I was recently reminded of arguments that used to torment me about why God lets bad things happen to good people.

The “problem of evil” has been a conflict that has plagued me for most of my life. It’s why I took such a devoted interest in human behavior patterns and psychology for so many years. But I found a way out of the frustration box on that and thought it might be useful to discuss here (or anywhere).

It’s often thrown around by atheists, but in my personal experience, mostly traumatized former Christians. They have trouble getting behind a God that would let evil unfurl itself so completely. But, to those wrestling with this, I offer the following truths as considerations.

From our finite human vantage point, the transcendent nature of God includes omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence in collective totality. And because of this, we hold God in this triangular-shaped box, much like the Trinity (also a triangular-shaped box). And, we do this without realizing that we constructed a box and put God in it. What we forget is that God is not limited to those attributes. He is also holy, just, infinite in wisdom, and the author of the world’s greatest story.

A holy and just God who is also omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent looks very different than one that is in our box.

A just God, in the truest judicial sense, creates His boxes for His creation to operate in. We might know those boxes to be promises and punishments and to remain in integrity with His holiness, he works within those self-prescribed boundaries. One of those boundaries allowed us to be free agents to the extent that we can choose or not choose Him.

When we judge God for not doing enough in the present moment to combat bad actors, we’re expecting Him to come through on punishment while forgoing the rest. We forget His promises.

In our hasty complaints, we may even be expecting Him to ignore His omniscience and work only within the limited knowledge we have of the present. We’re angry about His unseen action to make things right that we deem right. But that’s not His fault; it’s ours.

I’ve wrestled with the story of Job for a long time. I disliked that God would put a good and faithful servant through so very much trauma. But, I kept coming back to that book until I realized just how important it is as a response to a person’s wrestling with that very concept. It’s now one of my most treasured books of the bible because it’s the one I most come back to reference to maintain my sanity in times of personal tribulation and persecution.

During his struggles, Job doesn’t approve of what God is doing, and yet God employs mercy with Job’s response to his reality. He doesn’t expect joy from him. He understands Job’s position of frustration. And, in response, God elevates Job’s reaction above those of Job’s friends on spiritual soapboxes who made their relationship with God about doing good works to earn and keep favor: being a “good person”.

What God wants is an authentic relationship where we, His sheep, still acknowledge that He is the God of everything. Even if we feel upset or sad about the life experience God has allowed for us, He wants us to bring our complaints to Him with that acknowledgment still intact.

When I take time in an emotional conflict to ask God, why are you doing this? I don’t understand. Please have mercy on me. I’m approaching the conflict at the foot of the King of Kings, having wisdom I don’t possess, pleading. And in doing so, I still acknowledge He is The King and still holds all the wisdom and power. And that’s what He sees. I’ve come to learn that He still sees my faithfulness in that reaction, even when I lack joy.

That’s the thing Job gets right and that’s what God demonstrates to us using Job as an example. He allowed that story to unfold knowing we’d need to be shown this kind of example because He is omniscient, omnipresent, and merciful.

I often think about the kind of person Job would have to be to be used as the consummate example for all of us when it comes to profound suffering.

I wonder: what if Job is the kind of person who would look back on that time in his material life from an elevated spiritual position and feel elated to have been chosen to contribute in such a powerful way to the greater story? Also, perhaps the kind of person to welcome the renewal of a righteous fear of the Lord - which is the beginning of knowledge (Proverbs 1:7, Psalm 111:10, Job 28:28).

I know that kind of person exists because I relate to this. I relish a good hero’s journey and redemption story and know its value. I have needed and gotten reminders that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom as I desire as much wisdom as I can handle. A person who values these would be the precise kind of person who would be chosen. And God would also know that kind of person existed, even before they could identify themself as that kind of person. He would be intimately familiar with their authentic potential for profound joy in contrast to their awareness of great evil and their appreciation for true wisdom.

I would invite you to consider that, contrary to popular belief, Job wasn’t merely chosen by Satan to be a target of immense suffering to emotionally and spiritually destroy him. He was first chosen by The Lord of Lords, who already knew the ending and accounted for Job’s future emotional and spiritual experience of equally contrasting joy to play such an important role in the greatest story of all time: preparing the way for the greatest gift to come.
(Job 42:11 “…evil that the Lord brought upon him”)

At the end of the Book of Job, we know Job was restored: blessed twice as much as before those infamous struggles, while still alive in the flesh. Some even speculate there was a hint of the resurrection theme in the ‘resurrection’ of his seven sons and three daughters in his new offspring.

I rest assured knowing The Lord of Lords writes happy endings for those willing to endure the journey, trusting, through faith, that the ultimate ending to suffering will be tailored to suit exactly who I was designed to be at my very best. It’s this mission to endure that I choose to accept. My faith makes it easier to endure.

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. - James 5:11, KJV

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” - Romans 8:28, KJV

What makes a great story? The hero overcomes his adversary after it appears as if his adversary already won and the win comes in the form of an impossible miracle to do it. The glory of God is undeniable in the form of impossible miracles with showstopping outcomes. After all, what kind of God would allow His only son to suffer such an utterly brutal public humiliation and excruciating demise? One who knew that His suffering would be the way to allow everyone a chance to escape death for eternity- fulfilling promises without breaking any established boundaries.

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Some viral posts are making their way ‘round the interwebs claiming that the King James Bible is satanic because it was “written by Freemasons” (aka “King James was a gay, Freemason” ) and his KJV Bible version is used by Freemasons, therefore avoid reading it.

I’m referring to this as the King James Version Conspiracy.

Here I will discuss what is correct about this (not much, btw) and also, more importantly, what is quite purposefully misleading about it -with a side of sauce.

The King James Bible was commissioned under King James I of England because of the perceived need, at that time, for an uncorrupt Authorized Version for England after the reinstatement of Protestantism after the corruption of Catholicism. Hint: King James is pro-Protestant.

(This is after Queen Mary Tudor’s reign from 1553-58 when she attempted to restore Roman Catholicism. Mary became known as “Bloody Mary” as a result of her persecution of Protestant Christians during this time.) 

So, at the time of King James VI of Scotland’s coronation to King James I of England (1604) he stepped up to answer the growing Protestant demand for an Authorized Version to get the Church back on track to the perceived truth of the original texts after the corruption of the gospel message by Roman Catholicism. 

To do this, he created a list of 54 names of respected scholars worthy of creating a revised authorized version with this goal in mind. Forty-seven (47) of the men on the list stepped up for the job, and these were organized into six companies with two groups working in three cities, each group handling a specific section assigned to them. They were also tasked with reviewing the work of the other companies after the completion of their section.

King James, himself, didn’t even oversee the doctrinal aspect of the overall project. Richard Bancroft did this: an Anglican priest selected for the role of Archbishop of Canterbury and his doctrinal approach was notably against Roman Catholic influences of the day. But, it is clear that he was elected for this role by the King, and thus, was trusted with the task. In his role as the final read and editor, Richard Bancroft is reported to have made changes to only fourteen verses out of thirty thousand plus total verses.

