KJV Dake Annotated Reference Bible

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If you want the best study and reference Bible then sooner or later you’re going to own a Dake, a “Dake Annotated Reference Bible!” Why not now? Stanley M. Burgess and Gary B. McGee, Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements (Grand Rapids: Regency Reference Library, 1988), s.v. “Dake, Finis Jennings.”

Many of Dake’s doctrinal errors begin with his misunderstanding of God’s nature. He states, “God has a spirit body with bodily parts like man.” 21 The only difference between God’s body and man’s, according to Dake, is that God’s body is a spiritual substance while man’s body is a material substance. He offers several lines of faulty reasoning to support his view. First, he argues that since the natural body will be raised a spiritual body, this means that spirit beings have bodies: If it is logically impossible for God to have a body, then those passages that speak of God’s body parts cannot be interpreted literally; they must be interpreted figuratively. When biblical authors attribute human characteristics to God, they are using a figure of speech called anthropomorphism. This means that they are referring to God in terms of human body parts or passions. Speaking figuratively of God’s hands, eyes, anger, or even love, helps finite humans comprehend truths about an infinite God and the way He acts. Theologian Lewis Sperry Chafer comments, “Where physical members are thus ascribed to God, it is not a direct assertion that God possesses these members, or a corporal [physical] body with its parts; but that He is capable of doing precisely those things which are the functions of the physical part of man.” 26 There are also doctrinal notes. The doctrinal focus is Pentecostal, old-earth Creationism, and Prophecy. Prophecy is a major theme throughout the notes with a focus on the various dispensations. Dake, to his credit, argues that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, authoritative Word of God; therefore, it cannot contain contradictions. His effort to systematize biblical teachings on hundreds of topics appears to be sincere. He argues that the Bible was written in simple human language and should be interpreted at face value: “We shall let what God says mean what He says and reject any theory of men to the contrary.” 19 Dake’s overriding rule of interpretation is, “Take every statement of the Bible as literal when it is at all possible and where it is clear that it is literal, otherwise, it is figurative.” 20 Dake applies this often-repeated rule unwaveringly, and his simple, literal interpretations probably account for the popularity of his Bible commentary. His attention to the biblical text results in many correct observations and interpretations; however, his overly simplistic, hyperliteral approach results in many incorrect interpretations as well as unorthodox and problematic doctrines in his theology.Our Dakes annotated reference bible on whole books of the Bible is our most popular studies. You can find all of these studies inone place, but these are your 10 favorite studies: In Dake’s view, grace can set aside condemnation only if one remains free from sin. In a section listing “30 things grace cannot do,” he asserts, “The modern fallacy that judicial forgiveness covers ALL sins, past, present, and future; that God does not impute sins of believers to them; and that God never condemns a saved man for any sins committed, but charges them to the Lord Jesus Christ, is one of the most unscriptural and demon-inspired theories in any church.” 53 Dake’s view that Jesus retained His divine nature, but gave up the very attributes that make that nature divine is contradictory. It reveals a misunderstanding of the divine nature and compromises the very divinity of Jesus, in which he claims to believe. The historic Christian view of the Trinity — that God is one being constituted by three persons — is “foolish and unscriptural, to say the least,” says Dake. 28 He states, it is a fallacy “that there is only one person or one being called God.” 29 Dake says that the Trinity is three separate and distinct persons in one God; however, he defines person as “a rational being with bodily presence, soul passions, and spirit faculties.” 30 In his view, person and being mean the same thing. He concludes, therefore, that the Trinity is three separate and distinct beings, each with a body, soul, and spirit: “What we mean by Divine Trinity is that there are three separate and distinct persons in the Godhead, each one having His own personal spirit body, personal soul, and personal spirit in the sense that each human being, angel, or any other being has his own body, soul and spirit.” 31 Dake’s misunderstanding of God’s nature also results in a problematic view of Jesus’ nature. He teaches, for example, that Jesus became the Son of God at His incarnation 34 (a view held by Jehovah’s Witnesses known as adoptionism) and that Jesus became the Messiah at His baptism 35 (see, however, Luke2:11 and Matt.2:4). These views have been rejected by the majority of the church throughout history. His most troubling views, however, relate to Jesus’ incarnation and resurrection.

