Ann O'Maly

The tablet pictured above corroborates the biblical account of the 597 BCE* seige and surrender of Jerusalem when Nebuchadnezzar took King Jehoiachin, the royal family, and 18,000 exiles to Babylon - "all Jerusalem." He also stripped the temple of its treasures. Cf. 2 Kings 24:8-17. 

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[Rev.11'] In the seventh year [598/597], the month of Kislîmu, the king of Akkad mustered his troops, marched to the Hatti-land,

[Rev.12'] and besieged the city of Judah and on the second day of the month of Addaru^note he seized the city and captured the king.^note

[Rev.13'] He appointed there a king of his own choice,^note received its heavy tribute and sent to Babylon.

 

http://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/abc-5-jerusalem-chronicle/

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* 617 BCE Watchtower time

On 2/12/2016 at 4:32 AM, admin said:

So who were all of these extremely bizarre human-like creatures that were roaming around on our planet just a few thousand years ago?

Could it be possible that they were actually the Nephilim or their descendents?

No. Because this:

https://badarchaeology.wordpress.com/tag/brien-foerster/

and this:

http://www.peruthisweek.com/blogs-calm-down-the-paracas-skulls-are-not-from-alien-beings-102258

*Steps into the JW paradigm for a moment* Anyway, if they are 3000 years old, they post-date the Flood. Isn't official Org. teaching that the Nephilim were wiped out by the Flood? What were descendants of an extinct race from the Middle East doing in Peru?

On 2/13/2016 at 9:14 AM, Eoin Joyce said:

The Care Quality Commission report referred to above dates from March 2015. Recommendations for improvement were made to be carried out by July 2015. A further inspection to follow up matters was carried out in October 2015. Noting the improvement, the new report can be seen here: 

http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/new_reports/AAAE2605.pdf

This relates to a different Jah-Jireh home than the one I linked to.  

11 hours ago, Joy said:

That's a really good idea. Hope they have facilities in every state. Sometimes the people aren't treated correctly in nursing facilities. With witnesses taking care of witnesses I know they will be treated fairly

They are a great idea and there are many good points about them. But there have also been and continue to be weaknesses in their standard of care at times. Some of the UK ones have been found to be operating below expected standards. http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/new_reports/AAAC7117.pdf

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Referring to the congregation file the edict also says all agendas of elders’ meetings should be destroyed and that Congregation Service Committees should “make sure all records relating to child molestation are in harmony”.

That's rather careless of the journalist. The memo does not say to make sure all records relating to child molestation are in harmony (period) - which may suggest 'in harmony with each other' or some sort of evidence tampering. The full sentence is:

"Make sure all records relating to child molestation are in harmony with ks10 2:16, point 3, and 5:39." (See attached Watchtower memo.)

IOW, the records kept are to be in harmony with the instructions in the Elder's handbook, Shepherd the Flock of God, which stipulates that records relating to child molestation are to be kept indefinitely and are NOT to be destroyed.

Personal elders meeting or other personal notes on individuals are to be destroyed, however.

2015_Audit_Checklist-UK.pdf

The easiest solution is that Nehemiah was counting the Jewish way - Tishri to Tishri (Babylonians and Persians counted kings' reigns from Nisan to Nisan). So the Nisan in Neh. 2:1 didn't ring in a new regnal year (21st year) by Nehemiah's reckoning, but stayed within the Tishri-Tishri 20th year. This is the conclusion of some respected Bible scholars and chronologists, e.g. Edwin R. Thiele.

"Historical evidence points to 475 B.C.E. as the year of Artaxerxes’ ascension to the throne." [w06  2/1 p.8]

That's incorrect. Historical evidence points overwhelmingly to 465 BCE as Artaxerxes I's accession year. But that's a whole other discussion in itself. 

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Does anyone know where there is one in Canada? It stated they operated one here.

http://www.jah-jireh.on.ca/index.html