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INTRODUCTION
The battle for the Word of God is going on today as it always has. The work of the Evil One himself has ever been to cause men to doubt the Word (Gen. 3:1), to corrupt the Word (2 Cor. 2:17), and to misquote the Word (Luke 4:10,11). There are many Modern Versions on the scene today all claiming to be more accurate or more readable renderings of the Word of God. Most of these versions follow the MINORITY Greek Text even though that text exhibits a corruption throughout. The King James Version was translated from the MAJORITY Greek Text which agrees with about 95% of all available manuscripts. The MAJORITY Greek Text can be traced back to the Peshitta (Syriac Version) about 150 A.D.
Many Christian Colleges and Universities have switched over to the MINORITY Greek Text (known as Westcott and Hort or Nestle and Aland) for the classroom while still using the King James Version in public preaching. Since there are over 5,000 differences between the MAJORITY and MINORITY texts a problem immediately faces the student. The King James Version he brings to the classroom is subjected to constant editing by the teacher who is using a Greek Text different from the one the King James Version was translated from. The student is well aware that God did not inspire two different Bibles. He must make a choice and for the sake of harmony or teacher satisfaction he will usually accept his King James Version minus the MINORITY Text corrections as the Word of God. Should there be an area where agreement cannot be reached he is told to decide on the proper rendering by exercising his spiritual discernment. The schools that are following this double standard will admit that when the King James Version is no longer needed for Public Relations they will make the complete change to the New American Standard or the New International Version. These two are seen to follow the MINORITY Greek Text.
Those who want to replace our King James Version with new Modern Versions are constantly stating that no Bible Doctrines are affected by the changes. One school recently published an article by one of its’ teachers in which he said that, “BOTH TEXTS ARE THE WORD OF GOD.” It is difficult to understand how two texts differing in over 5,000 places can both be the Word of God. It only serves to show the absolute desperation on the part of the MINORITY Text champions to defend their indefensible position. The purpose of this volume is to show the changes made by the MINORITY text and how they affect the Bible Doctrines which Christians have always believed. Though I do not consider any change in the Word of God to be unimportant, I have singled out the most glaring examples. A careful reading will show that the Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian faith have been affected many times.
Are we to believe the scholars when they tell us that no important doctrines are affected by the new Modern Versions? It is obvious that they are not correct. What they really mean to say is that when all the changes have been made the Bible Doctrines are still there somewhere else in the Bible. If there are ten verses showing the Virgin Birth of Christ, and they have removed two, there are still eight remaining to prove the doctrine. That may satisfy them, but the Fundamental believer sees that as a piece by piece destruction of the Word of God.
We would accuse them of taking away from the Word of God. They would accuse us of using a Bible which has many additions inserted by overzealous Christian copyists. The issue now becomes quite clear. We must either believe that overzealous heretics have corrupted the original Word of God or believe that overzealous believers have added to the original Word of God. I can understand why heretics would want to corrupt the original Word of God, but I cannot believe that Christians would add one word to the Word of God which they have been entrusted to copy and pass along. The Spirit of God within Christians would put a holy awe and reverence around the sacred word and guided by that same Spirit they would copy what God had given them. My conclusion is that the new Modern Versions are based on Greek manuscripts that have been corrupted by heretics who changed the Word of God to agree with their rejection of the Deity of Christ and their Humanism regarding salvation. The Greek Text underlying the King James Version is not filled with additions made by overzealous Christians. It is the Word of God preserved by the Spirit of God and it exalts the Lord Jesus Christ, giving him his proper place and the glory due unto his name.
THE CHANGES IN THEIR PROPER NEW TESTAMENT ORDER ARE NOW LISTED:
MATTHEW
1:25 “her firstborn” is omitted. That Jesus was her firstborn indicates that Mary and Joseph had sexual relations after the birth of Jesus and that others were born of her. The omission here seeks to add credence to the false doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church concerning the perpetual virginity of Mary. The Bible is clear that Jesus had brothers and sisters.
5:22 “without a cause” is removed. In the Sermon on the Mount the Lord warned of judgment for those who were angry with a brother without a cause. Should this change be accepted everyone who is angry with his brother may be judged. The effect is to bring Jesus into judgment for failing to observe his own words (see Mark 3:5). Such is contrary to the doctrine of the sinlessness of Christ.
6:4, 6, 18 “openly” is out. It is a Bible Doctrine that Christian work done unnoticed for the glory of the Lord will one day be rewarded openly (Col. 3:4).
6:13 “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever, Amen” is deleted. This ascription of praise to “Our Father” is found in 491 out of 500 existing manuscripts. This statement was made a century ago by Dean John Burgon.
8:29 “Jesus” is left out. The demons bore witness to the fact that Jesus was the Son of God. It was an identification of Jesus (in humanity) as the Son of God (in Deity). It affects the doctrine of the Person of Christ.
9:8 “marvelled” is changed to “were afraid.” There is no reason to believe that the people were afraid because Jesus healed the sick of the palsy. There is every reason for them to marvel at the miracle.
9:13 “to repentance” is left out. The Bible doctrine of repentance is one that men would like to do away with. God requires that in order to be saved one must truly repent (Acts 17:30; 2 Peter 3:9). The word means “a change of mind” and there must be that concerning God, sin and salvation. Men think that sin does not really separate them from God–they must change their mind about that. Men think that salvation is by works–they must change their mind about that. There is nothing more evident today than the absence of repentance among those who are professing to be converted.
15:8 “draweth nigh unto me with their mouth” is left out. According to Isaiah 29:13 it belongs in because Isaiah prophesied of these hypocrites exactly that way.
16:2,3 “When it is evening … the signs of the times” is all omitted. The Pharisees and Sadducees came looking for a sign and the signs were all around them. Jesus called them hypocrites because they could not tell the signs of the times.
17:21 Whole verse is left out. Power with God is to be had by prayer and fasting. That is a fundamental truth of the Word of God.
18:2 “Jesus” is left out. This is done many times by the corrupt Greek Text of Westcott and Hort. I have not chosen to remark about each instance because it would add many pages to this work. The MAJORITY Text continuously places the word “Jesus” in the narrative with the definite article preceding it. Thus it places him in the center of things and in command. It is doctrinally unsound for such prominence to be discarded for the word “he.”
18:11 The whole verse is omitted. This verse tells us that man is lost, that he needs to be saved, and that the Son of man is the one who can do that. The doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ is affected by this change.
18:15 “against thee” is omitted. This omission sets us up as watchdogs over others and if one sins we are to go and tell him. Such is not the teaching of Scripture. Were we to declare every sin we would be constantly busy (bodies) judging the actions and motives of everyone. This change is a very bad error.
18:35 “their trespasses” is omitted. Same thought as mentioned in 18:15.
19:16,17 “Good” before Master is omitted. In addition to that, the phrase “Why callest thou me good?” is changed to “Why askest thou me concerning the good?” Good Master is correct and Jesus responded to show the young man that only one was good and that one was God. The conclusion should have been obvious. Since Jesus was good he was necessarily God. The omission and change destroys the intended testimony to the Deity of Christ.
20:16 “for many be called, but few chosen” is left out. The Lord would have us know that many are called to inherit eternal life, but few are chosen by virtue of believing in Christ. It is a Bible doctrine that God wants all men to be saved but few will come to Christ for salvation.
21:12 “of God” is out. Jesus, who was God in the flesh, came to his own temple and said, “My house shall be called the house of prayer.” It was the temple of God and the God of the temple was there.
22:30 “of God” is removed. There are good angels and fallen angels. The believers, in the resurrection, will be like the good angels “of God” who alone are in heaven.
23:8 “Master” is changed to “teacher.” There are many teachers but only one master. The change here takes away the pre- eminence that God intends for his Son.
25:13 “wherein the Son of man cometh” is omitted. The warning to watch is tied to the imminent return of the Lord. The omission here does away with the doctrine of the Lord’s second advent.
26:28 “new” is dropped before testament. The apostle Paul tells us that Jesus said, “this cup is the NEW testament in my blood.” The change here is intended to corrupt the Word of God and to confuse Christians.
27:35 “that it might be fulfilled … did they cast lots” is all omitted. It is very important in Matthew’s gospel, where Jesus is portrayed as the King of Israel, to show that he is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. Here the parting of his garments and casting lots is the fulfillment of Psalm 22:18 which portrays the crucifixion of Christ. To omit this is to show the intended corruption of the Word of God by the textual critics.
28:6 “the Lord” is omitted. The very reverent angels said, “see the place where the Lord lay.” They would not say, “see the place where he lay.” The constant attempt to humanize Jesus and take away from his Deity does not endear the Westcott and Hort Greek Text to believers.
MARK
1:1 “the Son of God” is left out. These words present Jesus Christ as Deity. Such an omission is a direct attack on the person of Christ and is without doubt a doctrinal error.
1:31 “immediately” is dropped. The descriptive word tells us when the fever left her and therefore provides us with a miracle. The word left out denies the miracle and thus the one who performed it.
2:17 “to repentance” is left out. See comments on Matt. 9:13.
3:15 “to heal sicknesses” is omitted. Jesus gave them authority to heal diseases as well as to cast out demons. Sickness is the result of sin (Adam’s) and the only one who has authority to eliminate it is the one who would die for sin. On the basis of his approaching death for sin on Calvary he could say, “Son, thy sins be forgiven thee” and “Rise up and walk.”
4:24 “and unto you that hear shall more be given” is left out. It is a Bible teaching that those who seek truth from the Lord shall be given more truth (see John 7:17).
5:36 “as soon” is dropped. The word in the Greek is “immediately.” The word immediately is constantly dropped by the Revisers of 1881. It is a key word in Mark which is the Gospel of the Servant of the Lord who came “not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” When Jairus was told that his daughter was dead and that he should not trouble Jesus further, the Lord “immediately” encouraged him to believe.
6:11 “Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city” is removed from the text. This passage emphasizes the great degree of responsibility that was upon those cities who heard the Lord’s apostles as they preached repentance and worked miracles before them. Sodom and Gomorrah did not have such light, yet they are still suffering the eternal wrath of God (see Jude 7 where “suffering” is in the present tense). How much more the judgment of America today where people sit in an abundance of complete revelation from God and choose to remain in darkness.
7:8 “as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do” is omitted. The Lord not only condemns the Pharisees for traditions of men, but he names them. There are traditions of men today which are sending people to Hell and preachers need to name them. It is doctrinally unsound to let men go on in traditions and not expose them.
9:23 “if thou canst believe” is dropped. The father had said to Jesus, “if thou canst do anything.” To this lack of faith Jesus answered, “if thou canst believe.” It was at once a rebuke and an encouragement to have faith in him. The father’s answer in the next verse is beautiful but the Revisers ruined that also. They omitted “with tears, Lord” from the most precious answer as recorded by the Spirit of God.
9:45 “into the fire that never shall be quenched” is dropped. The character and duration of Hell is described here and the doctrine of eternal retribution is affected by this change.
9:47 “fire” is omitted. The words are inspired and in complete agreement with Rev. 20:15. The consignment of the lost to the lake of fire is a Bible doctrine.
10:21 “take up the cross” is left out. The word to the young man was to divest himself of the riches in which he trusted, consider himself dead to the world, and follow Christ into eternal life. There are many who will let go of riches and seek to emulate some of Christ’s teachings, but the way of the cross they refuse. The cross for Christ and for believers is Fundamental in Christian doctrine.
10:24 “for them that trust in riches” is left out. This is a very glaring doctrinal error. It is not hard to enter into the kingdom of God (salvation is a free gift through faith in Jesus Christ) but it is hard for those who trust in riches to trust Christ alone for salvation. Their God is their wealth and it is no more compatible with Christ than Dagon was with the Ark of God (see 1 Sam. 5:1-5).
11:26 The whole verse is removed. It is a Bible doctrine that if we regard iniquity in our heart the Lord will not hear us. Answered prayer and clean vessels go together. When I confess my sins and ask God for favor he requires that my confession of sin include forgiveness of those who have sinned against me. If I refuse to forgive others it becomes sin to me (see Eph. 4:32).
13:14 “spoken of by Daniel the prophet” is dropped. Without the reference to Daniel the appeal to understand is without force. Though some might connect it in their thoughts because they are familiar with Scripture, it does not follow that he is referring to Daniel. The reference to Daniel by the Lord also authenticates his writing as inspired Scriptures.
14:22 “eat” is dropped. Our Lord did not give them a relic from the Last Supper to take home and cherish. He gave them broken bread to eat which (when observed) would always remind them of his body which was broken for them.
15:28 The whole verse is left out. Jesus was crucified between two thieves in fulfillment of Isaiah 53:12. It is doctrinal error to eliminate clear statements concerning the fulfilling of prophecy (see Luke 24:27).
