Chapter 6 says this, 6:15So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. Now the king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me. Equip. Each of them has a name and a biblical story. 2So the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? 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. 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. [Nehemiah records] "Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived from Judah with another group, and I asked them about Jerusalem and about our fellow-Jews who had returned from exile in Babylonia. 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. Daniyel 9:23 says that at the beginning of Daniyels supplications yatsa davar.. Nehemiah 12 states Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam(Shallum), Talmon and Akkub all lived in the days of Joiakim, Nehemiah and Ezra. The wall is made from stone and mortar with gates. I am returned shuwb, the same word used in Daniel 9:25. "'Jerusalem's wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned down. Why is this important? 12 gates in that map is still remain today? The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record almost entirely, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. After him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs. 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 ). 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. This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in August 2012. 19Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence, and reported my words to him. And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me. No machinery. There is certainly a lot to learn about this subject. 9Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. 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. Right or wrong the rest is just opinion. Joiakim was the son of Jeshua the high priest. 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. They will be captured by many false competing Churches and charlatan Prophets around us. As governor, Nehemiah says that he didnt take advantage of food and land allotments that were allowed him due to his office, because there was already such a great burden on the people of his province (Nehemiah 5:1419). The only decree that does fit, and fit exactly using all of the biblical text, is the decree issued by Julius Caesar in 44 BCE that was recorded by Josephus as mentioned above. and Artaxerxes comes from the waw proceeding Artaxerxes. Now he could rebuild his beloved city of Jerusalem, its walls and gates. to quickly repair the breaches in the wall, Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Destruction of the Temple, http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/80353228.jpg, http://www.prophecysociety.org/books/LV2012/LV-091.html. 4Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz made repairs. Could we take 52 days to accomplish something similar? []. Nehemiah's Wall & Gates were finished in 52 days on Elul 25; which holds the mysteries of the 12 levels of Consciousness through the restored gates of the soul and its cycle. Kind of like a pervert pedophile looking for a job with the boys choir or the boy scouts, I guess. So take 492BCE in Jeremiahs prophecy on the 490 years and until messiah the prince, whats that put us at? WHAT DID NEHEMIAH DO THAT ENABLED HIM TO ENJOY THE FAVOR AND THE HAND OF GOD IN HIS TASK OF RESTORING. I think he has placed Israel History in proper date chronology. There is a way to solve these problems but they do not wish to handle it that way. "Nehemiah 6:15", and "The city of . Our Sunday sermons at church have focused on Nehemiah heeding Gods calling to re-build his beloved home. 10One day when I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house, he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, tonight they are coming to kill you. 11But I said, Should a man like me run away? And Jerusalem is a symbol of the city of God, God's dwelling place and the center of life for the world. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. And the plot thickens Why should the work stop while I leave it to come down to you? 4They sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner. Even their servants lorded it over the people. Both I and my family have sinned. The 1st part of the verse says they builded and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah. (who came up with Zerubabbel) Talmon and Akkub were porters who kept the gates during the time Nehemiah was in Jerusalem. 2And the men of Jericho built next to him. Interesting. Will they sacrifice? 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. About a century and a half after Nebuchadnezzar's conquest, the walls and gates of the city were still broken down. COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. 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). The first three chapters of Nehemiah cover the rebuilding of the walls to keep the people of God safe. Will they restore things? Will you please drop me a mail? How long was the wall that Nehemiah rebuilt? There was no other explanation but God. The ruins on the Western Hill were not occupied again until the Hellenistic period of Alexander the Great. .but I remind you that that is not what God said through the prophet Daniel in verse 25. 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? And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel,.. Then he acts in secret. 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. The work was hard and the enemies made it more difficult by mocking and threatening the Jews and Nehemiah. Back to Nehemiah We will do as you say. And I called the priests, and made them take an oath to do as they had promised. If you have a year exactly equal to 364 days (the solar year used by the Book of Jubilees), then 52 days is exactly one-seventh of a year. Daniel 9 is about Jesus. I wonder if we know or have a way of knowing if he was married at the time of the story or if he had been married at all at any time? Daniel 9:25 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 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. 