Can WE Trust Our Bible?

[JohnnyRudick]

Origen

1 Nephi 13:26 And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve

apostles of the Lamb, from the Jews unto the Gentiles, thou seest

the formation of a great and abominable church, which is most

abominable above all other churches; for behold, they have taken

away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts which are plain and

most precious; and also many covenants of the Lord have they

taken away.

1 Nephi 13:27 And all this have they done that they might pervert

the right ways of the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and

harden the hearts of the children of men.

Origen's first work in "Textual Criticism" was his famous Hexapla.

That is Hex- app-le.

I call it a Hex apple.

You know.

Like the one Sleeping Beauty got sweet talked into taking a bite out of.

(Got her into trouble it did.)

Gen. 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep

fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon

him.

(Got them into trouble it did.)

Or more to the point;

Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit

of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your

rulers, the seers hath he covered.

(Got them into trouble it did.)

Of course it was a six column language comparison of translations.

The first column contained what was left of the Masoretic text after Origen and friends got through with it.

The second column was a Greek transliteration of the first column.

The third contained the Greek version of a man named Aquilla.

He is the man that gave us the legend of the northern mercenary soldier named Panther who went to Bethlehem and became the father of a blond blue eyed Jew named Jesus Christ.

He thought the Greek word for "virgin" was a mistake and thought it aught to be Panther. Humm.

The forth column is from a Scholar named Symmachus.

The fifth column is the work of Origen himself.

This was the first Greek Old Testament ever made.

Through Catholic Tradition this Column took on the role of a pre-Christian book.

It was first concocted in the early 200's A.D.

It was not B.C.

But to this day it is referred to as the LXX or Septuagint by writers who have not looked enough into it themselves and just pass along old myths.

The only place where 50 can actually be tied to this outside of tradition, is

Eusebius (340 A.D.) had fifty copies of this fifth column published for Constantine and the Church at Rome.

Hence the Vaticanus books, complete with the books of Judith, Tobit, Esdras, Maccabees, the Epistle of Barnabas, etc.

From this we have the Shepherd of Hermes.

A young man watching a girl bathing, and although he loves her "as a sister," you understand, and she is caught up to heaven to reveal twenty pages of "Biblical" prophecy to him and she rebukes him for committing adultery in his heart. Right.

What is this young prophetess' name who is preaching to this young man?

She is Lady Dame. You figure it out.

And then she has been assumed up into heaven she has the right to be God's oracle for a dozen pages.

Wescott and Hort say this is one of the "most reliable manuscripts."

Uh-huh, right.

The sixth column is from one named Theodotian.

He is the one who gave us such memorable scripture as Matt.1:16 "And Jacob the father of Joseph, to whom was betrothed the virgin Mary, was the father of Jesus who is called Christ."

We find this verse in the footnote of the RSV with the comment, "other ancient authorities read..."

This was Theodotian's opinion of what should be there.

He had no authority for that insertion.

So how did Theodotian's opinion of a translation of another version, get to be called an "ancient authority?"

During the time when the Gospel to the Gentiles was delivered to Paul the center of Church activity moved from Jerusalem to Antioch, (Acts 11:26.) not Alexandria.

It, Antioch, became the starting point for Paul's journeys. Acts 13:1&2.

Also Mark, Barnabas, and Silas, and Peter were there.

If you study the book of Acts it is easy to see that it was Antioch Syria and not Alexandria Egypt that was the center of Church activity.

(Acts 11:22-30, 13:1-4, 14:21- 27,15:5-35,Gal.2:11.

As a matter of fact no Apostle was ever sent into Egypt.

The Scripture did not tell them to go to Egypt for food.

Egypt has always been portrayed in the Scriptures as a "type" of the world system.

This world system has always been opposed to the things of God. Egypt has always been known as the land of Ham.

Another subject perhaps?

God would not allow Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob to stay there.

South was a very bad direction to travel.

