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Mathew 5:18: I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. -NIV
With the new movie The Davinci Code out this week a lot of questions have been raised about the validity of the Bible. I would like to address one of the key questions raised in this movie from a person perspective.
I have been in training the last three months to be a Medical Transcriptionist. An MT is a person who rigorously trains themselves to type what is dictated to them by another. When they do this they are barraged with a number of highly esoteric medical terms and “code” language and they are also hampered by poor audio quality, tired dictators and sometimes language barriers. As they transcribe the document they are required to make minor changes to the dictation to make the document understandable to the reader. This includes minor grammatical changes and expanding out abbreviations and acronyms. There is a whole industry of transcriptionist out there doing millions of pages of this type of work every day and they operate with a degree of accuracy that rivals the ancient monks whose job it was to copy older documents. As I have been learning this field I have been struck by how easy it is to make a mistake in transcribing and can understand how, to the average lay person, it would be easy to think that the Bible could have been subject to errors. There is however a major difference between what an MT does and what was done in keeping the Bible archived for the future. The difference is that the MT is transcribing something new every day. Every report is unique and there is nothing to compare it to for errors except the audio dictation that may have been unclear to begin with. The Bible on the other hand has had (and to this day still does have) many older copies to compare it with. There have been many scrolls, like those found in the caves around the Dead Sea, that are over 2000 years old. Other writings are dated to within decades of the original manuscripts and when they are all put together they serve to give a clear picture of the original meanings. The other difference is that even though a MT may make minor edits for grammar the MEANING is never to be changed. We have seen in all the new translations -like the TNIV and The Message- many edits for common language, but again the meaning has not been changed, only some concessions to changes in language use. Jesus said nothing in the word would change throughout time. He was saying that because; as he is the word, he would be unchangeable, and always be there for us. He was also giving us the surety that when we read his word we would KNOW that it was free from corruption throughout the ages.
We can be sure that Jesus is always there for us. We can always come to him and we can always rely on his word.
By Gethsemene Rose
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Anyone whose faith could possibly be tested due to changes in history, have never truly had faith in God at all, but faith in man’s ability to create a good basis for faith. You believe in Jesus and God because you feel them, they have been there for you and no one can ever convince you what you yourself have experienced is anything less than miraculous.
That’s my opinion after reading the book and watching the movie.") In His love, Sharon