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(The in museums around the world agrees king who authorized the translation of with the KJV reading? the King James Version Bible.) Some persons claim he was, but the evidence • Are there thousands of changes proves he was not. between the 1611 edition of the KJV Bible and the KJV Bible we have today? • Did you know that there are only two sources from which came all of our Bible • Why did the modern versions changed versions available today? Did you know “IN’ to “ON” when referring to the way modern day scholars are erroneously the mark of the beast will be applied to trying to add a third source? the forehead or the right hand? • Did you know that the King James • Do the Apocryphal books belong with Version came from one of the sources the 66 books of the Bible? and all of the modern versions came from the other source? • Can we trust the FOOTNOTES in our Bibles to support scriptural verses? • Did you know that the Jehovah’s Witness Bible (The New World • Do modern-day Bible scholars believe in Translation) and the modern versions the doctrine of preservation? are all using the same Hebrew and Greek source? • Why do you think we are NOW discovering that the meaning of the • Did you know that the Jehovah’s Hebrew and Greek words in our Witness Bible (The New World modern-day Hebrew and Greek Translation) was the first Bible in 1961 dictionaries are very different to the to change the word, “servant” to “slave?” word choices used in the KJV Bible? (The word servant is used throughout the KJV.) After this change, modern • Which Bible is the easiest book to read? versions begin changing “servant” to “slave.” • Are the archaic words found in the King James Bible outdated or dead? • Do you think the authors of modern versions will soon change the reading at • Is there any scientific proof of the the end of John 1:1 to “a god” instead of existence of a perfect Bible? “God?” • Who is Gail Riplinger? The author who • Did you know that “Lucifer” at Is. 14:12 wrote “New Age Bible Version,” “In Awe in modern versions was replaced with of Thy Word” and the seriously revealing “the morning star?” But who is the book called “Hazardous Materials.” morning star at Rev. 22:16 in the KJV? When these books were published, The Hebrew word for “star” is nowhere “Wor[l]d War Three” began among the found in the original Hebrew text in this Bible scholarship elites. verse. All correspondence can be sent to: • Did you know that 99% of all the [email protected] evidence (manuscripts) available today Written by: P.K. Hanna (E0319) 2 DID YOU KNOW THAT THE HISTORICAL CRUCIFIXION EVENT WITH THE LIVING WORD IS SUBTLY (ALLEGORIZED) AND VERY CLEVERLY REPEATED WITH THE WRITTEN WORD AND WE ARE NOT COGNIZANT OF IT? Are you guilty before God, like His assassins) as the replacement for “The “chosen people” two thousand years ago in Living Word,” these crooked religious Jerusalem (representing Christians today), leaders in Jesus’ day representing leaders of (mentally and intellectually) crucifying the of our modern Bible version crowd, lobbied Written Word (the Bible) like they did the for Westcott and Hort Greek text (two false Living Word (Jesus Christ)? You really need witnesses) as the replacement for “The to find out! Think of what is at stake here: Written Word;” thus, sending “The Written REWARDS! Read, please read! Word” on the way to “Golgotha” to be Just like how the living Word was “crucified.” arrested, “despised and rejected of men,” What we have seen thus far is the accused by false witnesses, condemned procession to “Golgotha,” and “the nailing to and crucified; Bible scholars (like the chief the cross.” We will soon see the priests and elders of the people manifestation of Amos 8:11, (the vast representing preachers and teachers today) religious population will abandon God’s are intellectually performing the same Word, “until he be taken out of the way”) ungodly act to the Written Word (they or the final crucifixion “hours” of The Written despised and reject it today). Word; (II Thessalonians 2:7-12) afterwards, Like the crowd, who were influenced that Wicked One shall be revealed. by the religious leaders, lobbied for The Written Word (John 1:1) just like Barabbas (a murderer representing the Living Word is on the same blood-trail watered-down modern-day Bible version of “crucifixion” by God’s “chosen people.” 3 (Isaiah 53:2-5) and not divulging anything to the non-membership public), until the Like an annoying telephone, judgment was unanimously ringing in middle of the night or a announced by all participating loud and frantic midnight knocking members (including Frederick on the front door, RC Trench’s Scrivener): Guilty! Guilty! book (Read Chapter Six) invoked Immediately, before any outside and summoned an illegal and KJB “defense debate” vicious group of men to gather in interference, the sentencing was judgment to “take counsel quickly read and carried out: together, against the LORD, and bruise and break the Written against his anointed” (The Written Word’s bands; get rid of its cords Word) saying, “let us break their from among us and crucify it; then bands asunder, and cast away let us replace it with liars (false their cords from us.” (Psalm 2:3) witnesses) and a murderer The men met “in the middle of the (Barabbas).
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