Q This next question is rather comprehensive. How do you recognize New Age bible versions?

A Revelation 12:9 says, “Satan, which deceiveth the whole world.” There is a program of deception going on. Revelation 13:3 — 4 says, “and all the world... worshipped the dragon.” How can Satan deceive the various religions of the world to join together and worship him? “Deceiveth” implies that the true identity of the dragon may be hidden. The book called, Toward a World Religion for a New Age, tells us his plan. It says: “When an appropriate, common vocabulary [and those are the key words, “common vocabulary” ] is developed, each group can help toward a world religion.” To this end, New Age literature has changed the names Buddha, Krishna, Lucifer, and all the national and occult gods, to “the Christ,” “the Lord,” “the One,” and “the Spirit.”

All the new bible versions, with the exception of the King James Version, are unknowingly making changes and gradually evolving to conform to this one-world religion. So we see Jesus Christ, Jehovah, and the Holy Ghost, disappearing and becoming “the Christ,” “the Lord,” “the One” (capital “0”), and “the Spirit.” As we look through the Old Testament in these new versions, Exodus 6:3 for example, Jehovah has completely disappeared because the New Agers do not like Jehovah.

Acts 5:42 of the King James Version says, “Jesus Christ”; the new versions say, “the Christ.” First Corinthians 16:22 in the KJV says, “Lord Jesus Christ ”; the new versions just say “Lord.” They repeatedly replace the word “God,” or “only begotten Son,” with “the One.” When you read New Age books like, The Bhagavad- Gita, or The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or the Luciferian The Secret Doctrine, you will see that “the One” is the god of the pagans and the New Age. I was so shocked and saddened to see this change in the new versions; but again, this is the “appropriate common vocabulary” that they are talking about, used to soften people up for the final one-world bible and one-world religion.

Even in Isaiah 14:12, in the NIV and the new versions, Jesus Christ and Lucifer are being confused. Instead of putting Lucifer in Isaiah 14, they have the “morning star” there. We know the “morning star” is Jesus Christ. It is New Age doctrine to believe that “Christ is the same force as Lucifer” (Spangler). The new versions continually replace “Jesus,” “Christ,” or “God,” with the generic “him.” In Philippians 4:13 where the King James Version says, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,” some new versions say, “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Who is this “him”? It can be a sort of fill-in-the-blank deity. If you are a Buddhist, you can fill in “Buddha”; you can fill in any name there.

There is a very serious change in the new versions in 1 Timothy 3:16, which says, “God was manifest in the flesh.” This is probably the best scriptural attestation to the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now when we look at that in the new versions it merely says, “he appeared in a body” or “he who was revealed in the flesh.” “God” is taken out and replaced by the word “he.” Revelation 21:4 says, “God shall wipe away all tears”; the new versions say, “he shall wipe away all tears.”

Looking at the person of the Lord Jesus Christ in the new versions is much like looking through the wrong end of a telescope at a vanishing Jesus. Galatians 4:7 says we are “an heir of God through Christ.” They dropped “through Christ,” because New Age philosophies and the world’s religions believe they are an heir of God, but would not believe this was exclusively possible “through Christ.” In Ephesians 3:14, the King James Version says, “I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Well, of course, “of our Lord Jesus Christ” has to come out in the new versions. “I bow my knees before the Father” is a very acceptable reading to all the religions in the world.

In Ephesians 3:9, the King James Version says, “God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.” The Hindu does not believe that. The Hindu says “God, who created all things,” and so that is what the new versions say. The NIV says, “God, who created all things.”

I could go on and on giving examples. Time after time God is moving down, off the throne. The new versions have dissolved the four most significant verses on the Trinity. In 1 John 5:7 the NIV steals some of verse eight to pretend they have a verse seven. The NASB steals some of verse six to pretend they have a verse seven, but both omitted the real verse seven. Why have they omitted the Trinity in verse seven? As you read the context in 1 John 5:20, it says, “this is the true God.” The New Age and pagan religions of the world do not worship the true God, so such verses must be removed.

As God moves down the ladder, in new versions, man is moving up the ladder. The King James Version “Godhead” (with a capital “G”) has been changed in the NIV and other new versions to “divine nature,” with a small “d” and a small “n.” Most New Age literature talks about man’s “divine nature.” New versions are really reinforcing the self-esteem movement. Jeremiah 13:15 says, “be not proud,” but in 2 Corinthians 1:14 in the NIV it says, “be proud,” instead of the King James Version, “your rejoicing.” Why has the church embraced the new versions? Isaiah 30:10 says, “Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits.” Jeremiah 5:31 says, “my people love to have it so.” In Mark 10:21, the King .lames Version says, “take up the cross, and follow me”; the new versions just say, “come follow me.” We do not like to take up our cross daily. “My people” (not the heathen) love pied piper preachers who say, “Follow me, I won’t remind you of the cross.”

Some new versions, instead of saying, “be perfect,” in 2 Timothy 3:17 merely say, “be adequate.” It is much easier; I actually would prefer that myself. That would be easier than trying to be perfect for the Lord. First Peter 1:22, in the KJV says, “pure heart,” and the new versions just say, “heart.” Second Peter 1:21 talks about “holy men of God,” and the new versions just say “men of God.” To summarize, the King James Version has “holy men of God,” with a “pure heart,” who are “perfect,” and “take up the cross.” The new versions have “men of God,” with a “heart,” who are “adequate,” and take up their TV remote controls. Jesus said, “The tree is known by his fruit” (Matt. 12:33).

The notion of a one-world religion where everyone is saved is seen in Ephesians 4:6 in the new versions; these say that God is “in all.” The NASB does this again in Revelation 22:21 where it says, “with all.” First John 4:14 says, “The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.” Instead of saying “the Savior,” “the Son,” “the God,” and “the gospel,” new versions often say, “a Savior,” “a Son,” “a God,” and “a gospel.” They often seem to acquiesce to the New Age notion that Christianity is only one of the many paths to God.

One of the New Age trends in new versions is the change to “Hades” instead of “hell.” New Agers say: “Hades might be termed rather an intermediate state of purification.” They think Hades is a good place. New versions have transliterated the Greek word Hades; they are actually translations that need to be translated. New Agers like Lola Davis can now say, “We now know that there is no ‘down there’ where there is a tangible hell,” because “hell” is being omitted from the new versions.

The book of Revelation talks about a time when people will worship devils (9:20). Why would anyone ever worship a devil? In the new versions the word “devils” has been removed, and changed to “demons.” Webster’s Dictionary says “demons” are tutelary divinities. “Devil” in Webster’s Dictionary, means a spirit of evil. Webster’s Dictionary is like the Theosophical Dictionary which says a demon “has a meaning identical with that of a god.” So no wonder they will be worshipping them.