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. I said, 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. I meant to say: Christian chronologists have preserved this same reckoning of Ezra and Nehemiah because it is the only way they can show that Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled the prophecy of Daniel 9.. Its just out there, bigger than I can [], [] The night following the release of these articles, I just finished reading the story ofNehemiah. and Artaxerxes comes from the waw proceeding Artaxerxes. 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. Thats too big a price to pay. 30After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. Nehemiah rebuilt the wall to protect the people from the enemies. See how ppl dont continue reading to see that the wall was continued in the 32nd year?! Reversing these often repeated, monstrous trends of history is Gods hand unparalleled among ANY people to demonstrate His glory. 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? 1Then the high priest Eliashib set to work with his fellow-priests and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me. Four months later, they arrived in Jerusalem. Nehemiah 3 is even more specific. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. How did Nehemiah rebuild the walls? The wall is completed in a stunning 52 days. So we have: 1. And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days. 11So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days. Will they sacrifice? Back to Nehemiah 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. And Jerusalem is a symbol of the city of God, God's dwelling place and the center of life for the world. 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. Here in the ninth chapter, the word weeks means Feast of Weeks, or, focusing on the main festival day as shorthand, it means the Day of Pentecost. It will represent the belief that He is alive, listening and able to respond. It happened at a time when the captivity of the Jews had already come to an end. Nehemiah rebuilt Jerusalem's wall in only 52 days. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel made repairs. 15So I went up by way of the valley by night and inspected the wall. (who came up with Zerubabbel) Talmon and Akkub were porters who kept the gates during the time Nehemiah was in Jerusalem. By hand. In Part 1 prayer was discussed and in this article we have discussed preparation and . Nehemiah 10 identified many of those same men as being sealed with Nehemiah in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. The world of the Bible is knowable. Even their servants lorded it over the people. 19Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence, and reported my words to him. Not even Michelangelo and his David! 32And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs. God was using Nehemiah to lead His people to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem. 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. 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. Dorothy Resig Willette is the former Managing Editor of Biblical Archaeology Review. In 100 years people had been trying to rebuild these walls and they couldn't get it done. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. 10When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel. Notice the context. In the past 2000 years, no one else has. Israel became a nation 69 years ago!! The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. This was definitely accomplished with God's help. 1 The words of () Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. The Scriptural basis for their calculations was likely Ezra 6:14. Seek Gods knowledge now!! Notice the importance YHWH, not man, places on the construction efforts: Zechariah 1:13-16 And YHWH answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. How long did it take Nehemiah to rebuild the wall? This verse describes the commands which were instrumental in the rebuilding of the Temple and its eventual completion. Rebuilding the walls showed that God was with His people. 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. Nice talking to you. 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. If you sort through the rather scarce historical references of Messianic expectancy in the 1st century BCE you will find like Newton and Davidson that a huge portion of the Persian era was eclipsed. 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). Jesus is "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" ( John 1:29 ). 14Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate; he rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. Read about Nadav Naamans examination of the Biblical and archaeological evidence for King Davids Palace and the Millo in Bible History Daily. Chapter 13 says Nehemiah 13:6 6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. The picture of a statue of Nehemiah in this Bible History Daily article caused me to be suspicious. 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. Biblical Archaeology Review is the guide on that fascinating journey. im so interested with 12 gates of jerusalem. The following text is the first portion of the Nehemiah Memoir (1:17:4) from the New Revised Standard Version. 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. The end of days never refers to Yom Kippur in the Tanach. 13I went out by night by the Valley Gate past the Dragons Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. 6In it was written, It is reported among the nationsand Geshem also says itthat you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall; and according to this report you wish to become their king. Have a blessed day one and all. Interestingly, after the completion of the wall, the people gathered in the 7th month, dwelt in booths and read the law according to the Torah. interesting question, Wasen,t Nehemiah considered an eunich? Write "The people wanted to work!". 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 ). 20After him Baruch son of Zabbai repaired another section from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib. http://www.google.co.id/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jesusplusnothing.com/studies/images/nehem3.