Daniyel 9 has nothing to do with Yeshu, the Roman fabrication. One of the most astonishing facts about Nehemiah is that he finished the walls in just 52 days If you've ever been to Jerusalem, and seen the size and capacity of the stones you realize the monumental task that was at hand. In an individual life, then, the rebuilding of the walls would be a picture of re-establishing the strength of that life. Nothing symbolically or literally even comes close to this command by YHWH, a command which was witness by both Haggai and Zechariah. He immediately surveyed the damage to the entire city on his well-known night journey around the walls (Nehemiah 2:1215). And thus the wall was built again "even in troublesome times," just as had been foretold in Daniel 9:25. It was this last project that Nehemiah is most famed for completing. Where do you get the following statement from? How long did it take Nehemiah to rebuild the wall? So about 444 bc Nehemiah journeyed to Jerusalem and aroused the people there to the necessity of repopulating the city and rebuilding its walls. This interpretation fits the 70 weeks in all ways. Could we take 52 days to accomplish something similar? etc., but apparently no available stock photo of a work from the Middle Ages whose artist actually recorded that his intention was to depict Nehemiah. 1Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish kin. 29After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his own house. And Jerusalem is a symbol of the city of God, God's dwelling place and the center of life for the world. Jesus is "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" ( John 1:29 ). Bring in the new Chronology. 5Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord. In the twelfth chapter, the word days was used to indicate Day(s) of Atonement. I assume you are talking about Daniel 12:11-13, which says the following: 11 And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. The Book of Nehemiah is usually read together with the Book of Ezra as one long book. Thanks a lot and I am taking a look ahead to contact you. The word used in Daniyel is shavuim, while the word for weeks is shavuot. One of the most astonishing facts about Nehemiah is that he finished the walls in just 52 days. 3I said to the king, May the king live for ever! Respectfully, Nathaniel, you are incorrect in your interpretation. He expounded and enforced the Law of God. Again I ask you to consider. Seek Gods knowledge now!! Thanks for the article. Once the defenses had been rebuilt by Antipater, the seven weeks and sixty-two weeks and one week (totaling seventy weeks) could begin, and that is exactly what happened. After each failed attempt a new Artaxerxes was chosen in order to make the prophecy work. But Nehemiah avoids their traps, ignores their threats, and refuses to hide when threatened by assassination. 4. The prophecy fits his advent exactly. Amazing issues here. Nehemiah served as the kings cupbearer (Nehemiah 1:11), which evidently put him in a position to speak to the king and request favors from him. The end of days never refers to Yom Kippur in the Tanach. I am not a scholar or a biblical archaeologist, just someone who has viewed Nehemiahs role and strategies as a model of best practise in leadership and how to empower a community/ people. Then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. 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. This then would naturally explain the chronological flow of Ezra. This event symbolically and chronologically marked the end of the 70 years of Jerusalems desolation. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your kin, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes., 15When our enemies heard that their plot was known to us, and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to his work. Thats too big a price to pay. Nehemiah encountered hostility from the (non-Jewish) local officials in neighbouring districts, but in the space of 52 days the Jews under his direction succeeded in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls. That would put Ezras aliyah around 515 BCE, and Nehemyahs time in Yerushalayim from around 502 BCE to 490 BCE. 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.. Nehemiah's willingness to sacrifice for the benefit of others You too offer an interesting interpretation. Here is your ticket to join us as we discover more and more about the biblical world and its people. 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. Contextually there is no evidence for another Artaxerxes who was instrumental in getting the temple builded and finished by the 6th year as stated in Ezra 6. They instead have claimed an unknown and contextually inaccurate addition to those original commands which started and completed the contruction of the 2nd temple as specified in Ezra 6. I think Isaac Newtons explanation gets the closest: They seem to have grounded their opinion on the 70 weeks, which they reckoned form the 1st year of Cyrus. Anyways, so ppl pin point the building of the walls by Nehemiah being in the 20th year of this king which is Darius the great who was married to queen Esther. He asked the king for permission to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem & was sent from Susa the Persian capital as Governor in 445 BC. @ Willaim If you can make that translation fit history, more power to you. Answer (1 of 3): Re your query: Did Nehemiah rebuild the temple? The Bible doesn't say Nehemiah had wall-building experience or even leadership experience. Each of them has a name and a biblical story. The hurried work of repairing and rebuilding Jerusalems walls and gates was completed in just 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). It took Nehemiah 52 days to reinforce the gaps and rebuild the wall. of Ancient Kingdoms Amended). Notice the common names are in the same order in both lists. 5Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from your sight; for they have hurled insults in the face of the builders. At the top of the eastern ridge of the City of David, Nehemiah and the returned exiles built a new city wall. When to fight? In the reign of King Artaxerxes, Scribe Ezra, was authorised to take charge of the Jewish nation. The burden-bearers carried their loads in such a way that each laboured on the work with one hand and with the other held a weapon. But thats not when he built the walls, its only when he inspected it for 3 days!! 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.. Verse 25 states the following: Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem unto the Messiah.. Nehemiah 1:2-4 & 6:15-16. ' When I heard these things, I sat down and wept" (Nehemiah 1:3-4). 3. So it only took 52 days to build this wall, so from this time, its 492BCE. i found map of 12 gates of jerusalem according to nehemiah. In my opinion it does not represent a reasonable interpretation of the available Scriptural evidence. The All-Access membership pass is the way to get to know the Bible through biblical archaeology. 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. Right or wrong the rest is just opinion. Enemies of God heard the people were rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah's leadership; they were jealous and they were furious. The wall is made from stone and mortar with gates. Israel is Gods earthly time clock. No power tools. Why did they have to build with one hand and have a weapon in the other hand? It also has nothing to do with feasts of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything at all about seventy weeks.. 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? Christ is clearly cut off at the determination of the 69th week. Ok here is Nehemiah chapter 1 says, 1The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislevin the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa. im so interested with 12 gates of jerusalem. (Neh.12:25-26.) Reversing these often repeated, monstrous trends of history is Gods hand unparalleled among ANY people to demonstrate His glory. 1Now when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall and that there was no gap left in it (though up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), 2Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they intended to do me harm. Each time a new Messianic zealot came along and needed a new basis for claiming a fulfillment of Daniel 9 they would conveniently associate the command given by YHWH in the 2nd year of Darius even Artaxerxes with the 2nd year of a new Artaxerxes thus eclipsing the Persian period by jumping from one to another. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. 6So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. It is the bedrock foundation upon which Jerusalems restoration began. Our hearts. It identified the time of the introduction of the new covenant prophesied by Jeremiah that would be offered to Israel by John the Baptist, and it identified the anointed one, Jesus, who would confirm that new covenant during the Passion Week. Symbolically, it mightve made more sense for the building of the wall to take place over the course of 312 days [i.e. YHWH was telling the people to shuwb or return and build His house that they were neglecting. At the time, I was cupbearer to the king. There is certainly a lot to learn about this subject. (Nehemiah 6:16). I cannot say whether or not I agree or disagree with comments posted by previous contributors, but I thank you all of increasing my knowledge of the many ways in which we can view the bible. This is a powerful teaching It takes me back to when I was wrapping up my pursuit towards my diploma And ministered to me was God needed you left out so he Nehemiahed you left out its not that you did something wrong Terrill T.C a.k.a Relic. The church is named after St Lazare (Lazarus of Bethany, whom Jesus raised from the dead Gospel of John, 11) and, historically, was a famous place of pilgrimage because of its claim to have a piece of Lazarusskull as a relic, reputed to have the power to cure leprosy. 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. The picture of a statue of Nehemiah in this Bible History Daily article caused me to be suspicious. This divine anger ended in the 2nd year of Darius. The man of sin will in fact make a military protective covenant with Israel which ushers in the rapture of the called out born again church and begins the ticking on Israel for the last week. As noted earlier a variation on this tradition has been carried on by Christians today in their association of Artaxerxes with the Persian Longimanus. 15And Shallum son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he rebuilt it and covered it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars; and he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the kings garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David. Nehemiah prayed and fasted to God for four months before petitioning the King to return to his home and reinforce Jerusalem's city walls. 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. He is being closely watched, so he doesn't do much for his first three days in the city. The Scriptural basis for their calculations was likely Ezra 6:14. What does the wall represent in Nehemiah? 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. So I embarked on a little detective work. No one has made it fit the biblical text that way. Verse 24 gives the big picture overview of what takes place during the entire 70 weeks. Here is a simple equation of the 1st part of that verse: I personally do not think Daniel 9 can be separated from the context of that time. So take 492BCE in Jeremiahs prophecy on the 490 years and until messiah the prince, whats that put us at? The CSB E3 Discipleship Bible is full of intentionally crafted discipleship tools and resources based on the E3 discipleship methodEngage. 