This is excellent! My father steered his flock clear of replacement theology as I grew up - which I am thankful for. But I encounter it regularly in church circles and have to be vigilant against it even in my own heart when I read the many disasters in the OT and the mob who called for Jesus’ death. It’s too easy to read ourselves into the role of the judge in stories rather the ones who probably would have made the same mistakes.
Funny how the Church leaders who used John's Gospel to insinuate God has replaced "the Jews" in order to make themselves the leaders of God's new people, have gotten exactly that: what they asked for. They have now become the corrupt shepherds and earned the rebuke John has against "the Jews" they have replaced.
If the Christian Church has replaced "the Jews" then it is ripe to earn the wrath and disdain they have so "righteously" and passionately expressed against them.
This is one of the most consequential posts I've read. I hope your readers are paying attention. The institutional church is like all other institutions...man-made. It's not above using translation bias to craft a narrative.
I love pieces like this… I'v always loved the story of the woman at the well, but reading it as a moment of healing inside Israel’s fractures — not outside or against them — makes it even more beautiful. It’s like you pulled the camera back and suddenly the whole scene has depth it never gets in English. And honestly, reading it gives me a little push with my own work. I’m putting together a series right now to share soon, and it’s the same desire.....to let the deeper layers speak, to show the beauty behind the surface. Pieces like yours make me excited to finish.
Thank you for sharing this article.When someone twists Johns Gospel or uses Scripture against the heart of Christ we must return to the truth of Gods Word.Jesus warned us clearly Take heed that no one deceives you Matthew 24 : 4.Paul confirmed this by saying For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine Second Timothy 4 : 3.This is why we guard our hearts with Scripture.John wrote his Gospel to reveal Jesus as the true Son of God not to be used as a tool of confusion.These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing you may have life in His name John 20 : 31.Anything that distorts this purpose is not from God.The Bible says Test all things hold fast what is good First Thessalonians 5: 21 and Do not believe every spirit but test the spirits whether they are of God First John 4 : 1.When people misuse Scripture to mislead or control Gods Word tells us how to respond.If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine do not receive him Second John 10 Our foundation remains Jesus alone the way the truth and the life John 14 : 6.No teaching tradition or interpretation should replace the simple truth of Christ.The sheep of Jesus stay safe by staying close to His voice.He said My sheep hear My voice and I know them and they follow Me John 10: 27 His voice brings peace and clarity deception brings confusion and fear.The Holy Spirit guides us into all truth.When the Spirit of truth has come He will guide you into all truth John 16 : 13.Johns Gospel was written to reveal the love of God not to be twisted into arguments or misused.For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son John 3 :16.When a message stops reflecting love it stops reflecting Jesus.That is why Scripture says Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly Colossians 3: 16.When His Word fills us deception cannot rule us.
Respectfully, your viewpoint on church bias twisting translation does not hold water within the context the Bible itself being as it were dynamically equivalent with Jesus Christ — the Word of God and the word of God; He is “the Truth, and His word is truth, etc. Check out 1 Peter 1:23 “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” There among other places we have proof from the word of God that His word is pure, incorruptible — can’t be messed with in the sense that He vouchsafes to keep it intact word for word to all people, tribes, nations with no additions or subtractions — able to quicken men with a new life and that it has always been and will always be preserved. You insist on substituting Yeshua for the name of the Lord as it appears in the original Greek (which is how the New Testament of the word of God was written.) Why are you picking nits over the translation of Jew in the Gospel of John when you cannot seem to admit the Lord’s name in the original Greek which was then faithfully rendered into Latin and then into English as Jesus? If you want to go literal about translation why not use what’s in the Textus Receptus? Why not heed the following: “In the Textus Receptus, Jesus is translated as "Ἰησοῦς" (Iesous) in Greek, which is the same as in most Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. This name is consistently used throughout the text to refer to Jesus Christ.”You might also want to look at https://www.tbsbibles.org/page/TheOmissionofChristsNames .
You might want to also consider the possibility of God’s imprimatur being given to the King James Version as His word in English based on the evidence amply documented in numerous videos at this site: https://kjvcode.com
The Bible is God’s communication device with us. Use a version you may confidently believe is actually God speaking to you without corruption in the transmission. Clearly you’re talking back to whatever you’re reading in your version of John and saying you don’t believe that what is on the page is what God promised to deliver to you as incorruptible seed.
1 Peter 1:23 says God’s word is living and imperishable in what it accomplishes (new birth), but it does not claim every later copy/translation is word-perfect or immune from human handling.
