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To: Woodkirk
Is this a messianic prophecy or not? Who was it that was cut off 483 Jewish years after Artaxerxes' order?

Did you read the link I gave you? The passage refers to Cyrus's order, not to that of Artaxerxes.

The second annointed one referred to was the high priest Alexander Yannai, who was punished for his transgressions.

Please go back and read the link I gave you earlier.

110 posted on 05/16/2002 12:13:55 PM PDT by malakhi
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To: angelo
Please tell ZVI that he needs to read his Hebrew Scriptures as carefully and diligently as Christians do.

Cyrus gave the order to build the Temple to Ezra in 538 BC, while Artaxerxes gave the order to build the city and its wall to Nehemiah in 445 BC. Daniel's prophecy specifically states "to restore and build Jerusalem" -- not the Temple -- therefore, it is Artaxerxes' order which is referred to here in Daniel -- 445 BC.

Now the text separates the "7" from the "62" for a very important reason. It took 7 septads from 445BC to finish the "wall in troublous times" as is recorded in Nehemiah. The 62 septads is measured from the date of the completion of the wall.

If he thinks that refers to the time of the Maccabees, then he must be using some imaginative calender.

No matter how many days you choose to use for your year, 354 to 365, it still puts you there at the time of Jesus.

Daniel is not easy to dismiss --

116 posted on 05/16/2002 1:28:17 PM PDT by Woodkirk
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