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Lineage of the
Modern Corrupt Versions

Compiled by Dr. Ken Matto

(THIS is this the foundation for the King James Bible and the others (new versions) …. one foundation is solid and the other sand ….What foundation is your faith build upon? Romans 10:17)

Just as the King James Bible has a rich lineage of un-corrupted transmission through the ages, the modern versions also have a lineage. Their lineage is one of corruption, deletion, omission, addition, rejection and confusion. Modern versions are the fruit of arrogant scholarship which includes homosexuals who worked on the NIV. God never calls unbelievers to preach and neither would He call a sodomite to translate His Word.

If your pastor rejects the pure lineage of the King James Bible and accepts the corrupt translations, then he is a proponent of modern scholarship which exalts the god of education above the God of the Bible. They are seriously deceived and are a danger to spiritual growth.

THE OLD TESTAMENT

Rudolph Kittel’s Biblical Hebraica**

Dead Sea Scrolls consulted

From the Translator’s Preface in the NIV:

“Sometimes a variant Hebrew reading in the margin of the Masoretic Text was followed instead of the text itself.”

“The translators also consulted the more important early versions-the Septuagint; Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion; the Vulgate; The Syriac Peshitta; the Targums; and for the Psalms the Juxta Hebraica of Jerome. Readings from these versions were occasionally followed where the Masoretic Text seemed doubtful and where accepted principles of textual criticism showed that one or more of these textual witnesses appeared to provide the correct reading.”

This is known as “eclectic” scholarship. In other words, if I don’t like what I read in the manuscripts, there is always another writing by an unbelieving, perverted scholar who will tell me what I want to hear.

**The modern versions use Rudolph Kittel’s Biblia Hebraica for the Old Testament. The King James uses the 1524-25 Bomberg edition of the Masoretic Text known as the Ben Chayyim text. There were two editions of Biblia Hebraica in 1906 and 1913. In the third edition, changes took place, 20,000 to be exact from the Ben Chayyim text, when the editors incorporated the readings of the Leningrad Codex (circa 1008 A.D. and believed to be written in Egypt) in his 1937 edition (completed by Albrecht Alt and Otto Esselte – Stuttgart, 1937), and it is also used in the 1977 edition of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Their text was the Ben Asher text which they exchanged from the Ben Chayyim text and it contained the readings of a few minor Hebrew manuscripts.

