Luke 7:19-20
Luke 7:19-20
(KJV) And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus,
saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? {20}
When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee,
saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
(NKJV) 19 And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to
Jesus,[ saying, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for
another?" 20 When the men had come to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent
us to You, saying, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for
another?"'
This week’s KJV Post is going to be a little different. I want to focus in
specifically on the New King James Version put out by Thomas Nelson Publishers
but we are going to look at some other modern versions to see if they have
replaced any verses with terms like the “one.” If you notice Luke 7:19-20 in the
King James Bible, the question is posed to the Lord Jesus Christ by the
disciples of John asking Him, “Art thou he that should come?” Now if you notice,
the New King James Version changes that question to, “Are You the Coming One?”
Now the NKJV that I have in my possession is copyrighted in 1982. In May of 1981
a full page announcement appeared in nine major newspapers around the globe
including the New York Times proclaiming that the Christ is now here. Full page
advertisements in newspapers like the NYT are not cheap. This means there was
serious money behind them and serious people. The announcement was for Lord
Maitreya to be announced to the world as the Coming One or the Messiah. It is
interesting that the NKJV, just one year after the major announcement changes
Luke 7:19-20 to the very same words that the New Age people can identify with.
Please notice the very important paragraph from the Lucis Trust web site below.
THE DOCTRINE OF THE COMING ONE--Western Teaching
THE DOCTRINE OF AVATARS--Eastern Teaching
From the Lucis Trust Website -
http://www.lucistrust.org/arcane/coming_one.shtml
Right down the ages, in many world cycles and in many countries (and today in
all) great points of tension have occurred which have been characterised by a
hopeful sense of expectancy. Some one is expected and His coming is anticipated.
Always in the past, it has been the religious teachers of the period who have
fostered and proclaimed this expectancy and the time has always been one of
chaos and difficulty, of a climaxing point at the close of a civilisation or
culture and when the resources of the old religions have seemed inadequate to
meet men's difficulties or to solve their problems. The coming of the Avatar and
the advent of a Coming One are the keynotes of the prevalent
expectancy. When the times are ripe, the invocation of the masses is strident
enough and the faith of those who know is keen enough, then always He has come
and today will be no exception to this ancient rule or to this universal law.
For decades, the reappearance of the Christ, the Avatar, has been anticipated by
the faithful in both hemispheres—not only by the Christian faithful, but by
those who look for Maitreya and for the Boddhisattva as well as those who expect
the Imam Mahdi.
From Share International -
http://www.shareintl.org/
“MAITREYA appears, 'out of the blue', to people everywhere -- always in a form
that inspires recognition. In this way he seeks to prepare us for his public
emergence, and to communicate his teachings and priorities for a just world. His
first such appearance was on 11 June 1988, in Nairobi, Kenya to 6,000
people who saw him as Jesus Christ.”
Do you see the dangers of owning and using a supposed Bible which they claim is
using the Ben Chayyim Text for the Old Testament and the Textus Receptus for the
new Testament. In the center margins of the New Testament, you will find (which
I counted myself) 859 references to the Hort Westcott Text stated as 859
citations of the NU text. The NU text is (N) Nestle-Aland Text 26th edition
(there are now 27) and the (U) is the United Bible Societies 3rd edition of the
Greek New Testament (there are now 4). If The NKJV is supposed to follow the
Textus Receptus, then why do they cast 1171 doubts on the Scriptures. Included
in that 1171 doubts, they also reference 312 times the Majority Text but it is
never specified which one. Zane Hodges wrote a Greek New Testament called the
“Majority Text.” However, he only used 414 manuscripts out of the 5,255 extant
manuscripts which means he only used 8% of the manuscript evidence. I would
hardly call that “majority.” Let us look at some other verses which stress the
New Age term “The One.”
John 7:18
(KJV) He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that
seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in
him.
(NKJV) He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks
the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness
is in Him.
(NASV) He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is
seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there
is no unrighteousness in Him.
(ESV) The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own
glory, but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is
true, and in him there is no falsehood.
(HCSB) The one who speaks for himself seeks his own glory.
But He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and
there is no unrighteousness in Him.
Acts 7:38
(KJV) This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel
which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the
lively oracles to give unto us:
(NKJV) "This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the
Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one
who received the living oracles to give to us,
(NASV) "This is the one who was in the congregation in the
wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and
who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.
(HCSB) He is the one who was in the congregation in the
desert together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our
forefathers. He received living oracles to give to us.
(ESV) This is the one who was in the congregation in the
wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers.
He received living oracles to give to us.
Acts 10:42
(KJV) And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to
testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and
dead.
(NIV) He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is
the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.
(NASV) And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify
that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the
living and the dead.
Acts 22:9
(KJV) And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were
afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
(NASV) "And those who were with me saw the light, to be sure, but did not
understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me.
(ESV) Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the
voice of the one who was speaking to me.
(HCSB) Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear
the voice of the One who was speaking to me.
Revelation 2:1
(KJV) Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that
holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven
golden candlesticks;
(NASV) "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The One
who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks
among the seven golden lampstands, says this:
(HCSB) "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "The One
who holds the seven stars in His right hand and who walks among the seven gold
lampstands says:
Summary
We have seen in many verses (and these are only a small portion) how the
terms “he” and “him” have been changed to “one” or “the one.” These are New Age
terms which means there is Satanism running rampant inside the modern versions.
Many think that the new King James Version is safe but we have seen that it is a
dangerous, venomous false stealth version which brings in New Age terms and in
1171 places casts doubt on the true Word of God. The New King James follows the
false versions in many verses. Based upon these intentional changes in the
English texts, I would discard my modern version as fast as I can. The New Age
Movement is a satanic movement which dupes people into believing they can attain
to higher spiritual consciousness while not realizing that these spirit guides
they converse with are nothing more than demons who are deceiving them right
into Hell. A true Christian would have nothing to do with this type of evil
spiritual activity so why would anyone want to use a version which has splashes
of New Age terms. No wonder the Lockman Foundation didn’t want to release the
list of translators of the New American Standard Version, once exposed, we can
see how much New Age influence there was in its translation, which was carried
over to the NKJV. So do you still think you can grow spiritually with your
modern version? Do you still think God’s blessing is upon the modern versions?