“Most controversial is its revision of Isaiah 7:14 to predict that the messiah will be born to a “young woman,” not to a “virgin,” a characterization that some critics say casts doubt on the miraculous nature of Jesus’ birth.”
Easter may sound a little different this year.
It’s purely a coincidence, but U.S. Catholics and Protestants alike are being introduced this Easter season to separate “official” updated translations of the Christian Bible, which arrive in the year the magisterial King James Version celebrates its 400th birthday.
But with millions of dollars in publishing revenue and the trust of millions of churchgoers hanging in the balance, the new versions aren’t being met with universal acceptance.
While the changes may seem small, they are resounding throughout Christianity, whose many denominations formed or broke off from others over clashing interpretations of God’s word.
The two new translations touch on some of the most sensitive issues behind those differences, particularly on the inequality of women in society and on the divinity of Mary and — by extension — the birth of Jesus.
‘People,’ not ‘men’
Since its debut in 1978, the New International Version has been the Bible of choice for many evangelical and other Protestant Christians in North America, selling more copies than any other version. But a 2005 gender-inclusive edition called Today’s New International Version was widely criticized after some evangelical denominations condemned it as being too liberal. . . .
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Of course the spirit of antichrist inspired the change of the word virgin to young woman to cast doubt on the Deity of Jesus Christ. That is the first and most important thing to realize, the spirit of antichrist has one job, and that is to present a false christ. And what better way that to say that Jesus is no different than fallen man. If he was not born of a virgin then he is no different than fallen man. But if He was born of a virgin then He is none other than God Incarnate like all of scripture declares.
The Spirit of Truth says He is born of a virgin, the spirit of anticrhrist says he was born of a young woman insinuating that He is not divine. Of course satan is the instigator of such a lie, Jesus Christ is GOD INCARNATE AND THOSE WHO SAY HE IS NOT ARE LIARS AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN THEM.