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https://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/appendix-a/tetragrammaton-divine-name/
Excerpts from the Psalms in a Dead Sea Scroll dated to the first half of the first century C.E. The text is in the style of the Hebrew letters commonly used after the Babylonian exile, but the Tetragrammaton appears repeatedly in distinctive ancient Hebrew letters
Why is the name missing from many Bible translations? The reasons vary. Some feel that Almighty God does not need a unique name to identify him. Others appear to have been influenced by the Jewish tradition of avoiding the use of the name, perhaps out of fear of desecrating it. Still others believe that since no one can be sure of the exact pronunciation of God’s name, it is better just to use a title, such as “Lord” or “God.” Such objections, however, lack merit for the following reasons:
* Those who argue that Almighty God does not need a unique name ignore evidence that early copies of his Word, including   those preserved from before the time of Christ, contain God’s personal name. As noted above, God directed that his name be included in his Word some 7,000 times. Obviously, he wants us to know and use his name.
* Translators who remove the name out of deference to Jewish tradition fail to recognize a key fact. While some Jewish scribes refused to pronounce the name, they did not remove it from their copies of the Bible. Ancient scrolls found in Qumran, near the Dead Sea, contain the name in many places. Some Bible translators hint that the divine name appeared in the original text by substituting the title “LORD” in capital letters. But the question remains, Why have these translators felt free to substitute or remove God’s name from the Bible when they acknowledge that it is found in the Bible text thousands of times? Who do they believe gave them authority to make such a change? Only they can say.
* Those who say that the divine name should not be used because it is not known exactly how to pronounce it will nevertheless freely use the name Jesus. However, Jesus’ first-century disciples said his name quite differently from the way most Christians do today. To Jewish Christians, the name Jesus was probably pronounced Ye·shuʹa‛. And the title “Christ” was Ma·shiʹach, or “Messiah.” Greek-speaking Christians called him I·e·sousʹ Khri·stosʹ, and Latin-speaking Christians Ieʹsus Chriʹstus. Under inspiration, the Greek translation of his name was recorded in the Bible, showing that first-century Christians followed the sensible course of using the form of the name common in their language. Similarly, the New World Bible Translation Committee feels that it is reasonable to use the form “Jehovah,” even though that rendering is not exactly the way the divine name would have been pronounced in ancient Hebrew.
 

Why does the New World Translation use the form “Jehovah”? In English, the four letters of the Tetragrammaton (יהוה) are represented by the consonants YHWH. As was true of all written words in ancient Hebrew, the Tetragrammaton contained no vowels. When ancient Hebrew was in everyday use, readers easily provided the appropriate vowels.
About a thousand years after the Hebrew Scriptures were completed, Jewish scholars developed a system of pronunciation points, or signs, by which to indicate what vowels to use when reading Hebrew. By that time, though, many Jews had the 
 
superstitious idea that it was wrong to say God’s personal name out loud, so they used substitute expressions. Thus, it seems that when they copied the Tetragrammaton, they combined the vowels for the substitute expressions with the four consonants representing the divine name. Therefore, the manuscripts with those vowel points do not help in determining how the name was originally pronounced in Hebrew. Some feel that the name was pronounced “Yahweh,” whereas others suggest different possibilities. A Dead Sea Scroll containing a portion of Leviticus in Greek transliterates the divine name Iao. Besides that form, early Greek writers also suggest the pronunciations Iae, I·a·beʹ, and I·a·ou·eʹ. However, there is no reason to be dogmatic. We simply do not know how God’s ancient servants pronounced this name in Hebrew. (Genesis 13:4; Exodus 3:15) What we do know is that God used his name repeatedly in communication with his people, that they addressed him by that name, and that they used it freely in speaking with others.—Exodus 6:2;1 Kings 8:23; Psalm 99:9.
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The first rendering of God’s personal name in an English Bible appeared in 1530 in William Tyndale’s translation of the Pentateuch. He used the form “Iehouah.” Over time, the English language changed, and the spelling of the divine name was modernized. For example, in 1612, Henry Ainsworth used the form “Iehovah” throughout his translation of the book of Psalms. Then, in 1639, when that work was revised and printed with the  Pentateuch, the form “Jehovah” was used. In 1901, the translators who produced the American Standard Version of the Bible used the form “Jehovah” where the divine name appeared in the Hebrew text.
Explaining why he used “Jehovah” instead of “Yahweh” in his 1911 work Studies in the Psalms, respected Bible scholar Joseph Bryant Rotherham said that he wanted to employ a “form of the name more familiar (while perfectly acceptable) to the general Bible-reading public.” In 1930 scholar A. F. Kirkpatrick made a similar point regarding the use of the form “Jehovah.” He said: “Modern grammarians argue that it ought to be read Yahveh or Yahaveh; but JEHOVAH seems firmly rooted in the English language, and the really important point is not the exact pronunciation, but the recognition that it is a Proper Name, not merely an appellative title like ‘Lord.’”

