It certainly appears that Satan is using the modern versions in a subtle attack on the message that our God has given to the Advent People. As the N.I.V. has become the most popular modern version, let us notice its attacks on truth.

1. THE SABBATH.

Ex. 20: 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates

11 For in six days the Lord. made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Instead of "the" Sabbath the N.I.V. has ‘a sabbath." Not only does the commandment clearly state "The Seventh-day is the Sabbath of the Lord Thy God" but the Scriptures clearly show why "the seventh day" is the Sabbath of God.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work, which he had made.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."

It is interesting to note that each of the days of creation end with the statement "And the evening and the morning" etc. A similar statement is given for each day of creation. That is every day of creation except "the seventh-day." No such statement is made regarding "the seventh-day". Why? In each of the first six days what was done on that day was what was important. The day was mentioned last.

But! When you come to the seventh-day it is different. It is now the day that is important.

Thus the heavens and the earth were I finished, and all the host of them.

2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Notice the seventh-day is mentioned three times. This day is now all important. God was about to make His memorial. We read God rested on the seventh-day," Sabbath means rest. This "seventh day" the rest day of God. We have no record of God resting on any other day.’ The "seventh day" is the only rest day, or "Sabbath of the Lord thy God." There is no other.

It is of interest to notice that the Hebrew word translated "rested" in Gen. 2:2 is "Shabath". It means "kept Sabbath." Our Creator was the first Sabbath keeper. What a privilege to keep the same day as our Maker. He not only rested on "the seventh day." He kept Sabbath. Next he "blessed the seventh day." Then the divine record states that He "sanctified it; because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made."

God rested on "the seventh-day". He blessed "the seventh day". He sanctified "the seventh day." He made "the seventh-day" holy. Our God did these things for no other day. "It is "the seventh-day" only.

Further it should be remembered—the same seventh­day Sabbath is the only day our Lord ever kept as His Sabbath. It is the only day we were ever asked to keep. Our Lord wrote with His own finger on the tables of stone these words.

EXODUS 20:8-10 "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God."

The seventh day is not "a" sabbath. God states it is "the" Sabbath of the Lord thy God.

The corrupted, Jesuit version N.I.V. drags the Sabbath of our God down to "a" sabbath, etc. To the same place as any of the many annual sabbaths of Israel. Just one among many rest days of the Jews.

The N.I.V. repeats this deception in other places.

COL. 2:16,17 NIV "Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ."

Note, "a Sabbath" of Ex.20 is abolished in the N I.V. This corrupt version, puts in the same "a Sabbath".

Notice again the "Scripture of Truth:

The N.I.V. here translates a plural noun meaning "sabbath days" to a "sabbath day," This is to hit that hated Sabbath. They want to shift the "Sabbath." This plays right into the hands of our opponents.

For instance in a newspaper debate between Pastor McLennan (Seventh-day Adventist) and a Mr. Brewer (Church of Christ) as issued by the General Conference Press Bureau, we read these words from our anti-sabbath opponent, the Church of Christ minister. He wrote: "There is no authority at all for Christians to keep the Sabbath. Rather, we are strictly admonished to allow no man to judge us with reference to the Sabbath."

COL. 2:16 N.I.V. "Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day."

Again he says "There is no excuse for saying ‘sabbath days’ in this passage. The N.I.V. says ‘a sabbath day,’ and that covers all of them."

If you are depending on the N.I.V. or any other of these corrupted modern versions you are an easy prey to deception. We are coming up to the final crisis: Inspiration says "The Sabbath will be the great test of loyalty" G.C. 605.

Is the N.I.V. and the flood of modern versions—this Bible Babel— preparing the way for multitudes to be led astray?

2. THE SANCTUARY.

DAN. 8:14

It is interesting to note Sister White’s statement on this verse.

G.C. 409 "The Scripture which above all others had been both the foundation and the central pillar of the Advent faith was the declaration ‘Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.’ (Dan. 8:14) These had been familiar words to all believers in the Lord’s soon coming. By the lips of thousands was this prophecy repeated as the watchword of their faith."

‘’The cleansing of the sanctuary at the ending of the 2300 days prophecy was and is the foundation, and the "central pillar" and "watchword" of the Advent Message. This the enemy must attack. Nowhere has his work been more revealed than in what is called "The Holy Bible—New International Version." See again how the word "cleansed" is changed to "reconsecrated." This is a totally different word. The Heavenly Sanctuary was consecrated once. It likewise is "cleansed" once for all. It does not need, and never was reconsecrated. This translation makes the prophecy of none effect and the translation absurd. Such is the N.I.V.

Is it the work of the enemy of Truth? It certainly looks like it.

Notice again these words from "the testimony of Jesus" in G.C. 421.

"This is the service which began when the 2300 days ended. At that time, as foretold by Daniel the prophet, our High Priest entered the most holy, to perform the last division of His solemn work—to cleanse the sanctuary."

Which is true? The corrupt Vaticanus of Rome, which is largely the basis of the N.I.V. or the Spirit of Prophecy—God’s gift to His Remnant Church? Which will you follow?

"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

DAN. 9:25 Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment, "to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall; even in troublous times.

This text gives the commencement of the wonderful seventy week time period. It also gives the time when "Messiah the Prince" would appear. This prophecy gives a solid foundation to Christianity. Jesus our Lord sets His seal upon it.

The first words Jesus said were "The time is fulfilled." What time? The only prophecy that showed the very time the Messiah would appear was Daniel 9:25. With this incredible prophecy I have seen literally hundreds of atheists and unbelievers convinced and converted to Christ and His truth for today. Now let us have a look at the jumble, as presented by the N.I.V.

THE CONFUSION OF THE N.I.V.

DAN. 9:25 "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens’, and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench but in times of trouble."

I repeatedly hear the statement that the N.I.V. is plainer and easier to understand. Is this verse clearer? To me it is a jumble. It is as clear as mud. Read it again for yourself. It is not only unclear, It means little. "The Anointed One, the ruler" could be many. Every priest was anointed. So was every king. Saul, the first king of Israel was "an anointed one." He died of suicide. You can prove little or nothing by this version.

Now notice the next verse.

DAN. 9:26 "After the sixty-two ‘sevens’, the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood. War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed."

According to this the Anointed One "will have nothing." This corrupt text is refuted by many clear statements of God’s Word.

JOHN 3:35

MATT. 28:18

DAN. 7:13,14

LUKE 1:32,33

Rome hates prophecy, especially the amazing prophecies of Daniel the prophet. So they corrupt and cut out what does not suit. Here is one of many instances.

5. DANIEL THE PROPHET.

MARK 13:14

Now look up the N.I.V. and note that they have cut out "spoken of by Daniel the prophet."

Liberals hate the prophecies of Daniel. So does Rome. They would have us believe Daniel was merely a historian, writing after the events. Bible prophecy proves too much for those who want to tone down Scripture. Here is another instance.

MATT. 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments, among them, and upon my venture did they cast lots.

Now look up for yourself the N.I.V. and you will find that the words we have underlined are omitted. Is this not the work of antichrist? These are the words of our God. They describe our Lord’s atoning death for us so they are mutilated. As our Lord was crucified so His precious Word is crucified by the N.I.V. and the other modern versions.

The N.I.V. omits "But by every word of God."

We dare not lose a single word of God’s Book. This precious old Book means everything to us. We are to live by "every Word of God." So what does the enemy of truth do? He has his agents cut out the words from this text "But by every word of God." The enemy hates the word of God. He wants to get rid of this precious old Bible of ours. He hates the Great Advent Truth so he attacks it. He does this through his agents and through corrupted mutilated versions.

Remember "Every word of God is pure". Prov.30:5. Jesus has promised, "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." Rev.3:10.

This short series of leaflets reveals the Devil’s hatred against "God’s Truth for Today."

The N.I.V. the most popular of all modern corrupted versions is certainly a tool to confuse God’s people.

Ellen White’s experience was "The Lord showed me." "He told me." "It was presented before me." "Said the angel." "I asked my accompanying angel the meaning of what I heard." Thus God has provided guidance and instruction for His remnant church.

SISTER WHITE AND THE MODERN VERSIONS.

To justify their use of modern versions of the Bible, many claim "Sister White used them." To the many, this answers all. They argue all versions therefore must be good. I have often wished that Adventists used the modern versions as Sister White used them. If they used these versions as Sister White did, there would be no problem as we shall see.

Turn to:

PROV.30:5 "Every word of God is pure."

How much impurity needs to be added to a glass of pure water to make it impure? 5%? 1%?

A much higher percentage of error has been added to the Scriptures. The flood of at least one hundred versions in recent times has certainly corrupted truth and produced a babel.

According to the index, there are listed 15,117 Scripture references in the 25 Volumes that are listed. 95% Of these references are from the King James Version (KJV) and 5% from all the other versions. The Revised Version came out in 1881. Since 1881 more than three quarters of Sister White’s writings have been produced. Therefore several of the revised versions were available during most of Sister White’s writing years.

There are 666 quotations from KJV, 53 from American Revised Version, and 5 from the Revised Version.

She quoted often from Practical Psalms where the change was slight in the wording.

We should notice that verses that are omitted by the N.I.V. and other modern versions are quoted as the Word of God by Sister White. For instance:

ACTS 8:37 The N.I.V. omits this passage of Holy Writ, but Sister White quotes it as inspired.

Many other instances of omissions from the N.I.V., but quoted by Sister White could be given and God willing, will be given.

It should be remembered that there are no true Scriptures in the N.I.V. that cannot be found in the King James Version. But there are many true Scriptures that are omitted from the N.I.V. as we have noticed and will notice. When the thought is plainer and without error in a modern version, true, Sister White quotes it. But she never quotes the modern version when it has error. For instance several times she quotes REV. 22:14 "do His commandments," but she never quotes the erroneous "wash their robes" as found in the N.I.V. and other corrupted versions. (See G. Burnside, Rev. 22:14 and the N.I.V.) Again in JOB.19:26 (A. R. V.) "Then without my flesh shall I see God."

