"The entire codex consists of 346½ folios, written in four columns. Of these, 199 belong to the Old Testament and 147½ belong to the New Testament, along with two other books, the Epistle of Barnabas and part of The Shepherd of Hermas. The books of the New Testament are arranged in this order: the four Gospels, the epistles of Paul, the Acts of the Apostles, the General Epistles, and the Book of Revelation. Of its prior history, little is known. It is speculated to have been written in Egypt and is sometimes associated with the 50 copies of the scriptures commissioned by Roman Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. A paleographical study at the British Museum in 1938 found that the text had undergone several corrections. The first corrections were done by several scribes before the manuscript left the scriptorium. In the sixth or seventh century many alterations were made........"
Codex Sinaiticus
http://www.bibliahebraica.com/the_texts/codex_sinaiticus.htm
The Name that is Above Every Name
By Mildred Garner
What is the name that is above every name? “Jesus,” most anyone would answer. But did the angel of Yahweh tell Joseph, the husband of Mary the mother of our Savior, to call his name Jesus as the scriptures seem to teach? “And she shall bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus (lit. Savior - see center ref); for he shall save his people from their sins,” Matthew 1:21.
The word Jesus begins with a “J.” There was not a J in any language until after the 16th century A.D. I have searched for the meaning of the Greek word Iesous (Jesus), for I am aware there is no J in the Greek language, but I have found none. This creates a problem for the thinkers.
The name given to Joseph by the angel obviously has a meaning. “For he shall save his people.” The name was to mean save. The Greek word for save is “soter,” If, as some say, the Bible was first given to a Greek speaking people, then we should be calling our Savior a Greek word meaning save or savior; therefore, we would call him “Soter.”
The Greek spelling for Jesus is not soter; it is Iesous. What does it mean? The only reference the Strong’s Concordance refers us to is in the Hebrew dictionary. It comes from #2424 in the Greek dictionary, but refers us to #3467 and #3068 in the Hebrew. These two words combined means Yah Saves, or Savior. The one thing we are sure of is the name the angel gave for the Savior was not Jesus, nor was it Soter. The book of Matthew was first written in Hebrew; therefore, the name of the Savior was a Hebrew word, Yasha (meaning save, or savior).
Some insist on the name Yahshua, but does the word “shua” mean save? In 1 Chronicles 2:3, “. . . these three were born to him from the daughter of Shua, the Canaanite.” Shua comes from #1340 and means “daughter of wealth.” It is also a name for a Canaanite woman in First Chronicles 7:32, and does not mean save. Shua seems to be a Canaanite word used by the Hebrews when they adopted the language of the Canaanites.
Number 7769 – shuwa (shoo-ah), in the Strong’s Hebrew dictionary, came from #7768; to be free; but used only causative, and reflexive to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from trouble). Number 7770, shuwa is the same as #7769. Shua is a Canaanite woman and is a feminine word. In Genesis 25:2, Abraham married the daughter of a Canaanite and she bore their son, Shuah; from #7744, meaning dell, to sink.
Is our Savior a woman? Is he a Canaanite? Does he need to holler (halloo) for help? It is evident that shua does not mean savior in Hebrew. Shua and shuah are both Canaanite words and do not come from the Hebrew language.
In order to find the true name of our Savior we should look up these three Hebrew words: save, savior, and salvation.
Save in Deuteronomy 20:4, “For Yahweh your God is he who is going before you, to fight for you with your enemies to save you.” The word here for save is #3467 Yasha. “The Angel of the Lord said, Call his name Save (or Savior) because he will save his people.”
Notice #3468, # 3469, and #3470 are all from #3467, Yasha (yaw-sha). You will find that Savior in Isaiah 43:3 (“For I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior . . . ,”) and verse 11, (“I, even I, am Yahweh and there is no Savior besides me.”) and Hosea 13:4 (“Yet I am Yahweh, your God, from the land of Egypt; and you shall know no other gods than Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.”) are all from #3467: Yasha, the Hebrew word for Savior.
The name Isaiah (#3470), before it was corrupted by translators, was spelled YashaYah, meaning “Yah has saved.” Many of the names of the prophets and patriarchs in the Bible contain the name of the Father or Savior, but nowhere does it refer you to numbers #7769, shuwa or #7770, shua, or #7744, shuah. They are of Canaanite or Chaldean origin, not Hebrew.
