CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

~ The Received Text ~

ONCE DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS

 

“For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it [The Received Text] not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.”  ~  I Thessalonians 2:13

 

 

Shock & Awe  

in the KJV-ONLY Camp

PREFACE

 

When we first took a stand for the King James Bible many years ago, it never occurred to us that “King James-Only” meant “no Greek and no Hebrew.”  It was upon reading Gail Riplinger’s most recent book, In Awe of Thy Word, that we discovered that the term “KJV-Only” was to be taken literally.  It means that the King James Bible alone is divinely inspired, perfect and superior to all other translations and texts, including the Greek Textus Receptus and the Hebrew Masoretic Text. 

We are “Textus Receptus Only,” and we mistakenly assumed that this was also the position of the leadership of the KJV-Only movement.  Our discovery that this was not the case compelled us to write this lengthy expose of the heresy in Gail Riplinger’s book and other false teachings in King James Onlyism which is another point of entry to the New Age / New World Order. 

 

Gail Riplinger’s book, In Awe of Thy Word, is both a broadside attack on the Greek Textus Receptus and an introduction to Kabbalah, which is Jewish occultism. Yet the heretical nature of Riplinger’s book goes undetected by many in the King James-Only community probably because her best-seller, New Age Bible Versions, seemed to uphold the Textus Receptus as the standard text for New Testament translation.  When it became apparent that Gail Riplinger had done a volte face on the superiority of the Greek Textus Receptus, it was time for us to reexamine her teachings and to confront many false teachings of King James Onlyism; for there appears to be a “conspiracy of silence” among KJV-Only leaders as Gail takes the movement to a new level of heresy.

 

Mrs. Riplinger is now on a crusade to destroy confidence in the Greek Textus Receptus as well as Greek and Hebrew resources that enable Christians to determine the accuracy of various Bible translations.  Instead of encouraging the use of Greek and Hebrew resources to understand the meanings of the words in Scripture, she teaches her readers how to divine “letter meanings” kabbalistically.  Mrs. Riplinger no longer promotes Bible translations based exclusively on the Byzantine text, but translations based on the Alexandrian manuscripts she purports to condemn.  And, typical of all KJV-Only publications, In Awe of Thy Word reimages medieval heretics as the “true Christians” who preserved the Traditional Text. 

 

The following extensive and long overdue expose reveals the multitude of outright lies in Gail Riplinger’s books, her shameless misquoting of sources and manipulation of data, her revision of Church history, her subtle teaching of Jewish occultism and her lack of a Christian testimony.  Having investigated the endtime deception for well over a decade we thought we had seen everything; however, the sophisticated web of lies, manipulated data and false teachings published by Gail Riplinger surpasses them all.  We urge the reader to take time to read each section of this important report, and to “prove all things” by checking our documentation of the many lies in Riplinger’s publications and other false teachings in King James Onlyism.

 

“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” (1 Thess. 5:21)

 

UPDATE 8/1/21: The hidden agenda of King James Onlyism is to transition Christians from reading the Bible to understand the plain sense of what God said, and using Greek and Hebrew resources when needed, to using Kabbalistic methods to divine the "hidden meanings" of Scripture and Talmudic resources which are Rabbinic writings in opposition to the Old Testament. The endgame of King James Onlyism is to undermine the authority of the Received Greek and Hebrew texts underlying the Bible and even the inspired original autographs. In their place, KJV Only preachers are presenting false teachings from the Talmud, Kabbalah and the heretical Aramaic New Testament, the Syriac Peshitta. For an updated section in this expose, read Chapter 6a: "KJV-Only = Talmud & Kabbalah Only."

 

INTRODUCTION

 

The Translators Preface to the 1611 King James Version has not been included in King James Bibles for nearly two hundred years, ever since the British and Foreign Bible Society and the American Bible Society assumed responsibility for the translation and worldwide distribution of the Bible. The American Bible Society was founded by Baptists in 1816 and funded by the British and Foreign Bible Society which was directed by prominent members of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge of the United Grand Lodge of England. Although founded for the ostensible purpose of circulating the Word of God, the Baptist founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the American Bible Society took it upon themselves to exclude the Translators Preface and marginal notes from King James Bibles, a policy which became the defining article in the Constitutions of both Bible societies.

 

Petitions to restore the Translators Preface to the King James Bible have been rejected by modern publishers. The removal of this historical document has made possible the emergence of a movement that is in every respect at variance with the stated beliefs and principles of the King James Translators, as well as the King James Bible. It is the purpose of this report to present the facts with regard to many false teachings that have arisen as a result of the removal of the Translators Preface from the King James Version.

 

The KJV Translators set forth many of their beliefs and principles of Bible translation in their Preface, “The Translators to the Reader.” Among these are the following:

  1. The Translators believed that all serious translations of the Greek and Hebrew Scriptures may be read as the Word of God, with the understanding that all translations contain some errors:

“Now to the latter we answer; that we do not deny, nay we affirm and avow, that the very meanest translation of the Bible in English, set forth by men of our profession,...containeth the word of God, nay, is the word of God. As the King’s speech, which he uttereth in Parliament, being translated into French, Dutch, Italian, and Latin, is still the King’s speech, though it be not interpreted by every Translator with the like grace, nor peradventure so fitly for phrase, nor so expressly for sense, everywhere. For it is confessed, that things are to take their denomination of the greater part; and a natural man could say,...A man may be counted a virtuous man, though he have made many slips in his life, (else, there were none virtuous, for in many things we offend all) [James 3:2] also a comely man and lovely, though he have some warts upon his hand, yea, not only freckles upon his face, but also scars. No cause therefore why the word translated should be denied to be the word, or forbidden to be current, notwithstanding that some imperfections and blemishes may be noted in the setting forth of it.

