1599 Geneva Bible: Patriot's Edition

by Tolle Lege Press Other

Includes the books of the Old and New Testament, as well as The Prayer of George Washington, and historical documents including The Magna Carta, The Mayflower Compact, The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, The Constitution of the united states for America with amendments, Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior, Circular to the States, and Prayer for the united states for America. According to Amazon "John Adams, the second president of the United States, wrote: “Let not Geneva be forgotten or despised. Religious liberty owes it most respect.” Between 1560 and 1599, The Geneva Bible was providentially unleashed upon a dark, discouraged, downtrodden English-speaking world. Just when it looked as if the Machiavellian, Divine Right kings, such as the Tudors of England, were about to drive Christendom back to the days of Caesar worship, a Bible appeared that set the stage for a Christian Reformation of life and culture the likes of which the world had never seen. By the time of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, just 28 years after the first printing of the Geneva Bible, it was already being said of the English that they were becoming a people of the Book. The results of a people reading and obeying the Word of God were the explosion of faith, character, the first missionary movement in history, literature, economic blessing, and political and religious freedom. We too are living in dark days. The Biden-Harris administration and most members of congress do not value the Faith and Freedom that our nation was built upon. The Geneva Bible is needed more than ever. After 422 years, and by the providence of God, it is back in print for you to cherish! BACKGROUND: When the Pilgrims arrived in the New World in 1620, they brought along supplies, a consuming passion for advancing the Kingdom of Christ, and the Word of God. Clearly, their most precious cargo was the Bible – specifically, the 1599 Geneva Bible. All but forgotten in our day, this version of the Bible was the most widely read and influential English Bible of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A superb translation, it was the product of the best Christian scholars of the day and became the Bible of choice for many of the greatest writers and thinkers of that time. Men such as William Shakespeare, John Bunyan, and John Milton used the Geneva Bible in their writings."