The so-called Gentile Times or more accurately ‘the appointed times of the nations’ were only 42 months. Jesus said that the literal city of Jerusalem would be trample on by the nations for an appointed time — not God’s rulership as the Watchtower mistakenly believes. Read Luke chapters 17 – 21 for proof of this. The Watchtower is guilty of misleading millions regarding this.

Richard E :@Todd Gaylor Dear Todd, I read this book long time ago and I have to say it’s well written and can deepen your understanding of this subject. But it’s a bloody 360 pages long!

Thank You Richard- It just might be worth buying.

Ironically this changed my veiw. It is pretty obvious from the scriputres alone indicate that Gentile Rule began about 20 years before Jerusalem was destroyed. 20 years before the temple was destroyed Josiah was killed and the Nations set up vassal kings over Judah. There had never been a Sovereign ruler over Judah again and Nebachadnezzar began desolating Isreal. This would mean that if Russel was right and Jerusalme was destroyed in 607 Gentile rule would have begun 627. I saw a whole in Russels theory. Then I read the book Crisis of Conscience and find out that Jeruslame was destroyed 587 which of course means Gentile Rule would have begun in 607. Now I’m Thininng Russel was right after all. He was right that Gentile Rule began in 607 and merely wrong when the Temple was destroyed.

So I’m wondering if this book is worth buying. Is it just going ot galvanize my faith by proving that the Temple was destroyed in 587? Something I already beleive.
Todd

True to Zedekiah’s expectation, God’ caused the Babylonian to depart from Jerusalem by sending against them an army of the Egyptians who came to rescue Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 37:5) But afterwards, seeing the Babylonians already left, Zedekiah and his princes “caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free to return and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids,” to provoke God to anger. (Jeremiah 34:14-16) In so doing, God declared a punitive liberty to his people: “Therefore thus saith the LORD, Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.” (Jeremiah 34:13-17,21,22)

The payment for Israel’s sin according to Leviticus 26:18 is ‘7 times.’ The phrase ‘times’ mean years, so 7 times is 7 years. 1 year is 365 days, so 7 years are 2555 days. But in reckoning the sin of his people God used ‘a day for a year’ basis. (Ezekiel 4:6) So 2,555 days mean 2,555 years. If these length of years were reckoned starting from the day when the ‘week of years’ they defiled has expired (609-608), then the first year of the accounting will fall to 607 BCE and will be completed in 1948 CE, (2,555-607=1948) the time when Israel was restored. Some Bible scholars preferred the lunar calendar, thus 7×360=2,520-607=1913. There is no argument here, Jeremiah 16:18 speaks of Israel’s sin to be recompense ‘double’ hence, the first recompensation ends in 1913, while the second one, on 1948. Thus, confirmed 607 BCE

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Yep 100% correct. Pity Doos, (a Dutch word for box, or more explicidly in Afrikaans an empty box), funny how believers in Joe and Son (prince of peace) can instantly turn loony tune crazy as soon as they are approached and told their precious belief is held in contempt by others. What makes it more frustrating for these good folk, is that when they turn to their fairy tale book, it offers comfort only to those with blinkers, yes yes eat some more crap, God is good, grovel in the dirt God will save you, grovel some more Jesus will save you,
no matter how little money you have, the church will accept a donation, the less you have the more a donation will it count, remember the well designed parable.

Better start selling Watchtowers, only 18 months left.
Makes me sick, should make Doos sick too, sadly he will soldier on until his life is depleted, what a waste.

Cheers,
Markus