This is a great post i found over at the Born To Battle blog by John Bookman. Please read it all before you start beating on me!
Just days ago, I realized that we have not gone far enough in insisting that the Bible be preserved unchanged “in the form God intended for us to have.” Of course, I speak of the infallible, inerrant, verbally-inspired and unalterably preserved English Bible, the Authorized Version (AV 1611), “the Bible God uses and Satan hates.” Sure, there are lots of zealous defenders who have shielded it from the corruptions of such heinous translations as the NIV, the NASB and that most sinister NKJB, and have kept us from returning to the now-completely-unnecessary Hebrew and Greek. But while they kept their watch on one front, the Enemy has come in unawares by another route and sown seeds of corruption that have, I fear, already yielded a corrupt harvest.
What am I getting at? Simply this: we have insisted on the verbal inspiration of the English, that is, that the very English words were divinely chosen and given to the Learned Men. But simply insisting on the perfection of the English words and preserving the words is not enough. A careful consideration of the true intent and meaning of the words of Matthew 5:18 is necessary: “Till heauen and earth passe, one iote or one title, shall in no wise passe from the law, till all be fulfilled.” (I have made no mistake in my spelling, as I shall shortly explain). Notice how Jesus insisted on the verbal inspiration, not just of the words, but also of the very letters of the words of Scripture. And since this verse is a specific promise of the preservation of Scripture in our infallible English Bible, we must insist on following, not just the original KJV words but also their very spelling. What other meaning can we draw out of the words “one iote or one title”? Every letter–the very spelling–is certainly inspired, and to alter the spelling of a single word, to alter even a single letter in a single word, is to deny and reject the inspiration of the AV 1611. If God had wanted us to spell the words in the AV 1611 different in our Bibles, He would have given them to us in that form originally. Modern spelling is as hideous and hateful a thing as modern translations. Its new age corruption, pure and simple. No one was ever authorized to corrupt, to “modernize” the infallible original spelling. There are eight spelling corruptions in John 3:16 alone!
I’m sure some “liberal” soul will say, “What difference does spelling make?” Argue it out with Jesus, brother! Didn’t He say that inspiration of the words included the very spelling, every iote, not just the words? Will you reject the teaching of Matthew 5:18 of letter/spelling inspiration of our preserved AV 1611? To stop at “word inspiration” and not insist on spelling inspiration is to be second cousin to mere “thought inspiration.” It is creeping apostasy, through and through. Next someone will deny the inspiration of the chapter and verse numberings in the AV 1611. Where will it stop?
And I think we must recognize that Jesus’ infallible English word was “title” and not the now-corrupted “tittle.” A tittle is part of the ornamentation of a Hebrew letter (at least that’s what I’ve heard at Fellowship meetings, so I have assurance that it’s right). But a title is something else. I have complete confidence that this promise of Jesus was a specific reference to the preservation of the chapter and page headings, the titles found in the original AV 1611. Sadly, those infallible titles, attached by the Learned Men under divine inspiration at the top of each page and at the beginning of each chapter have been removed from our modern editions. Without them, we cannot claim that we have a perfectly preserved Bible, and by allowing them to be removed, we have called God a liar, and denied that He is able to preserve the inspired English Bible He has given us.
It is no secret that none of the commonly used English Bibles published in our day have the original AV 1611 spelling, or punctuation (that, too, is part of our directly inspired, infallible English Bible) or titles of which Jesus spoke, so in reality, these Bibles, even though they say “King James Version” or “Authorized Version” are really not Bibles at all. Only the Nelson reprint of the original 1611 AV is a real Bible; all the others are sinister corruptions.
And there is growing upon me the deep conviction, as deep as anything I’ve written in this article, that no English-speaking person can be saved if he was not saved by an original, unaltered AV 1611, with original spelling, original punctuation, and original chapter and page titles. This simply means that anyone who thought he was saved by reading a revised “KJV” or by hearing a sermon from such a “Bible” or by reading a Gospel tract that quoted the words in a revised spelling form, even if it was labelled “KJV” is not really saved, has never been saved, and never will be saved until he gets a true, fully-preserved AV 1611. That will mean that virtually all those who thought they were saved–preachers, deacons and all–will have to go back and get truly saved through a real AV 1611, then get rebaptized. Verbal inspiration of the English requires inspiration of the very spelling as well. Anything less is rank modernism.
I will confess to one further worry: original type style. The real AV 1611 was printed in what printers call “black letter,” a very ornate type style much like Gothic script, which is still used many times for the banner at the top of the front page of newspapers. This original type style was replaced with “Roman” type sometime in the 18th century. Note that name: Roman. I fear that once again, the Jesuits have conspired to corrupt the pure word in English. They have taken away the original Gothic (and as everyone knows, the Gothic Bible used the textus receptus for its foundation which proves with certainty that the Gothic was the correct script for a real Bible), and have substituted the corrupt Roman script. In a real sense, even the KJV has become a Roman Bible, since its modern editions use Roman script and not the original black letter. As further proof that Roman type is a corruption, notice that all these apostate Bibles–the ERV, ASV, NASB, NIV, NKJB, and the rest, have always been printed in Roman type. That’s proof enough to me that any Bible in Roman type is no Bible at all, and that only a Bible with the original script, the black letter, given to us in the form we should have it by the Learned Men, is a true Bible. Perhaps even those saved by the true original spelling KJV are not saved at all, and must locate a black letter edition. The Roman script Nelson reprint may not be enough (it’s just like those Bible corrupters at Thomas Nelson to pass off a Roman script KJV as though it were a real Bible!). Fortunately for me, my brother has a facsimile reprint in the original black letter of the AV 1611, and I’m secure since I’ve studied out of it several times.