THE NEW TESTAMENT

30-95———-Original Autographs
150————-Tatian’s Diatesseron
200————-Clement’s Manuscripts
225————-Origen’s Hexapla
331————-Vaticanus (B) – Believed to be one of Constantine’s Bibles by Eusebius
331————-Sinaiticus (Aleph) – Believed to be one of Constantine’s Bible by Eusebius
400————-Jerome’s Latin Vulgate (official bible of Roman Catholic Institution for over 1,000 years)
450————-Codex Alexandrinus (circa)
450————-Codex Ephraemi (circa)
450————-Codex Bezae (circa)
1481———–Discovery of Vaticanus (B) Manuscript in Vatican Library
1582———–Douay-Rheims New Testament
1592———–Clementine Bible (By Pope Clement VIIII 1592-1605)
1610———–Douay-Rheims Complete Bible (Jesuit Bible)
1657———–Brian Walton’s Polyglot
1707———–John Mill’s Edition
1729———–The New Testament in Greek and English (Unitarian tendencies) by Daniel Mace
1745———–The Primitive New Testament – William Whiston
1750———–Holy Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate – Richard Challoner
1764———–A new and literal translation of all the books of the Old and New Testament; with notes critical and explanatory by Anthony
                       Purver – Otherwise known as the Quaker Bible
1768———–A Literal Translation of the New Testament – Edward Harwood
1774———–Griesbach’s Greek New Testament
1790———–An Exposition of the New Testament – William Gilpin
1791———–A Translation of the New Testament – Gilbert Wakefield – He was a Unitarian
1795———–A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek – Thomas Haweis
1796———–An Attempt toward revising our English Translation of the Greek Scriptures – William Newcome (Unitarian)
1798———–A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek – Nathaniel Scarlett (A Unitarian Version)
1808———–The New Testament, An improved version upon the basis of Archbishop Newcome’s new translation with a corrected text
                       and notes critical and explanatory.  A Revision of Newcome’s 1796 Unitarian version
1808———–The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Covenant based upon the Septuagint – Charles Thomson
1823———–The New Testament in Greek and English based upon the manuscript of Greisbach
1826———–The Sacred Writing of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ, Commonly Styled The New Testament. Translated
                       from the Original Greek by Alexander Campbell
1828———–The Gospel of God’s Anointed, the Glory of Israel, and the Light of Revelation for the Gentiles by Alexander Greaves
1828———–The New Testament in the Common Version by John Gorham Palfrey
1833———–A New and Corrected Version of the New Testament by Rodolphus Dickinson
1836———–The Book of the New Covenant of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Granville Penn
1840———–The New Testament translated from the text of J. J. Greisbach by Samuel Sharpe
1841———–The Holy Bible, containing the Authorized Version … with twenty thousand emendations – John Conquest, Editor
1842———–Carl Lachmann’s New Testament
1844———–Discovery of Sinaiticus (Aleph) in garbage pail at St. Helens Monastery in Sinai
1850———–The Commonly Received Version of the New Testament … With Several Hundred Emendations by Spencer Cone and
                       William Wyckoff
1851———–The New Testament translated from the Syriac Peshitta – James Murdock
1856———–A Translation of the Gospels – Andrews Norton
1857———–Tregelle’s New Testament
1858———–New Testament translated from the Original Greek based on Tischendorf’s text by Leicester Ambrose Sawyer
1859———–Tischendorf’s 7th Edition New Testament
1862———–The Life and Epistles of St. Paul – W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson
1863———–A Literal Translation of the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ based on the Vaticanus Manuscript by
                      Hermann Heinfitter – Real name Frederick Parker
1864———–The Emphatic Diaglott – Benjamin Wilson
1867———–The Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Book of Revelation: Commonly called the New Testament by J. N. Darby
1867———–The Holy Scriptures, Translated and Corrected by the Spirit of Revelation, by Joseph Smith, Jr. the Seer – Mormon
1869———–Alford’s New Testament
1869———–The New Testament – George R. Noyes (Unitarian)
1872———–Tischendorf’s New Testament
1872———–Rotherham Version – Translated from Tregelles Text – Joseph Bryant Rotherham
1875———–The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1876————The Holy Bible … translated literally from the original tongues by Julia Evelina Smith Parker
1881———–The Revised Version of Hort & Westcott
1888———–The New Covenant – J. W. Hansen
1890———–The Holy Scriptures – John Nelson Darby
1899———–Douay-Rheims American Edition
1900———–Epistles of the New Testament – Henry Hayman
1901———–The American Standard Version – Phllip Schaff – Editor
1901———–Modern American Bible – Frank Schell Ballentine (Revised in 1909)
1901———–Moffatt’s Historical New Testament – James Moffatt
1901———–Way’s Epistles – Arthur Way
1901———–Young People’s Bible or the Scriptures Corrected – Harriet Jones
1902———–The Emphasized Bible – Joseph Bryant Rotherham (4 Volumes)
1902———–Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek – W. B. Godbey (Based on Codex Sinaiticus)
1902———–Twentieth Century New Testament (Revised 1904)
1903———–The Holy Bible in Modern English – Ferrar Fenton
1903———–The New Testament in Modern Speech – Richard Weymouth
1904———–Worrell’s New Testament – A. S. Worrel (A mediocre revision of the ASV of 1901)
1904———–Century Bible (Contains both KJV text and RV of 1881)
1905———–LLoyd’s New Testament – Samuel LLoyd
1906———–Forrester Translation – Henry Forrester
1907———–Bourne’s Gospel – A. E. Bourne
1907———–Moulton’s Modern Reader’s Bible – Richard C. Moulton
1908———–Rutherford’s Epistles
1909———–Bible in Modern English
1909———–Weaver’s New Testament – S. Townsend Weaver
