The John-Henry Westen Show - Astonishing： Bibles After 1960 Withheld Best Weapon Against Satan

00:00:00.000 And I know how popular it is. Millions of people practice this. There is no such thing

00:00:05.580 as intermittent fasting. There is only intermittent dieting. And it gets to the

00:00:11.240 most important issue. Dieting is when you choose an eating regime, the primary benefit being your

00:00:17.800 health, yourself. Fasting is when we do it for God. That's why we're doing it.

00:00:25.500 Do you know the Bible was changed? Do you know the Bible

00:00:29.180 pre-1960 and post-1960 different? Okay, well, let's look at it. Try the Dewey Rames. I know a lot of

00:00:37.080 Catholics read the Dewey Rames. It's pre-1960. Well, try the NIV or another modernist Catholic 1.00

00:00:45.520 version. You'll see change. But it's not only the Catholic Bible. You can actually look at the King

00:00:49.120 James Version as well and compare it to the NIV. It's changed in one specific area that is the most

00:00:58.220 effective thing to do when confronting evil. Our Lord told us it, but they're changing His words.

00:01:06.420 That's unreal. With us to discuss it is someone who talks about this issue all the time,

00:01:13.440 the issue of fasting. He's also LifeSite's partner on St. Joseph's Partners.

00:01:17.880 You're going to want to stay tuned for this one.

00:01:20.140 Drew Mason, welcome to the program.

00:01:48.420 Thank you so much for having me, John Henry. Praised be Jesus.

00:01:52.240 Amen. Let's begin as we always do with the sign of the cross.

00:01:55.440 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

00:02:02.260 So, when you first told me this about the Bible being changed, I had to actually look it up because,

00:02:09.260 well, I read the Dewey Reims, and I looked it up, and there it is in front of my face. And it is so

00:02:17.200 strange. It's so strange to me because you'd think especially the evangelicals would have freaked out

00:02:25.440 to notice that there's a change from the King James Version to the NIV, which is now the most popular

00:02:31.320 one. So, okay, you tell us. I'm going to let you do the big reveal because you were, this was so

00:02:38.660 stunning to me. Where is it changed and why?

00:02:43.500 Beginning with the why you asked, I would call to mind all believers, the quote that we have in the

00:02:50.420 New Testament telling us, don't ever wonder why something happens, whether it's a financial,

00:02:55.360 a political issue, health, whatever it is. Scriptures tell us it happens because of the

00:03:01.080 spiritual war we are in. We are so priceless that Jesus died for us, and because that, Satan hates

00:03:07.820 us with a passion, with an intensity that is difficult for us to imagine. And so, there's this

00:03:13.540 constant battle going on around us that we're really oblivious to, and that is what is shaping

00:03:19.380 everything. So, imagine Jesus teaching one of his most important revelations in his whole

00:03:26.380 ministry. He tells his believers, when you are confronted with evil, here is your playbook

00:03:32.680 on how to defeat evil. You need to know this, or you will never defeat evil. You will lose every time

00:03:40.420 by prayer alone when evil is at its strongest. And where we see this teaching for centuries in the

00:03:46.320 Dewey Reims, and for centuries in the King James, is in two places. The first is in Mark chapter 9.

00:03:53.100 And what we see happening there is the apostles have been on fire. They're just doing incredible

00:03:58.320 miracles. And then it seems they come back together, and then these 12 men that Christ hand-picked and

00:04:04.280 hand-trained confront one evil person. And when they do, the evil person is actually able to take down

00:04:11.040 the 12 apostles. So, they have to run and get Christ to come and save the day.

00:04:15.480 And he does, of course. And then it tells us explicitly, when they had him alone, they said,

00:04:20.960 Lord, why did this happen? Why couldn't we have victory here like we have in every other case?

00:04:25.940 And then Jesus gives us this incredible teaching. He says, because this, when evil is strongest,

00:04:31.420 can only be won with prayer and fasting. For centuries, that was a clear understanding.

