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 word, there can be little doubt that it is not "Jehovah"". Despite this, he consistently uses the name "Jehovah" throughout his dictionary and when translating Hebrew names. Some examples include "Isaiah" ["Jehovah's help or salvation"], "Jehoshua" ["Jehovah a helper"], "Jehu" ["Jehovah is He"]. In the entry, "Jehovah", Smith writes: "JEHOVAH (, usually with the vowel points of ; but when the two occur together, the former is pointed , that is with the vowels of , as in Obad. i. 1, Hab. iii. 19:" This practice is also observed in many modern publications, such as the "New Compact Bible Dictionary"