Scripture itself says people can mishandle God’s words: Jeremiah 8:8 (“lying pen of the scribes”), Mark 7:13 (tradition “making void the word of God”), 2 Corinthians 2:17 (some “peddle” God’s word), and 2 Peter 3:16 (some “twist” Paul’s writings). “Jesus” is the Greek Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς), which corresponds to Hebrew/Aramaic Yeshua—using “Yeshua” isn’t rejecting the Greek, it’s acknowledging the Semitic name behind it. If you say translation questions are irrelevant, bring Scripture that teaches God promised one specific English translation (or any single-language edition) as the uniquely preserved form for all nations—because the texts you cited don’t say that.
If you do not have something (an uncorrupted Bible) that you can cite and have faith in as infallible, your faith — as you are confessing — is in men.
If you study the history and result of the King James translation (Psalm 12:6 “The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.”) — and as I suggested spend some viewing time at the https://kjvcode.com/ site — you might adopt a less critical attitude concerning “a better meaning might be” than the clear meaning of what’s printed on the page. “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” “Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.” “Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.”
Study the instances and signification of the word “word” in Psalm 119 (KJV) and try to appreciate that if you do not have a reliable word (from God) you are in the dark and effectively dead. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” “…Thy word hath quickened me.”
As far as the Lord’s name. It was given to us by the Evangelists in Greek. It has been faithfully translated into every language so that it can be recognized in utterance in prayer in any language. I don’t speak Hebrew, or Greek, or Latin but I know that the Bible I use is transmitting God’s word, not some man’s interpretation of “a better reading would be”. When in doubt, the Bible explains itself: “Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little…”
Since you doubt the ability of God to preserve and defend His word from corruption for all time, I also recommend highly the excellent documentary series on the Bible by Abdullam films which explain how we got the Bible in English and why some versions are in fact corrupted by those motivated not to preserve but to persuade. Remember what I said about the dynamic equivalence of the Lord Jesus Christ and His word. If you do not have a pure version of His word you have a different Jesus. If your faith is in a false Jesus, you are lost. “Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.”
I do share the concern for having a trustworthy Word from God. I’m just not seeing Scripture teach that “trusting God” equals “one exclusive English edition.”
Psalm 12:6 says the LORD’s words are pure, but where does the psalm say that purity will be located in a future English translation and nowhere else? In context it’s God’s faithful speech contrasted with corrupt human speech, not a prophecy about a specific later printing.
And practically, the New Testament authors quote the Hebrew Scriptures in Greek form all the time, sometimes with wording that differs from later Hebrew forms, yet they still treat it as Scripture. That alone makes “only one stream is pure” hard to defend from the Bible itself.
Also, on nuance, there’s serious historical evidence and early testimony that Matthew has Semitic roots and may have circulated in Hebrew or “Hebrew dialect” form early on, even if our final canonical text is Greek. However you land on that debate, it’s enough to make one point: Greek can carry the message faithfully, but it can miss Hebrew idioms and wordplay. That’s not “doubting God,” it’s being honest about language.
So here’s my question back: can you show me, from Scripture, where God tied His promise of preservation to one exclusive English Bible, and where the apostles taught that without that edition you have “a different Jesus”? If that can’t be shown from the text, then we’re adding a rule God didn’t give.
“If you do not have a pure version of His word you have a different Jesus. If your faith is in a false Jesus, you are lost.”
You get a sense of spiritual security in your KJV Bible, so read it and enjoy it but don’t tell the rest of us we are condemned for our knowledge and discernment.
“And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ” Phil 1:9-10
According to Stewart Swerdlow, the Draco reptilians had taken over Rome by the time of Christ. From all I've heard, I think the Luciferians "imported" the Draco to this universe to assist them with their task of taunting and tormenting mankind. The Draco created a reptilian/Sirian people erroneously called the Anunnaki, and these hybrids created Innana and the other 599 hybrid Sumerian rulers.
The hybridized Sumerians--"Aryans"--became the Black Nobility of Venice after they were thrown out of Rome. But in the first century onward, the "Aryans" were busy turning God's chosen people into pariahs and destroying the Nazarene Church and every copy of the Hebrew Bible.
Diana, I totally appreciate you sharing your perspective and the thought you’ve obviously put into it. For myself, I don’t work with Draco/Anunnaki or off-world bloodline frameworks. Being a Jewish dude, I stick to what I can anchor directly in Scripture and in verifiable history, but I’m glad you feel free and respected here to share what you believe. :)
This is excellent! My father steered his flock clear of replacement theology as I grew up - which I am thankful for. But I encounter it regularly in church circles and have to be vigilant against it even in my own heart when I read the many disasters in the OT and the mob who called for Jesus’ death. It’s too easy to read ourselves into the role of the judge in stories rather the ones who probably would have made the same mistakes.
💯 Cathy!
Amen.