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). 18After him their kin made repairs: Binnui, son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah; 19next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armoury at the Angle. . 16 Therefore thus saith YHWH; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith YHWH of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. By this time, exiles who were taken at the time of the Babylonian conquest had already been allowed to return to their homeland, and the ones that did had already rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem. Its notable (and probably an important lesson) how the High Priest, Eliashib (Neh 3:1) was actually in cahoots with the enemies of Judah (Neh 2:10; Neh 13:4, 7, 28). 3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 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. 9Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and gave them the kings letters. So from the restoring of the wall in 492BCE to messiah the Prince in 2BCE, that equals 490. Now he could rebuild his beloved city of Jerusalem, its walls and gates. And rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem in 52 days. This can only be sadness of the heart. Then I was very much afraid. Since Ezra and Nehemyah were together in Yerushalayim at some point (Ezra 8:9) it is unlikely to have been a different Artakhashast in each story. Read more. May God bless your search for understanding. Will they restore things? Now the 70 is a dual prophecy and the 2nd part is due to be fulfilled soon!! It was now the 25th day of Elul, only five days prior to the Feast of Trumpets. Key Notes: The wall was done in 52 days. 14Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid. The workers built the walls in only 52 days. Nehemiah rebuilt Jerusalem's wall in only 52 days. 11Restore to them, this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the interest on money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them. 12Then they said, We will restore everything and demand nothing more from them. When Daniel received the vision, the 70 years of the captivity period spoken of in Jeremiah 25 were just drawing to a close. 20Rally to us wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet. 2 He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, 'What are these feeble Jews doing? 6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In 100 years people had been trying to rebuild these walls and they couldn't get it done. Thats 12 years later than what ppl think!! As athletes engage with Scripture, they . 17Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiahs letters came to them. (B) Rebuild our health. 7After thinking it over, I brought charges against the nobles and the officials; I said to them, You are all taking interest from your own people. And I called a great assembly to deal with them, 8and said to them, As far as we were able, we have bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to other nations; but now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us! They were silent, and could not find a word to say. (Site from http://www.biblicalarchaelogy.org) [], [] Nehemiah was a high official in the Persian court of King Artaxerxes I at the capital city of Susa, which lay 150 miles east of the Tigris River in what is now modern Iran. Kind of like a pervert pedophile looking for a job with the boys choir or the boy scouts, I guess. You see, God is NOT against building walls! 3So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. 16And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem; for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God. Cyruss decree which started contruction of the temple. Ezra insisted upon the dismissal of these wives. I found the picture on their website under the caption A prophet or Nehemiah west facade, south portal, right side, mid-12th c. Location: St. Lazare, Avallon, France. The KING is coming soon and HE IS A JEW, YESHUA HAMASHIACH/JESUS THE CHRIST! Nehemiah's Wall. Our Sunday sermons at church have focused on Nehemiah heeding Gods calling to re-build his beloved home. Empower. 11O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. 6I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. So come, therefore, and let us confer together. 8Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say have been done; you are inventing them out of your own mind 9for they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done. But now, O God, strengthen my hands. The prophecy says..Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand,that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Princeshall beseven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. Darius Hystaspes checks the records and confirms that in fact Cyruss did issue a decree and therefore the contruction could go on. Daniel 9:25 is tied to the 490 weeks of years when Nehemiah restored the walls in Jerusalem. If the Artaxerxes of Nehemiah is Longimanus then this would mean those chiefs of their fathers were at the most conservative estimation, 122 years old. [] Nehemiah was a high official in the Persian court of King Artaxerxes I at the capital city of Susa, which lay 150 miles east of the Tigris River in what is now modern Iran. They told him that the people who had survived being captives were suffering. This company acts as an image bank/agency they own, or represent photographers (and artists, if recent), with regard to copyright. 