1910———–The Cunard’s by F. W. Cunard
1912———–The Improved Bible Union Version – American Baptist Publishing Society
1913———–The New Testament: A Translation in Modern Speech by James Moffatt (Revised 1917)
1914———–The Numeric New Testament – Ivan Panin (Revised 1935)
1914———–Cunnington’s New Testament – E. E. Cunnington (Based on the Western Texts in the 4th Edition Greek nestle Text)
1916———–The McFayden Psalms in Modern Speech – John McFayden
1917———–The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text – Jewish Publication Society Bible
1918———–Anderson New Testament from the Sinaiticus Manuscript – Harry Tompkins Anderson
1919———–The Messages of the Bible – Frank Sanders & Charles Kent
1921———–Common Speech by T. W. Pym
1921———–The Shorter Bible – Charles Foster Kent
1921———–A Plain Translation of the New Testament by a Student – Bird McCarron
1922———–The Plainer Bible – Chaplain Frank Valentine
1923———–The New Testament: An American Translation – Edgar Goodspeed
1923———–The Riverside New Testament – William G. Ballenteen
1923———–The Robertson Translation – A. T. Robertson
1924———–The Labor Determinative Version
1924———–Centenary Translation of the New Testament – Helen Barrett Montgomery
1925———– Askwith’s Psalms – E.H. Askwith
1925———–People’s New Covenant -Arthur E. Overbury
1925———–Children’s Bible – Charles Foster Kent and Henry A. Sherman
1926———–The Moffatt Bible: A New Translation of the Bible – James Moffatt
1926———–Concordant Version – Adolph Ernst Knoch
1927———–Kent’s Student Old Testament
1927———–Smith’s and Goodspeed’s Translation
1928———–The Christian’s Bible – George LaFever
1928———–Good News according to Matthew for use by “Christian Spiritualists” – J. W. Potter
1928———– Czarnomska Version – Elizabeth Czarnomska
1929———–The Galwyn’s Psalms
1930———–The Loux Mark Edition – Dubois Loux
1931———–The Wales Psalms – Frank Wells
1932———–The Chaplain Ballenteen Edition – Frank Shell
1932———–The Kleists Memoirs of St. Peter – James Kleist
1933———–Torrey’s Four Gospels – Chaplain Cutler Torrey
1934———–Royd’s Epistles and Gospels – Thomas Fletcher Royd
1934———–The Old Testament in Colloquial English
1934———–The Wade Translation – G. W. Wade
1935———–The Westminster Version of the Sacred Scriptures (A Roman Catholic Version) – Revised 1948 – NT Only
1937———–The Cornish Translation of St. Paul – Gerald Warre Cornish
1937———–Greber’s New Testament – Johannes Greber
1937———–Martin’s New Testament – William Wallace Martin
1937———–21 Canonical Epistles
1937———–Spencer’s New Testament – Francis Spencer
1937———–The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People – Charles B. Williams
1938———–The Book of Books – United Society for Christian Literature
1938———–Buttonweiser’s Psalms – Moses Buttenweiser
1938———–Clementson’s New Testament – Edgar Lewis Clementson
1939———–The Osterley Psalms – W. O. E. Oesterley
1940———–Dakes’s Gospels – John A. Dakes
1941———–St. Mark in Current English – Mary Matheson
1941———–The New Testament of our Lord and Savior (Translated from Jerome’s Latin Vulgate)
1944———–The Callan’s Psalms – Charles J. Callan
1944———- Wand’s New Testament Letters – J. W. C. Wand
1945———- Stringfellow’s New Testament – Erwin Edward Stringfellow
1946———–Lenski’s Interpretation – by R. C. H. Lenski
1946———–The Revised Standard Version of the NCC – Luther Weigle, Editor
1947———–Eerdman’s Psalms – B. D. Erdman
1947———–Swann’s New Testament – George Swann – Translated from the Greek of Hort and Westcott
1948———–The Letchworth New Testament – Thomas and Ralph Ford
1949———–The Basic Bible containing the Old and New Testament in Basic English – S. H. Hooke, Editor
1949———–The Leslie Psalms – Elmer A. Leslie
1950———–The Sacred Name New Testament – Angelo Traina
1951———–The Authentic Version – Brotherhood Authentic Bible Society
1951———–The New Testament in Modern English – Olaf Morgan Norlie (Reprinted in 1962 as the Children’s Simplified NT
1951———–Vernon’s Mark – Edward Vernon
1951———–The Sacred Writings of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ commonly styled the New Testament by G. Campbell,
                      J. MacKnight, P. Doddridge
1952———–The Revised Standard Version update
1952———–The New Testament, a New Translation in Plain English – Charles Williams
1952———–The Penguin Bible – Emil Victor Rieu & C. H. Rieu
1952———–The Four Gospels, A new Translation from the Greek – Emil Victor Rieu
1954———–The New Testament rendered from the original Greek with Explanatory Notes by James A. Kleist and Joseph L. Lilly
1954———–Kleist and Lynam’s Psalms – James Kleist & Thomans Lynam
1954———–The Kissane’s Psalms – Monsignor Edward J. Kissane
1954———–St. Paul’s Shorter Letters – Hobart G. Hoerber
1954———–The Moore’s New Testament – George Albert Moore
1954———–The Amplified Gospel of John
1955———–The Holy Bible; A Translation from the Latin Vulgate in the Light of the Hebrew and Greek Originals by Ron Knox
1955———–The Authentic New Testament, edited and translated from the Greek for the General Reader by Hugh J. Schonfield
1956———–The Inspired Letters in Clearest English – Frank C. Laubach
1957———–The Concordant Version – Concordant Publishing Concern
1957———–The Lamsa Translation – Translated from the Peshitta – George M. Lamsa
1958———–The Amplified New Testament
1958———–The Hudson Translation – James T. Hudson
1958———–The Meissner’s Gospels – Lawrence Meissner
1958———– Tomanek New Testament – James L. Tomanek
1958———–Phillips New Testament in Modern English – J. B. Phillips
1959———–Mark – Annie Cressman
1959———–The Berkeley Version in Modern English by Gerrit Verkuyl and other translators
1959———–The Modern Language Bible
1960———–Reina-Valera Revision (Spanish)
1960———–The New American Standard Version
1960———–The Children’s King James
1961———–The New English Bible New Testament – C. H. Dodd
1961———–The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses) – Revised from the 1950 edition
