New Testament Distortions in the [Adventist] Clear Word Bible

[mog144]

Revrobor,

The word “Adventist” does not appear on the front cover of The Clear Word Bible. It does not appear on the title page or in the Preface. The Preface compares it to The Living Bible and The Message. In the Preface, Blanco says “every attempt has been made to allow the Bible to interpret itself.”

This is a standard trick used by Adventists. They put their views out without giving anyone a clue where these thoughts come from or who is responsible for them.

There are two Adventist hospitals in the county where I live. In the lobby there are stacks of comic books pushing a Creationist view, denying the existence of the soul and denying the existence of a permanent hell. There is no sign that this is an Adventist publication.

I think more people should be aware of what the Adventists teach and why no one who knows their Bible can agree with them.

You only have to talk with Adventists on CF to know that no one can dispose of a Bible verse they don't want to hear faster than an SDA. They only care what their prophet, Ellen White, thought.


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Hey Dale, FYI, to inform you, as sort of a constructive pun to your reply, They, SDA church, may not have Bibles with the word "Adventist" on the cover, likely because it may identify with other faiths, but they do have new study Bibles that are available from 3ABN with their logo on the cover.

I've seen Mollie Steensen (spelling?) with one in her hand during some of their TV shows. I inquired about the Bible and I was informed that they were in print and would soon be available with E.G.W. references, that was some years ago though. E.G.W. writings are the so called biblical standard for their faith.

 

[Dale]

This passage in Revelation 14 tells us the destiny of the evil and of the unredeemed. The NIV translation uses the words “burning sulfur” and says “the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.” In Blanco's paraphrase, there is no mention of sulfur and the wicked are said to be “totally destroyed.”

Revelation 14:9-11 NIV

9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”


Revelation 14: 9-11 Clear Word

9 I noticed a third angel flying behind the first and second ones, and he also gave his message in a loud voice for all to hear, saying, “those who worship the sea beast and its image and agree to receive the mark of its name on his forehead or on his hand will have to drink the wine of God's judgment, which will be poured out unmixed with mercy from the cup of His indignation. This will take place in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. The fire of God's judgment will not rest until those who worship the sea beast and the animal and have the mark of his name are totally destroyed.

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Still in the the same chapter, Banco uses the heading “God Withdraws His Spirit.” These words appear in his Clear Word paraphrase but are absent from the NIV translation. The heading is drawn from words which Blanco puts in the text, inserting his own view. Most Christians read this passage as saying that God will strike an army dead. Blanco says that God will withdraw his Spirit and then the wicked will kill each other.

Revelation 14: 19-20 NIV
19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. 20 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.


Revelation 14:19-20 Clear Word
19 So the angel swung his sickle over the earth to harvest the grapes and to throw them into the winepress of God's indignation. 20 Then God withdrew His Spirit from the earth, and there was a great slaughter as the wicked began killing each other. Blood flowed everywhere. The earth resembled the slaughter in ancient Babylon whose river came up to the horses' bridles and flowed red with blood for more than a hundred miles.


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