Funny how the Church leaders who used John's Gospel to insinuate God has replaced "the Jews" in order to make themselves the leaders of God's new people, have gotten exactly that: what they asked for. They have now become the corrupt shepherds and earned the rebuke John has against "the Jews" they have replaced.
If the Christian Church has replaced "the Jews" then it is ripe to earn the wrath and disdain they have so "righteously" and passionately expressed against them.
There will be a righteous reckoning, brother, no question.
This is one of the most consequential posts I've read. I hope your readers are paying attention. The institutional church is like all other institutions...man-made. It's not above using translation bias to craft a narrative.
Really well-written article.
Thank you!
I love pieces like this… I'v always loved the story of the woman at the well, but reading it as a moment of healing inside Israel’s fractures — not outside or against them — makes it even more beautiful. It’s like you pulled the camera back and suddenly the whole scene has depth it never gets in English. And honestly, reading it gives me a little push with my own work. I’m putting together a series right now to share soon, and it’s the same desire.....to let the deeper layers speak, to show the beauty behind the surface. Pieces like yours make me excited to finish.
Together, I pray that things become clearer and that the truth becomes truly and deeply cherished.🙏 Shalom!
Thank you for sharing this article.When someone twists Johns Gospel or uses Scripture against the heart of Christ we must return to the truth of Gods Word.Jesus warned us clearly Take heed that no one deceives you Matthew 24 : 4.Paul confirmed this by saying For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine Second Timothy 4 : 3.This is why we guard our hearts with Scripture.John wrote his Gospel to reveal Jesus as the true Son of God not to be used as a tool of confusion.These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing you may have life in His name John 20 : 31.Anything that distorts this purpose is not from God.The Bible says Test all things hold fast what is good First Thessalonians 5: 21 and Do not believe every spirit but test the spirits whether they are of God First John 4 : 1.When people misuse Scripture to mislead or control Gods Word tells us how to respond.If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine do not receive him Second John 10 Our foundation remains Jesus alone the way the truth and the life John 14 : 6.No teaching tradition or interpretation should replace the simple truth of Christ.The sheep of Jesus stay safe by staying close to His voice.He said My sheep hear My voice and I know them and they follow Me John 10: 27 His voice brings peace and clarity deception brings confusion and fear.The Holy Spirit guides us into all truth.When the Spirit of truth has come He will guide you into all truth John 16 : 13.Johns Gospel was written to reveal the love of God not to be twisted into arguments or misused.For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son John 3 :16.When a message stops reflecting love it stops reflecting Jesus.That is why Scripture says Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly Colossians 3: 16.When His Word fills us deception cannot rule us.
Excellent article, Sergio!
Thank you Michele, sincerely :)
Respectfully, your viewpoint on church bias twisting translation does not hold water within the context the Bible itself being as it were dynamically equivalent with Jesus Christ — the Word of God and the word of God; He is “the Truth, and His word is truth, etc. Check out 1 Peter 1:23 “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” There among other places we have proof from the word of God that His word is pure, incorruptible — can’t be messed with in the sense that He vouchsafes to keep it intact word for word to all people, tribes, nations with no additions or subtractions — able to quicken men with a new life and that it has always been and will always be preserved. You insist on substituting Yeshua for the name of the Lord as it appears in the original Greek (which is how the New Testament of the word of God was written.) Why are you picking nits over the translation of Jew in the Gospel of John when you cannot seem to admit the Lord’s name in the original Greek which was then faithfully rendered into Latin and then into English as Jesus? If you want to go literal about translation why not use what’s in the Textus Receptus? Why not heed the following: “In the Textus Receptus, Jesus is translated as "Ἰησοῦς" (Iesous) in Greek, which is the same as in most Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. This name is consistently used throughout the text to refer to Jesus Christ.”You might also want to look at https://www.tbsbibles.org/page/TheOmissionofChristsNames .
You might want to also consider the possibility of God’s imprimatur being given to the King James Version as His word in English based on the evidence amply documented in numerous videos at this site: https://kjvcode.com
Start here for encouragement: https://youtube.com/shorts/VpiRaw1Sy9E?si=p8b8WdAApFUhoAxX
“Study to shew thyself approved.”
The Bible is God’s communication device with us. Use a version you may confidently believe is actually God speaking to you without corruption in the transmission. Clearly you’re talking back to whatever you’re reading in your version of John and saying you don’t believe that what is on the page is what God promised to deliver to you as incorruptible seed.
1 Peter 1:23 says God’s word is living and imperishable in what it accomplishes (new birth), but it does not claim every later copy/translation is word-perfect or immune from human handling.
