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To: Arthur McGowan

“That passage doesn’t refer to all of Scripture. It specifically says it refers to that scroll of prophecy.”

You are correct. However, we are not given ‘artistic freedom’ to edit what we what out of the Bible. S. Michael Houdmann (www.gotquestions.org) expounds upon the danger of distorting God’s Word:

Although the warning in Revelation 22:18-19 is specific to the Book of Revelation, the principle applies to anyone who seeks to intentionally distort God’s Word.

Moses gave a similar warning in Deuteronomy 4:1-2, where he cautioned the Israelites that they must listen to and obey the commandments of the Lord, neither adding to nor taking away from His revealed Word.

Proverbs 30:5-6 contains a similar admonition to anyone who would add to God’s words: he will be rebuked and proven to be a liar.

Although the warning in Revelation 22:18-19 applies specifically to the Book of Revelation, its principle must be applied to the entire revealed Word of God. We must be careful to handle the Bible with care and reverence so as to not distort its message.


123 posted on 03/01/2014 1:27:55 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

A movie is not “the Bible.” It’s a movie!

If someone published a book that purported to be “the Bible,” and made changes and deletions, that’s something else.

There was Bible published around 1930 that caused an uproar, even among Protestants. It changed the words of the institution of the Eucharist: Take and eat, this means my body...take and drink, this means my blood.

I looked at a copy once in a bookstore, but didn’t buy it. I had read about in a book by Arnold Lunn.


124 posted on 03/01/2014 2:49:02 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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