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Date Posted: 19:33:09 03/16/11 Wed
Author: George
Subject: Re: Comparison of Inspired Version to other versions
In reply to: Lois 's message, "Comparison of Inspired Version to other versions" on 10:20:09 03/16/11 Wed

>>>daily lenten scripture readings: thursday march 17,
>>>2011.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Exodus 34:1-9, 27-28
>>
>>John, since the CofC has provided a corrected edition
>>of the Bible, restoring the parts that were carelessly
>>left out, or deliberately altered, I have endeavored
>>to give a more correct picture of the CofC's message
>>by adding in the portions that the CofC World
>>Conference has declared to be more authoritative for
>>the CofC than the translations of the Massoretic Text,
>>such as the NRSV.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Chapter 34
>>
>>The New Stone Tablets
>>
>>1 The LORD said to Moses, "Chisel out two stone
>>tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them
>>>the words [of the Law, according as they were written
>>at] first on the tablets, which you >broke; but it
>>shall not be according to the first, for I will take
>>away the priesthood out of their midst; therefore my
>>holy order, and the ordinances thereof, shall not go
>>before them; for my presence shall not go up in their
>>midst, lest I destroy them. But I will give to them
>>the Law as at the first, but it shall be afer the law
>>of a carnal commandment; for I have sworn in my wrath,
>>that they shall not enter into my presence, into my
>>rest, in the days of their pilgrimage. Therefore do as
>>I have commanded you, and 2 be ready in the
>>morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present
>>yourself to me there on top of the mountain. 3 No one
>>is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the
>>mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in
>>front of the mountain."
>>
>>
>>4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the
>>first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the
>>morning, as the LORD had commanded him; and he carried
>>the two stone tablets in his hands. 5 Then the LORD
>>came down in the cloud and stood there with him and
>>proclaimed his name, the LORD. 6 And he passed in
>>front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the
>>compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger,
>>abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love
>>to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and
>>sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he
>>punishes the children and their children for the sin
>>of the fathers to the third and fourth generation." 8
>>Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. 9 "O
>>Lord, if I have found favor in your eyes," he said,
>>"then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a
>>stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our
>>sin, and take us as your inheritance."
>>
>>Ex 34:1-9 (NIV [with corrections as authorized by the
>>CofC World conference, when it approved Joseph Smith,
>>Jr.'s 1833 revision of the Bible as its "last resort
>>for doctrine."])
>>
>>That's one of the paradoxes in the CofC. It claims
>>that it is not the church started by Joseph
>>Smith, Jr., yet it is the only branch of the
>>Restoration that uses the Bible as doctrinally
>>corrected by Joseph Smith, Jr. himself.
>>
>>Lurkers should acquaint themselves with the other
>>missing portions of the Bible, which are restored
>>under the endorsement of the CofC. These restored
>>portions are proclaimed as doctrinally correct over
>>the standard Biblical text.
>>
>>The question is, Why would a CofC priest quote Bible
>>verses that his church has proclaimed by Conference
>>action to be inadequate and inferior to the real
>Bible?
>>
>>If I were a legal representative of an organization
>>that had authoritatively established that the
>>equivalent of two whole verses was missing from
>>this passage, I would quote a Bible translation that
>>had the material in it that was inspired by God. To do
>>otherwise would deceive those unfamiliar with the
>>calling of a CofC priest to suppose that the CofC
>>endorsed erroneous and defective scriptures.
>>
>>George
>
>Here is a good place to go to compare the Inspired
>Version to the King James Version.
>
> >href="http://www.centerplace.org/Default.asp?CTUrl=http
>://www.centerplace.org/hs/iv2kjv/default.htm&CTTitle=Co
>mparison">http://www.centerplace.org/Default.asp?CTUrl=
>http://www.centerplace.org/hs/iv2kjv/default.htm&CTTitl
>e=Comparison of IV to KJV
>
>Welcome to a Comparison of the Inspired Version
>Holy Scriptures to the King James Version of the
>Bible
>
>Lois

Lois, the CofC pretends that the Inspired Version is nothing more than a revision of the King James version made by Joseph, similar to Noah Webster's revision of the KJV to correct grammatical errors. They insinuate that, as such, the IV is more than just a little obsolete.

The unfortunate truth is that the I.V. is not simply a reworking of the King James Bible to make it more readable. Joseph made many additions to the Biblical text that are nowhere found in any ancient mss., citing prophetic revelation of these lost texts from God to him so that the Bible could be made complete again. I did an analysis of the Book of Genesis, numbering the added material the way that St. Jerome did the so-called "Additions to Esther." I counted the initial revelation (Section 22 or Chapter one of the "Book of Moses") as one chapter. Then, each suceeding addition of equal to or more than two interpolated verses i counted as a separate chapter. Genesis ended up with about 65 chapters. That, of course, ignores any additions of text not witnessed by ancient mss. of less than two verses, any omission of material found in the ancient mss. Some of these additions are so connected with core doctrines of the CofC that it is impossible to present to the general public that the CofC uses the NRSV or any other modern translation as its Bible. That is, impossible to do so without dissimulation.

When a doctrinal war gets started in the CofC, and heads begin to roll, the NRSV is not going to be used as the standard for Biblical doctrine -- the I.V. is. So anyone interested in joining, attending, or otherwise participating in the CofC need to familiarize themselves with the bricks that may get dropped on them should the hierarchy decide that they are too heretical and rebellious to be allowed to remain in the church.

"Judge not, lest ye be judged" is NOT in the CofC Bible. Not anywhere to be found. And anybody participating in the CofC will be vociferously judged by the same men who fraudulently quote the verse as found in standard Bibles, when they know that their doctrinal Bible permits them to judge anyone they please without reservation, as long as they are convinced that they are doing so in a godly manner. Hint to Lurkers: These guys think that homosexual marriage and homosexual priesthood are "godly," so Lord knows what standards they use to determine what their "righeous judgement" of you is going to be. They just quote the verse from the other denominations' Bible to persuade you not to judge them -- when they know that their true doctrinal Bible does not require them to give you the same courtesy.

George

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Re: Comparison of Inspired Version to other versions -- George, 21:38:29 03/17/11 Thu