The Mirror Bible

De: Francois du Toit

Narrado por: Brandon Visser

"People who have stopped reading the Bible or never even read it before say about The Mirror, "I have never read anything that touched me so deeply, it is a brand new Bible, I cannot wait to give it to all my friends!"

The Mirror Bible is a paraphrase from the original Greek text. While the detailed shades of meaning of every Greek word have been closely studied, this is done taking into account the consistent context of the entire chapter within the wider epistle, and bearing in mind the full context of Jesus as the revealer and redeemer of the image and likeness of the invisible God in human form, which is what the message of the Bible is all about. To assist the listeners in their study, I have numerically superscripted the Greek word and corresponded it with the closest English word in the italicized commentary that follows.

This is to create a direct comparison of words between the two languages. Many words used in previous translations have adopted meanings in time that distract from the original thought. Individual words can greatly influence the interpretation of any conversation. For years deliberate as well as oblivious errors in translations were repeated and have empowered the religious institutions of the day to influence, manipulate and even abuse masses of people.

Consider the word metanoia, consisting of two components, meta, together with, and nous, mind, suggesting a radical mind shift. This word has always been translated as "repentance," which is an old English word borrowed from the Latin word, penance. Then they added the "re" to get even more mileage out of sin consciousness. Re-penance. This gross deception led to the perverted doctrines of indulgences, where naive, ignorant people were led to believe that they needed to purchase favor from an angry god. Most cathedrals as well as many ministries were funded with guilt money. The Bible is a dangerous book! It has confused and divided more people than any other document.

Scriptures have been used to justify some of the greatest atrocities in human history. People were tortured, burned to death and multitudes murdered based on somebody's understanding of the scriptures! Jesus, Paul and believers throughout the ages faced their greatest opposition from those who knew the scriptures. If it is such a dangerous document, how does one approach the book? The Mirror unveils the Incarnation Code as the key that unlocks the mystery message of scripture. The romance of the ages is revealed here.

©2012 Francois Du Toit (P)2014 Francois Du Toit

Loved it all, Glorious translation

So beautiful, majestic and enjoyable.
So many times when you read a translation you can feel a pull saying something is missing.
Anytime you read a translation you always read the translators doctrine... its clear that the author has a doctrine that is Love ❤️

This Bible is life breathing and life giving.

I love this Bible with its life giving words, and when reading yourself while following along with the narrator, it is even more impacting. I just started listening to the recording today and started in Hebrews. I noticed in Hebrews 7 at the 2:20-2:25 the narrator used the word “flawed” when the scripture says “flawless”. The words are direct opposites so it is important to the listener to hear this (because of its great beauty) through the right context of written word. I’m sure there are probably many errors, which is normal, I just found the context of this so important because it’s talking about the Order of Melchizedek, which is such a beautiful gateway to Christ. (No condemnation to the narrator. You are amazing!) Otherwise the narrator has a wonderful voice and I’m enjoying listening because he is soft spoken, passionate, articulate and easy to follow. That said, this, so far, is such a wonderful Bible to listen to and follow along with. Thank you to Francis Du Toit for pouring his heart and life into bringing in such beauty from the Fathers heart

whisper reading

The soft whisper reading is not to my liking, however the narration is clear with great Pronunciation. i enjoyed most of the passages dealing with grace, faith, and salvation but on many passages seemed to have a great deal of poetic license. It is not the worst paraphrase I have heard or read, but it is not one of the top paraphrase either.

Great translation

This audiobook is a must for any Bible reader! Such a wonderful translation. Full of many unique gospel truths.

I would give it a 1

I expect it to talk more about the bible 'to break the bible more from each chapter of the bible.