never once attacks or diminishes or confuses the doctrine of the deity of Christ.  In the KJV, any word added to make a verse more readable, was put in italics.  At the very least, this is more honest than modern versions.  In all other versions, there are no italics, whole verses have been chopped out and major doctrines have been reversed.  </div> <div>      Acts 7:38  “...the lively oracles to give unto us.”  The footnote says this means: the living words, the words of God.  God has given his living words to us.  Ephesians 3:16 “...be strengthened with the might by his Spirit in the inner man.”  Phil 2:5  “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”  Proverbs 1:23 says, “...I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.”  Therefore, we have his Spirit, his mind and his promise to “make known my words” to us.  This has to be the King James Version.   </div> <div>      “For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory...” (2 Peter 1:17).  The written word is more sure than <U>God speaking from heaven.</U>  Peter, James and John had been on the mount when the transfiguration of Christ took place, “...when we were with him in the holy mount.  We have a more sure word of prophecy...,”  (vs. 18,19).  Peter refers to scripture as being a more sure word of prophecy than the transfiguration that took place before his eyes.  How could this be?  Continuing with verse 19, “... whereunto ye do well that ye take heed...until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts.”  We need to (take heed) pay particular attention that the day dawns only because the sun rises.  As the day-star, Christ, rises in our hearts, so the sun (a type of Christ) rises.  If we change our belief to geocentricity then we will have a more sure word of prophecy than seeing the transfiguration!  During the transfiguration `his face did shine as the sun” (Matt.17:2).  Imagine the brightness from the sun if we were 40 feet away from it (assuming there was no heat).  No darkness would be possible.  The scripture is more sure than God's voice and God's light.  The King James Bible IS the inspired and preserved Word of God; just the way the Lord wants to have it.  All the words that were in the original autographs are in the King James Bible.  This will make our faith in Christ even more secure.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> VAIN</div> <div>      “Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain...?”  (James 4:5).  Jeremiah 8:8 “...the pen of the scribes is in vain.”  Since the scribes write scripture, is the scripture written in vain or not?  The KJV is correct, and the writing of modern versions will eventually be cast away.  It is impossible for anything that God does to be in vain, “...I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain” (Ezek 6:10).  </div> <div>      The first apostasy took place in heaven, in the presence of God when Lucifer turned angels against Him.  After Pentecost the church at Pergamos could have the doctrine of Balaam, but they chose not to.  With this in mind, corrupted scriptures could easily have penetrated the Church, but they didn't.  Then, because the Bible was challenged with scientific “errors,” modern translations were written, which are as traitorous to the “written word” (98% perfect is not good enough) as Judas was to the “living word.”</div> <div>      </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ORIGINALS</div> <div>      It would do no good to inspire the “originals” and then lose them.  Peter, John etc. had a perfect Bible plus they were with Christ.  We need a perfect Bible even more because we haven't seen or heard the Lord.  “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth...” (John 16:13).  This was only partly fulfilled on the day of Pentecost.</div> <div>      “I (the Lord) will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts” (Heb 8:10).  “For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.”  (Job 34:3).  God has said that he has given us the truth, so we must know which version is correct in order to fully believe him.</div> <div>      “All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.  They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge” (Prov. 8:8,9).  Scripture becomes plain when we understand that the Bible is geocentric and scripture has been preserved.</div> <div>      The original manuscripts of the Bible were destroyed by fire in Jeremiah 36:21-32.  But instead of being destroyed, the original record was expanded!  “...And there were added besides unto them many like words” (Jeremiah 36:32).  If God wasn't interested in preserving the “original” once it had been copied and its message delivered, why should we put more emphasis on the original than God does.  God wrote His word on the hearts of believers, and Christ sent the Holy Spirit when he left.  The Holy Spirit did not work 200-300 years and quit, but is continuing to guide us.  With the Holy Spirits guidance into all truth, we can know that modern versions are wrong and useful only as a paraphrase.</div> <div>      “And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament...”  Rev 11:19.  The “originals” were destroyed, but God's “original” is probably kept in the heavenly Ark of the Covenant for eternal reference.</div> <div>      The word “scripture” in 2 Timothy 3:16, is in the context of verse 15, which says “scriptures” not “original” manuscripts.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> INSPIRATION</div> <div>      “But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.”  (Job 32:8).  “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:”  (2 Tim 3:16).  We all agree that the Bible is inspired by the Lord.</div> <div>      Inspiration means an act of breathing in.  In 2 Kings 18:13-19:37 is the story of Hezekiah and Isaiah trusting God to deliver them from Semacherib.  The same story is in Isaiah 37-38 with the additional information of Hezekiah's sickness and recovery.  The work of inspiration in the giving of scripture took place twice.  The second inspired writing was superior to the first even though it did not match the first.  “When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai he had “two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God” (Exodus 31:18).  Exodus 34:1 says, “And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.”  Hebrews 9:4 says, “Which had…the ark of the covenant…wherein was…the tables of the covenant.”  The second inspiration became the authority and was superior to the first.</div> <div>      When the Scriptures refer to the “scriptures” they never refer to the originals.”  Inspiration applies not only to the “originals” but also to copies and translations.  All of the Old Testament quotations in the New Testament show the inspiration of a translation, since they are translated from Hebrew into Greek.</div> <div>      The word “inspiration” occurs in 2 Timothy 3:16.  There must be a “mate” verse to support and explain in the verse we are working with.  The word “inspire” is not in the Bible.  The only other time the word “inspiration” occurs the in the Bible is Job 32:8 and here it is not dealing with scripture!  Verse 8 says, “But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.”  God “breathed in” to only one man: Adam.  Yet the inspiration of the Almighty is applied to “them,” to all men not just Adam.  God breathed into Adam and it applied to all 6 billion of us.  “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life” (Job 33:4), which supports Job 32:8.</div> <div>      The two verses are connected; but how?  One is dealing with scripture and the other with men!  The Almighty God is telling us that the miracle of inspiration applies not only to the initial giving of the Word of God to the writers of the original autographs, but to the divinely superintended preservation of a pure text to this day.  The King James Bible is an inspired translation of the “original autographs.”  The King James Bible is those same autographs preserved up to today.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> OUR SOULS PRESERVED</div> <div>      Preservation is very valuable and necessary for our own souls.  We absolutely want preservation to have true meaning in the following verses.</div> <div>      1 Thessalonians 5:23 says, “...and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”  </div> <div> Matt. 9:17,”...but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.”</div> <div> 1 Thess. 5:23,”...your whole spirit and body and soul be preserved blameless...”</div> <div> Jude 1,”...to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ...”</div> <div> Psalm 121:7,8  “...He shall preserve thy soul...”  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> GOD'S WORD PRESERVED</div> <div>      The word, preserved, must continue to mean the same thing.  “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.  Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.”  (Psalm 12:6,7).  God used sinful men to write His <U>inspired</U> words and God used sinful men to <U>preserve</U> His words.  Supporting this is Job 19:23,24 which says, “Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!” Job wanted his words to be preserved in rock, not just on paper so they would last forever. If Job's words could have been preserved forever, surely God's words (the bibles leading up to and including the KJV) have been preserved forever. Psalm 119:89 says, “For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.”