The missing link in prophetic timing?
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Daniel was a youth. possibly 10 to 12years old, when he and other Jewish children were taken captive to Babylon in the first year of Nebuchadnezzar’s dominion over the Territory of Judea in 609B.C… in traditional Judaism, a young boy enters manhood at age 13. Daniel and his friends were chosen to be educated in the Babylonian cultural wisdom and government. Daniel's story begins by establishing the exact historical timeline.
Daniel 1:1 (NASB95) — 1 In the (third year = 609 B.C.) of the reign of” Jehoiakim king of Judah,”
Daniel and his young friends were faithful worshipers of Yehwah and preserved as first fruits by their captivity in Babylon. But, Judah’s sins against Yehwah’s Commandments would lead to Nebuchadnezzar destroying Jerusalem and the temple sanctuary, 19 years later 590 B.C… Daniel lived through the prophetic events predicted in Yehwah’s warnings to King Solomon concerning the Israelite Covenant people.
( 1 Kings 9:6; 7; 8; 9;
Solomon's temple to Yehwah
1 Kings 6:1 (NASB95) — 1 Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
1 Kings 9:1–10 (NASB95) — 1 Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that Solomon desired to do, 2 that the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. 4 “As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, 5 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’ 6 “But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8 “And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ 9 “And they will say, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.’ ” 10 It came about at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house
(1 Kings 6:1-2;) 480 years after the original Passover Exodus from Egypt,until the fourth-year in the reign of King Solomon.
(1 Ki 3:1; 6:37-38; 7:1; 8:1; 2-3; 6; 9; 10-11; 12; 20; 21; 27; 56; 9:10; 2 Ch 5:1; 2; 3; 7:8; 9; 10; 11; 18; 19; 20; 8:1; Lev 26:1; 2-3; 6;11-12; 13;14-15; 33; 34; 35; 40; 41; 42; 43; Deut 28:1; 14; 15; 30:1; 2; 3; 6; 8; 10; 11; 19; 20; 2 Ch 36:21; Jer 29:1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; )
[Solomon began the first temple construction 2944, and completed the work 7years later2951+1/2 . The date 2944 is the exact number of years from the creation of Adam and also corresponds to the 480th year after Israel’s exodus from Egypt. The bronze works in the inner sanctuary required another nine years of labor to completely adorn the Temple with gold and decorations.]
See also: ADAM to MESSiAH in 6000 yrs.
Jubilee of Dedication
(2960 1/2 or 1004 B.C.) In the 20th year of Solomon's reign, the first Temple was dedicated on the Feast of Tabernacles.
(2960 Atonement announced the – 2961 Jubilee or 1004 B.C. Atonement - 1003 B.C. Jubilee). The Jubilee of Yehawah promised the nation of Israel”Rest" from their enemies if they would remain Faithfully Obedient to the Covenant Commandments. Also, every seven years there would occur a ”Land Sabbath of Rest” for the nation of Israel. But, King Solomon became disobedient and led the Israelites into idolatry and the worship of false gods. The"Seven year Land Sabbath's" were never celebrated. This began the (70 × 7 = 490) years of disobedience and Israel's loss of the “Promised Land.” Later, Jeremiah reminds the Israelites that the Land would receive 70 years of “Rest” for the missing “Land Sabbaths” before they would be allowed to return.
Restless Kings
Leviticus 26:34 (NASB95) — 34 ‘Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths all the days of the desolation, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
Leviticus 25:1–4 (NASB95) — 1 The Lord then spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you come into the land which I shall give you, then the land shall have a sabbath to the Lord. 3 ‘Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop, 4 but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.
Leviticus 25:8–10 (NASB95)8‘You are also to count off seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years, so that you have the time of the seven sabbaths of years, namely, forty-nine years.
9‘You shall then sound a ram’s horn abroad on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of atonement you shall sound a horn all through your land.
10‘You shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.
See also: PENTECOST to JUBILEE; SABBATHs of LIBERTY
[the kings of Judah and Israel failed to honor the seven year land Sabbath. The Jubilee of Liberty was never celebrated. The poor that were enslaved by debt were never set free and allowed to return Home to their land inheritance. Even after good king Josiah had attempted to reform Judah and restore covenant obedience. Josiah died 612 B.C. In the year of the Atonement announcement preceding the 611 B.C. Jubilee. Josiah’s three sons ruled in succession as kings of Judah. Jeremiah the prophet sternly rebuked Josiah’s sons for violating their pledge to honor the Jubilee, by freeing their servants from enslavement to debt
Jeremiah 34:8–20 (NASB95)
8The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem to proclaim (release = Liberty) to them:
[ In the Jubilee year 611 B.C. All the sons of King Josiah or required to free their servants and restore their family land inheritance. Later, Jeremiah reminds King Zedekiah of his broken pledge and the serious consequences, that punished Josiah’s other sons, for violating the covenant commandments.]