1961———–Noli’s Greek Orthodox New Testament – Fan Noli
1961———–One Way Bible
1961———–Simplified New Testament – Olaf M. Norlie
1961———–Wuest Expanded New Testament – Kenneth Wuest
1962———–The Children’s Version
1962———–The New Jewish Version – Jewish Publication Society
1962———–Four Gospels and the Revelation – Richard Lattimore
1963———–Beck’s New Testament – William F. Beck
1963———–Holy Name Bible – A. B. Traina
1963———–The New Testament: A New Translation in Plain English – Charles Williams
1963———–Gelineau’s Psalms – Joseph Gelineau
1964———–The Anchor Bible – William Albright & David Freedman
1964———–The Hadas Psalms – Gershon Hadas
1965———–Bruce’s Expanded Paraphrase of the Letters of Paul – Frederick Bruce, Moulton, & Scrivener
1965———–The Complete Amplified Bible – Frances Siwert
1966———–Today’s English Version (Good News for Modern Man) New Testament – Robert Bratcher
1966———–Jerusalem Bible – Alexander Jones, Editor
1966———–The Bible in Simplified English – The Liturgical Press
1966———–The Burke Translation – Carl F. Burke
1966———–The Living Scriptures – Jay Green
1967———–Dale’s New World Bible – Alan T. Dale
1967———–The Liverpool Vernacular Gospels – Dick Williams & Frank Shaw
1968———–The Cotton Patch Version – Clarence Jordan
1968———–Hanson’s Psalms in Modern Speech – Richard Hanson
1968———–Restoration of Original Name New Testament – Rotherham
1969———–Barclay’s New Testament – William Barclay
1969———–The Children’s New Testament – Gleason H. Ledyard
1969———–The New Life Testament – Gleason H. Ledyard
1969———–New Life Version
1969———– Worldwide English New Testament – Annie Cressman
1970———–King James II New Testament by Jay Green (1)
1970———–New English Bible with the Apocrypha – C. H. Dodd
1970———–New American Bible (Roman Catholic) – Louis F. Hartman and Myles M. Bourke Editors
1971———–Blackwell Exegetical Translation – Boyce Blackwelder
1971———–The Living Bible – Kenneth Taylor
1972———–J. B. Phillips Translation
1972———–The Bible in Living English – Steven Byington (Jehovah’s Witness)
1972———–The Alba House New Testament – Kevin Condon
1972———–Today’s English New Testament – Don Klingensmith
1973———–New International Version
1973———–The Common Bible – RSV plus Apocrypha
1973———–The Translator’s New Testament – W. D. McHardy
1973———–The Better Version of the New Testament by Chester Estes (Based on Greisbach’s Text)
1973———–The Psalms – Mother Maus
1973———–A Child’s Bible – Anne Edwards
1974———–Klingensmith New Testament – Don J. Klingensmith
1975———–The Word Made Fresh – Andrew Edington
1976———–Train Up A Child – Ben Nutt
1976———–The Holy Bible in the Language of Today – William F. Beck
1976———–New Life Testament – Gleason Ledyard
1976———–The Heart of Paul: A Relational Paraphrase of the New Testament – Ben Johnson
1976———–Concise Jewish Bible – Philip Birnbaum
1976———–Good News Bible – both Old & New Testament – Robert Bratcher
1976———–Renaissance New Testament – Randolph O. Yeager
1977———–The Gospels in Scouse – Dick Williams and Frank Shaw
1977———–Marrow Gospels
1977———–The Psalms – David L. Frost
1977———–Christian Counselor’s New Testament – Jay Adams
1977———–Holy Bible for Children  – Allan Hart Johnson
1978———–The New Testament for the Deaf – Deaf Missions
1978———–Holy Name Bible – Scripture Research Association
1979———–New King James Version
1979———–English Messianic Jewish Version
1979———–Ephesians – R. Paul Caudill
1979———–Lattimore’s Gospels and Revelation – Richmond Lattimore
1979———–Sasson’s Ruth – Jack Sasson
1979———–The Psalms – Bonaventure Zerr
1979———–Mitchell’s Job – Stephen Mitchell
1980———–The Four Gospels: An Exegetical Translation
1981———–The Simple English New Testament – International Bible Translators
1982———–The Messianic Edition of the Living Bible – David Bronstein
1982———–The Basic Bible
1982———–Reader’s Digest Bible
1985———–New Jerusalem Bible – Henry Wansbrough Editor
1985———–The New Testament Recovery Version
1987———–The Everyday Bible: New Century Version – Ervin Bishop
1988———–McCord’s New Testament Translation of the Everlasting Gospel by Hugo McCord
1989———–The New Revised Standard Version
1989———–The Revised English Version with Apocrypha ( A revision of the 1970 New English Bible)
1989———–Jewish New Testament – David H. Stern
1993———–The Message – Eugene Peterson
1993———–The Five Gospels: The search for the authentic words of Jesus – Robert W. Funk
1994———–The Inclusive New Testament – Craig Smith Editor
1995 ———-New American Standard Version Update
1995———–Contemporary English Version
1995———–New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version – Victor Gold
1995———–God’s Word – Eugene Bunkowske
1995———–The New Testament: An Understandable Version – William Paul
1995———–Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version – Barclay M. Newman (American Bible Society)
1995———–The Five Books of Moses – Everett Fox
1996———–NIV: Inclusive Language Version – London, England
1996———–The New Testament – Richard Lattimore
1996———–New Living Translation
1996———–Bible in Worldwide English
1996———–New International Readers Version
2001———–English Standard Version  (National Council of Churches production)
2001———–New English Translation – W. Hall Harris, Editor
2002———–The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language – Eugene Peterson
2002———–Today’s New International Version
2003———–Holman Christian Standard Bible
2003———–Revolve New Testament (New Century Version)
2004———–The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary – Robert Alter
2004———–New Living Translation – Second edition – Mark Norton, Editor
2004———–Good As New: A Radical Retelling of The Scriptures – John Henson of the One Community
2005———–Today’s New International Version (Complete Bible)
2010———–Lexham English Bible
2010———–Common English Bible
2011———–2011 New International Version

