It can be obtained by contacting jehovah s witnesses in your local area or at the official website. To call on gods name in prayer is to appeal to that aspect of his character that relates to. The nations are somehow lured by satanic forces to join the battle. The forums in the christian congregations category are now open only to christian members. Book of the wars of the lord jewish virtual library. Among the historical records are some you mentioned. The first song quoted is an excerpt from a book called the book of the wars of the lord, or more elegantly and accurately, the book of yhwhs battles, which is quoted to attest the fact that the border between the amorites and the moabites was the arnon stream verse. Russell, their founder, advised his followers that members of christs church would be raptured in 1878, and by 1914 christ would destroy the nations and establish his kingdom on earth. Wars of jehovah, book of the watchtower online library. Waheb in suphah, and the wadis of the arnon, and the slope of the wadis that extends to the site of ar and leans to the border of moab. The book of the wars of the lord babs adewunmi, day time. The sabbath of jehovah is not now, by the majority, called holy and honorable.
You can do this in confidence because each of gods names in scripture reveals an aspect of his nature suited to the need of the moment. My life as a jehovah s witnesses part two a closer examination of significant factors the purpose of this book first of all, i sincerely hope that neither my words nor my experiences will be interpreted as some kind of revenge, or the result of any bitter feelings, or a witchhunt aimed at jehovah s witnesses. Book of the wars of yahweh biblical literature britannica. The book of the wars of the lord babs adewunmi, day time meditations duration. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against. Waheb in suphah and the wadis of the arnon, 15 even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of ar and. Jw files research on jehovahs witnesses watchtower. Christian mysticism the seven primordial spirits of god. Flavius josephus the wars of the jews or history of. At the same time, it is our hope that jehovah s wit nesses themselves might read this book and become free of watch tower bondage.
The title suggests that the book contained songs celebrating the victories of the israelites led by yhwh, and it seems, therefore, to have been similar to the book of jasher or possibly even identical with it, though there is no evidence to support the latter hypothesis. Praying through the names of god is a tool you can use to call on the name of god for a specific need. By means of him, jehovah will make a name for himself surpassing anything in the past as described in the book of the wars of jehovah or in the hebrew scriptures of the holy bible. I grew up in a traditional jehovah s witness household for some time and as far as i know, ever since the formation of the watchtower bible and tract society in the early 20th century, jehovah s witnesses have not participated in any war. That hope will be made difficult by the fact that this book has been banned, even before it is published, by the edict of watch tower policy. Permission given for internet distribution by the author dated july 18, 2009 provided textual integrity maintained. I just read about a book titled the book of the wars of the lord and its said to be a book written by god directly or indirectly, that would fall into the same category as the bible. The blue letter bible ministry and the blb institute hold to the historical, conservative christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of scripture. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Since 1876, jehovah s witnesses have believed that they are living in the last days of the present world. Mans technological knowledge remained basically the same up until 1934 when the computer came into existence. Help others learn about the greatest man our kingdom ministry1993 make known the name of jehovah kingdom ministry1972 use new book to help others. They write, there was, therefore, a time when jehovah was all alone in universal space let god be true, p. From the title, the book of the wars of the lord, some assume that this was a book about battles in which the lord fought or perhaps were fought on his behalf.
This time, they would tear down the walls of jerusalem and. Entry for wars of yahweh the lord, book of the international standard bible encyclopedia one of 8 bible encyclopedias freely available, the isbe is hailed for its authoritative explanations of every significant word, person and place. We all know how dangerous it is to explain a passage apart from its context, and to what erroneous conclusions such a practice is likely to lead. This name, the tetragrammaton of the greeks, was held by the later jews to be so sacred that it was never pronounced except by the high priest on the great day of atonement, when he entered into the most holy place. Being alone, the first creative act of jehovah was to create his son. The book is comprised of dreams revealed to the author, dreams to help keep him on the path of obedience and to.