9that each man should set free his male servant and each man his female servant, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman; so that no one should keep them, a Jew his brother, in bondage.
10And all the officials and all the people obeyed who had entered into the covenant that each man should set free his male servant and each man his female servant, so that no one should keep them any longer in bondage; they obeyed, and set them free.
11But afterward they turned around and took back the male servants and the female servants whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection for male servants and for female servants.
12Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
13“Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘I made a covenant with your forefathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, saying,
14“At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who has been sold to you and has served you six years, you shall send him out free from you; but your forefathers did not obey Me or incline their ear to Me.
15“Although recently you had turned and done what is right in My sight, each man proclaiming (release = Jubilee of Liberty) to his neighbor, and you had made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name.
16“Yet you turned and profaned My name, and each man took back his male servant and each man his female servant whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your male servants and female servants.” ’
17“Therefore thus says the Lord, ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming release each man to his brother and each man to his neighbor. Behold, I am proclaiming a release to you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to the sword, to the pestilence and to the famine; and I will make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
18‘I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant, who have not fulfilled the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts—
19the officials of Judah and the officials of Jerusalem, the court officers and the priests and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf—
20I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
Jubilee of Messiah
Isaiah 61:1–2 (NASB95)1The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners;
2To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,
[ In the year 26 A.D. On the Day of Atonement, Messiah Yeshua began His 3 1/2 year ministry , that began freeing people from there enslavement to sinful lawlessness. The “Good News” of Forgiveness and Liberty was proclaimed through Repentance, Baptism, and the gift of the cleansing Spirit of Holiness that would lead faithful followers into Obedience to all Truth.]
See also: RiGHTly DiViDe_TRUTH vs LiES
Josiah’s Passover to Jubilee
See also: PASSOVER APPOINTMENT
2 Kings 23:21–25 (NASB95) — 21 Then the king commanded all the people saying, “Celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God as it is written in this book of the covenant.” 22 Surely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to the Lord in Jerusalem. 24 Moreover, Josiah removed the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. 25 Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him.
King Josiah reigned 31 years
(2 Kings 22:1-2; )Josiah died in the year of the atonement jubilee announcement 612 B.C…
[ 3351 or 612 B.C. Atonement announced the Jubilee of 611 B.C. ]
(Jer 34:9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 36:1; 2; 3; 4; )
See also: BORN AGAiN ?
( 2 Kings 22:16; 17; 18; 19; 20; Jer 15:5; 6; 7; 25:1-2; 29:1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; )
([ After Josiah's death, then Judah and Jerusalem became a subject of Egypt. Three years later (609 B.C.) the territory of Judah was conquered by Babylon, but Jerusalem was not yet destroyed.
( Jer 25:12; 29:10; )
The 70 years promise for restoration would seem to anticipate (539 B.C.) when, Cyrus king of Persia announced plans to restore Jerusalem according to Jeremiah’s prophecy.) ]
[Added note: Nebuchadnezzar conquered the Syrian empire and drove out Egypt between 612-609 BC and subjected Judah to Babylonian authority. But historians confuse the event timeline by stating that Nebuchadnezzar did not become king of Babylon until 605 BC when his father died. Nebuchadnezzar was already Commander of the Babylonian armies and conquered Judah in 609 BC.]
Josiah’s Sons
2 Kings 23:31 (NASB95) — 31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Kings 23:34–36 (NASB95)
— 34 Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and brought him to Egypt, and he died there. 35 So Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land in order to give the money at the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his valuation, to give it to Pharaoh Neco. 36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
2 Kings 24:1 (NASB95) — 1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up,
(Da 1:1-3; ) and Jehoiakim became his servant (in (the third year = 609 B.C.) of Jehoiakim’s reign, Later he = Jehoiakim )turned and rebelled against ( Nebuchadnezzar.
2 Kings 24:6 (NASB95) — 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.
2 Kings 24:8–12 (NASB95) — 8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned (three months = 601 B.C.) in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. 12 Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the (eighth year = 601 B.C.) of (Nebuchadnezzar’s) reign.
