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Total Onslaught
by Professor Walter Veith

Changing the Word Lecture Outline for

DVD #214
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Total Onslaught Lecture Outline #214 (part 1, 2, & 3)

Changing the Word

1.What is the warning that God gives for anyone who adds or takes away from his word? Revelation 22:18-19, For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him ___ _________ that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the _______ ___ _____, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. NOTE: We have seen these verses before, and God takes very seriously the intentional tampering with His Word. 2.How many verse are affected in the modern versions of the Bible? ANSWER: NASB > 909; RV > 788; NWT > 767; NIV > 695; Good News Bible > 614; Amplified Version > 484; Douay 421; Old Jehovahs Witnesses Bible > 104; NKJV > 1200 NOTE: It is interesting that the Old Jehovahs Witnesses Bible has far more less changes that all of the Modern Versions of the Bible.

3.What were some of the changes in the early 1900s to the Jehovahs Witness Bible? ANSWER: Matthew 16:3, Mark 9:46, Mark 16:9-20, John 8:111, Acts 8:37, 1 John 5:7, are all omitted. John 1:1, In the beginning the Word was , and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. (NWT) John 1:1, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (KJV) 4.What were reactions like from some during the late 1880s about all these changes to the Word of God? ANSWER: By the sole authority of textual criticism these men have dared to vote away some forty verses of the inspired Word. The Eunuchs Baptismal Profession of Faith is gone; and the Angel of the Pool of Bethesda has vanished; but the Angel of the Agony remains till the next Revision. The Heavenly Witnesses have departed, and no marginal note mourns their loss. The last twelve verses of St. Mark are detached from the rest of the Gospel, as if ready for removal as soon as Dean Burgon dies. The account of the woman taken in adultery is placed in brackets, awaiting excision. Many other passages have a mark set against them in the margin, to show that like forest trees, they are shortly destined for the critics axe. Who can tell when the destruction will cease? That was in 1881, when they had just started revising the Bible. Isnt that incredible? Dublin Review, 1881 NOTE: That was in 1881, when they had just started revising the Bible. Isnt that incredible? This was early on, when only forty some odd verses were affected. Today we have Bibles with hundreds and hundreds of changes! 5.What do modern scholars have to say about the Textus Receptus? ANSEWR: When Eberhard Nestle, in 1898, presented the first

edition of Novum Testamentum Graece, he had achieved a work of which the consequences were not only unknown to him at the time, but also to the Wurtenberg Bible Society that made the edition possible. If the Textus receptus at that time still had a number of defenders, the science, the science of the 19th century had however, finally proved it to be the worst text of the New Testament. There the editions of Tischendorf, finalizedWestcott and Hort who came in 1881, controlled the field. But in practiced terms at the level of university, church and school, the edition of the Textus receptus was still largely used internationally as for example by the British Bible Society till 1904. Only with the release of the Nestle text did the rule of the Textus receptus come to an end here also. NOTE: Irrespective of the changes, the British didnt give in that easily. So the Bible, the Textus receptus, that had stood the test of time until 1900, was now suddenly the worst text available, according to them. 6.Who was Origen? ANSWER: The received text (textus recepticus) is the Byzantine text with hundreds of copies in agreement. It was written in koine Greek, written in koine Greek of which hundreds of words cannot be translated into classical Greek. The early Church used koine Greek manuscripts and rejected the Alexandrian versions which were based on the corrupt version with Origen and other Gnostic revisions. Origen taught that Jesus was a created being who did not have eternal existence as God. (Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 16, 1936, pg, 900-902) NOTE: So thats the basis. If you want to have an ecumenical Bible, you have to remove Jesus Christ as the sole Savior and as God. It has to be done. 7.What did Albert Pike, write in Morals and Dogma concerning

