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Originally posted by forgiven:
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Originally posted by mark24:
Mark:
And you guys wouldn't be guilty of the opposite, would you? It hasn't come to pass, *yet*.
The prophecy that Tyre would never be rebuilt was wrong.
"Over the course of the last two and a half thousand years the coastline has changed slightly, so that the island is now connected to the mainland. As you can see, the (ex)island site and mainland parts are heavily built up.
Ezekiel said that Tyre would never be rebuilt and would never be found. Can you find a city in the picture? Did Ezekiel's prophecy come true, even if we grant that he was really talking about Alexander the Great when he mentioned Nebuchadnezzar."
i don't understand what you mean... i haven't and probably won't argue about a bible prophecy that hasn't come to pass, so there's no way your accusation could even apply to me... as for tyre, the island city was at least a half mile offshore, is that the "slight" change you were talking about? nebbie destroyed the mainland city, not the island city... the picture you posted, is that supposed to be the island city?
From what i understand, Nebuchadnezzar began the assault on Tyre and besieged the mainland city for thirteen years (585-573bc). Many of the people fled during this long attack, to the island city, and nebud. could not attack them there without a fleet. ;(
Alexander (during his campaign against Persia, 332bc) used the 'debris' from the destruction of the mainland city to build a half mile long, 200 ft wide causeway to the island in order to occupy it("...and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water....." Ezk 26:12)
The fishing town Sur currently sits upon part of the island and the causeway, but the mainland city site remains abandoned
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