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. Here is how I understand it. 9So we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night. We can learn about the society where the ancient Israelites, and later Jesus and the Apostles, lived through the modern discoveries that provide us clues. 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. Each issue of Biblical Archaeology Review features lavishly illustrated and easy-to-understand articles such as: Fascinating finds from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament periods, The latest scholarship by the world's greatest archaeologists and distinguished scholars, Stunning color photographs, informative maps, and diagrams, Reviews of the latest books on biblical archaeology, 45+ years of Biblical Archaeology Review, 20+ years of Bible Review online, providing critical interpretations of biblical texts. This evidence of God's blessing encourages the Jews and is a terrific blow to the self-confidence of their enemies. Nehemiah told their enemies, "The God of heaven will give us success. 21After him Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib. This single letter and its use is the basis for the120 years of missing chronology as well as Christian chronologists attempts to show that Nehemiah and Ezra were contemporary with Artaxerxes Longimanus. @ William You say that building the Temple is the de facto event in building Jerusalem, but I remind you that that is not what God said through the prophet Daniel in verse 25. So from the restoring of the wall in 492BCE to messiah the Prince in 2BCE, that equals 490. Nehemiah and his followers do what seems to be the impossible because they are doing what God has called them to do. 23After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. 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. Nehemiah prayed and fasted to God for four months before petitioning the King to return to his home and reinforce Jerusalem's city walls. 7Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothitethe men of Gibeon and of Mizpahwho were under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province Beyond the River. Really consider the words below. 6I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. Neither can be made to match the biblical record. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? Ok here is chapter 2 of Nehemiah.. 1st century BCE Jewish messianic expectants considered the prophecy so important that today over 2000 years later we have a Rabbinic chronology which leaves out over 120 year of Persian chronology. As a leader with strong Christian values holding various ministerial positions in government at a state and federal level within our country, the writings of Nehemiah was my blue print on how to be strategic, diplomatic and never forgetting my purpose. It is correct. Its just out there, bigger than I can [], [] The night following the release of these articles, I just finished reading the story ofNehemiah. Ezra insisted upon the dismissal of these wives. [], [] like in Nehemiahs time, we are living within broken down walls. Building the Wall and Dealing With Resistance. For the purpose of brevity, the word week in this chapter will hereafter represent the Day of Pentecost, although using the full fifty-day time period of the Feast of Weeks will work equally well in the interpretation offered in this chapter.. 5In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand. As a mentor to others you aspire to be leaders in their community, I have referred to Nehemiahs strategic approach to reforming the hopes and aspirations of a people and nation many times. 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. http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/80353228.jpg, [] study is all about destiny and reversal of destiny. 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). See http://www.prophecysociety.org for a fuller explanation than can be provided in this forum. 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. 1 The words of () Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. 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). It was God's work and He protected His people and they completed the wall in 52 days. 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith YHWH of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 492BCE minus 490 years leaves us at the Birth of Christ at 2BCE!! Verse 24 gives the big picture overview of what takes place during the entire 70 weeks. 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. This divine anger ended in the 2nd year of Darius. He also provided a place where the people could wait for God's salvation. So Foto Marburg for the rare occasion that a client specifically wants a Nehemiah labels a statue by an unknown artist thus, taking care to cover themselves legally by stating that actually its a prophet OR (possibly) Nehemiah (when, of course, neither may be true, but prophet is wide enough by definition). @ Willaim If you can make that translation fit history, more power to you. 1Then the high priest Eliashib set to work with his fellow-priests and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. 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. 5I said, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments; 6let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for your servants the people of Israel, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. 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. Daniel 9 did two things. Not only did he trust God to bless his efforts, he physically did his part to complete the project. 