John: Of course not -- because we never have had the originals. Just how much value does God put on the originals?
NONE, God is not concerned with the "ORIGINALS", so why should we be?
Look at Jeremiah 36 vs 21 the roll is brought before King Jehoiakim and read by his servant Jehudi. According to vs 23 Jehudi read three or four leaves and King Jehoiakim cut it up with a penknife and cast it into the fire on the hearth until it was destroyed.
END of ORIGINAL #1 !
Then the Lord moved Jeremiah to rewrite the roll adding some words to it. Notice it is not a XEROX copy! (Jeremiah 36:32) ORIGINAL #2 is Born.
We are shown the text of ORIGINAL #2 in Jeremiah 45-51 where it is reproduced for our benefit. Jeremiah told Seraiah to read this roll when he came into Babylon. (Jeremiah 51:59-61) Jeremiah then instructs Seraiah, that after he finished reading the roll, he was to bind a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates river (Jeremiah 51:63)!
END of ORIGINAL #2!
But wait! We have a copy of the text of the roll in chapters 45-51. Where did it come from? It came from a copy of ORIGINAL #2 which we must call ORIGINAL #3!
TWO VERY BIG PROBLEMS for the Autographa FACSIMILE/XEROX theorry
1) Every Bible ever printed with a copy of Jeremiah in it has a text in chapters 45-51 which is translated from a copy of the "second" original, or ORIGINAL #3.
2) Secondly, NO ONE can overlook the fact that God didn't have the least bit of interest in preserving the "original" once it had been copied and its message delivered. So WHY should we put more of an emphasis on the originals than God does? An emphasis which is plainly unscriptural.
Since we have the text of the "originals" preserved in the King James Bible we have no need of the originals,even if they were available!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kevin:
do unequivically hold to Plenary Verbal Inspiration as the Church of all ages has held
VPI has nothing to do with the Originals Never has.
John:
Of course not -- because we never have had the originals.
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