I just wanted to touch on something this Shabbat. A few things that will help people in their study of the Hebrew Scriptures, and things to always keep in mind.
#1 The Scriptures were not penned in English. Now I know your pastor might say “Well if the KJV was good enough for Moses it is good enough for me…” Meaning is lost via translation and often times bias is added.
#2 Purchase some good concordances at your local bookstore. They are invaluable when reading Paul’s letters. You can clear up many seemingly contradictions with good Concordance or Lexicon.
#3 The KJV is not infallible. It is for the most part an ok translation of the Scriptures, but I repeat it is not infallible, and quite frankly has some very biased translations in it according to church DOGMA, especially in Paul’s letters. If you are under the delusion of the KJV only crazies you will most likely live in spiritual stupidity your entire life.
#4 There was no punctuation marks in Greek. See my article on “So you disobey the Creator because of a comma?”
#5 Understand that Chapters and verses were ADDED TO THE SCRIPTURES! I cannot stress to you how important understand this is! Let me repeat this, verses were added to the scriptures by a priest riding on a horse going through France! Verses were never meant to be doctrine! Many times entire thoughts are cut off with verses and even worse so with Chapters.
#6 Check your Bible to see what words in Italics, parenthesis, brackets are. Many times these words do not even occur in the Greek Text. They were added by translators. Sometimes they help with the translation but other times they totally change the meaning of what is being said. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND ANYTIME YOU SEE A WORD IN ITALICS IN THE KJV OF THE BIBLE THAT YOU GO BACK AND READ THE ENTIRE THING WITHOUT THE WORD IN ITALICS!
#7 When you read something in your English version of the Bible that seems to go against what the Creator teaches and what Messiah Yahushua teaches……OBEY THE CREATOR AND OBEY THE MESSIAH! Then grab a concordance and do some research! You will most likely find very biased translations that make that contradiction!
#8 The Scriptures were not written in 2010 America by western Gentiles that were christians! I cannot stress enough on this point! The scriptures were written by Hebrews from thousands of years ago, that looked at the world in a totally different way then the majority of the planet! If you do not look at the scriptures from a Hebraic point of view, you will come up with some wacky ideas! This is one reason we have so many denominations and cults! Just because you have a cell phone does not mean the Apostle Shaul did!
#9 I recommend having 3-4 or more versions! Do not fall into the trap of 1 version only! I also recommend a Bible that will show you when certain passages in the Bible are questionable! Yes my friends there is doubt to whether some things should actually occur or not! Use your brain! DO NOT FALL INTO IGNORANT ARGUMENTS LIKE “O MAN THIS BIBLE HAS 1,000 DIFFERENCES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE!” WHO CARES IF IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE KJV COMPARE IT TO THE GREEK!
#10 LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THE RELIGIOUS FIGHT BETWEEN THE MESSIAH AND THE PHARISEES! YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE NEW TESTAMENT UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHY THEY HATED THE MESSIAH DO BAD!
#11 Learn about the Culture and times of the people in the Scriptures!
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