Q
Where is “a renewal” in Colossians 3:11 and in which versions might it be
found?
A
I think the question relates to chapter eight, “Seven Hills: Spires of Satan’s
Church.” “Renewal” is a word that was introduced into the New American Standard
Version; there is no such word in any Greek text, so the NASB had to put it in italics.
This is just one example of the Roman Catholic vocabulary that has been introduced
into the new versions. In the Roman Catholic Church, a “renewal” is merely a time
when a member renews their baptismal vows and enthusiasm for God. The bible,
however, says we “must” be born again (John 3:7). Roman Catholics believe that at
an infant baptism one is saved and they merely renew their enthusiasm periodically.
Just as Jesus Christ has a bride, his church, so Satan, the great counterfeiter, has a
whore, his church. She is described in Revelation 17:5 as “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
Revelation 17:9 says she sits on seven hills (“seven mountains, on which the woman
sitteth”). To hide the identity of this harlot church, the NIV and NASB make five
changes in the new bibles.
They omit the word “city” from Revelation 14:8 so you will not know it is a city.
2. In Revelation 17:9—10, they changed something very serious, and this has directly
affected the exegesis on Revelation 17 throughout the body of Christ today. The King
James Version says, “The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman
sitteth.” Period. A new sentence starts in verse ten, “And there are seven kings.”
Verses nine and ten are about different things. New versions change it and say, “The
seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits and they are seven kings.” They
are trying to make a connection between the hills and the kings so you will not notice
that the seven hills are the city of Rome.
During the Dark Ages (A.D. 500-1500), Rome burned bibles along with their owners.
Revelation 19:2 says that God will avenge “the blood of his servants at her hand.”
The words “at her hand” have been omitted in the NIV so the harlot will not be
caught red-handed.
The pope put the Textus Receptus, that is, the traditional Greek text, on the Index of
Forbidden Books. It was so different from the Catholic Church’s Vulgate Bible, which
is based on the Vaticanus manuscript. Protestants have reworked their Greek text to
match Rome’s Vaticanus manuscript. Roman Catholic cardinal Carlo Martini is even
on the Protestant Greek New Testament committee. The prefaces to the Roman
Catholic New American Bible, the NASB, and the NIV, all tell the reader that they are
based on the same Nestle/UBS Greek text. It is no wonder, after twenty years of
reading Roman Catholic bibles with NIV/NASB covers, that evangelical leaders signed
a pact with Rome (March 1994).