So it looks like the way this article is named is in line with normal scholarly practice. Therefore it stands written in the book of the wars of jehovah. The book is probably a collection of early israelite war songs including hymns of victory, curses, mocking songs, and other literary genres recounting the victories of yahweh, the god of israel, over his enemies. Known as jehovah, the watchtower considers him to be the only true eternal god, the almighty. Society of jehovah s witnesses is not an innocuous christian variation. Grand assembly of the anunnaki court of the elohim.
The book is probably a collection of early israelite war songs including hymns of victory, curses, mocking songs, and other literary genres. From there they set out and camped on the other side of the arnon, which is in the desert and bounding the amorite territory. Book of wars against jehovih of gods labors in atmospherea. It should be called the book of the upright as the hebrew article ha doesnt appear before proper names. And thy ministers joyous, in air spirits of the blue fields ethereal, happy dwellers of her green rej oicing vales, the mountains, and the waves, in company come. Nuclear wars prophesied in the book of yahweh for this generation think on this. The book of jasher sepher hayyashar was made reference to in 2 samuel 1. Analysis of the adjustments for the book revelationits grand climax at hand. In the last chapter of the secondtolast book of the hebrew scriptures, an international attack against jerusalem is foretold. However, hebrew books were often named by the first word or phrase in the book and were not a summary of the book s contents.
And what can we learn by comparing it to another ancient book mentioned in the bible, sefer hayashar the book of the upright. Jehovah god will use his son, christ jesus, to muster an angelic army to war against the combined forces of all the wicked rulers of the earth. A lot happened in parsha chukath, and it all has to do with the socalled end of days, the next 9 years. Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the lord, what he did in the red sea, and in the brooks of arnon, and at the stream of the brooks. The book, draw close to jehovah is a more recent book published by jehovah s witnesses about jehovah s qualities and ways as revealed in the bible. Now the arnon is the border between the moabites and the amorites. But, it explains the fights and wars that moses and joshua fought through against the israelites to get to the h. In this message, kim pitner hits upon many fold areas of spiritual warfare, and speaks about what the scripture has to say about the book of the wars of the. The book of the wars of the lord ancient mysteries. You may recall that this passage caused us no little. In this message, kim pitner hits upon many fold areas of spiritual warfare, and speaks about what the scripture has to say about the book of the. The numerical value of the book of the wars of the lord bspr mlchmt yhvh is split into the first 2 words of numerical value 860 or 10 x 86, the value of the name of gd that reflects spiritual judgment, elohim and the tetragrammaton yhvh of numerical value 26.
The wars detailed here are the wars to guard what the lord has won. One of the several books no longer extant which are mentioned in the ot and which played an important, if somewhat obscure, part in israels literary history. Book of the wars of the lord jewish studies at rutgers. The nations will have to know that i am jehovahezekiel. The doctrine of the books referred to in the old testament. The following is an analysis of the adjustments for the book revelationits grand climax at hand.
The book of yahweh shows that knowledge would be increased in this generation. Approximately 15,000 children under the age of fifteen were brought here. The journey to moab from there they moved on and camped on the other side of the arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the amorite territory. See our kingdom ministry, september 2006 to summarize the adjustments. The only extant piece contains a fragmented geographical note which is very obscure. This isnt the book of the wars of the lord mentioned in numbers 21. Analysis of the adjustments for the book revelationits. It had been almost ten years since their last invasion. Perhaps the book of the wars of jehovah discloses the war between jehovah yahweh enlil and lord enki and reveals what came to pass that led to yahweh jehovah taking control of the israelites when the bush spoke to moses on mt sainai.
Wars of yahweh the lord, book of the international. The book is a collection of the pictures and poetry of children who were brought to the terezin concentration camp. The play is adapted from the book of the same name see below. Wars of yahweh the lord book of the content disclaimer. Book of the wars of yahweh, lost document referred to and quoted in the old testament num. The coming finale of the book of the wars of jehovah. Analysis of the history and doctrine of jehovah s witnesses by a christian evangelist. Excerpt from the wars of jehovah, in heaven, earth, and hell. Christian members please remember to read the statement of purpose threads for each forum within christian congregations before posting in the forum. Free online bible library book of wars of the lord.
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