In 1979 two silver mini scrolls (actually amulets in antiquity) were discovered at Ketef Hinnom, an archaeological site that now has been incorporated into the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. Dating to around 2,600 years ago they are written in paleo-Hebrew and contain the oldest biblical passage that survives to present day, part of a priestly blessing found in Numbers 6:24-26. The amulets say that Yahweh is stronger than evil and a "rebuker of evil." Researchers think the amulets would have offered protection to those who wore them.
 
http://www.livescience.com/40046-holy-land-archaeological-finds.html

Dead Sea Scrolls

A young shepherd named Muhammed Edh-Dhib first discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1946 or 1947 near the site of Qumran in what is now the West Bank.
Over the next decade, scientists and Bedouin would discover more than 900 manuscripts located in 11 caves.
They include canonical works from the Hebrew Bible, including Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah, Kings and Deuteronomy. They also include calendars, hymns, psalms, apocryphal (non-canonical) biblical works and community rules. One scroll is made of copper and describes the location of buried treasure.
The texts date from between roughly 200 B.C. up until about A.D. 70 when the Romans put down a revolt in Jerusalem and Qumran was abandoned. The authorship of the scrolls is a source of debate. A popular theory among scholars is that a monastic sect called the Essenes lived at Qumran, and they wrote and collected the texts.

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Khirbet Qeiyafa
 
Khirbet Qeiyafa flourished almost 3,000 years ago and is located about 19 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of Jerusalem. A casemate city wall with two gates surrounds the 6-acre (2.3 hectares) settlement, and some researchers claim it is the biblical city of Sha'arayim. The site may also have played an important role during Israel's "United Monarchy" period and, in July 2013, researchers announced they had identified a structure more than 10,000 square feet (1,000 square meters) in size as a palace that may have been used by King David himself.
http://www.livescience.com/38318-king-david-palace-found-israel.html

 This aerial picture shows David's palace and the Byzantine farmhouse that was build on top of it.
Credit: Sky View, courtesy of the Hebrew University and the Israel Antiquities Authority
Archaeologists say they've uncovered two royal buildings from Israel's biblical past, including a palace suspected to have belonged to King David.
The findings at Khirbet Qeiyafa — a fortified hilltop city about 19 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of Jerusalem — indicate that David, who defeated Goliath in the Bible, ruled a kingdom with a great political organization, the excavators say.
"This is unequivocal evidence of a kingdom's existence, which knew to establish administrative centers at strategic points," read a statement from archaeologists Yossi Garfinkel of the Hebrew University and Saar Ganor of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
The IAA announced the finds as a seven-year long excavation at the site is wrapping up. The government agency and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority have halted the planned construction of a nearby neighborhood, hoping to make the site a national park. [In Photos: Archaeology Around the World]
Garfinkel has previously said Khirbet Qeiyafa could be the site of Shaaraim, a biblical city associated with King David in the Bible. Shaaraim means "two gates" and two gates have been found in the fortress ruins. Others researchers, meanwhile, have claimed this site might be Neta'im, another town mentioned in the book 1 Chronicles in the Old Testatment.
Prior radiocarbon analysis on burnt olive pits at the site indicated that it existed between 1020 B.C. and 980 B.C., before being violently destroyed, likely in a battle against the Philistines. Much of the palace was further wrecked 1,400 years later when a Byzantine farmhouse was built on the site.
The archaeologists found a 100-foot-long (30-meter-long) wall that would have enclosed the palace, and inside the complex they discovered fragments of ceramic and alabaster vessels, some of them imported from Egypt. The researchers say the building was strategically located to overlook the city and the Valley of Elah.
"From here one has an excellent vantage looking out into the distance, from as far as the Mediterranean Sea in the west, to the Hebron Mountains and Jerusalem in the east," the archaeologists said. "This is an ideal location from which to send messages by means of fire signals."
The excavators also found a pillared building measuring about 50 feet by 20 feet (15 m by 6 m) that was likely used as an administrative storeroom.
"It was in this building the kingdom stored taxes it received in the form of agricultural produce collected from the residents of the different villages in the Judean Shephelah," or Judean foothills, the archaeologists said. "Hundreds of large store jars were found at the site whose handles were stamped with an official seal as was customary in the Kingdom of Judahfor centuries."
http://www.livescience.com/38318-king-david-palace-found-israel.html

Jesus House Discovered in Nazareth! 

