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Oh Brother. Just what we need is ANOTHER translation of Scripture. What’s wrong with studying the original Greek Septuagint?
Boring garbage snipped. Translations when accurate are a good thing, as 99.9% of the population do not read ancient Greek (if that many). Heck I can’t read modern Greek. That tranlastion was less so.
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Oh Brother. Just what we need is ANOTHER translation of Scripture. What’s wrong with studying the original Greek Septuagint? Boring garbage snipped. Translations when accurate are a good thing, as 99.9% of the population do not read ancient Greek (if that many). Heck I can’t read modern Greek. That tranlastion was less so.
WHAT??? Seventy scholars, working independently, translasting ancient documents into Greek. And those 70 scholarly works compared for accuracy. What could possibly be more accurate than that? Jeesh! Al
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Oh Brother. Just what we need is ANOTHER translation of Scripture. What’s wrong with studying the original Greek Septuagint? Boring garbage snipped. Translations when accurate are a good thing, as 99.9% of the population do not read ancient Greek (if that many). Heck I can’t read modern Greek. That tranlastion was less so. WHAT??? Seventy scholars, working independently, translasting ancient documents into Greek. And those 70 scholarly works compared for accuracy. What could possibly be more accurate than that? Jeesh! Al
Take a pill. What I was referring to was the Isaih 2002 that followed your post. Not the ancient Greek. Jeesh yourself. Eddie
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Sorry. It wasn’t clear. Al
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Oh Brother. Just what we need is ANOTHER translation of Scripture. What’s wrong with studying the original Greek Septuagint? Boring garbage snipped. Translations when accurate are a good thing, as 99.9% of the population do not read ancient Greek (if that many). Heck I can’t read modern Greek. That tranlastion was less so. WHAT??? Seventy scholars, working independently, translasting ancient documents into Greek. And those 70 scholarly works compared for accuracy. What could possibly be more accurate than that? Jeesh! Al Take a pill. What I was referring to was the Isaih 2002 that followed your post. Not the ancient Greek. Jeesh yourself. Eddie
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Oh Brother. Just what we need is ANOTHER translation of Scripture. What’s wrong with studying the original Greek Septuagint? Al — Orthodox Church and Bible Study Links http://aggreen.net/orth_links/orthlink.html PS: richard, Please don’t confuse the Holy Eastern Orthodox Church with Roman Catholicism. We ain’t bosom buddies!
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO US TODAY? "What are Christian prophets and prophetic people hearing from the Lord? What "words" or instructions do they have for the Church? And how are the national and international prophets and intercessors calling the Church to pray Regarding Iraq? Regarding Israel? Regarding the USA? Regarding The Nations? Read on!" Steve Shultz, THE ELIJAH LIST Selected Chapters from the Book of Isaiah A New Translation for The people of The United States of America by Richard C. Streeter The Holy Scriptures tell us that a prophet is "one who speaks for God, confronting the people and their leaders with Gods commands and promises. Because of this confrontational stance and the continuing tendency of people to disobey God, the prophets usually were not very popular. But though their message often went unheeded, they faithfully and forcefully proclaimed the truth. (Life Application Bible, Introduction to Isaiah, page 1386) We have all read the words of Isaiah and wondered why the people failed to heed his warnings back in 700 B.C. Of course, we can read ahead and see that his prophecies came to pass, including the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. His ministry lasted for 60 years and like most prophets chosen of God, like Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jesus Christ, they were all executed. The inspiration for this translation began shortly after the election of George Herbert Bush and his "liberation" of Kuwait. President Bush had stirred the sands of the desert and they would never cease to blow. With the election of William Jefferson Clinton, America witnessed a new level of disdain for ethics, morality, and respect for law and order. The American people, the Congress and world leaders turned their heads from perjury to rape and countless collateral damages from "tail wags the dog!" actions. President Clinton’s final "finger to the country" was giving foreign countries highly sensitive computers, software, arms and Presidential pardons to drug lords and a convicted traitor. Not to be outdone, George Washington Bush soon followed and conspired to win an election not unlike most third world dictatorships. Without winning the popular vote, President Bush Junior needed an event to make him look Presidential. He got his wish when, as the result of as yet unproven orders for intelligent agencies to "stand down," three commercial jet airliners destroyed the Twin Towers in New York City and heavily damaged the pinnacle of America’s defense, the Pentagon. He is now bent on making war when and where he so desires with the carte blanch approval of Congress. For the first time in America’s history the military is poised for preemptive strikes against people who have never fired a shot at us and live half way around the world. As the American people sit back silently, including and in particular, the church, America follows the path of the once great Christian nation, home of Martin Luther, Nazi Germany. Instead of protecting the "Fatherland," this administration, this "born again" President, strips its citizens of the very freedoms and basic rights once protected by the Constitution in the name of "Homeland" security. Fatherland, Homeland, as Shakespeare once said, "What’s in a name?" As you read the following translation you will no doubt experience the same reaction as those who heard Isaiahs’s words back in 700 B.C. How dare this prophet speak of destruction and accuse the leaders of both government and church of sin and corruption But just imagine if the following translation of Isaiah is right, if my commentary is right. It is for you to consider, ponder and discern. Isaiah 1:1-31: 2002 1 These visions concerning Washington, D.C. and The United States of America came to Richard Streeter during the reign of George Herbert Bush, William Jefferson Clinton and George Washington Bush ? all three Presidents of The United States of America.! 