Let's get started." They rolled up their sleeves, ready for the good work. It also has nothing to do with feasts of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything at all about seventy weeks.. Ill stick with what the biblical text states, that the key time-location events are the decree of Caesar in 44 BCE and the building of the broad place and moat in 43 BCE.. Before the seven Pentecosts begin, the tower gate with its broad place and the wall with its trench in front that were destroyed by Pompey in 63 BCE will have been rebuilt (from my book Lifting the Veil on the Book of Daniel, page 92, or see full discussion at http://www.prophecysociety.org/books/LV2012/LV-091.html ). May God bless your search for understanding. I think he has placed Israel History in proper date chronology. The walls were built between 1535 and 1538, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, by the order of Suleiman I. I looked up the complete article from your website. - So built we the wall.Rather, "and we (still) built the wall" Insults and gibes had no effect on us - did not touch us. Yodie. And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days. I have seen some [arguing for Artaxerxes I] say that his genealogy leaves out some generations, but it doesnt really make sense that there should be a gap of 128 years right between his last ancestor in his genealogy and himself/his first dateable appearance. Ezra 6 ends with completion of the temple in the 6th year of Darius even- Artaxerxes. And it could not (as Josephus says) be Khshayarsha, who only reign 20 years. 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. How difficult would that be to hold a weapon and build the wall? The Scriptural basis for their calculations was likely Ezra 6:14. 9So I said, The thing that you are doing is not good. This divine anger ended in the 2nd year of Darius. 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. Ezra went up in the 7th year of Artakhshast (Ezra 7:7-10), 13 years before Nehemyahs first documented time in Yerushalayim if they are they same Artakhshast. 8Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples; 9but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are under the farthest skies, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place at which I have chosen to establish my name. 10They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great power and your strong hand. Will they finish it in a day? He enlisted the help of the people to quickly repair the breaches in the wall. Then after the 62 7- sevens the Messiah is cut off. [], [] like in Nehemiahs time, we are living within broken down walls. It was now the 25th day of Elul, only five days prior to the Feast of Trumpets. You too offer an interesting interpretation. Rhema I have received from what Nehemiah did: he had a burden for his people; he went out and did want God wanted him to do; God did not give him a timeframe to do it in; and Nehemiah obeyed. 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.. Ezra 7 begins with Ezra going up to Jerusalem in the 7th year of Artaxerxes the king. The accounts are punctuated by prayers to God, such as Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people (Nehemiah 5:19). 4. A conquered people emerge from horrific suffering to reform their nation with the sanction of the conqueror to even rebuild their walls. 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. 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. 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? @ William You have offered an interesting interpretation, but it is based on rebuilding the Temple, whereas Daniel 9:25 mentions restoring Jerusalem to a messiah (anointed one)/political leader, but does not say anything at all about rebuilding the Temple. Dorothy Resig Willette is the former Managing Editor of Biblical Archaeology Review. For the people had a mind to work. Ezras genealogy would make him impossibly old in the 7th year of Artaxerxes I, as his father was killed when the Mikdash was destroyed. 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. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology that shortens the chronology of Egypt are incorrect. Will you please drop me a mail? God bless. 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. Nehemiah served as the kings cupbearer (Nehemiah 1:11), which evidently put him in a position to speak to the king. Of course, no artist can claim knowledge of what any biblical character looked like. Here is how I understand it. Thats too big a price to pay. Why did they have to build with one hand and have a weapon in the other hand? In the past 2000 years, no one else has. 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. 6So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. In 100 years people had been trying to rebuild these walls and they couldn't get it done. 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. 1Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. Interesting. following the Babylonian exile. He gathered his people together, he equipped them, and he led them in rebuilding the city walls of Jerusalem. As the Bible describes it, he was so driven to erect that barrier to protect the Jews from their enemies that he motivated a crew to work nonstop. The wall was at last completed52 days (a week shy of two months) after the reconstruction under Nehemiah commenced (verse 15). Our lives are in ruin and we co-exist under the [], It is interesting reading thoughts, theories and views expressed by all posted on this page from 2012 to 2014. Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the wallsin 52 days. I do not see a reference to Yom Kippur in these verses. 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. The word restore is shuwb- its primary meaning is to return or turn back. Key Notes: The wall was done in 52 days. 1The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. These walls had been down for 100 years. The decree signified by Daniel 9 that starts the 70 weeks is the decree issued by Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, that says: Gaius Caesar, consul the fifth time [in 44 BCE], hath decreed, That the Jews shall possess Jerusalem, and may encompass that city with walls; and that Hyrcanus, the son of Alexander, the high priest and ethnarch of the Jews, retain it in the manner he himself pleases; and that the Jews be allowed to deduct out of their tribute, every second year the land is let [in the Sabbatic period], a corus of that tribute; and that the tribute they pay be not let to farm, nor that they pay always the same tribute. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 14.10.5 (Whiston translation). 52 x 6 days], with the next 52 days being a symbolic sabbath of rest following all that work. Daniyel 9:25 says that the first seven shavuim begin min motsa davar in Daniyels own lifetime, whenever his supplications began (naturally, when the Temple was destroyed). The name is pronounced / n i m a / or / n i h m a / in English. Verse 24 gives the big picture overview of what takes place during the entire 70 weeks. Notice the context. They will be captured by many false competing Churches and charlatan Prophets around us. We will soon discover that Nehemiah has a position of authority in the empire, being the 'cupbearer . This cycle is hinted at in 52 days of 52 weeks to complete the 360 degree cycle of the soul. 29After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his own house. 