17Moreover, there were at my table one hundred and fifty people, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations around us. If you've ever been to Jerusalem, and seen the size and capacity of the stones you realize the monumental task that was at hand. 28Above the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each one opposite his own house. By hand. According to a story, Nehemiah, a high official in the Persian court of King Artaxerxes I at the capital city of Susa, was very troubled that there was no wall to protect his beloved city of Jerusalem, its walls and gates. Virtually any citizen of the ancient world could tick off three reasons why a wall was far more than just a pile of rocks. However, there is a world of difference between an artists own title to his work and the labeling of a picture hundreds of years later without any proof of the artists original intention. The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society, David Rohls chronology works only if one disregards major portions of the Hebrew Scriptures. He gathered his people together, he equipped them, and he led them in rebuilding the city walls of Jerusalem. Im very glad to look your post. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he finished the wall on the twentyfifth of Elul, in fiftytwo days. The prince (lowercase p) is not Jesus Christ. How did Nehemiah rebuild the walls? They completed the wall in a mere 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). He also made the other nobles and officials forgive all outstanding debts and ordered them to return all land and money that had been taken as taxes so the people would be able to feed themselves and their families. following the Babylonian exile. Once there, Nehemiah defied the opposition of Judah's enemies on all sidesSamaritans, Ammonites, Arabs and Philistinesand rebuilt the walls within 52 days, from the Sheep Gate in the North, the Hananeel Tower at the North West corner, the Fish Gate in the West, the Furnaces Tower at the Temple Mount's South West. This verse describes the commands which were instrumental in the rebuilding of the Temple and its eventual completion. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me. . . Upon arrival into the city, he assessed the damage and got to work. The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record almost entirely, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. Will they finish it in a day? Why is this important? 17After him the Levites made repairs: Rehum son of Bani; next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district. 7Then I said to the king, If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may grant me passage until I arrive in Judah; 8and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the kings forest, directing him to give me timber to make beams for the gates of the temple fortress, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy. And the king granted me what I asked, for the gracious hand of my God was upon me. 24After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and to the corner. Ezra 7:13-28. So why did chronologist place a gap in chronology between Ezra 6 &7 between Jeshua/Zerubabbel and Ezra/Nehemiah? Joshua & Zerubbabel restarted construction but their enemies lodge a protest with Darius Hystaspes. The wall is completed in a stunning 52 days. Nehemiah and the people rebuilt 10 city gates. Here is Gods version of revising history. According to Jewish tradition the Artakhshast of Ezra and Nehemyah is the same as Daryavesh I. 12Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters. "Nehemiah 6:15", and "The city of . We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it" ( Nehemiah 2:20 ). Then Nehemiah asked Ezra to read the Law of Moses to the people. 16After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired from a point opposite the graves of David, as far as the artificial pool and the house of the warriors. It was God's work and He protected His people and they completed the wall in 52 days. Thats too big a price to pay, and unnecessary. Back to Nehemiah All that was left was to rebuild the city . Although there is no consensus about the relative chronologies of the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah (the Biblical dates are unclear), Nehemiahs return to Jerusalem probably preceded Ezras by a couple years. Nehemiah and his followers do what seems to be the impossible because they are doing what God has called them to do. They are appropriate here again: Ezra 6:14 14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. So we have: 1. 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. http://kofh2u.tripod.com/kofh/. The ruins on the Western Hill were not occupied again until the Hellenistic period of Alexander the Great. The dating of the ministries of Nehemiah and Ezra have been juggled to fit both Jewish and Christian misinterpretations of Daniel 9, unfortunately, and repeated so often that they have become gospel in their respective circles. Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the wallsin 52 days. God bless those truly seeking Him. Its is the literal and symbolic event which marked Jerusalems restoration. Why is a broken-down wall such a big deal? 4When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. The symbolic focal point of the rebuilding efforts, the Temple, lie waste. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. This was definitely accomplished with God's help. Within 52 days the walls were rebuilt and the gates restored in spite of intense internal and external opposition! Four highly acclaimed books, published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution: Aspects of Monotheism, Feminist Approaches to the Bible, The Rise of Ancient Israel and The Search for Jesus. How long was Nehemiah in Jerusalem? . The caption reads Nehemiah/Photo: Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY. The early Messianic expectants would have understood the verse to mean: according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, -even- Artaxerxes. Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, current or in historical records of the past almost one thousand years, is there any reference to Nehemiah! In the past 2000 years, no one else has.

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