KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

FOUR The Dragon, That Old Serpent, Which is the Devil and Satan Revelation 20:2 T he fiery dragon, first emblazoned on the Gate of Ishtar in ancient Babylon, was to journey round the girth of God's earth. He soon parched a path in the orient whose aftermath scorched souls from pole to pole. His fiery breath still speaks death, yet in today's New Age, he's all the rage. One New Age observer says, "One finds the dragon gracing everything from newsletters to jewelry." 1 His migration to America is marked by a posh West Coast restaurant where patrons dine beneath a life-size dragon (designed by leading architect Frank Ghery). The dragon's inroads corrode the children, as books like the Dragon ABC , Dragon Dance and The Dragons ofNorth Chittendon call kids on a voyage to a mirage. When Satan escaped Isaiah 14 and Luke 4:8, he slipped out the 'dragons' in between. The weight of this drama and its details are diminished as new versions dismiss "the dragon's" role and depose him from over half of the 34 bible verses. The NIV omits 20 references, while the NASB drops 18. Again, the clues vanish and the culprit escapes detection, while scribes like the NIV's Edwin Palmer admit their "uncertain" position .2 The NIV even had to unload the episode where Satan meets his last abode.