“What’s Wrong
With Our Bibles?”

Let’s begin by looking at the Most Serious & Most Significant of these errors: in Isaiah 53:10-11

As you are about to Learn the Old Testaments in our Bibles should primarily be based on the Greek Septuagint: because it was the Old Testament the Early Christians used and represents a much older Hebrew Text than we currently have. It was translated from Hebrew into Greek around 250 BC by 70 Rabbinical Scholars, and that is why it is called “Septuagint” or “The Seventy.”

And in Isaiah 53:10-11 it is a real Eye Opener! (And so, I pray that this article will cause you to have a Paradigm Shift!) Because it reveals a more compassionate God, and foretells a conversation that the Father would one day have with His Son, as He hung on the Cross. When did this conversation take place? Most likely after Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Here is how Isaiah 53:10-11 reads in the Septuagint: “The Lord desired to cleanse him of the beating. ‘But if YOU give [yourself] for sin; OUR soul will see a long-lived seed.’ The Lord purposed to take away the anguish of his soul, [by] showing him light, to form understanding within him. [Therefore] he has declared righteous the righteous one, who serves many well: because he himself will bear their sins.”

The Father no doubt brought this verse to Light in Jesus’ mind as He hung on the cross, to give Him understanding, to take away the anguish of His Soul, and give Him strength to endure the cross. In this verse the Father is basically telling His Son, “Son, I haven’t forsaken you! In fact, I wish that I could take you down from that cross right now! and sooth your wounds. But Remember, if you give your life as a ransom, you will bring many sons to glory! And then both of Our Hearts will FOREVER BE FILLED WITH JOY!”

So the Septuagint gives us a reference to Hebrews 12:2 (we didn’t even know existed!)

“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the JOY that was SET BEFORE HIM endured the cross, despising the shame.” (Hebrews 12:2)

Who Set This Joy before Him? The Septuagint reveals that it was the Father! So this is how the early Christians from the the 1st to 4th Century would have understood Isaiah 53:10-11!

Isaiah 53:10-11 in the Septuagint is TRULY BEAUTIFUL! Because it reveals both the Father’s Great Love for His Son & His Great Love for Lost Humanity: and adds even greater depth to John 3:16, “For God Loved the world to such an extent: that he freely gave his only born Son; so that whoever trusts in him, wouldn’t perish, but have eternal life!”

How did the Church lose this understanding of Isaiah 53:10-11 over the centuries?

In the 5th Century AD, the Roman Catholic Scholar, Jerome, was translating his New Latin Vulgate. Up until that time, all Christians world-wide had used a translation of the Septuagint or read the Septuagint itself: because all of the older Latin Vulgates, as well as the Ethiopian Orthodox Bibles had been translated directly for the Septuagint, and the Greek Orthodox Church has always used the Greek Septuagint, since Greek is their mother-tongue.

But Jerome decided to break with the Church’s Universal Standard: and translated his Old Testament from the Jewish Bible instead. But what Jerome did not realize was that the Jewish Text had been Altered by the Pharisees between 200 BC and 200 AD! (Which I will DOCUMENT later in this article.) Many devote Roman Catholics criticized Jerome for abandoning the Septuagint, because by doing he altered the meaning of many Scriptures! But Jerome insisted that since the Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew, we should translate the Old Testament from the Hebrew Text, to produce a more accurate transition. (Over the centuries that followed, more Catholics began reading his version, and over time the readings in the Old Latin Vulgates were forgotten.)

And ever since most Bible translators have followed Jerome’s example: So that’s why even Good Bible Translations like the New America Standard Bible, in Isaiah 53:10-11 read, “THE LORD DESIRED TO CRUSH HIM, CAUSING HIM GRIEF; if He renders Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand. As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and BE SATISFIED; by His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, for He will bear their wrongdoings.”

And sadly, since Christians today, do not know what the Original Christian Bible of the Early Church read: Good & Honest Pastors blaspheme God from their pulpits, Sunday after Sunday, by teaching, “God poured out His wrath on Jesus on the cross!” (If you are one of those pastors, the Good News is God is much more wonderful than you have even dared to imagine!) If you allow the Holy Spirit to teach you God’s Gospel, from His Perspective, your sermons will become even more powerful and compelling than before! Remember, the Scriptures teach, “It’s the GOODNESS of God that causes you (and others) to change your mind.” (Romans 2:4)

If anyone would know how the Father felt on the day they crucified His Son: that would be Jesus! And according to Jesus’ own words; the Father found NO DELIGHT in His death, but rather He was enraged by it!

So let’s read Jesus’ own words, and SEE how the Father felt: “Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’ So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?” They answered Him, “He will miserably destroy those wicked men!” (Matthew 21:37-41) And that’s exactly what the Father did in 70 AD, He sent the Roman Legions and wiped the nation of Israel off of the face of the map for 2000 years!

And that’s why “Jesus wept over Jerusalem” because they did not recognize the time of their Visitation! So the Father DEFINITELY WASN’T PLEASED by the death of His Son! So to say and teach “THE LORD DESIRED TO CRUSH HIM, CAUSING HIM GRIEF’ & ‘He will see it and BE SATISFIED!” IS BLASPHEMOUS! Because it’s the exact opposite of God’s Nature & Character! ~ “LOVE!”