  1. The Translators distinguished between the quality of English translations of the Byzantine Received Text and translations of Alexandrian text-type manuscripts, such as the Latin Vulgate.

“For by this means it cometh to pass, that whatsoever is sound already (and all is sound for substance, in one or other of our editions, and the worst of ours far better than their authentic vulgar) the same will shine as gold more brightly, being rubbed and polished; also, if anything be halting, or superfluous, or not so agreeable to the original, the same may be corrected, and the truth set in place.”

  1. The Translators believed that only the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts were inspired by God and therefore inerrant.

For whatever was perfect under the Sun, where Apostles or Apostolic men, that is, men endued with an extraordinary measure of Gods spirit, and privileged with the privilege of infallibility, had not their hand?... So, by the story of Ezra, and the prophecy of Haggai it may be gathered, that the Temple built by Zerubbabel after the return from Babylon, was by no means to be compared to the former built by Solomon (for they that remembered the former, wept when they considered the latter) [Ezra 3:12] notwithstanding, might this latter either have been abhorred and forsaken by the Jews, or profaned by the Greeks? The like we are to think of Translations.

King James I of England may have “authorised” the translation that bears his name, however, the Greek Received Text is the only “Authorized” Word of God for the New Testament, given by inspiration of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles.

“For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it [The Received Text] not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.”  (1 Thess. 2:13)

 

“And they were astonished at his [Jesus’] doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority [‘The Authorized Version’], and not as the scribes.” (Mark 1:22)

Treatment of this most important subject has required an honest assessment of King James-Onlyism, which professes to defend the Greek Received Text, but has relegated it to a subordinate position relative to the King James Version.  This report does not represent the departure of Watch Unto Prayer from the King James Version, but a realistic look at its proper place in Gods plan of Bible transmission with an objectivity and attention to facts that is tragically absent in the King James Only movement. The English translations of the Textus Receptus in use today – the King James Version, the New King James Version, the Geneva Bible, the Tyndale Bible – are based on an uncorrupted Greek text. They are good translations, but not perfect translations despite the claims of King James Onlyism.  However, “notwithstanding that some imperfections and blemishes may be noted in the setting forth of them, these English translations are light years ahead of the horde of modern versions based on corrupt Alexandrian text-type manuscripts. 

 

This report is focused mainly on the Greek New Testament rather than the Hebrew Old Testament, for it is the Greek Textus Receptus that is under attack and slated for extinction.  Our constant prayer is that our reports will be accurate so that we neither bear false witness nor add to the deception which already abounds in the Church.  Every attempt has been made to insure accuracy, however human fallibility dictates that perfection is impossible: “For whatever was perfect under the Sun, where Apostles or Apostolic men, that is, men endued with an extraordinary measure of Gods spirit, and privileged with the privilege of infallibility, had not their hand? The goal of our endeavor has been to arrive at the truth concerning the English Bible translations; therefore, any corrections, suggestions, new information and insights will be appreciated.

“If we be sons of the Truth, we must consider what it speaketh, and trample upon our own credit, yea, and upon other men’s too, if either be any way an hindrance to it.” (“The Translators to the Reader”)

Barbara Aho

May, 2008

 

  1. Gail Riplinger’s Rosicrucian Masterpiece

     

    Chapter 1.   A Primer on Kabbalah

    Chapter 2.   The Tetragrammaton

    Chapter 3.   “Christian” Kabbalah

    Chapter 4.   The KJV Bible Codes

     

  2. FEAR & LOATHING OF GREEK RESOURCES

Chapter 5.   No Greek Resources!

Chapter 6.   The Ruckmanite Heresy

chapter 6 TALMUD & KABBALAH ONLY

Chapter 7.   The Translators Preface

Chapter 8.   Revision of the 1611 AV

Chapter 9.   The Mark of the Beast

Chapter 10. The New King James Version

Chapter 11. Cooking the Data

  1. THE real HISTORY of King James Onlyism

Chapter 12. Origin of KJV-Onlyism

Chapter 13. The Albigenses & Cathari

Chapter 14. Baptist Successionism

Chapter 15. Anabaptist Unitarianism

Chapter 16. Old Latin & Gothic Versions

Chapter 17. Anglo-Saxon Version

Chapter 18. The Wycliffe Translation

Chapter 19. The Lollard Movement

Chapter 20. Christian Rosenkreuz

APPENDICES

  1. OCCULT SYMBOLISM IN Grail Riplingers “Rosicrucian Masterpiece”

  2. Gail Riplingers MISREPRESENTATION OF the New king james version

  3. Translation Errors in the KJV Which Affect the Interpretation of Bible Prophecy

  4. How to Avoid Profane Babblings: Personal Bible Study Plan

  5. Scrivener’s Appendix A. “Wrong readings of the Bible of 1611 amended in later editions.”

  6. Gail Riplinger's Multiple Marriages & Divorces

 

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