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Revelation 22:18 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 the plagues that are written in this book: 19 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 book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
 
Revelation 22:18 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 the plagues that are written in this book: 19 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 book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.






So is that saying that even if you have confessed Jesus as your Savior, if you have a different interpretation of the Bible that was different from God's original meaning that you will be doomed to Hell for all of eternity? I'm sorry but that makes absolutely no sense at all! Jesus promised that all those who believed and trusted in Him would have eternal life no matter what and that's the most important thing that I believe.
 
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So is that saying that even if you have confessed Jesus as your Savior, if you have a different interpretation of the Bible that was different from God's original meaning that you will be doomed to Hell for all of eternity? I'm sorry but that makes absolutely no sense at all! Jesus promised that all those who believed and trusted in Him would have eternal life no matter what and that's the most important thing that I believe.

God put that verse in there because people want to interpret it how they want. If I want to know Jesus, I open those pages and read exactly what it says or what he said. If I add any words to it, it could change the meaning (and therefore you would be changing "him") Since he is the "Word". You may be talking about the Spirit, but the Spirit will not contradict the Word. I get what you are trying to say, but the Word and Jesus are inseparable.
 
where does it say that god bible cannot be changed altered since
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It doesn't.
There are two places in the Bible where addition or subtraction to a specific document (not the whole Bible) is forbidden.

(1)
Deu 4:1-2Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you. You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you."
That passage refers specifically to and only to the Law (the "statutes and judgments") which God had given to Moses.

(2)
Rev 22:18-19 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
That passage explicitly names "the book of this prophesy" as being the book to which no one is to add or subtract so, it applies only to that specific "book of this prophesy" which is Revelation.

When the Law was given to Moses and when John wrote the Revelation there was no "Bible" as we know it today. The only thing we know for sure was written at the time of Moses was the Law and when John was given the Revelation, what was to become the New Testament had not yet been defined.

HOWEVER: That does not meen we can feel free to add or subtract or modify the words of scripture any way we like.

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So is that saying that even if you have confessed Jesus as your Savior, if you have a different interpretation of the Bible that was different from God's original meaning that you will be doomed to Hell for all of eternity? I'm sorry but that makes absolutely no sense at all! Jesus promised that all those who believed and trusted in Him would have eternal life no matter what and that's the most important thing that I believe.

God is very clear what is said in Rev 22:18, 19. If one is truly called and anointed by the Holy Spirit to teach that which is already written then there needs to be no different interpretations, but to only continue in those teachings God has given as the Holy Spirit that indwells us teaches us first and then we take those teachings out into the world. Many who teach their own (carnal logical) interpretations like to add to or take away from what is already written in the scriptures just to prove their points of view. It goes as far as what they give for scriptural support says nothing of what they are trying to teach.

If you are truly of Christ and called to teach others then you are only going to teach that of what the Holy Spirit teaches you. If people were more careful to say it's just my opinion instead of this is what I believe I think our discussions would be more civil then the dragged out knock out debates they do turn into. We only have one teacher whom is the Holy Spirit, John 14:26, but there are many that allow man to teach them apart from the Holy Spirit teaching them first. This is why it is so important to learn how to Spiritually discern that of what you are hearing., 1 John 4:1-6.
 
God put that verse in there because people want to interpret it how they want. If I want to know Jesus, I open those pages and read exactly what it says or what he said. If I add any words to it, it could change the meaning (and therefore you would be changing "him") Since he is the "Word". You may be talking about the Spirit, but the Spirit will not contradict the Word. I get what you are trying to say, but the Word and Jesus are inseparable.

The Jehovah Witness are great for adding to and taking away from the word. An untrained mind could not see any difference between their KJV Bible or our KJV Bible. They add one single word to a verse while taking out the original word that changes the whole meaning of a verse that leads to teaching a false gospel.
 
If you are truly of Christ and called to teach others then you are only going to teach that of what the Holy Spirit teaches you.
The vast majority of believers are not fluent in and do not read the scriptures in the original languages. We rely on translations and the translations we have are very good but they cannot transfer the cultural and historical nuances that would be understood in the original languages when read by someone who lived in the time and culture of the original writings.

So, as you have pointed out, we MUST be led by the Holy Spirit to get to the core of GOd's word. We need to be intimately close to God so that we know His meaning. The marriage relationship comes to mind. There were times that my wife would laugh at what I was going to say before I said it because she knew me so well. We need to know the Holy Spirit like that.

And, yes, that's my personal opinion.
 
The Jehovah Witness are great for adding to and taking away from the word. An untrained mind could not see any difference between their KJV Bible or our KJV Bible. They add one single word to a verse while taking out the original word that changes the whole meaning of a verse that leads to teaching a false gospel.

Don't the JWs use the New World Translation, which is their translation?
 
The vast majority of believers are not fluent in and do not read the scriptures in the original languages. We rely on translations and the translations we have are very good but they cannot transfer the cultural and historical nuances that would be understood in the original languages when read by someone who lived in the time and culture of the original writings.

So, as you have pointed out, we MUST be led by the Holy Spirit to get to the core of GOd's word. We need to be intimately close to God so that we know His meaning. The marriage relationship comes to mind. There were times that my wife would laugh at what I was going to say before I said it because she knew me so well. We need to know the Holy Spirit like that.

And, yes, that's my personal opinion.

Translations are only as good as those who translated the original Hebrew and Greek to English as they knew how to read all three languages. The problem with our English is that one single word can have various meanings that can change what the original translators wrote and what God is actually wanting us to learn in all truths. This is why it is so important to have the Holy Spirit teach us before we take the Gospel message to the world. Sometimes what we actually think is the Holy Spirit teaching us is actually our own understanding and that is what we will teach, but the Holy Spirit always gives us correction and when this happens we need to not fight it, but accept the corrections we need. I know the Holy Spirit has used others to correct me at times and brought light to that which I missed. So yes, all wisdom, knowledge and understanding comes by God's Holy Spirit.
 
Don't the JWs use the New World Translation, which is their translation?

Yes they do as it is very similar to our KJV, but deceiving in its wording. In 1942 Nathan Knorr was appointed third president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. He commissioned this new translation and it was released in 1961.

My sister use to be a JW, emphasis on use to be, as she showed me their bible and how they would take out one single word and add another word to support that of what they believe and teach their congregation.
 
Things that belong to God are his. Touching those things that belong to God usually got people killed in the Old Testament.
A person can own a Bible...but what it says is God's word. Making God say what He really didn't is super bad karma. Nothing that I would want to do.

In the Old Covenant only levite priests and family fathers could teach and tell scriptures. No one else. Even the Jewish Historian Flavious Josephus was very careful in trying to explain Jewish laws. He still wouldn't quote scriptures.
 
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