The Genius of Modern Bible Translations Paraprases

NIV

When anything is accepted by large groups of morons, we have to give credit for the genius behind it. That does not mean the concept is right, only that it has been cleverly promoted - like the electric cars that will freeze their owners to death if caught in a heavy snowstorm on a super highway.

 WELS used this snip and clip Bible to denounce snip and clip Bibles - like their beloved NIV?
That is typical WELS GA lying - deceiving people while laughing at them.

The genius of the modern paraphrases is the snip and clip, better known as the Eclectic Text. Pardon me, but the ESV, RSV, and NIV "Eclectic Texts" fall harshly on the unwaxed ear. 

To put it bluntly, each modern New Testament varies from the others and from their own earlier efforts at the perfect, "scientific, most accurate" text. Added together, there are thousands of variations among themselves and in their own versions. For example the "classic" NIV (a term that makes me shudder with amusement) can no longer be used by the denominations dumb enough (like WELS-LCMS) to use them. On Bible Gateway, hosted by the NIV, the original NIV no longer exists.

To use an obvious slap in the face, the "young woman will conceive" of Isaiah 7:10 is now upstairs in the RSV text again, not in the footnote. Anything currently offered as bait in a footnote from the NIV-RSV-ESV can easily turn into the main text.

Part II Is the Deathtrap, the Scandalon

As I wrote before, widely known - the heretics love to omit words and passages that do not please them. 

The modernists reject 

• the divinity of Jesus Christ, 
• His Virgin Birth, His miracles, 
• His doctrine, 
• His atoning death, 
• His resurrection from the dead, and 
• His Ascension. 

The world of Biblical scholarship is 99% in agreement - especially Rome. Your synodical leadership is mostly in agreement, whether ELCA, WELS, ELS, LCMS, CLC, or Eldonia (LQ spelling).

The LCMS is so blatant that they published a two-volume commentary on Mark where the main text is based on Codex Vaticanus - a forgery promoted by the Antichrist, along with Sinaiticus.

The Little Three (ESV, RSV, NIV - two owned by the National Council of Marxist Churches) attack readings at random - or so they seem. One picks on Jesus' divinity in 1 Timothy 3:16, the other downgrades the ending of Mark, leaving the Gospel without an empty tomb. 

So I cannot say they all chop the ending of Mark, that they all eliminate the divinity of Christ in 1 Timothy 3:16, that they all erase entirely this verse or that. A machine gun is not used for accuracy but for the total murderous effect of bullets on the target. 

That is the modern approach to the paraphrases of ESV, NIV, and RSV. An ESV advocate will sniff that he uses that variation on the blasphemous RSV, not that horrid NIV. That is like saying that Prince Andrew did not actually do anything wrong with the American teenage girl (due to age of consent or possibly who lost the original photo).

KJV Best versus KJV-Never

I am deeply offended by the term KJV Only (not really). I am really KJV Best. I read all the translations all the time because I must use them to make the point about the poverty and low use of the Little Three. Going over the ESV-RSV-NIV errors has only made me more disgusted with the so-called conservative Lutheran sects.

The KJV-Nevers have destroyed their own sects, whether large like ELCA (Presiding Bishop Liz Eaton and a host of looney-tunes) or miniscule like Eldonia (loaded with arrogant but dumb Ft. Wayne graduates).

To sum up - any denominational leader who allows or endorses the Little Three Paraphrases is accelerating the decline and utter destruction of his own church body. 

My Final Meeting with the Eye Surgeon

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, features a faded highway sign promoting Dr. T. J. Eckelburg, Oculist. The billboard is central to the theme of sin and punishment.

That is my favorite American novel of the 20th century (LOTR is my favorite British work). 

 Iconic? Purrfect.

I was a bit anxious to have my eye pressure checked, which was a bit high two weeks before. 

The surgeon came bouncing in after looking over the assistant's measurements. Eyesight was 20/20 and 20/25. Eye pressure was normal. He said, "You really were bad before the surgery."

I told him I felt like a little kid, going outside without glasses and seeing everything in brilliant color. I thanked him several times and asked if he got the Honey-belle oranges. He stopped, grinned, and said, "I heard a box was there for me, and it said To the Doctor and Staff  - Thank You for Restoring My Vision. I took four and gave the rest to the staff. I had to wash after eating one, they were so juicy."

He bounced out of the office, he was so happy with his work. 

