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Jeremiah 25:8-11, Jeremiah 29:10 & II Chronicles 36:21
605 B.C. - Original Captivity Nebuchadnezzar took temple treasuries and the seed royal including Daniel to Babylon. II Chronicles 36:6-7 and Daniel 1:1-3 597 B.C. - Nebuchadnezzar came, took the rest of the treasuries, King Jehoiachin and 10,000 prince's officers and chief men and carried them to Babylon. II Kings 24:14-16 586 B.C. - Babylonians burned Jerusalem, broke down its walls and put out the eyes of King Zedekiah, leaving only a remnant of the poorest class of people. II Kings 25:8-12
DANIEL - CHAPTER 9 Verse 1 - In the first year Darius...the Medes... - 539 B.C. Darius assumed the rule of Babylon. This change of power caused Daniel to search the scriptures to determine if there was any prophetic significance of the capture of Babylon by the Persians. Verse 2 - 606 B.C. First Captivity of Jerusalem -70 Years of Jeremiah's prophecy (cf above) =536 B.C. the prophecy should be fulfilled 536 B.C. - 49,897 return from Babylon to Jerusalem. Zerubbabel with 42,360 Jews, 7,337 servants, 200 singers, 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, 6,720 asses, 5,400 gold and silver vessels.
OR ANOTHER WAY TO RECKON JEREMIAH'S 70 YEARS Verse 2 - 586 B.C. Jerusalem burned by Babylonians the temple is destroyed. - 70 Years of Jeremiah's prophecy (cf: above) = 516 B.C. the prophecy of Jeremiah was fulfilled and the new temple was dedicated. 516 B.C. 12th month March, the 3rd day, the temple is completed 536 B.C. 7th month, they build an altar and offer sacrifices 535 B.C. Work on the temple begun and stopped 520 B.C. Work renewed by Haggai and Zechariah 457 B.C. Ezra returned with 1,754 males, 100 talents of gold, 750 talents of silver. Journey took four months. 444 B.C. Nehemiah as governor with an army escort went to rebuild walls and fortify the city at government expense Note that there is exactly 20 years in God's last warning to Judah, 606 B.C. the first Captivity and 586 B.C. destruction of Jerusalem and the final captivity. 606 B.C. -586 B.C. the destruction of Jerusalem 20 years
And there is exactly 20 years between the first return in 536 B.C. and the dedication of the Temple in 516 B.C.
Daniel's 70 Weeks of Years Daniel 9:1-27
The Commandment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem
Four decrees are mentioned in scripture:
536 B.C. The decree of Cyrus. II Chronicles 36:22-23, Ezra 1:1-4 516-19 B.C. The decree of Darius I. Ezra 6:1, 6:12 457 B.C. The decree of Artaxerxes I. Ezra 7:11-26 444 B.C. Artaxerxes to Nehemiah. Nehemiah 2:1-8
Daniel 9:24 weeks, i.e. Hebrew sabbatical year or 7 full years. Daniel 9:25 7 seven weeks of sabbatical years 60 threescore (60 weeks of sabbatical years) + 2 and 2 weeks of sabbatical years =69 weeks of sabbatical years x 7 years each is 483 years.
RECKONING BASED on A SOLAR CALENDAR for ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
457 B.C. A principal commandment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem -483 years i.e. 69 weeks of years or 69 x 7 = 483 years 26 A.D. The very year that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist & began HIS public ministry. -30 years -A Jewish Rabbi must be 30 to teach 4 B.C. Approximate date MESSIAH to be born.
Further more, within 3 ½ years (midst of week) of 26 A.D. - in 30 A.D, JESUS is crucified - shall MESSIAH be cut off. Daniel 9:26 He (Jesus) shall cause the sacrifice and the obligation to cease This is the point of the entire book of Hebrews no more blood of bulls & goats after 30AD Abominations He (Jesus) shall make it desolate in His coming in the destruction of Jerusalem (last 3 ½ years) 66-70AD by Titus of Rome. cf: Matthew 24:1ff RECKONING BASED on a LUNAR CALENDAR SPECIFICALLY for the JEWS
444 B.C. Using a 360, 12 month, 30 day calendar, Sir Robert Anderson was the first to calculate that the 69th week would fall on Palm Sunday just before the crucifixion in 30 A.D.
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