Before trying to bring up 607 BCE with someone, you should have already read this article and be familiar with how Watchtower tries to defend the fictional date of 607 BCE primarily by discrediting and casting doubt upon secular historians and archaeologists.

If 588 BCE. marked the 37th year of Nebuchadnezzar, then his 19th year would be 607 BCE. (588+19=607) On that astronomical tablet mentioned, we read that the moon was in a certain position on the “night of the 9th [of Nisanu].” The lunar position described finds an exact match on Nisanu 9 of 588 BCE.

Aug 3, 2021 · 587 vs 607. Could anyone provide me with facts/arguments/resources regarding why 587 is the correct date for the fall of Jerusalem instead of 607?

Mar 10, 2024 · If 607 BCE is not the correct date for the destruction of Jerusalem, then the 2,520 years calculation to 1914 is incorrect, which means that Jesus didn't become King invisibly in 1914, which in turn means that he didn't choose the Watchtower organisation in 1919.

This means 607 BCE became the "center of the calendar" for the JW fictional calendar. Everything else has been falsely "adjusted" to fit 607 BCE, before, and including, 607 BCE as the "bull's eye".

Mar 14, 2023 · I asked ChatGPT to write a 500 word essay on the inaccuracy of JW belief on 607 BCE. Here’s the result. Jehovah’s Witnesses are known for their unique interpretation of biblical prophecy and their insistence on the year 607 B.C.E. as the date for the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. This date is the cornerstone of …

Feb 24, 2018 · In 1913 Martin Anstey published his discovery that the Jews returned from Babylon in 455 BCE. If so, the 70-year exile began in 525 BCE, year 23 of Nebuchadnezzar. Year 19 falls in 529 BCE. So the true date for the fall of Jerusalem is actually 529 BCE. 587 BCE and 607 BCE are both based on the revised date for the return in 537 BCE.

Sep 3, 2020 · The real reason why the organization will never give up 607 BCE as the date for Jerusalem's destruction.

Mar 12, 2024 · The Watchtower and secular historians agree that Babylon fell in 539 BCE. The Watchtower also teach, and Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the Jews were in servitude (exile) for 70 years from 607 BCE to 537 BCE. The Watchtower teach, that the 70 years exile of the Jews, proves that Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 BCE. What does the Bible say?

May 6, 2023 · The tense used in this sentence is future tense. The auxiliary verb "will" indicates that the action of Jerusalem being trampled on by the nations has not happened yet and is expected to happen in the future. So, Jesus is speaking about 70 CE, not 607 BCE.