THE KING JAMES IS WRONG
God says what the Greek says, not what the interpreted versions say.
God says what the literal translations say.
There are several dozen Greek scholars who agree with John Wesley Hanson that the KJV is wrong.
AIĂN â AIĂNIOS
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THE SCHOLARS CORNER THE CENTER FOR BIBLE STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALISM
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AGES OR ETERNITY AND THE KING JAMES VERSION â JOHN DOKAS
âBy examining the texts of the Greek manuscripts we find the word AIONIOS or AGE LASTING in place of the word eternal of the King James version. AIONIOS the adjective modifies its noun AION or AGE and means lasting during the AGE, or AGE-LASTING.
For that meticulous student of the Word of God that was penned by the inspired writers, I am including this concordance of the Greek noun AION and its adjective AIONIOS for your reference in your studies of the mistranslations of the King James version versus the text of the Greek manuscripts.â
THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL â TONY HINKLE & GARY AMIRAULT
âChristian leaders have locked themselves into the teaching that the King James Bible is âthe inerrantâ translation of the so-called original texts. They say the 66 books of the present King James Bible are inerrant, but they donât tell you it lacks 14 entire books which were in the original King James of 1611. They donât tell you the King James Bible has been changed many times in the last 350 years, and there have been thousands of corrections!
This world need to be set free of false images and concepts of our wonderful Father. Please meditate on this very thoughtfully and prayerfully. If eternal torment is the penalty for sin and the Creator did not want anyone ending up there, then it should stand to reason that He would make the warning as absolutely clear as He could make it to all mankind, past, present, and future. But the fact of the matter is that thousands upon thousands were born after Adam and they were never warned. Read the prophets and you will not find a place of eternal torment for the wicked. If the Creator loved us and created such a horrible place, He would surely have plastered the warning everywhere. The KJV has the phrase âeverlasting punishmentâ only once. Yet, when looking at these word in the Greek, even these two references turn out to be âage-during correction.â Again we ask, if eternal torment be the horrible fate of most of mankind, why such a little warning?
The Scriptures tell us the mind of man cannot conceive the height, length, depth, and width of our Fatherâs love for His creation. His ways are much higher than our in all areas, including His justice, love, and wisdom. He wounds, but like a doctor, to bring about healing. He says âVengeance is Mineâ knowing only He can return good for evil, an innocent life for a guilty one. He overcomes His enemies with good and tells you to do the same. His love never fails. Believe it. It will never fail anyone, including you. You can now enter into your rest. âFor it was the Fatherâs good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth, of things in the heavens (Col. 1:20).
THE REAL GOSPEL (GOOD NEWS) â BERT BAUMAN
âOur popular English Bible carries the name of an earthly monarch and so bears mute testimony to the influence the English King had over the translators. His directive to âdo nothing that will disturb the tranquility of the churchâ, appears to have been taken very seriously by the translators since they often chose to interpret certain Greek words to support then current church doctrine, rather than render a faithful and consistent translation of the original.
I must confess to the admiration I feel for the absolute brilliance of Satanâs cunning and strategy. He has effectively polluted the entire fountain of truth from which Christians drink by causing confusion in the meaning of the single word aion, and its adjective aionios. It does not seem that this single word could be so important as to produce calamitous results, but it is just here that we see the utter genius of our adversary. Perhaps no other word, erroneously translated, could cause such widespread confusion and distortion of the truth. Practically all Christian doctrine is affected: the purposes of God, the nature of God, judgment, manâs destiny, and salvation â to say nothing of its effect upon our concept of the very God we worship and the way we treat one another as Christians, and the world at large.â
EDITORâS ADDITION
AIĂN â AIĂNIOS
http://www.tentmaker.org/books/Aion_lim.html
BERT BAUMAN continues, âThe doctrine of eternal torment is not found in the Scripture but the teaching of judgment certainly is. But why judgment? Is it a matter of Godâs vengeance only? The scriptures suggest that Godâs judgments are desirable but not necessarily enjoyable. It is never pleasant to be judged, but the fruit of judgment is desirable. Correction produces righteousness which yields the fruit of the Spirit. Therefore, while the chastening is unpleasant, the results are a blessing. Out of love for His creatures, God chastens, and corrects. He judges His creatures for their own good.
Did not Jesus teach us to love and do good even to our enemies? And while He admonishes us to be perfect even as our heavenly Father, would our Father be less than we are expected to be? Can love pour out vengeance for its own gratification, or judge to satisfy its own sense of justice? The result of Godâs judgments must ultimately be profitable and beneficial to the one being punished, âfor the Son of man is not come to destroy menâs lives, but to save themâ (Luke 9:56).â
âForever and EverââA Poor Translation
http://www.tentmaker.org/books/asw/Chapter5.html
The smoke of their torment rises for a limited period of time. Here is the proof.
http://www.tentmaker.org/FAQ/forever_eternity.html