Why was The Message (MSG) Bible version written? The best answer to that question comes from Eugene Peterson himself: ""While I was teaching a class on Galatians, I began to realize that the adults in my class weren't feeling the vitality and directness that I sensed as I read and studied the New Testament in its original Greek. Writing straight from the original text, I began to attempt to bring into English the rhythms and idioms of the original language. I knew that the early readers of the New Testament were captured and engaged by these writings and I wanted my congregation to be impacted in the same way. I hoped to bring the New Testament to life for two different types of people: those who hadn't read the Bible because it seemed too distant and irrelevant and those who had read the Bible so much that it had become 'old hat.'""Peterson's parishioners simply weren't connecting with the real meaning of the words and the relevance of the New Testament for their own lives. So he began to bring into English the rhythms and idioms of the original ancient Greek—writing straight out of the Greek text without looking at other English translations. As he shared his version of Galatians with them, they quit stirring their coffee and started catching Paul's passion and excitement as he wrote to a group of Christians whom he was guiding in the ways of Jesus Christ. For more than two years, Peterson devoted all his efforts to The Message New Testament. His primary goal was to capture the tone of the text and the original conversational feel of the Greek, in contemporary English.Language changes. New words are formed. Old words take on new meaning. There is a need in every generation to keep the language of the gospel message current, fresh, and understandable—the way it was for its very first readers. That is what The Message seeks to accomplish for contemporary readers. It is a version for our time—designed to be read by contemporary people in the same way as the original koin Greek and Hebrew manuscripts were savored by people thousands of years ago.That's why NavPress felt the time was right for a new version. When we hear something over and over again in the same way, we can become so familiar with it that the text loses its impact. The Message strives to help readers hear the living Word of God—the Bible—in a way that engages and intrigues us right where we are.Some people like to read the Bible in Elizabethan English. Others want to read a version that gives a close word-for-word correspondence between the original languages and English. Eugene Peterson recognized that the original sentence structure is very different from that of contemporary English. He decided to strive for the spirit of the original manuscripts—to express the rhythm of the voices, the flavor of the idiomatic expressions, the subtle connotations of meaning that are often lost in English translations.The goal of The Message is to engage people in the reading process and help them understand what they read. This is not a study Bible, but rather ""a reading Bible."" The verse numbers, which are not in the original documents, have been left out of the print version to facilitate easy and enjoyable reading. The original books of the Bible were not written in formal language. The Message tries to recapture the Word in the words we use today.
You don't really know someone until you're in all kinds of situations with them. ~Joyce Meyer
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) January 20, 2021
Holds true with this current climate.
I'm taking screenshots of msgs from people I once respected now mocking Trump supporters who love America & only want the best for all Americans.
God is separating the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats.
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) January 21, 2021
Psalm [46:10] God says,
“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
A Marxist is a Satanic clone.
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) January 24, 2021
Marxists hate America, hate Capitalism, hate individual freedom.
Marxists want you to worship government for all of your needs.
Marxists want any opposition to their beliefs to be killed. Why? Because Marxists don't want you to think for yourself.
Walt Disney Testifying Against Communists
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) January 23, 2021
"I had called them all a bunch of Communists and I believe they are."
"I don't believe it's a political party, I believe it's an Un-American thing." pic.twitter.com/vYwdCmwGUL
UPDATE 7/11/21 at 1:55pm: Added info below.They're Communist funded Progressive Globalist who hate America and hate Capitalism and hate anyone who loves America and Capitalism.
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) January 12, 2021
Trump has been giving power back to the people and stopping the global American hating cabal that have been fleecing America's Treasury.
Here is example of what I mean by people I used to respect who betrayed Americans who only want to defend all of our freedoms regardless of race, creed, or sexual orientation. I took screenshots of several people who expressed vile things about MAGA because they believed Dems. pic.twitter.com/yyhXZC0NtE
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) June 26, 2021
The Feds are paying $6.1 million to Deloitte to build a massive database of January 6th. Where is the database on BLM which caused $2 billion in property damage last summer and killed over 40 people?
— Susan St. James (@SusanStJames3_) July 9, 2021
This is the guy on the front page of all news articles falsely accusing President Trump and American Patriots of the Capitol riots the Marxist Democrats staged to frame Trump and his supporters as terrorists.
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) July 10, 2021
They're all CIA paid actors. Media involved.pic.twitter.com/o7A4QIE3KX
Great thread about Capitol security and Pelosi, Schumer, McConnell, DC Mayor and even FBI Wray staged Capitol building siege.https://t.co/W6OYNAjcob
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) May 22, 2021
Everything wrong with the #BLM #Antifa dressed as #MAGA paid provacateurs staged Capitol Building Siege explained in 21 minutes.
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) May 22, 2021
BLM Antifa are the paramilitary wing for the Communist funded Progressives in America.#AmericaFirst#ChinaOwnsBidens
WATCH:https://t.co/x34rtNCdeu
Exactly. The Left started the Capitol riot 20 minutes BEFORE Trump started his speech. All MAGA Patriots were still there waiting to hear Trump speech. Trump's speech lasted an hour. Then the MAGA Patriots still have to walk an hour to Capitol building.https://t.co/cm0yCavUhU
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) May 27, 2021
🚨👇 GREAT THREAD 👇🚨
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) July 8, 2021
Regarding how the Commie funded Progressive media elite staged the reporting. Just like they did the Trump-Russia Collusion hoax, Trump-Ukraine impeachment hoax, Trump taxes hoax, Kavanaugh is a gang rapist hoax, Covington teen hoax.https://t.co/6gyecrkVZm
Ugh 😒👇https://t.co/zz6YKVXmwZ
— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) July 9, 2021
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