10 GATES TO GET CLOSE TO GOD - CrossLife Church The Walls that Nehemiah Built: The Town of - University of Arizona 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. Read about Nadav Naamans examination of the Biblical and archaeological evidence for King Davids Palace and the Millo in Bible History Daily. Just shows to go you that, just because a guy pulls up his sleeves, and is the first one to jump in and work, it sometimes doesnt mean what it appears to mean. Im very glad to look your post. This is my understanding. Nehemiah built a spiritual wall for their covenant with God relationship presence help in time of trouble. He organized them into two groups of singers. 9So I said, The thing that you are doing is not good. Notice the context. The 1st part of the verse says they builded and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah. 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. It is the bedrock foundation upon which Jerusalems restoration began. Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, current or in historical records of the past almost one thousand years, is there any reference to Nehemiah! Neither can be made to match the biblical record. The book of Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's city wall in about 445BC. 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.. 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. 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.. I wonder if there might be some significance to the notion that it took 52 days to complete. Note: I would like to make a clarification to my other post. 4When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. After each failed attempt a new Artaxerxes was chosen in order to make the prophecy work. 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? This is where I admittedly find it frustrating when discussing this subject. Ezra and Nehemiah, and the wall built during their time, have nothing to do with Daniel 9. I have read your theory and I do understand your position. Within 52 days the walls were rebuilt and the gates restored in spite of intense internal and external opposition! Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period.He was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia (465-424 BC). These walls had been down for 100 years. The liberal wants to revise history by dithering about dates . No, this was by no means a wall of Nehemiah, no rebuild per se, yet it did show evidence of repair. 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. 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 wall is completed in a stunning 52 days. 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. 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 ). Notice then what YHWH says in verse 16: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall built in it, saith YHWH of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.. (2 Peter 3:3) Sanballat and Tobiah ridiculed the work of God. Symbolically, it mightve made more sense for the building of the wall to take place over the course of 312 days [i.e. 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. 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. . 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. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel made repairs. 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. 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. 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. A race of slaves emerge from slavery to become a nation. Of course, no artist can claim knowledge of what any biblical character looked like. Four months later, they arrived in Jerusalem. 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. (Nehemiah 6:16). We will soon discover that Nehemiah has a position of authority in the empire, being the 'cupbearer . 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? LESSONS FROM THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH FOR SENIORS - Bethesda Senior Living My interpretation fits both Scripture and history. 9Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and gave them the kings letters. The Bible doesn't say Nehemiah had wall-building experience or even leadership experience. Its is the literal and symbolic event which marked Jerusalems restoration. 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. Joiakim was the son of Jeshua the high priest. It is correct. sepia. Read full chapter Nehemiah 1 Nehemiah 3 The Message (MSG) See http://www.prophecysociety.org for a fuller explanation than can be provided in this forum. Then Nehemiah asked Ezra to read the Law of Moses to the people. I would like to see more biblical dating using David Rohls new Chronology. Nehemiah gathered the people together to rebuild the walls. 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 Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem | Children's Bible - JW.ORG 12 gates in that map is still remain today? 492BCE minus 490 years leaves us at the Birth of Christ at 2BCE!! 1The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. Nehemiah 10 identified many of those same men as being sealed with Nehemiah in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. 24After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and to the corner. In the reign of King Artaxerxes, Scribe Ezra, was authorised to take charge of the Jewish nation. The Second Reason: Water Neatly tucked away in the eastern slope of the City of David is the entrance to the ancient Jebusite passageway leading to the Gihon Spring. Combining Nehemiah's times with his character, we get the message of this book: Nehemiah proves that seemingly impossible things . Next to them Zadok son of Baana made repairs. []. How many days did it take Nehemiah and his leaders to rebuild Jerusalem's walls? Daniyel 9 has nothing to do with Yeshu, the Roman fabrication. 12Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters. Still, they are incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. 52 x 6 days], with the next 52 days being a symbolic sabbath of rest following all that work. After the wall was finished, Nehemiah did much good by reading the law of the Lord. Your theory is very interesting, but based on these statements alone, I cannot justify the 70 weeks referring to 70 years (or 70 Shavuot). 27After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel. The temple lay uncompleted. 16Indeed, I devoted myself to the work on this wall, and acquired no land; and all my servants were gathered there for the work. 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. Nehemiah 3:16 - glennsreflections.com By submitting above, you agree to our privacy policy. Nehemiah: rebuilding and remembering - OverviewBible FREE ebook: Israel: An Archaeological Journey. Ezras genealogy would make him impossibly old in the 7th year of Artaxerxes I, as his father was killed when the Mikdash was destroyed. But afterwards, in applying the prophecy to Theudas, and Judas of Galilee, and at length to Bar Cochab, they seem to have shortened the reign of the Kingdom of Persia. (Chron. Rebuilding the walls showed that God was with His people. 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. So we have: 1. 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. In it, Nehemiah describes his efforts to rebuild the city, even in the face of hostile neighbors. Cyruss decree initially started the process, but then it was interrupted and the Temple construction stopped. 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. 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. According to Jewish tradition the Artakhshast of Ezra and Nehemyah is the same as Daryavesh I. 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. The book of Nehemiah, named after Nehemiah is the memoir, of building the walls of Jerusalem and of setting up the Jewish community in Jerusalem. NehemiahThe Man Behind the Wall - Biblical Archaeology Society The Book of Nehemiah is usually read together with the Book of Ezra as one long book. After him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs. 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. 1Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish kin. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. I would also like to address a comment regarding Yeshu, the Roman Fabrication. Yeshua being a Roman fabrication is as reasonable and historically accurate as those who say Israel is a British one. 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). 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. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? How long was Nehemiah in Jerusalem? 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. In an individual life, then, the rebuilding of the walls would be a picture of re-establishing the strength of that life. What was the length of the Jerusalem walls Nehemiah had to - Answers Nehemiah brought all the Levites to Jerusalem for the inauguration. Back to Nehemiah Ok Nissan is April and in the 20th year of the king. 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. 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. It also has nothing to do with feasts of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything at all about seventy weeks..