16:9-20 Twelve verses are omitted. These verses are found in every known manuscript but two (the oldest of those two leaves a blank space where it belongs). They are found in all the Versions, quoted by the church fathers, and seen in the lectionaries of the church. There are many doctrines affected by the omission of these twelve verses. The resurrection of Christ is deleted. The great commission, baptism, eternal damnation and His ascension into Heaven are all taken out of the Word of God. Certainly the gospel does not end with “they were afraid.” Some say the ending has been lost (see Dr. Ryrie’s Study Bible) but that destroys the Bible Doctrine that God preserves His Word (see 1 Peter 1:23-25). The evidence is clear that these verses are original and to cut them out is to affect many doctrines of the Christian faith.
LUKE
1:28 “blessed art thou among women” is omitted. There were many virgins in Israel at the time, but God chose Mary. The Son that she bore would be her Saviour from sin. The Roman Catholic doctrine of the immaculate conception of Mary (concerning her birth) is nothing but pagan fiction. Mary was blessed AMONG women, but not ABOVE women. The worship of Mary is contrary to Scripture. This omission is designed to lift her above others and eventually deify her.
2:14 “peace, good will toward men” is changed to “peace among men of good will.” The first talks of the birth of Christ as bringing God’s peace and good will (reconciliation) to men. Faith in the death of Christ for our sins brings justification and peace with God. The change offers God’s peace to men who are good. That is doctrinally unsound since there is none good.
2:33 “Joseph and his mother” is changed to “his father and mother.” The Spirit of God is very careful to show that our Lord Jesus Christ was born of a virgin and that he did not have a human father who begat him. The change casts doubt upon the doctrine of the virgin birth of Christ as the “seed of the woman.” Later, when Mary refers to Joseph as “thy father,” Jesus answers with, “wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business,” meaning that God was his father (see 2:48,49).
2:40 “in spirit” is left out. That the child grew and waxed strong in spirit (meaning that he was spiritually strong) is evident from verse 47. It is unlikely that the Spirit of God wanted us to see how strong Jesus was with reference to his physique.
2:43 “and Joseph and his mother knew not of it” is changed to “and his parents were unaware of it.” The first retains the teachings of the virgin birth, the second discards it. The virgin birth is a Fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith and the MAJORITY Text upholds it. Let us not hear of supposed overzealous copyists but rather let us beware of overzealous heretics who would deny the fundamentals of the faith.
4:4 “but by every Word of God” is dropped. Many are willing to agree that bread alone cannot satisfy man, but few are willing to live by every word of God. This quotation is from Deut. 8:3 where the omitted words are found. The same one who said, “Yea, hath God said?” is the author of this omission. The Revisers could not leave this passage in because they have changed “every word of God” in over 5,000 places in the New Testament. Satan does not mind if we read the Bible as long as we have a Swiss cheese Bible (full of holes). Holes in the Word cause doubts in the Word, doubts cause faith to be lost, and without faith it is impossible to please him.
4:8 “Get thee behind me, Satan” is omitted. The devil had tempted Jesus to bypass the cross and receive the kingdom over the world. Jesus, whose face was set as a flint to go to the cross, refused to worship him.
6:10 “whole as the other” is left out. These words tell us that not only was his hand restored to use but it was whole as the other. The completeness of the miracle is attested to by these words.
9:54 “even as Elias did” is omitted. Apart from this word they had no precedent for doing such a thing.
9:55, 56 “and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them” is omitted. In reply to the disciples who thought that they could call down fire from heaven, Jesus told them that he came to save men. This passage is consistent with John 3:17, “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
11:2-4 “Our … which art in heaven” is deleted along with “Thy will be done as in heaven, so in earth” and “but deliver us from evil.” Only corrupt manuscripts can produce so many departures from the disciples prayer which is found without deletions in Matt. 6:9-13.
14:5 The word “ass” is changed to “son.” The use of “son” is too much for the comparison the Lord is making. Only a slavish loyalty to a corrupt Greek text can produce such a foolish change.
22:31 “And the Lord said” is dropped. The Lord Jesus was God and as such he was omnipresent and omniscient. He was present when Satan came before God and asked permission to try Peter’s faith. He had prayed to the Father, as Peter’s intercessor, that his faith would not fail. It was the Lord who knew all of this and warned Peter specifically.
22:64 “they struck him on the face” is dropped. It is error to minimize the sufferings of Christ. His facial appearance was marred more than any man (see Isaiah 52:14 and 53:5).
23:23 “and of the chief priests” is omitted. The Lord was careful to let us know that the religious priests were involved in the rejection of Christ. Those who call themselves priests today do likewise.
23:42 “And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom” is changed to “Then he said, Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom.” The confession that Jesus is Lord is doctrinally correct because it is required for salvation (see Rom. 10:9– 13).
23:45 “the sun was darkened” is changed to “the sun was eclipsed.” The Greek word in the corrupt Greek Text is EKLIPONTOS from which we derive the word ECLIPSE. An eclipse is caused by the natural occurrence of the moon passing between the sun and the earth and usually lasts for about 3-5 minutes. The sun being darkened for three hours was a miracle of God and will be repeated again prior to the Lord’s return to earth (see Matt. 24:29) Many modern versions try to hide the Greek word they are using to translate from the corrupt Greek text by using words like: obscured (NASV), faded (AMPLIFIED), stopped shining (NIV), failed (NEW WORLD), but some honestly translate the word “eclipse” (20th CENTURY, MOFFAT, NEB, PHILLIPS). Humanism would try to find some way to explain away the miracles of God’s Word lest they be forced to accept it as the revelation from God concerning salvation.
24:36 “and saith unto them. Peace be unto you” is omitted. Jesus had said to them, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you” (John 14:27). He was now risen from the dead and in their midst to guarantee that peace to them. One of the greatest benefits of our salvation is to have peace with God (Rom. 5:1) and the peace of God ruling in our hearts (Phil. 4:7).
24:40 The whole verse is omitted. The bodily resurrection of Christ is proven here as he showed them his hands and his feet. The omission affects Bible doctrine very much.
24:51 “and carried up into heaven” is left out. The bodily ascension of Christ into heaven is a Bible doctrine that is denied here. It leaves the Lord parted from them but does not tell us where he went. The Revisers removed the doctrine and left the Word in a poor state of disarray. Acts 1:1, 2 tells us that the “former treatise” (Luke) ended with Jesus being “taken up.” That ought to be sufficient to show the Revisers are wrong.
24:52 “And … worshipped him” is omitted by the NASV. The MAJORITY Text says, “And they having worshipped him returned to Jerusalem with great joy.” The picture we have is of our Lord receiving their worship because he is God (see 4:8 where worship is to be to God only) and then before their very eyes ascending into heaven. It is a Bible doctrine that we are to worship Jesus and the omission by the NASV is a clear denial of that doctrine.
JOHN
1:18 “the only begotten Son” is changed to “The only begotten God.” Such a phrase is foreign to Scripture. It accommodates the Arian teaching that Christ was a lesser deity created by God. It agrees with the teaching of Origen that Christ was not equal with God in essence and nature. Sound Fundamental doctrine concerning Christ is that he is one person of the Triune God and that he proceeds from the Father by an eternal generation and reveals God to men as the Son of God.
1:27 “He it is … who is preferred before me” is removed. This change removes the pre-eminence and pre-existence of Christ. John wanted us to see that though Christ came after him, he in reality preceded and ranked above him.
3:13 “which is in heaven” is omitted. This change affects the doctrine of the omnipresence of Christ. As man he was here on earth, as God he was able to be everywhere present. The omission is a corruption introduced by those who do not believe in the perfect and absolute Deity of Christ.
3:15 “should not perish” is removed. This deletion removes the opposite of everlasting life, which is to perish. The doctrine of eternal damnation is weakened by the change.
3:16 “his only begotten Son” is changed to “the only begotten Son.” The word HIS marks Jesus Christ out as God’s own peculiar son in a relationship that no one else has. It marks him as of the same essence and nature. The Deity of Christ is involved and is thereby weakened (3:17 also changed).
4:42 “the Christ” is left out. The purpose of John’s gospel as given in 20:31 was to lead people to believe that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God. That belief was to bring life to them. To omit it here is to deny the purpose of the inspired writer.
5:3b, 4 The statement regarding the moving of the water by an angel and subsequent miraculous healing is removed. Should this deletion be permitted there would be no sense to verse 7 since that verse presupposes 5:3b, 4. This is an effort to remove the miraculous from the Bible and thus accommodate humanism.
5:16 “and sought to slay him” is omitted. The Scripture teaches us that on many occasions they tried to kill Jesus but by supernatural power were kept from doing so (see John 18:6). He was omnipotent and there was no way they could take him until his hour was come.
6:47 “on me” is left out. The object of faith has been removed here. Everlasting life does not come to those who believe, but to those who believe on Christ. This is doctrinal error of the gravest sort and has been carried over into the NASV and NIV.
7:8 The little word “yet” is dropped and the result is that the Lord appears to lie to his brothers, since he did go up to the feast. There is a world of difference between “I go not up YET” and “I go not up.” The sinlessness of Christ is an indispensable doctrine of the Christian faith and lying is sin.
7:53-8:11 The whole story of the woman taken in adultery is omitted. This is one of the most blessed portions of the Word of God. It is intended by God through the inspired writer to amplify what came before in 3:17. The law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ (1:17).
8:38 The words “my Father” and “your father” are intended to show the difference between his father and their father, who was Satan. By removing the word “my” and “your” there is a deliberate attempt to remove the offence and cater to the false dream of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man.
8:39 “If ye were Abraham’s children” is changed to “if ye are Abraham’s children.” The Lord intended them to see that they were not Abraham’s children at all. The change gives us to see that they were Abraham’s children and therefore they ought to act like it. This is pure humanism and contrary to sound doctrine.
9:4 “I must work the works of him that sent me” is changed to “We must work the works of him that sent us.” The uniqueness of Christ as the Sent One of the Father is destroyed and he is placed equally with the disciples as sent from God to do the work of God. This is an attack on the Person and Work of Christ and it exalts humanism. Jesus was sent by the Father and the disciples were sent by Jesus, “as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.”
9:35 “the Son of God” is changed to “the Son of man.” The thing to be believed in John’s gospel is that Jesus is the Son of God (20:31). The change by the minority texts is not warranted.
10:38 “that ye may know, and believe” is changed to “that ye may know, and understand.” The union of Christ and the Father within the Godhead is that which we are to believe and rely upon for the certainty of our salvation. To understand the union is beyond human comprehension and if it could be understood, that would still not be the equivalent of salvation.
11:41 “where the dead was laid” is removed. God intends that we should know that this was the very same place where Lazarus was laid. This is an attempt to cloud the evident miracle which followed. (see also 12:2 where “which had been dead” is also removed).
ACTS
Title “of the Holy Apostles” is deleted. To leave us with “ACTS” means nothing. That the Apostles were sanctified (holy) by the Lord Jesus and sent forth as his sent ones is evident from John 17:17– 19. The title in the MAJORITY Text is doctrinally correct.
2:30 “according to the flesh he would raise up Christ” is omitted. It was not just that one of David’s descendants would sit upon the throne, but that his greater Son would be raised from the dead in a body of flesh.
2:31 “his soul” is omitted. The body of Christ was in the tomb but his soul went down into Hades (Hell), the place of departed spirits. The teaching of the Bible is that our Lord had a body, soul and spirit.
2:47 “to the church” is left out. Believers are added to the Church which is Christ’s body. The Church is an organism, and when persecutors touched the Church they touched Christ (see 9:5).
3:21 “all” is dropped in front of “his holy prophets.” God has spoken of the Kingdom age by the mouth of ALL his prophets since the world began. In harmony with this Jesus spoke to the two on the road to Emmaus about himself from “all the prophets” (see Luke 24:27). There are others in the world who claim to be prophets but they do not speak of Jesus and his kingdom, therefore they are not of God.
3:26 “Jesus” is dropped. The specific name leaves no doubt as to whom God raised up from the dead to offer again the kingdom to Israel.
4:24 “thou art God” is changed to “thou art he who.” There is no reason to accept MINORITY manuscripts when they want to change “God” to “he who” (see 1 Tim. 3:16).
6:3 The word “Holy” is dropped. When God led the Church to choose deacons he made it clear that they should be controlled by the Holy Spirit. Many churches since have appointed men who had a lot of spirit and were full of enthusiasm, but that is not the same as being full of the “Holy Ghost.” Godly living is required of deacons and it is contrary to sound doctrine to leave out “Holy.” The Greek word for spirit can refer to man’s spirit or God’s spirit and lest we should err here God inserted the word “Holy” before spirit.
6:8 “faith” is changed to “grace.” The Bible does not teach that Christians are full of grace but rather that they receive grace. The only one who was “full of grace” was our Lord Jesus Christ (see John 1:14). The measure of faith is given to every believer to profit thereby.