So, what doctrine might he be biased toward that was thus reflected in the infamous KJB 1611 AV?

People who suggest King James was a Freemason, and the KJV is used by Freemasons and, therefore, assert this as the basis for their dismissal of the KJV as a scripturally sound text, are not being fully honest with you about several facts. They tend to omit the following:

King James was a Protestant Reformation activist during a time of civil war between Protestants and Catholics in his region.

King James commissioned the King James Bible in 1604, it was completed in 1610, and endorsed in 1611.
The establishment of Freemasonry, as the fraternal organization we know today, by the formation of the Grand Lodge in England occurred in 1717.
King James died in 1625.

And while, yes, there are known references to the existence of freemason lodges prior to 1717, including in lodges in Scotland - one that even claims King James was a member (post-humously) - they are mostly related to actual stone mason craft guilt collectives at this time. 

What is an interesting fact about the stonemasons of the mid-1500s in Scotland (before James was born), is that their association with Catholics (not Protestants) allowed some crafty Protestant avengers to succeed in killing a Cardinal. They showed up disguised as stone masons arriving to perform work inside St. Andrews Castle, after Cardinal Beacon, who lived there, had just burned a famous Protestant at the stake. They were able to enter and avenge the death of one of their own without any challenge.

This is to say: if mixed religious fraternities that included Protestants existed in this region, this probably wouldn’t have been such a viable assassination strategy. Yet, since Protestants disguised themselves as craft freemasons without any suspicion that they could be Protestants, their mission was a success.

A Scottish Lodge that claims King James was an apprentice member in 1604 does so in a document created 50 years after the alleged event, well after King James had died,  and is, thus, not considered an authentic account by historians. It’s called The Mutual Agreement - a charter of 1658 that was added to the official Charter of Confirmation by the Grand Lodge of Scotland (on behalf of the Lodge of Scoon)  dated May 19, 1742 (117 years after King James died). 

Nothing has been confirmed outside of this weak link to confirm his apprenticeship status and the nature of the lodges at the time were, again, notably focused on the actual craft of building temples and castles constructed with stone masonry. That particular Scottish lodge was trying to elevate its claim to building fame with a long history of men who constructed religious buildings of significance since the construction of King Solomon’s Temple of the Bible’s Old Testament. 

And yet, here’s something everyone reading should become aware of:
Freemason leaders frequently claim that historical characters of influence were Masons as a tactic of persuasion. Freemasons even claim Bible characters to be a part of their order with zero actual basis for this. It’s part of their recruitment game. 

Side note:

Did you ever wonder why occult speakers like the late Jordon Maxwell often shared information as if to reveal many fascinating occult secrets: citing truths about secret societies and then slipping in the idea that that Jesus is a fictional character based on astrotheology only to quote Bible scripture minutes later as a means to bolster a position with scripture used as a source of authority on Truth? It’s a grand magician’s trick happening right in front of you from someone who just proved they know how the best deceivers deceive. 

The most confident deceivers tell you how they will deceive you and then use the same method in that same conversation. It’s the ultimate flex and unquestioning audience members are not the true audience for it- they are used as props in a demonstration.

Dr. Cathy Burns does a great job of detailing these often-used deceptions in her book: Hidden Secrets of the Eastern Star. Although positioned as a book revealing secrets of the women’s masonic fraternity by this name, she also reveals the masonic origins overall as historical support citing their doctrine directly from masonic literature that explains how the use of deception, even within their own ranks, is by design.

Freemasons do have a deep connection to a famous, influential character of the bible, though: a.k.a. the serpent, the adversary, Satan.

For freemasons to claim King James was one of them, is no slam dunk to connect King James, the commissioner of the KJV 1611 AV, to being a practicing Luciferian Brotherhood freemason.

But if you’re still worried about the potential corrupt influence of King James on the text, please, read on.

What kind of person was King James?

The character of King James matters because of a fear of a deception agenda with Biblical doctrine - but this concern about the KJV specifically only survives discussions where the context of the protestant reformation is divorced from the historical context and the character of King James is not revealed by his actual writings on Biblical doctrine topics.

Did you know this same King James wrote a book on Demonology? 

Yes, this is true. Here’s what it looks like:

And, if you’re a KJV dissident, you might expect (or perhaps hope) this book is a How-To book validating all your speculative theories about his satanic Freemason agenda. 

Except it’s not a How-To. Instead…

It’s a warning to Protestant Christians about the dangers of assuming that witchcraft *in any form* isn’t satanic, and the dangers of losing your soul to the Devil if you’re engaging in it. 

Whoa...

I know. I know. Pretty weird book to write and publish if your goal is to promote a satanic agenda to Christians, right?

The book is written in the format of a dialogue presenting the arguments where this is the conclusion. It’s an awkward read, but there’s a reason why the person who may have told you this book exists might have missed telling you what it was about.

Don’t believe me? Pull up a guide on old English text and give it a read yourself, if you dare. You can read it here online via the below link (while it’s still online):

»>Daemonologie in Forme of a Dialogue 1597 By King James I

This book, straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak, flies in the face of everyone wanting to dictate to you that his commissioned scriptural read has a satanic agenda itself. 

But I already know the same person who wants you to avoid the KJV via the idea that his commissioned Bible is satanic propaganda failed to mention this to you because it runs counter to the narrative they need you to buy into:
to avoid the KJV and to warn others to avoid it. 

But King James was also gay…

The “King James was gay” arguments cite a known critique of King James that was specifically written to characterize him in a bad light during the Reformation (because it was taboo and trolls existed in those days, too).

Here’s what is known: King James was married to Anne of Denmark who had eight children with him, only three of whom survived past childhood to become notable in other ways. 

This is not to suggest a person can’t be gay and married with children, but is just to say, that there’s more observable evidence to suggest heterosexuality over homosexuality - and also, no mention of possible bisexuality from those wanting to cause a moral stir with that, right?  Why not? Because it would encourage a look into actual evidence and history. Also, the male associates the King conducted royal business with, whom he was alleged to have all these gay affairs with, had very public romances …with females. 

So, it’s weird to me that - knowing the KJV Book itself takes zero position in favor of any gay lifestyle in the eyes of God (or Luciferian Brotherhood oaths for that matter) - this argument is used as an attempt to direct Christians away from the KJV, specifically, in favor of ANY OTHER ENGLISH TRANSLATION. Don’t you think?

Am I wrong? 

Or did the same meme-maker, or viral post circulator, who had to warn you about the “satanic agenda” of the KJV (KJB) also warn you about The Message translation because they care so deeply that your English translations hold up to original, inspired manuscripts and true Christian doctrine? 

I doubt it. 

Or, is that person who originally circulated that even a bible-studying, bible-believing Christian?

I’ll bet they aren’t, even if other professed Christians are re-posting it.

Because that person - the originator of the warning - is banking on you never investigating it. 

That’s their goal - for you to never read THIS BOOK, in particular.

After all, why discuss doctrinal differences when a person can just lean on a character assassination posted with some dubious historical claims and a sinister image?