The Hebrew word for Savior (#3467) reads as follows: Yasha; a primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor: avenging, defend, deliver (-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save (-iour), get victory.
“Joshua” is the Canaanite corruption and English misspelling of Hoshea. The root of each of these words is #3467. In no way does shua, shuah, or shuwa mean savior or salvation. The Savior’s name is pronounced YAH-sha. His Father’s name is YAH and the Savior came in his Father’s name.
I have called on the Savior many times by the name “Jesus” and in no way would we suggest that he does not hear and answer prayer made to him in that name. But I feel this is the time of restoration. It is time to bring the Church out of the Babylonian system and unite her in the truth. Since the time of the dark ages, the Church has struggled to free herself completely from the cords that entangled her and dimmed her light. The Spirit is once again calling for another step toward restoration. There will be those that will hear the voice of the Spirit that is crying, “Be not partakers of her sins...,” Revelations 18:4.
For every truth that has been revealed and accepted since the days of Martin Luther, there has been a great resistance and persecution. But restitution must come and with every wave of glory will come more persecution. Fear not, the fire is turned up to finish the refining process. The names Yahweh and Yasha have been rejected for years even by his people.
The removal of the names of the Father and his Son must be considered evil and a dishonor. It is one of the wrongs that must be set right just as the biblical feast and the Sabbath. And those who choose to participate will suffer for their stand. Listen to the words of Yasha,
“Then they will deliver you up to be afflicted, and will kill you; and you will be hated by all the nations for my name’s sake,” Matthew 24:9.
“And you will be hated by all on account of my name. . . ,” Mark 13:13.
“I have come in the name of My Father you do not receive Me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive that one,” John 5:43.
“And you will be hated by all on account of My name,” Luke 21:17................MORE
http://christthecreativeword.org/Messages/the_name_that_is_above_every_nam.htm
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Pagan Origins
by brotherdan inso all of us that grew up as witnesses never did certain things because of them having pagan origins.
why don't we celebrate christmas?
pagan origins.
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Catholic cover-up...The pope and a stench of evil.......(Hitchens says)
by Terry inthe great catholic cover-upthe pope's entire career has the stench of evil about it.by christopher hitchensposted monday, march 15, 2010, at 10:20 am et.
pope benedict xvi on march 10, the chief exorcist of the vatican, the rev.
gabriele amorth (who has held this demanding post for 25 years), was quoted as saying that "the devil is at work inside the vatican," and that "when one speaks of 'the smoke of satan' in the holy rooms, it is all trueincluding these latest stories of violence and pedophilia.
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I've had the feeling for quite a while that the muslim desire to re-establish the Persian Empire would result in a blood-bath in Europe that would involve the capturing of the Vatican and beheading the Pope. He's already been warned to convert or else. Don't know if this is just fantasy or if there's some substance to the possibility.
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God's Name Discussion
by garyneal inseveral weeks ago, i was attending a meeting with my wife and i brought my king james translation of the bible with me.
one of the brothers came up to me after the meeting and asked me what translation did i have and i showed it to him.
he asked if i knew that god's name appeared in that translation and i said, "yes, psalms 83:18 i do believe.
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Terry, This is unassailable logic.
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God's Name Discussion
by garyneal inseveral weeks ago, i was attending a meeting with my wife and i brought my king james translation of the bible with me.
one of the brothers came up to me after the meeting and asked me what translation did i have and i showed it to him.
he asked if i knew that god's name appeared in that translation and i said, "yes, psalms 83:18 i do believe.
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Dr. J. B. Rotherham states in the preface of his Scripture concerning Jehovah:
"Erroneously written and pronounced Jehovah, which is merely a combination of the sacred Tetragrammaton and the vowels in the Hebrew word for Lord, substituted by the Jews for JHVH, because they shrank from pronouncing The Name, owing to an old misconception of the two passages, Ex. 20:7 and Lev. 24:16...To give the name JHVH the vowels of the word for Lord [Heb. Adonai], is about as hybrid a combination as it would be to spell the name Germany with the vowels in the name Portugal - viz., Gormuna. The monstrous combination Jehovah is not older than about 1520 A.D."...........Interestingly, even the Jehovah's Witnesses acknowledge that the name Jehovah is improper. Their book, "Let Your Name Be Sanctified" freely admits on pages 16 and 18 that Yahweh is the superior translation of the Tetragrammaton. This book has lately been withdrawn. However, in the preface of their "The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures," we find on page 23 the following admission:
"While inclining to view the pronunciation 'Yahweh' as the more correct way, we have retained the form 'Jehovah' because of people's familiarity with it since the 14th century. Moreover, it preserves equally with other forms, the four letters of the Tetragrammaton JHVH."
