Comments on NIV

Consider for a minute if Jesus isn’t who he said he is then all our hope and faith is in vain. If Christ isn’t real then we are the most pathetic of men, of all men most miserable and foolish. We are weak, naïve and powerless.

"But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;"

But if God is real and Christ is exactly who he said he is then we are the most blessed of people. The most loved, gifted and cherished by the great "I Am". We are people most powerful, to be set as judges over even the very angels of Heaven and will rule and reign with Christ for 1000 years.

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

And if you are confused by the things you are hearing in the world, do not forget that the only truth you will ever know is in the Holy Bible, the King James Version for those of us that speak English, the Bible tells us in Romans 3:4

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

So everything you hear or have ever heard and believed about this sinful world is a lie. The only truth you know comes directly from the Bible. Don’t be lead astray by any man into any other doctrine. Therefore, I would caution those of you that study from the NIV.

There are a lot of sincere people who read the NIV that are truly seeking God, I understand that, but I believe that book has the potential to lead you astray and I would get rid of it and get an Authorized King James Version. The NIV is not a modern translation of the King James, written so you can understand it better.

You need to understand that it is simply not the same book, there have been many changes made to it and even whole verses left out. For instance go to Acts verse 8:37 and read it, ah but you can't. You can’t because it isn’t there; they left it out. Now go read Psalms 12:6-7

The KJV says: "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."

The NIV says: "And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times. O Lord, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever."

Protect us from such people? What is that supposed to mean? You see, with the NIV, it is possible to be lead astray. If you are having trouble understanding the KJV then you need to pray for understanding as the Bible tells us. 

"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." James 1:5

Have faith in God, that He is the one true God.

Janus the 1st

Have you ever wondered why we do certain things during the holidays?

I remember being young and trying to figure out what bringing a tree into the house had to do with Jesus. I remember determining that it must be some silly tradition that started long ago in some strange but harmless fashion and somehow innocently linked itself to our honoring of Christ.

I further determined that no one had any idea when Jesus was born so everyone decided to celebrate on December 25th, which was also harmlessly added to our celebrations.

Many years later I decided to study the issue and found out that it was not innocently added but instead its roots were directly from paganism. The tree was directly related to their beliefs and December 25th was the birthday of their god, not Jesus. Its like telling your wife/husband that you have decided to celebrate their birthday on your ex's birthday and its ok because you have decided it doesn't mean that to you.

I said all that not to pick on Christmas again, (I have a whole page dedicated to doing that which you can visit by clicking the link in the sidebar). but rather to speak a little about our traditions concerning the "New Year".

Today is January first and that name is very significant. Why do we call this month "January". We got this name from our ancestors who were honoring their god whose name was "Janus". Below is a picture of a statue of Janus kept in the Vatican Museums.

As you can see, Janus was a strange god, He had two faces which allowed him to look forward and backward at the same time. He guarded boundaries such as doors and gates. He was also the god of transitions, beginnings and endings such as we see during the "new year". These all belonged to Janus.

In Roman times on January 1st everyone would walk around being nice to each other because they believed that on the first day, if Janus was not pleased, he would curse the entire year. That is why today we still walk around giving new year blessings and greetings to everyone.

Since Janus had two faces, and looked forward and backward at the same time, people would honor this ability by reminiscing on the previous year and then looking forward to the new year. You see this in year end news coverage when they "look back" at the year that was and then "look forward" with new year's resolutions.

Now if you are not a Christian you may look on this as actually being a wonderful thing. It preserves ancient beliefs and links us with our past and gives us wonderful traditions in the process. However, if you are a Christian you certainly must realize that to partake in these year end celebrations places you in the precarious position of worshipping other gods.

What a bummer huh? All the seemingly innocent things we do are reeking of paganism. It isn't bad enough that everyone gets mad at us during Christmas but now we can't even say "Happy New Year" what a terrible thing. Well, actually having become aware of all these lies several years ago, I have reached a place where it is a pleasure to stand out from the world. If someone wants to get mad at me over my dedication to the true doctrines of Jesus Christ then to me that is a wonderful thing.

Still, if you haven't come to this point yet it can be very overwhelming, much like Neo waking up from his capsule and looking out across the billions of other capsules being harvested and controlled by the machines and suddenly realizing the unbelievable truth. (Please see the 1st Matrix movie for this scene).

Yes, we live in a sun worshipping society very similar to pagan Rome at the time of Jesus' first coming. The main difference is we have a thin film of Christianity draped over top of it, which many are working feverishly to remove. It has been so since our earliest days, when our founding fathers, who were mostly deists, drafted our founding documents.

They didn't do it to ensure Christianity but to ensure the freedom to worship whoever you liked, the population at large just happened to be Christian so it only appeared that we were a Christian nation. This is exactly how it worked in ancient Rome, all gods were welcome there as they are here now.

So as you are wishing everyone a "happy new year" you can be aware that you are carrying on the traditions of ancient sun worshippers, specifically the two faced god known as Janus.

If it doesn't mean that to you, then you have my sympathy.