Tradition Trumps Truth: Jehovah - The Recovery's Misnomer - Tomes

[aron]

I'ts interesting the way the RecV introduction presents it in shades of Hebrews 10: "we don't shrink back" from declaring the name Jehovah, as if every other choice were morally deficient.

How many times did Jesus declare the name Jehovah in the NT, anyway? Even when saying, "I've given them Your name" in John 17, Jesus didn't utter the Name. Did He and his followers deliberately suppress it, only to have the Name unearthed by the Final Prophet for the New and True Church? Seems that way, reading the presentation. "We don't shrink back" from God's present oracle, which is whatever Our Brother thinks today. Whether or not it's founded on anything resembling objective reality is incidental; it's God's present speaking.

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by aron

I'ts interesting the way the RecV introduction presents it in shades of Hebrews 10: "we don't shrink back" from declaring the name Jehovah, as if every other choice were morally deficient.

The following is taken directly from the JW's website:

Why Are We Called Jehovah’s Witnesses?

It identifies our God. According to ancient manuscripts, God’s name, Jehovah, appears thousands of times in the Bible. In many translations this name has been replaced by titles, such as Lord or God. Yet, the true God had revealed himself to Moses by his personal name, Jehovah, saying: “This is my name forever.” (Exodus 3:15) In this way, he distinguished himself from all false gods. We are proud to bear God’s holy name.

Doesn't this line of reasoning sound familiar? Actually, the introduction to the OT RcV basically uses the same logic to justify the use of 'Jehovah'. It is ironic indeed.