CAN THE ORIGINAL PRONUNCIATION OF THE TETRAGRAMMATON CAN BE DETERMINED WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY? Yes or No?And yes, I know there was no “J” sound in the Hebrew language. There's little point in repeatedly repeating things you've said several times before that I already know and that don't really answer the…[Read more]

There is a movement called the Sacred Name Movement that believes that one must use the original Hebrew pronunciation of the name of God. It has been estimated by some that there are about 7000 in the U.S. who submit to this. The spelling and pronunciation of the Name used by one group will differ greatly from that used by another group. Some…[Read more]

The Codex Leningrad B 19A, of the 11th century C.E., vowel points the Tetragrammaton to read Yehwah́, Yehwih́, and Yehowah́. Ginsburg’s edition of the Masoretic text vowel points the divine name to read Yehowah́. (Ge 3:14, ftn) ELIJAH IS RIGHT IN SAYING THAT Hebrew scholars generally favor “Yahweh” as the most likely pronunciation. They point…[Read more]

Some odd questions:Where is Nick?Is my avatar a girl as Is 1:18 suggests?

I find it quite interesting that Brandon's question has for the most part been ignored.One Spirit wrote:”Personally, no matter where I am on the planet, my name remains the same. It may be difficult for certain people in certain places to pronounce my English sounding name, but out of courtesy, I would expect them to use the closest approximation…[Read more]

So, ya, Brandon, in answer to your question at the beginning of this post, no, we can't be certain how God's name was originally pronounced. JESUS (YESHUA)JEREMIAH (FROM YARIMYAH)Look up Jeremiah at Dictionary.com masc. proper name, O.T. prophet (see jeremiad) who fl. c.626-586 B.C.E., from Heb. Yarimyah, lit. “may Jehovah exalt.” Latinized…[Read more]

right.

hmmmm. I thought he had asked if we could be sure that Yahweh is how the Almighty's name was originally pronounced. I answered: NO, we can't be. Which we can't be for absolute certain.Your responce: 'Jehovah isn't right either.' Very nice reasoning.You're right. “Jehovah” is not how God's name was originally pronounced. Nor is “Jesus” how his…[Read more]

Is 1:18 writes:”The problem I have with this practice is that I don't particularly want to debate the JW intelligensia, but you David. . . .like any of the denominations there are always representatives who happan to have a gift for writing eloquantly and persuasively.”Well then, I would suggest you find someone who can represent your beliefs more…[Read more]

Is 1:18,I spent the quite a bit of time (about an hour) going through the scriptures that you gave, one by one, just pointing out what they actually say or don't say. Then, after going through the first 3/4's of it, I gave up and did as you said, since those cuts and pastes could do a better job than me anyway. And since I completely agree with…[Read more]

Hi Is 1:18.You write:“First of all, IMHO we must pray to Jesus as He is our mediator (1 Tim 2:5)”MEDIATOR (some online definitions.)“one that works to effect reconciliation, settlement, or compromise between parties at variance.”“a negotiator who acts as a link between parties.”The one praying Jesus Chris Jehovah God…[Read more]

Among the arguments used by some against the personality of Satan and the demons is that, since the words satan (Hebrew) and satanas and diabolos (Greek) are at times translated and used as common nouns, these words should never be transliterated and used as proper nouns, “Satan,” “Devil.” The same argument is used regarding “Logos.…[Read more]

So, ya, as I presume he said in the above post, no, we can't be sure that 'Yahweh' is the correct pronunciation.

Do you think we should pray to Jesus?Who did Jesus pray to?

Simple answer: No, we can't be sure.

When the United Nations declared 1986 to be the “International Year of Peace,” the pope responded by inviting representatives of the world’s major religions to participate in a celebration of the “World Day of Prayer for Peace.” In October 1986, representatives of Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Shinto, Anglican, Lutheran, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, a…[Read more]

The Scriptures are very clear and emphatic regarding who Satan is. Almighty God created many spirit creatures who have access to him in the heavens and who are his servants. The Bible reveals that when God “founded the earth,” creating it for future human habitation, “all the sons of God began shouting in applause.” (Job 38:4, 7) In time, one of…[Read more]

The Greek word an·ti´di·kos primarily refers to an “adversary at law” in a legal case (Lu 12:58; 18:3), but it can refer to others who are adversaries, or enemies, as in 1 Peter 5:8.The most wicked Adversary, Satan the Devil, caused men and angels to join his opposition to God and man.

DEVILThis descriptive name was given to Satan because he is the chief and foremost slanderer and false accuser of Jehovah, his good word, and his holy name. The Greek di·a´bo·los means “slanderer.” (Compare Lu 16:1, where the related verb di·a·bal´lo occurs.)There are instances in the original text of the Christian Greek Scriptures where the word…[Read more]

“They could have been immediately freed.”Genevieve De Gaulle, niece of Charles de Gaulle, former president of France got to know Jehovah’s Witnesses personally in the Nazi concentration camp at Ravensbruck, northern Germany. She wrote the above words in a letter in August 1945.The concentration camp at Auschwitz, Poland, was liberated on Janua…[Read more]