But, straight from the source material makes it awkward to assume a pro-satanic agenda now, doesn’t it?

Want proof from a famously notable mason telling you about how frustrated he is that the general public isn’t interested in their “corrected” English versions of the KJV?

Check out this issue of Horizon magazine, 1944 Spring Edition (linked here).
Here, infamous Freemason/occultist Manly P. Hall writes in his article "Asia in the Balance of the Scales" on the book’s page 13

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In this article, you can read just how problematic it is for their plan of world domination that people prefer that darn KJV translation. They have been trying to get out other versions…

Also, I suggest you download and save this Magazine publication file in case this later “disappears” from the interweb.

What will become apparent over time, if you look further into this, is that If you’re an English-speaking Christian who wants to challenge the KJV you will have to move to the side of the ‘there is no single inspired English translation’ camp. And there, pretty much anything goes because the standard is how you feel about it and drawing your own doctrinal lines.

But then you may still wonder:

 Then why do Satanic Freemasons use the KJV in their highest-level occult rituals? 

Or

Why was a 1769 updated KJV used by George Washington at his swearing-in for President inauguration? Or several other Freemason American Presidents?

This is a respectable question and if you asked this at any point, I’m glad you did. 

What you should consider is this: members of the Luciferian “Great White Brotherhood” such as these are NOT under the impression that God is not real. 

Remember: even Satan quotes scripture straight out of the Bible. 

The activities of the adversary are not based on a lack of knowledge about scripture at all. The adversaries of many religions usually acknowledge a true Almighty God that holds ultimate power over the heavens and earth.  Their position, however, is that the throne can be usurped through loopholes of God’s covenants/promises because God can’t go back on them and that even YOU can become a GOD. 

To attempt this, you would need the real intel and the authentic resources to plan your attack using the loopholes.  However, because they lack Holy Spirit guidance, they can’t spiritually benefit from its authentic message. The Holy Spirit unlocks the Bible for the believer in a way that an unbeliever can’t quite see all the nuances of. And you do not need an intermediator outside of the Holy Spirit as long as you allow scripture to interpret scripture from the collective books. These 66 books are from many inspired sources and inspired translators (inspired by a living God).

To the masses, KJV is downplayed, but behind the scenes, it is relished for its authenticity as a voice from the adversary’s opposition.

While many people currently have access to a KJ bible version, they also collect dust from nonreaders who dismiss it as outdated or tainted. (And, if this is you, where did you get that idea from?) Would the opposition care if you are using it as bookshelf decor? Not yet. But as things progress toward their New World Order, you can bet they will change their tune. My prediction is that KJV will eventually become classified as Christian terrorist propaganda.

The Roman Catholic church promotes the Jerusalem Bible (Jesuit) or the Douey Rhimes (Roman Catholic), and a hierarchy of religious/political figures is relied on to unpack the gospel message FOR YOU.

To the masses, Joseph Smith’s Book of Mormon is promoted by the Church of Latter Day Saints, Scientologists are championing the writings of L. Ron Hubbard, and the Jehovah’s Witnesses are endorsing the New World Translation.

But, behind the curtain? If they are English-speaking, and game-savvy to the larger spiritual battle, they’re likely privately checking the widely circulated KJV 1611 they told you to avoid reading by yourself, to make sense of unfolding events.

When George Washington was inaugurated, he famously kissed the KJV Bible. 

Was it a sincere kiss? I don’t know. 

Could have been or also could not have been. Was Judas’s famous kiss sincere?
Satan likes to mock and/or counterfeit everything of significance in the Bible. 

But don’t take my word for it either. Read and compare, so long as you are truly reading for study.

Even KJV-focused, bible-believers under Peter Ruckman’s tutelage will encourage you to read and compare the doctrinal changes instead of just avoiding the other English translations altogether for fear of getting snared by them. Pensacola Bible College bookstore is known to have sold other translations to students for this reason - because once you study yourself approved and have the Holy Spirit as a guide you need not fear exposure to other versions. 

However, there are many questionable Christian churches, including Roman Catholic, who will tell you to stay away from that KJV and to not worry about the reasons because they did the work for you. 

And…what does that sound like? 

Maybe the same rhetoric of the Satanists who control the world through authoritarian governments:

Don’t worry- we know what’s best for you. Stay in your lane and you won’t have any trouble. We have done all the interpretations for you and we will tell you what it says. No need to go direct. You could get hurt. It’s too dangerous. It’s misinformation and we’re protecting you from it with this warning.

Holy Spirit-filled people request discernment directly from God to know even the difference between the light and dark sides of sin. Even the “dark side” is divided into false light and dark. 

Our entire culture is specifically designed to recalibrate all light to the “light side of dark” that appears as an “angel of light” but is counterfeit. If they succeed, people lose direct connection with the only pure light side there is.  

Right now the false-light side of occult organizations is taking over the dark to ensnare more people into its bondage. 

Biblical Scripture details what to expect during this time. Your spiritual sword?

“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” - Ephesians 6:17 KJV

Scripture interpreted by scripture (otherwise known as sola-scriptura) makes sense if the word itself is referenced as the spiritual weapon of choice. It’s either right and inspired, or it’s not and things get fuzzy. And if it’s right, which word is most accurate? Because accuracy would also need to factor in the equation for this to even be effective.

So how would you best disarm your enemies during this time, if you were a clever adversary? 

Through confusion on which weapon is a true weapon. Through confusion on what is true about the battle. To confuse your opponent, you have to be aware of what truth you want to move them away from. 

Which bible translation is the one people fear most or feel the need to steal from and then reinterpret? 

The very same KJV. 

It reminds me of the pattern of other religions in general: the power of Jesus is either specifically ignored or specifically diminished (ala Christ Consciousness, one of many ascended masters) - all pointing to the power of Jesus who doesn’t point back to them. No serious time is wasted with redirecting people from the other religions because they aren’t real threats.

Even videos of Bible scholars defending other English translations can be heard leaking out comparative praise for the very KJV they aren’t so personally enamored with. Listen for it. They can’t deny its historical influence. They’ll even drop hints that the ESV or NIV or whatever they prefer is just as good.
As good as what? The gold standard they won’t tell you is the gold standard. And then the comments will usually be turned off on those to prevent the KJV folks from dropping some history of their own related to translations.

If a saved Christian (Holy Spirit filled)  were to STUDY the KJV as truth, you would not become a Luciferian Freemason by any stretch of the imagination. Even Manly P. Hall knows that it’s a problematic conflict preventing people from moving in the direction they need people to go in.

You’d be armed to defeat them and escape entrapment if you studied it.  You’ll begin a path to mastery of spiritual discernment - a path I’m still on myself but boy, is it eye-opening.

But, don’t worry, people who are influenced by the adversary will read it for you and will tell you what it says…

I wholeheartedly believe, by the way, that a person can be saved by reading the content of other Holy Bible translations, but that a semiotic (symbolic context) study of those doctrinally inferior texts (English translations) will still also direct you to a preferred manuscript based on the geographical location of the derivative texts alone, if you are posing the question to God about a possible superior translation.  Location matters to God and even the names of places and their historical attributes have Biblical significance to God.

