Not Lost in Translation–Amen!

This year the White Horse Inn and Modern Reformation are going through “The Great Commission” and its implications for the church’s mission in the world. The upcoming March / April 2011 issue is titled “For You, Your Children… and All Who are Far Off.” Throughout the past few centuries there have been missionaries going to many remote places in the world bringing the Gospel to every “tribe, tongue, and people.” Quite often these men and women take the time to learn the language of the peoples and do the hard work of translating the Old and/or New Testament into their own language.

Lest we forget, all of our modern translations were at one time handed over to our forefathers in the faith and I am sure there was much praise and rejoicing. With the passing of time and the availability of the Bible to Western Christians we take for granted the blessing it is to have God’s Word in our own language.

As a reminder of this blessing take a look at this video that documents the delivery of the New Testament to the Kimyal people of Indonesia. To God be the glory for the good things he has done!

“’I will keep you and make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.’ Let them give glory to the LORD and proclaim his praise in the islands” (Isaiah 42:7, 12).

The Kimyal People Receive the New Testament from UFM Worldwide on Vimeo.