MAKING GOD’S WORD LIE

Another trick question from "Pastor Dave" (aka Ananias917)

quote:
"The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon
a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols
of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart
of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it." - Isaiah 19:1

Why do you keep dodging this one, Glenn? Where
can I find it written down that God physically
appeared on this "swift cloud"?
end quote.

Why does Dave take what scripture he thinks proves his false doctrine in
a literal since, literally, and ridicule the rest?

Why does Dave take what scripture he thinks proves his false doctreine
in a metaphor, as a metaphor, and then ridicule the rest?

Why?
because it is only by a private interpretation of God's Word that the
Preterists can support their false Doctrine. "Knowing this first, that
no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." 2 Peter
1:20.
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Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust
in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be
found a liar. Pro. 30:5-6


For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of
this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto
him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take
away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away
his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the
things which are written in this book. Rev. 22:18-19

The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.
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There are some who are so ignorant of the Character of God that they say
the verses in Proverbs only meant "words of prophecy" and do not
actually apply to the collection of writings know as "the Old
Testament," and certainly not to the "New Testament." These same
ignorant souls insist that John's warning only applies to the book of
Revelation, and not the rest of the New Testament, and certainly not to
the rest of the Bible.

What these people do not know, since they do not know God, is that what
these verses in Proverbs and Revelation actually do is reveal the Nature
of God.

God has never uttered any Word which He guards any more or less than any
other. This does point to a Character trait of God which those who know
Him can see in every thing He has done, and can trust to see in every
thing He will do: That is, His love of Truth and His hatred of the Lie.
The separation between Truth and Lie is sharper than the division of
Life and Death, and those who cross that line are dead while they yet
breathe.

There may be more ways to add to or take away from God's word than I can
imagine.

Still, I would like to mention a few that I am aware of.

First is actually inserting or omitting words. This may have occurred
when the scribes were trans-scribing His word from one old manuscript to
a new parchment. The work of the scribes was carefully checked and
compared to prevent this kind of error. Since the early scribes and
priests lived under the punishment of death for transgression, it is
hard to conceive anyone committing this act of profanity with forethought.

Over the last several hundred to a 1900 years, the death penalty was
forgotten, and men began to take a little more liberty with the Word of
God. Still, the work of the translators and printers during the time the
King James translation must have felt some awe and fear when working
with His Word, for their work has proved to be extremely accurate.
Still, later translators have taken a greater liberty in their work, so
that many modern translations are no more accurate that the older
versions with which they find fault.

There were, unfortunately, about AD 325 or later, some few men who did
not fear God, and these men did the unthinkable act of profanity.

Since 1880, more men have taken their soul in their hand, and profaned
the Word of God by taking from it or inserting their own words into it.

The second kind of "inserting or removing" I would like to mention is a
little more vague, perhaps, because the words still appear in the text,
but the meaning has been stolen. That is, the profane thief redefines
the word(s) to mean something other than was intended by the Holy
Spirit. As an example, "there was evening and morning, one day." This is
a literal day. But those who cannot accept the literal creation must
redefine the literal day into "epochs" in order to fit their lie into
His Word. This is profanity.

The third kind of "inserting or removing" I think important to recognize
is the use of His word out of context. That is, taking a verse away from
the Scripture where it is found, and by which its meaning can be seen,
and then using that verse in a foreign situation where its meaning can
be distorted. This distortion is actually removing the meaning, or
inserting some meaning into God's Word, and is an act of profanity.

The last act of profanity I would like to mention has to do with
"translation" or "interpretation" on-the-fly; that is while it is read
or quoted. It is an indisputable fact that much of the Word of God,
especially prophecy, is in the form of Metaphor, or may be Symbolic,
while much is literal. Yet Metaphor and Symbolic language has a meaning,
that meaning intended by God. The point is, that it is God who has
determined what He intended to be Metaphor--and what His intended
meaning is. It is God who has determined what He intended as
Symbolic--and what His intended meaning is. The act of profanity is to
treat what is meant to be symbolic as literal, or what is intended as
Metaphor to be symbolic--and thus without the meaning intended by God.
Then there is the profanity of taking scripture intended as metaphor and
insisting that it be taken literal, and that the literal definition
proves His Word False (see example at top). In this act of profanity the
meaning of His Word is stolen from His People, and His Word is used as a
tool of Satan to create a lie and deceive His People.

There are, or may be, different reasons for people to commit an act of
profanity with God’s Word. Of all the possible reasons someone may
profane the Word of God, the intent to deceive is the most terrible: and
to stand before God on That Day, guilty of profanity with His Word...
with intent to deceive His Children-