It is a desperate situation. The shortage of black letter, original spelling AV 1611 Bibles is severe. There is truly a famine of the preserved word of God in the land. And all our efforts at preaching, teaching, Bible study, and soul winning are completely futile until we return to the real, unaltered, perfectly preserved bonafide AV 1611. Perhaps the best thing to do for the present is to send off and buy one of those pages from an original KJV, and if you can get a page that has a salvation verse, or part of the “Romans road,” perhaps there will be enough of the Gospel in the true preserved English to rescue your soul.
[As a service to the reader, so he can be saved through a real AV 1611, I will quote John 3:16; unfortunately, I have no capacity to reproduce the original black letter script, so even believing the unrevised spelling may not be enough, but we can hope for the best:
For God so loued ye world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne: that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.
And just today, I came to understand that the only proper format for any Bible is in scroll form (or at least loose-leaf), since the Apostle assures us that “the word of God is not bound.” Therefore any book that is bound, regardless of its printed contents, cannot honestly be said to be the word of God. I’m sure the inspired 1611 translators never intended for their translation to come sown and within leather covers. Such would be a travesty, in light of the Apostle’s clear and plain teaching.
I’ve begun the systematic unstitching of all my sewn Bibles so that they can qualify, according to Paul’s definition, as the word of God. I urge you to do the same.
If you haven’t already figured it out, the above piece is satire. It was written by Doug Kutilek. I found it at an excellent site devoted to the KJV only controversy.
July 25, 2015 at 18:12
Ha! That was some very good satire because I didn’t start to catch on until the end 😉
I am a big fan of the KJV, but I also love to read other versions and also to sometimes go back and look at the translations and origins of those words. I do know people who take their words very seriously, but I do not get too hung up on it. People can be so silly, we can take a perfect translation and try to twist it to meet our own needs. God however, God’s words are perfect, and He will teach them to you in a myriad of ways, in music,in art, in life lessons. The bible is a tool, but I always like to say, we really need to let the Author show up and read it to us. He will show us exactly what we need to know if we just let Him 😉
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July 25, 2015 at 18:17
It was quite funny LOL. And I am probably gonna get in trouble for posting it! I love the KJV also, the words are just so…cool. But, like you I am not hung up on it. We use it at church, and it only. Read from something else and people start turning purple and gasping. But I have several, and my parallel Bible is priceless to me. What you said about the author showing up? Also priceless. Thanks IB.
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July 25, 2015 at 22:53
Wow, ok that was good Wally and have to admit to a fair amount of eye rolling until I caught onto the satire. Well done! 😉
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July 26, 2015 at 05:25
Well I just found it Tricia so credit really due elsewhere. It was well done though. Did some eye rolling myself at first lol
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July 26, 2015 at 08:21
Hilarious! I was KJV only for a lot of years, but have in the last decade moved that heretical text NASB. I’ve actually heard that there is a Bible coming out soon (or perhaps already) that leaves out the chapter and verse numbering. That would make it a little harder for reference purposes, but in fact, does a much better job of keeping things together. I’m convinced we loose a lot because we stop were we weren’t supposed to.
One of my favorite examples is John 8 which starts (in the NASB anyway) with “But Jesus…”
Hmmm – perhaps i should not have stopped my devotions yesterday with John 7:53 “Everyone went to their homes.”
This article is very clever. Thanks for sharing.
Ben
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July 26, 2015 at 08:30
I do love the KJV, use it and we teach from it. But we also get pretty extreme about it too. Good point on the verse numbers. In fact when I insert multiple verses in a post, I usually remove the numbers for that very reason. Thanks for coming by brother.
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July 26, 2015 at 14:33
For a personal reason, I found this piece troubling until your clarification. Late in my legal career, when my health was failing, I learned of a pastor in our area who insisted on his congregation using the King James Bible. This he said was the only trustworthy edition, though many people struggled with the language. As it turned out, the man, himself, was untrustworthy. Highly corrupt, he did great harm to his congregation. Many hypocrites insist on niceties — the letter of the law rather than the spirit, a form of godliness but denying its power. We must be vigilant to protect the letter and spirit of the Bible. Above all, we must live as the Word of God lived…and continues to live in the hearts of those who have committed themselves to Him. OK. End of sermon.
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July 26, 2015 at 15:52
You just preach all you want to Anna, because you made great points. Yep, covering our own failings with excess legalism is pretty common. So, no problem, you come preach anytime.
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July 26, 2015 at 19:17
Wally, I’m so glad I read all the way to the end. I was really ready to let loose. Imagine! No one is saved unless he or she reads the Gospel in an original unbound Bible. Ludicrous. I was so ready! Lol!
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July 26, 2015 at 19:36
Yeah that guy is quite brilliant actually made me read all the way too lol
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