Jehovah is the personal name of the creator. His name means "He who causes to become"
The person who became known as Jesus Christ did not begin life here on earth. He himself spoke of his prehuman heavenly life. (Joh 3:13; 6:38, 62; 8:23, 42, 58)
"He is the image of the invisible God, the FIRSTBORN of all creation; because by means of him all other things were created in the heavens and upon the earth". (Colossians 1:15-16)
That Jehovah was truly the Father or Life-Giver to this firstborn Son and, hence, that this Son was actually a creature of God is evident from Jesus’ own statements. He pointed to God as the Source of his life, saying, “I live because of the Father.” (Joh 6:56, 57)
Jehovah God accomplished the creation of the material universe by means of "The Holy Spirit", or active force. Regarding the planet Earth in its early formative stages, the record states that “God’s active force or “spirit” was moving to and fro over the surface of the waters.” (Ge 1:2)
Psalm 33:6 says: “By the word of Jehovah the heavens themselves were made, and by the spirit of his mouth all their army.”
Where a human craftsman would use the force of his hands and fingers to produce things, God uses his spirit. Hence that spirit is also spoken of as God’s “hand” or “fingers." (Compare Ps 8:3; 19:1; Mt 12:28 with Lu 11:20)
So rather than being a "person" Gods Holy Spirit is a powerful force that Jehovah causes to emanate from himself to accomplish his holy will. (Ps. 104:30; 2 Pet. 1:21; Acts 4:31).
2007-04-30 00:57:13
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answer #1
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answered by hollymichal 6
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In the Hebrew portion of the Bible (Old Testament), God’s name is represented by four letters that can be transliterated as YHWH. While the exact pronunciation of God’s name is unknown, in English it is commonly pronounced “Jehovah.”
The first language used in writing the Bible was Hebrew, and when the Hebrew language was written down, the writers wrote only consonants (not vowels). Hence, when the inspired writers wrote God’s name, they naturally did the same thing and wrote only the consonants.
While ancient Hebrew was an everyday spoken language, this presented no problem. The pronunciation of the Name was familiar to the Israelites and when they saw it in writing they supplied the vowels without thinking (just as, for an English reader, the abbreviation “Ltd.” represents “Limited” and “bldg.” represents “building”).
The trinity is never mentioned in the Bible. The trinity has pagan origins.
Jehovah is the only true God who exists since ever. Jesus is God's son. The holy spirit is God's active force.
"This is what Jehovah has said, the King of Israel and the Repurchaser of him, Jehovah of armies, ‘I am the first and I am the last, and besides me there is no God." -- Isaiah 44:6
"....The Father is greater than I am." -- John 14:28
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation." -- Colossians 1:15
"And I shall have to come down and speak with you there; and I shall have to take away some of the spirit that is upon you and place it upon them, and they will have to help you in carrying the load of the people that you may not carry it, just you alone." -- Numbers 11:17
For more information go to:
http://www.watchtower.org/cgi-bin/lib/ProcessForm.pl
http://www.watchtower.org/library/na/article_05.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1999/2/8/article_03.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2004/1/22/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/na/article_04.htm
2007-04-30 16:11:26
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answered by Alex 5
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In Revelation 1 verse 4 we read; John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the
seven Spirits which are before his throne;
This phrase "from him which is, and which was, and which is to come" identifies and describes, Jesus, as the Eternal One.
For the name of God in Hebrew, is Yahweh, and means "I Am," the Self-Existing One, and in this statement is a parsing of that verb. "I am he who is, and he who was, and he who is to come," thus he is the Eternal, Self-Existing One – The Almighty.
Which brings us to a term referred to as the
Tetragrammaton.
The “Tetragrammaton” is four Hebrew letters YHWH,
pronounced as (Yod, He, Waw He) that corresponds to YHWH and are transliterated IAUE or Yahweh.
Yahweh is the name of the Almighty that people commonly call "The LORD" or "God".
The reason we see "LORD" and "God" in our Bibles is because of a Jewish tradition that the name Yahweh was not be spoken for fear that the name be blasphemed. However, the scriptures declare and express, loud and clear that His name should be exalted and even the third commandment forbids this practice.
In some Preface of other English translations of the Bible, they will admit why they change His name. And, nearly all will cite tradition and familiarity as the reason.
