• Dedication—To Whom? Why?
    The Watchtower—1982 | February 15

    • God can “consecrate” or “dedicate” a thing or person or group of people. From God’s standpoint, the two words can mean basically the same thing. However, imperfect humans, while not being able to “consecrate” anything, constituting it clean for a holy purpose, can properly and lovingly “dedicate” something, including themselves.

  • Dedication—To Whom? Why?
    The Watchtower—1982 | February 15

    • a The first appearances of the word “Dedicated” in the Hebrew Scriptures are found in Genesis 5:18-24, in the name “Enoch,” which name means “Dedicated.” In the Hebrew text this name is spelled Hha nokhʹ, and is related to the Hebrew word Hanukah, which means “Dedication.” In John 10:22 the “feast of dedication” that Jesus attended is mentioned. (Rotherham; Authorized Version) To this day the Jews call this festival Hanukah, meaning “Dedication,” as can be seen from Hebrew translations of John 10:22.