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Gooday and welcome to this little study. We are now at part 6 in a series of videos on Daniel’s Prophecy of the

Gooday and welcome to this little study. We are now at part 6 in a series of videos on Daniel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks. There are a number of articles related to this subject over at the website, EndTimePilgrim . org. And also a few videos at the YOUTube channel

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  1. Gooday and welcome to this little study. We are now at part 6 in a series of videos on Daniel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks.

  2. There are a number of articles related to this subject over at the website, EndTimePilgrim . org.

  3. And also a few videos at the YOUTube channel GavinFinley

  4. YOUTube channel GavinFinley

  5. In our previous video on “Edicts and Timelines” we established from the chronologies that it was Nehemiah who received the command to restore and to build Jerusalem.

  6. The 69 week 173,880 day timeline of 476 years and • 25 days fits neatly between • the Edict given to Nehemiah • in the month of Nisanin • 445 B.C. and the Palm • Sunday appearance of • “Messiah the Prince” in the month Nisan in 32 A.D..

  7. The Edict and Chronology of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks ProphecyCandidate #3 The Edict of Nehemiah Edict of Artaxerxes to Nehemiah 445 B.C. (Month of Nisan) 32 A.D. Palm Sunday 69 “Sevens” = 476 years + 25 days Time span = 476 years + 25 days

  8. The chronology based on the earlier edict of Cyrus issued way back in 538 B.C. fell short by a whopping 93 years.

  9. The Edict and Chronology of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks ProphecyCandidate #1 The Edict of Cyrus Edict of Cyrus 538 B.C. 62 B.C. 32 A.D. 69 weeks = 476.07 Yrs. 569 Years 93 yrs.

  10. And the chronology based on the earlier edict of Artaxerxes in his 7th year given to Ezra in 458 B.C. fell short by 13 years.

  11. The Edict and Chronology of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks ProphecyCandidate #2 The Edict of Ezra Edict of Artaxerxes to Ezra 458 B.C. (- 457 A.D.) 32 A.D. 19 A.D. 69 weeks = 476.07 Years 489 Years 13 yrs.

  12. In this video we shall be considering this question. In which year did Nehemiah receive the edict to restore and build Jerusalem? Was it 444 B.C.? Or was it445 B.C.?

  13. What year saw theCommandor Edict to rebuild Jerusalem?444 B.C. or445 B.C.?

  14. Here is a brief historical background. In 586 B.C. the Babylonian armies entered Jerusalem, destroying the city and the Temple and taking the bulk of Judah captive to Babylon.

  15. The Babylonians were a supremely sophisticated civilization. They thought that they had it made. But their hubris soon propelled them to the peak of their iniquity. Here at Belshazzar’s feast the wild party had gone on to defile the holy vessels of the God of Israel. When the king saw the writing on the wall he called for the prophet Daniel. But the words spelled judgment and it was all over.

  16. The armies of Cyrus had diverted the waters of the Euphrates River. And while Belshazzar’s wild and unholy party was in full swing the city of Babylon had been compromised. The Persian Army was entering the city from the river through the breaches at the watergates.

  17. The Persians under Cyrus conquered Babylon in 538 B.C..

  18. Cyrus then continued his campaign going north to conquer Assyria. It seems he left his uncle, Darius the Mede, in charge for a couple of years. Darius was co-regent in Babylon for Cyrus while he was away.

  19. Upon arriving in Babylon Cyrus declared a general amnesty for all captive people and the exiles of Judah were allowed to return home.

  20. Here we see the first part of an answer to prayer that will be 2550+ years in the making. Cyrus in Babylon declares a general amnesty allowing the captives of Judah to return back home to Jerusalem.

  21. The next significant royal edict in the restoration came 80 years later. The scrolls of the Torah were rediscovered. This led to a great Biblical revival. In 458 B.C, the scribe Ezra was given favor and funding by Artaxerxes in his 7th year to lead another company of exiles back to Jerusalem. This was a religious movement and not a political one. In the edict given to Ezra there was no mention of restoring the gates and walls to restore political sovereignty to the city of Jerusalem. This matter would be dealt with on a later occasion.

  22. The edict given to Ezra here is no mention at all of rebuilding the city of Jerusalem. Nor is there any mention of the gates and walls. At the time of Ezra the city infrastructure was still in ruins and would remain so for another 13 years on up to 445 B.C..

  23. Nehemiah surveys the broken walls and gates of Jerusalem, 445 B.C.

  24. In the month of Nisan Nehemiah the cupbearer took the burden of the ruined state of the city of Jerusalem to the Medo-Persian king. It was Artaxerxes in his 20th year who issued the edict to rebuild and restore Jerusalem.

  25. Daniel’s prophecy of 538 B.C. calls for a royal command or decree that will ensure the restoration of the integrity and sovereignty of the city of Jerusalem. This will necessitate the rebuilding of its gates and walls. Here is the passage from Daniel 9:25.

  26. “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandmentto restore and to build Jerusalem …”

  27. The streetshall be built again, and the wall,      even in troublesome times.

  28. Here are the words of Nehemiah from Nehemiah 2. They directly and specifically answer to and address the Jerusalem restoration and the sovereignty issues involving the street and walls as mentioned in Daniel’s prophecy.

  29. Nehemiah 2 • . . . . .I ask that • you send me to Judah, • to the city of my • fathers’ tombs, • that I may rebuild it.”

  30. Remember that in our search for the correct edict we suspected that Nehemiah’s main issue, the repair of the gates and walls of Jerusalem was going to be the key piece of information and our main clue.

  31. Nehemiah’s burden to rebuild the walls and gates of Jerusalem to restore the city of Jerusalem to sovereign status as a self-governing city-state was what made Nehemiah tremble and led to the highly significant royal decree giving an authorization to “restore and build Jerusalem”.

  32. Take a look at this wonderful Biblically correct image from Nehemiah chapter 2 by the German artist Gustave Dore. It clearly shows us which edict it was that gave the go ahead from the Medo-Persian superpower to “restore and build” Jerusalem.

  33. And why is this image and its scriptural message so significant? Because the person surveying the broken walls and the burned gates of Jerusalem is none other than Nehemiahhimself!

  34. Nehemiah surveys the broken walls and gates of Jerusalem, 445 B.C.

  35. There was no civic restoration of the city of Jerusalem before Nehemiah. And even the children in Sunday School know who rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem. So why are our theologians failing to tag the edict of Nehemiah in 445 B.C. as the starting point for the Seventy Weeks Prophecy?

  36. Before Nehemiah Jerusalem was an encampment of exiles in a rough Medo-Persian territory. Rude houses were clustered around a rebuilt temple inside the broken shell of a former city. The walls and gates were in ruins.

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