WATCHTOWER CHRONOLOGY IN ERROR BY 19 YEARS:
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CHRONOLOGY IN ERROR:
The chronology which supports the central and important 1914 A.D. date is 19 years in error!
THE 2,520 YEARS PROPHECY:
In Daniel 4 Nebuchadnezzar was insane for seven years and his throne was vacant. The Society applies this period prophetically to foretell that the throne of David would also be vacant for seven “prophetic” years.
In prophecy, a prophetic day equals a literal year. So seven years (x 360 days) = 2,520 prophetic days or literal years.
Zedekiah was the last king of Israel to sit on the “throne of David”. The Society taught that it would then be vacant for “seven years” or 2,530 literal years. At the end of this time, Jesus Christ would return and sit on it.
This time period was called the Times of the Gentiles and was foretold to end in 1914 A.D. with the overthrow of the kingdoms on earth and the setting up of Christ’s kingdom at his Return or Second Coming.
The chronology which supports the central and important 1914 A.D. date is 19 years in error!
THE 2,520 YEARS PROPHECY:
In Daniel 4 Nebuchadnezzar was insane for seven years and his throne was vacant. The Society applies this period prophetically to foretell that the throne of David would also be vacant for seven “prophetic” years.
In prophecy, a prophetic day equals a literal year. So seven years (x 360 days) = 2,520 prophetic days or literal years.
Zedekiah was the last king of Israel to sit on the “throne of David”. The Society taught that it would then be vacant for “seven years” or 2,530 literal years. At the end of this time, Jesus Christ would return and sit on it.
This time period was called the Times of the Gentiles and was foretold to end in 1914 A.D. with the overthrow of the kingdoms on earth and the setting up of Christ’s kingdom at his Return or Second Coming.
After the End did not come in 1914 as foretold by the Society (see ch. 6) the whole 1914 date should have been discarded like the dates, 1874, 1878, 1918, 1920, and 1925. However, in the meantime World War 1 had broken out, so the Society to save face kept the 1914 date. They said Jesus did return then, but it was invisible! Since then this date has been used as a doctrinal anchor. For decades the Witnesses have been spurred into activity believing the End was coming within a generation of 1914. (See ch. 3)
ERRORS OF THIS PROPHECY:
A. Beginning Date: The Society teaches that Zedekiah was put off the throne and Jerusalem was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 607 B. C. E.
However Bible chronology supported by history, archaeology and astronomy proves that the 19th year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar when he finally devastated and destroyed Jerusalem was 587/6 B. C.
No reliable historian supports the 607 B. C. E. date below!
ERRORS OF THIS PROPHECY:
A. Beginning Date: The Society teaches that Zedekiah was put off the throne and Jerusalem was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 607 B. C. E.
However Bible chronology supported by history, archaeology and astronomy proves that the 19th year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar when he finally devastated and destroyed Jerusalem was 587/6 B. C.
No reliable historian supports the 607 B. C. E. date below!
B. The Prophecy of Daniel 4. In Dan 4:33 the Bible says the prophecy was “fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar”.
A further prophecy cannot be made on a “fulfilled” prophecy and there is no connection in this chapter with “The Times of the Gentiles”.
THE SEVENTY YEARS:
The Bible teaches there would be a period of seventy years captivity in which they would serve the king of Babylon. “And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.” Jer. 25:11.
After seventy years of captivity they would return from Babylon:
“In accord with the fulfilling of seventy years at Babylon I shall turn my attention to YOU people, and I will establish toward YOU my good word in bringing YOU back to this place.” Jer. 29:10 (NW)
The seventy year period began in 605 B.C. when Nebuchadnezzar devastated Jerusalem the first time. He took captives including Daniel and plundered the Temple. It ended in 536 B.C. when the captives arrived back in Jerusalem after 70 years captivity. (inclusive Bible reckoning.)
BIBLE CHRONOLOGY
A further prophecy cannot be made on a “fulfilled” prophecy and there is no connection in this chapter with “The Times of the Gentiles”.
THE SEVENTY YEARS:
The Bible teaches there would be a period of seventy years captivity in which they would serve the king of Babylon. “And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.” Jer. 25:11.
After seventy years of captivity they would return from Babylon:
“In accord with the fulfilling of seventy years at Babylon I shall turn my attention to YOU people, and I will establish toward YOU my good word in bringing YOU back to this place.” Jer. 29:10 (NW)
The seventy year period began in 605 B.C. when Nebuchadnezzar devastated Jerusalem the first time. He took captives including Daniel and plundered the Temple. It ended in 536 B.C. when the captives arrived back in Jerusalem after 70 years captivity. (inclusive Bible reckoning.)