7:30 “of the Lord” is omitted. It was not just an angel that appeared to Moses at the burning bush, it was an angel of Jehovah (the Lord). This was an Old Testament appearance of the eternal Son of God in angelic form. In plain words it was the Lord who appeared to Moses (see Exodus 3:1-5).
7:37 “The Lord your” and “him shall ye hear” are omitted. This is contrary to the original quotation as found in Deut. 18:15. In Stephen’s sermon the “him shall ye hear” is most important since those who refuse Christ’s words will be judged by God.
8:18 “Holy” is dropped. Four times here in four verses the Holy Ghost is mentioned. To drop the word Holy in one out of the four times is to create confusion and doubt concerning the Word of God.
8:37 The whole verse is omitted. This leaves the question of the Ethiopian eunuch unanswered. Philip’s answer is correct in that belief must be from the heart prior to baptism. The eunuch’s confession of faith is in exact agreement with what is required for salvation as given in John 20:31. Souls have been led to Christ with this verse of Scripture and it is doctrinally unsound to remove it.
9:5,6 “it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him” is all omitted. This passage gives us a picture of Saul resisting the Spirit of God as he was under conviction. Saul’s response is to submit to the Lord’s direction, having been humbled before the Lord. Without Saul’s “what wilt thou have me to do?” there could be no “arise and go.”
9:29 “Jesus” is left out. The reason the Jews went about to slay Saul was not because he spake boldly in the name of the Lord, but because he spoke of the Lord Jesus. As we well know in this day of Modernism there is a great difference.
10:6 “he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do” is left out. The would- be correctors of the MAJORITY Text would have us believe that Cornelius was already saved and that it would be good for him to have fellowship with Peter. The truth is that Cornelius was not saved (see 11:14) and that there was something which he had to do. He must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ or he would be lost and go to Hell.
10:30 “fasting” is left out. Fasting, to find the will of God, is a Biblical doctrine. Though it is little used today, especially since we have the completed Word of God, it was evident in the New Testament apostolic times.
10:32 “who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee” is omitted. See above comments under 10:6.
15:24 “Ye must be circumcised and keep the law” is left out. This is exactly the reason why the Jerusalem council was called or convened. There is no doubt that the reply to the Gentile converts made mention of the all important question.
16:31 “Christ” is omitted. The word speaks of the Deity of Christ. It pointed the Philippian jailer to the God he must believe in for salvation.
18:5 “was pressed in the Spirit” is changed to “was engrossed with the word.” When Paul was teaching he was always engrossed with the Word. In Corinth Paul had been laying the groundwork at the synagogue concerning what the Scriptures had to say about their Messiah (Christ). When Silas and Timothy came, Paul was under compulsion to show that Jesus was the Christ.
19:10 “Jesus” is left out. For the heathen to hear about the Lord is not enough. They must hear that Jesus is that Lord.
20:28 “of God” is changed to “of the Lord.” The word lord is sometimes used of men and sometimes of God. Therefore, the change does not affirm the Deity of Christ. Our Authorized King James Version shows that God purchased the church with his own blood. This establishes the Deity of Christ irrefutably.
21:25 “they observe no such thing, save only that” is omitted. The Gentiles had been told that they did not have to observe the law of Moses nor circumcise their children (see Acts 15:23-29). James was in error when he sought to keep the Jews obedient to the Law after he had written to the Gentiles that they were not under it. The omission here leaves one with the impression that the Law was optional for the Gentiles and possibly preferable. Tampering with God’s Word always leaves the door open for doctrinal error.
26:28 “almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian” is changed to “do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?” King Agrippa was “almost persuaded” and he was in possession of the truth concerning salvation. The change would have us believe that he needed more information and perhaps Paul was too quick to expect a decision.
ROMANS
1:16 “of Christ” is omitted. The gospel message is of Christ and centers around his Person and Work. This is an inexcusable attempt to leave Christ out of the good news of salvation.
3:22 “and upon all” is dropped. The doctrine of imputed righteousness is most blessed to the believer. We are clothed in his righteousness and God sees us in Him, therefore it is “upon us.”
8:1 “Who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” is dropped. To the truth that there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ, the Word adds the truth that they are characterized by a walk in the Spirit. It is a Bible doctrine that those who are saved are characterized by a changed life.
11:6 “But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work” is dropped. The first part of the verse shows that grace rules out works. The second part of the verse shows that works rules out grace. It is intended for those who want to intrude works into the established state of grace for good measure (or safekeeping in salvation). This is a very important doctrinal passage in its’ entirety.
13:9 “thou shalt not bear false witness” is dropped. Those who wrote the corrupt manuscripts had no trouble with the other commandments shown here. It is obvious that a smiting conscience would not permit them to include this commandment since it directly involved what they were engaged in, bearing false witness about God’s Word.
14:9 “and rose” is left out. Many heretics are willing to say that he died and that he lives again, but that he rose (bodily out from among the dead) they reject outright. The bodily resurrection of Christ is a cardinal doctrine of the Christian faith.
1 CORINTHIANS
2:4 “man’s wisdom” is changed to “wisdom.” Paul did not reject wisdom in his teaching, he rejected MAN’S wisdom.
3:4 “are ye not carnal?” is changed to “are ye not men?” It should be obvious that they were men, but the Bible truth to be taught was that in their divisions they were being controlled by fleshly (carnal) desires and not spiritual desires.
5:7 “for us” is omitted. This affects the vital doctrine of the substitutionary atonement of Christ. If Christ did not die for our sins then we are still under the wrath of God and without hope.
5:12 The little word “also” is dropped. That word indicated that Paul did judge those who were within the church. Those who were outside the church were for God to judge. The responsibility for believers to carry out discipline within the church is a Bible doctrine.
6:4 “set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church” is changed to “do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?” The Word of God teaches that it is better to suffer wrong than to go to court against another Christian before a lost world. It is better to leave the judgment of the matter to the least Christian than to the greatest worldly judge. The change here completely turns around the way of God and seems to rebuke the church for leaving the matter in the hands of the least Christians.
6:20 “and in your spirit which are God’s” is omitted. The body gives us world consciousness and the spirit gives us God consciousness. We are to glorify God in our body by holy living and in our spirit by walking in fellowship with God. Verses 16 and 17 talk about both.
10:9 “Christ” is changed to “Lord.” In the Old Testament they tempted Christ and that rock that followed them was Christ (see verse 4). The word Lord can be used of the Father and the Son. Changing to that word here eliminates the pre-existence of Christ.
11:24 “take eat” is omitted along with “is broken.” The symbolic bread was broken and given to the disciples with instruction to eat it. It typified his flesh which “is being broken for you” (literal Greek). Though not a bone of him was broken it is true that his flesh was broken in many places before he died on our behalf.
11:29 “unworthily” is dropped. The word gives the picture of a believer treating the Lord’s Supper as a common meal, not reverencing the symbolic meaning and spiritual impact it is intended to make upon his soul and spirit. To remove this word is a very great doctrinal error. When you consider that sickness and death was the result of such unworthy participation, it is no light matter.
11:29 “not discerning the Lord’s body” is changed to “if he does not judge the body rightly” (NASV). When we partake of the Lord’s Supper we are to see through the elements to the Lord’s body. As you think of the cost of your redemption there ought to be more holy living. The change brings absolute confusion concerning what body is meant, the Lord’s or the believers. It is hallowed ground and the corrupters of God’s Word have dared to tread upon it.
15:47 “the Lord” is left out. God is contrasting Adam and Christ. To say that the second man is from heaven is not enough. There have been men from heaven who were angels. Here the man from heaven is the Lord. This is an attempt to do away with the Deity of Christ.
15:49 “we shall also bear the image of the heavenly” is changed to “we should bear the image of the heavenly.” The first is a fact based upon the certainty of our eternal salvation in Christ. The second is an exhortation based upon the uncertainty of a salvation by works. The first is sound doctrine, the second is unsound doctrine.
16:22 “Jesus Christ” is omitted. In a phrase with such import as to be accursed it is unthinkable that the test should center around the general term “Lord.” The curse of God is upon those who do not love the Lord Jesus Christ. When his person and work is refused there is nothing to look for but wrath.
2 CORINTHIANS
4:4 “unto them” is omitted. The devil does not have power to keep the light of the gospel of Christ from shining, but he does have power to blind men lest it shine “unto them.”
5:17 “all things” is left out. The believer is brought into vital union with Christ so that it is declared that he is in Christ. In the sight of God “old things” of the sinful nature are passed away. It only remains for those old things to be unwound, like Lazarus’ graveclothes, in his daily life. In the sight of God “all things” are become new though they make their appearance in the life of the believer as he grows in grace and knowledge. To deny that “all things” are become new is to deny the finished work of Christ whereby we are made accepted in the beloved.
12:11 “in glorying” is dropped. The Corinthians had compelled Paul to talk about his experiences with the Lord. He did not want to brag about his spirituality. He felt that he had become foolish in boasting or glorying. The change would have Paul saying, “I have made a fool of myself.” That is not what we are to understand.
GALATIANS
3:1 “that ye should not obey the truth” is omitted. The Galatians had been bewitched by the Jewish legalizers who had put them under the Law to keep saved. Paul tells them that in so doing they were not obeying the truth. The truth was that they were saved by grace and that all spiritual blessings were theirs in Christ. To turn from that is to be in error.
3:17 “in Christ” is dropped. Paul is talking about the covenant with Abraham through his seed which was Christ. The law was added later and did not affect the covenant of promise to those who would be saved by believing as Abraham did. God promised Abraham that through his seed (singular) all the families of the earth would be blessed. That was a covenant confirmed before of God “in Christ.”
4:7 “an heir of God through Christ” is changed to “an heir through God.” The inheritance is to the children of God through the mediatorship of Christ. We are not heirs of God through God, but through Christ. The change here is intended to destroy the reliance upon the Lord Jesus Christ who said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
EPHESIANS
1:1 “at Ephesus” is left out. It is hard to conceive that the Spirit of God addressed an epistle and then lost the address.
3:9 “by Jesus Christ” is removed. It is a Bible doctrine that all things were created by Jesus Christ and without him was not anything made that was made. This change detracts from the Deity of Christ which is made evident by the fact that ALL THINGS were created by Him.
5:30 “of his flesh, and of his bones” is left out. The Bible teaching is that the believer is vitally conjoined to Christ for a new life and walk in the Spirit. We are “quickened together with Christ,” “raised up together,” and “seated together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” God likens this to the marriage relationship where two people become one flesh.
6:10 “my brethren” is dropped. These words make it very clear that Paul’s instructions concerning Christian living are for Christians who by the new birth have become Paul’s “brethren.” There is a great danger that unsaved people might get the impression that by imitating the things that Christians do they can become Christians.
PHILIPPIANS
4:13 “Christ” is changed to “him.” It is precious to the believer to know that Christ will give him strength for spiritual living. Christ himself said, “without me ye can do nothing” (John 15:5). The word “him” is quite indefinite and can be misconstrued by Modernists to include the “him” of any religious group believing in a Supreme Being.
COLOSSIANS
1:2 “and the Lord Jesus Christ” is omitted. Along with the Father he is the source of grace and peace.
1:14 “through his blood” is left out. Redemption and forgiveness of sins is through the direct agency of his shed blood. Many Modernists today can work around the words “redemption” and “forgiveness of sins,” but they cannot work around the shed blood. Therefore they must deny it and be in direct opposition to it.
2:11 “of the sins” is removed. What is left to work with brings the NIV to translate “In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature.” It is an established Bible doctrine that by the circumcision of our heart which the Lord made, we are able to overcome the sins of our flesh. But the putting off of our sinful nature will not take place until we are changed in the Rapture. Errors like this can only occur as the group of translators persist in following the MINORITY Text.
2:18 “those things which he has not seen” is made to read “those things which he has seen.”
1 THESSALONIANS
1:1 “from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” is dropped. Are we to think that grace and peace is bestowed by Paul? No, that is not within his power. They have their source in the Father and the Son.
5:27 “holy” is dropped from before “brethren.” Paul had other brethren according to the flesh who were not saved (Rom. 9:1-3; 10:1). These were sanctified and preserved brethren and they were “holy” because they were accepted in the beloved.
1 TIMOTHY
3:3 “not greedy of filthy lucre” is omitted. The phrase has to do with obtaining earthly gain through disgraceful means. This happens everyday within professing Christendom. It is inspired of God and belongs in the text.
3:16 “God was manifest” is changed to “He was manifest.” The reference is to Christ manifest in the flesh, etc. The MAJORITY Text tells us that this Christ was God. There are 252 copies of Paul’s Epistles which have “God” and only 2 copies which have “he.” The MINORITY Text leaves us in doubt as to who “he” is. The doctrine of the Deity of Christ is greatly harmed here by the corrupt text.
4:12 “in spirit” is left out. To be an example of the believer it is necessary to have a spiritual man guided by the indwelling Holy Spirit.
