The Bible and Tyre

[Dynamic]

So I saw this thing today about the city of Tyre. It was apparentaly a large and strong city. According to the bible:

"And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her...and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water...And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD (Ezekiel 26:4,12,14)."

"thou shalt be built no more:"



It is implying that the city will not rebuilt. However, today, the city is a active city that still exists today. It seems pretty "rebuilt" if you ask me.

"destroy the walls of Tyrus,"

If ANY of you say that "Well, Tyrus is a different city"

Tyre, in Latin, means "Tyrus"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon

[Graybeard]

I'm sure there's another thread about this. If there isn't, here is the link:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091214050238AAcXEU6

[Nick]

It's probably on God's to do list.

[caveat_imperator]

It's probably on God's to do list.

Along with the destruction of Egypt.
Aaaaany day now. 

[Dynamic]

It's probably on God's to do list.

Along with the destruction of Egypt.
Aaaaany day now. 

Aha. 

[Omen]

I briefly mentioned Tyre in another post:

http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/forums/index.php/topic,22601.msg505807.html#msg505807

In short:

The King of Tyre is often associated with Satan or Lucifer in christian theology, but the same doesn't hold true in Judaism where the adversary is not always the devil or a fallen angel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer

In Judaism, "morning star" refers to the king of Babylon, who is warned[18] in Isaiah 14:12 of his coming demise at the hands of the Persians and the Medes.[19] Isaiah was living in a the time period shortly before the Babylonian Conquest of Kingdom of Judah in 586 B.C.E. Isaiah had prophetic visions about the coming result of the Babylonian Exile on Jews and the nations. By contrast, Satan is considered an angel under the direct command of the God of Israel. Satan is considered an accuser appointed by God to test men's faith, similar to a prosecutor in a court of law.

The christian reference:

A passage quite similar to that in Isaiah is found in Ezekiel 28:1–19, which is expressly directed against the king of Tyre, a city on an island that had grown rich by trade, factors alluded to in the text.[13] In Christian tradition, it too has been applied to Lucifer, because of some of the expressions contained in it.[14] But, since it does not contain the image of the Morning Star, discussion of it belongs rather to the article on Satan than to that on Lucifer.