00:04:38.020 Similar exact translation to King James. The parallel is in Matthew chapter 17. And in there,

00:04:44.520 you'll see in verse 21, he says the same thing. Now, what has happened post-Vatican II,

00:04:51.220 a very interesting development took place. Those references on how to defeat evil, what we must

00:04:58.040 do and understand in order to defeat evil, were removed. So, the teaching was taken from us

00:05:03.460 on what we need to do. And think of what's happened to the church, to our countries since then.

00:05:08.060 And so, now, most modern Catholic Bibles, and like you referenced, the NIV, the ESV,

00:05:14.940 say, this can only be won by prayer. What's nonsensical? The apostles had prayed and they

00:05:19.780 had lost. The teaching was about fasting. And it's even more bizarre in Matthew, because there you'll see

00:05:25.460 verse 21 has entirely been omitted in many of these Bibles. So, sequentially, the chapter goes,

00:05:31.560 verse 18, 19, 20, 22. Wait, what happened to verse 21? They took it out. And then you compare it

00:05:36.860 in the King James and the Dewey Reams, and you see that was what was removed, this knowledge of how

00:05:42.160 to defeat evil.

00:05:42.960 I want everybody watching, please stop for a second. Get out your Bible, especially if you have 1.00

00:05:49.040 an NIV. And you can do the comparison later, but just take out your NIV for a quick second.

00:05:56.560 Let me just read to you. I'm going to read it first from Mark. Mark, verse 29.

00:06:04.240 So, I'll start at 29. Excuse me, sorry. Mark, from the Dewey Reams, it's actually 28,

00:06:10.020 but it's in everything else that's 29. So, and this is Jesus replying. Just as Drew said there,

00:06:15.680 the conversation is about inability to cast out this demon, and Jesus does, and they ask him

00:06:20.820 privately what. And the punchline is 28 in the Dewey Reams and 29 in everything else. So,

00:06:25.500 you check 29 what it says. Remember, Mark 9, 29, and in Dewey Reams 28. And he said to them,

00:06:32.840 this kind can go out by nothing but prayer and fasting. Now, you notice how the and fasting is

00:06:40.680 missing from the NIV and any of the other modern translations? Look it up in the King James. It's

00:06:46.440 the same prayer and fasting. Okay. Now, let's turn to Matthew. So, in Matthew, you see again,

00:06:55.540 here you have Matthew 17. What verse is it again, Drew? 21. Okay. So, the whole verse is actually

00:07:05.080 missing. That's just brilliant. So, let's look at it in the Dewey Reams in Matthew. You're talking

00:07:12.540 17, 20, but in everything else, it's 21. Look at the numbers. Just as Drew said, you see it goes 17,

00:07:19.220 18, 19, 20, 22. It's missing. Here it is in the Dewey Reams. Again, same words, but this kind is not

00:07:28.360 cast out but by prayer and fasting. It's so bizarre that in the other versions, it's there in the King

00:07:35.740 James Version 2, by the way, but not in these modern versions. Let's actually just skip the verse

00:07:41.120 all together. This is unreal. My mind was blown. Okay. So, Drew, back to you. Why in the world have

00:07:50.560 they done this? Because this doesn't make sense. How did they get away with this? Was there any

00:07:54.380 explanation or was just, oh, let's just skip it? Well, how did they get away with it is a great

00:07:58.260 question, John Henry. It was, I would equate it to a Navy SEAL type operation. To be able to sneak

00:08:04.060 into the church and undercover to do this and just decimate the church is an extraordinary event,

00:08:12.000 one of evil's greatest victories in the last century plus. Now, I don't know. Anyway, I'd welcome

00:08:17.660 anyone who did. We don't know who it was in the Catholic church who championed this,

00:08:22.060 but in the Protestant church, there were two gentlemen, Wes Cotton Hoyt, who championed this

00:08:27.020 to change the King James. It turned out they were later associated with the occult, and I suspect that's

00:08:33.540 exactly what happened in the Catholic church as well. People who were in disguise, they were the 0.85

00:08:39.680 wolves in sheep's clothing who took this defense away from us. Now, to your point, John Henry, there

00:08:45.240 is, of course, a justification. Evil always has a justification for what it does. And here, what the

00:08:52.200 justification is, is that they discovered two manuscripts that they believed were the oldest found

00:08:58.080 about the New Testament, the Vaticanus and the Siatic, I believe is the exact pronunciation of it.