5:16 “if any man” is omitted. It is unthinkable that the head of the house should be removed here from the responsibility to provide for widows.
6:5 “from such withdraw thyself” is dropped. The Bible doctrine of separation is affected by this corruption. We are to withdraw from teachers who are destitute of the truth.
6:19 “eternal life” is changed to “that which is truly life.” The first talks about the length of life, the second talks about the quality of life. You cannot have the first without being saved. You can have the second but still be lost, depending on what you think is “truly life.”
2 TIMOTHY
1:11 “of the Gentiles” is omitted. That Paul was appointed to teach the gospel to the Gentiles is indisputable (see Gal. 2:7-9).
HEBREWS
1:3 “When he had by himself purged our sins” is changed to “when he had made purification of sins.” The omission of the word “our” leaves us to wonder whose sins were purged, his own or others. It is not plain and therefore the substitutionary atonement of Christ is affected by the change. With the words “by himself” the Holy Spirit wanted us to see that the atonement for our sins was accomplished by Christ alone. The damage to this verse is awesome in its’ consequences.
3:1 “Christ” is omitted. Our High Priest must be anointed of God to that office and the word Christ means the Messiah or Anointed one of God.
10:34 “in heaven” is left out. Those who had lost all their earthly goods certainly had no enduring substance here, but in heaven was their treasure and reward.
JAMES
2:20 “faith without works is dead” has been changed to “faith without works is useless.” There is a great difference between dead faith and useless (or idle) faith. The first indicates that no faith exists and the person is lost. The second implies that faith exists but it is not being used. Again we see humanism and the false idea of a little divinity in each one which only needs to be fanned into a flame. The change promotes false doctrine.
4:4 “ye adulterers” is dropped from the text. No reason to excuse the men from the scathing denunciation of God’s Word.
4:14 “It is even a vapour” is changed to “Ye are just a vapour.” In describing the length of our life, God tells us it will pass quickly like a vapour. The change would have US OURSELVES to exist as a little steam. There is a leaning here toward annihilationism.
5:16 “Confess your faults” becomes “confess your sins.” In a context where God talks about sin in relationship to sickness, he moves on to talk about faults (a side-slip or deviation). The change “faults” to “sins” leads to the priesthood and the confession box which is contrary to all of Scripture.
1 PETER
1:22 “through the Spirit” is removed. The Bible teaches that it is through the agency of the Holy Spirit that men are brought to believe in Christ. In John 16:8,9 he convicts the world (all men) and draws them to faith in Christ.
1:23 “for ever” is dropped and thereby the preservation of the Word of God is called into question. The agency here of the new birth is the Word of God, which is eternal. Our new birth therefore is as eternal as the Word which originated it.
3:18 “suffered for sins” is changed to “died for sins.” The context has Christians suffering for well doing and they are exhorted to keep on because Christ also has suffered for us. It is a Bible teaching that Christ not only died for our sins, but that he suffered for our sins (see Isaiah 53:5-7).
3:18 “quickened by the Spirit” is changed to “quickened in the spirit.” The correct rendering attributes the resurrection of Christ to the Holy Spirit. This completes the truth that all three persons of the Trinity were involved in the resurrection of Christ (see John 2:19; Rom. 8:11).
4:1 “for us” is left out. Christ suffered for us, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God.
5:2 “taking the oversight thereof” is omitted. To watch over the flock of God with authority is a clear teaching of the Word.
5:12 “wherein ye stand” is changed to “wherein stand.”
2 PETER
2:17 The words “for ever” are dropped. Peter, in the word concerning false teachers, states that their darkness is to last forever. The change leaves us with no definite word as to their end.
2:18 “those that were clean escaped” is changed to “those that are scarcely escaping.”
2:20 “the Lord and Saviour” becomes “our Lord and Saviour.”
3:2 “us the apostles” is changed to “your apostles.” The Church is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:20) and there are no apostles today nor is there any such thing as an apostolic succession. The phrase “your apostles” indicates that the people he was writing to had special apostles designated for them and lends support to the continuance of a so-called “Apostolic Succession.”
1 JOHN
1:7 “Christ” is dropped. This word brings the cleansing blood into relationship with our great anointed High Priest who ever liveth to make intercession for us. Many cults believe that Jesus (as man) died for the original sin of Adam and that Christ (as a spirit) rose without the body. John would have us know that the one who died and the one who arose are the same.
3:5 “our” is removed from before “sins.” Once again the question of whose sins were taken away is raised. There have been sins committed by angels and men. The “our sins” refers the atonement to those of men. (see my comments under Hebrews 1;3).
3:14 “his brother” is removed. The teaching of the Word is that a true Christian will love his brother in Christ. If a man does not love a true Christian, then it is evident that he is still lost and abides in death. The test of spiritual life is not that we love, but that we love the brethren (see John 13:34,35).
4:19 “We love him” is changed to “We love.” The object of God’s love is us, and the object of our love is him. Christians are not just people who love, but people who love God because of his grace. The very next verse deals with the professor who says he loves God but is a liar. Lost people may love, but saved people love God.
5:7 The whole verse bearing testimony to the Triune God is discarded. There are at least 20 Greek manuscripts which have this verse in. It is also seen in the writings of the church fathers and lectionaries. It directly affects the Bible doctrine of the Trinity.
REVELATION
5:10 “kings and priests” is changed to “a kingdom of priests.” The 24 elders are representative of all the redeemed who in Christ are constituted kings and priests. A kingdom of priests smells of Nicolaitanism (the rule of the clergy over the laity) and the priesthood for a select few as in the Roman Catholic Church. (The same change is seen in 1:6)
8:13 “an angel” is changed to “an eagle.” This is most amusing and shows how captive the Revisers are to their corrupt text. In a setting replete with angels we are told about a talking eagle who pronounces three more “Woes” to the inhabiters of the earth.
14:5 “before the throne of God” is dropped.
20:9 “from God” is dropped. At the end of the Kingdom Age the enemies of God are destroyed by fire “from God out of heaven.” God is the one who will destroy all enemies and create a new heaven and a new earth.
20:12 “before God” is changed to “before the throne.” The dead will be raised, not to stand before an impersonal throne, but to stand before “the God” [literal]. Many would like to change the personal God into some kind of Divine Mind or Supreme Being.
CONCLUSION
All that has gone before makes it very clear that Christian Doctrine is greatly affected by the changes. The MINORITY Text is the source of these changes and the New Modern Versions usually follow that Text. It is unthinkable that men of God would continue to advocate the use of these versions when they are in complete possession of all the facts. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to guide us into “all truth.” May he be allowed to have his way in our hearts. If you have read this book and are of the same persuasion as the author, I would exhort you to give copies to your Christian friends. It is very important that they understand the issue confronting the Church today. As great numbers of Christian people let their voices be heard for the retention of God’s Word, as given to us in the Traditional Text, there will be a restoration of the same in the pulpits and in the Christian schools of our land.
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Apostasy
Wolves who Weaponize and Monetize! Beware! [podcast]
Wolves who Weaponize and Monetize! Beware!
Church membership as perpetrated today was never supposed to be. It’s not found in the Scriptures. Each of His people are members of His body, His one church. Real fellowship and assembling, getting together, is biblical and yet as has always been the case, sinful men use it to exploit those who gather to worship their LORD. At the beginning and end of His ministry, Jesus destroyed the wicked leaders who were robbing the people.
“And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? 17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.” Matthew 21:12-17
They are making merchandise of you just as Peter foretold! Read 2 Peter 2:1-3.
Assembling as believers is commanded by God and yet not in order to be exploited by the devouring wolves we’ve been warned to beware of (Matthew 7:15; 24:11; 1 John 4:1-3, etc.). When God’s people gather, assemble, it is rather to be edified in Christ, richly blessed in the Word of God (Acts 2:42-47; Colossians 3:16; Hebrews 10:24; 2 Peter 2:1-3).
“If you go to the brick and mortar buildings and you don’t give your money then you’re nobody to them. I was out searching for a place where I could stay and hear the true gospel but that’s not happening in these brick and mortar buildings. These people need to truly repent.” Veronica
Church membership is just another attempt, lure, and seduction to misplace the faith and allegiance and identity of Christ’s saints away from Christ Himself (1 Corinthians 1:29-2:5; 2 Corinthians 4:5; Colossians 2:18-19). Beloved of God, you are bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 7:23). This highest price—the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a cross —was paid by the Son of God to purchase you to Himself and the Father (1 Timothy 1:15; 2:5-6; Titus 2:14, etc.). HE is your identity and thereafter His true remnant body who live for Him daily, who are crucified with Christ perpetually, not counterfeit church goers/members. Memorize Galatians 6:14. For more on the body of Christ, read Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, and Ephesians 2 and 4. God’s Word is your final divine authority, not mere men or organizations of mere men (Mark 13:31; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21, etc.).
“Thank you for exposing this. I used to attend an assembly of God here in Olympia and I found it to be false. After a couple years my eyes were opened and I left because a lot of it was a new apostolic reformation or something similar to that they were just off, and at one point they had a homosexual male on the platform scolding the church for how they are mean and nasty to homosexuals because they think they’re better than them. I was attacked for forsaking the assembly and received other statements urging me to come back so I wouldn’t be sinning.” Bella
Anyone trying to get you to become a member of their church is seeking to monetize you to build a church business at your expense.
The reason why many professing Christian do not see the things we are seeing in the Word today in this message, is that they are not in God’s Word for themselves.
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
Most who claim Christ don’t know His Word and many don’t want to know it, otherwise they’d be in it and it would be in them.
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Hosea 4:6
QUESTION ASKED:
“What if someone is born again, biblically baptized by immersion, but not a formal member of any local church, however they attend church regularly. Could they partake in the Lord’s supper?”
REPLY:
Yes, who else is a higher authority than the Most High who saved you into His church/family? WHAT other “membership” would be needed as if Christ’s saving you and putting you into His family as a member of His body wasn’t enough? Read 1 Corinthians 12. You are a member of the one universal blood bought, born again body of Christ. Any other so-called church membership is a fraud and an afront to Christ. He didn’t die and rise again to then hand over the reigns to a bunch of self-serving enterprising, greedy pharisaical nicolaitan wolves. Read Jeremiah 23; Ezekiel 34; Matthew 23; 2 Peter 2:1-3; Revelation 2:6, 15. Oh and this isn’t even to mention that these fake “churches” are 501(C)(3) corporations. They have entered into an unholy alliance with the state and by doing so have affronted, rejected the Savior. They entered into a contract with the state unnecessarily and are now under the antichrist dominion of the state, who can tell them where and what they preach and can’t preach.”
“This church membership topic riles me up! Many judge us because we don’t go to church. I want nothing to do with how apostate they have become. Most are in willful sin and could care less. Jesus is not there!” Karen Cochran
One dear sister in Christ shared this:
NEARLY EVERY LOCAL “CHURCH” IS A COMPLETE SCAM IN THIS LATE HOUR, JUST AS WAS FORETOLD.
“Partnership, as defined by most ministries, today, is you send them a check every month & they send you a letter with some Scriptures. Very sad. However, I take refuge in this Scripture – 1 Peter 4:17. It’s not a political problem, it’s a spiritual problem. During the scamdemic, I suggested we give groceries to those who needed them, have a cookout with burgers & hotdogs, offer healing to those who needed it, fellowship among the people. The church had a wonderful full circle drive so the people could pull in, we’d fill their trunk with groceries, etc. I was told “NO.” I offered to handle all of it, pay for it, still “NO.” The pastor wanted to remain shut down. I went ahead & did it from my home. I hired a Christian group to sing, we preached the Word, fed the people, prayed for anyone who wanted it. Quitting should never be a part of our vocabulary. The religious manipulation is off the charts. Filling seats & manipulating people for financial gain is repulsive.” Charlotte
The fact that most brick and mortar church building based churches are not run biblically in no way negates the need for essential, real, biblical fellowship. To this point, a brother in Christ named Peter writes:
“People want faith community even if there is church membership and mandatory tithing. People want social life with other believers. It’s safe and not that sinful. Yet, I’m against church buildings but I believe in accountability to one another and God.” Peter
Church membership ropes you into an unholy alliance with the state and a state owned church. Example:
“During the scam-demic, many churches hid behind Romans 13 and said they must obey the government. Yet there are many examples in the Bible where God’s people did not obey because it went against God and was evil. Just as in modern day with all the covid supposed mandates. Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego did not obey. Daniel, and the apostles. And many more disobeyed civil authorities when they demanded things that went against God and His will. The fake churches used Romans 13 because really they were afraid of standing for Jesus! So they cowered in fear! Hiding behind masks, closed doors and vax’s. But wearing masks was not such a big deal because most already are wearing them. Hiding behind their pharisaical and self-righteous attitudes pretending to holy.” Karen Cochran
God exposed these fake “churches” and fake “Christians” for all to see. “Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men“ (Acts 5:29). The false churches had already sold the Savior down the river for the state when they signed up for their 501C3—which is a contract with lots of small print. That contract they chose to enter into, makes those “churches” the government’s, the state’s churches. As we saw with the scamdemic, the state tells what they can preach, where they can preach, and when they can preach. I walked into a “church” to visit some friends during this period and was shocked that they all had on masks, were doing the 6-foot satanic ceremony rule etc. I departed. Sickening sacrilege.
