Magkatulad ang Katuruan Ngunit Magkaiba ang Inaanibang Iglesia: Iglesia Ni Cristo® vs Saksi Ni Jehova

Originally posted at Iglesia ni Cristo 33AD blog

Kaawa-awang isipin na sa kabila ng pagkakaroon ng halos parehong katuruan ang Saksi ni Jehova na tatag ni Charles Taze Russell (Naiparehistro sa gobyerno ng USA noong 1884) at ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® na tatag ni Felix Manalo (Naiparehistro sa gobyerno ng USA-Pilipinas noong 1914) ay HINDI pa rin MAGKASUNDO sa kung alin sa kanilang dalawa ang tunay na tatag ni Cristo?

Bukod sa ang kanilang mga tagapagtatag (Charles T. Russell at Felix Manalo) ay nagtatalo kung sino ba talaga sa kanilang dalawa ang TUNAY na mga SUGO raw ng Diyos, sa kanilang mga katuruan, parehong-pareho ang kanilang turo na si raw CRISTO AY TAO LAMANG at kailanman ay HINDI naging DIYOS.

Sa lathala ng mga Saksi ay ganito ang sinasabi:

"Hindi kailanman inangkin ni Jesus na siya'y Diyos, ngunit inamin niya na siya ang ipinangakong Mesiyas, o Kristo. Sinabi rin niya na siya ang "Anak ng Diyos," hindi ang Diyos." (Ang Pinakadakilang Tao na Nabuhay Kailanman, p. 8-9)

Sa lathala naman ng INC™ sa kanilang opisyal na magasing Pasugo ay ganito:

“TAO rin ang kalagayan ng ating Panginoon Jesucristo sa Kanyang muling pagparito sa araw ng paghuhukom. Hindi nagbabago ang Kanyang kalagayan. Hindi Siya naging Diyos kailanman! TAO ng ipinanganak, TAO ng lumaki na at nangangaral, TAO ng mabuhay na mag-uli, TAO nang umakyant sa langit, TAO nang nasa langit na nakaupo sa kanan ng Diyos, at TAO rin Siya na muling paririto.” -PASUGO, Enero, 1964, p. 13 (Sinulat ni Emiliano Agustin)

Pero ayon sa Biblia, sinabi mismo ni Apostol San Pablo sa kanyang Sulat sa mga taga-Filipos na si Cristo sa KALAGAYAN ng Tao ay nasa kanya ang KALIKASAN ng pagka-Diyos.  Ang sabi niya, si CRISTO AY NASA ANYONG DIYOS, bagay na di niya inangkin, bagkus KANYANG HINUBAD.

"Mangagkaroon kayo sa inyo ng pagiisip, na ito'y na kay Cristo Jesus din naman: Na siya, bagama't nasa anyong Dios..." (Filipos 2:5-6)

Napakalinaw! Si Cristo ay NASA ANYONG DIYOS ngunit HINDI NIYA INANGKIN ang pagka-Diyos. Kaya't sa kanyang KALAGAYAN bilang TAO, siya ay nasusumpungan sa kanyang mga sinasalita na siya ay totoong Tao nga naman, NGUNIT HINDI NIYA SINABING "TAO LAMANG" siya! 

Si Hesus ay NAGPAKABABA. Siya ay NAGING MASUNURIN. Masunuring hanggang sa kamatayan. Hindi lamang natural na kamatayan kundi isang bukod tanging uri ng KAMATAYAN ~ ang kamatayan sa Krus.

Dahil dito, DINAKILA ng DIYOS AMA ang DIYOS ANAK sa Kanyang habang siya ay nasa KALAGAYAN ng TAO sapagkat naging masunurin at GINAMPANAN ang plano ng Ama para sa kaligtasan ng sanlibutan.

"Kaya siya naman ay pinakadakila ng Dios, at siya'y binigyan ng pangalang lalo sa lahat ng pangalan;  Upang sa pangalan ni Jesus ay iluhod ang lahat ng tuhod, ng nangasa langit, at ng nangasa ibabaw ng lupa, at ng nangasa ilalim ng lupa, At upang ipahayag ng lahat ng mga dila na si Jesuc isto ay Panginoon, sa ikaluluwalhati ng Dios Ama!" (Filipos 2:9-11)

Nawala ba ang pagka-Diyos ni Cristo noong siya ay nagkatawang-tao?  Hindi!

