The Names and Titles of God: Jehovah, Part 2

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We have another name for God, and that is JAH. It is found only in the King James version, but it occurs forty-eight other times in the corrected translations. Some Bible scholars believe that JAH is an . The meaning is the same. “Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him” (). The name JAH is always connected with , and is first found in .

We believe that the word “God” (Elohim), being , definitely suggests that the created the heavens and the earth. Yet we find that modern thought interprets this differently. Modern thought says that this portion of the Word should read, “In the beginning Gods created the heavens and the earth.” And the reason for this, they say, is that Israel, to begin with, believed in many gods, but that their religion evolved into . This form of reasoning has proved difficult to many college students. Is there any Scripture which will refute this? Absolutely. Turn to — “Hear, 0 Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.” Now, put the correct words of and in this passage and you will see that the Word plainly reveals the : “Hear, 0 Israel, [three or more persons] is one JEHOVAH.’ Therefore, man began with a belief in one God and later degenerated into the depths “and changed the glory of the into an image made like to , and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things” ().


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