2 Kings 24:17–18 (NASB95) — 17 Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned (eleven years = 600-590 B.C.) in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Kings 25:1–3 (NASB95) — 1 Now in the ninth year of (his = Zedekiah) reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall all around it. 2 So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
2 Kings 25:8–10 (NASB95) — 8 Now on the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the (nineteenth year = 590 B.C.) of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. 10 So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
See also: DiVORCE isRAEL?
Jeremiah 25:11–12 (NASB95) — 11 ‘This whole land will be a (desolation = 590-520 B.C. and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 ‘Then it will be when (seventy years = 609-539 B.C.) are completed I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares the Lord, ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
Jeremiah 29:10 (NASB95) — 10 “For thus says the Lord, ‘When (seventy years = 2 different timelines separated by 19 years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place.
[Ezekiel 1:1; 2; Ezekiel accompanied the remaining Judea remnant into Babylonian captivity in 590 BC… the year Jerusalem was destroyed at the end of Zedekiah’s reign.]
Good Figs vs bad?
Jeremiah 24:1–8 (NASB95) — 1 After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord! 2 One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness. 3 Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad figs, very bad, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness.” 4 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans. 6 ‘For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up and not overthrow them, and I will plant them and not pluck them up. 7 ‘I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. 8 ‘But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says the Lord—so I will abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 29:16–17 (NASB95) — 16 for thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile— 17 thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Behold, I am sending upon them the sword, famine and pestilence, and I will make them like split-open figs that cannot be eaten due to rottenness.
See also: LOST TRIBES of ISRAEL
2 Chronicles 36:20–23 (NASB95) — 20 Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete. 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah—the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia 539 B.C., ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!’ ”
Daniel’s 70 years in Babylon
Daniel 1:1–3 (NASB95) — 1 In the (third year = 609 B.C.) of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god. 3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the royal family and of the nobles,
Daniel 1:5 (NASB95) — 5 The king appointed for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be educated three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king’s personal service.
See also: GROWiNG PAiNS
Daniel 1:17–21 (NASB95) — 17 As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every branch of literature and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams. 18 Then at the end of the days which the king had specified for presenting them, the commander of the officials presented them before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king talked with them, and out of them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king’s personal service. 20 As for every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and conjurers who were in all his realm. 21 And Daniel (continued = to serve the Babylonian Kings) until the first year of Cyrus the (Persian = king).
Daniel 2:1–2 (NASB95) — 1 Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him. 2 Then the king gave orders to call in the magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
Daniel 2:27–29 (NASB95)27Daniel answered before the king and said, “As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians nor diviners are able to declare it to the king.
28“However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.
29“As for you, O king, while on your bed your thoughts turned to what would take place in the future; and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what will take place.
[Daniel uses his personal name in his narrative. Daniel rarely uses the personal pronoun ( I ) so that his identity is maintained throughout the story.]
Chapter outline:
[Chapter 1-4; Daniel reveals mysteries of the future to king Nebuchadnezzar.
chapter7-8; Daniel receives further revelation during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar’s supposed son Belshazzar.
But, chapter 5; Records the final day of Belshazzar in 539 B.C. When Cyrus the great conquered Babylon
Chapter 10; Daniel continues with a revelation from the angel Gabriel, during the third year of Cyrus’s dominion over Babylon. Gabriel describes a spiritual Battle to direct the destiny of the Persian empire. Yehwah’s plan to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem was apposed by satanic enemies.
Chapter 11; begins with angelic encouragement and support for Darius’ prophetic role in fulfilling Yehwah’s command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem in preparation for Messiah’s arrival.
Chapter 9; begins in the first year of Darius’ dominion over Babylon in 520 B.C…
Daniel 9:24; 25; 26; 27; receive revelation of a 70 weeks time sequence. Divided into three parts (7x7=49 years) to rebuild Jerusalem. Then (7x62=434 years) waiting until Messiah arrives. There remains a final seven years at the End Time before sin is removed
Daniel 9:24; Rev 19:6; 20:1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6;. Messiah will return a second time to establish His Kingdom on earth. Then Satan the cause of sin will be cast into the bottomless pit. And the resurrected saints will enter into the atonement marriage union with Messiah. The kingdom will establish everlasting Righteousness and Peace that will reign forever and ever.