(1) Jay Green’s translation is listed here because he, like the modern scholars, disputes whether Acts 8:37 & 1 John 5:7 are really in the text. 1 John 5:7-8 has been found in the Old Latin Vulgate (not Jerome’s) and early church lectionaries. Acts 8:37 is found in the Old Latin Vulgate Version, a Middle Egyptian Version and a Syriac Version.

Are There Significant Differences in the Bible Versions? | The Audacity of Defending the New Versions |

“Modern scholarship” comes out of the jesuit-corrupted seminaries and is a belly laugh. Layers and layers of lies covering its dirty tracts are stack up to “confirm” the previous lies. Most modern so-called “scholars” use Satan’s “bibles” which is all we need to know! The corrupt defend corrupted “bibles.” Any man who can use those horrible excuses for a Bible is in darkness. What’s that say for the lightweights many call “pastors” today? You have to cast away the “Spirit of truth” and the common sense God gave you to be indoctrinated by the doctors of damnation and to buy into the new “bible” version lies (John 16:13-14). SMH

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8 Classes of Sinners Guaranteed to Spend Eternity in the Lake of Fire [podcast]


8 Classes of Sinners Guaranteed to Spend Eternity in Hell

“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8

“The second death”

[which is the second death] The second death is the lake of fire, or the second separation from God in hell (Rev_2:11; Rev_20:14; Rev_21:8).

Of Revelation 21:8, Adam Clarke writes the following:

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful – Δειλοις· Those who, for fear of losing life or their property, either refused to receive the Christian religion, though convinced of its truth and importance; or, having received it, in times of persecution fell away, not being willing to risk their lives.

And unbelieving – Those who resist against full evidence. And sinners, και ἁμαρτωλοις, is added here by about thirty excellent MSS., and is found in the Syrian, Arabic, some of the Slavonic, and in Andreas and Arethas. On this evidence Griesbach has admitted it into the text.

The abominable – Εβδελυγμενοις· Those who are polluted with unnatural lust. (sodomites, lesbians Romans 1)

And murderers – Φονευσι· Those who take away the life of man for any cause but the murder of another, and those who hate a brother in their heart (.

And whoremongers – Πορνοις· Adulterers, fornicators, whores, prostitutes, and rakes of every description.

Sorcerers – Φαρμακοις· Persons who, by drugs, philtres, fumigations, etc., pretend to produce supernatural effects, chiefly by spiritual agency.

Idolaters – Ειδωλολατραις· Those who offer any kind of worship or religious reverence to any thing but God. All image worshippers are idolaters in every sense of the word.

And all liars – Και πασι τοις ψευδεσι· Every one who speaks contrary to the truth when he knows the truth, and even he who speaks the truth with the intention to deceive; i.e., to persuade a person that a thing is different from what it really is, by telling only a part of the truth, or suppressing some circumstance which would have led the hearer to a different end to the true conclusion. All these shall have their portion, το μερος, their share, what belongs to them, their right, in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. This is the second death, from which there is no recovery.

“21:8 But not all are overcomers. Some are cowardly, afraid to confess Christ; unbelieving, unwilling to trust the sinner’s Savior; sinners, all those who remain in their sins, whether guilty of the gross iniquities listed here or not; abominable, given over to disgusting immorality; murderers, malicious and savage killers; sexually immoral, practicing fornication and other forms of sexual sins; sorcerers, those who traffic with evil spirits; idolaters, insulting God by worshiping images; and all liars, compulsive deceivers. These will be assigned to the lake of fire as their final destiny.” Believer’s Bible Commentary

“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. … 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:10, 14-15 

One source notes the following:

“Brimstone and fire” refers to the fiery imagery of divine judgment and eternal punishment found in the Bible. It symbolizes God’s wrath, often describing the fate of sinners in hell, and is a phrase used in religious sermons and literature. “Brimstone,” an old word for sulfur, is a key component of this imagery, evoking a smell and heat associated with inescapable, fiery destruction.