Lesson for today. (Heb 5:14)  
"It is necessary for us to pay more than the usual attention to the things heard by us,” wrote Paul, “that we may never drift away.”
(Heb. 2:1) Such drifting away from the faith can happen before we realize it. We can avoid having this experience by paying “more than the usual attention” during our consideration of spiritual truths.
Therefore, each of us needs to ask: ‘Am I still considering just elementary things? Could I merely be going through the motions and floating along, as it were, without my heart being fully involved with the truth? How can I make genuine spiritual progress?’
Pressing on to maturity calls for our putting forth effort in at least two areas. We must get well-acquainted with the Word of God. And we need to learn obedience. “Everyone that partakes of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness,” wrote Paul, “for he is a babe.” (Heb. 5:13)
To attain maturity, we must become well-acquainted with God’s word, his message to us.
Since this message is contained in his Word, the Bible, we should be good students of the Scriptures and the publications of “the faithful and discreet slave.” (Matt. 24:45-47)
Absorbing God’s thinking in this way can help us to train our perceptive powers. Consider the example of a Christian named Orchid. She says: “The reminder that has had the biggest effect on my life is the one about regular Bible reading. It took me about two years to finish the whole Bible, but it seemed that I was meeting my Creator for the first time. I learned about his ways, his likes and his dislikes, the degree of his power, and the depth of his wisdom. Reading the Bible daily has sustained me through some of the darkest moments of my life.”
Becoming acquainted with the Bible involves more than being familiar with what it says. Individuals must acquaint themselves with the message by allowing it to guide them in making wise decisions in their lives.
To become acquainted with the Word of God means to know what it says and to put that knowledge into practice.
Pressing on to maturity requires that we do our utmost to obey Jehovah. Are we obedient to Jehovah in these matters even under adversity
Our obedience is an indication that we have progressed toward maturity. Our attaining maturity requires that we train our perceptive powers. We do this by putting forth effort to get better acquainted with God’s Word and by learning obedience.  
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Armageddon - Are You Ready For Jehovah's Day?
Definition: The Greek Har Ma·ge·donʹ, taken from Hebrew and rendered “Armageddon” by many translators, means “Mountain of Megiddo,” or “Mountain of Assembly of Troops.” 
The Bible associates the name, not with a nuclear holocaust, but with the coming universal “war of the great day of God the Almighty.” (Rev. 16:14, 16) 
This name is applied specifically to “the place [Greek, toʹpon; that is, condition or situation]” to which earth’s political rulers are being gathered in opposition to Jehovah and his Kingdom by Jesus Christ. 
Such opposition will be shown by global action against Jehovah’s servants on earth, the visible representatives of God’s Kingdom.
“The war of the great day of God the Almighty” at Har–Magedon was not some past event but is depicted in Revelation as future from the time of John’s vision. The gathering of the kings to Har–Magedon is described as being a result of the pouring out of the sixth of the seven bowls containing the “last” plagues that will bring to a finish the anger of God. (Re 15:1; 16:1, 12) 
Also, indicating that the war at Har–Magedon is closely associated with Christ’s presence is the warning of his coming as a thief, which is placed between verses 14 and 16 of Revelation chapter 16.
The global aspect of the war is emphasized in the context. There the opponents of Jehovah are identified as “the kings of the entire inhabited earth,” who are mobilized by “expressions inspired by demons.”—Re 16:14.
Farther on, John says: “And I saw the wild beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage the war with the one seated on the horse and with his army.” (Re 19:19) 
This chapter identifies the leader of the heavenly armies, seated on a white horse, as one who is called “Faithful and True” and “The Word of God.” (Re 19:11-13) Therefore, it is Jesus Christ, The Word, who acts as the commander of God’s heavenly armies. (Joh 1:1; Re 3:14) 
Further showing that Christ leads the heavenly forces is the statement that the earthly forces “battle with the Lamb [who is Jesus Christ (Joh 1:29)], but, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, the Lamb will conquer them. Also, those called and chosen and faithful with him will do so.”—Re 17:13, 14.
Since the vision in Revelation chapter 19 reveals only armies in heaven as participating in the warfare as supporters of Jesus Christ, The Word of God, it indicates that none of Jehovah’s Christian servants on earth will participate in the fighting. This is in harmony with the words of Jesus Christ at Matthew 26:52 that his disciples not resort to weapons of physical warfare. (Compare Ex 14:13, 14; 2Ch 20:15, 17, 22, 23;Ps 2:4-9.) 
The birds that fly in midheaven will dispose of the bodies of those slaughtered.—Re 19:11-21.
Har–Magedon is thus seen to be a fight, not merely among men, but one in which God’s invisible armies take part. Its coming is certain and it will take place at the time set by Jehovah God, who “is doing according to his own will among the army of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth.”—Da 4:35; see also Mt 24:36 
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Jehovah inspired the Apostle Peter to link the holiness emphasized in the book of Leviticus with the need to be Holy in our conduct as Christians. 
 14 "As obedient children, stop being molded by the desires you formerly had in your ignorance, 
15 "but like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all your conduct,
 16 "for it is written: “You must be holy, because I am holy.”
(1 Peter 1:14-16) NWT
45 "For I am Jehovah, who is leading you up out of the land of Egypt to prove myself God to you, and you must be holy, because I am holy."
(Leviticus 11:45) NWT 
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8 However, do not let this escape your notice, beloved ones, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.9 Jehovah is not slow concerning his promise,  as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not desire anyone to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance."
(2 Peter 3:8,9) NWT
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"I am the fine shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me."
Jesus referred to himself as “the fine shepherd,” one who really has compassion for “the sheep” and demonstrated this by surrendering his soul in their behalf. (Joh 10:11; see Mt 9:36.)
But as foretold, the striking of “the fine shepherd” caused the flock to scatter.—Zec 13:7; Mt 26:31. NWT
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THE WORLD AND CHASTITY

