Many do not know it, they have never been told: that the King James Version is a government bible.
Yes, the king of England ordered and decreed it to be made. After it was made, he left his decree that it was to be read (and used) in all churches under his crown. This meant all the prior versions had to be replaced and not used in the churches of England and the other areas of the crown.
There were many evils with the 1611 KJV. One of them concerns the word "baptism."
Some years back I read somewhere that when the translators came to the Greek word "baptizo" meaning to immerse, dip, so as to make fully wet: they would not translate it as "immerse." The way the story went, was that the translators did not want to use "immerse" because the church of England sprinkled for baptism and did not immerse. If they translated "baptizo" as immerse it would mean the entire church of England was using a false baptismal method. So they went to king James about this. King James instructed them not to translate "baptizo." And so in the KJV the correct word "immerse" was censored and not permitted. What I read, was that king James did not want to cause trouble for the churches that sprinkled. If they used the word "baptize" then a person could choose their religion based upon the method of baptism.
It was this controversy that initiated many to leave the church of England because they believed in immersion. Imagine the change in the KJV if we removed the word baptized to immerse which is the correct translation.
Some are celebrating the 400th year of the KJV bible this year, boasting of how God himself wrote this bible and how perfect it is. Well, I can tell you God did not write the KJV bible, men did. And they put a lot of evil in the first 1611 bible.
Bishop Reckart
Yes, the king of England ordered and decreed it to be made. After it was made, he left his decree that it was to be read (and used) in all churches under his crown. This meant all the prior versions had to be replaced and not used in the churches of England and the other areas of the crown.
There were many evils with the 1611 KJV. One of them concerns the word "baptism."
Some years back I read somewhere that when the translators came to the Greek word "baptizo" meaning to immerse, dip, so as to make fully wet: they would not translate it as "immerse." The way the story went, was that the translators did not want to use "immerse" because the church of England sprinkled for baptism and did not immerse. If they translated "baptizo" as immerse it would mean the entire church of England was using a false baptismal method. So they went to king James about this. King James instructed them not to translate "baptizo." And so in the KJV the correct word "immerse" was censored and not permitted. What I read, was that king James did not want to cause trouble for the churches that sprinkled. If they used the word "baptize" then a person could choose their religion based upon the method of baptism.
It was this controversy that initiated many to leave the church of England because they believed in immersion. Imagine the change in the KJV if we removed the word baptized to immerse which is the correct translation.
Some are celebrating the 400th year of the KJV bible this year, boasting of how God himself wrote this bible and how perfect it is. Well, I can tell you God did not write the KJV bible, men did. And they put a lot of evil in the first 1611 bible.
Bishop Reckart
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