So why did chronologist place a gap in chronology between Ezra 6 &7 between Jeshua/Zerubabbel and Ezra/Nehemiah? [Nehemiah records] "Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived from Judah with another group, and I asked them about Jerusalem and about our fellow-Jews who had returned from exile in Babylonia. This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in August 2012. Now, I had never been sad in his presence before. Nehemiahs leadership style is not the most common. A race of slaves emerge from slavery to become a nation. 7Then I said to the king, If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may grant me passage until I arrive in Judah; 8and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the kings forest, directing him to give me timber to make beams for the gates of the temple fortress, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy. And the king granted me what I asked, for the gracious hand of my God was upon me. He then rallied the people and, in the face of constant opposition from opponents, rebuilt the wall in 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15)a feat that put fear into the hearts of his opponents (Nehemiah 6:16). Nehemiah 6:15 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) 15 The wall was completed (A) in 52 days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Ellul. One of the powerful messages of Nehemiah is how much you can accomplish when you align yourself with the will and plan of God. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. I would also like to address a comment regarding Yeshu, the Roman Fabrication. Yeshua being a Roman fabrication is as reasonable and historically accurate as those who say Israel is a British one. Yodie. Right or wrong the rest is just opinion. This single letter and its use is the basis for the120 years of missing chronology as well as Christian chronologists attempts to show that Nehemiah and Ezra were contemporary with Artaxerxes Longimanus. Will they restore things? Rebuild our health. Truth of the matter is we will NEVER know all the facts and truths in this life..only the next. There was no other mention of him, until after the rebuilding of the city walls. Nehemiah 12 states Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam(Shallum), Talmon and Akkub all lived in the days of Joiakim, Nehemiah and Ezra. Families and professional groups take on the responsibility for repairing stretches of the wall, while gates are provided with attics, doors, bolts and bars, and towers are rebuilt. Israel became a nation 69 years ago!! Would a man like me go into the temple to save his life? The al so important, yet lost and presently under known appearance and working of the Urim and Thummim (Neh 7:65), was ignored in the text of the report concerning the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem. Virtually any citizen of the ancient world could tick off three reasons why a wall was far more than just a pile of rocks. Thus, if our anonymous artist had any intention, it would have been much more likely that this statue is his rendition of Lazarus rather than Nehemiah! Moving on to the 62 sevens they have nothing to do with the original command to return and build Jerusalem. Not only did he trust God to bless his efforts, he physically did his part to complete the project. No power tools. . 21After him Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib. All that was left was to rebuild the city . Why should the work stop while I leave it to come down to you? 4They sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. 18For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah: and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah. They make their money by licensing temporary rights for a specific use to newspapers, magazines and other media. How difficult is it to build a wall? My interpretation fits both Scripture and history. Based on Ezra 6:14 this was none other than Darius son of Hystaspes. So this is how it works Foto Marburg has plenty of Abrahams, Davids, Jesuses (Jesi?) How many days did it take Nehemiah and his leaders to rebuild Jerusalem's walls? Ok so Ill show you something that ppl dont see and its on the 490 weeks of years prophecy Jeremiah wrote but Daniel was given the chronology on it. He also urged them to set up guards to defend against the constant threat of those who opposed their efforts, including the armies of Samaria, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites. Nehemiah 12 identifies those chief of their fathers who went up with Jeshua and Zerubabbel in the 1st year of Cyrus. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their watch-posts, and others before their own houses. 4The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few and no houses had been built. By hand. The workers built the walls in only 52 days. 19And I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated far from one another on the wall. Let's get started." They rolled up their sleeves, ready for the good work. Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem exhibited this important component of faith. 18Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and every ten days skins of wine in abundance; yet with all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because of the heavy burden of labour on the people. Will they sacrifice? "Nehemiah 6:15", and "The city of . Nehemiah told their enemies, "The God of heaven will give us success. 6So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. 2 He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, 'What are these feeble Jews doing? We can learn about the society where the ancient Israelites, and later Jesus and the Apostles, lived through the modern discoveries that provide us clues. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me. One side is built on the. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. As the Bible describes it, he was so driven to erect that barrier to protect the Jews from their enemies that he motivated a crew to work nonstop. Ezra soon noticed that contrary to the Jewish law, even Jews of high standing and the priests, had intermarried with pagan, non-Hebrew women. How about it? Daniel 9 is about Jesus. Ok Nissan is April and in the 20th year of the king. Within three days of his arrival in Jerusalem he did a thorough inspection of the walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16). The wall completed: 6:15-19. In my opinion the underlying text does not say anything about restoring Jerusalem to a messiah. The text clearly states it will be 7 sevens from the command unto the Messiah. The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record almost entirely, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. Now he could rebuild his beloved city of Jerusalem, its walls and gates. 8 years of Archaeology Odyssey online, exploring the ancient roots of the Western world in a scholarly and entertaining way, The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. The book of Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's city wall in about 445BC. One of the most astonishing facts about Nehemiah is that he finished the walls in just 52 days If you've ever been to Jerusalem, and seen the size and capacity of the stones you realize the monumental task that was at hand. I really like all of the points youve made. The walls of . It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the () twentieth year, as I was in () Shushan [] the [] citadel, 2 that () Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. There was no other explanation but God. Read more. Once there, Nehemiah defied the opposition of Judah's enemies on all sidesSamaritans, Ammonites, Arabs and Philistinesand rebuilt the walls within 52 days, from the Sheep Gate in the North, the Hananeel Tower at the North West corner, the Fish Gate in the West, the Furnaces Tower at the Temple Mount's South West It happened at a time when the captivity of the Jews had already come to an end. Building Jerusalem had been going on since the 1st year of Cyrus, that was never the issue. Ezra went up in the 7th year of Artakhshast (Ezra 7:7-10), 13 years before Nehemyahs first documented time in Yerushalayim if they are they same Artakhshast. Back to Nehemiah In such a scenario, the seven weeks then become forty-nine years, and the sixty-two weeks become 434 years. It was God's work and He protected His people and they completed the wall in 52 days. Ok here is Nehemiah chapter 1 says, 1The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislevin the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa. They knew that the command given by YHWH was in the same year as the command given by Darius, Artaxerxes, son of Hystaspes in his 2nd year. So I embarked on a little detective work. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah all had the same author, Chronicles does not mention any figures or events from the northern kingdom., The reason for the people of Judah to be taken captive was worshiping false God. Nehemiah and his team faced significant opposition yet, were able to rebuild the city walls in just 52 days. 16After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired from a point opposite the graves of David, as far as the artificial pool and the house of the warriors. YHWH was telling the people to shuwb or return and build His house that they were neglecting. http://www.google.co.id/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jesusplusnothing.com/studies/images/nehem3.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.jesusplusnothing.com/studies/online/nehem3.htm&h=487&w=479&sz=5&tbnid=QnjiF52e5PjYCM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=89&zoom=1&usg=__BFMaBwzC558rhaR9TbUt9gfkj1o=&docid=UL4e0C1vyquoqM&sa=X&ei=MgB-UMy6N4HJrQfEj4HQBA&ved=0CD4Q9QEwBA&dur=4303. Nothing else would qualify. The hurried work of repairing and rebuilding Jerusalems walls and gates was completed in just 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). This then would naturally explain the chronological flow of Ezra. Thats 12 years later than what ppl think!! 14Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid. 6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. That decree restores Jerusalem to a messiah (anointed one)/political leader (in this case, the high priest and ethnarch Hyrcanus II), and indicates that the seventy weeks will be fulfilled AFTER the broad place and moat has been rebuilt, an event that happened between 44 BCE and 43 BCE, when Antipater, appointed by Rome to assist Hyrcanus govern the city of Jerusalem, is known to have rebuilt the wall and tower gate (with the broad place for assembling troops behind the tower) and restored the moat in front of the wall by clearing out the rubbish that had been used by Pompey in 63 BCE to fill in the moat so his Roman troops could use siege engines against the wall. A claim to an artists impression of Nehemiahs likeness is thus born. 52 x 6 days], with the next 52 days being a symbolic sabbath of rest following all that work. So from the restoring of the wall in 492BCE to messiah the Prince in 2BCE, that equals 490. According to Jewish tradition the Artakhshast of Ezra and Nehemyah is the same as Daryavesh I. There is certainly a lot to learn about this subject. For the people had a mind to work. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. Will they finish it in a day? Nehemiah 2:20 'The God of heaven will give us success. He expounded and enforced the Law of God. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology that shortens the chronology of Egypt are incorrect. 