 8 "The wicked walk around unrestrained Because the sons of men promote depravity."
 (Psalms 12:8) NWT
3 "For this is the will of God, that you should be holy and abstain from sexual immorality."
 4 "Each one of you should know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 
5 "not with greedy, uncontrolled sexual passion like the nations have that do not know God."
(1 Thess. 4:3-5) NWT 
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Jehovah knows the problems we face, he understands the pain of mind and heart, that was a result of hardships. 
Our Heavenly Father will never "forget your work and the love you showed for His name."

"O Jehovah, you have searched through me, and you know me."
(Psalms 139:1) NWT
10 "For God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love you showed for his name by ministering and continuing to minister to the holy ones." (Hebrews 6:10) NWT 
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THE WORLD AND CHASTITY

 8 "The wicked walk around unrestrained Because the sons of men promote depravity."
 (Psalms 12:8) NWT
3 "For this is the will of God, that you should be holy and abstain from sexual immorality."
 4 "Each one of you should know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 
5 "not with greedy, uncontrolled sexual passion like the nations have that do not know God."
(1 Thess. 4:3-5) NWT 
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8 However, do not let this escape your notice, beloved ones, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.9 Jehovah is not slow concerning his promise,  as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not desire anyone to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance."
(2 Peter 3:8,9) NWT
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Jehovah knows the problems we face, he understands the pain of mind and heart, that was a result of hardships. 
Our Heavenly Father will never "forget your work and the love you showed for His name."

"O Jehovah, you have searched through me, and you know me."
(Psalms 139:1) NWT
10 "For God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love you showed for his name by ministering and continuing to minister to the holy ones." (Hebrews 6:10) NWT 
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Jehovah knows the problems we face, he understands the pain of mind and heart, that was a result of hardships. 
Our Heavenly Father will never "forget your work and the love you showed for His name."

"O Jehovah, you have searched through me, and you know me."
(Psalms 139:1) NWT
10 "For God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love you showed for his name by ministering and continuing to minister to the holy ones." (Hebrews 6:10) NWT 
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Our  normal  big  Bible....

DID  you  EVER  see  the  tiniest  Bible  of  the  world?

