James Charles
Stuart
The Lights and Perfection of Deep Judgment
By Prophet Jacob R.
Blandford
The King James Bible comes from the
greatest period of revival the church has ever known: that time is called the
Protestant Reformation. It began with
John Wycliff and then continued by John Huss, and then perpetuated through the scholastic labors of
Erasmus, and the preaching of faith by Luther.
It is a true adage ‘Erasmus laid the egg; and Luther hatched it.’ Luther reached England through his buddy
William Tyndale. And with Tyndale begins
our story of Bible translations in England.
Tyndale’s New Testament was completed and
printed in 1525. After Tyndale’s death his work was completed by Coverdale. Then
there was the Matthew’s Bible by John Rodgers.
Then the Great Bible. Next the
But how did King James now it was
God’s will to translate the Bible one more time and to improve upon the 1568 Translation? Well, the Puritan Dr. John Rainolds impressed it upon him at Hampton Court. But it was ultimately the King’s
decision. And in the Epistle Dedicatory,
Dr. Miles Smith commented the following... “For
when Your Highness had once out of deep
judgment apprehended how convenient it was, that out of the Original Sacred
Tongues, together with comparing of the labors, both in our own, and other
foreign Languages of many worthy men who went before us, there should be one
more exact Translation of the holy Scriptures into the English Tongue;”
(Epistle Dedicatory). The “deep
judgment” was the wisdom the Holy Spirit imparted to him concerning this matter
of this English translation. Because King
James was a God-fearing Christian, he could hear from God (see John
What followed next was one of the
greatest miracles of all church history: including the parting of the Rea Sea,
the fall of Jericho, the fiery furnace, and the loaves and fishes, and the
Resurrection. What happened next was the
Holy Spirit’s continual and fascinating guidance upon the 52 Bible translators
of the King James Version to produce the ultimate, perfect translation of the
preserved Holy Scriptures. The King
James Version is perfection of the Scriptures in the English language. I call it ‘perfection’. (Psalm 19:7) And isn’t it interesting that in the Old
Testament the high priest would wear too onyx stones on the shoulders of the
breastplate of judgment called the Urim and
the Thummim. (Ex. 28:30, 39:6-7) The translation of these terms means ‘lights’
and ‘perfection’. So the high priest,
who was God’s representative, bore light and perfection before the people of
God. What an honor the high priest had! In an even greater way the Lord of glory
placed his glory on King James and his Bible translation. The Bible gives light (Ps. 119:105, 130; Prov.
In Jesus Christ’s name I pray, Amen & Amen.