Why do we translate Jehovah in the Bible?

katerinah1947

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Thanks for sharing that. My experiences with JW's have usually been much more brief and a lot less painful. I am glad you were shown their dark side.

Hi,

I had been working with the Jehovah's Witnesses for years for the point in time about the Jehovah's Witnesses that I would like to share with you.

But I have another one also, after that first Big Close Encounter of the God kind, that the church has told me is and was all God, being if nothing more, The Holy Spirit confiming to them and binding me for eternity, in believing all of what you are to hear on the Matthew 7:15 point given to me, by The Holy Spirit in reference to my not having anything to use, to work with the Jehovah's Witnesses effectively. I had lots of other stuff for them, but noting that let me know what to do and what to say to them, effectively.

Unfortunately in way, the result of that is to know them, test them, not the ones fooled but those in charge and those teaching others and knowing the truth of what they are and what they are doing, it is for the group who knows that this was given to me for.

However, like with all things in my life from God, I had some work to do. I did not understand how Matthew 7:15 applied to them. Sure I can just memorize that, and use that. It is not my way, and, and tried to find out why that applied to them.

The answer came in the form of research, and doing what reserchers do. They take a guess on what he answer might be, the prove that guess is wrong. Really as incorrect and silly as that might sound, it is what we and they are supposed to be doing.

It was in testing my guess on Matthew 7:16, that I was to learn much. I could not prove that guess wrong. I then do what all researchers do, I went to others and asked them if they could prove that guess wrong. They also could not, with all they knew of teaching practicing Jehovah's Witnesses, who are not fooled by them.

My guess that I tried to prove wrong, was the those Jehovah's Witnesses who teach, preach, and are not fooled, are not as they seem and as they present themselve in public, as being so nice and wonderful, but rather that is only an act, when they are doing their job, internally or externally of getting people to follow them.

I can not today prove that wrong, in those that lead, and no one else can either. Thus in Biblical terms, I cannot prove that the women, grapes Biblically, are actually grapes, Biblically, because like grapes when picked, the vines never hurt my hand or body, so too it is only in women as you listen to what they know of God, whether picking or not, they too never hurt others as a rule.

Thorns Biblically, Briars for men Biblically and thorns and briars in real life, hurt me, unless I am extremely extremely careful around them, and that is not guarantee, rather it lessens the amount of my injuries from themmmmmmmmmm, Only.

The wonderful part, is what, I found out about them research wise, also exists in people everywhere, in government, in industry and in normal life. Matthew 7:15, is not a description of just people in religion, when they only act like Grapes and Figs found in amongst thorns and briars, but rather any person who fails the Matthew 7:15 and Mathew 7:16 test, is outed also in the non religious world.

And God being God, telling us truths, even the scientists if the areas of Psychology and Psychiatry, have seen those types, and they have a name scientific classification for them.

So, what I was told and shown by The Holy Spirit, and confirmed by the church is also confirmed as being true, not only with the teaching and leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses only as found in that research project, it is also true in real life, and the scientists have also said that is is true.

Whose left? Test though. Test. Test, otherwise you actually don't know, but are merely taking someone's word that it is so. I am to be tested by you. Did I lie? Did I make a mistake? You can't normally know, unless God The Holy Spirit lets you know personally, and that is rare. What you can do though, yourself is see if the work that was done, when you do it yourself, has the same results.

LOVE,
...Mary Katerina., .... .
 
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Simple. YHVH doesn't transliterate as Jehovah. The truth is we have no idea what the vowels are. Also there is no J in Hebrew.

The reason it is translated as LORD (all caps) instead of as YHVH is out of respect for its sacred character, and err on the side of caution rather than possibly take God's name in vain. It is one thing to have the sacred name in Hebrew. But it is important not to use it vainly. The Jews have a long tradition of using Adonai (Lord) as a substitute for YHVH when speaking it, and use the word Lord when translating it. Christian scholars have chosen to follow in that respectful tradition.
 
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A Jehovas Witness was telling me that it is an insult to God that his name used hundreds of times in the Bible has been changed to Lord or God when he expressly said his name was Jehovah and we should use it.
The reason for the change to small capitals LORD was the exact opposite of what you heard from the JW. The Jews had such great reverence (and still do) for the name Yahweh (YHWH) that they used "Adonai" (Lord) instead. So the the KJV translators equated YHWH with LORD to maintain that attitude. "Jehovah" is one pronunciation, but Yahweh is closer.

The real issue with Jehovah's Witnesses is that they have another gospel and another Jesus. So making a fuss over YHWH is the least of their worries. They are at odds with Bible Christianity.
 
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