Tag: King James Bible

Isaiah 61 & Luke 4

Isaiah 61:1 “The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;”

Luke 4:17 “And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”

Before we delve into my recent study, it is important to highlight that the Lord Jesus Christ closed the book (Luke 4:20) before “…and the day of vengeance of our God…” (Isaiah 61:2). That action is a message in itself.

The main study in this article is to clear up what appears on the veneer to be a discrepancy between between Old Testament (OT) & New Testament verses. The majority of the items between the verses can be easily correlated:

Isaiah 61:1                                                                 Luke 4:18

preach good tidings unto the meek                      preach the gospel to the poor

bind up the brokenhearted                                    heal the brokenhearted

proclaim liberty to the captives                            preach deliverance to the captives

the opening of the prison                                        recovering of sight to the blind      

to them that are bound                                            set at liberty to them that are bruised

How can we correlate opening of the prison to recovering of sight to the blind?

Isaiah 42:7 “To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.”

In the verse we can connect opening blind eyes with bringing out prisoners who sit in darkness. Thus, God shows us–interpretations belong to God (Gen 40:8) and we used the word of God to understand the word of God.  There are no contradictions in the word of God. If you encounter a situation like that, pray with faith & God will clear it up.

I love the King James Bible, not only because I know it is the inerrant, infallible word of God, but for a multitude of other reasons to include formal equivalence. The King James translators didn’t tamper with the OT verses in order to exactly, literally align them with the NT verses. They faithfully translated the Hebrew in Isaiah & the Greek in Luke–no need for dynamic equivalence. Compare scripture to scripture to scriptures…

Again, faithfully translated & interpretations belong to God.

Romans 3:4 “…yea, let God be true, but every man a liar…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Molten Calf

 

Exodus 32:1 “And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.”

2 Peter 2:3 “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”

Many men have grown weary of waiting for the Lord Jesus Christ to return to Earth. Many lifetimes have passed during this wait. When Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, the Israelites surmised that he may never return. They convinced the high priest Aaron to make them an idol–the molten calf.

I view modern political systems much like the molten calf. I pay attention to politics because there are groups who would label my King James Bible as hate speech & introduce legal consequences for even owning it. I will not let that happen without a peep. However, I understand that we men & our political systems will not build the kingdom of Heaven on Earth.

Many Christians have been drawn away by socialism (communism). Do they believe we will build the kingdom of Heaven and then the Lord Jesus will descend to rule? Is their goal a Karl Marx sort of heaven? What a lousy heaven, I have much higher expectations. The communists/socialists only use for the Bible is to find choice fragments that support their political system. They do not believe the Bible at all–it is only a tool to draw Christians to chase after their molten calf. Their “Jesus” is never given the titles of Lord or Christ. His mention is more akin to Lenin, Stalin or Mao.

There will not be a building, but rather a falling away first (2 Thess 2:3) before the Lord Jesus returns–just like before Moses came down from the mountain. Love thy neighbour is good, but that is half the story. What about the first and great commandment? The communist often reduce everything to love your neighbor, but their love is based off democratic moral relativism. Communists have completely altered what is preached in many Churches nowadays. Climate Change, healthcare, psychology or obsessively preaching about racism or sexism. We are bombarded by those issues by every secular institution & media. The ad nauseam doctrine of the world is not going to help a soul who has hit rock bottom. We need the word of God.

Many professed Christians I have met do not believe the Bible. They treat me like I am crazy for believing the events were real. They have a molten calf of their own, the theory of evolution (amongst other things) & love your neighbor. I am not sure if this is only western civilization’s falling away or the final falling away? I expect things to become much worse. That is not a prophecy, that is observing the trend. Either way the patience of the saints is mentioned in the book of Revelation (Rev 13:10, 14:12).

Moses came down from the mountain & the Lord Jesus Christ will return. Keep reading the Bible and do not lose the faith.