Now, you probably share the widespread Western belief that the Lord Buddha is the most compassionate of the gods, much more so than Jehovah and Allah and the rest.

At Isaiah 43: 10, as per New World Translation reads: "' You are my witnesses ,' is the utterance of Jehovah, ' even my servant whom I have chosen.

Jehovah ’ s Witnesses believe that individuals do not have the power to be born again, because it is God who calls and selects his followers.

For instance, Jehovah is closely associated with storms and thunder throughout much of the Old Testament.

All present view this as an opportunity to show that they accept the belief that Jesus Christ is the one who sacrificed himself in behalf of redemption for all mankind, becoming the only mediator between Jehovah God and mankind ( John 3: 16 ).

In the Old Testament, Jehovah-Rapha, translated " I am the Lord your Physician " or " I am the Lord who heals you ", is one of the seven redemptive names for Jehovah God.

Abijah then rallied his own troops with a phrase which has since become famous: " Jehovah ( God ) himself is with us for a captain ( commander of the army ).

Jehoram ( meaning " Jehovah is exalted " in Biblical Hebrew ) was the name of several individuals in the Tanakh.

It also concerns me that once the pork barrel is filled, suddenly the Church of Scientology, the Jehovah Witnesses, the various and many denominations and religious groups — and I don't say those words in a pejorative way — begin applying for money — and I don't see how any can be turned down because of their radical and unpopular views.

Yahweh ( or ; ), often rendered Jehovah or the ( in small capitals ), is the god of Israel in the Hebrew Bible.

‘ Ihowā ’ is the standard version of God ( Jehovah ) and was the one used by Smith.

Abijah then rallied his own troops with a phrase which has since become famous: " Jehovah ( God ) himself is with us for a captain ( commander of the army ).

Jehonadab (; meaning Jehovah is willing ; Latin: Jonadab ) was the son of Rechab.

Watch Tower publications define the " world " as " the mass of mankind apart from Jehovah ’ s approved servants " and teach that it is ruled by Satan and a place of danger and moral contamination.

Jah (; = Yah ) is the shortened form of the divine name YHWH ( also spelled Jehovah or Yahweh ), an anglicized version of the Tetragrammaton ( YHWH, Latin JHVH ).

In a particular branch, traveling overseers, special pioneers, and branch staff are considered members of the Order of Special Full-time Servants and the Bethel Family ; globally, their order is the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah ’ s Witnesses.

* Hebrew: another meaning of " four-letter word " ( in Greek, tetragrammaton ) is the Hebrew name of the Abrahamic God, that is, י-ה-ו-ה ( commonly transliterated as " YHWH ", " Yahweh ", and " Jehovah "), which many practicing Jews do not speak aloud and protect when written ( see Geniza ).

Possibly his best known hymn is Arglwydd, arwain trwy ' r anialwch ( in English, Lord, lead me through the wilderness, translated as the English Hymn Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah ), usually sung to John Hughes ' Cwm Rhondda.

" The beard is a symbol of the covenant between God ( Jah or Jehovah in Rastifari usage ) and his people.

Gill shows that the name Jehovah is documented from before 200 B. C.

; 1842: Nadir Baxter, of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, died in 1842 and donated £ 1, 000 in his will, stating that it be paid " towards the political restoration of the Jews to Jerusalem and to their own land ; and as I conscientiously believe also that the institution by the Anglican Church of the bishopric of Jerusalem is the actual commencement of the great and merciful work of Jehovah towards Zion ".

* The Golden Calf of the Old Testament, in Judaism and Christianity, is generally thought to symbolically represent the false worship of the god Mammon ( i. e., wealth ), instead of the true God of the Bible, Jehovah.

The Watchtower is to honor Jehovah God, the Supreme Ruler of the universe.

The issue dated the 15th, called the Study Edition, contains " pointed information prepared especially for Jehovah ’ s Witnesses " and is generally distributed only to members but is made available to members of the public attending the study of The Watchtower at congregation meetings.

