I looked up the complete article from your website. See how ppl dont continue reading to see that the wall was continued in the 32nd year?! Nehemiah 12 states Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam(Shallum), Talmon and Akkub all lived in the days of Joiakim, Nehemiah and Ezra. This evidence of God's blessing encourages the Jews and is a terrific blow to the self-confidence of their enemies. Verse 24 gives the big picture overview of what takes place during the entire 70 weeks. Thats too big a price to pay. 20Rally to us wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet. 19Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people. Christ is clearly cut off at the determination of the 69th week. This is a powerful teaching It takes me back to when I was wrapping up my pursuit towards my diploma And ministered to me was God needed you left out so he Nehemiahed you left out its not that you did something wrong Terrill T.C a.k.a Relic. The walls were built between 1535 and 1538, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, by the order of Suleiman I. 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. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. Within three days of his arrival in Jerusalem he did a thorough inspection of the walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16). Back to Nehemiah Thats not true if you hold to Chronicles and Kings you can see some major discrepencies. How many days did Nehemiah pray? The prophecy says..Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand,that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Princeshall beseven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. Verse 25 states the following: Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem unto the Messiah.. Nehemiah rebuilt Jerusalem's wall in only 52 days. 19But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they mocked and ridiculed us, saying, What is this that you are doing? Once the defenses had been rebuilt by Antipater, the seven weeks and sixty-two weeks and one week (totaling seventy weeks) could begin, and that is exactly what happened. Daniyel 9:23 says that at the beginning of Daniyels supplications yatsa davar.. In the twelfth chapter, the word days was used to indicate Day(s) of Atonement. I assume you are talking about Daniel 12:11-13, which says the following: 11 And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. 19Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence, and reported my words to him. That is to steep a cost and it would make them question why they hold the Babylonian traditions alive. From the coming forth means the times were set at the finish. This can only be sadness of the heart. Then I was very much afraid. Anyways, so ppl pin point the building of the walls by Nehemiah being in the 20th year of this king which is Darius the great who was married to queen Esther. 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. 52 days God instructed Nehemiah to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack. External attacks on the Church and some of the repair-workers. At the time, I was cupbearer to the king. Nehemiah was cup-bearer to Artaxerxes. 13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate; they rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate. A race of slaves emerge from slavery to become a nation. The church is named after St Lazare (Lazarus of Bethany, whom Jesus raised from the dead Gospel of John, 11) and, historically, was a famous place of pilgrimage because of its claim to have a piece of Lazarusskull as a relic, reputed to have the power to cure leprosy. Notice it went backwards in time? Ezra 7:13-28. Will you please drop me a mail? [] 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. No machinery. This theme actually comes from the book of Nehemiah (2:20), which describes how God led the people Israel in the task of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Israel became a nation 69 years ago!! 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. Cyruss decree which started contruction of the temple. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.' When [Nehemiah] heard these things, [he] sat down and wept" (Nehemiah 1:3). A link to the Universal (as it is now called) can demonstrate ALL the genealogy on the book of Genesis, using that demo as part of the theory verification: 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. My biggest problem with the article is your third supposition, quoted below: The third key to interpretation of the prophecy is to understand the time period meant by the Hebrew word weeks (BHS, Strongs OT: 7620) in verse 25. 492BCE minus 490 years leaves us at the Birth of Christ at 2BCE!! The first thing they did was use the weapon of mocking. Notice the verse again. This event symbolically and chronologically marked the end of the 70 years of Jerusalems desolation. . David Rohls chronology works only if one disregards major portion of the Hebrew Scriptures. The only decree that does fit, and fit exactly using all of the biblical text, is the decree issued by Julius Caesar in 44 BCE that was recorded by Josephus as mentioned above. 10But Judah said, The strength of the burden-bearers is failing, and there is too much rubbish, so that we are unable to work on the wall. 11And our enemies said, They will not know or see anything before we come upon them and kill them and stop the work. 12When the Jews who lived near them came, they said to us ten times, From all the places where they live they will come up against us. 13So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 11So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days. Nehemiah encountered hostility from the (non-Jewish) local officials in neighbouring districts, but in the space of 52 days the Jews under his direction succeeded in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls. So about 444 bc Nehemiah journeyed to Jerusalem and aroused the people there to the necessity of repopulating the city and rebuilding its walls. Joiakim was the son of Jeshua the high priest. [], [] like in Nehemiahs time, we are living within broken down walls. He gathered his people together, he equipped them, and he led them in rebuilding the city walls of Jerusalem. I have included Daniel 9:25 below just to be perfectly clear just what the biblical text states. Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, current or in historical records of the past almost one thousand years, is there any reference to Nehemiah! Nehemiah gathered the people together to rebuild the walls. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. So it only took 52 days to build this wall, so from this time, its 492BCE. One side is built on the. Written by the worlds foremost biblical scholars and archaeologists, each chapter has been updated and expanded to incorporate more than a decades worth of outstanding new discoveries and fresh scholarly perspectives. 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. This wall is said to have been 4.5 miles long, 24 ft at the base and just over 26 ft. tall. After the wall was finished, Nehemiah did much good by reading the law of the Lord. In my opinion it does not represent a reasonable interpretation of the available Scriptural evidence. Sift through the storied history of ancient Israel. Four months later, they arrived in Jerusalem. There is a way to solve these problems but they do not wish to handle it that way. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.. The All-Access membership pass is the way to get to know the Bible through biblical archaeology. Nehemiah motivated his people to rebuild the wall protecting Jerusalem in 52 days. Nehemiah 2:20 'The God of heaven will give us success. 52 days 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 . Only four years later the Temple was completed in the 6th year of Darius. I wonder if there might be some significance to the notion that it took 52 days to complete. In it, Nehemiah describes his efforts to rebuild the city, even in the face of hostile neighbors. Nehemiah Chapter 3 1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. The answer is that Nehemiah did not build on top of the ridge but repaired Hezekiah's mid-slope wall. No power tools. The name is pronounced / n i m a / or / n i h m a / in English. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.. In the past 2000 years, no one else has. 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. 2. Nehemiahs leadership style is not the most common. This was definitely accomplished with God's help. interesting question, Wasen,t Nehemiah considered an eunich? Even in the the 7th year of Daryavesh I he could be no younger than 70. Nice talking to you. 6In it was written, It is reported among the nationsand Geshem also says itthat you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall; and according to this report you wish to become their king. It is the bedrock foundation upon which Jerusalems restoration began. The Jewish community in Jerusalem had been there for 80 years. Put in your recipe box or binder and keep the card template you used on After them Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah made repairs beside his own house. I found the picture on their website under the caption A prophet or Nehemiah west facade, south portal, right side, mid-12th c. Location: St. Lazare, Avallon, France. In such a scenario, the seven weeks then become forty-nine years, and the sixty-two weeks become 434 years. Could we take 52 days to accomplish something similar? Nehemiah brought all the Levites to Jerusalem for the inauguration. Sometime during the next 16 years (between 1st year of Cyrus & 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes) construction of the 2nd temple stopped. 12 gates in that map is still remain today? And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. Despite of them we steadily kept on our building, and the result was that soon all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof - the whole continuous line of wall was completed to half the contemplated height. 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith YHWH of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. * Both men worked together to restore the city and rededicate its people to God. If you will read chapters six and seven in my book (link given above), you will see just how precisely the interpretation I have given fits recorded history and the Scriptures. I said, Christian chronologists have preserved this same reckoning of Ezra and Nehemiah because it is the only way to show that Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled the prophecy of Daniel 9. I meant to say: Christian chronologists have preserved this same reckoning of Ezra and Nehemiah because it is the only way they can show that Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled the prophecy of Daniel 9.. YHWH was telling the people to shuwb or return and build His house that they were neglecting. (Neh.8) This likely indicates this was a Sabbath year. Nehemiah prayed and fasted to God for four months before petitioning the King to return to his home and reinforce Jerusalem's city walls. For the people had a mind to work. 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 prince to come is key to understanding these verses. I enjoyed reading it all but it did leave a bad taste in my mouth as I thought how much unbelievers love to see us disagree with one anotherjust some food for thought to all. Nothing symbolically or literally even comes close to this command by YHWH, a command which was witness by both Haggai and Zechariah. Thats 12 years later than what ppl think!! Ezra 6 ends with completion of the temple in the 6th year of Darius even- Artaxerxes. For the purpose of brevity, the word week in this chapter will hereafter represent the Day of Pentecost, although using the full fifty-day time period of the Feast of Weeks will work equally well in the interpretation offered in this chapter.. .but I remind you that that is not what God said through the prophet Daniel in verse 25. And next to them Zaccur son of Imri built. It is during 62 sevens that the wall and the street were built again. Thanks for the insight! Then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. http://kofh2u.tripod.com/kofh/. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it" ( Nehemiah 2:20 ). 3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. The book of Nehemiah, named after Nehemiah is the memoir, of building the walls of Jerusalem and of setting up the Jewish community in Jerusalem. These take place in the 2nd year of Darius. Nehemiah and the people rebuilt 10 city gates. 3They replied, The survivors there in the province who escaped captivity are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.. Combining Nehemiah's times with his character, we get the message of this book: Nehemiah proves that seemingly impossible things . Building the Wall and Dealing With Resistance. Now the king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me. 7Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothitethe men of Gibeon and of Mizpahwho were under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province Beyond the River. None of the Persian-era decrees fit the text of Daniel 9. Despite the free time, which is a rarity in my life, beautiful breezy weather and a book I cant stop reading, my mood was, lets put it nicely, stormy. Jesus is "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" ( John 1:29 ). 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. The wall was at last completed52 days (a week shy of two months) after the reconstruction under Nehemiah commenced (verse 15). 27After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel. At the top of the eastern ridge of the City of David, Nehemiah and the returned exiles built a new city wall. 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. How did Nehemiah rebuild the walls? This is the command to return and build Jerusalem. One day they were reading in the book of Moses out loud to all the congregation of people. The only animal I took was the animal I rode. If the Bible chronology is followed exactly as written, the reigns of the Hebrew kings synchronize perfectly with one another, without having to disregard Scripture and without having to accept long co-reigns not supported in the biblical text, and those reigns synchronize perfectly with the traditional chronology of Egypt as proposed by Ken Kitchen. file and then when you come across a new recipe just add it to the card and file. 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. and more. After him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs. God bless those truly seeking Him. 10One day when I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house, he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, tonight they are coming to kill you. 11But I said, Should a man like me run away? Building Jerusalem had been going on since the 1st year of Cyrus, that was never the issue. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? Trying to apply that prophecy to the Persian period is simply incorrect. In 100 years people had been trying to rebuild these walls and they couldn't get it done. Verse 6. 1Then the high priest Eliashib set to work with his fellow-priests and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. I am returned shuwb, the same word used in Daniel 9:25. 10Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house; and next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs. I think he has placed Israel History in proper date chronology. Will they finish it in a day? Comelet's build the wall of Jerusalem and not live with this disgrace any longer." I told them how God was supporting me and how the king was backing me up. Although Newton believed the early messianic expectants based their counting from the 1st year of Cyrus, it is more likely as Davidson noted, the 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes which was the basis for the chronological errors that crept into the early rabbinic chronology. The 70th week does not start until the Anti Christ appears who make a covenant with many for one heptad (week) a 7 year period. @ William You say that building the Temple is the de facto event in building Jerusalem, but I remind you that that is not what God said through the prophet Daniel in verse 25. 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. Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period.He was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia (465-424 BC). 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Notice the context. sepia. 6I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. Not even Michelangelo and his David! The Temple, the city walls, and the gates had been destroyed as a result of the three invasions of Nebuchadnezzar and his forces in 606 BC, 597 BC, and 586 BC. They make their money by licensing temporary rights for a specific use to newspapers, magazines and other media. Israel is not serving God as of now and so time is not calculated because of that. So we have: 1. Thus Artaxerxes is not another Persian ruler but a title which defines Darius son of Hystaspes. Required fields are marked *. The book of Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's city wall in about 445BC. 