The Holy Bible.

     Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the New International Reader's Version ( NIrV ).  The following quotation is taken from this version of the Holy Bible:

"The Lord has blessed the New International Version in a wonderful way.  He has used it to help millions of Bible readers.  Many people have put their faith in Jesus after reading it.  Many others have become stronger believers because they have read it.  We hope and pray that the New International Reader's Version will help you in the same way.  If that happens, we will give God all of the glory.

This edition of the New International Reader's Version has been revised so that the gender language more closely matches that of the New International Version.  When we prepared this new edition, we had help from people who were not part of the first team.  We want to thank them for their help.  They are Ben Aker from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Paul House from the Southern Baptist Seminary, and Scott Munger from International Bible Society."  [  See KiDS' DEVOTIONAL BIBLE, New International Reader's Version, Zonderkidz, Kids' Devotional Bible, New International Reader's Version, Revised, Copyright 1996, 1998 by Zondervan, p. xii.  ]

Isaiah 2:1-5 read as follows:

"Here is a vision that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, had about Judah and Jerusalem.  2 In the last days the mountain where the LORD's temple is located will be famous.  It will be the most important mountain of all.  It will stand out above the hills.  All of the nations will go to it.  3 People from many nations will go there.  They will say, 'Come.  Let us go up to the LORD's mountain.  Let's go to the house of Jacob's God.  He will teach us how we should live.  Then we will live the way he wants us to.'  The law of the LORD will be taught at Zion.  His message will go out from Jerusalem.  4 He will judge between the nations.  He'll settle problems among many of them.  They will hammer their swords into plows.  They'll hammer their spears into pruning tools.  Nations will not go to war against one another.  They won't even train to fight anymore.  5 People of Jacob, come.  Let us live the way the LORD has taught us to."

     Isaiah 2:3 ( KJV; with center-column references ) has a cross-reference to Luke 24:47, for example.  Luke 24:47 ( NIrV ) reads as follows:  "47 His followers will preach in his name.  They will tell others to turn away from their sins and be forgiven.  People from every nation will hear it."  Luke 24:47 ( KJV; with center-column references ) has a cross-reference to Acts 5:31, for example.  Acts 5:31 ( NIrV ) reads as follows:  "31 Now Jesus is Prince and Savior.  God has proved this by giving him a place of honor at his own right hand.  He did it so that he could turn Israel away from their sins and forgive them."  Finally, Acts 5:31 ( KJV; with center-column references ) has a cross-reference to Acts 2:33, 36, for example.  Acts 2:33, 36 ( NIrV ) read as follows:

"33 Jesus has been given a place of honor at the right hand of God.  He has received the Holy Spirit from the Father.  This is what God had promised.  It is Jesus who has poured out what you now see and hear.  36 'So be sure of this, all you people of Israel.  You nailed Jesus to the cross.  But God has made him both Lord and Christ.'"

     In Acts, chapter two, we read of the New Testament church ( see Acts 2:38, 41, 47; KJV, for example, and read all of Acts, chapter two, to get the immediate context ): the phrase "the house of Jacob's God," in verse three ( above ), is a reference to it ( the church of Christ - see Matthew 16:18, Romans 15:1-4 ( especially verse 4, for example ); 16:16, Ephesians 1:15-23 ( especially verses 22 and 23, for example ), and 1 Timothy 3:15 ( KJV, for example ), for example ).  Verse four ( above ) teaches that members of the church ( Christians - see Acts, chapter 11 ( especially verse 26 ) and Romans 12:3-21 ( especially verses 4 and 5, for example ), for example ) will "not go to war against one another."  Thus, Isaiah 2:1-5 does not teach that there will be complete world peace.  Jesus ( see Mark 9:36 ) said the following in Mark 9:50, "Salt is good.  But suppose it loses its saltiness.  How can you make it salty again?  Have salt in yourselves.  And be at peace with each other."  He made these statements to His twelve disciples ( see Mark 9:33-50 ( especially verses 33 through 35, for example ), for example ).  As Christians, we are to be at peace with each other, but complete world peace is not possible.  Please study the Holy Bible ( which is God's word - see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, 151, John 17:1, 3, 17, 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 17, and Titus 1:1, 2, for example ).

