ArchivedEzekiel prophecyAlexei wrote:Ezekiel prophesied that Nebuchadnezzar would completely destroy Tyre and that it would never be rebuilt (26:7-14, 21; 27:36; 28:19). We know from historical records, however, that Nebuchadnezzar's invasion destroyed only Tyre's mainland villages, but his siege of the island stronghold was unsuccessful. It was Alexander the great who destroyed Tyre completly.
In Ezekiel 26:3, it is clearly prophesied that MANY nations will contribute to the destruction of Tyre. Nebuchadnezzar was one contributed to the prophecy, but it never says he is the only one to contribute to the prophecy. Alexander the Great was another that contributed. Verse 12 refers to the destruction of Tyre by those who would follow Nebby.
Alexei wrote:Even Ezekiel himself acknowledged later in his book that his prophecy against Tyre had failed, and so Yahweh, as compensation for his unpaid labors at Tyre, was going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar (29:17-20). That prophecy also failed miserably
This is not true. Nebby did take over Egypt and Ezekiel's prophecy did not fail.
As Ezekiel did, Isaiah uttered prophecies of destruction against the nations around Israel, and one of those prophecies was against Tyre. In 23:1, he said, "The burden of Tyre. Howl you ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them." The prophecy continues in typical fashion through the chapter, predicting waste and devastation, and beginning in verse 13, Isaiah clearly indicated that the destruction of Tyre would be only temporary, not permanent.
Isaiah had a very different opinion of Tyre's destiny. He said that it would be destroyed and forgotten 70 years but at the end of the 70 years, Yahweh would visit Tyre and it would be restored. Obviously, one could make a much better case for the fulfillment of this prophecy than for Ezekiel's. Nevertheless, Isaiah's prophecy against Tyre poses a serious problem for biblical apologists. They must explain why Isaiah predicted only a temporary destruction of Tyre, whereas Ezekiel predicted an everlasting destruction.
Unless this is your sayings, it will be nice of you to quote your sources: http://www.errantyears.com/1997/jun97/0143.html (Refer to Forum Rules). Anyway, in Ezekiel 26:21 it says "thou shalt be no more" and "yet shalt thou never be found again." This is true in terms of the state Tyre was before its destruction. After is was invaded, it was not the same. So this does not have any conflict with Isaiah's prophecy on Tyre at all.
Alexei wrote:Yahweh promised Ezekiel in (Ezekiel 29:1-11) would give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar as compensation for his failure to receive "wages" for his labors against Tyre. The prophecy against Egypt was very specific: Egypt would be laid completely desolate by Nebuchadnezzar and remain so for a period of 40 years.
Notice that the prophecy is very specific in stating that Egypt would be "an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia." Ethiopia was on the southern border of Egypt, and Migdol was in the northern delta of the Nile. Hence, the prediction was that the country would be laid waste from its northern border to its southern border. The next verse says that no human foot or animal foot would pass through it for 40 years. There is no historical evidence of any kind to suggest that Egypt was ever desolate and uninhabited for the space of 40 years. Hence, the prophecy obviously failed.
From the New John Gill Exposition- neither shall it be inhabited forty years: afterwards, (Ezekiel 29:17) , a prophecy is given out concerning the destruction of it by Nebuchadnezzar, which was in the twenty seventh year, that is, of Jeconiah's captivity; now allowing three years for the fulfilment of that prophecy, or forty years, a round number put for forty three years, they will end about the time that Cyrus conquered Babylon, at which time the seventy years' captivity of the Jews ended; and very likely the captivity of the Egyptians also. The Jews pretend to give a reason why Egypt lay waste just forty years, because the famine, signified in Pharaoh's dream, was to have lasted, as they make it out, forty two years; whereas, according to them, it continued only two years; and, instead of the other forty years of famine, Egypt must be forty years uninhabited: this is mentioned both by Jarchi and Kimchi.
Alexei wrote:But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. [Deuteronmy 18:20-22]
According to Deuteronomy 18:20-22, Ezekiel must be executed!
So I guess Ezekiel shouldn't be executed after all. But, this verse can be applied to your beloved prophet Muhammed!
All of these things you post can be answered if you do some research. You don't have to falsely expose Christianity.
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