“God’s true church can’t be contained in a building…God’s true church is being led out of these lukewarm businesses labeled as churches….God’s true church isn’t a man led organization ….it’s a relationship with GOD Himself. God’s true church isn’t a temple made by hands….their very own body is where God resides.” Kathy Lemonds
A MEME FROM A SNAKE “PASTOR”
In a meme, “Pastor” HB Charles Jr. is promoting Michael Foster, who writes:
“Nothing grows a Christian like a serious commitment to a single church week in and week out for years and years. Not conferences. Not social media. Not even personal devotions. The local church is where mature Christians are slowly forged in the fires of mundane faithfulness.” – Michael Foster
Notice “a serious commitment to a single church.” This is something God never commanded and it contradicts the essential responsibility He gave anyone who would be HIS disciple. The fruit of good church attenders makes it more than abundantly clear that this whole church attendance, church membership push is diabolical. It’s irrefutably producing bad fruit (Matthew 7:15-21). Let’s further test ‘pastor” Michael Foster’s statement, shall we? So John the Baptist, the apostles Paul, John, Peter, etc., didn’t attend church weekly or “week in and week out” and so you are saying they didn’t grow? Wow. Michael Foster is a typical programmed pawn—an indoctrinated dupe. He reeks of pride and greed (2 Peter 2:1-3). He’s building a church busine$$. Read his words again and think $ and how he is bearing false witness against the LORD he deceitfully pretends to represent as he is seeking to ensure his income for a long time to come. Wolves are making merchandise of their prey (2 Peter 2:1-3)!
“Never heard of the church building places of ‘worship’ until Constantine came along, the father of that demonic religion called ‘Catholic.'” Mark Owen
Seminarian marketing to farm the community—not to preach the whole counsel of God but rather gain more church members. They push for their pawns to invite others in order to get them more members which means more money. They campaign for more money for their unbiblical “church” projects, and yet never push for more personal Bible reading, evangelism, more of the crucified life, more worship of God, repentance, holiness, the fear of the LORD, etc…. and you still don’t see what’s going on?
Wow!
Okay so you go to a church building on Sunday morning yet don’t seek God in His Word and prayer daily? You are backslidden—which means you are away from God. Any person saved in the past and yet who is not presently hungering and thirsting after more of Christ, of His righteousness, has backslidden and in need of true repentance before it’s too late.
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6
“The activities and ‘fellowship’ only among themselves can be a big distraction to serving the Lord and doing His work and will. Not to mention keeping you enslaved to the false unbiblical doctrines they preach there. No one is allowed to disagree with the pastor(s) and leaders.” B.
Totally disagree with these “pastors” who are wolves building church businesses. How many “good church members” do we see winning souls, evangelizing, feeding Christ’s sheep His Word, denying self, taking up the cross, devouring God’s Word, living the crucified life, talking about judgment, repentance, overcoming all sin, and being ready for Christ’s return daily? None. Jesus says we know them “by their fruit” (Matthew 7:16, 20). 99% of local churches = bad fruit. The LORD’s true under shepherds are preparing and equipping Christ’s disciples “for the WORK of the ministry” not to do THEIR (the pastor’s) bidding, work in his little Sunday morning circus gathering where he performs and collects money. Only counterfeits prop up, support counterfeits (Ezekiel 22:25-27; Hosea 4:9; 2 John 10-11).
“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.” 2 Peter 2:1-3
Here’s a biblical perspective: Being a good church member at a local “church” is never once taught in the Bible. No it’s something false prophets push for their own self-serving purpose and agenda. It’s for their benefit, not yours.
1 Chronicles 21:1 David was influenced by “Satan” in numbering the people …. this is a tool in order to control, manipulate and monetize the people…
GOD never called you to be a “good church member.” No, He called you to repent, to deny yourself, to live the crucified life, to seek His holy face daily with reckless abandon, to fellowship daily with His people, and to obey His Great Commission mandate.
THE FACT that you have no Great Commission involvement, no personal evangelism, no real fruit of good works in your life…. doesn’t this clearly reveal that you, as a good church member, are merely propping up a church busine$$, funding a fraud?
Can a man or woman of God sit back and just allow lost souls to go to hell without doing something about it, without having great conviction of conscience toward repentance, refreshing, and Great Commission Gospel action?
The next time some churchianity dupe begins to preach to you about “going to church”…. Tell them you don’t wait till Sundays, you fellowship in prayer and the Word daily with other saints of Christ (Acts 2:42). Ask them when the last time was that they personally preached the Gospel, fed the flock of God the Word of God, and led someone to Jesus…. mic drop, crickets.
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6
Okay so you go to a church building on Sunday morning yet don’t seek God in His Word and prayer daily? You are backslidden—which means you are away from God. Any person saved in the past and yet who is not presently hungering and thirsting after more of Christ, of His righteousness, has backslidden and is in need of true repentance before it’s too late.
The Truth about Fellowship and Going to “Church”
Perhaps a simple observance of the earliest followers of Jesus would inform us that they weren’t always “in church” serving some wolf but rather they went “every where preaching the word,” etc. (Acts 8:4), right? Oh and their gatherings were quite simple with no religious gold gathering bureaucracy! See Acts 2:42.
What they do is basically make you their good church member then get you to go tell others so that their church busine$$ grows that way. Notice how no one is being equipped “for the work of the ministry” (Ephesians 4:11-14) by being taught to minister and to do it out in the world daily…. to bring the blessing, the bless-ed Gospel to the people. No. Instead they become like little agents of their local church which is now their idol. They are sent out to invite folks to church instead of bringing the KING to those same people.
Wake up. Repent before God of wasting His time and resources on such wolves in sheep’s clothing. Deny self, take up the cross, follow Jesus (Luke 9:23-24).
“Being a Christian isn’t about making a weekly trip to a so-called church building. No, it’s about BECOMING the church, an actual place where Jesus lives.” Matt McMillen
“Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” John 14:23
“God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.” Psalms 89:7
Good Church Member or True Disciple of Christ?
Wolves can be known in that they don’t get their prey in the Word for themselves (2 Timothy 2:15).
Going to be entertained on Sunday mornings as what some call “church” does not replace daily Bible reading and prayer and the cross (Luke 9:23-24; 2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:17, etc.).
Anyone not in God’s Word and living a life of prayer every day as they seek His holy face fervently, has told the LORD that He is not important to them … and they will not make it (Matthew 25:1-13).
There is NO work, no-thing transpiring on the earth more important than the work of our LORD’s Gospel. Most of the other things are vying for your affections. Read Luke 21 and Colossians 3:1-4. JESUS is coming.
Summation:
The instruction of Hebrews 10:24 is from God and yet never intended to give license to men to build their own kingdoms, to exploit and use the people for their own self-serving and greed-driven agenda.
Yes there are elders ordained in Christ’s body and they are to feed (John 21:15-17), to warn (Colossians 1:28), to teach sound doctrine to the members of Christ’s body (Titus 2:1), to teach them discernment (Ezekiel 44:23), etc. This can be in a regular meeting time and place. That’s not a sin. The sin comes in when we don’t see biblically stated things being accomplished and that’s how we know those are false shepherds and this would involve most local brick and mortar based “churches” today.
The truth is self-evident. Fruit. Not all but the vast majority of local churches are absolutely apostate as the Bible foretold (2 Timothy 3:13; Matthew 24:11; 1 Timothy 4:1-2, etc.). There is no blood of Jesus, no cross, no crucified life, no judgment to come, no sin, no repentance, no holiness, no readiness for Christ’s return, no KJB, etc. Apostasy. Fellowship as defined by Holy Writ is essential, not church attendance. Saints, people do not need us. They do not need our fellowship. They need Christ and His people and that should be 24/7. The headquarters of the true saint is the throne of our God, right? (Jeremiah 17:12; Hebrews 4:14-16; 7:24-26). That doesn’t mean that attending a fellowship weekly is wrong and yet, is it a real fellowship? One should examine the fruit and ask: Am I growing in Christ? Am I growing to know Him (John 17:3)? Do I live a repented life and a crucified life? Is the extent of my relationship with the LORD going to church/church attendance? Do I care for and help the body of Christ? Do I evangelize? etc. The professing church has largely misused Hebrews 10:25. Fellowshipping, assembling is essential, is commanded, and that would be according to how Scripture defines assembly fellowship, not the modern church (Acts 2:42-47; Colossians 3:16, etc.). If one is part of a rare truly Christ-centered, Scripture-rich fellowship, that’s a blessing. The problem is that most aren’t. And they must be exhorted to “try the spirits” as 1 John 4:1 instructs.
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Apostasy
Is Karma Biblical? [podcast]
The Karma Concept is a Diabolical Con Job and a counterfeit for God’s system of sowing and reaping: No disciple of Jesus should ever use the word/term “karma” unless exposing it for the lie that it is.
First off, the concept of karma is antichrist in that it teaches that people, sinners, can earn their own way into a better eternity by living good or kindly in this life. Lie.
The concept of karma is based on the lie that men will be reincarnated and that sinners, based on their own performance on earth in their first life, will be rewarded accordingly in their next life. Well the Bible teaches that mankind is hopelessly sinful and cannot forgive or save himself (Genesis 6:5,12; Isaiah 59:16; Jeremiah 17:9; Ezekiel 22:30; Romans 3:9-29; Galatians 2:21, etc.). The Word of God informs us that our next destination will be either Heaven or hell, not coming back to the earth for a new life or do-over. The Bible teaches us that “ALL have sinned” against our Maker and our eternal, irrevocable destination will be based on whether or not we receive or reject His gift of salvation granted solely on the basis of the perfect and precious blood of the Son of God who died on the cross and was raised again to take away our sins (Romans 3:21-25; 5:1-2; 6:23; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 3:18, etc.).
The shed blood of Jesus Christ is the only payment that could have ever and did fully satisfy the claims of the Father’s justice to redeem fallen mankind back from sin.
“He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied (paid in full – “It is finished”): by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.” Isaiah 53:11
1 Peter 1
“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” 1 Peter 1:18-23
Karma is a lie.
David Taylor writes:
“Sowing and reaping: is always a true biblical principle, and for those who heap up judgement for themselves.”
“God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.” Psalm 7:11
“The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.” Proverbs 3:33
“ALL men” have sinned against our Maker and are thereby guilty and separated from Him because He is “Holy, holy, holy” (Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 8:4).
“…they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one … 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:9-10, 23
God’s Word declares all men to be sinners, who have all broken His holy commandments, and who will reap eternal death which is irrevocable separation from God, if they die unforgiven by God through Christ (Romans 1-6, etc.).
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23
How have we sinned against God? To begin with, we’ve all lied and the Bible says: “Thou shalt not bear false witness.” We’ve all used the name of the LORD in vain – “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” We’ve all stolen something along the way – “Thou shalt not steal” (Exodus 20).
In and of ourselves, outside of Christ, here’s what all men look like to God:
“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Isaiah 64:6
In short, karma denies our need for Christ and says we can earn or merit our own way into comfort and blessings without Jesus.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9
“Reincarnation is taught by true believers in Karma. Reincarnation is the rebirth of the soul in a new body. Depending on the religion or the particular philosophy the soul can make an appearance as another person, animal or plant as it makes its way to an eventual escape from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.” owlcation
The Bible term and associated definition, truth, is sowing and reaping, and not karma.
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” Galatians 6:7-8
In the Hindu and Buddhist religions, karma is the concept, the teaching that depending on how a person lives their life on earth determines how they will be reincarnated in their next life. It is the idea that how you live your life, this one, will determine the quality of life you will have after reincarnation. In these false religions there is no savior and so you are earning your own way to God and His blessings. False..
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9
Salvation is the gift of God purchased by the precious blood of His only begotten Son Jesus Christ.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
Karma is a false teaching. No born again believer should ever use this word unless they are exposing it for what it is.
Reincarnation is a lie and therefore so is karma because karma is the mythical, erroneous idea that the way you live this life will determine your plight in the next life. But the Bible says:
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” Hebrews 9:27
Also, what do Satan’s heresies of purgatory and karma have in common? – They both promise a second chance. But the Bible says when we die our eternal destination is final – Heaven or hell.
Judgment immediately follows death, not a second chance.