Daniel 9:27; 11:30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; Rev 11:1; 2; 3; depict the final 3 1/2 years of tribulation before Messiah’s Second coming.
Daniel 9:24 (NASB95)24“Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.
The chapters in Daniel are obviously out of sequence and become confusing, when people attempt to understand scriptural prophecy.]
Ezekiel in exile
Ezekiel 1:1–3 (NASB95)1Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
2(On the fifth of the month in the fifth year (after) King Jehoiachin’s exile,
3the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there, the hand of the Lord came upon him.)
[Ezekiel’s exile from Jerusalem began in 590 B.C., the year Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple.
Ezekiel 1:1-2; establishes that the 30th year of his exile, coincides with the fifth year after King Jehoiachin’ imprisonment inBabylon ended. In 601 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar captured King Jehoiachin’. Then, 37 years later Evil-merodach freed King Jehoiachin’ in 564 B.C… Evil-merodach, began reigning in Babylon 2 1/2 years before his father Nebuchadnezzar died in 562 B.C…
Ezekiel 1:1; 2; commences five years later in 560 B.C…
Ezekiel 4:6; learns that 40 years of captivity remain for the second Group of Judean exiles that were deported to Babylon when King’s and a Kia’s reign ended. From (590 -30 = 560), then (560 -40 = 520) precisely coincides with the first year of Darius the Great’s dominion over Babylon as recorded in Daniel nine:1;.
The following year, a second group of exiles return to Jerusalem and assisted in rebuilding the temple in (519-518 B.C.).
Daniel 9:1; pondered the 70 years of Judah’s exile,
( Jeremiah 25:11; 12; ) Daniel may have considered that 2 prophetic events are revealed within a 19 year separation between the 2 baskets of figs envisioned by
(Jeremiah 24:1;;; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8;;. )
Daniel 1:1; 2; is among the good figs deported to Babylon in 609 B.C. The first year of Nebuchadnezzar’s dominion over the kings of Judah. Then 19 years later Ezekiel accompanied the remaining rotten figs of Judah that were deported from Jerusalem in 590 B.C…]
2 Kings 25:27–28 (NASB95) 27Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in (564 B.C.)the year that he became king, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison;
28and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
Ezekiel 4:6 (NASB95)6“When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year.
[Evil-merodach became king of Babylon in (564 B.C.) 2 years before Nebuchadnezzar died in (562 B.C.). Historians are not certain if Evil-merodach continued as King until 556 B.C.), when Belshazzar became king and ruled until Cyrus the great Concord Babylon in (539 B.C.). Manny Jewish scholars discredit Daniel as a book of fiction and historians misunderstand the prophetic accuracy of the events depicting Kings and empires.]
Belshazzar and Daniel’s Prophetic Visions
Daniel 7:1–3 (NASB95)1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related the following summary of it.
2Daniel said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
3“And four great beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another.
[Daniel envisions the 4 empires; Babylon the lion, Persia the bear, Greece a leopard, and Rome the beast with 10 horns.]
Daniel 7:8–17 (NASB95)8“While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.
See also: MAN of SiN; iMAGE of JEALOUSY
Ancient of Days
9“I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And
[ Eze 1:1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9;; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; Rev 1:7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 4:1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 19:1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; Yehwah Elohe the Messiah Yeshua = the Ancient of Days = the Lord God Almighty. Yeshua is the Ancient of Days envisioned by Daniel, Ezekiel, and John in Revelation. Messiah stated that no one has ever seen, nor can anyone see the invisible Father. Yeshua’s disciples witnessed His ascension into the clouds as He return to His Majestic Glory, seated upon a Heavenly thrown.
Daniel 7:9;envisions Yahweh Elohe in the past, before His incarnation as Messiah Yeshua.]
See also: YESHUA n FATHER r ONE
took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire.
10“A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened.
11“Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the (Final seven year, End Time beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning (fire = Rev 19:20; 20:10; ).
12“As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but an extension of life was granted to them for an appointed period of Time) .
See also: ANTi-CHRiST and 666 the BEAST n U
[Daniel 7:13; envisioned the resurrected Messiah ascending in the clouds to where He was before the offering of Himself.]
(Deut 30:10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; Pro 30:4; 5;Isa 53:1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 10; Jn 1:18; 3:13; 6:42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 62; 8:28; )
See also: DOCTOR WHO?
(following verse, is the correct translation of Daniel 7:13; )
13“I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, ( to where he was eternally as) the Ancient of Days And (obtaining what was before the offering of himself.).
