Daniel 4 - 7 times linked or otherwise to Luke 21:24

by besty 12 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • digderidoo
    digderidoo

    Luke 21:22-24

    Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for (B) there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people; 24 and they will fall by (C) the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and (D) Jerusalem will be (E) trampled under foot by the Gentiles until (F) the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

    Jw's argue the first section is directed towards a first century fulfillment of Jerusalem's destruction, including the first half of v24, yet why do they change tack on the 2nd half of v24 and apply that and that sentence only to Daniel's prohecy?

    A classic example of taking scripture out of context.

    Paul

  • DNCall
    DNCall

    Google John Aquila Brown. He's the 2nd Adventist from whom CTR appropriated the idea of the Dan. 4 - Luke 21 connection.

    You would think that in Jesus' mentioning specific prophecies in Daniel 4 and 7, he would have made a specific reference to Daniel's prophecy re Nebuchadnezzar's period of insanity if indeed it was relevant.

    Another aspect to this discussion is the arbitrary application of the day-for-year calculation. In the two biblical instances it appears, it is linked to two specific outcomes: the 40-year trek in the wilderness (Numbers) and the judgments against Israel and Judah (Ezekiel). If there is a pattern to be followed in using this calculation, certainly it would include mention of the event it was being linked to. Not so with 2,520 days/years. Linking this calculation to 2,520 days is at the whim of the likes of John Aquila Brown and CTR.

    DNCall

  • besty
    besty

    thanks I have enough information to keep my JW friend busy

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