Comments on: Jehovah and the World of the OT http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/ A Mormon Blog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:11:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eric R. http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/#comment-168984 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:35:44 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=13447#comment-168984 Thanks for the helpful reviews and comments.
My meager reading on the Documentary Hypothesis includes “Who Wrote the Bible?” by Friedman ( http://www.amazon.com/Wrote-Bible-Richard-Elliott-Friedman/dp/0060630353/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260851541&sr=8-1 ) and various works by Barker. Each time I delve, I am struck by the circular reasoning in the argument but I am also intrigued by the issues the DH is trying to confront.

]]> By: Bill http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/#comment-167015 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:04:51 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=13447#comment-167015 J. Stapley- There is much information to support what was stated. You may check the above quotes yourself here. http://www.boap.orgLDS/HistoryHistory_of_the_Church

Eg.
3 Jehovah, God the Father’s one,
Another, His Eternal Son,
The Spirit does with them agree,
The witnesses in heaven are three. Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints p. 295, no. 262 verse #3.

Scripture highlights that the Lord Jesus is Jehovah’s servant and not Jehovah imself. Isa 28:16 reads,
“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD [JEHOVAH], Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone [Jesus], a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.” (Compare Ephesians 2:20, Acts 4:11, 1 Peter 2:6) Psalm 110:1 says: “The LORD [JEHOVAH] said unto my Lord[Jesus], Sit thou at my right hand,until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” “LORD” (less common GOD), in capital letters, is ALWAYS the tetragram commonly pronounced Jehovah. “Lord” , with
only the first letter capitalized, is adhohn, adhonai or a form of these words in the KJV. Pslam 110 is quoted many times in the NT. All of which show that Jesus is not
Jehovah but he is at Jehovah’s right hand. See Matt 22:43,44; Luke 20:42; Mark 12:35,36; Acts 2:34-36 etc.

]]> By: Molly Bennion http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/#comment-166919 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:53:26 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=13447#comment-166919 One more item on the Christmas list. Thanks, Jeff.

]]> By: Jeff Bradshaw http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/#comment-166916 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:54:15 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=13447#comment-166916 Molly, just noticed your question about the book of Moses commentary (In God’s Image and Likeness). Kevin, thank you for being one of the first readers to brave the early manuscript, and for your encouragement.

Molly, you mentioned a springtime publication date–the reality is, however, that I just got a few advance copies of the book for reviewers, and the rest of the copies should arrive in SLC and be on the shelves by Christmas. You can already pre-order at Amazon. More information on the book can be found at http://www.imageandlikeness.net.

Thanks again for the comments, and let me know if you have any more questions about the project…

]]> By: Steve Evans http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/#comment-166911 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06:54 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=13447#comment-166911 But J., he said “thus”! QED.

]]> By: J. Stapley http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/#comment-166910 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:18:27 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=13447#comment-166910 Actually Bill, the development of the idea that Jesus and Jehovah are the same individual in Mormon thought is fairly well documented. Your drive-by quotes (notice there is no context or even mention of who said them) are part of this history, with which most of the readers here are aware.

]]> By: Bill http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/#comment-166909 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:59:17 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=13447#comment-166909 “We believe in God the Father, who is the great Jehovah and head of all things, and that Christ is the Son of God, co-eternal with the Father; yet he is our Savior,
Redeemer, King, and Great Prototype;… and is now seated at the right hand of the Father.” – Times and Seasons 3 (1 November 1841): 578.
The Lord (Jehovah) hath spoken through Isaiah (xiii: 1), saying, “Behold my servant whom I uphold–mine elect in whom my soul delighteth;” evidently referring to the
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, chosen, or elected by the Father. (I Peter i:20). History of the Church Vol. 4, Ch. 14, p. 256

Thus the history of the church teaches that Jehovah and Jesus are separate persons.

]]> By: Carol http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/#comment-166769 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:46:21 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=13447#comment-166769 If we carefully studied Jehovah, the God of the Old Testament, we would reverently call him “Almighty God” and less frequently refer to Him as merely our Elder Brother.

]]> By: Ben http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/#comment-166748 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:10:40 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=13447#comment-166748 My review is up now.

]]> By: Nitsav http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/15/jehovah-and-the-world-of-the-ot/#comment-166725 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:55 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=13447#comment-166725 Let me just echo Kevin. It’s amazing that that much got through the editors at Deseret Book. Even when content is explicitly faith-promoting, they are quite free with the red pen there. A large section of another book (quite faith-promoting) was cut recently as well.

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