Satan wants people to think they have a second chance and not to take this one and only life seriously. The Bible tells us that immediately upon death we are judged to go to Heaven or hell (Luke 16:19-31). When we die we will stand before our Maker to be judged for our one life in this one body on the earth (Romans 14:10; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 20:11-15, etc.). There will be no second chance. We will not return as someone or something else.
“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” Ecclesiastes 12:7
“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” Matthew 25:46
“And he (thief on the cross next to Jesus) said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:42-43
The way you live this life – in Christ or out of Christ – will determine your eternal destination, as in Heaven or hell.
“The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.” Proverbs 15:24
World religions teach that man earns his own way to God. God’s Word teaches that all men, born after Adam, are insolvently sinful (unable to pay the debt) and in need of the saving grace of God which is exclusively found in the crucified and risen Savior, Jesus Christ.
More Verses Biblically Disproving Reincarnation:
“But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 so man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.” Job 14:10-12
“For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.” Psalm 78:39
“If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.” Job 14:14
“But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” 2 Samuel 12:23
“When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.” Job 16:22
“As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.” Job 7:9-10
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8
“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” John 5:28-29
“Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.” Job 8:12-13
“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” Daniel 12:2
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” 2 Corinthians 5:10
“When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.” Proverbs 11:7
“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” 2 Corinthians 5:1
Summation: When you die, you will be immediately in Heaven or hell – in bliss or blistering, burning fire.
Making Peace with God – Now, before it’s too late. Go here.
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Apostasy
How We Know the Bible is the only Holy Book on Planet Earth [podcast]
There’s only one Book whose Author is God. Only God knows the future – and His foretelling of the future in the Bible clearly proves it’s His Book.
Law of probability and the fulfillment of Bible prophecies:
Odds of the more than 300 prophecies of the prophets concerning the coming Messiah, given hundreds of years prior to His arrival coming true are:
8,749,002,899,132,046,697,490,008,908,470,485,461,412,622,723,572,849,745,…
703,082,425,425,639,811,996,797,503,692,894,052,708,092,215,296 to 1
Fact: Only the Almighty could know the future and forthtell it in specific detail, long before it ever happened. THIS is how we know that the Bible is truly the Word of the one true God and that all other so-called “holy books” are frauds.
“Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.” Mark 13:31
The facts stated, demonstrated in this message will cause the wise to put God’s written Word as the final divine authority of their lives. He said it. I believe it. That settles it.
“For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.” Psalms 119:89
Of the words of God, the Bible assures us that “no one of these shall fail …” (Isaiah 34:16). We know that no promise or prophecy in Scripture has ever failed to come to pass, with the exception of the fulfillment of those which lie just ahead in this last hour as we anticipate the soon return of Christ and the setting up of His kingdom (Revelation 19:11-16, etc.).
“My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.” Psalms 89:34
FULFILLED PROPHECY: THIS IS HOW WE KNOW WITHOUT QUESTION, THAT THE BIBLE IS THE ONLY HOLY BOOK ON GOD’S EARTH
God told us “the end from the beginning” – He foretold what was coming – and this is why His people have the news before the news! (Isaiah 46:9-10)
This is an essential component of divine truth imperative for a sound foundation in Christ’s kingdom truth.
“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: BEFORE they spring forth I tell you of them.” Isaiah 42:9
The Bible is God’s Word and therefore penned by divine inspiration (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:19-21). It is “the news before the news.” Only the Almighty could have foretold, told before it happened, the future things (Isaiah 46:9-10). This is how we know with no doubt that the Bible is the only Holy Book on His planet. Only God Himself could know the future and tell what would happen before it happened.
Read Matthew 24 and Luke 21. Then read the book of Revelation. This is the only way to see into the future and be prepared.
“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:” Isaiah 46:9-10
WHO could possibly declare “the end from the beginning” other than God Himself?
The Bible is unique among all supposed “holy” books. God’s Word, the Word He gave, foretells the END from the BEGINNING. It foretells what it fulfills. No other supposed Holy book can stake this claim.
ONLY GOD COULD KNOW “THE END FROM THE BEGINNING” (ISAIAH 46:9-10).
“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:” Isaiah 46:9-10
Did you catch that? Read it again.
MEDITATE ON THIS. THE BIBLE IS THE VERY WORD OF GOD AND IS SEEN TO BE JUST THAT BECAUSE IT FORETOLD IN DETAIL BEFOREHAND MANY EVENTS THAT HAVE COME TO PASS JUST AS THEY WERE SPOKEN HUNDREDS AND SOMETIMES THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THEY HAPPENED. FOR EXAMPLE: THE EXACT TOWN THE MESSIAH WAS TO BE BORN IN (BETHLEHEM) WAS FORETOLD AND HE WAS (MICAH 5:2), THAT HE WOULD BE MIRACULOUSLY BORN OF A VIRGIN AND HE WAS (ISAIAH 7:14), THAT HE WOULD BE CALLED EMMANUEL AND HE WAS AND IS (ISAIAH 7:14), THAT HE WOULD BE BETRAYED FOR 30 PIECES OF SILVER AND HE WAS (ZECHARIAH 11:12-13), …. MORE ON THE CHART BELOW.
The LORD told us in His Word that not one of His promises, including the prophecies of His and our Messiah, would ever fail. They are as sure as life and the One who gave it.
“Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail …” Isaiah 34:16
Only God could and does know and has told the end from the beginning and not one of His promises or prophetic utterances of future events, of the future, has nor will ever fail.
No other “holy book” can make this claim. Only the Bible foretells the future in exact detail and fulfillment. On this basis, we know that every other so-called “holy book” is not holy but rather fraudulent, from the enemy of God himself.
“No other book but the Bible has prophecy. Prophecy is something God said He will do for Israel and it happened hundreds and thousands of years later. The Bible proved itself over time that it is God’s Word. The Quran, or Tibetan book or writings of Confucius have no prophecy like the Hebrew Scriptures. Put your faith in the only trusted Book of the ages and the God who gave it to us. Jesus said heaven and earth will pass away but my word will never pass away but will last forever.” Terrence Przybylski
The specific details of THESE PROPHETIC PROMISES AND THEIR FULFILLMENT WOULD BE STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS THEY ORIGINATED FROM GOD WHO TELLS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING.
Recently a college student asked if Matthew’s Gospel was written merely from his own psyche. No. Matthew wasn’t manufacturing anything in his psyche. He was taking from the prophets, which told us 700 years earlier that the Messiah would be born of a virgin in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). Only the Almighty knows “the end from the beginning” and this is how we know that the Bible is the only Holy Book on HIS planet. No other so-called “holy book” has prophecy with the fulfillment of those prophecies. This is how we know that the words of Holy Scripture came from our Maker, the LORD. No other “holy” book can make this claim. The Bible is God’s Word.
Prophecy: Birth of the Christ foretold:
“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14
Fulfillment:
“Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” Matthew 1:22-23
More prophecies and their fulfillment on the chart below. Please pour prayerfully over the list of these prophecies and their fulfillment and please help others to know this amazing, divine phenomenon. This will be the most foundation-building study of your whole life. This is essential in being truly grounded in Christ.
Over 300 Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in Jesus Christ
| Prophecy | Description | Fulfillment |
| 1. Gen 3:15 | Seed of a woman (virgin birth) | Gal 4:4-5; Matt 1:18 |
| 2. Gen 3:15 | He will bruise Satan’s head | Col 2:14-15; Heb 2:14; 1 John 3:8 |
| 3. Gen 5:24 | The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated | Mark 16:19 |
| 4. Gen 9:26-27 | The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem | Luke 3:36 |
| 5. Gen 12:3 | Seed of Abraham will bless all nations | Gal 3:8; Acts 3:25-26 |
| 6. Gen 12:7 | The Promise made to Abraham’s Seed | Gal 3:16 |
| 7. Gen 14:18 | A priest after the order of Melchizedek | Heb 6:20 |
| 8. Gen 14:18 | King of Peace and Righteousness | Heb 7:2 |
| 9. Gen 14:18 | The Last Supper foreshadowed | Matt 26:26-29 |
| 10. Gen 17:19 | Seed of Isaac (Gen 21:12) | Rom 9:7 |
| 11. Gen 22:8 | The Lamb of God promised | John 1:29 |
| 12. Gen 22:18 | As Isaac’s seed, will bless all nations | Gal 3:16 |
| 13. Gen 26:2-5 | The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer | Heb 11:18 |
| 14. Gen 28:12 | The Bridge to heaven | John 1:51 |
| 15. Gen 28:14 | The Seed of Jacob | Luke 3:34 |
| 16. Gen 49:10 | The time of His coming | Luke 2:1-7; Gal 4:4 |
| 17. Gen 49:10 | The Seed of Judah | Luke 3:33 |
| 18. Gen 49:10 | Called Shiloh or One Sent | John 17:3 |
| 19. Gen 49:10 | Messiah to come before Judah lost identity | John 11:47-52 |
| 20. Gen 49:10 | Unto Him shall the obedience of the people be | John 10:16 |
| 21. Ex 3:13-15 | The Great “I AM” | John 4:26; 8:58 |
| 22. Ex 12:5 | A Lamb without blemish | Heb 9:14; 1 Pet 1:19 |
| 23. Ex 12:13 | The blood of the Lamb saves from wrath | Rom 5:8 |
| 24. Ex 12:21-27 | Christ is our Passover | 1 Cor 5:7 |
| 25. Ex 12:46 | Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken | John 19:31-36 |
| 26. Ex 15:2 | His exaltation predicted as Yeshua | Acts 7:55-56 |
| 27. Ex 15:11 | His Character-Holiness | Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27 |
| 28. Ex 17:6 | The Spiritual Rock of Israel | 1 Cor 10:4 |
| 29. Ex 33:19 | His Character-Merciful | Luke 1:72 |
| 30. Lev 1:2-9 | His sacrifice a sweet smelling savor unto God | Eph 5:2 |
| 31. Lev 14:11 | The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood | Luke 5:12-14; Acts 6:7 |
| 32. Lev 16:15-17 | Prefigures Christ’s once-for-all death | Heb 9:7-14 |
| 33. Lev 16:27 | Suffering outside the Camp | Matt 27:33; Heb. 13:11-12 |
