KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

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The Black Lodge: Christians The Shepherd ofHermas said:

[T]he shepherd ordered.. .the black stones removed [and] cast aside. . .they are black; for their race is lawless. [They] shall be delivered unto him to be put to death. The Black One is crooked.. .offer resistance that the Black One may not effect entrance. T he "black" stones, which are to be "put to death" are those Christian martyrs which Christ said will be "put to death" during the tribulation (Matthew 10:21). Like lines taken from a New Age script, the dicta in the new version manuscripts, The Epistle of Barnabas and The Shepherd of Hermas (and also seen in the word choices in the new versions) refers to the Hindu Root Race theory. In it race is seen as an outward manifestation of one's spiritual 'evolution'. As an extension of this, many New Age groups assign spiritual connotations to the terms 'black' and 'white'. Religious groups, such as born-again Christians, who do not subscribe to New Age assertions, are called 'The Black Lodge' or 'Black Forces'. 1 New Agers also call the period since the birth of Christ—'The Black Age'. Vera Alder tells her readers: