Jehovahs witnesses is a millenarian restorationist christian denomination with nontrinitarian. Jehovahs witnesses accept jesus, not only as a great prophet but as the son of god, and having had a prehuman existence. He gives everyone the opportunity to learn about him. The moon under her feet reads like a novel but incorporates a great deal of research into the events surrounding the life and death of jesus and the beginnings of the christian faith. May 04, 2017 instead, jehovahs witnesses believe that jesus is distinct from god not united as one person with him. The group reports a worldwide membership of approximately 8. Simply click on a link to view or download a publication. Jehovah witnesses the proof is all around us 2 mp4 youtube. It is near, and there is a hurrying of it very much. Every full moon the egyptians sacrificed a pig to him.
One muslim apologist confessed that the idol of moon god hubal was placed upon the roof of the kaba about 400 years before muhammad. The apostle paul mentions others who worshipped jehovah acceptably such men as noah, abraham, and jacob. Archaeological photo gallery of the arabian moongod. This publication considers how these prophecies will be fulfilled and how they involve us. And of his signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. If there is found in your midst, in any of your towns, which the lord your god is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the lord your god, by transgressing his covenant, and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the heavenly host, which i have not commanded, and if it is told you and you have heard of it, then you.
The arabs may have referred to hubal as allah, just like jews would refer to jehovah as the god. The spacious road, or the wrong way to worship god, leads to death. In 1996 janet parshall, in syndicated radio broadcasts, asserted that muslims worship. Worship books top 20 books on worship for worship leaders. What four key elements make worship acceptable to god. In mythology, a lunar deity is a god or goddess of the moon, sometimes as a personification.
History proves conclusively that before islam came into existence, the sabbeans in arabia worshipped the moongod allah who was married to the sungoddess. Why dont jehovahs witnesses celebrate certain holidays. Archaeologists have dug up numerous statues and hieroglyphic inscriptions in which a crescent moon was seated on top of the head of the deity to symbolize the worship of the moon god. Dec 29, 2012 the theory that followers of islam worship the moon god isnt any more advantageous precise than pretend claims that christians worship the sunlight or son god or that christians prepare pagan worship at the same time as they have a good time christmas. Jehovahs witnesses are directed by the governing body of jehovahs witnesses, a group of elders. Although some books look like duplicates, they are not. For the fathers such as origen or clemens alexandrinus the moon was jehovah s living symbol. Jw broadcasting original song lyrics home facebook.
She grew up in or near haran, a city in mesopotamia. At some point in their lives, each of these patriarchs offered jehovah a sacrifice, and god approved their gifts. Yehovahjehovah satan ahayahyashiya israelites unite. Jehovahs witnesses are best known for their doortodoor preaching, distributing literature such as the watchtower and awake. The true worshippers, said jesus, will worship the father with spirit and truth. The city of ur, abrahams home, was dominated by a temple honoring the moongod nanna. The pantheon came to have a number of triads of gods, or deities. Oct 03, 2014 videos on this my channel are not all created by myself, due to so many copies around, its hard to find the original owner.
The muslims claim that allah in preislamic times was the biblical god of the patriarchs, prophets, and apostles. The sacredness of the moon has been connected with the basic rhythms of life and the universe. However as true christians all glory and praise should go to jehovah and. This statement shows that abraham set yahweh above and apart from the moon god. One such was ur in mesopotamia with nanna as patroness. The symbol of the worship of the moon god in arabian culture and elsewhere throughout the middle east was the crescent moon. In his first book release, respected worship leader and songwriter matt redman writes. The crescent moon is the most common symbol of this pagan moon worship as far back as 2000 bc. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate.
Jehovahs witnesses meet three times a week for worship. Smith hallelujah, hallelujah, for our lord god almighty reign hallelujah, hallelujah, for our lord god almighty reign hallelujah, holy, holy are you lord god. When we open the eyes of our heart, god s revelation comes flying at us from so many different angles. Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies. In greek mythology, he is the lover of aphrodite and persephone. At that time joshua spoke to the lord in the day when the lord gave the amorites over. The claim that allah the name of god in islam historically originates as a moon god worshipped in preislamic arabia originates in early 20thcentury scholarship, most prominently advocated by american evangelicals from the 1990s. Worship jesus jehovahs witnesses worshipped jesus until 1954, after which they were told such worship was idolatrous. It is jehovah your god you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service. Even in mesopotamia, the moon was the chief astral deity at this time, according to thorkild jacobsen the treasures of darkness, new haven. The bible book of ezekiel contains many prophecies that focus on the restoration of pure worship, a prominent. From new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the lord.