Biblical origins

Old Testament:

The phrase originates in the King James translation of the Old Testament, used to describe God’s destruction of enemies. A key example is the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

New Testament:

The imagery is used to describe eternal damnation, a common theme in both the Old and New Testaments. In the book of Revelation, for example, it describes those who worship the beast being tormented in a lake of fire and brimstone.

Etymology:

The phrase is a calque of the Biblical Hebrew and Ancient Greek words for “sulfur and fire”.

Geological evidence:

Archaeological and geological evidence of sulfur deposits and charred formations in areas like the Dead Sea region have been noted as consistent with biblical descriptions of fire and sulfur-related events.”

“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 8:12

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The Purpose of Elders in Christ’s Body [podcast]


There is no more important work transpiring in the earth today than the work of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Matthew 9:35-38; 28:18-20; Ephesians 4:11-15; 1 Peter 5:1-6, etc.).

“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” Hebrews 13:20-21

In short, the authentic under-shepherd ordained of Jesus Himself (John 15:16), will give up his life in this fleeting world for the sheep of Christ – just as the Great Shepherd of the sheep did on the cross. Such a divinely called-out man, will teach only God’s pure Word and watch for the souls of the LORD’s people (Hebrews 13:7, 17). He will take up the cross – live the crucified life – and therefore ministry will not be about them but rather about Jesus and His beloved sheep for whom He shed His blood and is soon returning (Philippians 3:17-21).

Also in Hebrews 13 …. The true elder of Christ will, according to Hebrews 13, do two things:

  1. Speak the pure Word of God to you and get you into it:

“Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation (their way of life).” Hebrews 13:7

2. Will in the fear of God pray for and “watch for your soul.”

“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.” Hebrews 13:17

In review, just WHAT are the earmark fruits of true under-shepherds as opposed to the many wolves among us?

  1. True under shepherds relentlessly teach God’s Word – who have spoken unto you the word of God.” (Hebrews 13:7)
  2. They are there for you! – they watch for your souls.(Hebrews 13:7)

IF they aren’t preaching God’s pure Word to you, fearing God, not you…. and watching for your eternal soul, they are wolves in sheep’s clothing. Repent and run to Jesus beloved.

Let me add that if they are using a fake “bible” instead of the King James Bible, that should be a clue to the darkness they walk in (Matthew 7:16, 20).

Elders are ordained of God and yet never to take His place nor to negate our own personal responsibility to seek God daily for ourselves. Yet, we do not need a preacher. Why? – because we each have a Bible. Read it. We don’t need a preacher to tell us what the Bible says! Read it for yourself, learning of the LORD yourself. Today is your day to take personal responsibility to seek God for yourself! Stop depending on a preacher or preachers. Devour God’s Word daily. Jesus taught personal responsibility and the essential nature of it when He said “Take heed to yourselves” (Luke 21:34-36) ……  Paul instructed Timothy to “Study” the Word (2 Timothy 2:15).

Today we have all around us church-goers who are not possessed with a heart after God, do not diligently study and read and live out Christ’s Word. This lukewarm, world-loving fruit clearly reveals the prophesied priesthood of wolves (1 Chronicles 16:11; Psalms 27:4, 8; Matthew 24:11; Acts 13:22; 2 Timothy 3:13; 1 John 4:1, etc.). Until a pastor has provoke you to get into God’s Word for yourself, to seeking His holy face daily in prayer, he has failed. If has has diligently, biblically sought to do these essentials, and people have refused God’s Word, refused to seek His holy face continually, the blood is off of his hands (Ezekiel 3:18-20).

“When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.” Ezekiel 3:18-20

When you check the fruit of a fellowship, check, discern if the individual saints are vibrant in Christ, diligently seeking His holy face, in His Word, living a life of prayer, denying self, taking up the cross daily, and following Jesus. This sounds like what we see of the earliest saints in the book of Acts, right? Boom. Remember how Peter preached and 8,000 were saved and how the Berean believers put Paul’s teaching to the Scriptural test? (Acts 2-4; 17:10-11, etc.).

Sadly, usually you see a bunch of people who are proud to be a member of a church with none of the biblical fruit list above.

The apostle Paul kept a close watch on those he oversaw.

“For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.” 1 Thessalonians 3:5

Having a physical “church” building makes no mere man, no supposed elder, an official representative of Heaven. Feeding the sheep of Christ with His pure Word and equipping them “for the work of the ministry” is the mark of a true under-shepherd of Christ (John 21:15-17; Ephesians 4:11-12, etc.). Discern. Beware. Inspect the fruit. Jesus nor any of His holy apostles collected a penny to build a building called “church.” No, they went to the people – to serve them instead of having the people come to them.