God knew that the future alleged improvers of His word would not be able to edit all references to repeated symbology out of context every time.  These are symbolic clues on how to spot a fake - even as you are reading from it. Hint: How does God classify the desert, the wilderness, and wastelands in relation to Himself? Where did your other English translation come from? Where were the manuscripts “discovered”? 

Where is God found? Alternatively, where do unclean spirits go when delivered out of a person? 

Was the translation you’re reading from an alleged “Greek Old Testament” source of antiquity while the Greeks were reading Latin? Ask them to show you images documenting the full source material, not just partial, of that infamous Greek artifact. 

Demand it. See what happens.

Here’s an important textual distinction to keep in your pocket, if you care about what translation might be more accurate:
The KJV translation is based on the books of Antioch of Syria (known as Byzantine) versus the books of Alexandria of Egypt (known as Alexandrian).
Where were the Apostles from?
Where were the Apostates from?

Do you believe Tischendorf's account or was he the answer to Manly P. Hall’s dilemma?

What happened 100 years before Hall’s 1944 article - in 1844? Did they finally find a way to sell it?
(Hey, you came here looking for a conspiracy after all, so there ya go!)

Recommended reading on the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus:
Is the "World's Oldest Bible" a Fake? By David W. Daniels

Questions you can pose to the memetic-based critics of the KJV:

Are you aware that King James didn’t write the KJV? 
(Some people legitimately think he wrote it, so it’s a great one to start with)

Do you know how the KJV was created and who edited it?

Do you believe there exists any English translation of the Bible approved by God?
If so, which one and why?

Do you believe God is a just God (as in a fair judge)?

Do you believe God is an active, living God?

Do you believe God is seeking to reach as many people as possible with a gospel message in their own language for their salvation?

Do you believe in newly-promoted, other books as the “true gospel” that were allegedly hidden from the greater public until someone more recently uncovered them?

If so, do you believe a just, loving God would keep many generations of English-speaking people from accessing the very gospel truth that they will be judged by in the future? 

Do you actively critique other translations as fervently, and as publicly, as you do the KJV? Or do you only take issue with the KJV?

Is your issue based on doctrinal differences you can specifically identify or only by speculations supporting a dark characterization of those associated with its origin? 

If doctrinal differences, what doctrinal differences do you take issue with, and what scriptural criteria do you use to support your position?

Do you find the old English terms in the KJV to be super-perplexing, but somehow manage to understand Vulcan or Klingon (Star Trek), Dothraki or Valyrian (Game of Thrones) or Elvish (Lord of the Rings) phrases when used in proper context or after you looked up their meanings on fan sites to better understand them?

(Sorry - this is me being a bit of a snarky-ass here, but only because it’s usually the last excuse left to lean on for a Christian’s reason they ‘just can’t ‘ with a KJV but they will assure you they’re fine for it to be your thing: you do you, etc..And before anyone notes that I’m using fictional language examples while comparing to the Bible - please substitute an alternative line of inquiry: Did you learn another language like Spanish or French in high school when you had to because you would be tested on it?)

Speaking of asses…

But what about Unicorns and Satyrs?

Ah, well, let’s take a look at what the Unicorn likely was in the nonfiction world before :

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/greater-one-horned-rhino

A.k.a. The “Indian Ass”.

As for Satyr: the Greek term “satyr” is likely based on the Hebrew term “saiyr” which references a “goat demon,” which would likely be a wild, hairy, debaucherous goat.

But, I understand some people are still graduating to the idea that demons are a thing, much less, goat demons, even though they may not perfectly resemble the aesthetic of the mythological depiction of satyrs.  

If you made it this far and I’ve piqued a counter-interest in the doctrinal distinctions found in the scriptural text of a KJV Bible, I’m happy to provide you with an important list of verses to specifically explore comparisons that do impact Christian doctrine. 

CHECK HOW YOUR (insert your other English translation) COMPARES TO KJV on these:

Credit and thanks to Dr. Terry Watkins for posting these all in one place to make these common edits easier to share quickly.

https://www.av1611.org/kjv/counterfeit.html

Genesis 22:8
"My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering" (KJV) giving a strong prophetic link to John 1:29

might be changed to 

"God will provide for Himself the lamb" 

or 

"God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering". 

Isaiah 14:12
The name "Lucifer" may be replaced with "morning star”, “day star”, or “star of the morning". 

(Confusing this with terms used to describe Jesus in Revelation) 

and Isaiah 14:15  "hell" is changed to "Sheol", or the "grave".

Matthew 20:20
The words "worshipping him" may become "kneeling down" or "kneeling before" to diminish that they worshipped Jesus as God.

Matthew 26:28
The term “new testament" might be replaced with "new agreement" or "new covenant" except when the term is used for the title of the New Testament book introduction- where they acquiesce to the correct translation of the same phrase.

Mark 3:29
Blaspheming against the Holy Ghost may change from "eternal damnation" to just “eternal sin" or "eternal condemnation".

Luke 4:4
The phrase “but by every word of God" is likely removed. 

Luke 4:8

 "get thee behind me, Satan" may be removed.

Luke 16:23
The harsh destination of “hell” may be softened to “Hades” or “the grave”.

John 4:24
"God is a spirit" altered to just "God is spirit”, the “a” removed to support New Age broader interpretations of God.

John 14:16
The Holy Spirit changed from the intimate “Comforter" to the less warm and personal "Helper” or “Counselor".

Acts 2:47
The past tense "saved" changed to "being saved”, making it a continual process versus a fixed status.

Acts 4:27

The Lord Jesus Christ is no longer the Father’s "holy child”, but rather, His "holy servant". See also Acts 4:30 for the same.

Acts 8:37
The account of the Ethiopian eunuch getting saved is either removed or brought into question by a special footnote.

Acts 17:29
"Godhead" is altered to read “Divine Nature" or "Divine Being".

Romans 6:22
"servants of God" become "enslaved" or "slaves of God" which positions God as your wanna-be slave owner instead of you as a wanna-be servant of a worthy God.

1 Corinthians 1:21
“the foolishness of preaching" is tweaked to read “the foolishness of what was preached" or "foolishness of the message preached” which puts the focus on the gospel message being foolish instead of the idea of the preaching itself, thought to be the cause of salvation as foolish.  

1 Corinthians 6:9
"effeminate" modified to read either "homosexual" or "male prostitutes"

2 Corinthians 2:17
"corrupt the word of God" may become "peddling (or selling) the word of God" instead - which is, itself, rather interesting, considering…

2 Corinthians 10:5
 "imaginations" may be changed to the word "arguments”, "obstacles”, or "speculations”.

Colossians 1:14
The phrase "through his blood" may be removed.

1 Thessalonians 5:22
"all appearance of evil" may have words added to read "every form (or kind) of evil".

1 Timothy 3:16
The word "God" is replaced with the mere generic "he”.

23. 1 Timothy 6:10
The counterfeits add the words "kinds of". This addition dilutes the conclusive statement, ". . .the love of money is the root of all evil" to the subjective ". . .the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil".

