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Bearers of the Fear-Inspiring Name ------(JEHOVAH)
All the peoples of the earth will have to see that Jehovah’s name has been called upon you, and they will indeed be afraid of you.”—Deut. 28:10. 28:10
FEAR of a name
because it is called upon a people or is associated with a people! Is it a
justified fear? This depends upon what the name is famed or noted for. Also, do
the bearers of the name make it famous or give a favorable impression of it,
making the name capture respectful attention? Do the bearers give value or take
away value from the name? What weight does the name carry in itself?
2 There may be great prejudice against the name, but
does the people called by the name both honor and impart honor to it? Does the
owner of the name deal with this people in a way that heightens respect and
creates a feeling of awe toward the name? If the people upon whom it is called
uphold the dignity of the name, and if the owner of it uses this people to
magnify his name and keep it above reproach, then, indeed, the fear of the name
by the nations that observe this name people is justified. Such a fear by the
nations leads to certain results.
3 Who is this people called by a name that the
nations of the world are induced to fear?
It is a people upon whom
is called the name of the Creator of heaven and earth, that is to say, the name
of God. Is there such a people today? We know that
from very ancient times up until nineteen centuries ago there
was such a people on earth. Forty years after becoming a nation they
were found camped on the plains of
4 In the course of the speech introducing this
covenant or solemn contract with God, the prophet Moses said:
“Keep silent and listen, O
Israel. This day you have become the people of Jehovah your God. And it must
occur that if you will without fail listen to the voice of Jehovah your God by
being careful to do all his commandments that I am commanding you today,
Jehovah your God also will certainly put you high above all other nations of
the earth. . . . Jehovah will establish you as a holy people to
himself, just as he swore to you, because you continue to keep the commandments
of Jehovah your God, and you have walked in his ways. And all the peoples of
the earth will have to see that Jehovah’s name has been called upon you, and
they will indeed be afraid of you.”—Deut. 27:9; 27:9 28:1-10. 28-1-10
5 That was a great opportunity and privilege set
before the people of Israel thirty-four centuries ago; but there is no denying that
they did not live up to it. In the same farewell speech Moses told them of the
divine curses that would come upon them if they did not listen to Jehovah’s
voice and obey his commandments. (Deut. 28:16-68) Deut. 28-16-68
The history of the
people of
6 Several days before the Jewish passover of A.D. 33, as he rode an ass into
So they cried
out, "Away
with Him, away
with Him, crucify
Him!" Pilate
*said
to them, "Shall I crucify
your King
?" The chief
priests
answered,
"We have
no king but Caesar."
That same Passover day Jesus Christ was
impaled outside of
7 The disciples of Jesus Christ had been scattered
when he was betrayed and arrested. However, on the third day from his death and
burial they were brought together and united again around their Master Jesus
Christ. For on that day Almighty God, Jehovah, resurrected his heavenly Son
from the dead. Jesus Christ, now alive from the dead, made a number of
appearances to his disciples out of the invisible realm, as he had been raised
to life as a spirit. So now and again during the next forty days the
resurrected Jesus Christ had private meetings with these witnesses of his
resurrection. Finally they saw him depart for heaven and disappear from them,
but that he might appear in the presence of his heavenly Father.
8 For ten days they kept together in
9 “This is what was said through the prophet Joel,
‘“And in the last days,” God says, “I shall pour out some of my spirit upon
every sort of flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy and your
young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams; and even upon my
men slaves and upon my women slaves I will pour out some of my spirit in those
days, and they will prophesy. . . . And everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.”’”