| 34. Lev 17:11 | The Blood-the life of the flesh | Matt 26:28; Mark 10:45 |
| 35. Lev 17:11 | It is the blood that makes atonement | Rom. 3:23-24; 1 John 1:7 |
| 36. Lev 23:36-37 | The Drink-offering: “If any man thirst” | John 7:37 |
| 37. Num 9:12 | Not a bone of Him broken | John 19:31-36 |
| 38. Num 21:9 | The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up | John 3:14-18; 12:32 |
| 39. Num 24:17 | Time: “I shall see him, but not now.” | John 1:14; Gal 4:4 |
| 40. Deut 18:15 | “This is of a truth that prophet” | John 6:14 |
| 41. Deut 18:15-16 | “Had you believed Moses, you would believe me.” | John 5:45-47 |
| 42. Deut 18:18 | Sent by the Father to speak His word | John 8:28-29 |
| 43. Deut 18:19 | Whoever will not hear must bear his sin | Acts 3:22-23 |
| 44. Deut 21:23 | Cursed is he that hangs on a tree | Gal 3:10-13 |
| 45. Joshua 5:14-15 | The Captain of our salvation | Heb 2:10 |
| 46. Ruth 4:4-10 | Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us | Eph 1:3-7 |
| 47. 1 Sam 2:35 | A Faithful Priest | Heb. 2:17; 3:1-3, 6; 7:24-25 |
| 48. 1 Sam 2:10 | Shall be an anointed King to the Lord | Matt 28:18; John 12:15 |
| 49. 2 Sam 7:12 | David’s Seed | Matt 1:1 |
| 50. 2 Sam 7:13 | His Kingdom is everlasting | 2 Pet 1:11 |
| 51. 2 Sam 7:14a | The Son of God | Luke 1:32; Rom 1:3-4 |
| 52. 2 Sam 7:16 | David’s house established forever | Luke 3:31; Rev 22:16 |
| 53. 2 Ki 2:11 | The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated | Luke 24:51 |
| 54. 1 Chr 17:11 | David’s Seed | Matt 1:1; 9:27 |
| 55. 1 Chr 17:12-13 | To reign on David’s throne forever | Luke 1:32-33 |
| 56. 1 Chr 17:13 | “I will be His Father, He…my Son.” | Heb 1:5 |
| 57. Job 9:32-33 | Mediator between man and God | 1 Tim 2:5 |
| 58. Job 19:23-27 | The Resurrection predicted | John 5:24-29 |
| 59. Psa 2:1-3 | The enmity of kings foreordained | Acts 4:25-28 |
| 60. Psa 2:2 | To own the title, Anointed (Christ) | John 1:41; Acts 2:36 |
| 61. Psa 2:6 | His Character-Holiness | John 8:46; Rev 3:7 |
| 62. Psa 2:6 | To own the title King | Matt 2:2 |
| 63. Psa 2:7 | Declared the Beloved Son | Matt 3:17; Rom 1:4 |
| 64. Psa 2:7-8 | The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated | Acts 13:29-33 |
| 65. Psa 2:8-9 | Rule the nations with a rod of iron | Rev 2:27; 12:5; 19:15 |
| 66. Psa 2:12 | Life comes through faith in Him | John 20:31 |
| 67. Psa 8:2 | The mouths of babes perfect His praise | Matt 21:16 |
| 68. Psa 8:5-6 | His humiliation and exaltation | Heb 2:5-9 |
| 69. Psa 9:7-10 | Judge the world in righteousness | Acts 17:31 |
| 70. Psa 16:10 | Was not to see corruption | Acts 2:31; 13:35 |
| 71. Psa 16:9-11 | Was to arise from the dead | John 20:9 |
| 72. Psa 17:15 | The resurrection predicted | Luke 24:6 |
| 73. Psa 18:2-3 | The horn of salvation | Luke 1:69-71 |
| 74. Psa 22:1 | Forsaken because of sins of others | 2 Cor 5:21 |
| 75. Psa 22:1 | “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” | Matt 27:46 |
| 76. Psa 22:2 | Darkness upon Calvary for three hours | Matt 27:45 |
| 77. Psa 22:7 | They shoot out the lip and shake the head | Matt 27:39-44 |
| 78. Psa 22:8 | “He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him” | Matt 27:43 |
| 79. Psa 22:9-10 | Born the Savior | Luke 2:7 |
| 80. Psa 22:12-13 | They seek His death | John 19:6 |
| 81. Psa 22:14 | His blood poured out when they pierced His side | John 19:34 |
| 82. Psa 22:14-15 | Suffered agony on Calvary | Mark 15:34-37 |
| 83. Psa 22:15 | He thirsted | John 19:28 |
| 84. Psa 22:16 | They pierced His hands and His feet | John 19:34-37; 20:27 |
| 85. Psa 22:17-18 | Stripped Him before the stares of men | Luke 23:34-35 |
| 86. Psa 22:18 | They parted His garments | John 19:23-24 |
| 87. Psa 22:20-21 | He committed Himself to God | Luke 23:46 |
| 88. Psa 22:20-21 | Satanic power bruising the Redeemer’s heel | Heb 2:14 |
| 89. Psa 22:22 | His Resurrection declared | John 20:17 |
| 90. Psa 22:27-28 | He shall be the governor of the nations | Col 1:16 |
| 91. Psa 22:31 | “It is finished” | John 19:30; Heb 10:10-12, 14, 18 |
| 92. Psa 23:1 | “I am the Good Shepherd” | John 10:11; 1 Pet 2:25 |
| 93. Psa 24:3 | His exaltation predicted | Acts 1:11; Phil 2:9 |
| 94. Psa 30:3 | His resurrection predicted | Acts 2:32 |
| 95. Psa 31:5 | “Into Your hands I commit my spirit” | Luke 23:46 |
| 96. Psa 31:11 | His acquaintances fled from Him | Mark 14:50 |
| 97. Psa 31:13 | They took counsel to put Him to death | Matt 27:1; John 11:53 |
| 98. Psa 31:14-15 | “He trusted in God, let Him deliver him” | Matt 27:43 |
| 99. Psa 34:20 | Not a bone of Him broken | John 19:31-36 |
| 100. Psa 35:11 | False witnesses rose up against Him | Matt 26:59 |
| 101. Psa 35:19 | He was hated without a cause | John 15:25 |
| 102. Psa 38:11 | His friends stood afar off | Luke 23:49 |
| 103. Psa 38:12 | Enemies try to entangle Him by craft | Mark 14:1; Matt 22:15 |
| 104. Psa 38:12-13 | Silent before His accusers | Matt 27:12-14 |
| 105. Psa 38:20 | He went about doing good | Acts 10:38 |
| 106. Psa 40:2-5 | The joy of His resurrection predicted | John 20:20 |
| 107. Psa 40:6-8 | His delight-the will of the Father | John 4:34; Heb 10:5-10 |
| 108. Psa 40:9 | He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel | Matt 4:17 |
| 109. Psa 40:14 | Confronted by adversaries in the Garden | John 18:4-6 |
| 110. Psa 41:9 | Betrayed by a familiar friend | John 13:18 |
| 111. Psa 45:2 | Words of Grace come from His lips | John 1:17; Luke 4:22 |
| 112. Psa 45:6 | To own the title, God or Elohim | Heb 1:8 |
| 113. Psa 45:7 | A special anointing by the Holy Spirit | Matt 3:16; Heb. 1:9 |
| 114. Psa 45:7-8 | Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed) | Luke 2:11 |
| 115. Psa 45:17 | His name remembered forever | Eph 1:20-21; Heb. 1:8 |
| 116. Psa 55:12-14 | Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy | John 13:18 |
| 117. Psa 55:15 | Unrepentant death of the Betrayer | Matt 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19 |
| 118. Psa 68:18 | To give gifts to men | Eph 4:7-16 |
| 119. Psa 68:18 | Ascended into Heaven | Luke 24:51 |
| 120. Psa 69:4 | Hated without a cause | John 15:25 |
| 121. Psa 69:8 | A stranger to own brethren | John 1:11; 7:5 |
| 122. Psa 69:9 | Zealous for the Lord’s House | John 2:17 |
| 123. Psa 69:14-20 | Messiah’s anguish of soul before crucifixion | Matt 26:36-45 |
| 124. Psa 69:20 | “My soul is exceeding sorrowful” | Matt 26:38 |
| 125. Psa 69:21 | Given vinegar in thirst | Matt 27:34 |
| 126. Psa 69:26 | The Savior given and smitten by God | John 17:4; 18:11 |
| 127. Psa 72:10-11 | Great persons were to visit Him | Matt 2:1-11 |
| 128. Psa 72:16 | The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground | John 12:24-25 |
| 129. Psa 72:17 | Belief on His name will produce offspring | John 1:12-13 |
| 130. Psa 72:17 | All nations shall be blessed by Him | Gal 3:8 |
| 131. Psa 72:17 | All nations shall call Him blessed | John 12:13; Rev 5:8-12 |
| 132. Psa 78:1-2 | He would teach in parables | Matt 13:34-35 |
| 133. Psa 78:2b | To speak the Wisdom of God with authority | Matt 7:29 |
| 134. Psa 80:17 | The Man of God’s right hand | Mark 14:61-62 |
| 135. Psa 88 | The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary | Matt 27:26-50 |
| 136. Psa 88:8 | They stood afar off and watched | Luke 23:49 |
| 137. Psa 89:27 | Firstborn | Col 1:15-18 |
| 138. Psa 89:27 | Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings | Luke 1:32-33 |
| 139. Psa 89:35-37 | David’s Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever | Luke 1:32-33 |
| 140. Psa 89:36-37 | His character-Faithfulness | Rev 1:5; 19:11 |
| 141. Psa 90:2 | He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2) | John 1:1 |
| 142. Psa 91:11-12 | Identified as Messianic, used to tempt Christ | Luke 4:10-11 |
| 143. Psa 97:9 | His exaltation predicted | Acts 1:11; Eph 1:20; Phil 2:9 |
| 144. Psa 100:5 | His character-Goodness | Matt 19:16-17 |
| 145. Psa 102:1-11 | The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary | John 19:16-30 |
| 146. Psa 102:25-27 | Messiah is the Preexistent Son | Heb 1:10-12 |
| 147. Psa 109:25 | Ridiculed | Matt 27:39 |
| 148. Psa 110:1 | Son of David | Matt 22:42-43 |
| 149. Psa 110:1 | To ascend to the right-hand of the Father | Mark 16:19 |
| 150. Psa 110:1 | David’s son called Lord | Matt 22:44-45 |
| 151. Psa 110:4 | A priest after Melchizedek’s order | Heb 6:20 |
| 152. Psa 112:4 | His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al | Matt 9:36 |
| 153. Psa 118:17-18 | Messiah’s Resurrection assured | Luke 24:5-7; 1 Cor 15:20 |
| 154. Psa 118:22-23 | The rejected stone is Head of the corner | Matt 21:42-43; 1 Pet 2:6 |
| 155. Psa 118:26a | The Blessed One presented to Israel | Matt 21:9 |
| 156. Psa 118:26b | To come while Temple standing | Matt 21:12-15 |
| 157. Psa 132:11 | The Seed of David (the fruit of His Body) | Luke 1:32; Act 2:30 |
| 158. Psa 129:3 | He was scourged | Matt 27:26 |
| 159. Psa 138:1-6 | The supremacy of David’s Seed amazes kings | Matt 2:2-6 |
| 160. Psa 147:3-6 | The earthly ministry of Christ described | Luke 4:18 |
| 161. Prov 1:23 | He will send the Spirit of God | John 16:7 |
| 162. Prov 8:23 | Foreordained from everlasting | Rev 13:8; 1 Pet 1:19-20 |
| 163. Song 5:16 | The altogether lovely One | John 1:17 |
| 164. Isa 2:3 | He shall teach all nations | John 4:25 |
| 165. Isa 2:4 | He shall judge among the nations | John 5:22 |
| 166. Isa 6:1 | When Isaiah saw His glory | John 12:40-41 |
| 167. Isa 6:8 | The One Sent by God | John 12:38-45 |
| 168. Isa 6:9-10 | Parables fall on deaf ears | Matt 13:13-15 |
| 169. Isa 6:9-12 | Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words | Acts 28:23-29 |
| 170. Isa 7:14 | To be born of a virgin | Luke 1:35 |
| 171. Isa 7:14 | To be Emmanuel-God with us | Matt 1:18-23; 1 Tim 3:16 |
| 172. Isa 8:8 | Called Emmanuel | Matt 28:20 |
| 173. Isa 8:14 | A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense | 1 Pet 2:8 |
| 174. Isa 9:1-2 | His ministry to begin in Galilee | Matt 4:12-17 |
| 175. Isa 9:6 | A child born-Humanity | Luke 1:31 |
| 176. Isa 9:6 | A Son given-Deity | Luke 1:32; John 1:14; 1 Tim 3:16 |
| 177. Isa 9:6 | Declared to be the Son of God with power | Rom 1:3-4 |
| 178. Isa 9:6 | The Wonderful One, Peleh | Luke 4:22 |
| 179. Isa 9:6 | The Counselor, Yaatz | Matt 13:54 |
| 180. Isa 9:6 | The Mighty God, El Gibor | 1 Cor 1:24; Titus 2:3 |
| 181. Isa 9:6 | The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth | John 8:58; 10:30 |
| 182. Isa 9:6 | The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom | John 16:33 |
| 183. Isa 9:7 | To establish an everlasting kingdom | Luke 1:32-33 |
| 184. Isa 9:7 | His Character-Just | John 5:30 |
| 185. Isa 9:7 | No end to his Government, Throne, and Peace | Luke 1:32-33 |
| 186. Isa 11:1 | Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer | Matt 2:23 |
| 187. Isa 11:1 | A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse | Luke 3:23-32 |
| 188. Isa 11:2 | Anointed One by the Spirit | Matt 3:16-17; Acts 10:38 |
| 189. Isa 11:2 | His Character-Wisdom, Knowledge, et al | Col 2:3 |
| 190. Isa 11:3 | He would know their thoughts | Luke 6:8; John 2:25 |
