What does 'Jehovah's Wittness' mean?

Sometimes people will purposely corrupt the name of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, either from an attempt at humor or an attempt at insult. The spelling with the double-t in the middle of "Witness" seems to be a favorite taunt among their detractors.

Jehovah's Witnesses both witness personally and bear witness to others regarding God's personal name, his majestic personality, and Kingdom purposes. In doing so, they align themselves with Jesus Christ and the prophets.

(Isaiah 43:10) “You are my witnesses,” is the utterance of Jehovah

(Isaiah 43:12) So you are my witnesses,” is the utterance of Jehovah, “and I am God.

(Hebrews 12:1-2) Because we have so great a cloud of [Jehovah's] witnesses surrounding us, let us also put off every weight and the sin that easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, as we look intently at the Chief Agent and Perfecter of our faith, Jesus

(Revelation 1:5) Jesus Christ, “the Faithful Witness”

(Acts 5:38,39) Do not meddle with these men, but let them alone; (because, if this scheme or this work is from men, it will be overthrown; but if it is from God, YOU will not be able to overthrow them;) otherwise, You may perhaps be found fighters actually against God.”

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http://watchtower.org/e/jt/

http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses are a world-wide religious organization. They believe that they are the continuation of first-century Christianity. The preaching, evangelistic and publishing activities of Jehovah's Witnesses are extensive, and congregations have been established in most parts of the world. Their most widely-known publications are the religious magazines, The Watchtower and Awake!. The international headquarters, located in Brooklyn, New York, is directed by a Governing Body. Each congregation is overseen by a group of elders, which is appointed by representatives of the Governing Body. Official membership of the organization is over 6.7 million.[1]

They believe they are the only group that God (Jehovah) talks to. They in turn bring Jehovah's word to the world as Witnesses to God.

What a proud organization to believe that Jehovah uses them exclusively.

Does God play favorites?

Can He speak to you only through the Watchtower? Does that make any sense at all?

If that were true, all your prayers would fall on deaf ears and God would listen only to JWs. How wrong is that view?

God listens to prayer if it is honest and heartfelt. You don't have to be a Witness to be heard by God.

Isaiah 43:10 says "You are my witnesses,” is the utterance of Jehovah.

We witness to all nations about Jehovah and his kingdom as commanded at Matthew 24:14.

It means one who witnesses about Jehovah God (Psalm 83:18) and the name comes from the scripture at Isaih 43:10.

Jehovah's Witnesses are an religious organization which is world wide. They believe that they are the restoration of first-century Christianity. The preaching, evangelistic and publishing activities of Jehovah's Witnesses are extensive, and congregations have been established in most parts of the world. Their most widely-known publications are the religious magazines, The Watchtower and Awake!. The international headquarters, located in Brooklyn, New York, is directed by a Governing Body. Each congregation is overseen by a group of elders, which is appointed by representatives of the Governing Body. Official membership of the organization is over 6.7 million.[1]

The teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses are largely focused on the Kingdom of God and what they call the "presence" of Christ, analogous to the Second Coming. Early in their history, this second coming of Christ was believed to have occurred invisibly in 1874, but this was later revised to 1914. Jehovah's Witnesses initially held many views similar to other 19th century Adventist groups, such as the Millerites; they have since developed a unique eschatology. The Bible is considered by Jehovah's Witnesses to be the inspired word of God. They produced an independent translation, completed by 1961: the New World Translation. They believe that the recognition and use of God's personal name, יהוה‎ (or YHWH, translated as Jehovah in English - an anglicized rendering of the original Hebrew tetragrammaton), is vital for acceptable worship. They also believe that Jesus' death was necessary to atone for the sin of the first man, Adam, opening the way for the hope of everlasting life to all of Adam's descendants. They believe that the wicked will be destroyed at Armageddon, and those who survive will form a new society and live forever in an earthly paradise. Some ways that Jehovah's Witnesses differ from mainstream Christianity are that they reject doctrines such as the Trinity, eternal torment in hell, the immortality of the soul, and the reward of heavenly life for all who remain faithful to God.

Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to become involved in social, religious, or political conflicts. They are well known for their refusal of blood transfusions. This refusal has attracted criticism from some medical and legal sources, but has also helped to strengthen the legal basis for patients' rights of informed consent and self-determination of medical treatment. Their search for bloodless treatment options has also encouraged research and development of bloodless surgery techniques.[2]

Members who are judged to be guilty of gross misconduct, for such actions as committing adultery, molesting children, or killing people while driving intoxicated, are "disfellowshipped", i.e., excommunicated. The Witnesses view the procedure as a Biblical practice of keeping a congregation in clean moral standing before God. Members are required to shun disfellowshipped ones even if they are family members including parents or children. Any disfellowshipped person other than those who have changed religion (Apostates)can apply for readmission ("reinstatement") after demonstrating that they no longer behave in a way contrary to behaviour deemed appropriate for Jehovah's Witnesses.

You could wait until next May when this program about Jehovah’s Witnesses is shown on PBS, or you can order a copy now. It was done by an independent film company.

http://www.knocking.org/

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=54714EBF23...

Exactly that! Jehovah (God) and they're His supposed witnesses of I don't know what!

They claim to be witnesses of God (Jehovah)

peace to you too!

It means someone who is a witness of jehovah

They believe Jehovah is God's name.. So it means God's witness.

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8034_1.htm...