King James I and Sir Francis Bacon
Any discussion of Masonic, Rosicrucian, Kabbalistic or Occult themes in relationship to the Bible will necessarily have to touch on the person of King James who ordered the work on the Bible to be done, as well as on Sir Francis Bacon who is said to have headed up the team that produce the Shakespeare writings and the King James Version of the Bible. As you will see, both men sought to leave their personal 'marks' on the new Bible. James used the Rose and Thistle as his personal insignia. If this idea is new to you, I suggest that you do some web searches related to King James I (who was James VI of Scotland, son of Catholic Mary Queen of Scots, before Queen Elizabeth died childless); you might want to focus on his connection to Masonry and his sexual orientation. Next you should read up on Bacon and how he is looked at in relationship to the KJV Bible and the works attributed to Shakespeare, then his involvement in Masonry and Rosicrucianism. Symbols in the KJV for England, Scotland, France and Ireland. As the story goes Hamlet (with the play with in a play) is a little Bacon, meaning that Bacon wrote the Shakespeare plays, and when the KJV was translated there were 47 (46 + 1) people working on; looking at Psalm 46 we see that the 46th word from the top is 'shake' and the 46th from the bottom is 'spear'. Shakespeare was said to be 46 in 1611 when the KJV was first published. You will recall that Herod's Temple in Jerusalem took 46 years to build, as is pointed out in John 2:19-20. This throws a new light on the Bible. A debate now rages on the internet concerning two questions, 1) did the Masons and Rosicrucians supervise the editing of the KJV, and 2) if so, what are we to make of the fact? Of course there are those who say that there is no way that Masons or Rosicrucains defiled God's Word, while others say that the KJV is imperfect because of Bacon's involvement. It's kind of hard to dismiss the Rosicrucian pelican on the title page. But my favorite view point that has been expressed during this debate is epressed by the Cutting Edge Ministeries on a web page where they proclaim: Cursory Examination of Original 1611 KJV Title Page Reveals Blatant, Obvious Rosicrucian Symbols, but "even though some of the most evil men in world history had their hands on the King James Bible from the inside out, they could not change one bit of the text! The text remained as perfect a translation as possible in the English world." So, yes evil people did the work of compiling the KJV, but divine intervention preserved the integrity of God's Word. Evil was no match for good (in this version of the legend). From where I sit, it is apparent that the Bible bears the same Masonic and Kabbalistic signatures as the DC map does.

King James I and Sir Francis Bacon

Any discussion of Masonic, Rosicrucian, Kabbalistic or Occult themes in relationship to the Bible will necessarily have to touch on the person of King James who ordered the work on the Bible to be done, as well as on Sir Francis Bacon who is said to have headed up the team that produce the Shakespeare writings and the King James Version of the Bible. As you will see, both men sought to leave their personal 'marks' on the new Bible.

James used the Rose and Thistle as his personal insignia.
If this idea is new to you, I suggest that you do some web searches related to King James I (who was James VI of Scotland, son of Catholic Mary Queen of Scots, before Queen Elizabeth died childless); you might want to focus on his connection to Masonry and his sexual orientation. Next you should read up on Bacon and how he is looked at in relationship to the KJV Bible and the works attributed to Shakespeare, then his involvement in Masonry and Rosicrucianism.

Symbols in the KJV for England, Scotland, France and Ireland.
As the story goes Hamlet (with the play with in a play) is a little Bacon, meaning that Bacon wrote the Shakespeare plays, and when the KJV was translated there were 47 (46 + 1) people working on; looking at Psalm 46 we see that the 46th word from the top is 'shake' and the 46th from the bottom is 'spear'. Shakespeare was said to be 46 in 1611 when the KJV was first published. You will recall that Herod's Temple in Jerusalem took 46 years to build, as is pointed out in John 2:19-20.
This throws a new light on the Bible. A debate now rages on the internet concerning two questions, 1) did the Masons and Rosicrucians supervise the editing of the KJV, and 2) if so, what are we to make of the fact? Of course there are those who say that there is no way that Masons or Rosicrucains defiled God's Word, while others say that the KJV is imperfect because of Bacon's involvement. It's kind of hard to dismiss the Rosicrucian pelican on the title page.
But my favorite view point that has been expressed during this debate is epressed by the Cutting Edge Ministeries on a web page where they proclaim:
Cursory Examination of Original 1611 KJV Title Page Reveals Blatant, Obvious Rosicrucian Symbols, but "even though some of the most evil men in world history had their hands on the King James Bible from the inside out, they could not change one bit of the text! The text remained as perfect a translation as possible in the English world."
So, yes evil people did the work of compiling the KJV, but divine intervention preserved the integrity of God's Word. Evil was no match for good (in this version of the legend).
From where I sit, it is apparent that the Bible bears the same Masonic and Kabbalistic signatures as the DC map does.