(04-07-2019 10:34 AM)king king Wrote:  And just because I've been on my cell phone for all of these interactions, I've now switched to my computer so I can refute your claims of translations:

This is from Christianity Today International

Why do all the Bibles call Him LORD and not YHVH?

Whole verses are missing from Mark and Matthew in the originals...part 3 of article

Part 4 of that same article goes into further detail on specific words that are mistranslated. Lo, and behold there's even an article about the term She'ol.

Luke 23:43 and the comma are also mentioned in this article. There were no punctuation marks in the original, so the placement of that comma defines an entire doctrine such that the question remains, do we go to Heaven as soon as we die or was Jesus just telling him that day that he would go with Him to Heaven?

Genesis 1 in the original Hebrew uses the word elohim for god. Elohim was a generic term used to describe any god. Then in Genesis 2 the author uses the proper name of YHWH (Yahweh). Your own source shows this to be true right here So, why the apparent difference? Was the god (elohim) of Genesis 1 not the same exact God (YHWH) of Genesis 2?

Then there's the documentary hypothesis, the supplementary hypothesis, and the fragmentary hypothesis. Biblical scholars that study the Torah cant even agree on how it was formed. One author? Many? Oral stories then written down? Written stories cobbled together?

I'll wait for your reply.

Well frankly I looked at and read all your links and didn't see one single change to a key NT doctrine. Even the Luke 23:43 point about when we go to heaven is easily explained away by a whole bunch of other NT scriptures in great detail. The NT is very clear about when we die in the flesh, our spirit goes to heaven instantly and is repeated in multiple verses (2 Cor 5:8 for example).

That is a perfect example of the point I have repeated to you from the beginning here. Even if you get anal about any one verse and call its translation into question, its going to be backed up by multiple other verses that remove all doubt about the one verse you are trying to question. The Bible is purposely written in this way to debunk nearly all of the "translation" arguments people like you use to devalue and question the bible and brainwash others to devalue and question it as Gods word.

Pretty much everything else your links spoke of are things first year bible students know. Its well known God's name is not "god" and that word is just a vague English word for Him. Its well known that the Hebrew used the word Elohim, or more specifically YWHW as His actual name. This is not new information for any serious bible student, though it sounds like it is brand new information for you so I'm gland you reading these things.

This is exactly why God has preserved the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts for us 2000 years later. When we examine and study the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts we learn even more and expand our understanding even more. These thing do not change or alter Key doctrines or key Christian teaching, but they give us an ability to study the Scriptures on an even more advanced "masters" level by examining them in their original languages.

I can read the KJV and learn who God is, what He did, what the evidence of Christ is as the Son of God, what evidence there is as to WHY I should believe in Jesus, and exactly what salvation and faith are in Jesus. Everything I need to know to have salvation and understand the Gospel and NT doctrines are right there in the KJB.

But when I begin to study the original Hebrew, I expand my biblical education even more. I learn the use of the word Elohim, and how that is PLURAL and shows the trinity, I learn the actual name of God, I learn the actual name of Jesus in Hebrew. I learn the connections between Jesus, Yeshua, Joshua and all those names and translation, and so many more things I could go into.

God blesses us with both a tremendous translation in our own language, AND gifted us with the original Hebrew and Greek for cross study and further understanding 2000 years after Christ