</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> THE PROGRESSION IS UPWARD</div> <div> Adam and Eve heard the actual voice of God.</div> <div> Moses heard the voice and saw the handwriting of God</div> <div> The disciples, being with Jesus, had the absolute truth. </div> <div> The more time, the more we know about God.</div> <div> Christ was in one location at one time, but now, we have the Holy Spirit who is everywhere, all of the time and Bibles are throughout the world.  Everyone should know the truth that God wants us to have, completely at any time.</div> <div> INSTEAD we don't know, even in Gen.1:2, whether the Spirit moved (KJV) or didn't move (modern versions; only hovered - NIV).  We are entitled to the same absolute truth that people had up to the 17<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> century.  If God wrote or dictated verses that we can't use them till we get to heaven, then he has wasted his time putting them in the Bible.  If we don't know what verses mean till we get to heaven, it will be too late to use them.      </div> <div>      “And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the Ten Commandments, which the LORD spake unto you...” (Deuteronomy 10:4).  Moses had the stone tablets written with the actual handwriting of God.  The prophets had the truth.  The disciples and other people, who were with Jesus, face to face, had absolute truth.  So far, everyone knew what God meant.  Every word was established.  We are entitled to the same, but instead, we have to pick and choose verses from a dozen different versions to get the truth!?  The truth is that we have God's will in written form just as Moses did.  If we have to choose which version is correct, when they say the opposite things, then we are God instead of the Lord.  “For God is not the author of confusion...” (1 Cor. 14:33).  </div> <div>      “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever...”(1 Pet. 1:25).  In Joshua 6, when God gave instructions concerning the wall of Jericho, He did not promise he would make the walls fall, but he did.  God promised to “preserve his word” so we can absolutely count on its being preserved.</div> <div>      He preserved the Old Testament through the Levites as priest and He has preserved the New Testament through the body of believers and through the witness of the Holy Spirit.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> INTERPRET</div> <div>      Let's let God and His scripture do the interpreting.  “Do not interpretations belong to God?”  (Gen 40:8).  Joseph depended on God for the correct interpretation, “that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.  It is not in me: God shall give...an answer...” (Gen 41:15,16).  Recorded in 2 Peter 1:20 is the basic principals of interpretation, “...no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.”  Every verse is explained and made complete by another verse. 1 Cor. 2:13 supports this doctrine, “Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; <U>comparing spiritual things with spiritual</U>.”  Always, one verse gives a statement and another verse gives the answer and explanation necessary.  </div> <div>      To summarize, God has inspired, preserved, and interpreted scripture.  Just as there is "...one body..." (1 Cor 12:12) one mediator (1 Tim. 2:5) "One Lord, one faith, one baptism..." (Eph 4:5), there is also only one doctrine.  From the dictionary “faith” is the belief in the doctrines expressed in scripture.  The word “doctrines” is always used in a negative sense in scripture.  There is only one “doctrine of Christ: (2 John 9). </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> TRANSLATION</div> <div>      The conversations between Moses and Pharaoh, in Egyptian, were translated into the “original autographs” which were in Hebrew.  God chose the Hebrew language that less than 1% of the world ever spoke, to write 3/4ths of everything He wanted said.  Translations <U>have</U> to be inspired.</div> <div>      “And he believed in the LORD...” (Gen 15:6).  “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God...” (Rom 4:3).  Paul wrote both New Testament verses in Greek when he quotes the Old Testament, which is written in Hebrew.  This means that a translation can be inspired. </div> <div>      Old Testament “original” manuscripts were written is Hebrew.  New Testament “original” manuscripts were written is Greek.  Matthew 8:17 (in Greek) is a translation of Isaiah 53:4 (Hebrew).  Matthew 11:10 (Christ speaking) is a translation of Isaiah 40:3.  Romans11:8 is a translation of Isaiah 29:10.  The scribes did not have the first copy that Moses wrote.  They had the scriptures!  Timothy did not have David's original autograph of Psalm 2, but the scripture.  There are over 50 translations in the New Testament of Old Testament Hebrew passages.</div> <div>      Exodus 7:11 reads, “Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt...”  The names of the two magicians, Jannes and Jambres, is listed only in 2 Timothy 3:8.  Also in 1 Kings 17:1 which says, “...there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word”, the length of the drought, three years and six months, is found in Luke 4:25 and James 5:17.  God, himself, chose to preserve these facts, written in Hebrew, for centuries, and then complete them in Greek.  The Lord is showing that copies of scripture can be preserved and that a translation in English can be inspired and more complete than the original manuscripts.  The church that “kept my word” (Rev. 3:8) was the Philadelphia church (1500-1800), not the early Apostolic church.</div> <div>      The word “scripture” is always used of copies or translations and does not refer to “original autographs.”  In Luke 4:21, Christ read the Old Testament scripture of Isaiah 61:1, 2, which was a copy of a copy of copies.  He had no “original” of Isaiah.  He accepted the scripture that He had as the absolute truth.  Christ rebuked people for not reading the scripture (Matt. 22:29), so they had to have the right scripture.  Christ would not encourage the reading anything false, nor demanding them to read something that wasn't available.  The Ethiopian eunuch had the scripture (Acts 8:28) open on his lap in the church dispensation!  We have to have it.</div> <div>      The Authorized Version 1611 says, “And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it...” (Rev. 21:24).  The New American Standard says, “And the nations shall walk by its light...” leaving out “of them which are saved.”  All nations are obviously not saved, “And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats” (Matthew 25:32).  All modern versions come from corrupt Greek manuscripts.  The King James English corrects the Greek.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> INTERCHANGEABLY</div> <div>      “For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth” (Rom. 9:17).  This verse is quoting Exodus 9:16, in which God himself personally said, “And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.”  This means that “Scripture saith” is synonymous with “God saith.”  They can be used interchangeably.  Another example of the same thing is: “Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste” (Isaiah 28:16).  “Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded” (1 Pet 2:6).  What God says and what is contained in scripture are the same and equally true.  All the trustworthiness of God Himself rests upon the written Word of scripture.  “But I will show thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth....” (Daniel 10:21).  God's written word is the scripture of truth.  </div> <div>      Jesus Christ, who wrote with His finger, “Honor thy father and thy mother” (Exodus 20:10), personally ascribed the authorship of the passage to Moses in Mark 7:10, “For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother...”  That which Moses had copied from the stone tablet, was fully the word of God.  There was no difference to Christ.</div> <div>      1 Peter 1:25 says, “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.  And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”  The word of the Lord, scripture, is God.  After all, the Holy Spirit is the author: “Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures.” (Romans 1:2). Only the Holy Spirit knew the promises from Genesis to Malachi.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> FORESEEING</div> <div>      “And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed...” (Genesis 22:18).  This is referred to in Galatians 3:8, “And the scripture, foreseeing that God...preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed” How could scripture foresee anything?  The only one that can foresee anything is the Holy Spirit.  Therefore, scripture is equal with the Holy Spirit.  Also, scripture couldn't have preached anything to Abraham, because there were no scriptures written then.  Moses did not write Genesis 22 until 400 years after God said through Abraham all nations be blessed.  The Holy Spirit is the only one that could have preached!  But it says, scripture...preached.  So, again, scripture is the same as the Holy Spirit.</div> <div>      When the LIVING WORD (Christ) returned to glory, Satan turned all of his fury upon the WRITTEN WORD.  The living word had “many infallible proofs” Acts 1:3.  The Holy Spirit guided the written word.  