Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . that shall come shall destroy the cityand the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood,and unto the end of the war desolations are 9:25, 26. The date of the going forth of the commandment to re-store and rebuild Jerusalem is the date, therefore, from whichthe great prophetic measuring line runs; the first 490 years ofit to reach to the time and work of the Messiah, at the firstadvent, the full 2300 years running on to mark the time whenthe judgment hour in heaven opens. Once the starting-point is fixed, all the event
Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . that shall come shall destroy the cityand the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood,and unto the end of the war desolations are 9:25, 26. The date of the going forth of the commandment to re-store and rebuild Jerusalem is the date, therefore, from whichthe great prophetic measuring line runs; the first 490 years ofit to reach to the time and work of the Messiah, at the firstadvent, the full 2300 years running on to mark the time whenthe judgment hour in heaven opens. Once the starting-point is fixed, all the events of the long period must followexactly as scheduled in the time-table of divine prophecy. A Great Prophetic Period 223 Date of the Cotnmenceinent to Restore Jerusalem There were several commands issued concerning the res-toration of Jerusalem after the Babylonish captivity. Cyrus,and Darius, and Artaxerxes Longimanus each issued such adecree. Which one answers to the language of the prophecyas the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem?. THE JEWS MOURNING OVERTHE RUINS OF JERUSALEM I went out by night, . . and viewedthe walls of Jerusalem, which werebroken down. Neh. 2:13. The decree of Artaxerxes was most comprehensive (Ezra7), authorizing the full restoration of the civil and rehgiousadministration of Jerusalem and Judea. And Inspirationspecifically sums up all the decrees as completed only in thatof Artaxerxes, which thus constituted *the commandment: They builded, and finished it, according to the com-mandment of the God of Israel, and according to the com-mandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king ofPersia. Ezra 6: 14.
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