The TR and our
Holy Bible
A few reasons why I know the Textus Receptus readings and
the Textus Receptus based Bibles (viz. Geneva [1560], Bishop’s [1568], and King
James [1611]) are correct:
- The TR
readings promote piety in the Christian life and promote the Divinity of
Christ. (see John 5:39) Satan would
not want you to have a Bible that is theologically superior! For example, words such as “repentance”
(Matt. 9:13; Mark 2:17) and “fasting” (Matt. 17:21; Mark 9:29)
are included in the AV 1611 holy text, yet excised in the catholic and ecumenical
bibles.
- Suppose
the TR is a conflated text: that means God’s true people (born-again
evangelical believers) added to the word of God, which is forbidden. (see
Deut. 4:2; Prov. 30:6; Rev. 22:18)
That’s impossible. The ones
who really added to the word of God are the Jesuits who canonized the
Apocryphal books at the council of Trent.
- The TR
readings pre-date the Alexandrian manuscripts by almost two
centuries. The Alexandrian manuscripts
date to the 4th century; but there are Majority (Byzantine) versions that
date to the 2nd century—versions like the Latin (Itala) [157
A.D.], the Gallic [177 A.D.], and the Syrian Peshitta [150 A.D.].
- Since
Satan and his antichrist spirit have been resisting and attacking the word
of God since Genesis 3:1 (cf. 2 Cor. 11:3), doesn’t it make sense that the
reason the TR readings have been curtailed is because of satanic
involvement? Satan hates Jesus, of
course he would try to cover up with glory and doctrine in his ‘bibles’. See what Jesus Christ says Satan does in Mark 4:15.
- The
Majority text is a Syrian text, where the believers were first called
Christians (see Acts 11:26). On the other hand, the Minority text is
an Egyptian text, and Egypt has probably the worst connotation in
scripture; it’s even called “the iron furnace” (see Deut. 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51; Jer. 11:4).
Not trying to complicate things, but doesn’t even a casual glance
at these two locations show that the Holy Spirit would have chosen Antioch
as a much more favorable place to preserve His words than Egypt? Plus, since the Roman Catholic church
has always adopted the worldly, philosophic, Arian, Gnostic, Egyptian mss:
it makes Pharaoh a type of the pope (see Ezek. 28–32).
- Satan
(or “Lucifer” [v. 12]) didn’t like what God prophesied about him in Isaiah
14. So what did he do? The devil changed the Bible (in the
modern Alexandrian versions) so he wouldn’t be sentenced to hell, but
Christ (the “morning star” [Rev. 22:16]) would be—that’s satanic blasphemy
to the utmost! “Star” (Strong’s #3556
Kokab) appears nowhere in Isaiah 14:12
in the Masoretic Text.
- The
Alexandrian bibles remove “Satan” from Psalm 109:6. (See Strong’s #7854.) The King James, Bishop’s, and Geneva
Bibles all have “Satan” in them in this verse.
- The AV
1611 so powerfully exalts the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ that it is a
threat to the honor the Roman catholics give the pope (see John
5:43-44). Therefore, get rid of
that Christological Bible of the Bible-believers and Protestant reformers!
- The
modern bibles’ perversion of Micah 5:2 is an utter blasphemy straight from
the pit of hell! Christ is NOT a
created being because He has no ‘origin’ (NAB, NIV, etc.). His “goings
forth have been from of old, from everlasting” (KJV) [the Geneva and Bishop’s have similar
readings], not just ‘ancient’ (NAB, NIV, etc.). Now you tell me whose reading is more in
line with Colossians 1:18... The papists and ecumenists or the
Bible-believers and Protestant reformers?
I’ll go with the ones whose blood was shed “for the word of God”
(Rev. 1:9, 6:9, 20:4)—after all, as Bro. Nic Kizziah said, ‘It’s a blood
sprinkled Book.’
- Also,
a few more major satanic corruptions (see 2 Cor. 2:11, 17) found in modern perversions (see Jer. 23:36) include... (1) A denial of the
Holy Incarnation in 1 Timothy 3:16. (2) A denial of the blood atonement of
Jesus Christ in Colossians 1:14. (3) A denial of Jesus Christ’s role in
creation in Ephesians 3:9. ¶
Apostle Peter predicted you’d do this stuff in 2 Pet. 2:1. (See also Jude
4.) ¶ Wow, you modern, backslidden,
apostate, Laodicean Christians are really “valiant for the truth” (Jer.
9:3) and really know how to “contend for the faith” (Jude 3)! You’ve compromised on the Christian
birthright to the English-speaking church for a mess of pottage—so you
could get along with the ‘holy father’ and his pack of ravening wolves
filled with more devils than the demoniac from Gadarenes.
- The
Alexandrian manuscripts have the apocrypha attached to their canon. Jews and Bible-believers have always
separated these books from the canonical Scriptures.
P.S. As a side note, because I’m not a ‘TR-man’ but a King
James Bible-believer, I make this comment... I have a Greek New Testament from
Trinitarian Bible Society—it does not say “Holy” anywhere on the cover or title
page in Greek or English. But I have
several King James Bibles that say “HOLY BIBLE” on the cover. Seems to me the Holy Spirit has put more
emphasis on the English rather than the Greek, but that’s just too obvious for
the intellectuals.