00:09:04.920 And those two manuscripts did not talk about fasting. So the argument was raised, since these

00:09:10.720 are the oldest, they must be the most accurate, so we're just going to omit fasting. But the reality is

00:09:15.800 there are thousands of manuscripts of the Old Testament that talk about fasting. And those are

00:09:22.820 dog-eared, meaning, think about it's parchment. People were using them. They were referring to them.

00:09:28.080 Teaching by them. These two documents that were cited are in pristine condition. Why? Because even in the

00:09:33.880 first century, they saw how many contradictions there were in those manuscripts, and they shelved

00:09:38.840 them and didn't use them because they didn't think they were reliable. So that recognition by first-century

00:09:44.040 Christians is very significant, as is manifested again by how worn they are. 1.00

00:09:48.560 Let me just remind everybody that what we're talking about is Jesus giving to the apostles the secret

00:09:55.800 weapon. They've gone out, they've done miracles, they've done all sorts of things, they've been

00:10:00.440 casting out evil spirits, la-di-da, everything's going fine. All of a sudden, they find one evil spirit

00:10:08.400 who is really tough, and they can't do anything. And they all try and nothing happens. They go to Jesus,

00:10:14.500 Jesus casts them out, and they're like, hello, what was that? And then he gives them the secret

00:10:20.620 to it all. And that's what gets removed. That's why, for me, this is earth-shattering. But please

00:10:29.280 continue.

00:10:30.280 A couple of things to triangulate on here that people may also want to know. There's a book called

00:10:36.220 The Didache that was written by first-century Christians. It's acknowledged it was first-century

00:10:41.300 Christians. And in it, it explicitly talks about fasting, and it goes beyond the power of it to our

00:10:48.660 obligation as believers. And it says, believers are obligated to fast on Wednesdays and Fridays,

00:10:56.540 every Wednesday and Friday. And I think that sequence is very important, because when people first hear

00:11:03.820 about the power of fasting, then a couple questions come up. How often should I fast, and how should I

00:11:09.480 fast? And we think you can triangulate on that sequence, that cadence of twice a week in scriptures.

00:11:17.020 We see Jesus talking about the parable of the Pharisee who went to the temple, and his heart was

00:11:22.940 so hard, his prayer was not heard. However, as Jesus tells us, do as the Pharisees know, not as they

00:11:29.800 behave, but they know the law. And the Pharisee says, Lord, I tithe, and I fast twice a week. We know why

00:11:36.000 he tithed, because that was the minimum he was obligated to do. There was no generosity in his

00:11:41.680 heart. He says, I fast twice a week. Why? Because he was obligated to fast twice a week. And we can,

00:11:48.220 again, triangulate on that. We see in the New Testament, John the Baptist's apostles coming to

00:11:53.640 Jesus. And they say to him, Lord, we fast like the Pharisees fast. Why don't your apostles fast? How do the

00:12:01.200 Pharisees fast? As Jesus showed us, twice a week. So those are nuggets from first century Christians 1.00

00:12:09.320 that we think are so powerful to remember, John Henry.

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00:12:40.240 May I ask, why Wednesdays? Because we know about Fridays. Friday's the day our Lord suffered. And

00:12:48.060 in remembrance of his passion, we can unite ourselves with him that way. That makes total

00:12:55.260 sense, at least from a Catholic Christian perspective. Why Wednesdays?

00:12:59.460 That was the day Jesus was betrayed.

00:13:01.800 Wow. So what does fasting do for us? Because, you know what? There's some hardships to

00:13:10.160 fasting. We see a lot of people doing it for weightlifting and for bodybuilding and for

00:13:17.260 their physique and so on. And you talk about intermittent fasting that might be helpful

00:13:22.600 for your health and all that's great. But fasting is tough. And how are we supposed to

00:13:29.340 do it? Sometimes, you know, I've tried fasting and lose, you know, my ability to think clearly.

