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  How Will They End 1914 Teaching?

  by EmptyInside in

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  i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.

  instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .

  they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .

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  Fisherman:

  Any written statement such as laws or Scripture can be interpreted more than one way.

  So, what you’re saying is, the Bible is essentially a useless ‘choose your own adventure’.
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  Jerusalem will be trampled by the nations until the Gentile Times are Fulfilled. — Luke 21:24

  by Fisherman in

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  jerusalem will be trampled by the nations until the gentile times are fulfilled.

  — luke 21:24 .

  the bible book of luke records jesus prophecy of the last day with his parousia including the verse about the gentile times.

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  Linda14:

  Granted, that city is the capital where rulers sat, and those were said to seat on Jehovah's throne

  Actually, only Solomon is described as ‘sitting on Jehovah’s throne’.
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  How Will They End 1914 Teaching?

  by EmptyInside in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.

  instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .

  they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .

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  Fisherman:

  2 Chronicles 36:20,21 — 20 He carried off captive to Babylon those who escaped the sword, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia began to reign, 21 to fulfill Jehovah’s word spoken by Jeremiah, until the land had paid off its sabbaths. All the days it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfill 70 years.
  It is not that complicated.

  🤦‍♂️ The inserted phrase “until the land had paid off its sabbaths. All the days it lay desolate it kept sabbath,” isn’t “the word spoken by Jeremiah” at all, it is from Leviticus 26:34–35.

  But what this passage does say is that the Jews served Babylon for 70 years “until the kingdom of Persia began to reign”, which was quite definitely in 539 BCE, and began when Babylon replaced Assyria in 609 BCE. All the nations ‘served Babylon’ for 70 years, but they didn’t all go into exile, and submitting to Babylon during its 70 years was explicitly the way to avoid exile (Jeremiah 27:8-11).

  The parenthetical statement from Leviticus adds that the land was also desolate while the land paid its sabbaths, but Leviticus 25:8 associates this separate period with 49 years, not 70. This was from Jerusalem’s destruction in 587 BCE until some of the Jews returned in 538 BCE.

  It’s really not that complicated, but it is quite dishonest to falsely attribute statements to Jeremiah that are actually from Leviticus.
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  How Will They End 1914 Teaching?

  by EmptyInside in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.

  instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .

  they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .

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  ‘scholar’:

  If there were no exiles then what are the deportations and into what?

  Are you drunk? Jeremiah 25:8-12 doesn’t mention any deportations. But there were deportations in early 597 BCE (when most were taken into exile and Zedekiah was appointed, and is regarded as the beginning of ‘the exile’ as clearly evidenced by Ezekiel 40:1), 587 BCE (when Jerusalem was destroyed), and 582 BCE. (Jeremiah 52:28-30) Why do you feign ignorance about ‘three exiles’. Are you really that unfamiliar with the subject?

  Also, some parts of Judea remained populated throughout the entire period.
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  How Will They End 1914 Teaching?

  by EmptyInside in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.

  instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .

  they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .

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  Jeffro

  ‘scholar’:

  What you are saying is that there was no conquest of Jerusalem by Neb, no deportation of the Jews from Judah to Babylon, no Return of the Jews from Babylon and that the 70 years was a mythical number.

  Worst. Straw man. Ever. You’re such a liar.

  What I actually said was:

  Most of the Jews were exiled in early 597 BCE. Others were exiled when Jerusalem was destroyed in 587 BCE. And more were taken in 582 BCE. But there was no ‘70 years of exile’ at all.

  Beyond that, Babylon definitively removed Assyria in 609 BCE, and was dominant until it was conquered by Persia in 539 BCE, which neatly corresponds to the nations serving Babylon for 70 years. When did Babylon’s 70 years begin?

  Why do you keep pretending you’ve never been told this all before? 😂
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  How Will They End 1914 Teaching?

  by EmptyInside in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.

  instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .

  they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .

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  Jeffro

  Unable to find any support in the Bible for 70 years of exile, the inept ‘scholar’ instead alludes to the fact that the Jews were exiled at all. Pathetic.

  Most of the Jews were exiled in early 597 BCE. Others were exiled when Jerusalem was destroyed in 587 BCE. And more were taken in 582 BCE. But there was no ‘70 years of exile’ at all.
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  How Will They End 1914 Teaching?

  by EmptyInside in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.

  instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .

  they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .

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  Jeffro

  Nope. Nothing about exile there, nor about only Judah serving Babylon. 😂

  And we know from Jeremiah 27:8-11 that ‘serving Babylon’ doesn’t mean exile.

  Do you even own a Bible?
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  How Will They End 1914 Teaching?

  by EmptyInside in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.

  instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .

  they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .

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  Jeffro

  Nope, nothing about 70 years of exile there. Try again.
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  Jerusalem will be trampled by the nations until the Gentile Times are Fulfilled. — Luke 21:24

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jerusalem will be trampled by the nations until the gentile times are fulfilled.

  — luke 21:24 .

  the bible book of luke records jesus prophecy of the last day with his parousia including the verse about the gentile times.

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  Jeffro

  Fisherman:

  I disagree.

  So? You’re just wrong. ἔσονται means ‘will be’. The wording ‘even in English’ hardly matters.

  Kingdom Interlinear Translation:

  and they will fall to mouth of sword and they will be led captive into the nations all, and Jerusalem will be being trampled by nations, until what should be fulfilled and will be appointed times of nations.
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  How Will They End 1914 Teaching?

  by EmptyInside in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.

  instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .

  they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .

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  Jeffro

  ‘scholar’:

  But for Judah, a 70-year Exile was foretold as punishment for their sins being brought under the yoke of Babylon for 70 years in Exile.

  No such statement or suggestion appears anywhere in the Bible.