New Age Bible Versions Part 2

I’ve been immersed in a fascinating book called NEW AGE BIBLE VERSIONS by G.A. Riplinger which charges that the many new versions of the Bible like the NIV and the NASB are moving mankind toward the Antichrist’s one world religion. According to the author, the only reliable Bible version is the King James for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that the translators themselves were some of the most godly men who ever lived and the manuscripts they used as their basis have not been tampered with by men like Westcott and Hort who were known to dabble in Spiritism and other occult practices.

When you think about it, the devil subtly changed what God said in the Garden of Eden. It worked pretty well then, why not keep doing it? There are plenty of people on earth he can use to try to accomplish his goal to thwart the plan of God, whether it’s Hitler or a misguided Bible translator.

Here’s a prime example. The NASB translates 1 Cor. 8:4 as “There is no such thing as an idol” while the KJV says “ an idol is nothing.” These two statements are not the same thing at all. The new version translation can lead to much confusion especially considering how many times idols are mentioned throughout the Bible.

Here are some more thought-provoking tidbits I learned from this book...

Occultists have long used the phrase ‘Jesus the Nazarene’ to place Jesus in a limiting context. The NASB among others calls him “Jesus Christ the Nazarene” in Acts 4:10, “the Nazarene, Jesus” in Acts 6:14, and “Jesus the Nazarene” in John 19:19. The KJV uses ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ in all three places.

There are at least 100 instances where the deity of Christ is avoided in the new versions. The Godhead is also missing in many places. In Acts 19:10 and 1 Cor. 16:22, the NASB has “the Lord” while the KJV says “ the Lord Jesus” or “the Lord Jesus Christ.”

The new versions even manage to make it possible to accuse Jesus of sin by omitting a key phrase in Matthew 5:22. The KJV reads, “That whosoever is angry with his brother WITHOUT A CAUSE shall be in danger of judgment” while the NASB and NIV say “Anyone who is angry with his brother will be the subject of judgment.” That extra little phrase in the KJV makes all the difference in the world when you consider the occasion when Jesus angrily overturned the tables of the money changers.

Hundreds of times in the new versions, the ‘he’ or ‘him’ that refer to Jesus have been changed to the sexless ‘one’. The avowed lesbian translator of the NIV, Virginia Mollenkott, has said in other places that she wants to replace the ‘he’ of Christianity with the neuter ‘one.’ Ms Riplinger lists 21 examples of where this has happened and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

The real kicker is the fact that the NIV and NASB have removed the only reference to Lucifer by name in the entire Bible. The KJV states in Isaiah 14, “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning.” Compare that to the NIV’s “How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn” and the NASB’s “How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn.” The latter translations help the new agers who assert that Lucifer and Satan are two separate entities. Even Harper’s Bible dictionary says of Isaiah 14 that “the connection was made erroneously between Lucifer and Satan.”

If something in the Bible doesn’t make sense and you’re using one of the new versions, it would seem a good idea to check the passage against the venerable KJV just in case.