00:13:35.860 And it's like, oh boy, I have to eat something. I'm feeling so sick. I can hardly continue with

00:13:39.980 this. I got to do something else. I don't know what to do. And then usually give up and just

00:13:44.480 eat anyway and just whatever. How does fasting work properly done?

00:13:48.280 I'm so glad you brought up both of those points because we are attacking lies that Satan depends

00:13:54.100 on to keep us from realizing the power of fasting. First, I would submit to anyone that there,

00:14:00.260 and I know how popular it is. Millions of people practice this. There is no such thing as intermittent

00:14:06.920 fasting. There is only intermittent dieting. And it gets to the most important issue. Dieting is when

00:14:14.980 you choose an eating regime, the primary benefit being your health, yourself. Fasting is when we do it

00:14:23.340 for God. That's why we're doing it. So recognize that. Now, where do we go with that? Well, the way

00:14:30.060 the first century Christians fasted was on bread and water. And we would submit to you that, and to all

00:14:37.680 the viewers out there, Satan wants you to think, like you said, in order for a fast to have any merit,

00:14:43.880 Satan lies to you and says, you have to be, like you said, unable to think, unable to function.

00:14:49.160 And, oh, why am I going to try it? I have a family of support. I can't do it. Whereas with God,

00:14:54.220 it's just the opposite. He says, the bar is so low to get over, to qualify as a fast for me.

00:15:01.320 All you have to do is make a small sacrifice, but the key is do it with joy. Do it with your heart.

00:15:08.360 Remember, the most important fast, arguably of all time, was you can have all the steak you want,

00:15:14.320 all the fish, all the vegetables you want, all the salad. The only thing you can't have,

00:15:18.600 the bar was so low, was this little pocket full of sugar on the apple tree. And because they

00:15:24.220 couldn't do that little fast, we're here today. Similarly, the way the first century Christians 1.00

00:15:29.620 practiced, the bar isn't that high. Have all the bread you want. Now, I would encourage people who

00:15:34.640 try this, make sure you have 100% whole grain bread. Then you have bread that was like what

00:15:39.780 bread was intended to be. It's so good for you with the protein and the B vitamins.

00:15:44.180 You can have as much as you want. Have all the water you want. So you're thinking to yourself,

00:15:48.860 that's pretty easy. Let me go even further and say, Jesus dipped his bread in oil. If you want

00:15:54.140 to use some oil or some butter, again, this is not very hard. The key is that we are making a little

00:16:00.720 sacrifice. When you do this Wednesdays and Fridays for years, you're going to see there are going to

00:16:05.680 be times when you're sitting with people who are eating. You think, I'd rather be having that steak.

00:16:09.140 I'd rather be having that pizza. But you're not. So it's that tiny sacrifice. And I would say the

00:16:14.540 key when you start is just to say that prayer. Lord, your sacrifice for me was so immense. To die

00:16:21.240 on the cross for me was crazy love. This sacrifice is so tiny, but I gladly do it, Lord, with joy for

00:16:28.700 you. Pour out your Holy Spirit upon us. Renew us. And that is so pleasing to God when we pray that way

00:16:37.240 as we start our fast with a joyful heart. Drew, this is so funny talking to you about this because

00:16:41.400 LifeSite has a partnership with St. Joseph's Partners, which you founded and you run. And

00:16:46.920 it's a gold company. But this is one of the ways we knew that this was an incredible partnership

00:16:53.740 because, well, it was miraculous how we got there in the first place because we were looking for

00:16:57.460 somebody and then you called us, which was totally providential. But this thing with fasting,

00:17:03.740 which we caught from your website first, is really quite something. And you've explained it

00:17:09.880 in such a beautiful way. I want to do two final things. First of all, tell us a little bit about

00:17:16.120 your day job. What do you do? The greatest lies of our time, I think we would agree on, whether it's

00:17:21.080 the shots or the COVID or whatever it is, I would say there is an equivalent sized lie in finance today

00:17:29.900 that tells families you don't need gold. In this world where we're suffocating under global debts,

00:17:37.300 we may not realize it now, but we are. This is the time when you absolutely need some wealth in gold

00:17:44.520 to protect your family and to give you an opportunity to take advantage of the wonderful

00:17:48.640 events that are going to lie ahead. So we help families take physical ownership of gold and silver.

