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The name "Jehovah" is a later European derivative of the original Hebrew name "YHWH." Both names refer to the same God, or "god", as the Gnostics would write it.
Gnostics believe that Jehovah is the Creator and Ruler of this lower, fallen world that is filled with corruption and evil. Gnostics reject the proposition in Judeo-Christian orthodoxy that this world can be the product of a supreme Being. Gnostics maintain that this world is evil because Jehovah's nature is evil, and not because of something that happened between a naked woman and a talking snake somewhere.
Jehovah himself admits in Isaiah 45:5-7, "I am the Lord (YHWH),...there is no God besides me... I form the light and create darkness, and make peace and create evil. I, the Lord, do all these things."
Gnostics believe that spiritually enlightened people can have spiritual communion, or "nosies", with the supreme "Good" God; whereas all other people must submit to the heavy hand of Jehovah, who rules this evil world.
Gnostics believe that Jehovah's world is doomed, and that they will spend eternity with the Good Father.
This is the short version of Gnostic doctrine.
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