24. 2 Timothy 2:15
The word "study”- removed.

25. Revelation 1:5
"washed us from our sins in his own blood," could be changed to "loosed" or "freed" us from our sins. 

No matter how you slice it, the KJV is the gold standard of English translations that all other English translations are aware they have to contend with because it is unmatched in its scope, popularity, familiarity, and influence on even the English language over time.  

Evil secret societies do exist, yes, but they operate as revealers of occult knowledge as a lure. It’s the same lure from the serpent in the garden in Genesis 3.

Occult knowledge is, by the way, the opposite of widespread, easily-accessible-if- you’re-looking-for-it-information: like the KJV.

And that’s where I’m leaving this topic for now. 

2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Note: *throughly is an archaic form of the word thoroughly.
(See that wasn’t so hard, was it?)

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Also, for fun, here’s an interesting video on number codes in scripture around “1611” - the number associated with the year of the famous Authorized KJV.

Other links for reference:

KJV 15 Rules for Translation - Publicly known criteria for how those who translated KJV were to approach the translation process for integrity purposes:

https://petergoeman.com/15-rules-of-translation-for-the-king-james-version-kjv

Scotland and the Protestant Reformation

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/history/reformation.html

Preceding the birth of King James - the Cardinal’s assassination plot

From https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/history/reformation.html

Who was King James?
https://www.kjvbibles.com/who-was-king-james-and-why-the-king-james-bible

On King James’ family life via the bio of his wife

https://www.rct.uk/collection/people/anne-of-denmark-queen-of-great-britain-1574-1619#/type/subject

After attending a Christian college (Huntington University) over 20 years ago, I took a hiatus from my Christian identity. I told God that there was so much confusion around the Word and what was true within the Christian community that I would need to learn about His Truth a different way: through experience. This meant even questioning the nature of God, Himself. And, looking back, I can honestly say show me is exactly what He did do. Even while walking the line of agnosticism and feeling comfortable walking in the world as a secular humanist can look back and see that I wasn’t left to stray so far that I couldn’t come back after the experience. 

The Challenge of Narrowing Down a Testimony

What brought me back is difficult to communicate. I’m usually not short on words. I’m a talker and a storyteller. But when it comes to my testimony it’s really hard to know which story to tell to be of the best service to others since there were so many different contributing experiences. I gave some insight into one series of events in the intro to this blog. But it was by far not the only part of the journey. 

Here are some testimonial journeys I could share:

Coming back to Jesus after advocating for a global movement that promoted atheistic ideas and false hope in the scientific method as a solution to our world’s problems. 

Did you know I was once the United States Coordinator of the famed fringe Zeitgeist Movement that gained momentum on the heels of viral youtube videos by content creator Peter Joseph? The worldwide movement spanned 80 countries and we held events all over the world. I learned so very much about sociology and people during this time - many useful insights. However, I also contributed to the sharing of false information that is harmful to people, if left unchallenged. This included information relegating the story of Jesus to something fictional influenced by astrotheology and pagan gods - which, of course, is a ridiculous assertion when properly investigated. The movement is not nearly the size it used to be (a good thing) but I worry that its momentum contributed to leading people away from pursuing the truth in the gospel message. I seek to undo this damage in any way possible. 

Coming back to Jesus after being a hypnosis practitioner and coach for 12 years, after having incorporated New Thought concepts into my approach with clients.  

I even wrote a book and was speaking at local meetings and conferences and I wish I could roll much of that backward to swap out what I now recognize as the false-light aspects for the real light, Christian Biblical perspective. From this, I learned so much, however, about the occultic influences of the self-help industry and how all the basic hermetic principles that positive change-work are built on are perversions (often complete inversions) of biblical truths serving the work of Satan. I hope to explore more of that here, as well.

Coming back to Jesus after working in a New-Age-themed retail store as a manager and buyer. 

Although I, personally, was not into astrology, gemstones, crystals, meditation, idol statues, or incense, while immersed in this world I was all too accepting of these as harmless practices and props. They aren’t. They support sinful behavior and lead people further into the “you are a god” and/or “these objects are powerful like a god” mentality that replaces the true The Lord of Lords. In hindsight, I wish I could have skipped this altogether. Yet, again, I was being shown the allure, the language of these, the audience, and why they seek these items out and adopt these worldviews.

Coming back to Jesus after almost losing my eyesight in both eyes, rather suddenly. 

If you read my introductory post, you already know about this. But it was what was happening with my medical health during this time that very much felt like a spiritual event. The recovery I went through (face-down positioning for many consecutive days after two surgeries) can be so uncomfortable if done for too long that it is not unusual for people undergoing this to have suicidal thoughts. I didn’t, however, I did experience a fear-inducing hallucination as part of the process. And during that deeply emotional healing process, I was being carried by God who got me through it, upon request and after my complete humble surrender to whatever He had in store for me. I can’t even imagine what that experience would be like without His help in giving me strength and hope, even though I did lose a huge amount of vision quality in my right eye.

These are all very intense transitions. I’ve been thinking of how I came back - what event specifically changed me. This would be much easier to talk about if it was a single event, yet it felt like a gradual falling of the scales from my eyes (metaphorically). 

What I think helped the Truth come back into conscious view was the realization of evil all around me as real, in plain sight, and the two sides of truth: Jesus and the opposition to Jesus, His sacrificial gift, and the gospel messages penetrats everything pertaining to our reality from a semiotic (signs and symbols) orientation. I was deep into studying Jung at the time and felt very much at home with his perspective that both the door of the material world and the door of the spiritual realm were equal parts of our reality that could be held as true and influencing one another while still exploring both of these as a person who respects the scientific method as important in its own meaningful use. 

And while Jung’s work isn’t exclusively Christian, studying his work, I finally felt like a had permission to re-visit the Bible as a factual account of events and wisdom- at face value and also at the symbolic level, simultaneously.  Before, in various churches, I’d only been taught that the Bible was mostly a figurative and loosely historic collection of literature from a narrow perspective. 

Suddenly, the world made more sense all at once than ever before! The very perspective that would’ve had me instantly dismissed among all my fellow critical-thinking friends who valued the scientific method and put all things spiritual into the boxes of culture, psychology, and religious brainwashing - turned out to be the EXACT lens to look through for actual truth about our shared reality.

It became so real I didn’t (and don’t) even care that I already know the common intellectual’s rehearsed rebuttals to protect a materialistic religion of their own devising. This to say, I myself am no longer triggered, as I once was, by the Bible-Believing Christian citing a scripture reference to support their position. I no longer think they are small-minded (sorry, but I did once think this) for limiting their view of reality to some ancient books that have “clearly been debunked by contemporary scholars” (which, of course, they haven’t been unless you are debating doctrine and superior translations). 

But this leads me to the next challenge I’ve been facing….