Sinabi ba ng Banal na Aklat na si Cristo ay Tao LAMANG?! Hindi!

Sinabi ba ng Biblia na si Cristo ay LALANG (created) ng Diyos Ama? Hindi!

Ang pagka-Diyos ni Cristo ay hindi naman parang isang damit na kapag hinuhubad ay nawawala. ang kanyang KALIKASAN bilang DIYOS ay hindi parang isang mantsa (stain) na kapag nilagyan ng bleach ay nawala na. 

Ang pagiging Diyos ni Cristo ay ang KANYANG KALIKASAN at ang Kanyang PAGIGING TAO ay Kanyang pinili ngunit kailanman ay HINDI nawala ang kanyang pagka-DIYOS mula bago pa lalangin ang sanlibutan hanggang sa kanyang pagparitong muli ay ang kanyang KALAGAYAN. 

Sa maikling salita, si Cristo ay TAO sa kalagayan ngunit DIYOS sa kalikasan! Totoong Diyos at Totoong Tao!

"At ngayon, Ama, luwalhatiin mo ako sa iyo rin ng kaluwalhatiang aking tinamo sa iyo bago ang sanglibutan ay naging gayon." -Juan 17:5

"...bago pa lalangin si Abraham, ako ay ako na!" -Juan 8:58

Halos mahigit 2,000 ang tanda ni Abraham kay Jesus ngunit sabi ng Hesus ay NAROON na siya bago pa man lalangin si Abraham.  

Kung Tao Lamang si Hesus, hindi niya aangkinin ang kanyang pag-iral (existence) 2,000 taon bago pa isilang si Hesus sa kalagayan bilang tao.

Ang sagot naman ng mga INC™ riyan ay si Hesus raw ay PLANO (Verbo) ng Ama kaya't ang plano raw ng Ama ay ang nagkatawang tao at hindi si Hesus (Juan 1:1-3).

Ngunit ang kanilang argumentong ito ay matutunaw sa sinag ng katotohanan ng Biblia. Sapagkat ang sabi ng Biblia ay ang VERBO AY DIYOS (Juan 1:1) ay NAGKATAWANG-TAO (Juan 1:14). At ang VERBONG DIYOS na ito na NAGKATAWANG TAO ay walang iba kundi si Jesus.

"Sapagkat nagkalat sa daigdig ang maraming mandaraya na ataw kumilala na SI JESUCRISTO AY NAGKATAWANG-TAO; ganyan nga ang mandaraya at ang anti-Cristo." -2 Juan 1:7

Kahindik-hindik nga naman ang mga tampalasan, mga sinungaling at mga mandaraya! Mga manlilinlang! Mga kalaban ni Cristo ~ mga ANTI-CRISTO!

Kaya't sa mga sumusuri, huwag magpalinlang. Huwag hayaan ang kanilang mga kasinungalingan at kamangmangan na sumakop sa inyong pananampalataya sa Iglesia Katolika! Sapagkat bago pa sila ay TAYO NA! Sila ay sulpot na mga manlilinlang tulad ng mga hula ng Biblia. Mapagmasid, magdasal upang hindi matangay at mag-aral ng Banal na Biblia ayon sa UNAWA ng Santa Iglesia at hindi ng mga bulaang propeta na ginagamit ang kanilang maling unawa upang ipaliwanag ang Banal na Kasulatan.

MABUHAY PO ANG DIYOS AMA, ANAK AT ESPIRITU SANTO! MABUHAY ANG BANAL NA SANTATLO! MABUHAY ANG NAG-IISANG DIYOS AT ANG KANYANG BANAL NA IGLESIA KATOLIKA!

Mga Saksi Ni Jehova Di Alam Kung Bakit may 66 Aklat ang Kanilang "New World Translation" Bible

Originally posted at: Iglesia ni Cristo 33 A.D. blog

Kalat sa mga kalye at mga matataong lugar ang mga mangangaral na mga "Saksi" o mga "Jehovah's Witnesses". Kadalasan dalawa o higit pa ang namimigay ng kanilang libreng babasahin.

Isa sa kanilang libreng aklat na pinamimigay ay ang "What Does the Bible Really Teach?" 

At ang mumunting aklat na ito ay isinalin sa maraming wika.  

Ang Tagapag-tatag ng mga Saksi Ni Jehovah

Katulad ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® sa Pilipinas na tinatag ni Felix Y. Manalo, ang Jehovah's Witnesses ay itinatag ni Charles Taze Russel noong 1870 sa Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. bilang isang samahan ng mga mag-aaral sa kolehiyo.

