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Is God's Name Jehovah? ~updated~ by Yooguyz: 6:26pm On Nov 03, 2013
Not a single ancient New
Testament manuscript has been found containing the
Tetragrammaton (YHWH).
Inclusion of the word Jehovah in the New Testament of the New
World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT) is one of the most important errors in
Watchtower theology. It leads Witnesses to believe than any
person not using the word Jehovah cannot have a personal
relationship with God and that use of the word Jehovah is a
requirement for salvation.
This thread addresses three primary topics relating to the
word Jehovah.
Re: Is God's Name Jehovah? ~updated~ by lanrexlan(m): 7:14pm On Nov 03, 2013
According to the bible,god's name is Jealous.
Exodus 34:14 (KJV) -For thou shalt worship no other god:for the LORD,whose name is Jealous,is a jealous God.
Re: Is God's Name Jehovah? ~updated~ by WHees(m): 9:51pm On Nov 03, 2013
Good job op, jealous will be jealous if they continue calling him with concocted names.
Re: Is God's Name Jehovah? ~updated~ by Yooguyz: 10:13pm On Nov 03, 2013
GOD'S NAME JEHOVAH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

Proclaimers p.99 claims:

"The conventioners were thrilled to learn that this new translation
[NWT] restored the divine name Jehovah 237 times in the main text from Matthew to Revelation!"

The fundamental flaw of the NWT is this insertion of the word Jehovah 237 times into the New
Testament. The Watchtower justifies this insertion by claiming
all known New Testament manuscripts are inaccurate. This
is vitally important because such a claim undermines the integrity
of the Bible. If God was unable to prevent the removal of his own
name from the New Testament without trace, what else was he
unable to prevent being
changed? On the other hand, if this Watchtower claim is wrong and the word Jehovah never
appeared in the New Testament this change makes Watchtower
doctrine incorrect by:

Creating a false sense of
importance on using the word Jehovah

Changing the meaning of
important New Testament passages

The New Testament is one of the most attested ancient works in
existence. The Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 87 p.184 has listed
5,255 known New Testament Greek fragments. The
Tetragrammaton does not appear in the New Testament either as YHWH or as the Greek
transliterations PIPI, YAW and Iabe in a single one of these ancient New Testament manuscripts. This is despite
"some papyrus fragments of the Christian Greek Scriptures that go
back to the middle of the second century." (w82 3/15 p.23).
When attempting to build faith in the Bible the Watchtower asserts
the New Testament is complete without omissions - silent in
regards to their belief that the most important word has disappeared without trace.


"No striking or fundamental variation is shown either in the
Old or the New Testament. There
are no important omissions or
additions of passages, and no variations which affect vital facts
or doctrines." Reasoning from the Scriptures p. 64

"Not only are there thousands of manuscripts to compare but discoveries of older Bible
manuscripts during the past few decades take the Greek text back
as far as about the year 125 C.E.,
just a couple of decades short of the death of the apostle John about 100 C.E. These manuscript
evidences provide strong
assurance that we now have a dependable Greek text in refined form." All Scripture is Inspired of
God and Beneficial p.319

The story changes when
explaining why the Watchtower Society added the word Jehovah
into the New Testament, alleging the removal of YHWH from the
New Testament during the second century.

"Sometime during the second or third century C.E. the scribes removed the Tetragrammaton
from both the Septuagint and the Christian Greek Scriptures and replaced it with Ky´ri·os, "Lord"
or The·os´, "God."" New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures- With References p.1564 1D The
Divine Name in the Christian Greek Scriptures
There is no proof whatsoever to support this claim, as not a single
ancient New Testament
document has been found with YHWH in it. Several available manuscripts date back to this
period. P47 dates prior to 300.A.D. and contains four uses of Kyrios from Revelation that the
NWT translates as Jehovah. P66 dates from around 200 A.D. from
John (written in 98 A.D) and contains five occurrences of Lord
that appear in the NWT as
Jehovah. Some manuscripts go back to within 25 years of John's
writings, yet none contains YHWH.

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