It was this last project that Nehemiah is most famed for completing. file and then when you come across a new recipe just add it to the card and file. Just a few years later Cyrus gave his command(at the prompting of YHWH) which allowed the people to return and rebuild the temple. 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. 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. 29After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his own house. Notes And Next Steps Nehemiah 3 + Part 4 of the series "Nehemiah: Rise & Build" The Sheep Gate (3:1). At the end all glory to God was given. God was using Nehemiah to lead His people to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem. Israel is Gods earthly time clock. He gathered his people together, he equipped them, and he led them in rebuilding the city walls of Jerusalem. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. 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. Nehemiah Prays for His People. Nehemiah rebuilt Jerusalem's wall in only 52 days. This can only be sadness of the heart. Then I was very much afraid. As the fingers flipped through the pages of the Book I always run to when in need of comfort, I read the story of Nehemiah the non-cribber, man of action,a go-getter and also the man behind the wall. So this is how it works Foto Marburg has plenty of Abrahams, Davids, Jesuses (Jesi?) Write "Nehemiah and the people build the wall in 52 days!" in the middle of the yellow paper. 32And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs. Our hearts. Respectfully, Nathaniel, you are incorrect in your interpretation. One of the powerful messages of Nehemiah is how much you can accomplish when you align yourself with the will and plan of God. I really like all of the points youve made. At the 70 year time, we go into great tribulation, the final 3 and a half years. []. 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. 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. In 1535, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman I ordered the ruined city walls to be rebuilt . Then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. The liberal wants to revise history by dithering about dates . Building the temple of Jerusalem is in fact building Jerusalem. 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? And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 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. Studying them will reveal something about getting close God. The Jewish community in Jerusalem had been there for 80 years. Well, there you have it, thats how I see it anyway . Read about Nadav Naamans examination of the Biblical and archaeological evidence for King Davids Palace and the Millo in Bible History Daily. I enjoyed reading it all but it did leave a bad taste in my mouth as I thought how much unbelievers love to see us disagree with one anotherjust some food for thought to all. 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. 13I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out everyone from house and from property who does not perform this promise. Lots of debate here and that is ok as long as we remember that in-fighting amongst believers only makes the unbelievers more of an unbeliever. 1Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2I gave my brother Hanani charge over Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadelfor he was a faithful man and feared God more than many. Rebuilding the walls showed that God was with His people. In 100 years people had been trying to rebuild these walls and they couldn't get it done. My interpretation fits both Scripture and history. 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. 19Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people. (Site from http://www.biblicalarchaelogy.org) []. 1In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was served to him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king. 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). 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. and Artaxerxes comes from the waw proceeding Artaxerxes. 1Then the high priest Eliashib set to work with his fellow-priests and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. 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. Verse 24 gives the big picture overview of what takes place during the entire 70 weeks. 11So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days. 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. He is being closely watched, so he doesn't do much for his first three days in the city. 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? 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. 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.. This event symbolically and chronologically marked the end of the 70 years of Jerusalems desolation. Your email address will not be published. It was now the 25th day of Elul, only five days prior to the Feast of Trumpets. This divine anger ended in the 2nd year of Darius. i found map of 12 gates of jerusalem according to nehemiah. So why did chronologist place a gap in chronology between Ezra 6 &7 between Jeshua/Zerubabbel and Ezra/Nehemiah? 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. 492BCE minus 490 years leaves us at the Birth of Christ at 2BCE!! This theme actually comes from the book of Nehemiah (2:20), which describes how God led the people Israel in the task of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Where do you get the following statement from? I am returned shuwb, the same word used in Daniel 9:25. Read Did I Find King Davids Palace? by Eilat Mazar as it appeared in the September/October 2012 issue of BAR for free in Bible History Daily. It is in Hebrew , Nemyh, "Yah comforts". Then he acts in secret. I do not see a reference to Yom Kippur in these verses. 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. 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. Here is Gods version of revising history. 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. Very good study. The work was hard and the enemies made it more difficult by mocking and threatening the Jews and Nehemiah. 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. * See Aaron Demsky, Who Returned FirstEzra or Nehemiah? Bible Review, April 1996. 3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. Trying to apply that prophecy to the Persian period is simply incorrect. 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. The book of Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's city wall in about 445BC. There was no other explanation but God. The end of days never refers to Yom Kippur in the Tanach. 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). Ezra 7 begins with Ezra going up to Jerusalem in the 7th year of Artaxerxes the king. 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.. But thats not when he built the walls, its only when he inspected it for 3 days!! 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. 3So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. In the past 2000 years, no one else has. In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capital, 2one of my brothers, Hanani, came with certain men from Judah; and I asked them about the Jews that survived, those who had escaped the captivity, and about Jerusalem. When Nehemiah hears that "the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire," ( Neh 1:3 ), he gets permission from Persian King Artaxerxes to rebuild the city. 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. They went up on the wall by the stairs at the Fountain Gate and then marched in opposite directions around the city. These take place in the 2nd year of Darius. 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. as the provincial governor of Judah/Yehud. 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.