00:17:57.180 The Bible counsels us to buy it so that we'll grow wealthy. God identifies it as his in scripture

00:18:03.160 specifically. He says the silver and the gold are mine. And when you look at financial history,

00:18:09.780 having some gold has given families an extraordinary opportunity to make wonderful investments

00:18:15.360 moving forward, especially in times of debt. And the track record is probably unique. For thousands

00:18:22.360 of years, it has protected its value and the value of those who own it. So we are not preaching

00:18:28.180 Armageddon at all. We're saying history has 500 case studies of currencies that have become overly

00:18:34.640 indebted. The fact that every one of those currencies shows value transitioning to gold, I may not be the

00:18:40.760 brightest bulb on the shelf, but I like those odds. I can't find odds like that in anything else in

00:18:45.060 finance. And so we say, instead of having 0%, like financial advisors are telling clients, you want

00:18:50.440 some gold. And so that is what we do, John Henry.

00:18:54.820 Anybody's interested in that, you can go to the link at the bottom of this video and click on it.

00:18:58.700 That is the link to St. Joseph's Partnership site with LifeSite News. But I want to do one last thing.

00:19:05.880 Drew, I'm fasting today, thanks to your inspiration. And here we are fasting on a Friday anyway.

00:19:12.220 But can we employ our Lord's promise to, because we are praying and fasting, can we employ our Lord's

00:19:22.760 promise and pray for our viewers, for perhaps for healing for those who might be afflicted in

00:19:28.220 some way or another? You know, so many young people are troubled. Parents are concerned about them,

00:19:33.060 or they may be troubled themselves. There's so many people who are in need, who you know there's

00:19:37.780 something wrong. Don't just assume it's a coincidental chance. Again, scripture tells us

00:19:43.040 these attacks are from Satan to destroy us. So fasting gives us the power to have a fresh start,

00:19:50.520 a new start. No child, no person is beyond being helped and saved. So we're going to stand on God's

00:19:57.920 word, his promise. Let's pray right now. Another thing Satan has done is he has really lowered

00:20:03.060 our expectations for what can happen from prayer. If you are in need of help, expect great things.

00:20:09.800 God is looking for people who will step up and show their faith. So let's pray. Let's ask for

00:20:15.900 miracles for whoever is on your heart right now. Heavenly Father, we praise and thank you how great

00:20:23.440 you are, how brilliant you are, how awesome you are. And Lord, we thank you for your love for us,

00:20:30.320 Lord, that you sent Jesus to die for us is beyond reason. We thank you for being able to come

00:20:36.860 together across time zones, across continents here. And Father, we are lifting up to you as we stand in

00:20:43.400 your throne room, those who are under Satan's thumb, those individuals, those families who are under

00:20:50.520 bondage. Father, you gave us the tools to defeat evil. We should not be scared of evil. We must respect

00:20:58.460 it, but you have given us the tools for victory. And so, Father, in the mighty name of Jesus,

00:21:04.720 our Savior, as we fast today, we cast out evil from any of the lives or families or those who

00:21:12.860 hear this message. In the name of Jesus, we command those spirits to leave those individuals,

00:21:21.080 those families, and go to the foot of the cross where you will die and bother no one else.

00:21:25.600 In the name of Jesus, we call down his precious blood and heal these individuals, these families.

00:21:33.720 And in that void that is created as those demons flee, Father, we call down the Holy Spirit

00:21:39.900 and all of its supernatural abundance to bring your wisdom, your health, your joy,

00:21:45.860 all of your good gifts. Father, we believe that this has happened. We stand on your word,

00:21:53.920 knowing that great good has been released through our prayer and our fasting today as we pray this

00:22:00.260 in the sweet name of Jesus. Amen and amen. Amen. Drew, thank you so much for being with us.

00:22:07.040 Thank you, John Henry. And God bless all of you. And we'll see you next time.

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The John-Henry Westen Show - November 30, 2022

Astonishing： Bibles After 1960 Withheld Best Weapon Against Satan

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