Concerning the Crucifixion: the very first prophecy in the Bible, Clearly States that it would be the DEVIL who would pour out his wrath on the Son, not the Father! “He (Jesus) will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” (Genesis 3:15)

Although Jerome was the first to insert this lie in the Christian Bible: this false doctrine of “God pouring out is wrath on Jesus on the cross,” wasn’t actually taught until the close of 11th Century AD. When in 1094 the Roman Catholic Philosopher, Anselm of Canterbury, published his book “Cur Deus Homo“ (Why God Became A Man) in which he sought to discredit “Ransom Atonement Theory” (which was still the universally accepted Atonement Theory at that time), and replace it with his New “Satisfaction Atonement Theory.” And that is why Anselm doesn’t quote Isaiah 53:10-11 in his book, because he knew this verse would be a “Hot Button Topic!” because some people were still aware of the True Reading. So he covertly used the “feudalism system” of his time (instead of the Scriptures) to sell his ideas.

But sadly, Anselm was able to sell his theory to the Pope: because by using the feudalism system as the bases for the arguments in his book; it also helped establish the Pope’s absolute authority over all of the Roman Catholic Empire. And so it became official Roman Catholic Dogma. Then after his death, the Roman Catholic Church granted Anselm Sainthood for his work.

That’s why the Greek Orthodox & Ethiopian Orthodox Churches considered Anselm’s theory “Heresy!” Because it wasn’t based on any Scriptures, but instead contradicted many Scriptures! Especially Isaiah 53:10-11 in their Bibles: therefore, they rejected Anselm’s Theory as “Heresy!”

Then later in the 15th Century, because this “Angry God Gospel” was Roman Catholic Dogma: young Martin Luther lived in constant fear that his sins would send him to hell; until decades later he finally realized, “By grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” But he had been so indoctrinated by “The Angry God Gospel,” that he still believed, “God must be appeased by something!” So to try and reconcile his New found faith in “God’s Grace” with this old Catholic Dogma that he had been taught: and he came up with the Penal Atonement Theory; but Luther was an honest man, and so he admitted, “It is only a Theory.”

But ever since the Protestant Churches have taught it as an Absolute Fact! And because of that, they have taken many verses out of context to promote what is actually a false doctrine; and they have actually mistranslated a few key verses, to make the Bible appear to agree with this false theory: like the Jehovah Witnesses do.

But let’s get back back to: Comparing the Septuagint with the Hebrew Text; and see which is more trustworthy?

(Matthew 21:16 & Hosah 6:6) ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have perfected praise.’

HT: “From the mouths of babies and infants at the breast you have established strength.”

Did Jesus misquote Scripture? Of course not, He is The Author of the Bible! And this verse in context deals with “Praise,” not “strength.” So it is the Jewish Text that is in error!

(Psalm 22:16) “They pierced my hands and feet."

HT: "Like a lion they mauled my hands and feet."

(Matthew 1:23 & Isaiah 7:14) “Behold, the virgin shall be with child,”

HT: “Look, the young woman is with child,”

(Romans 10:5 & Psalm 40:6) “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.”

HT: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; You gave me to understand.”

There are far too many of these discrepancies in the Hebrew Text to list here. But out of the 418 Old Testament Quotes in the New Testament:

Around 81% align more closely with the Septuagint. Around 10% match both. But only about 8% align with the Jewish Text. And it’s interesting to note: that most of these discrepancies occur in the Book of Isaiah!

Which is proof that the devil tried to alter the text in the Book of Isaiah: because of all the Old Testament Books, the Book of Isaiah reveals God’s Plan of Salvation more clearly.

So it makes absolutely no sense to me: why are we using the Edited Text of the Pharisees as the Base Text for the Old Testament in our Christian Bibles? Especially since it has such a low score when it comes to accuracy?

PROOF THAT THE PHARISEES ALTERED THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES!

PLEASE WATCH THIS IMPORTANT VIDEO!

Watch @ lovebible.org/before.mp4

Jesus said, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32) So please watch this short 32 minute video to the end: because it will provide UNDENIABLE PROOF that the Pharisees altered the genealogy in Genesis Chapter 11 to try to prove that Jesus could not be a New High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 7:17), as the Christians were claiming at that time. So by changing the time line in Genesis Chapter 11 they were attempting to prove that Melchizedek was actually Shem, and that he had passed the Priesthood down through ‘Their Altered Genealogy’ to Levi ~ An agreement which the Jews still use to this day. But by doing so they also distorted our understanding of biblical events and gave atheists a way to attack the Bible. This video shows the great lengths to which the Pharisees went to try to discredit the Greek Septuagint: because the Christians were using it as a Powerful Witnessing Tool!

After making these and many other changes to the Jewish Bible, their Scribes made copies of their Corrupted Text and sent them out to all of the Jewish Synagogues; so that their Rabbis could claim that the Septuagint was full of errors (even though the Septuagint had been widely accepted and praised by all of the Jews for over 200 years!) So sadly, the Old Testament we currently have in our English Bibles today is actually “The Authorized Version of the Pharisees!” And sadly, that has caused us to view Father God in the same way the Pharisees viewed God: as a Harsh Taskmaster, rather than Someone who is Exactly Like Jesus! (John 14:9) So please read my other Pamphlet “God is Love!” So that you and those whom you teach may Know God as He Truly Is!

In the LOVE of Christ! Jim Atto