Bible Translation Comment

Bible Translator Comment Early on and it defines my style and approach to religion –The Bible- life; I discovered that the key Greek word in the heart of a tiny eighteen verse book found at the end of the Bible just before Revelation- that the key code heart- fracture point of that book and Demon Casting Out Pentecostal Religion is ‘epi timeo’ Not REBUKE but instead a more literal and primary ancient –‘highly respected’; Therefore one word- such as with King David ‘meek’ entirely changes the meaning tactics and outworking of our religion. So what exactly is going on in the heart of a heavenly conflict between the two principal angels in the heavenlies over whether or not the sinful-flawed body of a murder- Moses: can be transferred for eternal life in heaven? (And I would say that here Jude and St Peter as well are having access to ancient Hebrew books which alongside of St Paul I say with him; ‘we do not accept as part of the book’ - but that doesn’t undermine the theological issue at stake here in the slightest!) Well it goes to the heart of the surliness of New Yorkers and the stroppy behavior of waitresses which our author encountered in the past passage. Or more importantly the stunning stupidity born of racism of the officer who first entered Korea taking soldiers from Japan; The opinion of Col Ayres of Task Force Smith was ‘We will be back in Seoul by the weekend’ as soon as the inferior ‘gooks’ encountered the superior American Army ‘Those commie bastards will turn and run when they find they are up against our boys’ Thus the Might of The American Empire- Can ‘God’s General’ with their quite frankly these days weird spiritual anointings, with noise technology and bluster ‘Overcome The Enemy’ or is in fact Jude telling us that meek humble loving respectful acceptance of God loving even Satan is how Lucifer God’s one time highest level heavenly authority is turned as he cannot face the utterly in this case genuine respect and open forgiveness that God still has for him. One word makes quite a difference! And at the heart of the patent nonsense of The Declaration of Independence about man being equal evidenced in the American Revolution and subsequent world and civilizational empire is this one word ‘Epi Timeo’ and what it actually means in our dealings with people. And as the ‘patronage’ mechanism by which any and all –not the least bit equal- aristocratic systems work. Theology does in fact matter- And taking various cultural approaches we can find ten different solutions for any theological problem- as a translator it comes down to the most basic and concrete ancient unmovable meaning of a word. And to illustrate exactly that take the name of a current US President. In the East Africa volume of the same Time Life World Library I am working from here with The United States, the American diplomat author tells us that in East Africa the word ‘Barak’ means someone anointed and ordained for leadership but as in the case of Barak Obama Senior- it can be lost. However every Arab or Hebrew speaker knows that African interpretation of the word is quite secondary and derived meaning. In fact Eid Mubarrak- It is our most blessed time of rejoicing in Islam –meaning blessing. But for the Bible translator- and within two weeks of entering Islam I was told the meaning of this very word by an Arab elder- the word is the sound a camel makes when it goes down on it’s knees and first usage in the bible is Gen 24:11 and last usage in Hebrew is Dan 6:10 both meanings being kneeling down, hence the story by Jesus about the camel kneeling and complaining as it goes through the eye of the needle city gate. Thus the fracture point of 20th century military strategy and tactics happens in chapter 33 of Col Lawrence’s ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ but only when he hears the camels complaining as they go down on their knees –Only then does From High Heaven vital insight flow into his mind which would when applied by Chairman Mao ensured the defeat of superior American technology in East Asia until 1975. Yes words matter when they change our hearts. I believe in Aristocratic behavior but only on the basis of genuine respect!