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. 31After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate, and to the upper room of the corner. Nehemiah 1:2-4 & 6:15-16. Contextually it was all about returning to the temple construction which had stopped. They said, "We're with you. ALIGN YOURSELF WITH GOD. 2For there were those who said, With our sons and our daughters, we are many; we must get grain, so that we may eat and stay alive. 3There were also those who said, We are having to pledge our fields, our vineyards, and our houses in order to get grain during the famine. 4And there were those who said, We are having to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the kings tax. The wall is made from stone and mortar with gates. 21So we laboured at the work, and half of them held the spears from break of dawn until the stars came out. Your theory is very interesting, but based on these statements alone, I cannot justify the 70 weeks referring to 70 years (or 70 Shavuot). And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 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. Daniel 9 did two things. They completed the wall in a mere 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). About a century and a half after Nebuchadnezzar's conquest, the walls and gates of the city were still broken down. Nehemiah served as the kings cupbearer (Nehemiah 1:11), which evidently put him in a position to speak to the king and request favors from him. 14After I looked these things over, I stood up and said to the nobles and the officials and the rest of the people, Do not be afraid of them. Yodie. 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. 12Then I got up during the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. But Nehemiah avoids their traps, ignores their threats, and refuses to hide when threatened by assassination. 1Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish kin. The picture of a statue of Nehemiah in this Bible History Daily article caused me to be suspicious. "Nehemiah 6:15", and "The city of . After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. 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. The symbolic focal point of the rebuilding efforts, the Temple, lie waste. 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. 18And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. It took Nehemiah 52 days to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Zechariah 1:12 Then the angel of YHWH answered and said, O YHWH of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? 32And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs. There is only ONE expert.the God of the Bible. COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society, David Rohls chronology works only if one disregards major portions of the Hebrew Scriptures. (Neh. 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 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. It took Nehemiah 52 days to reinforce the gaps and rebuild the wall. 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. So why did chronologist place a gap in chronology between Ezra 6 &7 between Jeshua/Zerubabbel and Ezra/Nehemiah? 1 The words of () Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. 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. In 1535, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman I ordered the ruined city walls to be rebuilt . The workers built the walls in only 52 days. 52 x 6 days], with the next 52 days being a symbolic sabbath of rest following all that work. 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. After hearing about the sad state of affairs in Judah, Nehemiah acquired the kings permission to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the city and its fortifications. This is my understanding. 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. It is in Hebrew , Nemyh, "Yah comforts". Being a representative of the king to rebuild jerusalem was such a great feat that he would not have time for a family either. How long was the wall that Nehemiah rebuilt? 14Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the Kings Pool; but there was no place for the animal I was riding to continue. He read the Book of Moses and wanted to make sure the people stayed faithful to God's ways. Darius Hystaspes checks the records and confirms that in fact Cyruss did issue a decree and therefore the contruction could go on. Nehemiah understood the urgency of rebuilding the wall and because he was obedient to God, it was completed in 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days. Nehemiah 12 identifies those chief of their fathers who went up with Jeshua and Zerubabbel in the 1st year of Cyrus. According to a story, Nehemiah, a high official in the Persian court of King Artaxerxes I at the capital city of Susa, was very troubled that there was no wall to protect his beloved city of Jerusalem, its walls and gates. I will not go in! 12Then I perceived and saw that God had not sent him at all, but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. He immediately surveyed the damage to the entire city on his well-known night journey around the walls (Nehemiah 2:1215). They were allowed to return to Israel to rebuild their nation. How difficult would that be to hold a weapon and build the wall? This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in August 2012. The prince (lowercase p) is not Jesus Christ. The new chronology I have introduced in my book Sacred Chronology of the Hebrew Kings (available for reading free on my website) shows how the chronologies of the Bible, Egypt, and Assyria are in perfect agreement when the correct chronology for the kings is used.
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