Hindi sila kilala sa pangalang "Jehovah's Witnesses" sa pasimula ng kanilang samahan. Kundi  sa pangalang Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society.

Noong mamatay si Ginoong Russel ( October 31, 1916) sa edad na 64, nagkaroon ng pagkawatak-watak ang kanyang samahan.

Unang pagkawatak-watak ay naitala noong 1909 na tinawag ang grupo ng mga tumiwalag na Free Bible Students.

Nagkaroon ng pangalawang pagkawatak-watak noong 1916, 1919 na tinawag ang kanilang grupo bilang Layman's Home Missionary Movement at Associated Bible Students.

Pangatlong pagkawatak-watak ay naganap noong 1928 at 1931 kung saan umanib ang grupo ng Associated Bible Students sa Free Bible Students o ang mga kaanib sa Free Bible Students umanib sa Associated Bible Students o bumalik sa mainstream Watch Tower group.

Sa pagkamatay ng kanilang tagapagtatag, naiwan ang malaking bahagi ng WathTower Society at nang mga ari-arian sa pamamahala ni Joseph Franklin Rutherford na siyang dahilan ng PAGPAPALIT ng pangalang "JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES" hango sa Isaiah 43:10-12.

Ang pangalang "Jehovah"

Ayon sa mga eksperto sa wikang Hebreo, ang salitang "Jehovah" raw ay isang kamalian sapagkat hindi ito pangalan o wikang Hebreo;

Si Bro. Duane Cartujano na dalubhasa sa wikang Hebreo ay ganito ang sinasabi:

“Jehovah” is based on the form in the medieval vocalized Masoretic Text: the consonants of YHWH and the vowels of Adonai (AdOnAi) reduced A-vowel (“e”), long O, and long A). The first “a” in adonai is a shewah. 

“Jehovah” is not a name or a Hebrew word. It is a conflation of YHWH and Adonai. 

It is the (uneducated) combination of “the consonants of YHVH with the vowels of AdOnAi.” 

“Jehovah” is not a word; it is an erroneous mix of two different words by people who know Elementary Hebrew but not much else and see that combination in the vocalized Masoretic Text and presume that the form with those consonants and those vowels is the correct name but is simply is not. 

Jehovah is incorrect; it is a mixture of qere (aDONAI) & kethiv (YHWH): the consonants of YHVH with the vowels of AdOnAi (the MT vocalizes the four consonants as if “adonai” to keep one from pronouncing the name).

Ang maling pagtawag sa pangalan ng Diyos bilang "Jehovah" ay inamin mismo ng Jehovah's Witnesses sa kanilang 1950 unang edition ng The New World Translation ayon sa The New World Translation Bible Committee ng JW. Ganito ang pagkasulat:

“While inclining to the very pronunciation “Yahweh” as the more correct way, we have retained the form “Jehovah” because of people’s familiarity with it since the 14th century. Moreover, it preserves, equally with other forms, the letters of the tetragrammaton JHVH.”

What Does the Bible Teaches?

Kung sa pangalan pa lamang ng kanilang samahan ay MALING-MALI na at sila mismo ay UMAAMIN na MALI nga naman ang paggamit ng salitang "JEHOVAH", ano pang saysay at maniwala sa kanilang mga aral.

Halimbawa na lamang sa pahina 7 ng  nabanggit na aklat na "What Does the Bible Teaches?", sinasabi roon ang mga ganito:

Ang mga tanong na hindi nila kayang sagutin ay ganito:

• Saan sinabi ni Jehovah na may 66 lamang ang dapat na mga aklat at mga liham ang napapaloob sa Biblia?
• Saan nasusulat sa Biblia na sinabi ni Jehovah na dapat may mga kapitulo at versikulo ang mga talata at saknong ng Biblia?
• Saan sinabi ni Jehovah sa biblia na ang tawag sa Banal na Aklat ay "Biblia"?

Ang mga katanungang ito ay sadyang mahirap sagutin ng mga misyonero ng JW sapagkat tahimik maging ang kanilang saling biblia kung bakit may 66 books at nahahati sa kapitulo at versikulo ang kanilang mga biblia.

Anong basehan nila at 66 na mga aklat/sulat ang nasa kanilang The New World Translation?

