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Question #17 -
QUESTION:
If King James didn't authorize the Bible for use in
churches, who was it translated for?
ANSWER:
The common man.
EXPLANATION: There
is so much made of the perfection, or supposed imperfection, of
the Bible that one element in the equation is often overlooked.
That is, the reason for having a perfect Bible in the first place,
the common man. If there was no common man, there
would be no need for a Bible in the common language.
Let us remember that the church (any
religious organization in this case) has always
had access to scripture. The result of their having the Bible has
generally tended toward pride and a sense of "lording"
over the flock. But put the Bible in the hands of the common man
and it is a different story. It has been said, "Put a beggar
on horseback and he'll ride off at a gallop." This best
describes a common man's reaction to being given a perfect Bible.
The common man is the moving (but not
directing) force of the world. He is needed to fill everything
from armies to churches. He is the consumer and not a gas station
or grocery store can survive without him. He obediently serves the
state with little interest or information concerning who is
governing his life. His energy is used for profit by those in
control of him, but he must never be given the power of
government. He may be allowed to vote for those governing him, but
he must be kept out of the governmental system himself.
The same is true in the ecclesiastical realm.
Indeed, he should be in subjection to his pastor,
but no one has the right to keep him ignorant of
his Creator's will for his life. That will is found in the Bible.
Over the centuries, the prime violator in this
area has been the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church
has gone to great lengths to keep its people and others ignorant
of the Scriptures. Roman Catholics are generally told that they
can't understand the Bible. You can understand the chagrin of a
Roman Catholic priest when one of his church members gets a Bible
in his own language and claims to be able to understand it.
The war that the Roman Catholic Church has
waged against the Bible has been carried out primarily in two
ways.
1. Keep the people ignorant by controlling
access to the Bible.
2. Counter God's Bible with one of their own.
Access to the Bible is controlled in two ways.
First, the common man is persuaded that he cannot understand the
Scripture and must subject himself to the authority of his priest
and his private interpretation. Where this method can't be used,
such as with non-Catholics, the Roman Catholic Church seeks to
establish itself as a controlling factor in the government
(preferably the starter religion) and then physically confiscates
all copies of the Bible and destroys them. Objectors are killed.
This pattern has been followed by the Roman Catholic Church for
centuries with great success.
The second method to eliminate the Bible is to
replace it with one of Roman Catholic making. These then are used
to fill any gap left by the confiscation of the true Bible.
In history this has been done several times.
When the Roman Catholic Church saw the popularity and the threat
of the Old Latin Bible (called the Vulgate from the Latin
"vulgar" meaning "common") of 150 AD they had
their own Latin Bible translated from manuscripts
which had been corrupted in Alexandria, Egypt. This work was
foisted upon a reluctant Roman Catholic scholar by the name of
Jerome and upon publication in 380 AD was promptly and shamelessly
entitled "The Vulgate". This worthless book sat unused
for 800 years until the Roman Catholic Church "eliminated the
competition" by burning all of the original (good) Vulgates along
with their owners. This, of course, ushered in the Dark
Ages, a time of unsurpassed power for the Roman Catholic Church.
To this day, most people upon hearing acclaim for the Latin
Vulgate (the good one, 150 AD) erroneously attribute it to the
usurping Roman Catholic Vulgate of 380 AD.
Most new English translations available today
are from these same corrupt Roman Catholic manuscripts. In the
hands of the common man, these bibles do nothing. They are
perfectly safe to "the powers that be".
King James, whether he knew it or not, gave the
common man back his most valued possession, the
true Bible in English. (The Roman Catholic Church had translated
its own English Bible in 1582 in Rheims, France. It was
worthless.) King James and his translating committee may have
never expected their new translation to go any farther than the
shores of England. But God and the common man saw fit to carry it
around the globe.
Today the common man is in grave danger of
having his perfect Bible stolen from him again. This is being
accomplished by two methods.
First, an attempt is being made (and has been
underway for almost 100 years) to physically
replace the King James Bible with bibles translated from corrupt
Roman Catholic manuscripts. These books are powerless and
worthless, perfect for the job. Sadly, the King James Bible is
being attacked by many saved, fundamental teachers and preachers
who really may be well intentioned, but who do enjoy the feeling
of authority (Roman Catholic, pope-like authority) and power that
being able to "correct" the Bible brings them. This all
important transition is taking place in both churches and Bible
colleges. ("Bible-believing" Bible colleges at that.)
The second area of conquest is the very brain
of the common man, and it also is carried out in two phases.
The first is the "suppressive phase"
in which the victim is bombarded with so much anti-King James
propaganda that he is spiritually suppressed from mentally
accepting the true, perfect Bible. This method robs his brain
of the Bible even though his hand may possess it.
In other words, his Bible has been stolen from his brain but not
taken from him physically. (Yet!)
The second phase is the "brain washing
phase." This is carried out by preachers, teachers and
especially the "Christian " media. Christian radio
stations have almost universally desisted from using the King
James Bible. They have "Bible readings", daily memory
verses, and even read the Christmas story in Luke 2 from any
bible but the King James. This robs the subconscious
mind of the true Bible. For you see, many Bible rejecting
preachers, upon trying to preach from a new version are confronted
by some "unlearned and ignorant" (Acts 4:13) church
member who, though unable to argue down the pastor's sales pitch
concerning the new translation, retorts with, "But that just
doesn't 'sound' like the Bible."
By constantly hearing other versions read over
radio, TV or in Christian schools the younger generation of
Christians will never have the benefit of subconsciously knowing
what "The Bible" sounds like.
So we see that the real enemy
of the Roman Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic totalitarian
spirit found among some fundamentalists is NOT
just the Bible. It is the Bible in the hand and heart of
the common man. The same person that the devil hates and
hopes to fill Hell with.
Has your Bible been stolen
from your hand? What about your brain?
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