14“And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.
15“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within me, and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.
16“I approached one of those who were standing by and began asking him the exact meaning of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things:
17‘These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth.
2 Persian Kings: Cyrus and Darius
Daniel 8:1–3 (NASB95)1In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me previously.
2I looked in the vision, and while I was looking I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and I looked in the vision and I myself was beside the Ulai Canal.
3Then I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a ram which had two horns was standing in front of the canal. Now the two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, with the longer one coming up last.
[Daniel receives understanding that the Second horn of the Persian empire will be greater then the first horn. Cyrus the great conquered Babylon in 539 B.C. And his son Cambyses 2 ruled until 522 B.C… then Darius the great gained control of the Persian empire and reconquered Babylon in 520 B.C… King Darius was faithful in completing Yehwah’s command given originally to Cyrus, for the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. Darius’s Royal descendants and empire extended far beyond Cyrus the great.
The kings of the Persian empire. Cambyses I was the father of Cyrus the great who conquered Babylon in 539 B.C… then Cyrus the great sun Cambyses I 2 ruled Persia and Babylon from 529-522 B.C… then, Darius the great gain control of the Persian empire in 521 B.C. And Concord Babylon in 520 B.C… after Darius the great died then his sun Xerxes i ruled Persia in Babylon from 486-465 B.C... Then Darius the great grandson Artaxerxes I became ruler of Persia in 465-424 B.C… Artaxerxes I is king of Persia during the ministry of Ezra and Nehemiah.]
End Time: 1150 days of Sacrifice
Daniel 8:13–14 (NASB95)13Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, “How long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply, while the transgression causes horror, so as to allow both the holy place and the host to be trampled?”
14He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be properly restored.”
[The 2300 evening and mornings pertain to a portion of the final 7 years, before Messiah returns and establishes His Kingdom of Righteousness on earth. ]
Daniel 8:26 (NASB95)
26“The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; But keep the vision secret, For it pertains to many days in the future.”
70 years for Babylon end Belshazzar’s demise
Daniel 5:1–2 (NASB95)1Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
2When Belshazzar tasted the wine, he gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.
Daniel 5:17–30 (NASB95)17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Keep your gifts for yourself or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him.
18“O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, grandeur, glory and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.
19“Because of the grandeur which He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations and men of every language feared and trembled before him; whomever he wished he killed and whomever he wished he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated and whomever he wished he humbled.
20“But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.
21“He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind and that He sets over it whomever He wishes.
22“Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,
23but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.
24“Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.
25“Now this is the inscription that was written out: ‘MENĒ, MENĒ, TEKĒL, UPHARSIN.’
26“This is the interpretation of the message: ‘MENĒ’—God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it.
27“ ‘TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
28“ ‘PERĒS’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
29Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.
30That same night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
[Daniel 1:21; 5:30; are versus separated by chapters, but precisely occurring at the same moment on the historical timeline, 539 B.C…]
Daniel 1:21 (NASB95) — 21 And Daniel (continued to serve the king of Babylon) until the first year of Cyrus the king.
Isaiah 44:28 (NASB95) — 28 “It is I who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd! And he will perform all My desire.’ And he declares of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built,’ And of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’ ”
Isaiah 45:1 (NASB95) — 1 Thus says the Lord to Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right hand, To subdue nations before him And to loose the loins of kings; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
Isaiah 45:13 (NASB95) — 13 “I have aroused him in righteousness And I will make all his ways smooth; He will build My city and will let My exiles go free, Without any payment or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.
Daniel during Cyrus’ reign
Daniel 10:1–2 (NASB95) — 1 In the third year of (Cyrus = 536 B.C.) king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the message was true and one of great conflict, but he understood the message and had an understanding of the vision. 2 In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks.
[Daniel morned over the destruction of Jerusalem and longed for Cyrus’ proclamation that began the temple reconstruction to be completed.
But, Ezra 1:1;; 2; 3;3:6; 7; 8; 10; 4:1; 4; 24; Records that the temple construction was stopped until the second year of Darius’s rule over Babylon 519 B.C…]
Daniel 10:12–13 (NASB95)12Then (he = angel Gabriel) said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and (I = angel Gabriel) have come in response to your words.
13“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
Daniel 10:20–21 (NASB95)
20Then he said, “Do you understand why I came to you? But I shall now return to fight against the prince of (Persia = Cyrus the great ruled Babylon from 539-530 B.C.); so I am going forth, and behold, the prince of (Greece = Alexander the great Concord Persia in 331 B.C.) is about to come.