Origen? ANSWER: This doctrine of transmigration of souls (reincarnation), obtained, as Porphyry informs us, among the Persians and the Magi. It was held in the East and the West and that from the remotest antiquity. Herodotus found it among the Egyptians, who made the term the circle of migrations from one human body, through animals, fishes, and birds, to another human body three thousand yearsThe Curds, The Chinese, the Kabbalists, all held the same doctrine. So Origen held, and the Bishop Synesius, the latter of whom had been initiated, and who thus prayed to God: O Father, grant that my soul, reunited to the light, may not be plunged again into the defilements of earth! So the Gnostics held, and even the Disciples of Christ, inquired if the man who was born blind, was not so punished for some sin that he had committed before his birth. Morals & Dogma, pg. 399 NOTE: Now thats typical how Freemasons distort the Word. Did the disciples enquire that? Lets ask them. John 9:2, And the disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Not this man in this life or in his previous life, or his parents. So, you know, everything is a distortion, you cannot trust anything these people say. Born A.D. 134, answering Celsus, who had objected that the Christians had a concealed doctrine said, Inasmuch as the essential and important doctrines and principles of Christianity are openly taught, it is foolish to object that there are other things that are recondite; for this is common to Christian discipline with that of those philosophers in whose teaching some things are exoteric, and some esoteric. And it is enough to say that it was so for the disciples of Pythagoras. Morals & Dogma, pg. 544 NOTE: So here hes talking about initiation, about insiders being initiated. So Origen believed in two doctrines. One for the outside and one for the inside. So he was an occultist.

Origen gives much information as to the Mysteries of the Ophites; and there is no doubt all the Gnostic sects had Mysteries and an initiation. They all claimed to possess a secret doctrine, coming to them directly from Jesus Christ, different from that of the Gospels and Epistles, and superior to those communications, and superior, which in their eyes, were merely exoteric. Morals & Dogma, pg. 542 NOTE: So, it is very obvious that Origen in Secret Orders and propagated two doctrines one for the outsiders, the cattle, and one for the super-intelligent illuminated insiders. 8.Did Jesus believe in secrecy? Matthew 13:35, That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will _____ things ______ ______ been ______ ________ from the foundation of the world. NOTE: The work of Jesus was to reveal not to hide and conceal. 9.What else does the Bible have to say about secret initiations? Isaiah 45:19, I have not spoken in _______, in a _____ place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Isaiah 48:16, Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not _______ ___ _______ from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. Amos 3:7, Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he _____ __ his _______ unto his servants the prophets.

Mark 4:22, For there is __________ ____, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept _______, but that it should come abroad. Luke 8:17, For nothing is ______, that shall not be made ___ ___; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Luke 11:33, No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a ______ _____, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. John 7:4, For there is no man that doeth anything in ______ _, and he himself seeketh to be know openly. If thou do these things, _____ ______ to the _______. John 8:20, Jesus answered him, I spake ______ to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in _______ have I said __________. NOTE: Which doctrine do you prefer? Those of the enlightened initiated ones? Or those of the Bible? Which God would you prefer to serve? The god of the initiated ones or the God of the Bible? 10.What are some of the changes in the modern translations? SUBTLE CHANGES 2 Samuel 21:19, In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weavers rod. (NIV) 2 Samuel 21:19, And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weavers beam. (KJV)

NOTE: We know very clearly from the Bible that David killed Goliath, not Elhanan. 2 Samuel 23:5, Is not my house right with God? (NIV) 2 Samuel 23:5, Although my house be not so with God; (KJV) NOTE: They turned the verse here around. Opposite of its intended meaning. Hosea 11:12, And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One. (NIV) Hosea 11:12 > but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. (KJV) NOTE: You see, God had said Ephraim has left me, Israel has left me, but Judah is still with me. Satan does like that so he says that all of them were against God. Thats a little change, you know, its minor, yet its quite important. Youre either with God or youre against God. Matthew 5:44, But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, (RSV) Matthew 5:44, But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. (KJV) NOTE: Over half of the verse is removed here. Matthew 18:11, For the Son of man has come to save that which is lost. (KJV) Omitted: (RSV), (NIV) (put in the footnotes) NOTE: Dont you think thats an important text? I think its a very important text. Why is it gone in the Revised Standard Version? Because is not supposed to be the only Savior. Were supposed to be able to save ourselves, doesnt Masonry teach

us that? It teaches that we dont need Jesus. Matthew 20:16, So the last will be first and the first last. (RSV) Matthew 20:16, So the last shall be first, and the first last; for many be called, but few are chosen. (KJV) NOTE: Here it makes a difference. Here it is important to choose, to choose right. Matthew 20:22,23, You dont know what you are asking, Jesus said to them. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink? We can, they answered. Jesus said to them, You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or let is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father. (NIV) Matthew 20:22, 23, But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. (KJV) NOTE: Here the suffering that the Christian sometimes has to endure for the sake of Christ is removed. Matthew 25:13, Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. (RSV) Matthew 25:13, Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. (NIV) Matthew 25:13, Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. (KJV) NOTE: Here the KJV is the only logical option. The RSV and NIV are both so ambiguous it could be spiritualized into meaning anything you would want it to mean.

