The New International Version<\/a> for details of some of its problems.<\/p>\n\n\tQuestion:<\/h2>\n
Thanks a lot. It’s because on that site they say that the company that gives out the NIV translation also does the Satanic Bible and that they changed, in Isaiah, Lucifer for “morning star” and that they are calling Jesus Lucifer. So thanks a lot and as soon as I can I’ll try getting one of those translations.<\/p>\n\t
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The meaning of the name Lucifer is “morning star” or “star of the morning.” You can find it in any Hebrew dictionary. To acknowledge what a name means is not attributing evil to Jesus. In Revelation 22:16, Jesus is called the bright and morning star, not because of Isaiah 14:12 (a discussion of the king of Babylon — see Isaiah 14:4), but because of the prophecy in Numbers 24:17, “I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; a Star shall come out of Jacob; a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and batter the brow of Moab, and destroy all the sons of tumult.<\/em>“<\/p>\nZondervan is the publisher of the New International Version starting in 1973. In 1988 they were bought by HarperCollins Publishers. HarperCollins in turn is owned by a company called NewsCorp. In 1999 NewsCorp bought Avon Books and merged it into their HarperCollins company. Avon Books tends to publish romance novels, but back in 1976, it published the Satanic Bible written by the founder of the Church of Satan. Thus, Zondervan is being accused of publishing the Satanic Bible, not because it actually publishes it, but because its parent holding company also owns another company that published this book. It would be similar to being accused of stealing because you happen to work in the same office where a former thief now works.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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