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. No power tools. They knew that the command given by YHWH was in the same year as the command given by Darius, Artaxerxes, son of Hystaspes in his 2nd year. Israel became a nation 69 years ago!! Dig into the illuminating world of the Bible with a BAS All-Access membership. The wall had lain in rubble for 140 years waiting; when Nehemiah presented the need, forty-two families responded to help in the reconstruction of the wall. He gathered his people together, he equipped them, and he led them in rebuilding the city walls of Jerusalem. The only animal I took was the animal I rode. Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16) Landmarks in Building the Wall of Jerusalem ( Larger map) Notice carefully Nehemiah's strategy. 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. The KING is coming soon and HE IS A JEW, YESHUA HAMASHIACH/JESUS THE CHRIST! Read full chapter Nehemiah 1 Nehemiah 3 The Message (MSG) Just a few years later Cyrus gave his command(at the prompting of YHWH) which allowed the people to return and rebuild the temple. Nothing else would qualify. Of course, no artist can claim knowledge of what any biblical character looked like. Since 1954, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes has been challenging coaches and athletes to use the powerful medium of athletics to impact the world for Jesus Christ, reaching millions worldwide. They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived . Trying to apply that prophecy to the Persian period is simply incorrect. 7But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the gaps were beginning to be closed, they were very angry, 8and all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it. If the Bible chronology is followed exactly as written, the reigns of the Hebrew kings synchronize perfectly with one another, without having to disregard Scripture and without having to accept long co-reigns not supported in the biblical text, and those reigns synchronize perfectly with the traditional chronology of Egypt as proposed by Ken Kitchen. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. and more. YHWHs decree in the 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes (through Haggai & Zechariah) to restart contruction of the temple which had stopped sometime earlier. 52 days God instructed Nehemiah to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack. 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. According to Jewish tradition the Artakhshast of Ezra and Nehemyah is the same as Daryavesh I. 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. 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. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. [] In it, Nehemiah describes his efforts to rebuild the city, even in the face of hostile neighbors: NehemiahThe Man Behind the Wall Biblical Archaeology Society Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to []. Moving on to the 62 sevens they have nothing to do with the original command to return and build Jerusalem. Nehemiahs leadership style is not the most common. ' When I heard these things, I sat down and wept" (Nehemiah 1:3-4). (2 Peter 3:3) Sanballat and Tobiah ridiculed the work of God. Christian chronologists have preserved this same reckoning of Ezra and Nehemiah because it is the only way to show that Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled the prophecy of Daniel 9. Although they simply repaired the pre-existing walls elsewhere in the city, the wall just above the steep Kidron Valley was too damaged and too difficult to mend. 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. It took Nehemiah 52 days to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. They said, "We're with you. Zechariah 1:12 Then the angel of YHWH answered and said, O YHWH of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? Virtually any citizen of the ancient world could tick off three reasons why a wall was far more than just a pile of rocks. 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. This cycle is hinted at in 52 days of 52 weeks to complete the 360 degree cycle of the soul. 2. No, this was by no means a wall of Nehemiah, no rebuild per se, yet it did show evidence of repair. I do not see a reference to Yom Kippur in these verses. The wall was completed in 52 days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul. One of the powerful messages of Nehemiah is how much you can accomplish when you align yourself with the will and plan of God. Nehemiah decides that the fortifications have to be rebuilt. I dont think the prophecy of Daniel 9 gets the attention it deserves in regards to the influence it has had on Biblical and secular chronology. 5Then I said to the king, If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favour with you, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my ancestors graves, so that I may rebuild it. 6The king said to me (the queen also was sitting beside him), How long will you be gone, and when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me, and I set him a date. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel made repairs. 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. Thats 12 years later than what ppl think!! 4. Let us stop this taking of interest. They played trumpets, cymbals, and harps and sang to Jehovah. Each new messiah or their followers claim fulfillment of the prophecy based on a 2nd year of a Persian Artaxerxes. Nehemiah 2:20 'The God of heaven will give us success. Joshua & Zerubbabel restarted construction but their enemies lodge a protest with Darius Hystaspes. i found map of 12 gates of jerusalem according to nehemiah. http://kofh2u.tripod.com/kofh/. 1Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. (Nehemiah 6:16). Families and professional groups take on the responsibility for repairing stretches of the wall, while gates are provided with attics, doors, bolts and bars, and towers are rebuilt. 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. Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the wallsin 52 days. [52 days] What did Nehemiah do after rebuilding the walls? 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

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