This, I believe is wrong!
Sometimes people pronounce the tetragrammaton
as "Jehovah".
But Jehovah could “never” be the right pronunciation. Some who take on the title of Christianity, especially Jehovah's witnesses, use this name for the Heavenly Father.
However, every scholar and every reference book I have ever checked on the use of the word "Jehovah" (including Jehovah's witness tracts themselves) has said that this is not
the way you pronounce His name?
I have to ask the question! Why Do It Then?
First of all, it is impossible because of the fact that the Hebrew language has no "J" sound!
According to the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 1991 under the heading "Yahweh" here is how this name came into being:
The Masoretes, who from about the 6th to the 10th century worked to reproduce the original text of the Hebrew Bible, replaced the vowels of the name YHWH with the vowel signs of the Hebrew word Adonai or Elohim.
Thus the artificial name Jehovah (YeHoWaH) came into being."
So we see here one of many confirmations that the name Jehovah is not really His name at all! But it is an artificial name that was invented by man.
Does man have the right to change the name of the One who created him? I think not! But that is exactly what has happened.
Now, lets look a little deeper into this name Jehovah.
Notice that many Hebrew names contain the first part of Yahweh's name, which is Yah.
This is true in the name Isa-YAH (Hebrew: YeshaYAH), which means "Yah is Salvation".
Also in Jeremi-Yah (Hebrew: YermeYAH), Obad(iah) Zechar(iah) and so on.
Then, taking this same method, let's apply it using the name Je-hovah with Jeh being the first part of His name. And you will see, that none of this adds up, when it comes to the
names of these prophets.
Isaiah's name isn't IsaJEH
Jeremiahs name isn’t Jeremi-Jeh
Obadiah name isn’t Obad-Jeh
Zechariah name isn’t Zechar- Jeh
Besides the Hovah part of Je-hovah means RUIN and MISCHIEF in Hebrew according to Strong's Concordance # 1942 and 93.
Now, the original name for Jesus is Yeshua / Yahshua (Yay-shoo-ah or Yah-shoo-ah).
For he is the Yah, not the Jeh of Yahweh… Yah (Jesus) = Yeshua or God is Salvation.
2007-04-29 18:54:51
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answered by n_007pen 4
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I don't understand your question, I believe there is one God (God the Father) ,his son Jesus Christ and there is a third separate being called the Holy Ghost who gives us that feeling inside telling you things are good and you are making the right choices, or he tells you if you are doing something wrong.
2007-04-29 18:57:51
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answered by Grandma of six 5
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Jehovah's Witnesses readily acknowledge the existence of Jehovah (the Father), Jesus (the Son), and Holy Spirit. A few persons believe the name "Jehovah" has the mere meaning "I am" (or "I exist").
An expression which more accurately approximates the flavor of the original Hebrew is "I Shall Prove To Be What I Shall Prove To Be"; the Almighty is more than a 'snapshot' in time, but an ongoing manifestation of His own ability to do and be anything.
(Exodus 3:13-14) Moses said to the true God: “Suppose I am now come to the sons of Israel and I do say to them, ‘The God of your forefathers has sent me to you,’ and they do say to me, ‘What is his name?’ What shall I say to them?” 14 At this God said to Moses: “I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” And he added: “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘I SHALL PROVE TO BE has sent me to you.’”
Leeser, “I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE”
Rotherham, “I Will Become whatsoever I please.”
That Exodus 3:14 expression is rich in meaning, but the Scriptures themselves actually include the Divine Name itself nearly 7000 times. The name "Jehovah" is an English translation of the Hebrew name pronounced as or similar to "Yahweh" or "Yehowah"; the exact original pronunciation is unknown. The four Hebrew characters corresponding to the letters "YHWH" are well-recognized as the biblical personal name of Almighty God, and are universally designated as "the Tetragrammaton" or "the Tetragram".
The name "Jesus" means "Jehovah is Salvation". Of course, Jesus Christ the Son is a distinct person from Jehovah God the Father.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_05.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20050422/
http://watchtower.org/e/20020515/
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_03.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/lmn/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
2007-05-02 20:43:11
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answered by achtung_heiss 7
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http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/11/robertson_says.html
2007-04-29 20:17:27
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answered by Anonymous
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