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  • #16
    ". . . Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. . . ." -- Matthew 11:20-22.
    . . . the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; . . . -- Romans 1:16 KJV

    . . . that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: . . . -- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 KJV

    Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: . . . -- 1 John 5:1 KJV

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    • #17
      Originally posted by 37818 View Post
      The following link argues that the Tyre of prophecy was not rebuilt.
      http://apologeticspress.org/apconten...3&article=1790
      The linked essay argues that Tyre in the Bible refers to a mainland area that was across from the island and is now underwater since Alexander's time (Alexander destroyed that part of the city while making his causeway), and thus never rebuilt. The problem with this argument is that the part of Tyre that is directly across from the island is now above water. That it is above water is true from the simple fact that the mainland is directly connected to the island by Alexander's above water causeway. All sections directly across from the island must therefore be abovewater.


      That is, the section on the map labeled Old Tyre must as a matter of logic be nowadays abovewater.

      Further, we read about Phoenician pre-Alexandrian ruins being on land, sometimes underneath the present Greek ruins:
      The most important recent archaeological find in a Phoenician cemetery from the first millennium B.C. Discovered in 1991 during clandestine excavations, this is the first cemetery of its kind found in Lebanon. Funerary jars, inscribed steles and jewelry were among the objects retrieved from the site.
      http://www.middleeast.com/tyre.htm

      Excavations have uncovered remains of the Greco-Roman, Crusader, Arab, and Byzantine civilizations, but most of the remains of the Phoenician period lie beneath the present town.
      https://www.britannica.com/place/Tyre

      It must be true IMO though that some of Tyre must be underwater. I heard that the harbor is now underwater, particularly a getty.

      Take for example Alexandria, whose port is now underwater:




      Probably a comparable portion of Tyre would be underwater, EXCEPT that in the case of Tyre, a huge causeway was built up, keeping much of Tyre in fact above water. Without the causeway, indeed much more of Tyre would be underwater like much of Alexandria is.

      Anyway, I think it would be wrong to say that Alexandria has been destroyed by the sea, only that a major portion was flooded.


      BTW, why did the Romans call their city by the name Sour?
      What makes you think that they did? Sour is an Arabic/French Crusader name for Tyre.
      Tyrus is the Roman/Latin name for Tyre. What makes you think that the Romans would pick an Arabic name for a city when the Arabs didn't invade until centuries later?
      Tyre, modern Arabic Ṣūr, French Tyr or Sour, Latin Tyrus, Hebrew Zor or Tsor, town on the Mediterranean coast of southern Lebanon,
      https://www.britannica.com/place/Tyre
      See page 136 in this handbook below where it says the Roman name for Tyre is Tyrus, the name for Tyre in Latin:
      https://books.google.com/books?id=zG...0tyrus&f=false

      One idea is that the best thing to do when looking at each claim is to evaluate it on its own merits, rather than going in bearing in mind your underlying opinion. For example, if you evaluate the issue of Tyre's rebuilding in prophecy bearing in mind a belief that the Bible can't be wrong, then you can tend to bias the results in that direction.

      The other way to evaluate it is to say that you know that the Bible cannot be wrong, therefore however strong the obvious facts look that Tyre was rebuilt and its descendants live there today, it is impossible that Tyre was in fact rebuilt.

      Which of those two approaches do you prefer?

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      • #18
        Originally posted by 37818 View Post
        ". . . Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. . . ." -- Matthew 11:20-22.
        Sure. Quote the Bible to prove that the Bible is right.

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