Later medieval Christian Biblical scholars took this vowel substitution for the actual spelling of YHVH and transliterated the name of God literally as Jehovah.

As with other agencies of Jehovah ’ s Witnesses, the Christian Congregation of Jehovah ’ s Witnesses may correspond directly with any district overseer, circuit overseer, local body of elders, or individual, or it may assign someone else to communicate on its behalf.

Other religious groups are Iglesia ni Cristo, Philippine Independent Catholic Church ( Aglipayan ), Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah ’ s Witnesses, Church of Latter-Day Saints and other Christian sects.

Smaller religious groups such as Members Church of God International, popularly known as Ang Dating Daan, Iglesia ni Kristo, Dulag Christian Bible Church ( Non-Denominational, Born Again, Christian ), Born Again, Baptist, Jehovah ’ s Witness, UCCP, etc.

The early 1950s witnessed the publication of several books that Martin wrote, or co-wrote with Norman Klann, such as Jehovah of the Watchtower ( 1953 ), The Christian Science Myth ( 1954 ), The Rise of the Cults ( 1955 ) and The Christian and the Cults ( 1956 ).

Many denominations do not have any official stance on drug use, some more-recent Christian denominations ( e. g. Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah ’ s Witnesses ) discourage or prohibit the use of any of these substances.

Allen, who later claimed that he said it to Captain Delaplace, said, " In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!

In 1611, the inaugural edition of the King James Bible editors did not include the name ” Yahweh ,” not being aware of the rendering, though Jehovah does appear several times.

He also later said that he demanded that the British commander surrender the fort " In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!

Balaam was felt to be very fit as the personification of Zoroaster because not only was Balaam considered a contemporary of Moses, but also as a Monotheist ( albeit non-Israelite ) he was assumed to be able to make true prophesies in the name of the one God Jehovah ( cf.

The name continues to be used for corporate entities ( for example, in East Africa ), but in 1931 the religion formally changed its name worldwide from International Bible Students Association to Jehovah ’ s witnesses.

An article in the January 1, 1926 Watch Tower introduced new emphasis on the importance of the name " Jehovah "; from 1929 Rutherford taught that the vindication of God's name — which would ultimately occur when millions of unbelievers were destroyed at Armageddon — was the primary doctrine of Christianity and more important than God's display of goodness or grace toward humankind.

They continued to develop doctrines that they considered to be an improved restoration of first century Christianity, including increased emphasis on the use of Jehovah as God's personal name.

Allen, who later claimed that he said it to Captain Delaplace, replied, " In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!

In the Hebrew Scriptures, in Isaiah 63: 16 ( ASV ) it reads: " Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father ; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.

The purple triangle was a concentration camp badge used by the Nazis to identify Bibelforscher ( Bible Students ), the German name for Jehovah ’ s Witnesses in Nazi Germany.

The divine name of the Almighty ( the Tetragrammaton ) is consistently rendered Jehovah in the ASV Old Testament, rather than as it appears in the King James Bible.

The reasons for their choosing of the ASV were twofold: its usage of " Jehovah " as the Divine Name, which was congruent with their doctrine, and they derived their name from Isaiah 43. 10, 12, both of which contain the phrase, " Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah.

This is very evident by the use of the name Jehovah instead of the more commonly accepted Yahweh in the later translations.

" Praise Jah " is therefore a shortened form of " Praise Yahweh ", or, in another transliteration of the name, " Praise Jehovah ".

Like the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible makes the uncommon decision to render God's name, the Tetragrammaton, in the Jewish scriptures as Yahweh rather than as Lord or Jehovah.

* Jah, shortened form of the divine name YHWH ( also spelled Jehovah or Yahweh ), used at Psalm 68: 4 ( KJV ) and elsewhere.

First, as the omnipotent father in Jehovah, then in his beloved son Jesus Christ and in its third manifestation with a new name revealed Mita, name of the Holy Spirit of God.