I would actually not be surprised to find this had been translated rather uniquely (especially if the WMT had been recently revised).

The "WMT" is his own translation ("Walter Moore Translation"), so he could retranslate it on the fly if he wants to.  I've seen this practiced before among New Apostolic Reformation (neo-Pentecostal) dominionists... for example, one of the leaders of the group I once belonged to once trotted out his own warped translation of a passage in Colossians to show that we were Christ on earth and  had all dominion to take over and rule and reign as Christ.

When I asked about this, I was told that I was the problem since I had missed some cell group meetings and was not appropriately submissive to new teachings, or to my husband, who BTW wasn't there to hear this lovely teaching b/c he was at work.  He was basically told not to take my word for it but theirs, since of course they were hearing from God, and I was hearing from... Satan!

That's when I left, telling hubby that he could stay if he wanted, but that I wasn't going back, period.  That was four years ago this spring.  Woo hoo!!!!

Back to the "translation"... this practice has apparently jumped denominational lines, from neo-Pentecostals to someone who likely skews more Christian Reconstructionist.  Rick Warren came close to doing this in Purpose Driven Life in that he picked and chose from at least a dozen translations to make his point (NAR "horizontal apostle" C. Peter Wagner was his mentor at Fuller, btw), but here we have someone who is doing it himself, and building his case on the fact that he has found something that no one else translating this passage in the entire history of English translations has ever seen before.

by ulyankee on Fri Apr 25, 2008 at 09:05:26 AM EST
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