Jehovah's Witnesses why is the year 607BC so important?

Answer 1

this website explains why 607 BC is correct.

http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/607/

Answer 2

Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians 2 Kings 25 :1-26

Answer 3

It is the start of the 7 Gentile times and the destruction of Jerusalem/Judah by Babylon. The punishment on the Jews for disobedience and serving false gods.

Daniel and the 3 Hebrew children were among those taken captive to Babylon.

Debbie

Answer 4

Was 607 BC the date when Jerusalem fell? No, it wasn't. No Bible scholar and no archaeological scholar holds to that date. The correct date is 586 B.C., not 607 B.C. Therefore, the Jehovah's Witnesses are wrong about 1914 and everything else they attach to that date based on their prophet misunderstanding. Let's verify further that 607 B.C. is the date used by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society before we establish the counter evidence.

* "The true prophet Jeremiah, not the false prophets, was vindicated when Jerusalem was razed by Babylonian soldiers in 607 B.C.E., the temple destroyed, and the populace either killed or dragged away captive to distant Babylon. The pitiful few that were left in the land fled into Egypt.-Jeremiah 39:6-9; 43:4-7," (Watchtower 2/1/92, page 4).
* "In 607 B.C.E., Israel was taken into captivity for 70 years," (Watchtower 4/15/92, page 10).
* "Samaria fell to the Assyrians in 740 B.C.E., and Jerusalem and its temple were destroyed by the Babylonians in 607 B.C.E," (Watchtower, 11/1/92, page 13).
* "The Babylonians came in 607 B.C.E. and stripped Jerusalem bare. Her people and her wealth were carried off to Babylon. The city was destroyed, the temple was burned, and the land was left desolate.-2 Chronicles 36:17-21," (Watchtower 10/15/88, page 16).

Following are citations verifying that the correct date for the fall of Jerusalem was not 607 B.C, but 586 B.C.

* According to Encyclopedia.com, the Babylonian captivity, is defined as "the period from the fall of Jerusalem (586 B.C.) to the reconstruction in Palestine of a new Jewish state (after 538 B.C.)."
* "You will recall that the Babylonians, under Nebuchadnezzar, after twice laying siege to Jerusalem, finally captured it in 586 B.C.E. Nebuchadnezzar's army then pillaged the city, destroying the Temple and sending the inhabitants off to exile in Babylonia.("Biblical Archaeological Review, Biblical Archaelogical Review).
* "...Nebuchadnezzar promptly invaded his unhappy country and besieged Jerusalem for a year and a half. In 587 Jerusalem fell and numbers of its inhabitants were carried away captive to Babylonia..." (Unger, Merrill, F., Unger's Bible Dictionary, Moody Press, Chicago, 1966, page 782).
o Notice that the year 587 is offered instead of 586. There is sometimes a difference of opinion as to which year is the exact one. Nevertheless, it is obvious that 607 B.C. is not even close.
* "586, Jerusalem destroyed and burned (Jer. 52:13f.); people taken captive (52:28-30). (The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1982, page 1016)

It is quite clear that the Jehovah's Witness organization is wrong about the 607 B.C. date upon which they place so much of their end times theology. If they are wrong about such a basic event and have not changed their error to match historical fact, how can they be trusted to represent biblical truth? They cannot.
The fact is that they can not change their date of 1914 because they have so much invested in it. They are forced to retain their 607 BC date even though it is in obvious error. To admit they were wrong is to undermine the whole credibility and truth of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. This they cannot do because they are more dedicated to their organization than they are to the truth.

Answer 5

In addition, it is one of those absolute dates. An absolute dates is firmly established by Biblical, history, archeology as a definite time in history. From dates like these, we can count back or forwards to dates of human lives and other times not anchored in time.

Answer 6

607BCE was the first time Jerusalem was destroyed, as prophecied by Isaiah and others. So it proves Bible prophecy to be accurate. In addition it's one of the dates involved in calculating what John called "the Lord's Day".

Answer 7

Its a date they based the 1914 Armageddon prophecy on that failed. It was the wrong date to base it on, maybe that's why it didn't happen, O well!

Answer 8

My sisters have answered.

Answer 9

its when jesus came to america. i have no idea but i wouldnt be surprised if that had a little bit of truth.

you DO know that they think jesus came to america, right?