Brief presentation on the meaning of the "appointed times of the nations." For a fuller discussion of the meaning of the appointed times go to http://jehovah-himself-has-become-kin.... As an after thought, the Watchtower supposes that Jerusalem was trampled on by the nations beginning with Babylon. However, it was the Persian king, Cyrus who decreed that Jerusalem should be rebuilt. Not only that, but when the work of rebuilding Jerusalem was hindered, King Darius issued a decree that the work should not be hindered. The Persian kings even contributed monies from the state treasury to further the work. How was it, then, that Jerusalem was trampled on by the gentiles?

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