The Great Rainbow Robbery
An Amazing Fact: Yet another attack on Holy Scripture has been
unleashed—it’s called the Queen James Version of the Bible. A group of
anonymous “scholars” has edited the major Bible passages that condemn
homosexuality in an effort to make the lifestyle appear acceptable. Then they
had the audacity to take the purity of the rainbow—God’s covenant symbol—and
place it on the cover of their new translation. I call it “The Great Rainbow
Robbery.”
The
rainbow—a magnificent representation of God’s everlasting covenant with us—has
been hijacked! And make no mistake; this is no accident. It is part of an orchestrated
campaign to make sexual behavior that God has clearly condemned appear normal
and acceptable.
The
rainbow appears on a new, blasphemous translation of the Bible labeled the
“Queen James Version.” Here is just one example of how they have tampered with
Scripture in an effort to promote their views …
The
real version of Romans 1:26, 27 reads, “For this reason God gave them up to
vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is
against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,
burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful”
(NKJV).
Compare
the real text to this version: “Their women did change their natural use into
that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, left of the natural
use of the woman, burned in ritual lust,
one toward another.”
See
that? They simply invented words—“in ritual lust”—to make this verse sound as
if it’s only talking about idolatry. And this is just one shameful example! Remember
the curse pronounced against those who tamper with God’s Holy Word? (See
Revelation 22:18, 19!)
Marriage Under
Attack
Please
don’t get me wrong. God doesn’t hate homosexuals, and neither do I. But they
are falling for the same trap Satan set when he cynically asked Eve, “Has God
indeed said …?”
This
same deceiving spirit is behind the effort to change the definition of marriage
in our country. In just a few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on
whether the Defense of Marriage Act—which defines marriage as being between a
man and a woman—is unconstitutional. So The Great Rainbow Robbery will continue
unless we contend for the truth!
The Obama Administration has taken the defiant position of refusing to defend the marriage law passed by Congress. In fact, the president’s supportive position toward homosexual marriage secured him a place on the cover of Newsweek magazine—with a rainbow halo around his head and the title of “The First Gay President.”
What can you and
I do?
We
need to confront this terrible tide, and the best way to expose this darkness
is by turning on the light. Our world desperately needs to hear the real
message about God’s holy moral law in a powerful and loving way that’s still relevant
for today.
Let’s
face it; most people in our culture are very confused about sin because they
are only vaguely acquainted with God’s law. That’s one reason I believe the
Lord has impressed Amazing Facts to prepare a new series on the Ten
Commandments.
This
will not be a series that “preaches to the choir.” We will design it
specifically as an outreach to non-believers so that we might exalt the beauty
of God’s law of love in a culture that has lost its moral bearings. “The law
of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul” (Psalm 19:7 NKJV).
I
want this series to convict and soften hearts, to bring sinners to the cross of
Christ, but it will require an enormous amount of preparation. Your
financial support this month will help to broadcast this new series, create a
special study guide, and produce our other powerful programs—turning people to
the Righteous One. The cost of this project will be about $178,000, providing
for the complete production, printing, air time, and DVD distribution.
This
is really frontline evangelism. As we exalt God’s law and His love, the lost
will find Jesus. Your support will make it possible for us to produce and
distribute this new study series at a time when His law of love is being
disregarded by so many.
“If
the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11:3
NKJV). The foundation of our morals is under attack. Let’s work together to
restore the rainbow as a symbol of salvation and proclaim His message of love
and righteousness in a world so desperate for present truth!
Please
give today. You can make a difference. I look forward to hearing from you soon,
Pastor
Doug Batchelor
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