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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 422
You would expect an increase in divorce, adultery, homosexuality, and all sorts of sexual
perversion; you would see an increase in the occult, false religions, and a general acceptance of
all sorts of pagan practices; and you would see an increase in all sorts of crimes. This is exactly
what you see in the United States today. The United States now has the highest rate of social
breakdown in the industrial world including: The highest divorce rate, the highest murder rate,
the highest violent crime rate, the highest illegitimacy rate, and the highest rate of sexually
transmitted diseases in the industrialized world.
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All this is not to say that a person can’t get saved from a corrupted version of the word of
God or that God can’t work through them. The Holy Spirit draws people to God and brings
transforming power into their lives when they accept Jesus as their savior. But the word itself
also has power, and according to God’s word, that power is not present when God’s word is
corrupted. In addition, these people are also open to the deceptions in the corrupted word and the
coming deceptions of the Antichrist.
Jesus said: “Let no man deceive you.” But he also warned: Many shall be deceived; many
shall depart from the faith in the latter times; they shall believe lies and shall accept doctrines of
devils. Jesus said that if it were possible, even the very elect would be deceived.
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The secret to
not being deceived is having, reading and knowing God’s word! So let us earnestly seek with
prayer and humbleness the true word of God and let us seek to expose and reject that which has
been corrupted and which is false.
I pray that the Holy Spirit may bring humbleness and openness to the truth to each reader.
I pray that each reader may lay aside their preconceived ideas and that they may let the truth of
God speak to them. I pray that any corruption of God’s word may be revealed and that each
reader may reject that which is false and corrupted and may hold fast to that which is true and
holy. I pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
The Original Writings
The original writings of the Old Testament were primarily in Hebrew with some in
Aramaic. The original writings of the New Testament were primarily in Greek with some
possibly in Hebrew and Aramaic. None of the original writings remain. The scriptures were
copied by hand onto scrolls made from papyrus. Some books were made prior to the invention of
the printing press by hand copying the scriptures onto vellum pages that were bound into a book.
These vellum pages were made from the skins of clean animals such as a calf or antelope. These
books were very expensive to make since an entire skin would produce only two or three pages
but they were also much more durable.
It is the original languages that were inspired by God. While I believe God used holy,
God fearing, true believers to translate his word; scripture does not tell us that the translations
were inspired. While individuals may hold their own beliefs on this matter, we cannot presume
to know for sure because God does not reveal this in his word. While God inspired the original
writings in the original languages, history shows us that he preserved his word in both the
original language and in translations.
There are two parallel streams of the Bible; one is corrupt and the other pure. Both
streams are based on ancient copies of the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New
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