Mark 2:17, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. (RSV) Mark 2:17, I have not come to call the righteous but sinners. (NIV) Mark 2:17, I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (KJV) NOTE: In the King James, Jesus is calling sinners to something, to repentance. In the others, he is just calling them. He could be calling them to do anything. Mark 6:11, And if any place will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them. (RSV) Mark 6:11, And whosever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when you depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. NOTE: Why do you think that verse has been removed? Why do you think theyve removed the verse that says it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha? Because they do not believe in a judgment. Mark 10:21, and come, follow me. (RSV) Mark 10:21, then come, follow me. (NIV) Mark 10:21, and come, follow me. (ASV) Mark 10:21, and come, take up the cross, and follow me. (KJV) NOTE: Whats the difference between those two? There is a cross to bear when you become a Christian. There is a change in life and there is a cross to bear, and that is Christianity. Mark 10:24, Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of

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God! (RSV) Mark 10:24, How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God. (NIV) Mark 10:24, Children, how hard it is for them that trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! (KJV) NOTE: Whats the difference between those too? Well here, you might as well give up from the beginning and reincarnate a few times. Here, better not get rich, better give all your money away. Here? Moneys not the problem, its making an idol of money thats the problem. You can be rich, and you can do a lot of good for the Lord God. So, the King James in the only here that makes any sense. Luke 2:14, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with who he is pleased! (RSV) Luke 2:14, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. (KJV) NOTE: Now whats the difference between those two? Its a very subtle change, but what is the change? Here there is an initiated few with whom he is pleased. There, God is for everyone. You will notice that in all these changes to character of God is expressly attacked. So, it is more than just a few words changed and jumbled around, but it is a direct assault on the character of God. Luke 4:4, And Jesus answered him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone. (RSV) Luke 4:4, Jesus answered, It is written: Man does not live by bread alone. (NIV) Luke 4:4, And Jesus answered him saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. NOTE: It is fairly obvious why this change was made. 2 Timothy 3:16, Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching. (ASV)

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2 Timothy 3:16, All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine. (KJV) NOTE: According to the (ASV), there are only certain scriptures inspired of God. In the (KJV), all scripture is inspired of God. Luke 9:55-56, But he turned and rebuked them. And they went on to another village. (RSV) Luke 9:55-56, But Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they went to another village. (NIV) Luke 9:55-56, But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. (KJV) NOTE: Which makes more sense to you? Which one has a Savior? Which one has hope? Luke 22:43-44, Omitted, (RSV) Luke 22:43-44, And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. (KJV) NOTE: Why do you think they removed that text? Remember, they dont believe in the Atonement and if they dont believe in the Atonement, they dont believe that Jesus shed one drop of blood for you. John 10:14, I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. John 10:14, I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me. (KJV) NOTE: In view of the next succeeding words, As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father, this change destroys the exquisite diversity of expression of the original. (WBCYT, LG, 168)

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It makes grammatical sense and it gives the relationship between Father and Son, which means that Jesus is God. Its a subtle change to remove some of the power of Jesus Christ. Acts 28:29, Omitted (RSV) Acts 28:29, And when he said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves. (KJV) NOTE: Now why does the book of acts have to have that removed in the RSV? Ill tell you why. Because when you decide for or against this subject, its going to be divisive. 1 Corinthians 10:28, (But if some one says to you, This has been offered in sacrifice, then out of consideration for the man who informed you and for conscience sake-- (RSV) 1 Corinthians 10:28, But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof: (KJV) NOTE: In the RSV, the part about God owning the earth is mysteriously absent. Revelation 14:5, And in their mouth no lie was found, for they are spotless. (RSV) Revelation 14:5, No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless. (NIV) Revelation 14:5, And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. NOTE: In the King James, we have an accountability to God. In the other verses, God is left out of the picture. Revelation 22:14, Blessed are those who wash their robes (RSV, NIV, ASV) Revelation 22:14, Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have the right to the tree of life. (KJV)