Keeping Man's Tradition
We cannot let tradition lead us to call the Heavenly Abba by a wrong name! Much scholarly proof is now available to show that Jehovah is wrong. We are to walk in all the truth we are given so that YHWH will give us even more light. Our purpose is not to follow erroneous traditions of men: "Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men." (Mark 7:7)
The mistaken name Jehovah is said to have been given us about 1518 by Peter Gallatin who was confessor to Pope Leo X. The efforts not withstanding Protestant reformers to return to the truth of the Scipture, the majority of Protestants still retain the erroneous name Jehovah which was handed to us by the Catholics.
James Moffatt's Scipture uses the title "Eternal," a title used by some groups who deny YHWH's Name. Moffatt says in his preface:
"Strictly speaking, this ought to be rendered 'Yahweh,' which is familiar to modern readers in the erroneous form of 'Jehovah.' Were this a version intended for students of the original, there would be no hesitation whatever in printing 'Yahweh.'"
Moffatt admits that students of the original text (correct text) should use "Yahweh." Those who are not ardent students or lack interest in the original text given us by YHWH Himself call Him by titles like "Eternal."
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"THE EVIL SLAVE" exposes the Watchtower....Four Bible Student elders speak up !
by koolaid-man inthe largest schism in watchtower history involved the bible students in the 20's and 30's.
it was not so much that bible students "opposed" the work of the society, the issue was the bible students and the society were no longer in harmony doctrinally, the 3,000 or so who "dropped" out by 1918, eventually grew in the coming years, by 1930 seventy-five percent of the original bible students had abandoned the society.
the bible students or "the evil slave" as the jehovah's witnesses refer to them as, are now coming back to haunt the org.
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I look at Bible Students and jw's to be anti-types of Jews and Samaritans.
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Scientists are wrong...
by MrFreeze infrom what i can gather about the talk in the dc that featured the two new brochures, the scientists are wrong... except when they agree with the wt.
one sister who they interviewed even went as far to say that she was an atheist and it caused her and all her atheist friend's lives to spin out of control.
because we all know atheists are all drug addicts and have no self-control and nothing to guide their moral decisions.
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Moscow deaths double amid smog to 700 people a day
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer – 21 mins ago
MOSCOW – Deaths in Moscow have doubled to an average of 700 people a day as the Russian capital is engulfed by poisonous smog from wildfires and a sweltering heat wave, a top health official said Monday. Moscow health chief Andrei Seltsovky blamed weeks of unprecedented heat and suffocating smog for the rise in mortality compared to the same time last year, Russian news agencies reported. He said city morgues were nearly overflowing, filled with 1,300 bodies, close to their capacity. Acrid smog blanketed Moscow for a six straight day Monday, with concentrations of carbon monoxide and other poisonous substances two to three times higher than what is considered safe. Those airborne pollutants reached a record over the weekend — exceeding the safe limit by nearly seven times. About 550 separate blazes were burning nationwide Monday, mainly across western Russia, including about 40 around Moscow, according to the Emergencies Ministry. Forest and peat bog fires have been triggered by the most intense heat wave in 130 years of record keeping. Alexander Frolov, head of Russia's weather service, said judging by historic documents, this heat wave could be the worst in up to 1,000 years........"
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Older man marries younger woman, yes; younger man marries older woman?
by dgp ini understand that marriages between an older man and a much younger woman are a fact of jw life.
the reasons i have seen include the lack of an available prospect, of the fact that the older man has some power in the congregation and therefore marrying him is something like an advantage.
i wonder what the advantage can be, and i would appreciate any light on this (new or old).. but, how often does a younger man marry an older woman?
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I would like someone to love....but not every day and have something materially to bequeath to when I keel over, besides my teeth, which looking on the bright side won't be very long. But you never know. It would be best if they lived at least 1500 miles away from S Florida and had their own financial/parental/health affairs in order and don't want to be bothered with anybody else's. If interested, pm. If not, don't. And age and weight matters - <50 & 150
And they'd have to be permanently out.