He also suggested I figure out how to be comfortable with reading. I told him I could already work without using reading glasses at the computer. Reading glasses made me tired on the computer. I wrote this without glasses. I also did some online work without glasses. Reading a book requires them.

I came back, picked up Sassy, and we sent off a package. Sassy was a bit jilted from not going to the doctor, so I got her a burger after the post office stop. 

Don't Know Much about an Oh-mi-cron? A Guide To Heretic Translations

 Webber, ELS, "I do not know the Biblical languages, so - like Walther - I am an expert on everything."

I was re-reading a book packed with KJV revision information. The big changes really took place in the late 1800s, but they were rejected on the "translation" side and the Greek text side - at the time. The errors came back with a roar and sometimes on little cat's feet, but they came back for good. All the Lutheran synods support the errors, including Holier-Than-Thou ELDONA. They promote the ESV and hate the KJV.

The author of that book on revision makes a point about Scofield and Darby and its effect on translation. Scofield - a very successful fake - could not stand John 1:17 as it was, so he changed it.

KJV John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Darby For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.

That is all you need to know about translation, even about Biblical languages. Heretics change the message of the Bible, one word or one phrase at a time.

KJV 1 Timothy 3:16 is a perfect example, which we know because it has been abused on several levels. The Halle Pietists and Jay Webber use the verse to say that the entire world was absolved when Jesus rose from the dead. 

KJV And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

ESV Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

NIV Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

Many of the modern translations eliminate "God" from the opening of 1 Timothy 3:16 and turn the word into "who" or "he." Why? The modernists do not accept Jesus as anything more than a man. They even claim the earliest manuscripts (in their imaginations) never described Jesus as the Son of God.

Where Have All the Lutherans Gone? Long Time Passing?

 

 Walther is the American Calvin.

I see a lot of discussions among Lutherans on the Internet but almost no discernment about Biblical doctrine. Then I realize that the crumbling foundation was laid a century ago. One example was a book called What Lutherans Are Thinking, recast by wits as What? Lutherans Are Thinking?

The joke was that the typical Lutheran was too traditional, not radical (Calvinist) enough. One essay from the book unraveled the basic doctrines of Christianity, a perfect prelude for Braaten-Jenson's Christian Dogmatics many decades later. The Braaten-Jenson team openly mocked the articles of the Faith and became ELCA's official dogmatics book, though ELCA tried to deny it - and also boasted about it.

In academic theology, certain points are used as stepping stones for a religious concept, or sometimes for an appreciation of an older theologian. Few get close to the real thing, because that is the third rail of modern theology - actual faith in the Word of God.

I am ready for another wave of Bultmann, asking ourselves how much of the Bible can we still capture from the concept of mythology. 

The only reward for knowing and reading so many of these modern theologians (required reading) is this - some Leftists got old enough to start bellyaching about how radical their heirs were. Braaten exemplifies that bit of divine justice. After enjoying rich rewards for apostasy, he ended up as an example of someone who could not face the nothingness that he promoted by his books, lectures, and teaching.

 Kids! Invite your buddies to Friendship Sunday!

ELCA is now devouring itself, and its WELS-ELS-LCMS bedmates are following suit. 

So where do we begin with remedies? Thanks to Alec Satin, anyone with a computer and the Net can immerse himself in the great books of American Lutherdom - The Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry, with many of them in low-cost print versions on Amazon as well.

The easiest and most effective remedy is the Luther-Tyndale-KJV Bible. I saved that for last, because the KJV Majority Text is foundational and the translation is clear, compelling, everlasting.

The whiz-kids and philosophy majors of LutherQueasy, Eldonia, and the ALPB Ovaltine Forum do not even come close to discussing Biblical truth. I have waited years for one of them to discuss, verse by verse, Romans 4. They refuse because they cannot even get started.

Nota bene (Latin for looky here) - Calvinist News finally found a headline to generate some interest - shock!  awe! The LCMS university system is sinking into San Francisco Bay, just like the Millennium (Manure) Towers. After holding hands with ELCA for decades, Missouri has found itself to be an ELCA echo and WELS dopplegaenger (German for two-timer).

 "He is crazy" is the most used critique used by so-called Lutheran leaders. Did Harrison declare Otten insane when he drove to New Haven and sang an ode to Otten? That is the level of synodical leadership today, no different from Mirthless Mark the Bookkeeper and others.