2He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, What are these feeble Jews doing? How long did it take Nehemiah to rebuild the wall? This decree or command by YHWH (in the 12th month, 2nd year of Darius) followed a similar decree given to Haggai just a few months earlier(Hag.1). We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it'. 11So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days. Also, where do you get the following statement from? [] hidden behind weed-like wildflowers that grew out of cracks in the wall. There is a way to solve these problems but they do not wish to handle it that way. 2In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. The CSB E3 Discipleship Bible is full of intentionally crafted discipleship tools and resources based on the E3 discipleship methodEngage. Nehemiah asked some friends about Jerusalem. This is where I admittedly find it frustrating when discussing this subject. 1In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was served to him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king. Are you rebelling against the king? 20Then I replied to them, The God of heaven is the one who will give us success, and we his servants are going to start building; but you have no share or claim or historic right in Jerusalem.. 11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. If you count the years backwards you will find the 70 years of divine anger began at the departure of the Shekinah from the temple as described in Ezekiel. (Site from http://www.biblicalarchaelogy.org) []. The word used in Daniyel is shavuim, while the word for weeks is shavuot. 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. 18For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah: and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah. A race of slaves emerge from slavery to become a nation. He is even given letters from the king to ensure safe passage and to obtain timber from the kings forest for the gates and walls of Jerusalem. This evidence of God's blessing encourages the Jews and is a terrific blow to the self-confidence of their enemies. Combining Nehemiah's times with his character, we get the message of this book: Nehemiah proves that seemingly impossible things . I would like to see more biblical dating using David Rohls new Chronology. 2. (Neh.12:25-26.) 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. 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. There was no other mention of him, until after the rebuilding of the city walls. 16From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and body-armour; and the leaders posted themselves behind the whole house of Judah, 17who were building the wall. YHWHs decree in the 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes (through Haggai & Zechariah) to restart contruction of the temple which had stopped sometime earlier. It would mean they would have to admit the redactions. Well, there you have it, thats how I see it anyway . Thus, if our anonymous artist had any intention, it would have been much more likely that this statue is his rendition of Lazarus rather than Nehemiah! Nothing else would qualify. Your interpretation of a verse does not make it any more the word of God than does mine. 13I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out everyone from house and from property who does not perform this promise. 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. 2And the men of Jericho built next to him. Write "The people wanted to work!". 8 years of Archaeology Odyssey online, exploring the ancient roots of the Western world in a scholarly and entertaining way, The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. 15The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people, and took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. None of the Persian-era decrees fit the text of Daniel 9. One day they were reading in the book of Moses out loud to all the congregation of people. No self respecting Jewish zealot would have based it upon a command given by men. Answer (1 of 3): Re your query: Did Nehemiah rebuild the temple? You don't have to rebuild a wall to do the will of God. Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my ancestors graves, lies waste, and its gates have been destroyed by fire? 4Then the king said to me, What do you request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 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. . 15So I went up by way of the valley by night and inspected the wall. Why is a broken-down wall such a big deal? No, this was by no means a wall of Nehemiah, no rebuild per se, yet it did show evidence of repair. 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. Then they said, Let us start building! So they committed themselves to the common good. Contextually it was all about returning to the temple construction which had stopped. Have a blessed day one and all. It happened at a time when the captivity of the Jews had already come to an end. 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). 20Rally to us wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet. Nehemiah's Wall. The temple lay uncompleted. Christ is clearly cut off at the determination of the 69th week. Chapter 6 says this, 6:15So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. So they relocated the eastern wall higher up the slope and, according to author Eilat Mazar, built it directly on top of a ruined wall of King Davids palace (also known as the Large Stone Structure) and its massive rampart (known as the Stepped Stone Structure). When Nehemiah hears that "the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire," ( Neh 1:3 ), he gets permission from Persian King Artaxerxes to rebuild the city. And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days. Of all of the English translations of Daniel 9:25, Youngs Literal Translation is perhaps the best (but still imperfect), saying And thou dost know, and dost consider wisely, from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem till Messiah the Leader [is] seven weeks, and sixty and two weeks: the broad place hath been built again, and the rampart, even in the distress of the times. A good fulfillment paraphrase of verse 25, substituting real events and real names from history for the biblical language, would read something like this: Observe with your eyes and calculate with your mind, that after the issuance of the decree by Julius Caesar to Hyrcanus II, high priest and ethnarch (the anointed one-prince) of the Jews, restoring him to rule in Jerusalem (the first restoration) and granting him permission to rebuild its fortifications, until his repatriation from Parthia to Jerusalem by Herod (the second restoration), there will be seven Pentecosts, followed by sixty-two Pentecosts. Here is Gods version of revising history. It was this last project that Nehemiah is most famed for completing. Though the temple has been rebuilt, the city walls were as they had been for the last 130 years, with the result that the inhabitants of Jerusalem had no way of defending themselves against their enemies (see Nehemiah 4:11). Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, current or in historical records of the past almost one thousand years, is there any reference to Nehemiah! So take 492BCE in Jeremiahs prophecy on the 490 years and until messiah the prince, whats that put us at? police uniform patch placement,

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