Let’s test that…. How many people do you personally know who are good church members, Sunday morning church attenders, and ALSO true, daily disciples whom God is using everywhere they go? Think about that…. How many true disciples of Jesus do you know who are involved in a Sunday morning church program? If you personally know even one true disciple, that’s a miracle and in spite of his attendance at the Sunday morning circus called “church.”

Unlike Christ’s apostle Paul, most in leadership today foster in their prey a dependence on THEM and their church business instead of prayerfully, biblically exhorting people to depend on Jesus (1 Corinthians 1:29-2:5).

Like Christ’s apostle Paul, the true elder labors relentlessly to see you grounded in Christ – not in him or his ministry or church, but in CHRIST! Listen closely:

“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7 

It simply doesn’t matter what else he’s doing, if any minister is not prayerfully, biblically, perpetually rooting and grounding you in Christ, he’s a fraud. Run.

Like Jesus and His holy apostle Paul, part of grounding you ever more deeper in Christ, is warning you to “beware” of the “many false prophets.” (Matthew 24:11)

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:” Colossians 2:8-10

SO, he’s not exhorting and admonishing you to seek and know the LORD in an ever deepening fashion? He’s not equipping, maturing you “for the work of the ministry” and yet you still consider him one of the LORD’s under-shepherds? He’s not getting YOU into the Word (2 Timothy 2:15) for yourself? That’s a false leader who is entertaining the goats instead of feeding and equipping the saints! Run! (See Ephesians 4:11-15; 1 Peter 5:1-6, etc.)

False leaders divert the attention, the heart affections, the resources, and the energy of God’s people away from Christ and simple obedience to His Great Commission mandate. YOU are personally responsible! Waste is rampant! If you support, “bid God speed” (2 John 7-11) to a false leader, false ministry, then you will perish with them!

The divine purpose for elders is not to dominate nor entertain the LORD’s sheep but rather to help their joy in Christ! Get to know this verse saints:

“Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.” 2 Corinthians 1:24

There is the citing of elders in the Word and their divine purpose – to humbly serve God by helping His sheep grow in the knowledge and grace of Christ (Ephesians 4:11-15; 1 Peter 5:1-6).

Christ’s apostle Paul desired the “perfection” (maturity in Christ) of the people of God (Ephesians 4:11-15).

“For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.” 2 Corinthians 13:9 

Like Apollos, Elders among God’s people must remain teachable to God’s Word and simply and only teach and preach his word (Proverbs 9:9; Acts 18:26). Elders true to the LORD act on his behalf and never out of a personal agenda for self gain (2 Corinthians 3:5; 4:5, etc.). They live the crucified life (Galatians 2:20).

We are to humble ourselves like Apollos did and learn the way of our God more perfectly from each other, via God’s Word – as Apollos learned it more fully from Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:24-28).

Beloved Apollos was a very effective, anointed communicator of God’s Word and yet, was in need of maturing, of being perfected. So, God sent to him an elder and his wife, Aquila and Priscilla. Apollos humbly received the LORD’s elders and His grace to grow in Christ:

“And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.” Acts 18:24-26 

The vast majority of “churches” that meet in “church buildings” are simply and merely conducting “church services” where they entertain their prey. They are not equipping the saints for the work of the ministry and therefore discerned as being counterfeit (Ephesians 4:11-13). If they were, there would be salty disciples in their midst who go forth to minister Christ’s kingdom blessings wherever they go. Not even a trace of this transpiring in the apostate modern church world. Run. Run. Run.

The Purpose of Kingdom Elders:

“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting (equipping, maturing) of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:” Ephesians 4:11-12

Philip Lye writes: “Paul says in Ephesians 4, that he gave some to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. He expressly says these people are given to mature the saints, to equip them for their ministry and growth in Jesus Christ. Jesus tells us in Matthew 24 that many false prophets and messiahs will arise deceiving many. They are simply functions that God has given and not titles which the proud use to strut about like a peacock. Most of these people that I have met (and I have seen a lot of famous ones) are false, proud and arrogant and not servants of the the Lord Jesus Christ. I have seen humble genuine ones who move mightily in truth, calling people to repentance and right relationship with Jesus and a demonstration of genuine miracles and wonders. They are to be genuine servants to God’s people.”

VIEW this following verse from Solomon’s day in light of our calling and work till Christ returns:

“Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.” 2 Chronicles 8:16 

Let’s read a larger portion of this important passage in Ephesians 4. God fearing under-shepherds must prayerfully labor for and be intent upon seeing God’s people grow in the grace of Christ to the full stature of maturity He has ordained!

“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:” Ephesians 4:11-15

The Error of Using Titles in the Modern Church World

God sovereignly and exclusively ordained MEN to feed, lead, and equip His saints (Ephesians 4:8-11). Women are called to and seen doing many ministry functions in the New Testament but never as a leader in a position specifically designated in Scripture for men.

Repent. The American “church” is a catastrophe of spineless moral-coward Ahabs who’ve allowed, suffered women to lead, and the fall out is incalculable (Revelation 2:20-24).