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10 Then Peter explained to them that Jesus Christ, who
had been impaled and buried on passover
day, just fifty-two days previous, had also been resurrected from the dead and
exalted to God’s right hand in heaven in fulfillment of the prophecies of King
David. This Lord Jesus Christ, as God’s channel, had poured out this holy spirit upon his faithful followers on earth. Thousands
of conscience-stricken listeners asked what they should do. So Peter said:
“Repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for
forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the free gift of the holy
spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children and to all those afar
off, just as many as Jehovah our God may call to him.” In further exhorting
them what to do Peter said: “Get saved from this crooked generation.”—Acts
ACTS
2:16
but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:
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11 Under inspiration of God’s spirit through Christ the
apostle Peter called that generation of Jews who had rejected Jesus Christ a
“crooked generation.” To escape destruction the guilty Jews had to be “saved
from” that crooked generation, to get out of it. It was no longer God’s chosen
people, the people for his name, the people upon whom his name was called. The
persons who were now his approved people, his men slaves and his women slaves,
were those whom he had marked by the outpouring of his spirit, the dedicated,
baptized followers of God’s Son, Jesus Christ the Lord. These had become God’s
new nation, a spiritual nation. How? By all of them partaking
of God’s one holy spirit. These believing Jews had been members of God’s
former people for his name. By faith in Jesus as Christ they continued to be
people for His name, but now as members of his new spiritual nation, “the
Israel of God.” (Gal.
And those who will walk by this rule, peace and
mercy be
upon them, and upon the Israel of
God.
In proof of that Peter wrote them some time later and
said:
12 “You are ‘a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people for special possession, that you should declare abroad the
excellencies’ of the one that called you out of darkness into his wonderful
light. For you were once not a people, but are now God’s people.”—1 Pet.
2:9,10; 1:1, 2.
1 Pet. 2:9
But
you are A CHOSEN
RACE,
A royal
PRIESTHOOD,
A HOLY NATION, A
PEOPLE
FOR God's OWN POSSESSION,
so
that you may proclaim
the excellencies
of Him who has called
you out of darkness
into His marvelous
light;
1 Pet. 2:10
for you once were
NOT A PEOPLE,
but now
you are THE PEOPLE
OF GOD;
you had NOT RECEIVED
MERCY,
but now
you have RECEIVED
MERCY.
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1 Pet. 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To
those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
Asia, and Bithynia, who
are chosen |
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1 Pet. 1:2 according
to the foreknowledge
of God
the Father,
by the sanctifying
work
of the Spirit,
to obey
Jesus
Christ
and be sprinkled
with His blood:
May grace
and peace
be yours
in the fullest
measure.
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13 Fulfillment of Jehovah’s prophecy through Joel about
pouring out his holy spirit did not stop there on that day of Pentecost. It
continued on. About three and a half years later, under direction of God’s angel,
Peter entered his first Gentile (non-Jewish) home, in Caesarea, about fifty
miles northwest of Jerusalem, and preached to the uncircumcised Italian
centurion, Cornelius, and his family and friends. These accepted the message
about the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Then the holy spirit
was poured out upon them and they also prophesied in foreign tongues. So they
got baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. (Acts 10:1-48) From then on many
uncircumcised non-Jews or Gentiles were given the message of salvation.
14 Upon believing and getting baptized in symbol of
their belief, these also received the holy spirit,
even though they did not get circumcised like natural Jews. They became spiritual
Jews and did not need it, for their circumcision was of their hearts by the
purifying power of faith. These, too, became part of God’s chosen race, his
holy nation, his people for special possession, his
“people for his name.” There is no disputing this point; it is the truth. About
A.D. 49 a special conference of Peter and other apostles and other older
Christian men at
15 “Brothers, hear me. Symeon [Peter] has related
thoroughly how God for the first time turned his attention to the
[uncircumcised] nations to take out of them [what?] a people for his name. And
with this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written, ‘After these
things I shall return and rebuild the booth of David that is fallen down; and I
shall rebuild its ruins and erect it again, [why?] in order that those who
remain of the men [the believing Jewish remnant] may earnestly seek Jehovah,
together with [whom?] people of all the nations, people who are called by my
name, says Jehovah, who is doing these things.’”—Acts
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Acts
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- [Verse 13 in Original Greek] 6 The R824 apostles and the elders came