The Challenge of Letting Friends Know About My Returned-to-Christ Status

There is no Hallmark card for this occasion. There is no real way to prepare people to hear this kind of unexpected news. It would be way easier to have become a lesbian or be pregnant or just got out of some drug rehab (or all three of these at once) as it would garner less disapproval from MOST of them. I thought: Getting back into the faith…maybe they can tuck it away into a nice spiritual box like any other nice spiritual practice like Buddhism or Taoism. But a Bible-Believing Christian? Even some of my former Christian friends are not so comfortable with this. 

I can’t bring myself to use the term Christian fundamentalist, because it holds a trigger for most people I know that rivals any expletives I could think of on the fly. It’s a bomb of its own kind. Or more scary than a Jordan Peele horror flick. So I say Bible-Believing and hope they just ask questions if they wanna know the why and how that happened and if I’m on any mind-altering drugs or not (I’m not, by the way, it’s just Jesus). Besides, even now I don’t always agree with Christian fundamentalists on doctrine.

I am blessed with having a family (Mom, Dad, and Siblings) who had already identified this way and had been praying for me at a distance. And one close friend, who is at least a Bible-centered Christian, did admit to me she was so glad because she had also been praying for me at a distance. And I was able to thank her for that. But for the other friends, I disclosed this to so far? I’m all too aware that it sunk them. I caved to the enemy of their subconscious nightmares. And I even knew this would happen walking into those conversations. For one, I just opened with a light-hearted confession: so, just so you know, I’ve been going through some changes and I’m in a place that’s all about Jesus now. He took it with politeness, in keeping with his own identity as a super open-minded person who always supports that I do my own weird thing as long as I’m happy, per usual. (I’ve always been a little nutty to him, anyhow.) 

This is to say, I’m now in the many prayers offered-up seat for people outside of the faith or for those who’ve forgotten their God-child status from a long-ago salvation-receiving event. So many sheep have strayed and yet, I know the Good Shepherd is working to bring them back into the fold, too - especially at this time in the timeline of humankind.

By the way, because of this, you won’t hear me use the term sheep or sheeple in a derogatory way, anymore like I used to. My study of symbology has led me to realize that this term used to depict a stupid person, is a conscious perversion of the enemy. Like the term “conspiracy theorist,” it’s spun as an unwanted status - and yet Biblically speaking - you’d want to be in the sheep versus the goats classification. And can’t you see how the acronym for “greatest of all time” spells G.O.A.T. in a day where nobody wants to be a stupid sheep? That’s no accident. That’s the enemy wanting people to lose their way, ignorant of God’s grace, mercy, and love.

And speaking of love, my husband has been super supportive, even though not completely understanding, as this change has created an uneven dynamic with its own heart-centered challenges. We’re on very different pages, spiritually. So, to the Bible-Believing Christian reading this, I humbly request your prayer of support for us both in this regard. I wouldn’t even bother asking if I wasn’t so aware of the real impact of prayers lifted by believers to our Father.

I’m also so aware that there are many more uncomfortable conversations to be had to explain my transition back into a faithful relationship with Jesus. Fortunately, I don’t have to weather it on my own. And, I look forward to meeting new brothers and sisters in Christ.

The Challenge of Getting Back Up to Speed Fast on Biblical Knowledge

If I’m going to hold strong positions, I’m going to be able to defend them; it’s just how I roll. But the realization that the Bible is the kind of resource it actually is - the multi-dimensional, living-wisdom word of God in 66 books- is daunting. While it may seem backward to believe in the validity of the resource before completing a new deep dive into the resource - here are some things to consider. 

• If I approached vetting the Creator of the Heavens and Earth through my own sense of limited reason before approving of Him, this would be me positioning myself above God - which I have no desire to do. I mean, I’m still trying to learn how to keep plants in my home and yard alive and thriving.
  
  What I do enjoy and feel genuine thankfulness for is that God is very clear about wanting an intimate relationship most akin to Father/child relationship, One who made salvation really quite easy, and hates all behavior that is harmful to His beloved people, individually, or wholly and one who can only be a just judge. Even after accounting for evil (as necessary for free will to exist even in the limited scope it does), I can only be in a legitimate state of awe at mastery I’m not even worthy to evaluate. And even more in awe of the grace that affords me the opportunity to evaluate it as a part of the design.
  

• Theoretically, the Bible being perhaps the most read/referenced book collection on earth in all its translated forms - including bad translations. But, this is a reality in line with God who would have a message for the world for those who seek Him. It would be relatively easy to get a hold of if you wanted to, from anywhere. If…you…wanted…to being key. Even the people who actively resist the Bible or work to discount it, give it further credibility in doing this and by what they align themselves with while doing so.
  
  All roads point to Jesus as either God or the guy they wish wasn’t God. Other gods are fine, but Jesus has a special place. People either love Him, hate Him, or work very hard to rationalize a way to “love” Him while downplaying His Godly authority (with the ol’ “one of many ascended masters” parlor trick). They can’t ignore Him, though. None of them can.

  And, I don’t care if the person came right out of Seminary as an expert in Greek and Hebrew who now claims to reject God. Guess what: I took that journey already. I studied Greek to translate the New Testament and a Christian College where core classes included Christian perspectives. And…I walked away from all of that suspecting it was bunk only to return and find the treasure I never found while there.

  I suspect everyone who walks away from God into the wilderness or desert of their life after knowing Him thinks they’re headed to a better place when they leave and yet no one ever arrives there. They either keep wandering from one mirage to another or they humble themselves to the reality that they must ask to be found again when they figure out what’s really going on.
  

• We are in the age where so-called “experts” are more often revealed as frauds and the most powerful frauds hate “Biblical” truth, if not “Christian” truth. This makes it all the more appealing for me to learn as much as possible by way of what they hope I never learn.
  

  Like Holden Caulfield (ala The Catcher in the Rye): I hate phonies. And on the global world stage, the phonies are calling the shots.  Additionally, quantum information technology, biotech advances, and identity-linked currency put us squarely in a biblical end-time prophecy fulfillment set-up: unblemished-red heifers, third-temple, Euphrates River going dry…to boot. Why wouldn’t I want to read the Holy Bible book collection from beginning to end with these kinds of teasers that rival the biggest Blockbuster production ever performed? I mean, now that I know how important Biblical symbolism is and how it unlocks so much of our reality, of course, I want to know as much as possible as quickly as possible.

So, HOW does one go about reading the whole Bible quickly?

Here’s how: Last year I picked up a One-Year Chronological Bible. They exist. It contains all of the same content of the 66 books, however, in the order of events as they occurred to best estimates (not as they were written). It’s already divided into sections for a daily reading habit.  I started on January 1st of this year (2023) and am already halfway through. Had I read the Bible before? Yes. All the way through in one consecutive go? Not until now. So, I’m sharpening my sword and practicing its uses: The Word with the help of the Holy Spirit’s guidance, and I plan to have this study project completed by December 30th. I’m also taking notes for my archetype reference book as I go - identifying Biblical archetypes and verses that support various archetypal values. 

