As has been shown, The Clear Word (TCW) cannot be used as a Bible, nor can it be trusted as a helpful paraphrase of Scripture. It is a heavily adulterated twisting of God’s word that supports unbiblical Seventh-day Adventist doctrines.
While claiming not to be a denominational Bible, it is nevertheless organized as a Bible, complete with chapters and verses, yet with the Adventist worldview woven into the text. Moreover, it is marketed and sold as a Bible paraphrase, and many Adventists use it for personal Bible study. They prefer it in many instances because it is easier to understand from their Adventist mindset.
While claiming not to be a denominational Bible, it is nevertheless organized as a Bible, complete with chapters and verses, yet with the Adventist worldview woven into the text.
In spite of the warnings in Deuteronomy and in Revelation, author Jack Blanco has both added to Scripture, deleted from Scripture, and altered meanings throughout this paraphrase. For example, this book upholds the Adventist belief that the Ten Commandments are the eternal law of God, and keeping the Decalogue is the ultimate measure of those who will be saved. Further, Blanco alters the New Testament to support Adventism’s prohibition of the levitical clean and unclean meats. It changes the wording of passages to suggest the Bible does not support the drinking of wine but that it means “grape juice” whenever “wine” is used in a positive light.
Blanco also changes Scripture to make The Clear Word teach Adventist tritheism and even semi-Arianism. He separates Jesus and God so that Adventists do not have to grapple with Scripture’s revelation that the three persons of the Trinity actually share “substance”, or attributes. He supports Ellen White’s teaching that Jesus was not eternally the almighty God.
In addition, TCW upholds seventh-day Sabbath-keeping as an eternal requirement, even for the church. It is, after all, a signature mark of Seventh-day Adventists and the thing that Ellen White declared to be the seal of God.
Blanco also greatly expanded Daniel 8:14 to create a foundational text to support Adventism’s unique sanctuary doctrine based on the investigative judgment which supposedly began in 1844. In fact, this judgment is endorsed throughout TCW wherever “judgment” is mentioned.
The Clear Word teaches Adventism’s “soul sleep”—the belief that humans do not have immaterial spirits which go to the Lord when people die, and it teaches annhilationism—the belief that after the final judgment, the wicked will be burned up and cease to exist, and hell is not eternal.
In short, no specifically Adventist doctrine has been left untouched.
Jack Blanco has used his imagination to attempt to hear what Jesus would say to him today rather than adhering to what He said two thousand years ago.
Jack Blanco has used his imagination to attempt to hear what Jesus would say to him today rather than adhering to what He said two thousand years ago. In doing so, Blanco has created a new version of Scripture that appeals uniquely to Seventh-day Adventists.
This volume has been an attempt to set the record straight about The Clear Word and its egregious violations of God’s word. As a prior 18-year convert to the “remnant church”, my heart goes out to those who are trapped by the duplicitous doublespeak of knowledgeable men like Jack Blanco who claim to serve God while wresting the Scripture to their own destruction.
Good translations exist, with new translations from Bible translation committees coming out every couple of decades or more.
God’s word need not be twisted to gain insight into doctrinal distinctives held by a small group of people such as the Seventh-day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Christian Scientists, or similar groups.
Hopefully this volume is helpful in your search for the truth of Scripture.
Watch for information on availability of the printed version of this important book, The Clear Word Analyzed.
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