Since the Holy Spirit is equal with Christ, the “Written Word” is just as infallible as the “Living Word”!  </div> <div>      But the written word is living just as much as Christ, “...by the word of God, which <U>liveth</U> and abideth for ever” (1 Peter 1:23).  And how is scripture living?  It is living because God has written it on our hearts and minds, “...saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts...” (Hebrews 8:10).  Jeremiah 31:33 also says, “...and write it in their hearts...”  We know in our heart and mind, with the Holy Spirit's leading, when a version is wrong.  God's truth in <U>living</U> scripture will not allow changes to doctrine.  “Let not...truth forsake thee...write them upon the table of thine heart” (Proverbs 3:3).  “But the Scripture hath concluded” (Galatians 3:22).  “Conclude” means reach a decision by reasoning.  There is a sense in which scripture can reason as God can.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> COMFORTER</div> <div> John 16:7 says, “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.”  Christ said that the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, would give us help that we needed very much,  “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into <U>all</U> truth,” (John 16:13).  Psalm 100:5 says, “and his truth endureth to all generations.”  Every generation has the complete total truth as reveled in the King James Version, just as the disciples did when talking directly with Jesus.  </div> <div> When Christ left, the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, came.  “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in men” (Psalm 118:8).  This verse is the very center verse of the Bible.  The shortest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 117 and the longest chapter is Psalm 119.  The phrase “long and short of it” means “the overall point” or the “basic idea.”  Putting it all together, the point God is stressing is to trust his words rather than what men think regardless of whether we totality understand it or not.</div> <div> Christ “taught them as one having authority” (Mark 1:22).  He taught face to face.  The Holy Spirit took the place of Christ and should be teaching with the same authority as Christ; “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you”(John 14:26).  The Holy Spirit, being the author of scripture teaches through scripture instead of in person as Christ did.  But, we should still have the absolute truth just as the disciples did!  </div> <div> However, because of modern versions, we do not know whether the Spirit moved or didn't move in Genesis 1:2!  Regardless of manuscripts, translations or anything else, the Holy Spirit has delivered the exact absolute truth to us in the King James Bible.   </div> <div> Jesus told the disciples the age and size of the universe and how it operates.  Likewise, the Holy Spirit has told us that the earth is young, that the sun orbits the earth  (geocentricity), the ballpark size of the universe and that scripture has been preserved.  “All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.  They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.”  (Proverbs 8:8,9).  All of God's words become plain if we trust the Lord enough to believe him, when he said that he would preserve his words in the King James scripture.</div> <div>      Heb. 13:5 says  “...for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”  Had we been living when Christ was on the earth, we know that He would never leave us.  It doesn't make sense that the Holy Spirit who “will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13) would leave us with the agonizing decision of deciding which word to choose.  Those living in the past didn't have to guess what verses meant.  We shouldn't have to guess either.  Let's let scripture interpret scripture.  Greek and Hebrew manuscripts can be made to say what a person wants them to say.  God himself will not “alter the thing” or one word, (Psalm 89:34).  </div> <div>      God's word was in the hearts of the writers of the Old and New Testaments; they knew when a doctrine was changed.  Therefore, they didn't accept it.  With our vantage point of being able to look back over the past, and with the living word in our hearts, we can “rightly divide” the written word and also be able to see the truth.  So, all Bibles leading up to, and including the KJV, can have errors in spelling and minor word changes and still have God's complete Word, which is “written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart” (2 Cor. 3:3).  Because the Holy Spirit writes on the hearts of Christians, we can understand which version is correct. </div> <div>      “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Heb 13:8).  But how about scripture?  It shouldn't have changed either, because the Holy Spirit has control of it and is guiding us into “all truth” (John 16:13).  Vs. 9 says, “Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines.  The “strange” doctrine of heliocentrism has changed scripture in the modern versions to the opposite meaning of the King James.</div> <div>      These verses show that there are inspired words of God that are not in scripture.  “Ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea” (Col 4:16).  “And with many other words did he testify and exhort...” (Acts 2:40).  “Is not this written in the book of Jasher?” (Joshua 10:13).  “The book of Jasher, evidently, was like an astronomy book.  Since the Bible is inspired, for scripture to mentioned the book of Jasher, means it must have been inspired also.  This makes the scripture we do have, even more important, knowing we have exactly what God wants us to have.  </div> <div>      Matt. 24:35 says, “...the scripture cannot be broken.”  It has by now been broken thousands of times with omissions and words changed and added. Can any changes be made now to the KJV?  The standard meaning of “the word of God is not bound” (2 Tim 2:9) is that Paul is bound, but not the gospel.  </div> <div>      When modern versions change words, they conceal the true meaning.  “For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One (Job 6:10).  “I will teach you be the hand of God: <I>that</I> which <I>is</I> with the Almighty will I not conceal” (Job 27:11).</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> THING</div> <div>      Luke 1:35 records “that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”  Why is Christ is called a “thing?”  “Thing” means a spoken or written observation.  Scripture is also a book or a “thing.”  Calling Jesus Christ a “thing” makes scripture equal with Christ, and that is the point God is making.  “It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first...” (Luke 1:3).  Luke and the disciples had perfect understanding of all “things” from the beginning.  They understood Christ's creative work and all scripture from Genesis 1:1 forward.</div> <div>      A word of caution: (Now after all of the above?).  I hesitate to write the following paragraph. </div> <div>      “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God...” (1 John 4:1).  The footnote says, No matter how holy men's teachings may appear to be, they must be tested by the Word of God.  “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world” (1 John 4:3).  The word “spirit” widens the base of who or what the antichrist may be.  Modern versions are therefore included.  There can also be a thin line between being for Christ and against Christ.  The antichrist is not stopped by a mile wide demilitarized zone.  The NIV and NASB have only “Christ” for 2 Cor. 5:18, instead of “Jesus Christ” as in the KJV.  “They stripped him” (Matt. 27:28) of his divine titles, one step at a time.  This is just one example, from page 303 of “New Age Bible Versions” by G. A. Riplinger, a book against modern versions.  There are many versions just as there are “many antichrists” (1 John 2:18), which mix truth and falsehood.   </div> <div>      “Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light” (2 Cor.11:14).  However,  “God is light” (1 John 1:5).  Which of the two lights is God?  Only with scripture, can we tell who is who.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> EGYPT</div> <div>      The law of first mention says that the first time a subject is mentioned usually sets the light in which that subject shall reside in scripture.  “When the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee (Sarai) alive” (Genesis 12:12).  The first time Egypt in mentioned, it is in a <U>negative</U> air.  Antioch is first mentioned in Acts 6:5 when Nicolas, a Christian from Antioch, was chosen as one of the first deacons.  So, Antioch is mentioned is a <U>positive</U> light.  </div> <div>      “But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way” (Deut 17:16).  If God doesn't want His people to go down to Egypt for horses, we shouldn't go there for a Bible or an ideology.  God also called His son (Hosea 2:15), the Israelites (Micah 6:4), Jacob out of Egypt (Gen. 49:30), “And the bones of Joseph...<U>out</U> of Egypt” (Josh 24:32).  Neither can we get manuscripts <U>out</U> of Egypt, the very place where the corrupt manuscripts come from!  Modern versions rely heavily on two corrupted manuscripts, Vaticanus and Siniaticus, which differ even from one another in over 3000 places in the gospels and have about 5000 omissions.  [In Mark 14:56,59 the witnesses against Christ did not agree with each other either.] These two Alexandrian manuscripts are indebted for their preservation, solely to their ascertained evil character.  One was found on a forgotten shelf in the Vatican library and the other in a waste-paper basket.  God also “brought a vine out of Egypt” (Psalm 80:8).</div> <div>      The majority manuscripts, numbering in the thousands, and coming from Antioch, agree with each other.  This should be the focus of attention in deciding which manuscripts to follow, instead of dates.  Job 28:20 says, “Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?”  “Place” means location.  The date that manuscripts are written is not important, but whether they are written in Antioch or Egypt.  Isaiah 30:1 says, “Woe to the rebellious children saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me…and trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.”  When no two versions read the same way, no one knows what to believe.</div> <bR> <div>      (Jeremiah 2:36)  “Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt...”  This verse applies directly to the debate between the King James Bible and modern versions.  The Lord knew far in advance that the church would want to change from the KJV to modern versions.  </div> <div>      (Matthew 4:4)  “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall...live by...<U>every</U> word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”  How can God hold us responsible for every single word of the Bible and then confuse parts of the instructions?  The true word of God has to be totally complete and on the earth, not just in heaven.  “For ever O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89).  If the perfect originals were locked up in heaven, they would be of no use to us now when we need them.  But we do have them in the King James Bible.</div> <div>      We can pray direct to God, without going through a priest.  We are “a royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9).  Likewise, God can communicate directly with us.  His written word does not have to go through scholars, but we do have to read and <U>study</U>, a word not found in most modern versions.   </div> <div>      If God has included verses that are impossible for us to know the meaning of, until we get to heaven, then he has wasted his time putting them in the Bible.  To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them (Isaiah 8:20).  The Bible is overtly geocentric.  If a modern version does not agree with this statement, it has no truth, regardless of how much knowledge it seems to have.  “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.”  (Psalm 19:4a, 6,7).  “In them (the heavens) hath he set a tabernacle for the sun…His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.  Understanding how the universe operates is easy, if we accept God's answers.  “To him that by wisdom made the heavens” (Psalm 136:5a).  God made the heavens and firmament according to his wisdom, not ours.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> LATTER OR LAST DAYS</div> <div> Acts 2:17 says, “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:” This verse applies to the day of Pentecost.  “And it shall come to pass <U>afterward</U>, that I will pour out my spirit” (Joel 2:28).  The word “afterward” shows this verse applies to a later time than Pentecost, to the 1611 KJV.  As always, this verse has a mate, “...I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you” (Prov 1:23).  God has made known his words to us through the KJV, that doesn't diminish or deny the deity of Christ.  From our vantage point now, we can see that modern versions are useful only as paraphrases.  “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts” (2 Pet 3:3).  Scoffing at the idea of a young earth, geocentricity, and the belief that there can be absolutes.</div> <div>      Will the saving gospel of Jesus Christ be spread through out the world before the end or not?  Lets examine two verses.  “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come” (Matthew 24:14).  “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” (Amos 8:11).  Are the words of the Lord, the gospel spread throughout the world or not?  There are missionaries in every country preaching most of the Bible, but leaving out the subject of creation, geocentricity and preservation of scripture.  This produces the famine of the very verses we desperately need to remove the idea that there can be errors in God's word.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> NAME</div> <div>      “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;” (Phil 2:10).  God's word, scripture, should be even more unchanging and true and total reality than his name is “for thou hast magnified thy <U>word</U> above all thy <U>name</U>” (Psalm 138:2).  But this isn't the situation we find ourselves in.  God's word, which is above his name, has not survived as well as his name.  No one knows if his word exists or where it is located.  Scripture is magnified above the name of Jesus Christ and should be as unchanging as Christ is!  “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God” (Psalm 20:7).  God's name is better than an army.</div> <div>      (Joshua 3:7,9)  “And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.”  “And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.”  Joshua began by declaring that they would hear the <U>actual</U> words of the Lord, not merely the words of Joshua. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> WORD</div> <div>      Thessalonians 2:13 says, “the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God.”  Based on this, we must have God's word and it is the King James Bible, because it is the only one that does not deny or confuse the deity of Christ.  The word “Word” in the New Testament always denotes speech or utterance, not reason or thought.  “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart” (Jeremiah 15:16).  By accepting modern versions, which have many ideas about what a verse means, the “word” is not a joy, but a strain, because people are trying to decide which version to use on a particular verse.  “What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you” (Job 13:2).  Any Christian, with the KJB and study, can know as much as a church leader.  The Lord must surely have known that modern versions were coming, to include this verse.  </div> <div>      (John 14:23)  “Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my <U>words</U>...” not the Word of God.  We must have the words of God (KJV) or God is telling us to do something we could not do.  “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”  (John 1:1).  The Word is eternal and the words of God (Scripture) are also eternal.  Scriptures are “the word of God” and contain “the words of God.”  “For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God (John 3:34).  “...The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63).  “For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me...” (John 17:8).  We have access to the actual and absolute words of God.  In Luke 4:35 Jesus spoke 8 words and verse 36 says, “What a word is this!  Eight words are called just one word.  Jesus Christ told us to “Search the scriptures...” (John 5:39).  At least, the Old Testament was available.  He wouldn't have asked us to search Old Testament scriptures in modern versions that diminish or deny His deity.  Timothy had to have the true scripture, “And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures...” (2 Tim 3:15).  Timothy had the <U>absolute</U> truth from God right on his lap. </div> <div> More proof?  Proverbs 4:20,21 says, “My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.  Let them not depart from thine eyes…”  We can see the words God wants us to have.  We can <U>see</U> the actual words from God, not message, but words.  We are “face to face” with the words.  Jesus basically quoted Proverbs 4:19 in John 12:35.  The next verse (v. 36) says, “…These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.”  Jesus, who is the Word, departed because “they believed not on him” (v. 37).  They didn't believe the words He spoke.  We do not want the “words” (Proverbs 4:21) to depart from us because of unbelief.</div> <div> In the dictionary the word, “word” means communication and words can be either spoken or written.  Our Lord Jesus Christ was the Word (John 1:1) and “the Word was made flesh” (John 1:14).  Why is Jesus Christ called the “Word?”  To emphasize that “word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15) and “scripture of truth” (Daniel 10:21) are identical.  Hebrews 13:5 says, “For he (Jesus) hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”  </div> <div> Before the crucifixion Jesus prayed that God's word (John 17:6) and  “the <U>words</U> which thou gavest me” (v. 8) would be kept by as many “as thou hast given me” (v. 9).  So when Jesus went back to heaven after the resurrection, what happened to the Word?  It is preserved in scripture.  How?  By the Holy Spirit inspiring men.  Jesus did not mind leaving, because he knew that his replacement, the Holy Spirit, would “guide you into all truth” (John 16:13).  Since the Holy Spirit and Jesus are equal and always agree “and these three agree in one” (1 John 5:8), the Holy Spirit has preserved the “word of truth” (Ephesians 1:13) with the written “scripture of truth” (Daniel 10:21) just as Christ spoke with his disciples “face to face.”  