2 Hear, O heavens! Listen, O earth! This is what the LORD says: "The children I raised and cared for have turned against me. 3 Even the animals ? the donkey and the ox ? know their owner and appreciate his care, but not my people in the United States of America (henceforth referred to as America). No matter what I do for them, they still do not understand." 4 Oh, what a sinful nation they have become! They are loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil and corrupt children who have turned away from the LORD. They have turned from the Holy One, God, cutting themselves off from his help. 5 Why do you invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick. 6 You are sick from head to foot ? covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds ? without any ointments or bandages. 7 Your twin towers are no more, the land plowed and lays barren, and your cities are burned. As you watch, foreigners plunder your fields and conspire to destroy everything they see. 8 Washington stands in fear and confusion. It is as helpless as a city under siege. 9 If the LORD Almighty had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah. 10 Listen to the LORD, you leaders of Washington! Listen to the law of our God, people of America. You act just like the rulers and people of Sodom and Gomorrah. 11 "I am sick of your sacrifices," says the LORD. "Don’t bring me any more burnt offerings! I don’t want the fat from your rams or other animals. I don’t want to see the blood from your offerings of bulls and rams and goats. 12 Why do you keep parading through my courts with your worthless images of "In God We Trust?" 13 The hypocrisy you bring me is a stench in my nostrils! Your celebrations of Thanksgiving and the Sabbath day, and your special days for fasting; Easter, Christmas, Hanukkah, Mass, Communion ? even your most pious meetings ? have become monotonous, meaningless, sinful and false. I want nothing more to do with them. 14 I hate all your festivals and self serving sacrifices. I cannot stand the sight of them! 15 From now on, when you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen. You cry for prayer in schools yet stand silent in the workplace, marketplace, home and field. For your hands are covered with the blood of your innocent victims, from the native American Indian, Waco, Pine Ridge, Kent State, citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Argentina, my blessed Nuns and the people of South America, Panama, Bosnia, the Persian Gulf, and other lands now in your sights, aimed for conquest, destruction and domination in the name of freedom. 16 Wash yourselves and be clean! Let me no longer see your evil deeds. Give up your wicked ways. 17 Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for the rights of widows. 18 "Come now, let us argue this out," says the LORD. "No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as wool. 19 If you will only obey me and let me help you, then you will have plenty to eat. 20 But if you keep turning away and refusing to listen, you will be destroyed by your enemies. I, the LORD, have spoken!" 21 See how America, once so faithful, has become a prostitute. Once the home of justice, liberty, freedom and righteousness, she is now filled with murderers. 22 Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine. 23 Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them take bribes and refuse to defend the orphans and the widows. 24 Therefore, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty One, the Son of God says, "I will pour out my fury on you, my enemies! 25 I will turn against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities. 26 Afterward I will give you good judges and wise counselors like the ones you used to have. Then America will again be called the One Nation, under God with Liberty and Justice for all, and a Faithful City ." 27 Because the LORD is just and righteous, the repentant people of America will be redeemed. 28 But all sinners will be completely destroyed, for they refuse to come to the LORD. 29 Shame will cover you when you think of the times you offered your pittance of tithes, empty worship and hollow prayers in church, synagogue, mosque and in your cathedrals filled with idols and gold. You will blush when you think of all the sins you committed in those places of worship against the children and upon my people. 30 You will wither away like an oak or garden without water. 31 The strongest among you will disappear like burning straw. Your evil deeds are the spark that will set the straw on fire, and no one will be able to put it out. CHAPTER 2 Isaiah 2:1-22 1 This is another vision that Streeter saw concerning Washington, D.C., and The United States of America. 2 In distant and future days, the land of America, once called the New Jerusalem will become the most important place on
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WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO US TODAY? "What are Christian prophets and prophetic people hearing from the Lord? What "words" or instructions do they have for the Church? And how are the national and international prophets and intercessors calling the Church to pray Regarding Iraq? Regarding Israel? Regarding the USA? Regarding The Nations? Read on!" Steve Shultz, THE ELIJAH LIST Selected Chapters from the Book of Isaiah A New Translation for The people of The United States of America by Richard C. Streeter The Holy Scriptures tell us that a prophet is
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