Ang tanging sagot lamang na nasasambit nila ay mga "ISKOLAR" raw ng Biblia ang mga tumukoy kung alin ang mga aklat at sulat na dapat na bumubuo sa Biblia kaya't ito'y may 66 na aklat / sulat.

Hindi man nila matukoy kung sino-sino ang mga iskolar ng Biblia na nagpasya nito, ngunit madaling malaman sa pamamagitan ng kasaysayan.

Ang kasalukuyang listahan ng mga aklat sa bibliang gamit ng mga PROTESTANTE ay 66 lamang. Samantalang ang UNANG IGLESIA - ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA - na siyang nagpasya kung aling aklat/sulat ang karapat-dapat na bumubuo sa ating Biblia, sa pamamagitan ng kanyang taglay na otoridad nito mula sa ating Panginoong Jesus (Mt. 16:16-18) ay siyang nagpasya na ang BIBLIA ay binubuo ng 73 AKLAT.

Ayon sa Wikipedia ay ganito:

Irenaeus (died c. 202) quotes and cites 21 books that would end up as part of the New Testament, but does not use Philemon, Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 3 John and Jude. By the early 3rd century Origen of Alexandria may have been using the same 27 books as in the modern New Testament, though there were still disputes over the canonicity of Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, and Revelation (see also Antilegomena). Likewise by 200 the Muratorian fragment shows that there existed a set of Christian writings somewhat similar to what is now the New Testament, which included four gospels and argued against objections to them. Thus, while there was plenty of discussion in the Early Church over the New Testament canon, the "major" writings were accepted by almost all Christian authorities by the middle of the second century.

The next two hundred years followed a similar process of continual discussion throughout the entire Church, and localized refinements of acceptance. This process was not yet complete at the time of the First Council of Nicaea in 325, though substantial progress had been made by then. Though a list was clearly necessary to fulfill Constantine's commission in 331 of fifty copies of the Bible for the Church at Constantinople, no concrete evidence exists to indicate that it was considered to be a formal canon. In the absence of a canonical list, the resolution of questions would normally have been directed through the see of Constantinople, in consultation with Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea (who was given the commission), and perhaps other bishops who were available locally. 

In his Easter letter of 367, Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, gave a list of exactly the same books that would formally become the New Testament canon, and he used the word "canonized" (kanonizomena) in regard to them. The first council that accepted the present Catholic canon (the Canon of Trent) may have been the Synod of Hippo Regius in North Africa (393). The acts of this council, however, are lost. A brief summary of the acts was read at and accepted by the Council of Carthage (397) and the Council of Carthage (419). These councils took place under the authority of St. Augustine, who regarded the canon as already closed. Pope Damasus I's Council of Rome in 382, if the Decretum Gelasianum is correctly associated with it, issued a biblical canon identical to that mentioned above, or if not the list is at least a 6th-century compilation claiming a 4th-century imprimatur. Likewise, Damasus's commissioning of the Latin Vulgate edition of the Bible, c. 383, was instrumental in the fixation of the canon in the West. In 405, Pope Innocent I sent a list of the sacred books to a Gallic bishop, Exsuperius of Toulouse. When these bishops and councils spoke on the matter, however, they were not defining something new, but instead "were ratifying what had already become the mind of the church." Thus, from the 5th century onward, the Western Church was unanimous concerning the New Testament canon.

The last book to be accepted universally was the Book of Revelation, though with time all the Eastern Church also agreed. Thus, by the 5th century, both the Western and Eastern churches had come into agreement on the matter of the New Testament canon. The Council of Trent of 1546 reaffirmed that finalization for Catholicism in the wake of the Protestant Reformation.

Wala kayong mababasa sa itaas na MAY AMBAG ang mga Protestante sa Canon ng Biblia. Lahat ay Iglesia Katolika ang nagpasya kung alin sa mga aklat at sulat ang dapat na kabahagi ng Bagong Tipan.

At ito'y tinanggap ng lahat ng mga sumasampalataya sa loob ng 1,516 taon bago dumating ang PROTESTANTISMO noong 1517. At noong 1549 sinalaula ng Iglesia Protestante ang Banal na Kasulatan. Naglimbag ng kani-kanilang interpretasyong Biblia at marami sa ORIHINAL na salita ay binago upang mapalitan ang kahulugan at paka-ibig sabihin ng salita.

Dahilan ito ng salu-salungatang aral at turo na siyang nagbigay ng PAGKAWATAK-WATAK ng Kristianismo at naging dahilan ng PAGKALITO ng mga mananampalataya.  Maging sa dami ng mga versions ng Biblia, halos nabalahura na ang kabanalan ng Salita ng Diyos. 