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.jesusplusnothing.com/studies/online/nehem3.htm&h=487&w=479&sz=5&tbnid=QnjiF52e5PjYCM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=89&zoom=1&usg=__BFMaBwzC558rhaR9TbUt9gfkj1o=&docid=UL4e0C1vyquoqM&sa=X&ei=MgB-UMy6N4HJrQfEj4HQBA&ved=0CD4Q9QEwBA&dur=4303. In an individual life, then, the rebuilding of the walls would be a picture of re-establishing the strength of that life. Daniel 9:25 is tied to the 490 weeks of years when Nehemiah restored the walls in Jerusalem. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it'. 9Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and gave them the kings letters. seventh] of one year, since work was not to be done on a sabbath. - So built we the wall.Rather, "and we (still) built the wall" Insults and gibes had no effect on us - did not touch us. Your interpretation of a verse does not make it any more the word of God than does mine. Studying them will reveal something about getting close God. Right or wrong the rest is just opinion. 2. Our hearts. The prince to come is key to understanding these verses. This is my understanding. 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). One of the most astonishing facts about Nehemiah is that he finished the walls in just 52 days. May God bless your search. One of the powerful messages of Nehemiah is how much you can accomplish when you align yourself with the will and plan of God. 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 ). As noted earlier a variation on this tradition has been carried on by Christians today in their association of Artaxerxes with the Persian Longimanus. And it could not (as Josephus says) be Khshayarsha, who only reign 20 years. (Nehemiah 6:16). Ok here is chapter 2 of Nehemiah.. It took Nehemiah 52 days to reinforce the gaps and rebuild the wall. 17Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiahs letters came to them. He organized them into two groups of singers. 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. Because Haggai and Zechariah prophesied due to the command of YHWH. Yodie. Then after the 62 7- sevens the Messiah is cut off. Problems of the builders: ridicule; intimidation; loss of energy; shortage of food and money; conflict of interest. Will they finish it in a day? This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in August 2012. The caption reads Nehemiah/Photo: Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY. Ezras genealogy would make him impossibly old in the 7th year of Artaxerxes I, as his father was killed when the Mikdash was destroyed. (2 Peter 3:3) Sanballat and Tobiah ridiculed the work of God. Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem was an important sign to the enemies of Israel. Building the temple of Jerusalem is in fact building Jerusalem. It was this last project that Nehemiah is most famed for completing. 2He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, What are these feeble Jews doing? This wall is said to have been 4.5 miles long, 24 ft at the base and just over 26 ft. tall. Not only did he trust God to bless his efforts, he physically did his part to complete the project. Along comes Bible History Daily, rents the picture, crops it to show just the face and upper portion of the body. 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. 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. YHWHs decree in the 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes (through Haggai & Zechariah) to restart contruction of the temple which had stopped sometime earlier. Just a few years later Cyrus gave his command(at the prompting of YHWH) which allowed the people to return and rebuild the temple. That decree restores Jerusalem to a messiah (anointed one)/political leader (in this case, the high priest and ethnarch Hyrcanus II), and indicates that the seventy weeks will be fulfilled AFTER the broad place and moat has been rebuilt, an event that happened between 44 BCE and 43 BCE, when Antipater, appointed by Rome to assist Hyrcanus govern the city of Jerusalem, is known to have rebuilt the wall and tower gate (with the broad place for assembling troops behind the tower) and restored the moat in front of the wall by clearing out the rubbish that had been used by Pompey in 63 BCE to fill in the moat so his Roman troops could use siege engines against the wall. There was no other mention of him, until after the rebuilding of the city walls. Now the king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me. 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 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. 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). How about it? 52 days God instructed Nehemiah to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack. They told him that the people who had survived being captives were suffering. A link to the Universal (as it is now called) can demonstrate ALL the genealogy on the book of Genesis, using that demo as part of the theory verification: Respectfully, Nathaniel, you are incorrect in your interpretation. * Both men worked together to restore the city and rededicate its people to God. 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 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. Why is a broken-down wall such a big deal? 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? 19And I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated far from one another on the wall. One side is built on the. Equip. Let us stop this taking of interest. The 70th week does not start until the Anti Christ appears who make a covenant with many for one heptad (week) a 7 year period. Chapter 4 So let's pick up the story in Nehemiah 4. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his living quarters. Ezra 6 ends with completion of the temple in the 6th year of Darius even- Artaxerxes. He is being closely watched, so he doesn't do much for his first three days in the city. 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 wall was at last completed52 days (a week shy of two months) after the reconstruction under Nehemiah commenced (verse 15). Daniel 9 is about Jesus. Still, they are incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. 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. Building Jerusalem had been going on since the 1st year of Cyrus, that was never the issue. 