21“However, I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth. Yet there is no one who stands firmly with me against these forces except Michael your prince.
[Cyrus the Great and his son Cambyses I 2, were occupied with wars and rebellion during their expansion of the Persian empire. Between 539-522 B.C. Jewish exiles that returned to Jerusalem lived in fear of their neighbors that opposed the temple reconstruction.]
Gabriel defends Darius
Daniel 11:1–2 (NASB95)1“In the first year of (Darius the Mede, re-conquered Babylon in 520 B.C.), (I = angel Gabriel) arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him.
2“And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece.
[in 331 B.C. Alexander the great Concord Persia and established the Greek empire. Later, Rome would become the fourth world ruling empire that was revealed to Daniel 7:1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; . ]
Daniel 5:31 (NASB95)31So (Darius the Mede, 520-486 B.C.) received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.
[Daniel 5:31; 6:1; 2; 3; 9:1; 2; should be placed chronologically after Daniel 11:1; 2;… the book of Ezra Will greatly assist in organizing the appropriate timeline for Cyrus and Darius. ]
Daniel 6:1–3 (NASB95)1It seemed good to Darius to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, that they would be in charge of the whole kingdom,
2and over them three commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer loss.
3Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself among the commissioners and satraps because he possessed an extraordinary spirit, and the king planned to appoint him over the entire kingdom.
[the commissioners and counselors were jealous of Daniel and tricked king Darius to make a decree that causes Daniel to be thrown into the lions then. Darius learned that Daniel worshipedYehwah Elohe the only true Savior.]
Daniel 6:25–28 (NASB95)25Then Darius the king wrote to all the peoples, nations and men of every language who were living in all the land: “May your peace abound!
26“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble before the God of Daniel; For He is the living God and enduring forever, And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed, And His dominion will be forever.
27“He delivers and rescues and performs signs and wonders In heaven and on earth, Who has also delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”
28So this Daniel enjoyed success in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Daniel is 99-101 years old
Daniel 9:1–2 (NASB95)1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans— (520 B.C.)
2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
[70 years has passed (590-520 B.C.) For Jerusalem’s desolation and destruction of the temple. The exiles captured with King Zedekiah represent the basket of rotten figs that accompanied Ezekiel to Babylon. But, Daniel was part of the basket of good figs taken to Babylon 609 B.C… 19 years before Ezekiel. ]
Ezra’s Record of cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes
Ezra 1:1–4 (NASB95)1Now in the first year (539 B.C.) of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:
2“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3‘Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 2:2 (NASB95)2These came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, (Mordecai = older cousin of Esther?), Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
Ezra 3:8–10 (NASB95)8Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to oversee the work of the house of the Lord.
9Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, to oversee the workmen in the temple of God.
10Now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord according to the directions of King David of Israel.
Ezra 4:3–5 (NASB95)3But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to (them = people of the land ), “You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the
(Lord God Yehwah Elohe) of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”
4Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building,
5and hired counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia, 520 B.C…
Ezra 4:24 (NASB95)
24Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia, 519-518 B.C…
Ezra 5:1–3 (NASB95)1When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them,
2then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them supporting them.
3At that time Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and spoke to them thus, “Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?”
Ezra 6:1–3 (NASB95)1Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.
2In Ecbatana in the fortress, which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found and there was written in it as follows: “Memorandum—
3“In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be retained, its height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits;
See also: BLOOD of the LAMB and BEARiNG SiN
Darius’ Second year 519-518 B.C.
Haggai 1:1–4 (NASB95)1In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the (sixth month = between August in September), the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘This people says, “The time has not come, even the time for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.” ’ ”
3Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?”
Haggai 1:13–15 (NASB95)13Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke by the commission of the Lord to the people saying, “ ‘I am with you,’ declares the Lord.”
14So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,
15on the (twenty-fourth day of the sixth month = is only five days before the seventh month Festivals of Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacle’s) in the second year of Darius the king.
Zechariah 1:1–3 (NASB95) — 1 In the (eighth month = between October and November, after the fall Festivals) in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo saying, 2 “The Lord was very angry with your fathers. 3 “Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “that I may return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah 1:7 (NASB95) — 7 On the (twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, = between January-February,11th month of Babylonian calendar also begins 518 B.C.) in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows:
Zechariah 1:12 (NASB95) — 12 Then the angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, how long will You have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant these seventy years?”