The King James scripture is just as reliable and accurate as Jesus talking to us.</div> <div> “I will…praise thy name…for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name” (Psalm 138:2).  The name of God includes all the perfections of God; everything that God is, and which God has revealed Himself as having.  He has magnified His written word, which is written in the sacred scripture above all His Name!  His Name stands for Himself.  He would suffer the loss of Himself, if possible, rather than let His words in scripture fail.  “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the <U>word</U> that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” (1 John 12:48).  His word, which contains his words, will judge us.  We have to have the exact words.  We cannot be judged over information we do not have.  “In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established” (2 Cor. 13:1).  Every word needs to be positively known in a court case between men.  This is all the more reason for us to absolutely know every word of scripture.  There cannot be any doubt at all about any word.   </div> <div> 1 John 3:3 says, “And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”  All of us are counting on this purifying to make us pure enough to receive eternal life.  Psalm 12:6 says, “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.”  If one purifying is good enough for us, just one should be enough for God's word, but it has seven.  This makes for a very accurate text, perfectly understandable and explaining every possible subject that we need to know.                        </div> <div> Psalm 56:8 says, “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?”  In Webster's dictionary the word <I>tell</I> means to talk and record.  The spoken word then is the same as the written word.</div> <div> John 16:12 says, “the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak.”  The Holy Spirit, who <U>is</U> God, speaks what he hears from God, the Father.</div> <div> Hebrews 4:12-14 says, “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.”  Jesus uses the scripture every time He answered Satan, because He knew that it is the word of God that pierces through Satan.  “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight” (vs.13).  The antecedent for the phrase “in <U>his</U> sight” is the Word of God, not God.  So the Word of God is spoken of here as a <U>person</U>.  Supporting this is Romans 9:17 which says, “the Scriptures raised Pharaoh up.”  Continuing on, Heb.4:13, “but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”  Once again, the phrase “eyes of <U>him</U>” also refers to “the word of God” in vs.12.  Scripture is a person.  “Seeing <U>then</U> that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession” (vs.14).  “Then” makes this verse which contains the phrase, “Jesus the Son of God” a reference also to “the word of God” in verse 12.  So scripture is then equal to Jesus, who is the Incarnate Word of God (John 1:1-3).  No wonder that Jesus said in Hebrews 13:5 “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”  Scripture took his place.  God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit <I>and </I>scripture are then interchangeable.  1 Pet 1:23 says, “by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”  The word of God, which is contained in scripture, is alive just as God the Father, the Holy Spirit and our Lord Jesus Christ are alive. The Lord likes variety. One word is interchangeable with another word.</div> <div> Philippians 2:9 says, “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name.”  The name of Jesus is above every name, but his word, scripture (KJV) is above even the name of Jesus.</div> <div> Colossians 3:16 says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in Psalm and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”  We are to “teach and admonish one another in Psalm.”  The Psalm are written words on paper.  Then the “word of Christ” is a reference to scripture.  We have to have a copy of scripture contains the words God wants us to have.</div> <div> Something or someone has to be the final authority.  Something or someone has to make a final decision and must be available to us right now.  Either: Science, Greek Bible scholars, modern versions or the <U>King James Bible</U>.</div> <div> 1 Cor. 4:6 says, “That ye might learn in us not to think <I>of men</I> above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.”  We should not believe the speculations of scientists.  Scripture is the final authority.  </div> <div> The name of God includes all the perfections of God; everything that God is, and which God has revealed Himself as having.  In Ephesians 1:20,21 we read, “Christ… <I>is </I>…Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.”  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> SEALED</div> <div>      “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.  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...”  (Isaiah 29:10,11)  </div> <div>      The standard explanation is that we cannot understand parts of the Bible, because the book is sealed and this is the end of the discussion.  To fully understand this verse there must be another verse to explain it, “...none (no verse) shall want her mate...” (Isaiah 34:16).  The mate is in Rev. 22:10; Christ said, “...Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for <U>the time is at hand</U>”.  An objection is raised that we cannot go to Revelation because of verse 4:1,  “After this...things which must be hereafter.”  The footnote says, after these things, meaning that from this point on, it is all in the future.  All it is really saying is that after the discussion of the 7 churches, John is getting a preview of the future.  Let's continue looking.  Rev. 22:10 must also have a mate for the last part of the verse, “for the time is at hand.”  We find it at the beginning of Revelation in 1:3, “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: <U>for the time is at hand</U>.”  The time to use this book is now.  There is no division in Rev. 4:1 between the present and the future.      </div> <div>      So, by putting the two verses in Isaiah together, we can get a full and complete view of the truth.  Some scriptures are <U>sealed</U> to scholars because of peer pressure and the fear of ridicule, and they are <U>not sealed</U>, but “...are plain to him that understandeth and right to them that find knowledge” (Proverbs 8:9).  The Lord knew that Bible colleges would be started under the shadow and with the blessing of heliocentrism, evolution and modern versions, so He always has a scripture to keep his people from going in the wrong direction.</div> <div>      “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me...and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men... (Isaiah 29:13,14).  The precepts of science have put fear into scholars.</div> <div>      “...Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth...” (Proverbs 22:21).  Someone somewhere knows the actual meaning of each verse. </div> <div>      What God <U>said</U> is more important than the virgin birth, the deity of Christ or the blood atonement, since these were learned by believing the words found in the book.  What God said, inspired and preserved is more important than Greek grammar, Hebrew sufformatives, older manuscripts, transmission of texts, reliable versions, conflated readings, “dynamic equivalents,” archaeological findings, cursives, or uncials.  Moses and Samuel heard the actual words of God, the disciples were with Christ; we have to have true scripture that doesn't say the opposite of the truth.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> TRANSLATORS</div> <div>      Isaiah 30:10 - “Which say to the seers...Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits.”  The committees writing modern versions knew they were giving misleading statements.  Romans 1:18 (KJV) says “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.”  The NIV says “suppress the truth”, because the reference was to them.  They are actually holding it in their hands.  They had the truth and changed it so that it was no longer the truth.  Where else than modern versions does this apply in a better way?  “Who changed the truth of God into a lie” (Romans 1:25).  The King James in 2 Cor 2:17 has, “For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God:...”  NIV says, “...peddle the word of God for profit...” in order to cover up the sins of the NIV translators themselves, who are engaged in revising the Bible. </div> <div>      How serious is the problem of modern versions?  Galatians 1:8,9 says, “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.  As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto to you than ye have received, let him be accursed.”  Any other gospel would be any modern version.  The phrase “An angel from heaven” indicates ministers.  Another phrase “any other gospel” has to be modern versions, since as we have seen, they have a different doctrine than the KJV.  1 Cor. 15:1,2 says, “...the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand.  By which also ye are saved...”  “The gospel which I preach” is obviously the one that does not diminish or deny the deity of Christ or corrupt the word of God.  We are saved or our reward in heaven is greater using the KJV, not modern versions.