Is 457 B.C. the right date? Is it the starting point of the great time prophecies? As Ive said before, it makes sense to me. Coupled with the fulfilment of the Messiah coming 483 years later, being cut off in the midst of the final week of the 490 year prophecy, causing ceremonial sacrifices to cease. To me there is no question. The beginning point for the seventy weeks, according to the historical-Messianic interpretation, is the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem (Dan. 9:25). The 69 weeks or 483 years, takes us to the anointing of Messiah the Prince, at His baptism in 27 A.D. in the 15th year of the Roman emperor Tiberius (Luke 3:5) Messiah is cut off for our transgressions (Isaiah 53:8) in the midst of the week or after three and a half years, 31 A.D. Then, at the end of the 490 years allotted to Israel, we see them launch their attack against Christians (against Christ) with the stoning of Stephen. Thus ends the time given to Israel as a nation (though as individuals God sees neither Jew nor Gentile, all who come to Him in sincere faith are His children) In 457 B.C. they did not have calendars like we have. This fact can give room for doubts and arguments on the exactness of the date. Different nations used different ways to figure the years of the kings reigns. Ezra 7:7-8 tells us the decree was issued in the 7th year of Artaxerxes I. The seventh year of Artaxerxes I is relatively sure as being in 458/457. (Remember years run backward in B.C.) That means the seventh year of Artaxerxes started in the fall of 458 and ran through to the summer of 457. Several historians say that the seventh year of Artaxerxes extended from the fall of 458 to the fall of 457 B.C. or 458/457. Ezra returned to Palestine in 457 B.C. Ezras journey to Jerusalem began in Nisan and ended in Ab of 457 B.C. (Ezra 7:8-9). Thus, according to our months, Ezras trip lasted from April to late July 457 B.C. The decree of Artaxerxes I went into effect after Ezras arrival in Palestine in the early fall—or late summer—of 457 B.C. This was the going forth of the decree recoded in Daniel 9:25-26.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:33:38 +0000
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