Note: Unfortunately, I couldn’t find The One Year™ Chronological Bible offered in my preferred KJV translation, so I use the NKJV version (https://www.amazon.com/One-Year-Chronological-Bible-NKJV/dp/1414376561/) and my daily process is to read the NKJV daily section, take notes, and then transfer the notes into my KJV Bible where I also notate translation differences.

And I realized that when I tell other Christians I’m doing this, most never knew this way of reading the Bible even existed. They admit they’ve remained intimidated by the whole collection of books hoping they would get around to reading it all… someday. But someday never comes because reading all the books in the Holy Bible in their standard published order is hard to retain as a larger story. And the larger story is so worth experiencing - in order - to better understand how God both stays the same and changes over time in how He relates to different groups of people.  (Did I mention I identify as a Dispensationalist? Well, if you didn’t know before you do now. Here’s a good overview of what that is in case you’re wondering.)

It’s critical for doctrine to have this perspective and yet, never once at a Christian college was this way of studying a thing anyone I knew was doing or discussing, to my knowledge. I hope things have changed there.

Between reading the Bible daily in Chronological order of events, and watching Bible Study content from brilliant pastors available in online video format, I can’t see doing it any other way, or any faster, for people like me who are also holding full-time jobs - which leads me to another challenge….

The Challenge of Being a Bible-Beliving Christian in the Era of the “Woke” Workplace

Look, the Biblical end-times beast system has to come into development somehow. It would be so large it couldn’t possibly happen overnight. We’d have to see it and feel it morphing into itself. Also, a huge number of people would need to be simply accepting it. So, guess what? We’re here. 

For several months this year, I was in-between jobs after being let go from a woke workplace that was hitting the cringe-factor threshold more and more with every passing day. My release was going to come one way or another so I was content to have it come, as it did, in a cold, corporate-style mass layoff, allowing me to look for a better role in a new, better-fitting job environment. 

However, after a dozen or so applications for jobs that actually asked me about my sexual orientation AS PART OF THE JOB APPLICATION, I felt extremely disheartened. Once again, if I came out as a lesbian on weekends but a half-queer, half-non-binary, mocha-whipped frappuccino on weeknights my employer could feel like they’ve done their social justice duty to create world peace and perhaps even get off on checking a special box on their latest DEI diversity quota sheet. But, ethically, I could only bring myself to check the I prefer not to answer - because there wasn’t a NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS box (aka the “yes, I’m probably that Bible-Believing Christian you’ve been programmed to have nightmares about” box).

This whole job application experience felt other-worldly to me because I’m old enough to remember a time not THAT long ago when - if someone asked me what I do in my personal bedroom on the frickin’ job application - this would be considered straight-up sexual harassment.  Yes, I’m THAT old and those were the good old days that were only moderately tolerable. But now that we’re in the era of openly grooming kids for sex and gender-changing medical procedures on the whim of an awkward feeling and men are excited for the opportunity to “menstruate” or “get pregnant” in order to abort their baby, it’s a whole other ballgame to find a job I want to even wake up and show up for, especially because they don’t REALLY want diversity if it comes in the form of non-woke divergent thoughts or identities.

But I prayed. And since prayer works (even if not on my personal schedule), I did eventually find and get that job: one that I like, and the environment and company feel like a good fit. I’m beyond grateful for this.

Still, I know the struggle is real. The vast majority of the corporate world is not safe or healthy or diverse and tolerant. It’s authoritative, militant, coercive, and satanic in nature. 

Does it sound radical to you? It should. Our entire world is radicalized now in one way or the other, so you better pick your side and know how to defend it well. 

No matter what happens, here’s what I know: the blessings can only get BIGGER from here.

(Are you a pre-tribber, Jen? Yes, I am. It won’t be the “aliens” that took me and, hopefully, also you.)

Thanks for reading! Drop a comment if you can relate or have questions.

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As someone deep into archetypal character references, I don’t have any conflicts or awkwardness around the Biblical Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). In fact, every time I think of the Trinity, I am awed at how much of a gesture of intimacy this message is from God Almighty. While others are debating whether or not this concept reveals one God in three parts or three beings of equal importance working in tandem, or whether or not the concept is best explained by an egg, an H2O-state analogy, or a three-branches-of-one-government metaphor, I’m going to throw a bit of a curve ball. I understand the Trinity to be a package containing a love letter and an access code: a package so important that it must be delivered to anyone choosing to be born again as a child of God.

First, let me back up and be sure everyone understands that an archetype is a package of information contained in a   word or a symbol. It’s a bit like a compressed file (zip file) within your computer data storage that, once unlocked, can reveal several stacks of data. There could be multiple folders contained in it and within the folders, multiple documents. Sometimes there are folders in folders, but in any case, it’s a hierarchical form of organization for data. 

Now, most people tend to focus on whether or not the Trinity is like a zip file containing the whole composition of God in three folders called Father, Son, and Holy Spirit because if it doesn’t contain the whole God, we have a problem. They discovered this three-term reference in a collection of 66 books (Holy Bible) that also represents God, but these three are mentioned enough times together, with equal emphasis on their authority, obviously inter-related to each other, so this “Trinity” must be the simplified reduction of the Highest Supreme being that knows all and transcends time and space. And there are triangle org charts (as pictured below) to try to help us unravel the inner relationships.

Trinity. (2023, May 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity

The terms Father, Son (Word in the flesh), and Holy Spirit are each archetypal packages. And yes, you can have zip files inside of zip files (and nested archetypes alike). But, before we create a digital feedback loop of The Word containing the three Trinity terms that contain The Word which contains the three Trinity terms, let’s consider that the Trinity isn’t an information package designed to give us a full understanding of God, but rather a love letter acknowledging a purposeful paradox and an access code that connects a Father God to His newly adopted children.

To explain further… yes, the Father is God, and yes, the Son/the Word (Jesus) is God and yes, the Holy Spirit is God, and… God also operates in many, many other roles. Other archetypes can be explicitly identified or contextually identified throughout the Bible, such as Master Creator, Artist, I AM, Healer, Avenger, Miracle Worker, Authority, Destroyer, Human, Lord of Lords, Teacher, Rabbi, Prophet, Priest, Helper, Fisherman (Fisher of Men), Shepherd, Chosen One, Savior, Storyteller, Servant, Craftsman, King of Kings, Comforter, Lord of Hosts, Martyr, Judge, Living Water, Living Bread, et al. We have no issue with all of these roles/titles referring to one God as they are presented as God in name or role concept. 

However, when someone is born again in spirit, they aren’t baptized in the name of all of these additional character archetypes, but only these three as commissioned by Jesus:

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost”  Matthew 28:19 (KJV)

The scriptures focus our attention more on the three because of their significance to express our new, unique relationship with a transcendent God.   

Examples:

 “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.” - Paul in 2 Corinthians 13: 14 (KJV)

“These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you, But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14: 25-26 (KJV)

We aren’t called as a subject of God Almighty to address a King of Kings we aren’t inherently worthy of. That would be quite intimidating, wouldn’t it?