together to look F348 into this matter. F349 7 After
there had been much debate, R825 Peter stood up and said to
them, "Brethren, you know that in F350 the early days God R826 made a choice among you, that
by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the R827 gospel and believe. 8 "And
God, who R828 knows the heart, testified to
them giving R829 them the Holy Spirit, just as
He also did to us; 9 and He R830 made no distinction between us
and them, cleansing R831 their hearts by faith. 10 "Now
therefore why do you put R832 God to the test by placing upon
the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither R833 our fathers nor we have been able to bear? 11 "But
we believe that we are saved through the R834 grace of the Lord Jesus, in the
same way as they also are." 12 All the people kept
silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating R835 what signs R836 and wonders God had done
through them among the Gentiles. 13 After
they had stopped speaking, James F351 R837 answered, saying, "Brethren,
listen to me. 14 "Simeon
has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the
Gentiles a
people for His name. 15 "With this the words of the R838
Prophets agree, just as it is written, 16 'AFTER THESE THINGS I R839
will return, AND I WILL REBUILD THE TABERNACLE F352
OF DAVID WHICH HAS FALLEN, AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL RESTORE
IT, 17 SO R840
THAT THE REST OF MANKIND F353
MAY SEEK THE LORD, AND ALL THE GENTILES WHO F354
R841
ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,' 18 SAYS
R842
THE LORD, WHO MAKES F355
R843 THESE THINGS KNOWN FROM
LONG AGO. 19 "Therefore
it is my R844 judgment that we do not trouble
those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles, 20 but
that we write to them that they abstain from things F356 R845 contaminated by idols and from
fornication R846 and from what R847 is strangled and from blood. 21 "For
Moses R848 from ancient generations has in
every city those who preach him, since he F357 is read in the synagogues every
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hose believing “people of all the nations” as well as the
believing Jews became a people for whose name? Not for Jesus’ name, but for
God’s name, the name of Jehovah. The prophecy of Amos 9:11, 12,
Amos 9:11
"In that
day I
will raise
up the fallen
booth
of David,
And wall
up its breaches;
I will also raise up
its ruins
And rebuild
it as in the days of old;
Amos 9:12
That they may
possess
the remnant
of Edom
And all
the nations
who
are called
by My name," Declares
the LORD
who does
this.
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Prophecies Concerning; Jesus,
The Christ; Prophecy;
Quotations
And Allusions
as quoted by the disciple James, says: “‘All the nations
upon whom my name has been called,’ is the utterance of Jehovah, who is doing
this.” Hence this spiritual nation of Jewish and non-Jewish believers, baptized
in the name of Jesus Christ, is the people upon whom the name of Jehovah is
called. The unbelieving natural Jews or Israelites are not the people for
Jehovah’s name and have not been such for the past nineteen centuries. Jehovah
does not have two peoples, two nations. He has only one people, one spiritual
nation, namely, the believing, baptized, spirit-anointed followers of the Lord
Jesus Christ. (Eph. 2:11-22) Chapter 2 -
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.Eph. 2:11 Therefore
remember
that formerly
you, the Gentiles
in the flesh,
who are called
"Uncircumcision " by the so-called
"Circumcision,"
which is performed
in the flesh
by human
hands
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They are Jehovah’s people, his anointed
witnesses, the same as Jesus Christ was on earth.
THE NAME WRITTEN ON FOREHEADS
17 However, the fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy concerning
the pouring out of the holy spirit and Amos’ prophecy concerning the seeking of
Jehovah by people of all the nations has continued down into this twentieth
century, to our own generation. All the true Christian congregation of
dedicated, baptized followers of Jesus Christ, from the first of them in the
apostles’ days to the last of them in these days of ours, all of them have
received the outpouring or anointing of the spirit. As long as there are any
members being brought into the spiritual “Israel of God,” Joel’s prophecy about
the outpouring of the spirit will go on being fulfilled. The effects of this
will also be seen and heard. Therefore Jehovah God has on earth today a people
upon whom his name is called, a “people for his name,” anointed with his
spirit. They are a mere remnant of his anointed “holy nation,” which has been
in formation for the past nineteen centuries.
18 That the Christian congregation was to have God’s
name called upon it, even Jesus Christ himself indicated. In the last book of
the Bible Jesus repeatedly called attention to that fact. In Revelation 14:1 14:1
Then I looked,
and behold,
the Lamb
was standing
on Mount
Zion,
and with Him one hundred
and forty-four , * thousand,
having
His name
and the name
of His Father
written
on their foreheads.
he pictured himself and his congregation of 144,000 anointed
followers standing upon the heavenly
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