9So I said, The thing that you are doing is not good. . 13He was hired for this purpose, to intimidate me and make me sin by acting in this way, and so they could give me a bad name, in order to taunt me. The first three chapters of Nehemiah cover the rebuilding of the walls to keep the people of God safe. YHWHs house is the heart of Jerusalem, without its completion nothing else matters. No one has made it fit the biblical text that way. At the 70 year time, we go into great tribulation, the final 3 and a half years. If you have a year exactly equal to 364 days (the solar year used by the Book of Jubilees), then 52 days is exactly one-seventh of a year. 7After thinking it over, I brought charges against the nobles and the officials; I said to them, You are all taking interest from your own people. And I called a great assembly to deal with them, 8and said to them, As far as we were able, we have bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to other nations; but now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us! They were silent, and could not find a word to say. This is my understanding. The length of the walls is 4,018 meters (2.4966 mi), their average height is 12 meters (39.37 feet) and the average thickness is 2.5 meters (8.2 feet). 12Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters. Neamiah returned to king Darius when he finished building the walls. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? So that the Mikdash would have been completed in his 6th year (Ezra 6), and Ezra would have led the return in his 7th year. When to fight? Ezra insisted upon the dismissal of these wives. The world of the Bible is knowable. The words of Ezra 6 lays it all out in chronological order. 3I said to the king, May the king live for ever! Again I ask you to consider. 21So we laboured at the work, and half of them held the spears from break of dawn until the stars came out. 5Then I said to the king, If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favour with you, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my ancestors graves, so that I may rebuild it. 6The king said to me (the queen also was sitting beside him), How long will you be gone, and when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me, and I set him a date. It took Nehemiah 52 days to reinforce the gaps and rebuild the wall. 13I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out everyone from house and from property who does not perform this promise. A wall built for Gods Glory Nehemiah depicts the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Note: I would like to make a clarification to my other post. According to Haggai 1, YHWH then spoke to Haggai and asked him why the people were building their own houses when the Temple was not completed. In my opinion it does not represent a reasonable interpretation of the available Scriptural evidence. 8Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples; 9but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are under the farthest skies, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place at which I have chosen to establish my name. 10They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great power and your strong hand. Nehemiah and the people rebuilt 10 city gates. 19Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people. I cannot say whether or not I agree or disagree with comments posted by previous contributors, but I thank you all of increasing my knowledge of the many ways in which we can view the bible. Of course, no artist can claim knowledge of what any biblical character looked like. 11O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. (Site from http://www.biblicalarchaelogy.org) []. * Both men worked together to restore the city and rededicate its people to God. Only four years later the Temple was completed in the 6th year of Darius. 1In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was served to him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king. 3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. This cycle is hinted at in 52 days of 52 weeks to complete the 360 degree cycle of the soul. 22After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, made repairs. file and then when you come across a new recipe just add it to the card and file. 25Palal son of Uzai repaired opposite the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. Now the king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me. 7But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the gaps were beginning to be closed, they were very angry, 8and all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it. 2He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, What are these feeble Jews doing? I wonder if there might be some significance to the notion that it took 52 days to complete. Accordingly, it can be seen that the time period covered by the prophecy of the seventy weeks is seventy years, not 490 years. 17Moreover, there were at my table one hundred and fifty people, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations around us. I have included Daniel 9:25 below just to be perfectly clear just what the biblical text states. So Foto Marburg for the rare occasion that a client specifically wants a Nehemiah labels a statue by an unknown artist thus, taking care to cover themselves legally by stating that actually its a prophet OR (possibly) Nehemiah (when, of course, neither may be true, but prophet is wide enough by definition). As athletes engage with Scripture, they . 52 days God instructed Nehemiah to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack. Though the temple has been rebuilt, the city walls were as they had been for the last 130 years, with the result that the inhabitants of Jerusalem had no way of defending themselves against their enemies (see Nehemiah 4:11). Nehemiah 4 1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. 