Jehovah's Witnesses developed feelings of self-importance and craved worship. Satan influenced Adam and Eve to disobey God, and humanity subsequently became participants in a challenge involving the competing claims of Jehovah and Satan to universal sovereignty. Other angels who sided with Satan became demons. Jehovah's Witnesses teach that Satan and his demons were cast down to earth from heaven after October 1, 1914, at which point the end times began. They believe that Satan is the ruler of the current world order, that human society is influenced and misled by Satan and his demons, and that they are a cause of human
Jehovah-jireh site of the Temple built by Solomon. The Targumim do not regard "Jehovah-jireh" as a proper name. Considering the passive construction of Abraham's words in verse 14, "In the mount of the it shall be seen", Calvin comments that it teaches "that God not only looks upon those who are his, but also makes his help manifest to them..." John Wesley and Matthew Henry go further, suggesting that "perhaps it may refer to God manifest in the flesh." "Jehovah Jireh" is the title of an 1867 book by William Plumer. "Jehovah Jireh" is the title of several modern songs, including