Someone that is King James only told me that Satan in the NIV is Called the Morning star not Christ.
2006-12-23 05:43:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-12-23 05:46:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Two reasons really. First, the people who did the translation were all of them non christian, they liked to go to and were members of, seance groups. Second, they used corrupted text, these texts were rewritten in the 1400's by an avoid satanist, and were updated by the translators in the 1890's. Compare the Lord's prayer, niv to the KJV, or John 3:16, do you see the major differences? The KJV tells you who to put you faith in, and the niv tells you to put your faith in the One. If you were to ever read a book of the dead, either Egyptian or Hindu, you would very quickly come to see who the One really is! And it ain't Jehovah! Nor is it Christ! The One is satan!
2006-12-23 06:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isa 14:12 KJV 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!
Isa 14:12 NIV How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
Rev 22:16 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.
2006-12-23 05:58:43 · answer #3 · answered by scriptureman 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lose the NIV... If you do not want to study enough to understand the KJV, then get a New American Standard (updated).... do not bother with any of the other so-called translations...and avoid like the plague the abomination called The Message.
2006-12-23 05:49:28 · answer #4 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the KJV he's called lucifer in this passage but in the NIV they call him the morning star.
Isaiah 14:12 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!
NIV 12 How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
2006-12-23 05:48:16 · answer #5 · answered by Martin S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No , here is the reference:
Rev. 22: New International Version
16"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you[a] this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star
(Revelation 22:16) “‘I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear witness to YOU people of these things for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright morning star.’”
2006-12-23 05:54:49 · answer #6 · answered by THA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The NIV isn't a very good translation.
2006-12-23 05:46:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
19 Jesus adds: “And I will give him the morning star.” (Revelation 2:28) Jesus himself later explains what this “star” is, saying: “I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright morning star.” (Revelation 22:16) Yes, it is Jesus who fulfills the prophecy that Jehovah forced from the unwilling lips of Balaam: “A star will certainly step forth out of Jacob, and a scepter will indeed rise out of Israel.” (Numbers 24:17) How will Jesus give “the morning star” to those who conquer? Evidently, by giving himself to them, by taking them into the closest, most intimate relationship with him. (John 14:2, 3) Surely a powerful inducement to endure! Stimulating it is, too, for the great crowd to know that “the bright morning star” will soon exercise his Kingdom authority in restoring Paradise here on earth
2006-12-23 05:50:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, NIV has many errors in translation.
2006-12-23 05:48:03 · answer #9 · answered by JohnC 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
YES SATAN IS THE BRIGHT MORNING STAR,THE ANGEL OF LIGHT SHOWING YOU THE WAY ONTO THE LIGHT WITHIN YOUR SOUL .THE LIGHT BEARER ,THE LIGHT THAT GUIDES YOUR SOUL ONTO YOUR SPIRIT THE LIGHT INSIDE YOUR BODY ,YOUR TRUE ESSENCE THAT GIVES YOU LIFE AND THE FREEDOM TO BREATH THE BREATHE OF LIFE.I FREE THE CHAINS OF DEATH THAT BIND YOU TO THE EARTH
2006-12-23 05:58:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