Celebrations and religious holidays that displease god. Through the prophet moses, jehovah god gave the israelites a set of laws that taught them how to worship god acceptably. There are a number of scholars who believe that allah, was originally the name of the moon god of northern arabia. So allah is the generic and hubal, may have been the actual name, in the same way that the god is generic and jehovah is the name. Jehovahs witnesses teach that the trinity is an apostate doctrine borrowed or adapted from pagan religious beliefs in triads of gods. Because of its size and also because of the events which accompanied the first appearance of the moon, many ancient peoples regarded the moon as the chief of the two luminaries. Jehovahs witness historical worship of jesus until 1954. The revelation of god is the fuel for the fire of our worship. Even abrahams own father at one time worshipped false gods. The publications of jehovahs witnesses are organized into the year that the works were published, and in descending order. It is important to remember that the word allah simply means the god and corresponds to ho theos in the greek new testament as the god which refers to the father in john 1.
There multitudes sleep during the summer the land and the book, p. This teaching is repeated in the chick tracts allah had no son and the little bride. By new moon worship day we here mean the new moon worship day mentioned in isaiah chapter 66 which will be kept for eternity. In general, however, the moon has been the basis for many amorous legends and some superstitions madmen were once considered to be moonstruck, hence the term lunatic and is particularly important in the practice. Worship the only true god book watchtower online library. While the god of islam is allah arabic for god, jehovahs witnesses refer to god by his personal name as revealed in the bible. The author starts from the wellknown reference in the quran and the early islamic histories to the people of harran as sabians, one of the peoples of the book. In mecca, there was a god named hubal who was lord of the kabah. It is a research tool for publications in various languages produced by jehovahs witnesses. Jehovah yahweh encyclopedia volume catholic online. These deities can have a variety of functions and traditions depending upon the culture, but they are often related.
Another triad was that of the moongod sin, the sungod shamash, and the fertility goddess ishtar. The core to religion is god, and to change the god you worship is to change the very essence and basis of the religion. When he opened the sixth seal, i looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like. Consider what the ancient pag an arabians did to worship their moon god allah. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the lord comes. The religion of islam has as its focus of worship a deity by the name of allah. These names reveal the personal devotion that muhammads pagan family had to the worship of allah, the moon god op. The moon god archaeology of the moon god part 5 salt. This book is a somewhat updated version of an early 1980s book, united in worship of the only true god that jehovahs witnesses used as a bible study aid. However, the doctrine of the trinity owed nothing to pagan triads of deities and was formulated by christians on the basis of the teachings of scripture. When a person then combines these forms into iashua or yahshua they have made the moon god the sky god. Moon worship, adoration or veneration of the moon, a deity in the moon, or a personification or symbol of the moon. The sun was of smaller importance than the moon in the eyes of the babylonian astrologers. The god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the christ, who is the image of god, might not shine through.
To judge from canaanite placenames of the earliest period, such as jericho and beityerach, as well as from nonsemitic personal and place names of the 2nd millennium bc, the cult of the sun god and moon god or goddess was at its height in very early times and steadily declined thereafter w. Worship by the book quotes showing 110 of 10 although there are things that can be done to enhance corporate worship, there is a profound sense in which excellent worship cannot be attained merely by pursuing excellent worship. However, the apostle paul, though a jew by birth, put christianity and his worship to god ahead of nationalism. This is the worship day as it was set up at creation and will be kept by god s people in the new earth according to isaiah and the book of revelation see 22. The moon has played a prominent spiritual role since the dawn of man, and ancestral memory can be strong. The sun planets idolatry consists of moon sky worship of the sun the moon and beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the lord your god has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. The author unravels strands of religious tradition in harran that run from the old semitic planetary cults through hellenistic hermeticism, gnosticism, and neopythagoreanism and. Dates and emblems only have the importance that human beings connect to them of their. God is spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth vv. The old testament consistently rebuked the worship of the moon god deuteronomy 4. Jehovahs witnesses do not use symbols as part of their worship or as a holy icon.