The entire text of the Hebrew Bible is etched onto a microchip!
The Nano Bible is a gold-coated silicon chip smaller than a pinhead,  and contains all 1.2 million letters of the bible.
As part of its yearlong 50th anniversary celebration, the Jerusalem-based Israel Museum will display the “Nano Bible,” the world’s smallest bible, an Israeli innovation created at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
The tiny bible will be displayed alongside the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Aleppo Codex, a manuscript of the Jewish bible from 10th century C.E. The Nano Bible is a gold-coated silicon chip smaller than a pinhead. It is 0.04 square millimeters, and 0.00002 millimeters (20 nanometers) deep. The 1.2 million letters of the bible were written using a focused ion beam generator that shot gallium ions onto a gold surface covering a base layer of silicon.
Prof. Uri Sivan and Dr. Ohad Zohar of the Technion’s Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute developed the idea, and the engineers of the Technion’s Sara and Moshe Zisapel Nanoelectronics Center were responsible for the manufacturing of the chip and the development of the software that allows the engraving of the letters.
The Israel Museum will also exhibit a documentary on the creation of the Nano Bible and will enable the reading of the biblical text under a microscope.
I  LIKE  THE  BIBLE - BOOK  OR  MY  iPad  for  reading  ;-)
 

Some intereresting  NEW things about the other NANO-Bible. 6 short  video's, text & more...
 
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Yigal Lilach Jerusalem Nano Bible...
 
Jerusalem Nano Bible manufacturing - Sneak peek...
A sneak peek to the manufacturing of the Jerusalem Nano Bible. The printing process of the New Testament is highly monitored and takes place at a sterile environment made especially for delicate materials such as used to produce Jerusalem Nano Bible book.
Dr.Jack Pastor- Dean,Faculty of sciences & Humanaties,Oranim Academic College of Education.
SPIRIT
About Us
Along with TowerJazz Semiconductor, we have spent the last several years developing the World’s Smallest Bible (for both the Christian and the Jewish faiths) with cutting-edge Nano Technology cultivated in the Holy Land, merging the spirit and technology of Israel.
The Jerusalem Nano Bible can be mounted onto precious metals and jewelry such as pendants, watches, bracelets and lockets, making for a truly unique keepsake for special life moments and religious milestones.
TECHNOLOGY
Our Founder
Video Journalist, Ami Bentov founded Jerusalem Nano Bible in 2013. Ami started, on the front-line, capturing major news events as a war cameraman. The contrast between faith, prayers for peace, and the war and conflicts that occur motivated Ami to reach out to the Tel Aviv University to develop a product which will convey a message of comfort for all faiths. Our mission is to reignite the spiritual dialogue about faith through modern technology allowing believers to carry the word of G-d with them wherever they go.

About the THE NEW TESTAMENT
The New Testament version of the Nano Bible includes all 27 books written in Greek, the Textus Receptus (Latin: “received text”). The Greek version was the source of the original Biblical translation and the base for all later translations.
It is considered the most ancient and accurate version of the New Testament. Is the second major part of the Christian biblical canon, the first being the Old Testament, based on the Hebrew Bible.

TEXTUS RECEPTUS
• Four narratives of the life, teaching, death and resurrection of Jesus, called “gospels” (or “good news” accounts);
• The “Acts of the Apostles”, and probably written by the same writer as the Gospel of Luke, which it continues;
• Twenty-one letters, often called “epistles”, written by various authors, and consisting of Christian doctrine, counsel, instruction, and conflict resolution;
• The Book of Revelation, a book of prophecy, containing instructions to seven local congregations of Asia Minor, and prophetic symbolism, about the end of times.
FOR  SOME  HUMANS  ITS  VERY  INTERESTING....  But  JW  need  of  sure  another  kind  of  Bible !
 

Jehovah's  especially  Creations ❤  The Top 10  Fastest  Insects  Wings....
WOW.....  SO  fast  wings  beats  -  until  around  1000 per  one  second !
Thats  SO  amazing ;-)
 

Look  to  this  very  old  Brother....    92 years  old  and  just  baptized,  in  California, USA
He seems  little  weak,  awww...   but  the  2 Brother's  helping  and  smiling  to  him !
May  Jehovah  bless  him  alot ❤
 
 

22 "One of the presiding officers of the synagogue, named Jaʹi·rus, now came, and on catching sight of him, he fell at his feet."
 23 "He pleaded with him many times, saying: “My little daughter is extremely ill. Please come and put your hands on her so that she may get well and live.” 
24 "At that Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following him and pressing against him."
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He's just the right one to bring it down! Keep on the watch! 