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NOTE: The copy of the version of the Holy Bible pictured above does not have many cross-references, therefore, cross-references from the King James Version ( with center-column references ), for example, have been used.  Additionally, religious denominationalism is not authorized in the Holy Bible ( see Matthew 16:13-17 ( especially verse 16, for example ), Romans 1:20 ( see Romans 1:20 ( KJV, for example; with center-column references, for example ) to get the equivalent translation for the word "Godhead" ), Ephesians 4:5, Colossians 1:9-18 ( especially verse 18, for example ); 2:8, 9, and 1 John 5:6-8 ( KJV, for example; with center-column references, for example ), for example ): this statement is made in reference to the religious denominations implied in the quotation provided near the top of this weblog posting.  Finally, the artwork of the children playing ( on the front cover of this copy of this version of the Holy Bible, shown above ) portrays them as dressed immodestly ( see Ephesians 6:4 and James 1:27, for example ).

The Holy Bible.

     Pictured at the top left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the King James Version ( KJV ).  Pictured below that is a copy of the Koran.  SURA XVIII ( THE CAVE ), verses one through twelve, read as follows:

"1 PRAISE be to God, who hath sent down the Book to his servant, and hath not made it tortuous 2 but direct; that it may warn of a grievous woe from him, and announce to the faithful who do the things that are right, that a goodly reward, wherein they shall abide for ever, awaiteth them; 3 and that it may warn those who say, 'God hath begotten a Son.' 4 No knowledge of this have they or their fathers!  A grievous saying to come out of their mouths!  They speak no other than a lie!  5 And haply, if they believe not in this new revelation, thou wilt slay thyself, on their very footsteps, out of vexation.  6 Verily, we have made all that is on earth as its adornment, that we might make trial who among mankind would excel in works: 7 But we are surely about to reduce all that is thereon to dust!  8 Hast thou reflected that the Inmates of THE CAVE and of Al Rakim were one of our wondrous signs?  9 When the youths betook them to the cave they said, 'O our Lord!  grant us mercy from before thee, and order for us our affair aright.'  10 Then struck we upon their ears with deafness in the cave for many a year: 11 Then we awaked them that we might know which of the two parties could best reckon the space of their abiding.  12 We will relate to thee their tale with truth.  They were youths who had believed in their Lord, and in guidance had we increased them."

     Verses one through four ( above ) contain lies.  To begin with, verse three references a warning against anyone who would say, "God hath begotten a Son."  John 3:16-18 read as follows:  "16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.  18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."  The Holy Bible ( which is God's word - see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, 151, Mark 16:20, John 1:1, 14; 2:11; 5:26, 27; 7:16; 8:26; 10:30; 14:6; 17:1, 3, 17, Romans 1:20, Colossians 2:8, 9, 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 17, Titus 1:1, 2, and 1 John 5:6-8, for example ) clearly teaches that Jesus ( see Matthew 16:13-17 ( especially verse 16, for example ), for example ) is the only begotten Son of God ( as we read in verses sixteen through eighteen, above ).

     The statements of Jesus ( above ) are the truth: verse four ( in the above-given passage from the Koran ) wrongly refers to them as grievous statements coming out of His mouth.  Jesus performed miracles: Mohammed did not.  The purpose of miracles was to confirm God's word ( cf. Mark 16:20; KJV and NCV, for example ).

     The warning ( mentioned above ) is a feeble attempt, by the false religion of Islam, to deny that Jesus Christ ( cf. Matthew 1:16 and Mark 8:27-33 ( especially verse 29, for example ), for example ) is the Son of God.  1 John 2:22 reads as follows:  "22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?  He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son."  Therefore, all Muslims are liars and antichrists.  The claim, in verses three and four, that anyone who says, "God hath begotten a Son," is speaking a lie, is itself a lie ( as has been demonstrated, above, in the Holy Bible ).

     Verse five ( above ) contains the phrase "thou wilt slay thyself," which is a reference to suicide.  However, SURA IV ( WOMEN ), verse thirty-three, reads as follows: "O believers!  devour not each other's substance in mutual frivolities; unless there be a trafficking among you by your own consent: and commit not suicide:-of a truth God is merciful to you."  This comparison of passages in the Koran indicates a contradiction within it.

     Finally, verses eight through eleven ( above ) do not describe a sign ( or miracle ).  This passage teaches that the Inmates of THE CAVE and of Al Rakim had their ears stricken with deafness for many a year, and then they were awakened to determine "which of the two parties could best reckon the space of their abiding" ( see verse eleven, above ): it is not a miracle because miracles ceased to occur when the apostle John finished writing the book of Revelation ( see the January 22nd, 2015 entry in this weblog to find additional facts regarding when miracles ceased to occur ), rather, it is a lie.  The Koran is not God's word: the Holy Bible is.  Please study the Holy Bible.

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