BIBLE CHRONOLOGY
Jeremiah 29:10 was written to the captives in Babylon, before Jerusalem was destroyed. Jeremiah then wrote a message:
“... to all the people dwelling in this city, “ Jer. 29:16 (NW)
Thus the Bible teaches that the seventy years began before the city was destroyed and not after as taught by the Watchtower Society.
“DEVASTATIONS”
Daniel 9:2 speaks of seventy years of desolations or devastations (NW).
These devastations begun in 605 B.C. became increasingly worse until the city was destroyed in 586 B.C. and a few years later there was not an inhabitant left!
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S REIGN:
Nebuchadnezzar reigned for 43 years, from 605 B. C. - 562 B. C.
In 2 Kings 24, the Bible tells how he finally devastated Jerusalem and destroyed the monarchy. That was in the 19th year of his reign.
All reliable historians place this date at 587/6 B.C. However, the Society says it was 607 B.C.E. In this date they are in error, without any historical support.
THE VAT 4956 TABLET:
“... to all the people dwelling in this city, “ Jer. 29:16 (NW)
Thus the Bible teaches that the seventy years began before the city was destroyed and not after as taught by the Watchtower Society.
“DEVASTATIONS”
Daniel 9:2 speaks of seventy years of desolations or devastations (NW).
These devastations begun in 605 B.C. became increasingly worse until the city was destroyed in 586 B.C. and a few years later there was not an inhabitant left!
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S REIGN:
Nebuchadnezzar reigned for 43 years, from 605 B. C. - 562 B. C.
In 2 Kings 24, the Bible tells how he finally devastated Jerusalem and destroyed the monarchy. That was in the 19th year of his reign.
All reliable historians place this date at 587/6 B.C. However, the Society says it was 607 B.C.E. In this date they are in error, without any historical support.
THE VAT 4956 TABLET:
The VAT 4956 tablet clearly establishes that the 37th regnal year of Nebuchadnezzar was 568/7 B. C., and that the time when he destroyed Jerusalem in his 19th regnal year was 586/587 B. C. and NOT 607 B. C. E. as taught by the Watchtower Society.
The archaeological tablet VAT 4956 is an astronomical diary. It records on both the front and the back of the tablet the observations of the moon and planets during the entire 37th regnal year of Nebuchadnezzar.
There are about thirty observations which are described in such detail that modern astronomers can easily fix the exact year when they were originally made.
All the observations of the moon and five planets, could only have occurred in the year 568/567 B. C. and will not occur again in the same sequence for another 40,000 years!
This archaeological tablet is another independent proof of the dating of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign. It establishes his 37th regnal year as 568/567 B C. so his 19th regnal year was 586/7 B.C. not 607 B.C. when he destroyed Jerusalem.
The archaeological tablet VAT 4956 is an astronomical diary. It records on both the front and the back of the tablet the observations of the moon and planets during the entire 37th regnal year of Nebuchadnezzar.
There are about thirty observations which are described in such detail that modern astronomers can easily fix the exact year when they were originally made.
All the observations of the moon and five planets, could only have occurred in the year 568/567 B. C. and will not occur again in the same sequence for another 40,000 years!
This archaeological tablet is another independent proof of the dating of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign. It establishes his 37th regnal year as 568/567 B C. so his 19th regnal year was 586/7 B.C. not 607 B.C. when he destroyed Jerusalem.
THE MISSING 19 YEARS!
In the Babylon book pp. 183-4, 230 it says Nebuchadnezzar died in 581 B. C. It also lists the kings who followed him and the length of their reigns until Babylon fell in 539 B. C.
However, if one adds the reigns of these kings to 539 B.C. or from 581 B.C. there is a 19 year gap. (See chart of the Watchtower Chronology below.)
In the Babylon book pp. 183-4, 230 it says Nebuchadnezzar died in 581 B. C. It also lists the kings who followed him and the length of their reigns until Babylon fell in 539 B. C.
However, if one adds the reigns of these kings to 539 B.C. or from 581 B.C. there is a 19 year gap. (See chart of the Watchtower Chronology below.)
Note how the date 618 B. C. does not occur in this dictionary under “Jehoiakim”. Not one of the dates given support the chronology of the Watchtower Society!
Below I have all of these Watchtower books which proved from their own books
they are out 19 years in their 1914 chronology.
Below I have all of these Watchtower books which proved from their own books
they are out 19 years in their 1914 chronology.
I personally own this book as I wanted to check out what the Watchtower was saying was true. Sad it was another lie they told to their members.
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