god is called jehovah in the old testament of the bible.
god is called jehovah in the old testament of the bible.
where is god called jehovah in the bible?
old testament
early modern translators disregarded the practice of reading "adonai" (or its equivalents in greek and latin, "κύριος" and "dominus") in place of the tetragrammaton and instead combined the four hebrew letters of the tetragrammaton with the vowel points that, except in synagogue scrolls, accompanied them, resulting in the form "jehovah". this form, which first took effect in works dated 1278 and 1303, was adopted in tyndale's and some other protestant translations of the bible. in the 1560 "geneva bible", the tetragrammaton is translated as "jehovah" six times, four as the proper name, and two as place-names. in the 1611 "king james version", "jehovah" occurred seven times. in the 1885 "english revised version", the form "jehovah" occurs twelve times. in the 1901 "american standard version" the form "je-ho’vah" became the regular english rendering of the hebrew , all throughout, in preference to the previously dominant "the ", which is generally used in the king james version. it is also used in christian hymns such as the 1771 hymn, "guide me, o thou great jehovah".
jehovah
waggoner centered his logical proof on the fact that christ possesses “all the fullness of the godhead” being “by nature the very substance of god, and having life in himself, he is properly called jehovah, the self-existent one.” this is a truth no arian would ever admit. however, it is also true that waggoner would never have utilized the term arian in a pejorative manner. while he rejected the idea that christ was a created being, he still maintained: "there was a time when christ proceeded forth and came from god, from the bosom of the father (john 8:42; 1:18), but that time was so far back in the days of eternity that to finite comprehension it is practically without beginning." the nature and relationship of the godhead, let alone the divinity of christ, is too complex for human comprehension. nonetheless, waggoner's entire discussion on christ and his righteousness was linked to the divinity of christ. for waggoner, the equality of christ with god magnifies his condescension and humility in assuming humanity. in fact, waggoner wrote: "let no one, therefore, who honors christ at all, give him less honor than he gives the father, for this would be to dishonor the father by just so much; but let all, with the angels in heaven worship the son, having no fear that they are worshiping and serving the creature instead of the creator." the everlasting covenant promise god made to fallen adam in the garden of eden (gen. 3:15) was that emmanuel—god with us—would “save his people from their sin” (matt. 1:21). jesus fulfilled this promise in every aspect.
1888 minneapolis general conference