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> A KING</div> <div>      We know why:</div> <bR> <div> Genesis 11:7 - “let us go down and there confound their language,” to stop building the tower of Babel.</div> <div> Acts 13:4 - “so they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost”  To spread the gospel</div> <div> Gen. 1:2 - “the spirit moved”  (See the First Second p.2)</div> <div> Matthew 3:16 - “the Spirit of God descending,” at the baptism of Jesus Christ.</div> <div> John 16:13 - “the Spirit of truth, is come,” to guide us to the truth.</div> <div> Joel 2:29 - “In those days I will pour out of my spirit,” who gave us our King James Bible.</div> <bR> <div> But, we don't know why:</div> <bR> <div> Acts 16:7 - “but the Spirit suffered them not.”</div> <div> Isaiah 42:4 - “and the isles shall wait for this law”</div> <div> Jeremiah 31:10 - “Hear the word of the Lord, Oh ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off”</div> <bR> <div>      “Where the word of <U>a</U> king is, there is power...” (Ecclesiastes 8:4).  What does the phrase “a king” mean?  This refers to an earthly king, King James of England.  Far fetched?  This means that the King James Bible is connected with an earthly king and has power.  God's form of government is a monarchy.  “And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art <U>the</U> Christ” (Matt. 16:16).  If the verse said “<U>a</U> Christ,” this would refer to an earthly person instead of the Lord Jesus Christ.  So, “a king” is an earthly king, not God.  The King James Bible was translated and revised under the auspices of a king.  The kings were all dethroned between 1790 and 1918 except the King of England.  Modern versions are not connected with an earthly king and have no power.  </div> <div>      “My son, fear thou the LORD and the king” (Proverbs 24:21).  “Fear God.  Honour the king” (1 Pet 2:17).  The “king” is not Christ, but is an earthly king, and that is why “king” is not capitalized, but “God” is.  And again, In England, there were many kings including Henry, John, Richard, and Thomas, but God waited until a “James” came along.  The word “James” is the word “Jacob” (Greek: <I>Iakob</I>), who was a “prince” with God (Gen. 32:28).  James is a Jewish name.  “What advantage then hath the Jew?  Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them (the literal physical Jews) were committed the oracles (will) of God.”  (Rom 3:1,2).  The Jews had the advantage of Jesus Christ plus the words of truth.  Jesus said, “for salvation is of the Jews” (John 4:22).  These two verses link the English Bible, (translated under God's form of government- a monarchy) to the oracles or will of God.  This is an historical truth.  The God of scriptures is the God of history.  History cannot be changed.  </div> <div>      “Now when they...were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, after they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not” (Acts 16:6,7).  There were more cities and hence more people to bring the good news to in the east, so there must have been a strong reason for the Holy Spirit to direct them west.  Without this explicit direction of the Holy Spirit, America would be in darkness and China would be a Christian nation!  </div> <div>      “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake” (1 Thess. 1:5).  The gospel, the written word, came under the auspices of an earthly king.  Regardless of whether an earthly king is a good ruler or not, God has given them power to rule.</div> <div>      God's power and glory are equal and interchangeable, “with power and great glory” (Matt. 24:30).  The glory and power of the Lord always goes from east to west.  “And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east...” (Ezek 43:2).  The gospel has to go from east to west just as the power of God does.  “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God...to the Jew first, and also to the Greek <I>Gentiles</I>” (Rom 1:16).  The gospel goes from Israel westward to the British Isles.  All nations between Israel and the British Isles will hear God's word and spread it to the west.  Jeremiah 31:10 “Hear the word of the Lord, Oh ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off.”  In the known world at that time, the British islands are as far away as possible from Israel.  </div> <div>      “He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them...” (Psalm 147:20).  God has never worked with any nation as He will work with England (the British isles).  The Holy Spirit directs Paul to take the word westward to the nation, later called England where king James (Jacob) will reign in the future.  God's word, containing his words, is set for a future move to England.  His word “runneth very swiftly” (vs.15).  Just as the Holy Spirit has worked through prophets, priests and ordinary men such as the disciples, He now works through an earthly king, thus tying the Holy Scriptures to the earth.  “At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz...”(Isa. 20:2).  The Holy Spirit did not begin his work when Christ ascended back into heaven, work for 100 years and then quit.  “When ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God...”(1 Thess. 2:13).  We should receive work of the committees that made the King James Bible and all Bibles leading up to it, as the exact words of God.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> EAST</div> <div>      In scripture, if there is any hint of direction, it is always “from the east side unto the west side” (Ezekiel 48:8).  Never west to east.  “And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east” (Ezek 43:2).  “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west (Mat 24:27).  In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,” (Psalm 19:4).  </div> <div>      (Isaiah 4:6)  “And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.”  A covering shall be spread over all the glory.  When the Lord sets up His Kingdom there will not be the cloud of glory just over the Tabernacle as in former days Exodus 40:34, but it will be spread over every dwelling place.  (Exodus 40:34)  “Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.”</div> <div>      Absolute TIME is determined by Greenwich England; absolute LOCATION is determined by England (longitude); and absolute TEMPERATURE is determined in England (British thermal unit) and the ABSOLUTE TRUTH is also determined from England.  The ONLY reason we are a Christian nation is because the Holy Spirit wanted absolute truth to be where absolute location and time would later be determined.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> UNPARDONABLE</div> <div> Nearly everyone thinks that Matthew12:31, 32, (also found in Mark 3:22-30,) is the unpardonable sin, which is the rejection of God the Father and God the Son, from which there is no hope of eternal life.  We must let scripture help us interpret this verse.  Isaiah 34:16 says “Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one (no verse) of these shall fail, none shall want her mate.”  Every verse has another verse to explain and clarify it.  This points us to consider Mark 3:29 which reads, “But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.”  Blaspheme means to injure the Holy Spirit by claiming the attributes of God and “to speak evil against.”  How have we claimed to be God?  The Holy Spirit is the author of scripture.  He has written the truth on our hearts and has guided us to God's word.  We know the truth.  We have seen and held the truth.  When we choose a version other than the King James, we deny His work.  The King James scripture will be in heaven.  Modern versions will not be in heaven, only God's word.</div> <div> Also, the footnote says, “there is no hope of salvation for him.”  Why, when it clearly states that he is only “in danger?  Because, nearly everyone considers at least one modern version to be generally acceptable, leaving no other explanation.   </div> <div> “But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.  I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it…” (1 John 2:20,21).  An “unction” is a very serious and most holy anointing or appointment for service and study (Exodus 30:36).  We must be very careful in interpreting scripture and communicate with others before making final decisions.  The Holy Spirit knew we would set aside the KJB, so He reminds us that we have it.</div> <div>      Psalm 147:4 says, “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.”  The mate is - Isaiah 40:26, “...he calleth them all by names...not one faileth.”  Why is God telling us that he knows the name of each star?  What's the point?  There are billions times trillions of stars in the universe.  God has <U>preserved</U> the exact, actual name of each star from the beginning until now.  The Bible only contains 810,697 words, so He surely has preserved the exact, actual words that He wants us to have. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> HISTORY</div> <div> The Bible is basically a history book, not a religious book.  If you took the words “God,” “Lord,” and expressions like “the Most High” out, it would not even be called a religious book.  The plan of salvation would take no more space than the book of Job.  Most of it is history.  God didn't use the word “Holy” until Genesis 53, and then referring to ground, not himself.  </div> <div> 1 John 3:3 says, “And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”  All of us are counting on this purifying to make us pure enough to receive eternal life.  Psalm 12:6 says, “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.”  If one purifying is good enough for us, just one should be enough for God's word, but it has seven.  This makes for a very accurate text, perfectly understandable and explaining every possible subject that we need to know. </div> <div> Psalms 56:8 says, “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?”  The word <I>tell</I> means to talk and record.  The spoken word is the same as the written word.</div> <div> John 16:12 says, “the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth…”  The Holy Spirit, who <U>is</U> God, has guided mankind to the written word, containing the words God wants us to have, from the first century to the present.</div> <div>  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> INSPIRATION</div> <div>      Inspiration means an act of breathing in.  In 2 Kings 18:13-19:37 is the story of Hezekiah and Isaiah trusting God to deliver them from Sennacherib.  The same story is in Isaiah 37-38 with the additional information of Hezekiah's sickness and recovery.  The work of inspiration in the giving of scripture took place twice.  The second inspired writing was superior to the first even though it did not match the first.  “When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai he had “two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God” (Exodus 31:18).  Exodus 34:1 says, “And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.”  Hebrews 9:4 says, “Which had…the ark of the covenant…wherein was…the tables of the covenant.”  The second inspiration became the authority and was superior to the first.</div> <div>      When the Scriptures refer to the “scriptures” they never refer to the originals.”  Inspiration applies not only to the “originals” but also to copies and translations.  All of the Old Testament quotations in the New Testament show the inspiration of a translation, since they are translated from Hebrew into Greek.</div> <div>      The word “inspiration” occurs in 2 Timothy 3:16.  There must be a “mate” verse to support and explain in the verse we are working with.  The word “inspire” is not in the Bible.  The only other time the word “inspiration” occurs the in the Bible is Job 32:8 and here it is not dealing with scripture!  Verse 8 says, “But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.”  God “breathed in” to only one man: Adam.  Yet the inspiration of the Almighty is applied to “them,” to all men not just Adam.  God breathed into Adam and it applied to all 6 billion of us.  “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life” (Job 33:4), which supports Job 32:8.</div> <div>      The two verses are connected, but how?  One is dealing with scripture and the other with men!  The Almighty God is telling us that the miracle of inspiration applies not only to the initial giving of the Word of God to the writers of the original autographs, but to the divinely superintended preservation of a pure text to this day.  </div> <div> Job 33:16 says, “Then he openeth the ears of the men, and sealeth their instruction,”  What instruction? “To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding” (Prov 1:2), the KJ scripture.  Because this copy was sealed, we have the absolute word of God uncorrupted!  How do we know?  “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God…” (1 Peter 1:23).  Only this one copy of scripture is the absolute incorruptible word of God.</div> <bR> <div>           A MORE SURE WORD</div> <div> 2 Peter 1:16-18 refers to the transfiguration.  Continuing with 2 Pet 1:19 we read, “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.”  The word “heed” means to pay special attention: to pay special attention to the fact that the King James scripture that we have is “a more sure word of prophecy.” Than what?  Than the transfiguration of Jesus that Peter and John saw face to face!  How can this be true?  We can read the scripture at any time; it is not limited to a one-time only event.  During the transfiguration the “his face did shine as the sun” (Matt.17:2).  Imagine the brightness of light from the sun if we were 30 or 40 feet away from it (assuming no heat).  No darkness would be possible.  We have the truth (a more sure word) in our hands, <I>if </I>we accept geocentricity.  Why is that a requirement?  The whole passage is talking about light; the rising sun causes the day to “dawn,” not a spinning earth.  Christ is the “day star.”  The truth (light) will come into our hearts and minds when we believe every word and extract the full meaning of every phrase and verse instead of the speculations of science.    </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> SUPERIOR</div> <div> The King James Bible is an inspired translation of the “original autographs.”  The King James Bible is those same autographs preserved up to today.  The King James Bible is not only equal in authority and purity to the Masoretic and T.R. texts, it is superior to its source material.  How?</div> <bR> <div>      l) It can be read.  Most people cannot read Greek or Hebrew, but refer to the reference works of others.</div> <div>      2) It has chapter and verse divisions.</div> <div>      3) The KJV is in the universal language whereas the Greek and Hebrew are not.  Chinese, Filipinos, Russians, and others have recognized the superiority of the KJV over even their own native Scriptures.  </div> <div>      4) Masoretic text is not arranged in premillennial order and ends with 2 Chronicles.  The Old Testament in the KJ ends with a warning about the 2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >nd</FONT> Coming of Christ in Malachi.  </div> <div>      5) The KJV is rhythmical and easy to memorize compared to the Greek and Hebrew.</div> <div>      6) The KJV is in a universal language.  For instance, Chinese and Filipinos who have a KJV along with a Bible in their native tongue, have recognized the superiority of the King James Bible over their native Scriptures.</div> <div> We have the King James Scripture in English just like the Ethiopian had them in Coptic, Timothy had them in Hebrew and others had them in the Old Latin and the Old Syriac.</div> <div> Only three things in the Scriptures are called “truth.”  Jesus Christ (John 14:6), the Holy Spirit (1 John 5:6) and the word of God itself. (John 17:17).  Of the three, the Scriptures themselves are directly called “truth” more times than Jesus Christ or the Holy Spirit (Psalms 119:42, 151).</div> <bR> <div> (Deu 30:10- 12, 14 says, “If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law…”  “For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. <U>It is not in heaven</U>, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?”  “But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.”  The phrase “It is not in heaven” emphasizes the truth that the word of God, KJ scripture, is on the earth; we have to have it.  It <U>is</U> in heaven “For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven” (Psalms 119:89), but we have a copy on the earth also.  To get the full meaning we need both verses.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> COMFORTLESS</div> <div> John 14:16 says, “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever.”  The phrase “another Comforter” implies that Christ, himself, is a comforter.  The Holy Spirit is the “other Comforter” and he will be with mankind from Pentecost to the present time and forever.  Verse 18 says, “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”  From this only, we see that Christ and the Holy Spirit are interchangeable. </div> <div> “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you (John 16:7).  Christ said he would never leave us, yet he said He would come to us, an apparent contraction.  Obviously, the Comforter, the Holy Spirit takes his place.  “Expedient” means necessary.  Christ did not mind leaving, because he knew we would have just as much truth as the disciples had being face to face with Him. </div> <div> John 16:13 says, “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth…”  Instead of being face to face with Christ, we are face to face with the “scripture of truth” (Daniel 10:21) under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  How long will we be guided by the Holy Spirit?  He will abide with us “for ever” (John 14:26), not just 2 or 3 centuries, but by now, 20 centuries.  What good would it do to “guide the blind” (Romans 2:19) only a short time and then let them fall?  Continuing with verse 13 “and he will show you things to come.”  The Holy Spirit has revealed new truth in the Bible not just for the first 3 or 4 centuries since Pentecost, but in every century since then up to the present.</div> <div> Not only will the Holy Spirit guide mankind forever, he will give the truth on everything we need to know: “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26).  Christ left, but the Holy Spirit has led mankind to the “scripture of truth.”  Instead of talking to Christ face to face, we are “face to face” with scripture.</div> <div> Jesus said he would `never leave us nor <U>forsake</U> us' (Heb. 13:5).  Deut. 31:6 is the supporting verse.  But he did leave.  Jesus is the Word, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us..." (John 1:14).  