1 The words of () Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. The wall is made from stone and mortar with gates. Photo: Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY. American Standard Version So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. However, there is a world of difference between an artists own title to his work and the labeling of a picture hundreds of years later without any proof of the artists original intention. Daniel 9:25 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. He organized them into two groups of singers. 20After him Baruch son of Zabbai repaired another section from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib. The Jewish community in Jerusalem had been there for 80 years. They played trumpets, cymbals, and harps and sang to Jehovah. Will they finish it in a day? (Site from http://www.biblicalarchaelogy.org) [], [] Nehemiah was a high official in the Persian court of King Artaxerxes I at the capital city of Susa, which lay 150 miles east of the Tigris River in what is now modern Iran. [] hidden behind weed-like wildflowers that grew out of cracks in the wall. See http://www.prophecysociety.org for a fuller explanation than can be provided in this forum. A conquered people emerge from horrific suffering to reform their nation with the sanction of the conqueror to even rebuild their walls. The 70 weeks are thus seventy Feasts of Weeks and are divided into three divisions: 7 weeks from 42-36 BCE, 62 weeks from 35 BCE-27 CE, and the final week ending in 28 CE at the beginning of Jesus ministry. Nehemiah's Wall & Gates were finished in 52 days on Elul 25; which holds the mysteries of the 12 levels of Consciousness through the restored gates of the soul and its cycle. (Neh.8) This likely indicates this was a Sabbath year. The wall was completed in 52 days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. This verse describes the commands which were instrumental in the rebuilding of the Temple and its eventual completion. Daniel 9:25 is tied to the 490 weeks of years when Nehemiah restored the walls in Jerusalem. Because Haggai and Zechariah prophesied due to the command of YHWH. Sift through the storied history of ancient Israel. The prince (lowercase p) is not Jesus Christ. Only this time the Christian chronologists have removed the contextual necessity of association between the command given by YHWH and the 2nd year of Darius even- Artaxerxes. May God bless your search for understanding. Each time a new Messianic zealot came along and needed a new basis for claiming a fulfillment of Daniel 9 they would conveniently associate the command given by YHWH in the 2nd year of Darius even Artaxerxes with the 2nd year of a new Artaxerxes thus eclipsing the Persian period by jumping from one to another. He gathered his people together, he equipped them, and he led them in rebuilding the city walls of Jerusalem. Notice the importance YHWH, not man, places on the construction efforts: Zechariah 1:13-16 And YHWH answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. How did Nehemiah rebuild the walls? Thus, the time periods being designated in verse 25 are seven Pentecosts and sixty-two Pentecosts. They completed the wall in a mere 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). 32And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs. Then Nehemiah asked Ezra to read the Law of Moses to the people. It made the city smaller than the original boundaries. Let us stop this taking of interest. . As already mentioned, most traditional expositors have interpreted the word weeks in that verse to mean a week of years. In other words, a week in Daniel is interpreted as meaning a period of seven years. Each new messiah or their followers claim fulfillment of the prophecy based on a 2nd year of a Persian Artaxerxes. In it, Nehemiah describes his efforts to rebuild the city, even in the face of hostile neighbors. In the twelfth chapter, the word days was used to indicate Day(s) of Atonement. Still, they are incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. 14Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate; he rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. Ezra 6 ends with completion of the temple in the 6th year of Darius even- Artaxerxes. The wall is completed in a stunning 52 days. Even their servants lorded it over the people. 28Above the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each one opposite his own house. COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. Before the seven Pentecosts begin, the tower gate with its broad place and the wall with its trench in front that were destroyed by Pompey in 63 BCE will have been rebuilt (from my book Lifting the Veil on the Book of Daniel, page 92, or see full discussion at http://www.prophecysociety.org/books/LV2012/LV-091.html ). 3And I said to them, The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot; while the gatekeepers are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. It will represent the belief that He is alive, listening and able to respond. 11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. This is the command to return and build Jerusalem. The All-Access membership pass is the way to get to know the Bible through biblical archaeology. Just shows to go you that, just because a guy pulls up his sleeves, and is the first one to jump in and work, it sometimes doesnt mean what it appears to mean. The early Messianic expectants would have understood the verse to mean: according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, -even- Artaxerxes.
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