In short, the Bible gives only a relative chronology and one needs to convert this into an absolute chronology otherwise such chronology hangs in the air without a peg as it were. The Monarchy in Israel ceased about 500 years before our Common Era so a date based on an event is required to connect the data of the kings with our modern period or calender..
scholar,
Thanks for the replys but ..
You call me naive then you gloss over my question by restating my point as if it is your own.
In short, the Bible gives only a relative chronology and one needs to convert this into an absolute chronology otherwise such chronology hangs in the air without a peg as it were.
This is my question to you and every other witness that believes in 607 and 1914. It would apply equally to anyone trying to make a prophecy out of the 587 or 86 dates.
Maybe my first post was too wordy and my questions were lost on you. Here they are again:
What good is a prophecy that lives or dies; stands or falls based on archeology?
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What good is the bible if you have to be a historian, archeologist, Hebrew and Greek scholar just to understand it?
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Are we really to believe that this prophecy could only be understood after the relevant archeological discoveries were made?
Thanks scholar, or anyone else who believes in a time prophecy based on a date that cannot be assertained pruly from the bible.
In the future scholar I will try to be self deprecating enough so that you wont feel the need to call me names. :) Thanks again.
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