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. http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/80353228.jpg, [] study is all about destiny and reversal of destiny. You don't have to rebuild a wall to do the will of God. Will they sacrifice? Nehemiah 810 is considered part of the so-called Ezra Source (which includes Ezra 710), while Nehemiah 17 and 1113 are from a separate source that scholars call the Nehemiah Memoir. The Nehemiah Memoir is written in the first person and recounts details of Nehemiahs life, his deeds and his administration of the province, probably meant to serve as an official record of his accomplishments to be deposited in the Temple archives (by genaa). Defying the opposition of Judahs enemies on all sidesSamaritans, Ammonites, Arabs and Philistines, the original walls of the City of David were rebuilt by the people in 52 days, working with a trowel in one hand & a sword in the other. What does the wall represent in Nehemiah? 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. 11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. 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. the walls in 586. 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. Truth of the matter is we will NEVER know all the facts and truths in this life..only the next. Being a representative of the king to rebuild jerusalem was such a great feat that he would not have time for a family either. Photo: Zev Radovan. And next to them Zaccur son of Imri built. And the plot thickens .but I remind you that that is not what God said through the prophet Daniel in verse 25. Israel is not serving God as of now and so time is not calculated because of that. The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record almost entirely, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. 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. Only four years later the Temple was completed in the 6th year of Darius. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology that shortens the chronology of Egypt are incorrect. 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. Of course, no artist can claim knowledge of what any biblical character looked like. 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.. 1The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. Thanks for the article. . Nehemiah. How many days did Nehemiah pray? So about 444 bc Nehemiah journeyed to Jerusalem and aroused the people there to the necessity of repopulating the city and rebuilding its walls. 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. When Daniel received the vision, the 70 years of the captivity period spoken of in Jeremiah 25 were just drawing to a close. 52 x 6 days], with the next 52 days being a symbolic sabbath of rest following all that work. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me. 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. Darius Hystaspes checks the records and confirms that in fact Cyruss did issue a decree and therefore the contruction could go on. This event symbolically and chronologically marked the end of the 70 years of Jerusalems desolation. (Site from http://www.biblicalarchaelogy.org) []. This evidence of God's blessing encourages the Jews and is a terrific blow to the self-confidence of their enemies. 16Indeed, I devoted myself to the work on this wall, and acquired no land; and all my servants were gathered there for the work. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the () twentieth year, as I was in () Shushan [] the [] citadel, 2 that () Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 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 Jewish community in Jerusalem had been there for 80 years. The people of the prince to come were in fact those who destroyed the temple under Titus in 70 A.D. 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). Virtually any citizen of the ancient world could tick off three reasons why a wall was far more than just a pile of rocks. At the time, I was cupbearer to the king. The book of Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's city wall in about 445BC. 7We have offended you deeply, failing to keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances that you commanded your servant Moses. Most significant were its cracks, which [], [] I was having one of those days. He read the Book of Moses and wanted to make sure the people stayed faithful to God's ways. 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. Answer (1 of 3): Re your query: Did Nehemiah rebuild the temple? 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. (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. 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. 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. 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. For the people had a mind to work. 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. English translators have taken the liberty of translating it and denoting another separate Artaxerxes. . 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. Where do you get the following statement from? Photo printing devices nowadays are manufactured in different sizes 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. 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. So this is how it works Foto Marburg has plenty of Abrahams, Davids, Jesuses (Jesi?) The 70 weeks are thus seventy Feasts of Weeks and are divided into three divisions: 7 weeks from 42-36 BCE, 62 weeks from 35 BCE-27 CE, and the final week ending in 28 CE at the beginning of Jesus ministry. . The first thing they did was use the weapon of mocking. The prophecy fits his advent exactly. A wall built for Gods Glory Nehemiah depicts the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. The answer is that Nehemiah did not build on top of the ridge but repaired Hezekiah's mid-slope wall. Notice the common names are in the same order in both lists. What many commentators fail to notice is that up until the 2nd year Darius (Hystaspes) Judah & Jerusalem were still under a period of 70 years of divine indignation (Zech.1). He asked the king for permission to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem & was sent from Susa the Persian capital as Governor in 445 BC. 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. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. Will you please drop me a mail? The word restore is shuwb- its primary meaning is to return or turn back. The governors of surrounding territories viciously oppose Nehemiah's efforts, but the wall is finished in just 52 days ( Neh 7:15 ). of Ancient Kingdoms Amended).
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