Robert morey s book the moongod allah in the archeology of the middle east claims that aluzza is identical in origin to hubal, whom he asserts to be a lunar deity. Popular worship books meet your next favorite book. First, they believe the bibles original translations. Planets idolatry consists of moon sky idolatrous worship of the moon stars the moon and beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the lord your god has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. Jericho was probably at some point a center for moon worship. Don carson, mark ashton, kent hughes, and tim keller have each provided a chapter to the book.
Another triad was that of the moongod sin, the sungod shamash, and the. They reject the use of the cross for several reasons. What are the differences between islam and jehovah. See more ideas about, jehovahs witnesses and jehovah. Its organized topically with verses assigned to chapters dealing with the resurrection hope, god s kingdom, baptism, practicing godly devotion at home, and understanding jesus role in the. Worship by the book is an attempt by four men to bring such questions back to the forefront, to teach pastors again how to think carefully and theologically about corporate worship. Meetings begin with a public lecture, followed by study of a biblical theme. Jehovahs witnesses is a millenarian restorationist christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream christianity. In light of this, were going to examine biblical and secular documents to find out more about the jewish god, jehovah, and were going to see, just from the evidence, if this is the god of the ancient israelites and whether or not you, a hebrew and descendant of yacob, should call on the name of this god. This is an authorized web site of jehovahs witnesses.
Ancient cities were dedicated to moon worship, having the moon as their patron god. In egypt the babylonian female ia or ya was changed into a male god and the female god was named shua and made the sky god. This 1983 publication of the watchtower bible and tract society jehovahs witnesses is of the 4x6, 190page format they favored for most books since the 1960s. Them that worship and that, etc rather, the worshippers who, etc. They reject trinitarianism, inherent immortality of the soul, and hellfire, which they consider to.
They consider the use of gods name vital for proper worship. In arabic, the word for god is ilaha and the muslim god s name isall. The monthly cycle of the moon, in contrast to the annual cycle of the suns path, has been implicitly linked to womens menstrual cycles by many cultures, as evident in the links between the words for menstruation and for moon in many resultant languages, though this identification was not universal as demonstrated by the fact that not all moon deities are female. The moon was frequently equated with wisdom and justice, as in the worship of the egyptian god thoth and the mesopotamian god sin. The captive israelites in egypt wished to worship god, but could not freely do so in the midst of their egyptian captors, who were steeped in false religion. On the full moon nearest november 1, they celebrated the festival of samhain. You often hear that allah is just the arabic word for god. One such triad was composed of anu the god of the sky, enlil the god of the earth, air, and storm, and ea the god presiding over the waters. The bible book of ezekiel contains many prophecies that focus on the restoration of pure worship, a prominent bible theme. As a consideration of the book of ezekiel shows, he served jehovah exclusively, gave. When the people did what those laws, commonly called the mosaic law, required, they were accepted by god as his people and were blessed by him.
With an initial pressing of 2,000,000 copies, it was intended for fairly wide distribution. Theres a reason the moon catches your eye at night, and its not just because its shiny. The holy spirit, then, refers to gods active power. Her parents were different from most people in haran. His decision to worship god alone was settled in genesis 17, when. Keeping in mind that at that time in a friend turned me onto this book years ago. James in his book the cult of the mothergoddess 1959, p. A widespread phenomenon, appearing in various eras and cultures, moon worship has engendered a rich symbolism and mythology the moon is viewed in terms of the rhythmic life of the. This made them a polytheistic religion for most of their history. They consider the use of god s name vital for proper worship. A widespread phenomenon, appearing in various eras and cultures, moon worship has engendered a rich symbolism and mythology.
Did you offer me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, o house of israel. This one true god is the father, the son and the holy spirit. Some form of moon worship can be found in most ancient religions. Jw printables free printables for jehovahs witnesses. Dear muslim friend, instead of worshipping a false moon god called allah, you should worship the god of the patriarchs, prophets, and apostles.
Why the new moon worship day is important to christians. Religions and cultures of moon worship great dreams. He came to be worshiped in greece under the title of hermes trismegistus hermes thrice greatest. Then he showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of god and of the lamb.
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