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Reform or dissolve Watchtower and questions?
by ruruj infirst of all, is there a way to keep this topic available?.
some would like to see authoritarian repressive watchtower gone, others want reform among jws now!
... "don't curse the darkness light a candle" - a chinese proverb?.
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The wtbt$$$ neither honors God's Name(by using an alderated one that they admit is wrong) nor observes his LAW and is organized and operates a la cathoholacism and muslimism, and will eventually be chopped down at the root.
A Tree and Its Fruit
Matt7:15-20
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them."
Matthew 9:17
"Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
Luke 3:9
"The axe is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."
Rev 18:4
"Then I heard another voice from heaven say: 'Come out of her, my people,
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Southern Friends- Please watch this U-tube on Gulf Oil Spill- Protect Health !
by flipper inmy son sent me this you-tube link to some very important information of how toxic the gulf water is in the south now.
please watch & give me your opinions .
take care , please be careful our gulf coast friends !.
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"This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long. We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order." ~ David Rockefeller Sept. 23, 1994 -
Censored Gulf news: State-sponsored terrorism targets Deep South for Agenda 21 (Pt1) "Obama, his administration and military continue aerial spraying the Gulf of Mexico's people and their air, water, land and food with the neurotoxic pesticide banned in other countries, Corexit. Congressman Jerrold Nadler’s stop the spray bill, scientists' demand to stop it, and BP protesters will unlikely end this crime against humanity, planned and conducted with sophisticated albeit evil petro-chemical-military industrial complex expertise.
The CIA, Defense Department, EPA, and petro-chemical giants have been bed-fellows for decades, under the covers in the dark, secretly manufacturing and testing aerial spray chemical weapons on Americans and other nationals to control and depopulate, (1) terrorist acts part of Agenda 21. Trusting this cabal and its collaborating local, state and federal agencies claiming their research proves anything beneficial for humanity is tragically naive - and dangerous. It's operation is saturating the Deep South with some 2 million gallons of deadly chemicals brewing with crude oil poisons.
On Freedom Link Radio August 1, (archived below) people listening heard A.C. Griffith discuss that the Deep Water Horizon explosion was no "accident."(2) Griffith discussed that when people are repeatedly warned for months that their reckless planned act will harm, injure, and/or kill - but they proceed in conducting that act, it is criminal. Such was the Gulf explosion and all transpiring since, including the rapid dispersant application afterwards. According to Griffith, these acts are part of Agenda 21, including relocation, full control of survivors and even depopulation............"And while this is going on..........................are all you non-conspiracy buffs beginning to get the picture?
Top court will have no Protestants with Kagan | Reuters
May 11, 2010 ... If Kagan is confirmed as expected, it will have six Roman Catholic and three Jewish justices. That has received little attention, ... www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64A5NP20100511Oh and btw- did you know that the oldest city in Germany is named for an Assyrian prince?
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3 Things You Should Know About Islam
by onemore in....watch the video, what if we were to substitute the word islam (in the video) for watchtowerism.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcbptzalqfy.
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6 August 2010 Last updated at 12:22 ET
Mutilated Afghan girl Aisha in US for new nose
"The cover has generated much discussion in the US The Afghan girl featured on a controversial Time magazine cover is in the US to have her nose rebuilt. Aisha told Time her nose and ears had been cut off - with the approval of a Taliban commander - by her abusive husband as punishment for running away. The front cover generated debate over the headline "What Happens if We Leave Afghanistan" and the use of the photo itself.
Her surgery is being done by the Grossman Burn Foundation in California.
The foundation campaigns on the issue of violence against women as well as doing free plastic surgery work.
Aisha, whose surname has not been revealed, will meet surgeon Peter Grossman next week to discuss the reconstruction of her nose. The 18-year-old was reportedly given away by her family in childhood as a "blood debt" and was subsequently married to a Taliban fighter. His family abused her and she ran away but was recaptured and mutilated by her husband. Women for Afghan Women has been using Aisha's case to illustrate the fear of what will happen if US, British and other international forces leave prematurely. The Afghan-American group helps to run the shelter which took Aisha in............"
Taliban Conflict
UK troops launch new offensive
Mapping drone and militant attacks
Q&A: Fighting the Taliban
Who are the Taliban?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10897018