Ang Saksi Ni Jehovah na may 66 aklat sa kanilang New World Translation Bible ay hindi orihinal. Limbag ng mga Protestante Authorized Version (King James), ang kanilang batayan sa kanilang New World Translation bible. Kaya't ang kanilang New World Translation version ay isang aklat na punung-puno ng maling aral dahil mali ang mga salin ng mga salita.

Ayon sa GotQuestions, ang NWT Bible ay tahasang pinalitan at binago ang mga salita sa biblia upang sumakto ito sa kanilang mga aral.

The New World Translation is unique in one thing – it is the first intentional, systematic effort at producing a complete version of the Bible that is edited and revised for the specific purpose of agreeing with a group's doctrine. The Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Watchtower Society realized that their beliefs contradicted Scripture. So, rather than conforming their beliefs to Scripture, they altered Scripture to agree with their beliefs.

Foreword ng NWT 1950 vs NWT 1985

Upang mapagtakpan ang kanilang sinabi sa Foreword 1950 NWT Bible, ang Jehovah’s Witnesses ay naglimbag ng panibagong edition (1985) at inalis ang mga Foreword na naisulat nila noong 1950.  Ngunit ang KATOTOHANAN ay NASABI na nila. 

Sa kabuuan, HINDI dapat PAGKATIWALAAN ang mga BULAANG mga SAKSI o mga SINUNGALING na SAKSI. 

Ayon sa KAWIKAAN 14:5  

“Ang tapat na saksi ay hindi magbubulaan: nguni't ang sinungaling na saksi ay nagbabadya ng mga kasinungalingan.”

Katulad ng Iglesia Ni Cristo®, ang Saksi Ni Jehovah ay hindi maituturing na mga Kristiano. Ito ay sapagkat taliwas sa paniniwala ng Unang Iglesia at ng mga Protestante (Lutheran et.al), na si Cristo ay Diyos.

YHWH: JEHOVAH? or YAHWEH?

Source: JWFacts

Almighty God was referred to by a number of names and titles in the Old Testament. Jews traditionally say there were seven names. One of these names was YHWH. The letters YHWH are named in Hebrew Yod-Heh-Waw-Heh. The Jewish Encyclopaedia states:

"Of the names of God in the Old Testament, that which occurs most frequently (6,823 times) is the so-called Tetragrammaton, Yhwh ( ), the distinctive personal name of the God of Israel. This name is commonly represented in modern translations by the form "Jehovah," which, however, is a philological impossibility." jewishencyclopedia.com (as of 25/09/2005)

Prior to the time of Jesus, mainline Judaism came to believe that YHWH, the divine name of God, was too sacred to be uttered, and the ineffable name stopped being uttered aloud. Because written Hebrew contained consonants but no vowels, it is now unknown exactly how YHWH was pronounced by ancient Jews. However, there is consensus by scholars that God's name was rendered as Yahuweh or Yahweh.

"There is almost universal consensus among scholars today that the sacred Tetragrammaton (YHWH) is to be vocalized and pronounced Yahweh. Probably the name means literally "He is."" New International Version: The Making of a Contemporary Translation CHAPTER 9: YHWH Sabaoth: "The Lord Almighty" Kenneth L. Barker

Jews recognise the divine name in modern times as Yahweh. The Jewish Encyclopedia published between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls includes the divine name as Yahweh when translated into English.

Nazarene Judaism is a source of information on the pronunciation of YHWH because they see importance in the use of the name and continued to utter the name after mainstream Judaism had ceased saying the word out loud. The following quote is from an article written by a Nazarene and explains that there is significant evidence that Yahweh is the correct. Nazarenes and the Name of YHWH by James Trimm states;

"It is clear when examining the many sources that the pronunciation of YHWH can be recovered as YAHUWEH sometimes abbreviated as YAHWEH, YAHU or YAH. This is attested to by the Yahwitic names of the Masoretic text, the Peshitta Aramaic and the Marashu texts. The true pronunciation of YHWH is also preserved in ancient transliterations of the name written in Egyptian Hieroglyphics, cuneiform and Greek, all of which had written vowels. The restoration of the use of the name of Yahuweh with its correct pronunciation is as prophetically significant as the restoration of the ancient sect of the Nazarenes. Such a restoration of the name of Yahweh to his people is promised in scripture: For then will I turn to the people a pure language, That they may call upon the name of YHWH (Zeph. 3:9)"

