The kingdom of heaven (and hell) is now, just as Joshua has said for 2000 years or so.
this brings me to my mark of the beast revaluation
As for
ok that's a dumb idea, when I translate Spanish I'm not going to use a "a modern literal translation of the original texts"
even google isn't that stupid lol
what you need a modern anecdotal transliteration of the original texts.
which still does not exist
because I have yet to find the will to do so, and it seems no one else finds a need...
when you read the NKJV, or any literal translation, you are reading aramaic, hebrew, greek (and later latin) using english words... It translates the speech patterns and writing styles of those languages, and many would say it is devoid of any emotions other than judgement and confusion.
I grew up reading the bible in isolation, when I came out to rebel at 16yo-19yo I had no idea how to speak English, and I got in fights, and a lot of damage was done to me and many others because I would say something using what I now call "English Hebrew" or "English Greek" and they would hear it in "Modern English", which was not a proper transliteration of what I was trying to convey.
conversely when they spoke i would hear a Greek/Hebrew translation and freak out on them for blasphemy lol...
add to that the resulting spoken, written, and reading dyslexia I developed later in my teens and you can see how hard my life has been.
I told you all that to make it clear that biblical translation is a device of ha satan, and not a proper way to convey scripture.
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