Interesting. I hadn't put those together.dizerner wrote:Sounds like it's addressing the Mormon belief? https://carm.org/mormonism-and-atonement-of-jesus
Either way quite odd, thanks for sharing.
I think the biggest problem for me with Bethel and NAR, and subsequently the Passion translation, is the belief in a renewed apostleship. Followers of NAR hold their apostle's words seemingly on par with the original apostles.
Even the level at which NAR pastors place the Passion translation is scary, saying that Dr. Simmons was commissioned by God to create this translation, which hold deeper meaning and greater clarity. Calling the Passion translation sacred.
It has been really sad to watch friends fall into this movement, and believe that God is commissioning all of this. If I question it, then I am looked at with pity as I am not on the cusp of the new work of God, but stuck in antiquity.
I've been doing a little more reading on the Passion translation, and the most shocking thing I find is that verses are translated to support the New Age idea of declaring and manifesting. For example:
Phillipians 1:2 "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ"
In the Passion it reads: “We decree over your lives the blessings of divine grace and supernatural peace that flow from God our wonderful Father, and our Anointed Messiah, the Lord Jesus.”
It now becomes apostolic declaration which unleashes blessings.
Another:
Galatians 6:6 "Let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches."
Passion: “And those who are taught the Word will receive an impartation from their teacher; a transference of anointing takes place between them.”
The Passion has really been doctored to fit in the NAR claim for the transfer of "mantles" or anointings.
Anyway, I really hope that the movement collapses soon. I have been shocked at how much division it has caused in my friendships.