The first half of the Tetragrammaton is commonly used as an abbreviation for God's name and is included in the a number of Biblical names. The shorten form of YHWH is Yah. The New World Translation Reference Bible states;

""As Jah." BHSftn(Heb.), ki Yah; M(Heb.), beYah´, "by Jah." Yah is the first half of the Tetragrammaton, YHWH. It occurs 49 times in M distinguished by a point (mappik) in its second letter and once, in Ca 8:6, without the mappik. TLXXSyVg, "Jehovah." See Ex 15:2 ftn, "Jah"; App 1A." New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures Footnote to Psalm 68:4

This is attested to by a number of English Biblical references. The word Hallelujah means 'Praise Yah" and shows that YH was pronounced as yah. The names Elijah, Isaiah and Jeremiah all end with Yah. On the other hand, Jehosaphat begins with the incorrect "Jeho" in place of Yah. This carries the same inaccuracy as Jehovah. The inaccuracy is due to Masorite additions from the nineth century C.E. The correct way to transliterate this name is Yahosaphat and is a combination of the word Yah, with the Hebrew 'shaphat', which means 'judge'.

The first letter was Y as the letter J did not exist in the Hebrew language. The Encyclopedia Americana contains the following on the J:

From Jehova's Witneses to Catholic Faith - Bro Paul Alima's Conversion Story (Cebuano Language)

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES ADMIT THAT YAHWEH IS THE MORE CORRECT WAY OF PRONOUNCING THE DIVINE NAME

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES ADMIT THAT YAHWEH IS THE MORE CORRECT WAY OF PRONOUNCING THE DIVINE NAME

Charles Taze Russell, founder of Jehovah’s Witnesses:
“Cursed be any one who trusts in man” (Jer. 17:5).

While the whole Christian world commemorates the Savior’s birth on Christmas, JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES are busy as hell selling their publications on street corners. They would approach every Tom, Dick and Harry to entice them to buy their books, magazines and pamphlets. The Bible reminds us about these people: “through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you” (2 Pt. 2:3).

Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the proper name of God is JEHOVAH. But did you know that Jehovah’s Witnesses admit in 1950 that the more correct way of pronouncing the divine name is YAHWEH? They won’t tell you about it when they approach you. Thus, Jehovah’s Witnesses are hypocritical to claim that God’s proper name is JEHOVAH when at the back of their minds they know that there is a more correct way of pronouncing God’s name.

On February 9, 1950 the New World Translation Bible Committee of the Jehovah’s Witnesses wrote a Foreword to the official Jehovah’s Witnesses Bible, the New World Translation. In the foreword, the Committee categorically states:

“While inclining to the very pronunciation “Yahweh” as the more correct way, we have retained the form “Jehovah” because of people’s familiarity with it since the 14th century. Moreover, it preserves, equally with other forms, the letters of the tetragrammaton JHVH.”

The smoking gun: NWT Bible Committee admits “Yahweh” to be the more correct pronunciation of God’s name.

Straight from the horse’s mouth, the Committee that churned out the highly discredited New World Translation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Bible unequivocally admits that is inclined to the pronunciation of “Yahweh” as the correct one. They explained their retention of “Jehovah” because of “people’s familiarity with it since the 14th century.” Did you get that?

Moreover, the Committee insists that “Jehovah” preserves the letters of the tetragrammaton JHVH. This is another error being brazenly passed around by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Unlike German, the Hebrew language does not have a word for “J” (instead it has a letter for “Y.”).[1]

Judaism 101: The Hebrew Alphabeth (www.jewfaq.org)

The Jehovah’s Witnesses made a great cover-up. In the more recent editions (since 1984) of the New World Translation, the Jehovah’s Witnesses dropped the damning Foreword of the 1950 Committee. But the truth is already out! You simply cannot trust these “false witnesses.” Proverbs 14:5 (KJV) says, “A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness utter lies.”

BEWARE!!! “In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed” (2 Pt. 2:3, NLT).

[1] http://www.jewfaq.org/alephbet.htm.

