70 years of captivity?.
i myself have always believed that when archaeology disagreed with the bible the bible must be right.
that is how i dismissed the idea that jerusalem was destroyed in 586/587 bce.
aniron
Post 165
Chronology is not nonsense but a science and scholars all over the world believe in chronology of some kind which is used as the skeleton of history. Bible chronology that proves the validity of 607 BCE has been well set out by celebrated WT scholars over many decades and has been confirmed by secular evidence.
scholar JW
70 years of captivity?.
i myself have always believed that when archaeology disagreed with the bible the bible must be right.
that is how i dismissed the idea that jerusalem was destroyed in 586/587 bce.
Mad Dawg
Post 103
The Bible provides sufficient data to calculate dates mentioned in the Bible because it is a book of history and ones combines this data with secular data to validate those Biblical events. so one can be very confident that Jerusalem fell in 607 BCE. Celebrated WT scholars have frequently described the method of computation in various publications of the WT Society. Just do the reading and the thinking.
scholar JW
70 years of captivity?.
i myself have always believed that when archaeology disagreed with the bible the bible must be right.
that is how i dismissed the idea that jerusalem was destroyed in 586/587 bce.
isaacaustin
In your dreams. It is simply not the case that it has been shown ad nauseum that there is insufficient evidence to posit a date for the Return.The simple fact is that there is sufficient evidence from secular history and the Bible to prove 537 BCE as the date for the Return and this is supported by current scholarship. In fact, it is only the research done by the 'celebrated WT scholars that sets the matter out in detail as most authorities simply nominate 537 BCE without explanation as with others preferring 538 or 536 BCE.
All dates in the OT are derived and calcuable because that is what chronology is. The date 607 BCE is based upon evidence and that evidence is primarily from the Bible and supported by other secular evidence. The date date 1914 terminates the prophetic period, Gentile Times and is proven by the facts of modern history and the growth of the True Church. It is not I that is delusional but apostates make this an art form by their desperate, mischief making by deceiving people about the True Religion.
scholar JW
70 years of captivity?.
i myself have always believed that when archaeology disagreed with the bible the bible must be right.
that is how i dismissed the idea that jerusalem was destroyed in 586/587 bce.
Leolaia
If you had paid more close attention to this forum you would have noticed my previous posting on this subject but thanks for your sarcastic inquiry about my whereabouts. The only virus I have contacted is the wirus that 'eats up apostates' and elevates WT biblical chronology/
scholar JW
70 years of captivity?.
i myself have always believed that when archaeology disagreed with the bible the bible must be right.
that is how i dismissed the idea that jerusalem was destroyed in 586/587 bce.
diamond diz
You write utter nonsense. The Society's use of 607 BCE is based on the Bible and its internal chronology, the date 1914 is derived from chronology and prophecy and history both ancient and modern. There is no need to 'gild the lily' as the facts overwhelmingly support our understanding of matters.
scholar JW
70 years of captivity?.
i myself have always believed that when archaeology disagreed with the bible the bible must be right.
that is how i dismissed the idea that jerusalem was destroyed in 586/587 bce.
Leaving WT
I am glad the existence of the 'celebrated' ones makes you happy just think how it affects me
schoilar JW
70 years of captivity?.
i myself have always believed that when archaeology disagreed with the bible the bible must be right.
that is how i dismissed the idea that jerusalem was destroyed in 586/587 bce.
Barefoot Servant.
No lies arr needed because the Bible is quite definite about the matter. There is compelling evidence both from the Bible and secular history that the Jews returned home in 537 BCE by the seventh month and even the apostae Jonsson has to concede this point even though he promotes 538 BCE with considerable difficulty. The date 537 is in harmony with the best and most recent scholarship.
scholar JW
70 years of captivity?.
i myself have always believed that when archaeology disagreed with the bible the bible must be right.
that is how i dismissed the idea that jerusalem was destroyed in 586/587 bce.
Ultimate Reality
You talk nonsense. Josephus refers to the seventy year as a period of desolation, servitude and exile running from the destruction of the Temple, city and land until the Return of the Jews under Cyrus when one looks at all of the references together. Thus the overall description of the biblical seventy years is in accord with the longtime understanding of matters by the 'celebrated WT scholars.
There is of course the statement by Josephus wherein he refers to a 'fifty year period of obscurity' which can either be interpreted as a copyist's mistake or a comment about the state of the temple within his forementioned defined 'seventy year' period. Either way this reference harmonizes with Josephus' previous comments/
scholar JW
70 years of captivity?.
i myself have always believed that when archaeology disagreed with the bible the bible must be right.
that is how i dismissed the idea that jerusalem was destroyed in 586/587 bce.
allelsefails
The date 607 BCE is the only possibile date for the Fall of Jerusalem according to the Bible, the other dates of 586 or 587 BCE simply omit important biblical history so these dates fall short of the true date by twenty years. Apostates and secular scholars fail to give the Bible precedence over the interpretations of archaeology and thus fail to recognize the importance of the seventy years. The date of 609 bce is useless for the dating of the captivity because nothing happened in that year for the Captivity proper did not commence until the land was desolated in 607 BCE. 609 BCE is simply a 'furphy'.
There is much evidence that the seventy years was a period of captivity-desolation and servitude running from the Fall of Jerusalem to the Return of the Exiles and this view is supported by all of Scripture and the testimony of Josephus. There are many varied interpretations of the seventy years but not a single one of them is practical, based on Scripture, faithful to history and archaeology. A careful reading of the Zechaiah and Jerememiah texts prove the above as well as that of Daniel and Ezra and I have argued these points in some detail on this forum over the last seven or eight years.
There is clear evidence that the seven times prophecy of Nebuchadnezzer known as the Gentile Times had a major fulfillment after Nebuchadnezzer and this is clearly seen from a careful reading of the entire chapter 4 of Daniel in both the Masoretic text and the Old Greek for starters. Of course apostates have none of this but there specious pleadings well represented by the Jonsson nonsense amounts to opinion and an individual exegesis.
Further, what also proves the validity of WT Bible based chronology as developed by those 'celebrated WT scholars' is the simple fact that 607 BCE nicely and providentially begins the prophetic period of the Gentile Times ending in 1914 CE. Such a fact inspires faith and it is faith that forms the basis of prophecy.
scholar JW
in the 1969 kit the society used a book by bible scholar justus lipsius as source material for their upright stake "stauros" doctrine of the death of christ.
they used an image of a man hung on an upright stake with no crossbeam attached to it.
then they placed a caption under it saying that the illustration came from lipsius.
Atlantis
Absolutely, the Society is not ambivalent on this matter as the evidenc eboth secular and biblical proves that Jesus died on a stake rather than a pagan cross. Again your focus is wrong for the statement of 'anatomic absolutes' refers to the body of Christ and not the instrument of his death.
scholar JW