Zechariah 3:6–8 (NASB95)6And the angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying,
7“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘If you will walk in My ways and if you will perform My service, then you will also govern My house and also have charge of My courts, and I will grant you free access among these who are standing here.
8‘Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch.
See also: Melchizedek the Savior Elohe
Zechariah 4:8–9 (NASB95)8Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
Zechariah 7:5 (NASB95) — 5 “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?
See also: ATONEMENT; KAPORET QODESH
Ezra 6:14–15 (NASB95)14And the elders of the Jews were successful in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
15This temple was completed on the third day of the (month Adar; = 12th month of Babylonian calendar = between February and March it was the (sixth year = 2sc-3rd month of 514 B.C. according to the Babylonian calendar) of the reign of King Darius.
The first month of the biblical Hebrew calendar begins near the spring equinox March 19-20. ABiB is the Hebrew name of the first month that corresponds to the Babylonian first month of Nisan. Both Hebrew and Babylonian calendars follow the lunar cycle and begin and end their year near the spring equinox. The Roman calendar year ends near the winter solstice and then a new year begins. When examining Biblical calendar dates, it is important to understand that the Babylonian calendar year extend ,2-3 months Beyond the end of a Roman calendar year. Therefore, the 11-12 month of a Babylonian calendar year will actually be occurring simultaneously as the beginning of the next Roman year. This calendar anomaly must be considered when calculating the date of the Temple reconstruction. The majority of temple construction began late in Darius’ reign, between 519-518 B.C… then four years later, in the 12 month of the six year of Darius would seem to be 515 B.C… but according to the Babylonian calendar, this date for temple completion should actually be recorded as the beginning of the Roman calendar year 514 B.C… historians erroneously assume that the temple reconstruction was completed between 517-516 B.C., without accurately examining Biblical evidence. ]
See also: NEW MOON n COUNTING
Darius’ son Xerxes, 486-465 B.C.
Esther 1:1–3 (NASB95)1Now it took place in the days of (Ahasuerus =Xerxes), the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,
2in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,
3in the (third year - 483 B.C. of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of his provinces being in his presence.
[Vashti. Was removed from being queen, for not attending the banquet.]
Esther 2:4–7 (NASB95)4“Then let the young lady who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti.” And the matter pleased the king, and he did accordingly.
5Now there was at the citadel in Susa a Jew whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
6 ((Mordecai’s Great grandfather Kish, is the one who) had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the captives who had been (exiled - 601 B.C.) with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled.
7He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young lady was beautiful of form and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.
[Ezra 2:2; Records Mordecai returning to Jerusalem to assist rebuilding the temple. In 539-538B.C. Mordecai is a young man returning with his family to Jerusalem, 62 years after his great grandfather Kish, a Benjamite, was exiled to Babylon. Mordecai’s cousin Esther was born, more than 19 years later, during the reign of king Darius between 520-486 B.C… before Darius’ son (Xerxes = Ahasuerus ) became king of Persia 486-for her and 65 B.C…]
Esther and the Festival of Purim
Esther 2:16–17 (NASB95)16So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus to his royal palace in the tenth month which is the month Tebeth, in the (seventh year - 479 B.C.) of his reign.
17The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found favor and kindness with him more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Ezra 4:6 (NASB95)6Now in the reign of (Ahasuerus = Xerxes), in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
Esther 3:7–9 (NASB95)7In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the ( twelfth year 474 B.C.) of King Ahasuerus, Pur, that is the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, until the twelfth month, that is the month Adar.
8Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.
9“If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”
Esther 8:11–12 (NASB95)11In them the king granted the Jews who were in each and every city the right to assemble and to defend their lives, to destroy, to kill and to annihilate the entire army of any people or province which might attack them, including children and women, and to plunder their spoil,
12on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar) 473 B.C…
Esther 9:20–22 (NASB95)20Then Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
21obliging them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, annually,
22because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
Ezra in Jerusalem 458 B.C.
Ezra 7:6; 7-8; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19-20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; Ezra did not actually travel to Jerusalem until 56 years after the Temple was completed. In (458 B.C.) the seventh year of Artaxerxes, who was the grandson of Darius, instructed Ezra to organize the Levitical priesthood and provided funding for the Temple worship.
Ezra 7:1–11 (NASB95)1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
2son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,
3son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,
4son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,
5son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest.
6This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.
7Some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
8He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9For on the first of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, because the good hand of his God was upon him.