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NOTE: In the first one there is no obedience implied, not even a mention of the commandments of God. In the second one, the commandments seem to be the focal point of the entire verse. Which one do you think is the most logical? Luke 4:8, And Jesus answering him said to him, It is written, Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve. (Douay) Luke 4:8, And Jesus answered him, It is written, You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve. (RSV) Luke 4:8, Jesus answered, It is written. Worship the Lord your God and serve him only. (NIV) Luke 4:8, And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. NOTE: All of them leave something out. What do they leave out? Get ye behind me, Satan. Why do they leave that out? The expression, get thee behind me, Satan, was early omitted because Jesus used the same expression later to Peter, in Matthew 16:23, to rebuke the apostle. They wouldnt want the same spirit to be confused because this has something to do with the doctrine of Peter eventually becoming a Pope. Its quite a complex issue but theres a good reason why they took it out. SABBATH Acts 13:42, And as they went out, they desired them that on the next Sabbath they would speak unto them these words. (Douay) Acts 13:42, As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath. (RSV) Acts 13:42, , As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath. (NIV) Acts 13:42, And when the Jews were gone out of the

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synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. (KJV) NOTE: You see, in the King James, it says, and when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue. What does that mean? It means that he was preaching to the Jews, and then the Gentiles came and said, Will you preach this to us next Sabbath? That means that the Gentiles were willing to come on the Sabbath. Now, if you take the Jews out there, then its not Saturday necessarily. If its just they it could be an ecumenical meeting and Sabbath could be any day. But linking it to the Jews it would definitely be Saturday. ATTACK ON PROTESTANTISM John 5:39 , You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life (RSV) John 5:39, You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life (NIV) John 5:39, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life (KJV) NOTE: On this point the Dublin Review, notice this, a Catholic newspaper or article, July 1881, says the following, But perhaps the most surprising change of all is John 5:39. It is no longer Search the Scriptures, but Ye search, and thus Protestantism has lost the very cause of its being. PURGATORY Luke 1:72, To show mercy to our fathers. (RSV, NIV) Luke 1:72, To perform the mercy promised to our fathers (KJV) NOTE: Now they can show mercy to the fathers which suggests that we can pray to the dead. Can I pray to the dead? Apparently yes with the RSV & NIV. 1 Peter 4:6, For this is why the gospel was preached even to the dead (RSV)

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1 Peter 4:6, For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead. (NIV) 1 Peter 4:6, For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead (KJV) NOTE: Now, what does that mean? Well here, in the King James, was the gospel preached to those who are dead? Sure! In the past, the gospel was preached to those who are dead now. Here, in the other translations, it is still being preached to the dead. Job 26:5,They (the shades margin) that are deceased tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. Job 26:5, The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. (NIV) Job 26:5, Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. (KJV) NOTE: Here we see purgatory in the newer versions. 2 Peter 2:9, unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment. (NIV) 2 Peter 2:9, The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. (KJV) NOTE: In the King James, the punishment is a future act. In the NIV, the punishment is an act in the present. THE DIRECT ATTACK ON JESUS CHRIST Isaiah 7:14, Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (RSV) Isaiah 7:14, Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (KJV)

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NOTE: Rabbi Balfour Brickner writes the following, I am delighted to know that at least this great error of translation has been finally corrected, and that at least some elements of the Christian world no longer officially maintain that Isaiah 7:14 is a prediction that Jesus was to be born of the virgin Mary. Which Bible Can You Trust, Les Garrett, pg. 49-50 John 16:16, A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me. (RSV) John 16:16, In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me. (NIV) John 16:16, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me because I go to the Father. (KJV) NOTE: Which verse makes sense? Acts 22:16, and wash away your sings, calling on his name. (RSV) Acts 22:16, and wash your sins away, calling on his name. (NIV) Acts 22:16, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. (KJV) NOTE: Here again they remove the Divinity of Jesus. Luke 11:2, Father, hallowed be your name (RSV) Luke 11:2, When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, (NIV) Luke 11:2, And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed by thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. (KJV) NOTE: In the King James you pray to the Father in Heaven. In the other versions, you can pray to a priest or the Pope. 1 Timothy 3:16, Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion: He was manifested in the flesh. (RSV)

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1 Timothy 3:16, Beyond all question, the mystery on godliness is great: He appeared in a body. (NIV) 1 Timothy 3:16, And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, (KJV) NOTE: Do you see how they systematically reduce Jesus, and how they take him out of the gospels? Its a shame, its a crying shame. 11.What should we do with Jesus? 1 Kings 18:21, And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between ___ _________? If the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. MY DECISION FOR JESUS I understand that I am not saved by a Bible Version, and I also understand that the King James Version isnt the only version I can use, but I am now aware of some of the changes in the NIV and RSV. I realize that I need to study closer, and make sure that these things are so. Do you wish to covenant with God for regular Bible study and prayer? Yes or No

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