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KING OF SAINTS OR KING OF THE AGES (Revelation 15:3)

New American Standard Version

"And sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty; just and true are your ways, King of the ages..."
King James Bible

"And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."
Some scholars criticize the KJV rendering of "King of saints" in Rev. 15:3, which, they believe, is not supported by Greek texts, and ought to be "King of the ages." We read in James R. White's book: "...in Revelation 15:3, "King of saints," which should be either "King of the ages" (NIV) or "King of nations" (NASB), the [Textus Receptus] reading...fails to have Greek Manuscript support." (The King James Only Controversy, page 66).

According to Mr. White, either "King of ages," or "King of nations" is O.K., so long as it isn't the KJV's "King of saints." Mr. White has already revealed his obnoxious anti-KJV bias: that it doesn't matter to him how a new translation renders a verse, just so it doesn't agree in any way with the King James Bible. Anything is right except the KJV.

The inconsistency of the NASB shines through when we compare their rendering of Rev. 11:15, with this verse, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever." If the "kingdom of the world" (singular), is to become the "kingdom of our Lord," again singular, then where did the NASV translators get all those "nations" (plural)?

And God is not the "King of ages," because ages are temporary, and all ages of all time expire when time itself comes to an end. After the end of time, ages will be gone, and nations and saints remain - or rather nations of saints. So the NASV's "King of nations," is not totally incorrect, although the translators wouldn't have know that, and or course, neither does James R. White.

But the most appropriate word choice is "King of saints," because, whether there will be nations in the new world or not, there will most definitely be saints, and the Lord will be the King.