So, after Jesus ascended back to heaven, what happened to the “Word?”  The `word of truth' (2 Cor. 6:7) became the “words of truth” (Ecc.12:10) which became the `scripture of truth.' (Daniel10:21).  With the Holy Spirit's guidance, mankind has always had the complete truth from Pentecost on to the present time.  After all, Isaiah 40:8 says, “the word of our God shall stand for ever.”</div> <div>                FORSAKE</div> <div> Deut. 31:6,7,8 says, “for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.” God did not forsake the Israelites in the Old Testament. They were led by a physical cloud by day and a physical pillar of fire by night. Something they could actually see. We are led by something physical also. God's physical words printed in a book that we can actually see.</div> <bR> <div> Isaiah 42:16 says, “These things will I do unto them, and not <U>forsake</U> them”(KJV). The same verse in the NASV says, “These are the things I will do, And I will not leave them undone.” The NASV might be a little bit helpful, but the problem is that the cross reference is lost. “Forsake” goes with “I will never leave thee, nor <U>forsake</U> thee” Hebrews 13:5. Why? God promised to not forsake his people and kept that promise by sending Jesus. Then, after the resurrection Christ promised to not forsake us and kept that promised because “...the Spirit of truth...will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13) in the King James Bible. It doesn't make sense that the Holy Spirit would leave us with the agonizing decision of deciding which word to choose.  Those living in the past didn't have to guess what verses meant.  We shouldn't have to guess either.  Let's let scripture interpret scripture.  Greek and Hebrew manuscripts can be made to say what a person wants them to say.  God himself will not 'alter the thing' (Psalms 89:34); God will not change one word. Instead of God in one place at one time we have God all over the world (in any language) all the time in the KJB.</div> <bR> <div> Every verse in the KJB is perfectly understandable and it all fits together perfect just like a jigsaw puzzle.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> COURT</div> <div>      2 Cor. 13:1 says, “…In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”  If a person is suing another person in a court case, every word spoken or written needs to be established.  Every word is important.  This should also be true on judgment day.  However, churches use any and all versions.  However, Matt. 4:4 says, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” and John 12:48 continues with, “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”  This refers to the scripture in the King James Bible.  If every word is important between individuals, it is even more critical between man and God.</div> <div> Every word?  Every word includes all the words in scripture.  “I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil” (Psalm 119:162).  How can we rejoice at “From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same…” (Psalm 113:3) when we do not believe it?</div> <div> The phrase `<I>the third time</I>' raises the issue of Paul's visits to Corinth.  The first visit occurred in Acts 18:1, but what about the second?  2 Cor. 13:2 says, “I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I <U>write</U> to them…”  The second visit was a letter not a personal visit!  The letter Paul wrote is the same as his being there in person!  What is the greater application of these verses?  </div> <div> Christ “the Word” (John 1:1) came in person the first time, but the Holy Spirit guided us “to all truth” (John 16:13) in the written word the second time!  The written word (scripture) is interchangeable with the Living Word.</div> <div> 2 Cor. 13:1-3 - The point of these verses is the writing of a letter. This refers to the Holy Spirit guiding the writing of the KJ scripture. Very significant is the ending of 2 Corinthians. It is the only one of Paul's epistles which closes with a reference to “the communion of the Holy Ghost” (verse 14). The Holy Spirit has communicated with the church through scripture.</div> <bR> <div> COUNTENANCE</div> <div> Mark 1:22 says, “he taught them as one that had authority.” Jesus was the “Word” at his first coming, but will be a more powerful “Word of God” (Rev. 19:13) at the 2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >nd</FONT> coming. Rev. 1:16 says, “and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.”  Comparing the countenance of Christ with the sun refers to “Sun of righteousness arise” (Malachi 4:2). If the S<U>u</U>n doesn't really move (rise) then the S<U>o</U>n hasn't risen; in other words, geocentricity. The sharp twoedged sword is the word. The spoken word becomes the written word to a far greater extent than ever before. The written word now has the authority that rightfully belongs to it. The outcome of this is that the church will then learn the high cost of rejecting geocentricity.</div> <bR> <div> DIFFERENCE</div> <div> The Lord likes variety. We appreciate differences in people. We could not live in this world if there were no differences. A growing plant is very different than the seed itself (l Cor. 15:37) and a moth changes into a butterfly. After the resurrection Jesus came in a different physical form, “After that he appeared in another form” (Mark 16:12). This is a prelude to what he is going to do next. Before his ascension Jesus “said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Heb 13:5). He sent the Holy Spirit; “It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you” (John 16:7). When the Holy Spirit came, he guided us “into all truth” (John 16:13). God came in human form (Jesus) and then he came in written form, the King James Bible <U>not</U> the King James Version. How do we know?</div> <div> Jesus is the word “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). What happened to the Word when he left? If the Word was God (John 1:1), it still is God. It cannot be destroyed. It is eternal.</div> <div> God is Eternal</div> <div> The Spirit is Eternal</div> <div> The Son is Eternal</div> <div> The <U>Word</U> is Eternal</div> <div> When the Word changed to human form, it gave a prelude of coming events by Jesus coming in “another form” (Mark 16:12). He told us of his coming in written form even before he came in human form: “…Lo, I come: in the volume of a book it is written of me.” (Psalms 40:7). He is simply saying, `I will come in written form.'</div> <div>    </div> <div> If God can reveal Himself in the person of Jesus Christ, with all the limitations of being human, then He can reveal Himself in scripture. Job 33:14 says, “For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.” Christ spoke and then the KJV has spoken, (was written) by the Lord, yet is still unrecognized.</div> <div> Psalms 147:4 says, “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.” For what purpose? This benefits no one but the Lord; except it shows that the Lord likes differences and there is a purpose in everything he does and everything he has written.</div> <div> The creator of differences, came in a different form himself. Daniel 3:19 says, “and the form of his (Nebuchadnezzar's) visage was changed.” Forms change, but not doctrine. Malachi 3:6 says, “For I am the LORD, I change not.” This is of great benefit for us. The Lord is still with us as we study the King James Bible, not only for spiritual things, but also for physical things. </div> <div> We have God in written form. Proof? “Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face” (2 John 1:12). The Word is God and scripture which is made up of words, is God. And again: “I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face” (3 John 1:13,14). Exodus 32:16 says, “and the writing was the writing of God.”</div> <bR> <div> A list of good books on the subject of the preservation of scripture:</div> <bR> <div> <I>How to Teach the “Original” Greek</I> by Peter Ruckman: written harshly, I focus on what he says about the verses.  Bible Believers Press, PO Box 7135, Pensacola FL 32534.  www.kjv1611.org</div> <div> <I>Ruckman's Bible References</I> by Peter Ruckman.  (I've read about 20 of his books.)  </div> <div> <I>The Answer Book</I> by Samuel Gipp - Question 1, 28 and 31. </div> <div> <I>An Understandable History of the Bible</I> by Rev. Samuel Gipp, pages 45, 108, 161, 170.</div> <div> <I>New Age Bible Versions</I> by G. A. Riplinger.  www.avpublications.com.</div> <div> <I>Which Bible Is God's Word?</I>  by Gail Riplinger, pages 55, 56, 89, and 116.  </div> <div> <I>The Language of the King James Bible</I> by Gail Riplinger</div> <div> <I>Things That Are Different Are Not the Same</I> by Mickey Carter</div> <div> <I>Let's Weigh the Evidence</I> by Barry Burton, pages 20-27                      </div> <div> <I>The Battle for Christian Music</I> by Tim Fisher</div> <bR> <div> Comparing the written word to the Living Word: one example - the Lord can make you to understand:</div> <div> (Proverbs 28:5)  Evil men understand not judgment: but <U>they that seek the LORD understand all things</U>.</div> <div> The Word can make you to understand:</div> <div> (Psalm 119:100)  <U>I understand</U> more than the ancients, <U>because I keep thy precepts</U>.</div> <div> Both God and the word are: righteous, precious, truth, eternal, light and in 150 other ways in his book.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>