INQUIRER: How other faiths observe Holy Week

Pope Francis kneeling to wash the feet of people with disabilities (Source: Chron)

It's IRONICAL that an ordinary journalist of Philippine Daily Inquirer knows the REAL REASON, and ESSENCE of celebrating the HOLY WEEK, - it is the 'PASSION, DEATH and RESURRECTION' of the LORD JESUS-- while those who say they are professing "faith" in (the same) Jesus Christ downplay this celebration NEGATIVELY JUST BECAUSE it's a CATHOLIC-led HOLIDAY.  What a shame! And who doesn't know the origin and founder of these SECTS:

• Aglipayan Church founded by Bishop Gregorio Aglipay in 1902 (Filipino former Catholic)
• The Iglesia ni Cristo founded by Felix Manalo in 1914 (Filipino former Catholic)
• Jehovah's Witnesses founded by Charles T. Russel in 1931 (Protestant)
• Seventh-day Adventists founded by Helen G. White et.al. in 1863 (Protestant)
• United Church of Christ in the Philippines founded 1901 but officially registered in 1942 by group of Evangelicals, mixed of Congregationalist, Presbyterians and Episcopalian

But the CATHOLIC CHURCH is considered as "among the oldest religious institutions in the world" (Wikipedia) and the mother of Christianity-- founded by JESUS CHRIST upon ST. PETER the APOSTLE, whom he promised that the "gates of hell" shall NOT prevail (Mt. 16:16-18). Therefore the same CHURCH now is crossing the THIRD MILLENNIUM with 266 Popes, the present is POPE FRANCIS!

MANILA, Philippines—The annual commemoration of Holy Week—marking the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which begins on Palm Sunday, climaxes on Jesus’ crucifixion on Good Friday and culminates in the joyful celebration on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection—and its pious customs observed in Roman Catholic tradition also find expression in the mainstream Protestant denominations and evangelical churches. What follows is an informal survey of what Holy Week observances are followed by other faiths.

Aglipayan Church

The Aglipayan Church, officially the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), or the Philippine Independent Church, follows the same Holy Week observance as the Roman Catholic Church, according to Rev. Fr. Terry Revollido, rector of the Aglipay Central Theological Seminary.

“I don’t see any significant difference because we’re also following biblical narrative,” Revollido said.

Like the Roman Catholics, the Aglipayan faithful begin the Holy Week with Palm Sunday. On Maundy Thursday, there would be a celebration of the Eucharist and the washing of the feet while on Good Friday church activities include the Seven Last Words, veneration of the cross and processions. The Easter Vigil mass is held the evening of Black Saturday and the Salubong very early on Easter Sunday.

The Aglipayan Church, which calls itself the national church of the Philippines, proclaimed its break from the Catholic Church in 1902 by the members of the Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina because of the alleged mistreatment of Filipinos by the Spanish clergy. Although a Christian denomination, the IFI rejects the spiritual authority of the Pope and emphasizes patriotism in its teachings.

The members of the church are called Aglipayans after its first supreme head, Fr. Gregorio Aglipay.

Iglesia ni Cristo

The Iglesia Ni Cristo, another homegrown Christian sect, does not observe Lent or mark the special observances and services of Holy Week, as it believes that the pious customs associated with it derive from pagan traditions.

For instance, it believes that Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week commemorating Christ’s triumphal entry to Jerusalem to fulfill his paschal mystery, has pagan origins. The INC says the palm symbolizes victory, and notes how victorious armies of pagan nations decked themselves and their chariots with palm fronds.

According to the INC, the word Easter was derived by St. Bede from Eastre, a forgotten dawn goddess. Numerous local customs held during Easter, such as the blessing of meat, eggs and other foods the partaking of which was formerly forbidden during Lent, have pagan origins, the INC believes.

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Source from TUMBUKIN NATIN Blog of Bro.Cenon Bibe

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Jehovah or Yahweh?

"Whereas the name Jehovah appears in the King James Version and other Bible translations, some prefer to use the name Yahweh instead of Jehovah. Which name is correct?

"The most ancient Bible manuscripts were written in the Hebrew language. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the divine name occurs almost 7,000 times and is spelled with four consonants—YHWH or JHVH. These four-consonant words are commonly called the Tetragrammaton, or Tetragram, derived from two Greek words meaning "four letters." Now the question of accurate pronunciation arises because early Hebrew writing consisted of consonants with no vowels to guide the reader. So whether the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton becomes Yahweh or Jehovah depends on which vowels the reader supplies to the four consonants. Today many Hebrew scholars prefer Yahweh as the true pronunciation."

-from Watch Tower, Jehovah's Witnesses official website "Identifying the Only True God"