| 191. Isa 11:4 | Judge in righteousness | Acts 17:31 |
| 192. Isa 11:4 | Judges with the sword of His mouth | Rev 2:16; 19:11, 15 |
| 193. Isa 11:5 | Character: Righteous & Faithful | Rev 19:11 |
| 194. Isa 11:10 | The Gentiles seek Him | John 12:18-21 |
| 195. Isa 12:2 | Called Jesus-Yeshua | Matt 1:21 |
| 196. Isa 22:22 | The One given all authority to govern | Rev 3:7 |
| 197. Isa 25:8 | The Resurrection predicted | 1 Cor 15:54 |
| 198. Isa 26:19 | His power of Resurrection predicted | Matt 27:50-54 |
| 199. Isa 28:16 | The Messiah is the precious corner stone | Acts 4:11-12; 1 Pet 2:6 |
| 200. Isa 28:16 | The Sure Foundation | 1 Cor 3:11; Matt 16:18; 1 Pet 2:6 |
| 201. Isa 29:13 | He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word | Matt 15:7-9 |
| 202. Isa 29:14 | The wise are confounded by the Word | 1 Cor 1:18-31 |
| 203. Isa 32:2 | A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place | Matt 23:37 |
| 204. Isa 35:4 | He will come and save you | Matt 1:21 |
| 205. Isa 35:5-6 | To have a ministry of miracles | Matt 11:2-6 |
| 206. Isa 40:3-4 | Preceded by forerunner | John 1:23 |
| 207. Isa 40:9 | “Behold your God” | John 1:36; 19:14 |
| 208. Isa 40:10 | He will come to reward | Rev 22:12 |
| 209. Isa 40:11 | A shepherd-compassionate life-giver | John 10:10-18 |
| 210. Isa 42:1-4 | The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer | Matt 12:18-21 |
| 211. Isa 42:2 | Meek and lowly | Matt 11:28-30 |
| 212. Isa 42:3 | He brings hope for the hopeless | John 4 |
| 213. Isa 42:4 | The nations shall wait on His teachings | John 12:20-26 |
| 214. Isa 42:6 | The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles | Luke 2:32 |
| 215. Isa 42:1-6 | His is a worldwide compassion | Matt 28:19-20 |
| 216. Isa 42:7 | Blind eyes opened | John 9:25-38 |
| 217. Isa 43:11 | He is the only Savior | Acts 4:12 |
| 218. Isa 44:3 | He will send the Spirit of God | John 16:7-13 |
| 219. Isa 45:21-25 | He is Lord and Savior | Phil 3:20; Titus 2:13 |
| 220. Isa 45:23 | He will be the Judge | John 5:22; Rom 14:11 |
| 221. Isa 46:9-10 | Declares things not yet done | John 13:19 |
| 222. Isa 48:12 | The First and the Last | John 1:30; Rev 1:8, 17 |
| 223. Isa 48:16-17 | He came as a Teacher | John 3:2 |
| 224. Isa 49:1 | Called from the womb-His humanity | Matt 1:18 |
| 225. Isa 49:5 | A Servant from the womb | Luke 1:31; Phil 2:7 |
| 226. Isa 49:6 | He will restore Israel | Acts 3:19-21; 15:16-17 |
| 227. Isa 49:6 | He is Salvation for Israel | Luke 2:29-32 |
| 228. Isa 49:6 | He is the Light of the Gentiles | John 8:12; Acts 13:47 |
| 229. Isa 49:6 | He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth | Acts 15:7-18 |
| 230. Isa 49:7 | He is despised of the Nation | John 1:11; 8:48-49; 19:14-15 |
| 231. Isa 50:3 | Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation | Luke 23:44-45 |
| 232. Isa 50:4 | He is a learned counselor for the weary | Matt 7:29; 11:28-29 |
| 233. Isa 50:5 | The Servant bound willingly to obedience | Matt 26:39 |
| 234. Isa 50:6a | “I gave my back to those who struck Me” | Matt 27:26 |
| 235. Isa 50:6b | He was smitten on the cheeks | Matt 26:67 |
| 236. Isa 50:6c | He was spat upon | Matt 27:30 |
| 237. Isa 52:7 | Published good tidings upon mountains | Matt 5:12; 15:29; 28:16 |
| 238. Isa 52:13 | The Servant exalted | Acts 1:8-11; Eph 1:19-22; Phil 2:5-9 |
| 239. Isa 52:14 | The Servant shockingly abused | Luke 18:31-34; Matt 26:67-68 |
| 240. Isa 52:15 | Nations startled by message of the Servant | Luke 18:31-34; Matt 26:67-68 |
| 241. Isa 52:15 | His blood shed sprinkles nations | Heb 9:13-14; Rev 1:5 |
| 242. Isa 53:1 | His people would not believe Him | John 12:37-38 |
| 243. Isa 53:2 | Appearance of an ordinary man | Phil 2:6-8 |
| 244. Isa 53:3a | Despised | Luke 4:28-29 |
| 245. Isa 53:3b | Rejected | Matt 27:21-23 |
| 246. Isa 53:3c | Great sorrow and grief | Matt 26:37-38; Luke 19:41; Heb 4:15 |
| 247. Isa 53:3d | Men hide from being associated with Him | Mark 14:50-52 |
| 248. Isa 53:4a | He would have a healing ministry | Matt 8:16-17 |
| 249. Isa 53:4b | Thought to be cursed by God | Matt 26:66; 27:41-43 |
| 250. Isa 53:5a | Bears penalty for mankind’s iniquities | 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 2:9 |
| 251. Isa 53:5b | His sacrifice provides peace between man and God | Col 1:20 |
| 252. Isa 53:5c | His sacrifice would heal man of sin | 1 Pet 2:24 |
| 253. Isa 53:6a | He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind | 1 John 2:2; 4:10 |
| 254. Isa 53:6b | God’s will that He bear sin for all mankind | Gal 1:4 |
| 255. Isa 53:7a | Oppressed and afflicted | Matt 27:27-31 |
| 256. Isa 53:7b | Silent before his accusers | Matt 27:12-14 |
| 257. Isa 53:7c | Sacrificial lamb | John 1:29; 1 Pet 1:18-19 |
| 258. Isa 53:8a | Confined and persecuted | Matt 26:47-27:31 |
| 259. Isa 53:8b | He would be judged | John 18:13-22 |
| 260. Isa 53:8c | Killed | Matt 27:35 |
| 261. Isa 53:8d | Dies for the sins of the world | 1 John 2:2 |
| 262. Isa 53:9a | Buried in a rich man’s grave | Matt 27:57 |
| 263. Isa 53:9b | Innocent and had done no violence | Luke 23:41; John 18:38 |
| 264. Isa 53:9c | No deceit in his mouth | 1 Pet 2:22 |
| 265. Isa 53:10a | God’s will that He die for mankind | John 18:11 |
| 266. Isa 53:10b | An offering for sin | Matt 20:28; Gal 3:13 |
| 267. Isa 53:10c | Resurrected and live forever | Rom 6:9 |
| 268. Isa 53:10d | He would prosper | John 17:1-5 |
| 269. Isa 53:11a | God fully satisfied with His suffering | John 12:27; 19:30 |
| 270. Isa 53:11b | God’s servant would justify man | Rom 5:8-9, 18-19 |
| 271. Isa 53:11c | The sin-bearer for all mankind | Heb 9:28 |
| 272. Isa 53:12a | Exalted by God because of his sacrifice | Matt 28:18; Phil 2:9 |
| 273. Isa 53:12b | He would give up his life to save mankind | Luke 23:46; Jn 10:18 |
| 274. Isa 53:12c | Numbered with the transgressors | Mark 15:27-28 |
| 275. Isa 53:12d | Sin-bearer for all mankind | 1 Pet 2:24; 2 Cor 5:19 |
| 276. Isa 53:12e | Intercede to God in behalf of mankind | Luke 23:34; Rom 8:34 |
| 277. Isa 55:3 | Resurrected by God | Acts 13:34 |
| 278. Isa 55:4a | A witness | John 18:37 |
| 279. Isa 55:4b | He is a leader and commander | Heb 2:10 |
| 280. Isa 55:5 | God would glorify Him | Acts 3:13 |
| 281. Isa 59:16a | Intercessor between man and God | Matt 10:32 |
| 282. Isa 59:16b | He would come to provide salvation | John 6:40 |
| 283. Isa 59:20 | He would come to Zion as their Redeemer | Luke 2:38 |
| 284. Isa 60:1-3 | He would show light to the Gentiles | Acts 26:23 |
| 285. Isa 61:1a | The Spirit of God upon him | Matt 3:16-17 |
| 286. Isa 61:1b | The Messiah would preach the good news | Luke 4:16-21 |
| 287. Isa 61:1c | Provide freedom from the bondage of sin | John 8:31-36 |
| 288. Isa 61:1-2a | Proclaim a period of grace | Gal 4:4-5 |
| 289. Jer 23:5-6 | Descendant of David | Luke 3:23-31 |
| 290. Jer 23:5-6 | The Messiah would be both God and Man | John 13:13; 1 Tim 3:16 |
| 291. Jer 31:22 | Born of a virgin | Matt 1:18-20 |
| 292. Jer 31:31 | The Messiah would be the new covenant | Matt 26:28 |
| 293. Jer 33:14-15 | Descendant of David | Luke 3:23-31 |
| 294. Ezek 34:23-24 | Descendant of David | Matt 1:1 |
| 295. Ezek 37:24-25 | Descendant of David | Luke 1:31-33 |
| 296. Dan 2:44-45 | The Stone that shall break the kingdoms | Matt 21:44 |
| 297. Dan 7:13-14a | He would ascend into heaven | Acts 1:9-11 |
| 298. Dan 7:13-14b | Highly exalted | Eph 1:20-22; Phil 2:9 |
| 299. Dan 7:13-14c | His dominion would be everlasting | Luke 1:31-33 |
| 300. Dan 9:24a | To make an end to sins | Gal 1:3-5 |
| 301. Dan 9:24a | To make reconciliation for iniquity | Rom 5:10; 2 Cor 5:18-21 |
| 302. Dan 9:24b | He would be holy | Luke 1:35 |
| 303. Dan 9:25 | His announcement | John 12:12-13 |
| 304. Dan 9:26a | Cut off | Matt 16:21; 21:38-39 |
| 305. Dan 9:26b | Die for the sins of the world | Heb 2:9 |
| 306. Dan 9:26c | Killed before the destruction of the temple | Matt 27:50-51 |
| 307. Dan 10:5-6 | Messiah in a glorified state | Rev 1:13-16 |
| 308. Hos 11:1 | He would be called out of Egypt | Matt 2:15 |
| 309. Hos 13:14 | He would defeat death | 1 Cor 15:55-57 |
| 310. Joel 2:32 | Offer salvation to all mankind | Rom 10:9-13 |
| 311. Jonah 1:17 | Death and resurrection of Christ | Matt 12:40; 16:4 |
| 312. Mic 5:2a | Born in Bethlehem | Matt 2:1-6 |
| 313. Mic 5:2b | Ruler in Israel | Luke 1:33 |
| 314. Mic 5:2c | From everlasting | John 8:58 |
| 315. Hag 2:6-9 | He would visit the second Temple | Luke 2:27-32 |
| 316. Hag 2:23 | Descendant of Zerubbabel | Luke 2:27-32 |
| 317. Zech 3:8 | God’s servant | John 17:4 |
| 318. Zech 6:12-13 | Priest and King | Heb 8:1 |
| 319. Zech 9:9a | Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem | Matt 21:8-10 |
| 320. Zech 9:9b | Beheld as King | John 12:12-13 |
| 321. Zech 9:9c | The Messiah would be just | John 5:30 |
| 322. Zech 9:9d | The Messiah would bring salvation | Luke 19:10 |
| 323. Zech 9:9e | The Messiah would be humble | Matt 11:29 |
| 324. Zech 9:9f | Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey | Matt 21:6-9 |
| 325. Zech 10:4 | The cornerstone | Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:6 |
| 326. Zech 11:4-6a | At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders | Matt 23:1-4 |
| 327. Zech 11:4-6b | Rejection causes God to remove His protection | Luke 19:41-44 |
| 328. Zech 11:4-6c | Rejected in favor of another king | John 19:13-15 |
| 329. Zech 11:7 | Ministry to “poor,” the believing remnant | Matt 9:35-36 |
| 330. Zech 11:8a | Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them | Matt 23:33 |
| 331. Zech 11:8b | Despised | Matt 27:20 |
| 332. Zech 11:9 | Stops ministering to those who rejected Him | Matt 13:10-11 |
| 333. Zech 11:10-11a | Rejection causes God to remove protection | Luke 19:41-44 |
| 334. Zech 11:10-11b | The Messiah would be God | John 14:7 |
| 335. Zech 11:12-13a | Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver | Matt 26:14-15 |
| 336. Zech 11:12-13b | Rejected | Matt 26:14-15 |
| 337. Zech 11:12-13c | Thirty pieces of silver cast in the house of the Lord | Matt 27:3-5 |
| 338. Zech 11:12-13d | The Messiah would be God | John 12:45 |
| 339. Zech 12:10a | The Messiah’s body would be pierced | John 19:34-37 |
| 340. Zech 12:10b | The Messiah would be both God and man | John 10:30 |
| 341. Zech 12:10c | The Messiah would be rejected | John 1:11 |
| 342. Zech 13:7a | God’s will He die for mankind | John 18:11 |
| 343. Zech 13:7b | A violent death | Mark 14:27 |
| 344. Zech 13:7c, 9 | Both God and man | John 14:9 |
| 345. Zech 13:7d | Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him | Matt 26:31-56 |
| 346. Zech 14:4 | He would return to the Mt. of Olives | Acts 1:11-12 |
| 347. Mal 3:1a | Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah | Mark 1:1-8 |
| 348. Mal 3:1b | Sudden appearance at the temple | Mark 11:15-16 |
| 349. Mal 3:1c | Messenger of the new covenant | Luke 4:43 |
| 350. Mal 4:5 | Forerunner in spirit of Elijah | Matt 3:1-3; 11:10-14; 17:11-13 |
| 351. Mal 4:6 | Forerunner would turn many to righteousness | Luke 1:16-17; Heb 6:20 |
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