Or Lesser’s, "Then freed from my flesh shall I behold God."

While at times Sister White uses the A.R.V. or Lesser, she never uses them where they have been corrupted as above. On the other hand several times she quotes this text but always when it is true as in the KJV. "Yet in my flesh shall I see God." See G.C. p 299 etc.

This was the last Volume written by Sister White. Notice she never quoted from a Revised Version once in this volume. Sister White began with the King James Version and she finished the Volume with it. Our prophet used these modern versions less and less. It is a tragedy that too many Adventists are now using the modern Versions more and more. Inspiration used them less and less. Apostacy uses them more and more. May you follow the example of Sister White In her last volume of the Testimonies and drop out the so called revisions.

Now let us look at Sister White’s historic statements.

We are fortunate to have an inspired guide in history. Historians write with a bias, and as a result can be confusing. Inspiration alone presents the full facts. Notice some interesting and enlightening facts of history.

G.C. 45 "The nominal conversion of Constantine, in the early part of the fourth century...now the work of corruption rapidly progressed." This was in the fateful "fourth century." One of Constantine’s acts was to have the Catholic bishop Eusebius make copies of fifty Bibles for use in the churches.

As Constantine aimed at unity, the pagans with apostate christians, he naturally chose tampered manuscripts to suit his compromised christianity. The evidence is overwhelming in favour of the fact that the Vatican and Sinai manuscripts were two of Constantine’s fifty Bibles.

Sidney Collett in his "The Scripture of Truth" when writing about the Sinaitic manuscript that was found by Dr. Tischendorf stated:

Dr. Tischendorf believed that this and the Vatican manuscript were two of the fifty copies of the Bible which were made in Greek by command of the Emperor Constantine, about the year A.D. 331, under the supervision of Bishop Eusebius, the historian of Caesarea. P. 28.

These manuscripts came from the fourth century—the century of corruption. Sister White further states: G.C. 56 "Ancient writings were forged by monks ... And a church that had rejected the truth greedily accepted these deceptions."

Of the Catholic bishop who prepared these Bibles for Constantine, inspired history states:­

G.C. 574 "Eusebius, a bishop who sought the favour of princes, and who was the special friend and flatterer of Constantine."

This was the century that brought in Sunday.

This was the century that produced the Vulgate from which came the Catholic Bible. In this same "fourth century" of corruption came the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus, from which came the N.I.V. and its companion versions. They are companions in crime and corruption. For instance compare the Catholic "Douay. . Bible" and the N.I.V. Note their striking parallel. MATT.18:11 is missing from both of them.

REV. 22:14 has the corruption "wash their robes" in each.

LUKE 4:4 "But by every word of God" is omitted from both the N.I.V. and the Douay. Many more parallels will be given in a later leaflet—God willing.

Hold fast to our Lord’s gift to His remnant people. May you ever be in the company of God’s "saints" that "have the Testimony of Jesus." Rev. 12:17

REV. 19.10 "For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." That inspired voice further declares:

G.C. 65 "The Waldenses were among the first of the peoples of Europe to obtain a translation of the Holy Scriptures. Hundreds of years before the Reformation they possessed the Bible in manuscript in their native tongue. They had the truth unadulterated, and this rendered them the special objects of hatred and persecution . . . . they stood unflinchingly for God’s word and His honor."

The Waldenses, like the saints on Scotland’s isle of Iona held the true Scriptures. "They had the truth unadulterated, and this rendered them special objects of hatred and persecutions." G.C. 65.

Note it was because these saints held the Scriptures—"truth unadulterated" that Rome hated and persecuted them. Rome has always hated the Bible.

Rome held the Vulgate, Vaticanus, and Sinaiticus for centuries. But inspiration further states:

"Theirs was not a faith newly received. Their religious belief was their inheritance from their fathers. They contended for the faith of the apostolic church "the faith which was once Delivered unto the saints." Jude 3. "The church in the wilderness," and not the proud hierarchy enthroned in the world’s great capital, was the true church of Christ, the guardian of the treasures of truth which God has committed to His people to be given to the world." G.C.64.

God preserved His Word. He preserved it through His saints, the Waldenses and in Scotland’s Iona. We are clearly told that it was "the church in the wilderness" and "not the proud hierarchy enthroned in the world’s great capital"—Rome" that was the guardian of the treasures of truth." Rome may have had the Vulgate, Vaticanus and Sinaiticus but they did not have the—"Scripture of truth"—the Received Text, the "Majority text"—from which we have the King James Version.

May we each one be willing to die for it. To sum up:

Rome upholds the Vulgate Vaticanus and Sinaiticus but hated the King James Version. Why?

The sure word of prophecy answers:

Rome "cast down the truth to the ground." Dan. 8:12.

It "shall destroy the mighty and the holy people." Dan. 8:24.

"He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes, but he shall be broken without hand." Dan. 8:25.

Such is the work and doom of Rome.

Remember! "But the Word of the Lord endureth forever." 1 Peter 1:25

1 JOHN 2:17 "And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."

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