tqpix said:
On what date did Artaxerxes commanded the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Daniel 9:25)?
My research is giving me different dates. Some say (March 14) 445 BC, while some say 454 BC. Which is the correct one?
Just go to sites on Daniel's 70 weeks and pick the one
your Spirit agrees with.
It all depends on how much you think is
fulfilled in Daniel and what doctrine you want to view.
Too complicated for me brother. God bless.
Here is one view:
http://users.aristotle.net/~bhuie/topics.htm
However, the completion of 483 years after the third decree by King Artaxerxes to Ezra brings us to fall of the year 26 C.E. Many scholars pinpoint this as the year in which Yeshua was baptized by John and began his public ministry. This decree by King Artaxerxes fits the time frame for Messiah's appearing and certainly looks to be the one referred to by Gabriel in the prophecy given to Daniel.
Some reject this date, arguing that Artaxerxes' decree did not deal with the city of Jerusalem, but only the Temple. However, Ezra's comments regarding his charge by the king, recorded in Ezra 9:9, clearly show that he understood his commission to include rebuilding the city wall of Jerusalem also.
EZRA 9:9 "For we were slaves. Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem." (NKJV)
However, pre-tribulation rapturists reject Artaxerxes' decree of 457 B.C.E. issued to Ezra as being the correct one.
While a number of significant errors and problems with Sir Robert Anderson's calculation have been documented, we'll look specifically at two that are readily evident. First,
this prophecy was given to Daniel and recorded for the Jewish people to know when to expect the Messiah. The Jewish lunar/solar calendar does not contain 360-day years. To account for the difference between a lunar year and a solar year, the Jewish calendar adds an extra month at the end of the year seven times in a 19-year cycle. Therefore, although the Jewish year starts at a different time than the Roman year, a period of 483 years on the Jewish calendar would also be 483 years on the Roman calendar,
NOT 476 years. There is no scriptural basis for converting the 483 calendar years identified here into 476 "prophetic" years.
Looks like this might be the people of the prince destroying the Holy People
reve 17:16 "And
the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these
will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
17 "For
God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose,
to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
18 "And the woman whom you saw is
that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth."