Abraham was to stay in the land and trust God.

Yet he went into Egypt and got him self into trouble. Gen.12: 9-13.

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were not to go to Egypt.

They were to trust God. Gen. 26:2&3.

Jacob disobeyed God and moved his whole family to Egypt.

You say God gave permission for Jacob to go?

Yes, after he had already sent his sons to buy corn and they had already gotten themselves into trouble.

God made a way to preserve them in spite of their disobedience.

He rose up a Moses to save them from their sin and lead them through the waters of salvation.

They were not to go to Egypt for food.

God would not even let their bones remain in Egypt. Gen.50:25.

Joseph in this account is a "type" of the Lord Jesus Christ who would deliver us from Egypt.

He would even save us even though we went to Egypt on purpose.

But once he has fed us, we must allow Moses (Deut.18:14&15,34:10,Acts 7: 37-41.) to lead us out of Egypt.

By the way,

Canaan land is not heaven.

It is an "Embassy" of Heaven.

Think about it.

Canaan is refuge from Egypt, but it is not Heaven.

God called Israel out of Egypt. Exodus 3:10. Hosea 11:1.

God called Jesus out of Egypt. Matt.2:14&15.

God calls you and me out of Egypt. Isaiah 30:1.

But the Men of the Bible correctors league tell us otherwise.

Jer.43: 2. "Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,"

In the Scripture "Pharaoh" is a "type" of Satan, or the Anti-Christ. "and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!"

How much do you worship Egypt?

Do you send your Children to Egypt for training and counsel?

Oh, yeah. Government School.

Well, that's another story.

"O my children are "lights" to the outside world."

Do you send untrained children into the battle to do the work of a trained soldier?

Plus we are to be lights on a lamp stand, not down there in the midst of the darkness. (Matt.5:15&16.Rev.1: 12-13.

We are to stand apart. (2Cor.6:17&18)

It is plain to see that the Philosophers would be a people who would add leaven to the words of God. (Acts 17:18, Col.2:8.)

Egypt and the Philosophers would be the "last people on Earth" you would trust in doctrinal matters as pertaining to the words of a Holy God.

Psalm 1:1 "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate night and day."

Note the progression in this verse.

Progression

1. First you take counsel from the ungodly. You send your children to be "schooled" by these people. I even refer to a "Church" school, or a "Bible" college.

I'm convinced that no matter how well you have trained your children, you send them to one of those places, unless you have "some special child," they will destroy your child's faith in not only the three standard works of our Church but even the Book that they the professors of religion profess to believe in, God's holy Bible!

You have the responsibility of training up your children.

(Gen.18:19, Deut. 4:10,6:6&7, Prov.22:6.)

Not Egypt.(Isaiah 30:1.)

2. If you do take the counsel of the ungodly or have your children to do so, then you find yourself "standing in the way of sinners."

You and/or your children will be walking their walk, and talking their talk.

3. Finally you will be "sitting in the seat of the scornful."

You or your children will be the teachers of error.

You or your children will be defenders of the ungodly.

"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as to be hated needs but to be seen.

Yet seen to oft, familiar with her face,

(1.)first we endure,

(2.) then pity,

(3.) then embrace."

You have the Texts written and edited by Origin and friends in Alexandria Egypt who worshiped Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Pliny, Plutarch, Herodotus, Marcion, etc.

The source of "leaven" in Jerome's Latin Vulgate (345A.D.)

This accounts for the account of two Latin texts during the "Dark Ages" (599A.D.- 1520A.D.)

Because the other one came up from Antioch Syria, in the Church of Jesus Christ through the hands of the Waldensians, Albigensians, Huguenots, etc. in a trail of persecution and blood.

The other one of Egypt and Rome, and perversions of the Greek text by Jerome, is the text preserved in the monasteries by the Dominicans, Franciscans, Benedictines, and officials of the Spanish Inquisition.

Take your pick.

Bro. Rudick