10For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.
11Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, learned in the words of the commandments of the Lord and His statutes to Israel:
Jerusalem Walls and Gates Restored
Nehemiah 2:1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 4:6; 5:14; 6:1; 15; 7:1; 4; 73; 8:1; 2; 14; 17; 18; 9:13; 14; In the 20th year of Artaxerxes reign (445 B.C.), Nehemiah received permission to travel to Judah and complete the building of the wall and gates of Jerusalem. When the work was finished, the people of Jerusalem gathered on the Feast of Trumpets and listened to Ezra read from the book of the law. That year, in the seventh month on the 15th day, everyone celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles, that looks forward to the promised Kingdom restoration and Yahweh dwelling with His people. There does not exist an exact account of the time when the wall and gates of Jerusalem were completed. I am assuming that 6 years would be sufficient and that could complete the 7 weeks equaling 49 years of
Daniel 9:25; ending in the year (439 B.C.). The following 62 weeks equaling 434 years would be completed at the time of Messiah's birth in 5 BC on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles. Nehemiah completed his work before his 12 year governorship had ended, then he returned to serve Artaxerxes.
Nehemiah 13:6; 7; But, by (432 B.C.) Nehemiah returns to Jerusalem a second time to discipline Eliashib the priest and admonish the people of Judah to faithfully serve Yehawah.
See also: PRiESTHOOD vs MELCHiZEDEK
Daniel's Prophetic 70 Weeks
The 70 weeks in Daniel and their connection to Messiah Yeshua's 3 1/2 year ministry. It is important to notice that the 70 weeks must be completed before sin is removed and Atonement is accomplished. Bible prophecy points to the future return of Messiah (2035 A.D.) on the Feast of Trumpets and the marriage supper with the Lamb is completed on the Day of Atonement. The beginning of Messiah's ministry also focuses on Trumpets and the first arrival of Yeshua after defeating Satan's temptation in the wilderness. Then, 10 days later on Atonement (26 A.D.), Messiah Yeshua announces the year of Liberty that proclaims the Jubilee begins in the following spring on the first day of the month of Abib (27 A.D.).
Daniel 9:24; 25; 26; “Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. “So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.
(The 70 weeks are explained to Daniel. Seven weeks equals 49 years that will be needed to rebuild the Temple and city of Jerusalem. Then 62 weeks equals 434 years until the birth of Messiah in (5 B.C.) on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles.
See also: MESSIAH's TEMPLE in 70 WEEKs
There is an alternative formula for calculating the 70 weeks.
Jeremiah 34:1; 2; 7; 8;9; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; in the Jubilee year (612-611 B.C.) Jeremiah announced the 7 year Sabbath of release . The rulers of Judah failed to keep their promise of freeing people from slavery, so they received the punishment of being enslaved in Babylonian captivity for 70 years.
In (590 B.C.) Jerusalem was conquered and the Temple demolished.
70 years later (520 B.C.) Darius becomes king and Daniel reads Jeremiah's prophecy of Judah's 70 years of captivity coming to an end.
Between (519- 514 B.C.) the 4-5 years of Temple construction is completed in the 6 year of Darius. Then (514-513 B.C. - is exactly 490 years after Solomon's first Temple) announcing another Jubilee that begins a 49 year count = 7 weeks.
In (465-464 B.C.) on Atonement, another 49 year Jubilee is announced, during the reign of Darius' grandson Artaxerxes who became king in (465-464 B.C.).
It is possible that Daniel's 7×7 = 49 years does not begin until (458 B.C.) after Ezra receives instruction in the 7th year of Artaxerxes. From (458-409 B.C.) the combined work of Ezra and Nehemiah would complete the rebuilding of Jerusalem in 49 years. This is only an assumption because, Nehemiah's records state that the wall around Jerusalem was completed in less than 12 years (439 B.C.).
If progressing from (408 B.C.) Daniel's 62×7 = 434 years later would reach (26 A.D.) when Messiah Yeshua announced the Jubilee year on the day of atonement and began His 3 1/2 year ministry.
Both mathematical observations match historical events that lead to the Jubilee announcement in the year (26-27 A.D.).
The final seven years begin on Atonement (2028 A.D.). Then 3 1/2 years later (2032, April 25) will explode into the great Tribulations, That continue until messiah returns on Trumpets (2035 A.D.)..
See also: ADAM to MESSiAH in 6000 yrs.
and : Daniel Un-Sealed
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