And just so you don't have to scroll back and find what I wrote about the Bible clearly showing Neb would never destroy Tyre to the point of it never being rebuilt here it is:
AlanF and other proponents of 587. If you have mustered up all the information you have to disprove the 40 year desolation of Egypt then your hand is difficient. It is a losing hand and your bluff has failed. It is time to end the charade that you are putting forth on the 40 year desolation of Egypt. Your arguments are silly and this shall now be demonstrated beyond a doubt to honest hearted ones who really want to know the truth and whose agenda is not merely to prove JWs wrong.
Your argument is that the 40 year desolation is not literal or was not fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar. You base it upon
1. Egypt does not record such a desolation.
2. Ezekiel said Neb would destroy Tyre and it would never be rebuilt and this was not literal so likewise Egypt's 40 year desolation.
As for number 1. Does Egypt record the Exodus? No it does not. Did it happen? That is what the Bible says. Do you believe what the Bible says. History 101 tells us: Just because the nation didn't record a defeat doesn't mean it didn't happen. This is basic. Any good historian will tell you this. You first argument therefore has absolutely no merit whatsoever in the eyes of anyone except those whose agenda is simply to discredit JWs.
Point number 2. I have explain but I see that you want an in depth explanation that leaves no doubt. Well here it is from, you guessed it, the Bible only.
As some of you pointed out Ezekiel said that Neb would plunder Tyre and then later on in the verses he said that Tyre would never be rebuilt. To some it might appear that this is what Ezekiel is saying? But was Ezekiel saying Neb would be the one who would destroy it to the point that it would never be rebuilt? The Bible, being in complete harmony, provides the answer for us and leaves no doubt.
Isaiah chapter 23 provides the answer. “Chaldeans. This is the people... They have erected their siege towers; they have stripped bare her dwelling towers; one has set her as a crumbling ruin. Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold [Tyre] has been despoiled.” –verse 13
Now comes the important point. “And it must occur in that day that Tyre must be forgotten seventy years, the same as the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of a prostitute: “Take a harp, go around the city, O forgotten prostitute. Do your best at playing on the strings; make your songs many, in order that you may be remembered.” –verses 14-16
So Tyre will not be destroyed by the Chaldeans (Babylonians) laying siege to her, but will simply cause her to be “forgotten” for “seventy years”.
Isaiah continues, “And it must occur at the end of seventy years that Jehovah will turn his attention to Tyre , and she must return to her hire –verses 17
Clearly Neb was not to be the one to fulfill the scripture that Tyre would not be rebuilt. While this is far more than enough proof there is still more.
A prophecy made by Zechariah long after Neb's attack on Tyre. Zech 9:3,4, And Tyre proceeded to build a rampart for herself, and to pile up silver like dust and gold like the mire of [the] streets. Look! Jehovah himself will dispossess her, and into the sea he will certainly strike down her military force; and in the fire she herself will be devoured.
Did Zechariah, Isaiah, or Jehovah believe that Ezekiel was saying that Neb would fulfill the prophecy against Tyre to the point of it never being rebuilt? No they did not.
But lets look at Egypt and what was said. Read all of Ezekiel 29 and 30. Take note of Ezekiel 30: 10 “This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said, ‘I will also cause the crowd of Egypt to cease by the hand of Neb·u·chad·rez´zar the king of Babylon.
Can you show us from the Bible that the 40 year desolation was not fulfilled by Neb upon Egypt as the scriptures without a doubt show? So far no one has.
What are you left with.
Your point number 1 has no merit as all good historians know.
Your point number 2 about Tyre has been scripturally shown to be in error without a doubt.
You are left with only one point. The 40 year desolation of Egypt is not literal (although you have never scriptually shown us what it means symbolically) because I will not admit that JWs and 607 are correct.
What to expect in the next few posts:
A lot of weeping and gnashing shown in the form of insults, denial, rhetoric, unscriptural statements as if they were fact, and so on. But you know and I know and everyone reading this topic really know that no one has rose to challenge and disproven how the 40 year desolation of Egypt does not prove 607.