Ma Ai: The Blessings of Jehovah do make us rich! Those faithful to Him truly see the wonderful things he's already done for us soon we will behold the greatest things of a wonderful New World where will all will reside in peace and harmony! Keep strong, hold fast to His hand, the time is short! Momentous times now and ahead will deepen our Love for Him and His Son Christ Jesus as His appointed King! May you find peace and share with all to the glory of His name forever! Agape, Bible Speaks ???

WILL YOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE? ??⛰?               
Bible the translators appropriately used the term “paradise” (pa·raʹdei·sos) with reference to the garden of Eden, because it evidently was an enclosed park. 
After the account in Genesis, Bible texts that tell about paradise refer to (1) the garden of Eden itself, or 
(2) the earth as a whole when it will be transformed in the future to a condition like that of Eden, or 
(3) flourishing spiritual conditions among God’s servants on earth, or 
(4) provisions in heaven that remind one of Eden.
Genesis 2:8 states: “Jehovah God planted a garden [“park,” Mo; “paradise,” Dy; pa·raʹdei·son, LXX] in Eden, toward the east, and there he put the man [Adam] whom he had formed.” There was an abundance of varied and fascinating plant and animal life. 
Jehovah blessed the first human pair and said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving upon the earth.” (Gen. 1:28) 
God’s original purpose for all the earth to be a paradise populated by those who appreciatively obey his laws will not go unfulfilled. (Isa. 45:18;55:10, 11) 
That is why Jesus said: “Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.” That is also why he taught his disciples to pray: “Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.” (Matt. 5:5; 6:9, 10) 
In harmony with that, Ephesians 1:9-11 explains God’s purpose “to gather all things together again in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth.” Hebrews 2:5refers to “the inhabited earth to come.” Revelation 5:10 mentions those who, as joint heirs with Christ, are to “rule as kings over the earth.” Revelation 21:1-5 and 22:1, 2 add delightful descriptions of conditions that will exist in the “new earth” and that remind one of the original Paradise in Eden with its tree of life.—Gen. 2:9.
Additionally, Jesus used the Greek expression pa·raʹdei·sos when referring to the future earthly Paradise. “He said to him [an evildoer who was being impaled alongside Jesus and who expressed faith in Jesus’ coming kingship]: ‘Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise.’”—Luke 23:43.
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"I am the fine shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me."
Jesus referred to himself as “the fine shepherd,” one who really has compassion for “the sheep” and demonstrated this by surrendering his soul in their behalf. (Joh 10:11; see Mt 9:36.)
But as foretold, the striking of “the fine shepherd” caused the flock to scatter.—Zec 13:7; Mt 26:31. NWT
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WILL YOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE? ??⛰?               
Bible the translators appropriately used the term “paradise” (pa·raʹdei·sos) with reference to the garden of Eden, because it evidently was an enclosed park. 
After the account in Genesis, Bible texts that tell about paradise refer to (1) the garden of Eden itself, or 
(2) the earth as a whole when it will be transformed in the future to a condition like that of Eden, or 
(3) flourishing spiritual conditions among God’s servants on earth, or 
(4) provisions in heaven that remind one of Eden.
Genesis 2:8 states: “Jehovah God planted a garden [“park,” Mo; “paradise,” Dy; pa·raʹdei·son, LXX] in Eden, toward the east, and there he put the man [Adam] whom he had formed.” There was an abundance of varied and fascinating plant and animal life. 
Jehovah blessed the first human pair and said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving upon the earth.” (Gen. 1:28) 
God’s original purpose for all the earth to be a paradise populated by those who appreciatively obey his laws will not go unfulfilled. (Isa. 45:18;55:10, 11) 
That is why Jesus said: “Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.” That is also why he taught his disciples to pray: “Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.” (Matt. 5:5; 6:9, 10) 
In harmony with that, Ephesians 1:9-11 explains God’s purpose “to gather all things together again in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth.” Hebrews 2:5refers to “the inhabited earth to come.” Revelation 5:10 mentions those who, as joint heirs with Christ, are to “rule as kings over the earth.” Revelation 21:1-5 and 22:1, 2 add delightful descriptions of conditions that will exist in the “new earth” and that remind one of the original Paradise in Eden with its tree of life.—Gen. 2:9.
Additionally, Jesus used the Greek expression pa·raʹdei·sos when referring to the future earthly Paradise. “He said to him [an evildoer who was being impaled alongside Jesus and who expressed faith in Jesus’ coming kingship]: ‘Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise.’”—Luke 23:43.
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