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favors the occult New Age teachings of Blavatsky.
Most of the revisions made by Westcott and Hort occurred in the New Testament. There
are some very significant changes in the Old Testament as well; these support Blavatsky’s
teachings as well. One particular revision by Westcott and Hort has made it seem as though Jesus
and Satan were one and the same. Dr. Robert Barnett of the Dean Burgon Society revealed this
in his treatise on Bible translations. He writes:
When modern Bibles remove the name “Lucifer” from Isaiah 14:12, they
remove from divine revelation the historical connection between “Lucifer” and
the devil.
Replacing “Lucifer” with “Morning Star” as the NIV does, places a
name for Jesus Christ in the place of Satan's fall.
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Isaiah 14:12 is the only text in the Bible that tells us that the Devil (Satan) also goes by
the name of Lucifer. Isaiah writes: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the
morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!” (Isaiah 14:12.)
The phrase “How art thou fallen from heaven…[and] cut down to the ground” from
Isaiah 14:12 is the key to revealing that the verse is speaking of Satan. It ties in with Revelation
12:7-9, which tells us that there was war in heaven and “that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast
out with him” (Revelation 12:9). In both verses we see the same event taking place and therefore,
by these two verses we know that Lucifer is Satan. Thus, we know that Lucifer is a murderer, a
liar and even the father of lies (John 8:44); and that as the deceiver of the earth; he shall be
defeated and cast into the lake of fire along with his followers (Rev. 20:5-10).
The Westcott and Hort text revisions have identified Jesus rather than Lucifer as the
Devil and Satan. This was accomplished by removing the name “Lucifer” from Isaiah 14:12 and
substituting the title “morning star”. There is nothing in the original Hebrew that would support
this change.
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Lucifer means light bearer but the bearer of the light is not the source of the light.
The morning star is the source.
In the New Testament scriptures it is revealed that Jesus is the morning star. The Apostle
Peter writes: “We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take
heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in
your hearts:”
(2 Peter 1:19) The dark place where the light shines is in our hearts and that light
is brought in by Jesus Christ, the day star. We know that Jesus Christ is the day star from Jesus
who testified to the Apostle John of this. John records: “I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify
unto you these things in the churches. I am
the root and the offspring of David, and the
bright and morning star.” (Revelation 22:16) By this change Jesus Christ has been falsely
portrayed as Satan.
I checked seven modern versions of the Bible and they all made the same or similar
changes to Isaiah 14:12. These versions included: The New American Bible (1970 ed.), New
Century Version (1996 ed.), New Living Translation (1997 ed.), New Revised Standard Version
(1996 ed.), New International Version, New American Standard Bible (1997 ed.), and The
Revised Standard Version (1971 ed.). The New American Bible is the official Bible of the
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