Wow This is a huge topic, So before I say anything I agree the KJV does have errors, To say that the word of God is preserved in the KJV would mean that it is preserved in the NIV. The NIV is missing 64,000 words and 17 complete verses. I even question if the books of Ester and Ecclesiastes should have been included in the first place Feeling that Enoch and Jasher should have been instead.
During the Dark Ages the Catholic Church forbid commoners from owning or reading the Bible. At that time it was only available in Latin and Latin was only taught to Priests, Bibles were actually chained to the pulpit to prevent theft.
Along comes Marty, Martin Luther a Devout Man of God and a Monk changed all that by translating the Bible into German. Marty realized that the common man needed to read the word so the reformation began. Of course the Roman Church did all it could to kill this movement cause they were well aware that once common folk found out that their rights came from God and not the church or the Crown that there would be a revolt. So Tyndale and Wytcliff bumped into Marty and started translating the German manuscript into English. The movement really took off and Christians were persecuted all over Europe. Many escaped by fleeing to Geneva, There they wrote the Geneva Bible and Calvin wrote the foot notes. Calvin spoke out against the Crown and the Pope in his notes. These folks from Geneva Learned that they were descendants of Abraham, Anglo's and Saxons (Saxon Isaak's Son) and they became known as Puritans and the Geneva Bible was a Best Seller. Mean while back in England King James was having fits over the Geneva Bible, Commoners realized that the King was not God Like. and Jimmie had to act fast so he commishioned his buddies to write a new King Friendly version so they ended up using 30% of the Geneva Bible and so much from the Tyndale Bible and a little here and there from some other manuscripts. The Puritans mean while were planning on moving to America The New JerUSAlem They brought with them the Geneva Bible wanting nothing to do with King James and his Bible and for decades the Geneva was the only Bible available here. Please keep in mind that this is my Readers Digest Version and may contain errors too But the gist of it is right on...
Friday, November 19, 2010
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