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The following is truly an exciting study which only again serves my point; namely, that many passages and texts within the New Testament have been "theologically" contrived to say completely opposite to the original writer of the passages in the Jewish Bible. In other words they are "frauds." But nobody seems to know this. I did not until I read a book when doing textual studies that alerted me to this "fact." Surely the author had to be wrong; surely the references and quotes in my New Testament, as taken from my Christian Old Testament, were not a fraudulent representation and a purposeful deception. And I thought, at least then, if I compared my Christian Old Testament with the Jewish Bible that there were be few if any discrepancies. I had figured only a few words here and there would be different given the differences in the languages and the translation problems. My friend I had never made a graver error in my life that supposing the above. Upon personal inspection whereby I compared hundreds of passages, line for line, and precept for precept, I found not only a "few words" that were different but "whole theological concepts purposefully altered and distorted" when translated in my Christian Bibles. What had I trusted in...a book that was cleverly altered "here" and "there" to reflect a sect's beliefs over 2000 years ago; and worse yet, that sect who did the original altering was a mixture of Judaism and pagan sun-worship. I had been deceived and I wish to alert our readership to this tragic event that goes undetected by the vast majority of good Christians day by day.
We only need to look at one text to see the "plan" as foisted upon a non-reading public over 2000 years ago let alone a Biblically illiterate Christendom today. The text for analysis is Psalm 40:6-8 as taken from the Hebrew Bible. After reading this passage we will look at how this passage has been "altered" and used completely erroneously in the New Testament.
Psalms 40:6-8 says as taken from the Hebrew Bible:
"You, O L-rd my G-d, have done many things; the wonders You have devised for us cannot be set out before You; I would rehearse the tale of them, but they are more than can be told. You gave me to understand that you do not desire sacrifice and meal offering; You do not ask for burnt offering and sin offering. Then I said, "See, I will bring a scroll recounting what befell me". (JPS)
The Soncino version says in Psalm 40:6-8 "Many things hast Thou done, O L-rd my G-d, Even Thy wondrous works, and Thy thoughts toward us; There is none to be compared unto Thee! If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be told. Sacrifice and meal-offering Thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast Thou opened; Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required. Then said I: 'Lo, I am come With the roll of a book which is prescribed me"
Now let us examine how this passage is quoted by the Apostle Paul in Hebrews 10:5
Hebrews 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Answer for yourself: How does "you gave me to understand" or "mine ears hast thou opened [in order to understand]" become "a body hast thou prepared for me?"
These verses, as originally written in the Jewish Bible, have absolutely nothing to do with the Messiah. In fact, I fail to see how this has anything to do with Jesus. In the context of the entire psalm David is talking about himself here. Some commentators also admit that "my ears have been opened" could also read "my ears have been pierced." Jesus never had his ears pierced. This simply means the person talking has had his ears opened so he is able to hear the declaration of G-d's will and thank Him in this Psalm. Obedience to G-d's law is superior to sacrifice, as is told time and again by the prophets. Always remember that context is important and that more often than not most Christians do not use correct translations; simply because they don't know that their Bibles are "fixed" in rejection toward conservative Judaism. This was done originally by the Hellenized Jews of Alexandria and later only elaborated upon by the anti-Semitic Gentiles of the early church who "crafted" such New Testament documents to support their "sun-worship." Ask them to use a Jewish translation, or better yet, the Hebrew original if you can read Hebrew. Many good translations exist today for the non-Hebrew reading public which make available for the believer an "uncorrupted" text as opposed to the Christian Bibles.
It is debatable that Paul is the author of the book of Hebrews. But for the sake of argument let us say he is at the moment because more often than not, Paul is given credit as the author of Hebrews. That being the case we have a problem then with Paul.
Answer for yourself: Does the book of Hebrews, believed to be written by Paul and inspired and infallible by millions of believers today, quote accurately Psalm 40:6?
Answer for yourself: Did you notice the difference for yourself as taken from the Hebrew text of Psalm 40:6?
Answer for yourself: How does "mine ears has thou opened" become "a body Thou has prepared for me?
Answer for yourself: Does Paul quote Psalm 40:6 correctly in Hebrews 10:5? No way.
Paul misapplies or misquotes (or someone later to his letters) Psalms 40:6. "A body hast thou prepared me" is not in Psalms. Paul omits "mine ears hast thou opened".
The number of Christian commentators on the book of Hebrews is uncountable. But, as a representation, I wish to draw you attention to Andrew Murray who wrote a book entitled The Holiest Of All. This is a very important commentary in Christian circles dealing with the book of Hebrews. Mr. Murray, beginning on page 331 begins to tell his readers of the utter inefficiency of the sacrificial system. He assures his readership, like so many of you have been as well, that the sacrifices of the Old Testament had never been what G-d had wanted. These useless sacrifices were only "types and shadows" pointing to something better, to a spiritual reality, a life in the body given up to the will of G-d. Therefore Hebrews is the fulfillment of a divine prophecy of David concerning the "body" of Jesus which had been prepared for the Messiah. This body has now been revealed in Christ. He goes on to say that instead of the sacrifices, G-d prepared a body for Christ to be sacrificed within. Mr. Murray goes on to reassure his readership that when Christ was sacrificed in this "prepared body" that those who believed in him were also sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ. This sounds wonderful to the average Christian. In fact it used to sound wonderful to me as an ordained Pastor; that is until I found out the Scriptures that Jesus both knew and read NEVER SAID SUCH THINGS! I had been reading and trusting in lies. I did not have a faithful "translation" of the Jewish Scripture; rather, I had a "free theological creationism" that served it writers' unique religious agenda.
Somebody ought to tell Mr. Murray to read the Hebrew for himself and write a retraction on his book.
And if that was not enough over the years I discovered where the whole ideas of "crucified" solar g-dmen came from and it was pagan to the core and this is the basis of the Gospel passion. Talk about being ashamed before G-d having to find out these truths as an adult; an ordained Pastor no less. I had no recourse but to resign and ask for forgiveness for being a "modern pagan." Simply dear ones, the Jewish Prophets never said all that has been quoted "from them" in the New Testament. Also many of the passages in the Christian's Old Testament read completely different when compared with the same passage in the Jewish Bible.
Answer for yourself: How hard is it to make a faithful translation?
Many "sayings" have been put into the mouth of religious heroes in the New Testament as "fulfillments" of the Holy men of old and they are anything but that! Numerous religious doctrines have been propagated and put into the mouth of holy men as quoted in the New Testament which have their roots in sun-worship. The prophets never said such things and if you have a Jewish Bible you only need compare the two "passages" to see that they did not. This is something that the common everyday Christian does not know unless he has cause to look into such matters. Such a study will reveal to you how at choice places in the New Testament statements of theological importance are said; not to strengthen the Jewish faith of Jesus, but to make it look as if Jesus is sanctioning a religion with a crucified savior at its center. These corruptors of truth, as shown in this one simple article, have put into the mouth of the Psalmist David, himself a messianic figure, a statement predicting the incarnation [body that has prepared for me] when nothing of the like ever was intended.
In fact just the opposite was intended. David praises G-d for Him sharing His Word with David and opening his spiritual sensitivity and his ears whereby he could Hear the Word of G-d not only with his ears but his heart whereby he might obey the Laws of G-d and live obediently before his G-d. This is quite different from this same Paul who would teach others that the Law of G-d had passed away because for him Christ was the end of the Law. Thank G-d the Jews did not believe him. Sadly, it is we who have corrupted religious documents who did.