GOD’s men must never allow women to lead where they (men) are called to lead (1 Timothy 2:12; 3:2; Revelation 2:20-24).

To put yourself under the ministry of a woman who is acting as an elder among God’s people, is to defy Christ, and to agree with Christ’s arch enemy and his Jezebels and to bring severe destruction on the people of God (1 Timothy 2:12; 3:2; Revelation 2:20-24).

JUST because a woman can run her mouth and even genuinely have a gift of the Spirit DOES NOT mean she’s an elder in the body of Christ – which is divinely reserved non-negotiably for men, male elders (1 Timothy 2:11-12; 3:2). | Beware of Scripture-Twisting Jezebels

We must humbly confess before our LORD and God that we have nothing and are nothing without Him!

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5

God can use us in spite of having a seminary or Bible college background…. If we will truly denounce it, lay it all down, and truly submit to Him – just like Paul did (Philippians 3). Otherwise we will join the epidemic of false prophets who build their own kingdoms in this fleeting life and spend eternity in hell (2 Peter 2:1-3). Paul counted his “higher education” as “dung” to know and serve Christ (Philippians 3).

BIBLICALLY SPEAKING, BY DEFINITION, ELDERS ARE NOT SEMINARIANS (UNLESS THEY’VE DENOUNCED SUCH) BUT RATHER PROVEN MEN OF GOD WHO HAVE WALKED WITH CHRIST FOR SOME TIME AND ARE SEASONED IN DOCTRINE AND GODLY CHARACTER AND ABLE TO HELP ASSIST OTHER BELIEVERS GROW IN GRACE (Philippians 3).

In part, we can be transformed in our thinking/perspective of what leaders are seen to be in the apostate modern church vs the biblical definition of an elder which is a humble servant with sound doctrine and a godly life (1 Timothy 3; 2 Timothy 3:10; Titus 1-2, etc.).

Christ’s kingdom ordination is not like the ordinations of many denominations….. To ordain seems to mean to recognize the work of GOD in a man’s life and to set him forth into ministry as by the leading of the Spirit of God.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” John 15:16

ORDAIN

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τίθημι

tithēmi

tith’-ay-mee

A prolonged form of a primary word θέω theō (which is used only as an alternate in certain tenses); to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate): – + advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down.

Total KJV occurrences: 96

“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.” Acts 13:1-3

Denominations of mere men set their elders forth to do THEIR bidding, to perpetuate their own cause and existence, to build their false church businesse$. God fearing assemblies of the saints simply recognize Christ’s work in a man and prayerfully send him forth to do GOD’s work. They worship and exalt Christ whole heartedly!

MINISTRY is about feeding sheep, not entertaining goats (John 21:15-17). So, when you see a “minister” entertaining, you know he himself is a goat (1 Corinthians 1:29-2:5).

What True Elders Teach

“For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5

THERE is nothing good in us except Christ. We are not featured but JESUS is. “We preach CHRIST crucified” (1 Cor 1:23). All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags and HE is the One and only righteous Redeemer whom we communicate to others (1 Cor 9:16; Rom 7:18 etc.).

Jesus’ true disciples are crucified vessels who preach with His authority, unlike the lame leaders we have today (Matthew 7:28-29). True Gospel preaching rocks the world of those who hear it – it never coddles people in their sin. That’s the work of wolves! Beware!

Godly Elders Teach God’s People to Discern

“And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.” Ezekiel 44:23

Why don’t some leaders teach discernment?

“Anyone that profits off of you being blind, will never teach you or inspire you to see.” unknown

Any man in leadership who doesn’t warn you of false prophets as did Christ and His apostles, is a wolf who does not want you to see who he truly is.

God’s people are to continue to learn to discern – to test, to weigh all things against Holy Scripture. Ungodly elders have the “I said it so it’s true” notion. Or the “We’ve always taught that” or “That’s what we believe” philosophy. Not. What saith the Scriptures is what every true follower of Jesus asks, as he searches God’s Word to ascertain truth. Every student of Christ should become extremely familiar with Acts 17:10-11.

QUESTION RECEIVED:

“I am curious as to how one man is considered the other’s elder? Do they attend the same church gathering thus, he is a church elder or is it through willful submission of the younger as an understudy or simply due to the fact that one man is older?”

REPLY:

Great question brother. Elder, biblically seems to mean older and more seasoned in God’s Word, having walked with the LORD longer. Two views come to mind: 1. The organic body of Christ, the kingdom relationships we have, where there appear men in our lives who are seasoned and there’s an automatic elder/young relationship (that’s how it is here)… and 2. Where a person attends a church group and they have their elder in a more organized fashion as you mentioned…. that help?

Nothing brings definition to this like God’s Word as you know…. and notice how it begins with “The elders which are AMONG you”….

“The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:” 1 Peter 5:1-6

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