While in discussion with an Elder from my old congregation, he asked if I had been given an opportunity to see the new bibles yet.
I told him yes that a family member had showed me one a few days back and some of the improvements (changes) that were in it.
As our conversation went along he asked me what I thought of the color. I said well its certainly different from the black cover I was so used to or even going back further a few decades the green covered bibles when I was a child. (we both got a chuckle out of that)
Then he proceeded to tell me why the greyish-silver color was chosen for the new revised bibles.
He said since the bible represents the sword of the spirit, this color was picked so that witnesses would call to mind that "we"(they) are engaged in spiritual war-fare and when glancing at their bibles this color would help them to focus on the task at hand.
Just like a swordsman from ages gone by, they would want to keep their swords(bibles) clean as well as sharp and be very adept at using it.
Thought I'd share this here and see if anyone else has heard anything similar regarding the color.
Also does this mean that will be the only color they will print it in or is this just for the "lucky" ones that got theirs on its initial release?
He said he'd bring me a copy (I guess this is their way of sneaking in a Elder visit) so I'm kinda looking forward to checking out the changes.
Shalom,
StoneWall
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