Scripture itself says people can mishandle God’s words: Jeremiah 8:8 (“lying pen of the scribes”), Mark 7:13 (tradition “making void the word of God”), 2 Corinthians 2:17 (some “peddle” God’s word), and 2 Peter 3:16 (some “twist” Paul’s writings). “Jesus” is the Greek Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς), which corresponds to Hebrew/Aramaic Yeshua—using “Yeshua” isn’t rejecting the Greek, it’s acknowledging the Semitic name behind it. If you say translation questions are irrelevant, bring Scripture that teaches God promised one specific English translation (or any single-language edition) as the uniquely preserved form for all nations—because the texts you cited don’t say that.
If you do not have something (an uncorrupted Bible) that you can cite and have faith in as infallible, your faith — as you are confessing — is in men.
If you study the history and result of the King James translation (Psalm 12:6 “The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.”) — and as I suggested spend some viewing time at the https://kjvcode.com/ site — you might adopt a less critical attitude concerning “a better meaning might be” than the clear meaning of what’s printed on the page. “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” “Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.” “Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.”
Study the instances and signification of the word “word” in Psalm 119 (KJV) and try to appreciate that if you do not have a reliable word (from God) you are in the dark and effectively dead. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” “…Thy word hath quickened me.”
As far as the Lord’s name. It was given to us by the Evangelists in Greek. It has been faithfully translated into every language so that it can be recognized in utterance in prayer in any language. I don’t speak Hebrew, or Greek, or Latin but I know that the Bible I use is transmitting God’s word, not some man’s interpretation of “a better reading would be”. When in doubt, the Bible explains itself: “Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little…”
Since you doubt the ability of God to preserve and defend His word from corruption for all time, I also recommend highly the excellent documentary series on the Bible by Abdullam films which explain how we got the Bible in English and why some versions are in fact corrupted by those motivated not to preserve but to persuade. Remember what I said about the dynamic equivalence of the Lord Jesus Christ and His word. If you do not have a pure version of His word you have a different Jesus. If your faith is in a false Jesus, you are lost. “Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.”
Lamp in the Dark
https://youtu.be/O5ZgR6DqTPY
Tares Among the Wheat
https://youtu.be/IsXgQSHWRIw
Road to Babylon
https://youtu.be/ArQH9Qb0tbY
I do share the concern for having a trustworthy Word from God. I’m just not seeing Scripture teach that “trusting God” equals “one exclusive English edition.”
Psalm 12:6 says the LORD’s words are pure, but where does the psalm say that purity will be located in a future English translation and nowhere else? In context it’s God’s faithful speech contrasted with corrupt human speech, not a prophecy about a specific later printing.
And practically, the New Testament authors quote the Hebrew Scriptures in Greek form all the time, sometimes with wording that differs from later Hebrew forms, yet they still treat it as Scripture. That alone makes “only one stream is pure” hard to defend from the Bible itself.
Also, on nuance, there’s serious historical evidence and early testimony that Matthew has Semitic roots and may have circulated in Hebrew or “Hebrew dialect” form early on, even if our final canonical text is Greek. However you land on that debate, it’s enough to make one point: Greek can carry the message faithfully, but it can miss Hebrew idioms and wordplay. That’s not “doubting God,” it’s being honest about language.
So here’s my question back: can you show me, from Scripture, where God tied His promise of preservation to one exclusive English Bible, and where the apostles taught that without that edition you have “a different Jesus”? If that can’t be shown from the text, then we’re adding a rule God didn’t give.
It's that simple.
The KJV….If it was good enough for Paul, it is good enough for me. 🙃
“If you do not have a pure version of His word you have a different Jesus. If your faith is in a false Jesus, you are lost.”
You get a sense of spiritual security in your KJV Bible, so read it and enjoy it but don’t tell the rest of us we are condemned for our knowledge and discernment.
“And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ” Phil 1:9-10
According to Stewart Swerdlow, the Draco reptilians had taken over Rome by the time of Christ. From all I've heard, I think the Luciferians "imported" the Draco to this universe to assist them with their task of taunting and tormenting mankind. The Draco created a reptilian/Sirian people erroneously called the Anunnaki, and these hybrids created Innana and the other 599 hybrid Sumerian rulers.
The hybridized Sumerians--"Aryans"--became the Black Nobility of Venice after they were thrown out of Rome. But in the first century onward, the "Aryans" were busy turning God's chosen people into pariahs and destroying the Nazarene Church and every copy of the Hebrew Bible.
Why?
Lucifer hates YHWH.
Diana, I totally appreciate you sharing your perspective and the thought you’ve obviously put into it. For myself, I don’t work with Draco/Anunnaki or off-world bloodline frameworks. Being a Jewish dude, I stick to what I can anchor directly in Scripture and in verifiable history, but I’m glad you feel free and respected here to share what you believe. :)
Zecharia Sitchin.
Sincerely thank you, brother. I appreciate it very much. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment.