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3. Christ's miraculous birth. 4. Christ's incarnation into true humanity. 5. The gospel of salvation. 6. Christ's resurrection, ascension and second advent. Group 1. Attacks on the Messianic Prophecies Undoubtedly the greatest attacks on the Holy Scriptures have been directed against Jesus Christ as the eternal, uncreated Son of God Who was incarnated in our flesh that He might triumph over sin in our nature and conquer death. The record of this world shattering achievement is known as the 'Gospel" or the "Good News". Like it or not, the civilised world honours this event every time the date is recorded, by relating it to the year of our Lord - Anno Domini (AD). Yet, it has never been in the interests of the Satan-led Gnostics and the Jewish hierarchy that the Biblical predictions of Christ's first advent be obscured in order that Christ be not identified as the Messiah. (The first quotation for each Scripture considered will be from the KJV). Genesis 12:3 "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed". We see that this blessing would come through the lineage of Abraham and be made available to all people. Protestants and Roman Catholics have traditionally seen this text as a promise of the Messiah. RSV "And by you all the families of the earth will bless themselves ". Here we are given a useless self-blessing (as epitomised in the history of Israel during the Christian era). JB "Bless themselves by you" A senseless rendition! Genesis 49:10 "The sceptre shall not pass from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shilo come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be" Douay "The sceptre shall not be taken away from Judah, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that he is to be sent: and he shall be the expectation of the nations". RV Note "Till he come to Shilo, having the obedience of the peoples ". RSV, JB and NIV "Until he comes to whom it belongs ". In ancient times, the sceptre was a sign of authority. When on the throne, monarchs would rest it between their knees. Here we are told that Judah would retain leadership among the tribes until the coming of Shilo who would take over the leadership of Israel. Hence we here have a Messianic prophecy which has been progressively blunted and garbled from the time of the appearance of the Douay onward. 2
Isaiah 7:14 "Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel". RV Note and RSV "Behold a young woman shall conceive and bear a son... ". JB "the maiden is with child". Notice how the ambiguous, doubt fostering note which was inserted into the RV to placate the Unitarian, Dr Vance Smith, is developed into a textual omission of the virgin birth in the RSV. man". man ". Jeremiah 31:22 "For the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a RSV "For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth; a woman protects a JB "For Yahweh is creating something new on earth: the Woman sets out to find her husband again". NIV Note "A woman will go about [seeking]; or will protect a man ". Early Christian expositors, (and Augustine) are almost unanimous in attributing this "new thing" to Jesus being encompassed in Mary's womb. Notice that while the Douay did not tamper with this text, yet Rome's interconfessional Jerusalem Bible joins in with the modern versions in postulating a ridiculous concept. What is new about a woman seeking or protecting a man? Even Rahab did that! Zechariah 9:9 'Behold, thy king cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass". Here we have the forecast of Christ, the Saviour, triumphantly entering Jerusalem while humbly riding on an ass (Matthew 21:5-9). Now, note the progressive elimination of Christ's role as Saviour, as introduced by the doubtful note in the RV, which eventually is adopted by the JB RV Note "He is just and having 'saved' or 'victory"'. RSV "Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he ". JB "See now, your king comes to you; he is victorious, he is triumphant, humble and riding on a donkey". This prophecy of a coming Saviour is missing. Matthew 27:35 "And they crucified him and parted his garments, casting lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet" (See Psalm 22:18). RV "And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments among them, by casting lots ". RSV "They divided his garments among them by casting lots". JB "They shared out his clothing by casting lots ". NIV "They divided up his cloths by casting lots". 3
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