[Alas]

I took his reference to abridged as meaning on of the new shortened versions of the bible, like the one put out by Readers Digest. In those, all of the books, including the Book of Revelation have been both edited and shortened.

[Dimensio]

Right, but mention was made of Revelation 22 in why the abridged Bible wouldn't/shouldn't be used and Revelation 22:18 and 22:19 are used often to explain why the Bible should never be abridged (and I've also heard it used to justify the "inerrancy" of the Bible). Speficically:

18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book

I can understand that applying to the book of Revelation (and thus it is just to call anyone who presents an abridged Book of Revelation a hypocrite), but many apply these verses to the entire Bible which did not exist when Revelation was written.

[Retiredforever]

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He sounds like an old timer with a Texas drawl-- talks very slowly, but after a while -- his voices tends to grow on a person. I enjoy his teachings every morning. At the present time, he is teaching from the book of Leviticus.