We aren’t called to treat God like a Doctor whom we visit only when we need healing from a physical affliction or an ATM when we need material resources. That would be quite transactional and not intimate. 

Instead, upon our repentance and receipt of the gift of salvation (acknowledging the blood sacrifice of the Son) as an access gateway, we are called into the intimate position of an immediate Royal family member, able to interact with our Father, who is also the King of Kings who heals and provides. The subsequent indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the way He sanctifies/transforms us, as we engage it. There’s mutual respect put forth in that instruction, though perhaps more difficult to conceive of the loving nature of the Father if your own family relationships are less than ideal.

Each of these three roles has its own container of self-imposed limitations that honor pre-established contracts God has for mankind because that is what a truthful and just God does. He doesn’t need to experience suffering to know the value of rescue, yet He chooses to experience suffering through our experience. Just as we have an awareness, one gained through direct or indirect experience, that when a parent loves their child dearly they feel pain when their child feels pain, God hurts on our behalf, voluntarily. 

The establishment of the Father relationship shows a desire for familiar love, comfort, and closeness that comes from our idealized version of family. The painful sacrifice, physical and mental, of His Son, the suffering of which He feels as a Father, is an act of love for His other children He seeks closeness with. The Holy Spirit is the three-dimensional world-reduced “Comforter” that resides within us out of love. And all of this is about our unique access, through the blood of Christ, to the author of our World. The nested archetype of The Son includes the role of an ever-present intercessor, ensuring the door to God is always open for those who received the gift. And the gift being optional honors the preestablished free-will contract which also implies love in the form of respecting our autonomous choice to love Him back, accepting Him as God or not.

To dig deeper, the same idea of self-imposed limitations of love is echoed elsewhere in the Bible. For example, in Psalm 50 God says, through Asaph, in verse 12:

“If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine and the fulness thereof.” (KJV) 

He says this on the subject of why the consumption of the sacrifices is about receiving them as thankful offerings of His people and not about consuming them for food sustenance. 

Can you imagine the Almighty God as a needy creature asking us to provide for Him? It would seem ridiculous, right?

Well, it actually happens all the time through Jesus. If you’re curious about just how this happens, turn to Matthew 25:35-36 where Jesus is describing the future separation of the sheep and the goats upon the second coming: 

“And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited me: I was in prison and ye came unto me.” (KJV)

He prophesies how the “sheep” (righteous side) will be, understandably, confused by this. He explains beginning verse 40:

“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily, I say unto you in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” (KJV)

The words “done it unto me” seem to imply God experiencing the ease of suffering of hunger and more. The “least of these my brethren” seems to imply how much He considers mercy for the least deserving of those considered one of His children as an act of righteousness.  And then, of course, the chapter goes on to describe the opposite for the “goats” - the people who did not step in service of God’s children in need.

It’s also notable to me that Jesus doesn’t offer up here that He is the King He is speaking of (and implied Shepherd of the sheep). He likely speaks of the role He will play so the present audience He is talking to will focus on the role of the King, instead of that He will be the King.  He’s providing only the necessary details to show, through the story’s message, what God considers righteous compared to unrighteous in relation to the needy. 

This example was on my heart to share because it shows us two things related to the triune God terms. 

One is that God appears to be both a God that can never be hungry (needy) and a God that chooses to experience hunger (depravity) as a Father would experience His beloved child going hungry (in a state of deprivation), simultaneously. This I can assume is an artifact of His transcendent status (outside of 3-dimensional reality) that allows for the 3D self-limitation of an extension to fulfill preestablished contractual agreements and he is disclosing this to fulfill another agreement: that He is a just God. 

“But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.” - Colossians 3:25 (KJV) 

“Respect of persons” here is akin to “no partiality”. Justice would imply that the judgment and punishment are rendered with appropriate consideration of one’s true intentions, in the case of a Lord who sees the heart, and that the person in question has an appropriate awareness of right or wrong. No partiality also assumes the judge isn’t rendering a verdict from a victim’s point of view. This paradoxical self-limitation characteristic of our God is also a crucial part of the Trinity concept.

The second is that Jesus’s sheep from the goats prophesy content shows us an example of God editing out details that would give us a more full understanding of God in favor of the clarity of the intended message. Jesus avoids that “digital feedback loop” of how He is both the King, Shepherd,  and the Son of the King, and the King of Kings who receives blessings from the sheep through their righteous treatment of the needy, which are also…Him in their moment of need.  Can you imagine how this extra mind-puzzle could’ve obscured an already mind-blowing message of the prophecy for that audience? 

Instead, He speaks of the King in the third person, and how that King was also the needy brethren to place the focus on the important distinction between righteous and unrighteous behavior. 

And so, with the Trinity, the word “trinity” not even having a reference in biblical manuscripts, only biblical doctrine, would inevitably be tricky if looked at as the whole explanation of God in a simplified package. But, as the simplified package containing a love message for a saved person to understand how God desires family-level intimacy, how salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus allows this to occur (the access code), and the Holy Spirit (what access feels like) as a daily relationship guide works well for me: each Godly appendage complete in it’s unified Godly function. I, personally, don’t need it to be an inclusive model to see how Jesus and God and the Holy Spirit are all the One God and also distinctly different from one another. 

And, if you’re like Carl Jung: looking for that fourth archetype (Quaternity) to make the relationship pattern feel more wholly balanced, consider the three-person/one-God message was designed to be delivered to the fourth (you) and add your inclusion as connected while you are a Holy Spirit host. Yes, the fourth can easily be the presumed co-participant in the special relationship with a triune God through a free-will choice to accept the adoption offer: the individual sinner who receives the love letter/access code message (see John 14:15-20). 

 I disagree with Jung’s suggestion that the Virgin Mary might be a workable fourth to add a balance of feminine energy. There is a feminine energy present in the same Holy Spirit (Comforter/Helper) that Jesus references as he, though I realize it’s controversial to suggest this. Biblical proverbs refer to wisdom and spiritual discernment, specifically, as a personified female complete with she/her pronouns and called sister and kinswoman. (Prov 3:15-18 and 7:4). Female energy in the Bible is specifically noted as a derivative of male energy (as Eve from Adam’s rib), so the feminine will always be subservient to male energy. (And a Son subservient to His Father). So, a feminine aspect does exist, in my view, as a part of the Holy Spirit archetype of the trinity, even if only represented as a holy male spirit’s anima contained within the male. You or I, as the fourth, might also represent a member of the Church Bride (female archetype) in the future. I suspect Mary idol worship and/or Goddess idol worship operates as a strategic distraction from or subversion of the Bride momentum. And before this moves to a whole other extensive topic on whether or not I think God has an “evil” side, I’m going to hold for now and save that for another post.

Another relevant trinity mentioned in the Bible applies to humans. Did you know?
1 John 5:8 “And there are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” (KJV)

Spirit, Soul (blood) & Flesh Body (mostly made of water)?

Just something to chew on…

What are your thoughts on the topic of the Trinity and how it works for you in your life? 

Drop any questions, answers, or considerations you have for me in the comments. 

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