Finally, to say that Jesus laid aside “His equality as God” goes against Jesus’ claims to be (equal with) God and instead agrees with the Pharisees who said that Jesus, being a man, was falsely making Himself to be God (John10:30–33). Finis Jennings Dake, The Dake Annotated Reference Bible [hereafter DARB] (Lawrenceville, GA: Dake Bible Sales, 1963).All Dake Bibles have the same notes inside. The Dake Study Bible and Dake Annotated Reference Bible are the same Bible! Some people refer to the Dake Annotated Reference Bible as the Dake Study Bible – which of course is fine considering every Dake Bible has over 35,000 commentary notes in it! What does the wordAnnotatedmean? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, annotated is defined as: “to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment.”All Dake Bibles are Annotated Reference Bibles. The Dake Large Print Bible has over 35,000 commentary notes written by Finis Jennings Dake, which required thousands of hours of work, a lifetime of study and most importantly – the empowering of the Holy Spirit. The notes alone, or annotation, make the Dake Large Print Bible not just the most in-depth pentecostal Study Bible, but the most in-depth Study Bible in general available. Richard Love and Jennifer Bryon Owen, “The Pentecostal Study Bible,” Charisma and Christian Life, January 1988, 39. Second, without His divine attributes, Jesus cannot be God. This is because God is a perfectly simple being, that is, He is not composed of parts, which means His attributes and His nature are one and the same. God doesn’t just have the attribute of omnipotence, for example, He is omnipotence. In other words, God minus even one of His attributes is not God. God’s nature, moreover, is immutable (unchangeable), which means He cannot change and become different than He is; for example, God cannot change from being unlimited in power to being limited in power. It is also illogical to say, as Dake does, that Jesus changed from being immutable (unchangeable) to being mutable (changeable).

Dake's notes influenced numerous Charismatic and Word of Faith leaders such as Kenneth Copeland, Kenneth Hagin, and Benny Hinn. [2] Death [ edit ] Yet it's not just the number of notes, references and headings that set the Dake Bible apart. It's what those tools do for you. Thousands of passages are amplified. Obscure readings are made clear. Ancient customs are explained, along with matters of history, culture and geography. Greek and Hebrew words and idioms are handled. In addition, parables, types, symbols, allegories and figures of speech are dealt with. Dispensational issues are treated in a systematic fashion, along with hundreds of details of biblical prophecy. The controversial reference work was written entirely by Finis Dake, who gained notoriety in the 1930s as a flamboyant pastor, convicted of violating the Mann Act in connection with transporting a minor across state lines for immoral purposes. In prison, Dake reportedly began writing his biblical commentary. He died in 1987. A lot of the notes are factual and include statistics. For example: Exodus 13:5 says “24 th prophecy in Ex. (13:5 fulfilled). Next, v. 19.” This gives a chain reference for all the prophecies in Exodus. There is also monetary information. It’s nice to know how much a shekel is worth in 2013 dollars. There is also information on geography, cultures, customs, etc.My decision was firm. I vowed to the Lord never to teach one thing I could not prove with two or three plain Scriptures, agreeing with Paul that “in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established” (2 Cor. 13:1). Believing also that “no prophecy . . . is of any private interpretation” (to be interpreted without comparison with other Scriptures, 2 Pet. 1:20), I reasoned that the Bible is God’s Word in human language and means exactly what it says. Any interpretation which is out of harmony with what is plainly written must be rejected as the theory of man.

Eschatology was a hallmark of the Dake studies. The rapture is a snatching up to heaven of all saved men of all past ages, whereas the second advent is a coming down from heaven to earth of the same people with Christ, at least seven years later, for the establishment of the Millennium, and eternal Kingdom.21 Dake sees man as God’s crowning creation. Man was created to dominate and rule God’s creation on the earth. Man in his un-fallen state acted exactly like God in the exercise of his faculties, only his attributes and powers were limited.14 The Fall, however caused man to loose his crown of glory. Christ was sent to redeem man and restore him to his place of authority. The full and complete restoration of man’s place of dominion will not be complete however until the last enemy death is destroyed.

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This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 5 (2004). For further information on the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Like all study Bibles, I encourage readers to do their own study using multiple passages and study tools with prayer. Remember that notes are not infallible – only God’s Word is infallible. Archer asserts that Dake’s stand is invalid. “It certainly seems to be a faith-plus-works proposition. I don’t recall anywhere in Pentecostal beliefs that suggests that. It sounds cultic, and there is very great cause for alarm.” Dake’s recurring theme of guaranteed health by positive confession of faith is paralleled by his theme of guaranteed prosperity. 61 These are standard doctrines among Word-Faith teachers and can devastate a person’s health, finances, and faith if followed.