Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . 464B. c. as the first of Artaxerxes, which makes the seventh tobe 457 B. c. In the seventh year of Artaxerxes the commandment wentforth to restore and to build Jerusalem, and this event fixesthe beginning of the 2300 years, as also of the 490 years cutoff from it upon the Jewish people. That year, 457 b. c, therefore, is a date of profound im-portance. It stands like the golden milestone in the ancientForum at Rome, from which ran out all the measurementsof distance to the ends of the empire. From this date, 457B. c, run out the golden threads
Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . 464B. c. as the first of Artaxerxes, which makes the seventh tobe 457 B. c. In the seventh year of Artaxerxes the commandment wentforth to restore and to build Jerusalem, and this event fixesthe beginning of the 2300 years, as also of the 490 years cutoff from it upon the Jewish people. That year, 457 b. c, therefore, is a date of profound im-portance. It stands like the golden milestone in the ancientForum at Rome, from which ran out all the measurementsof distance to the ends of the empire. From this date, 457B. c, run out the golden threads of time prophecy that touchevents in the earthly life and the heavenly ministry of Jesusthat are of deepest eternal interest to all mankind today. The Ransom Paid Lord, I believe Thy precious blood,Which, at the mercy-seat of God,Forever doth for sinners plead,Can cleanse my guilty soul indeed. Lord, I believe were sinners moreThan sands upon the ocean shore,Thou hast for all a ransom paid,For all a full provision made. — Nikolaus THE ANOINTING OF JESUSAT HIS BAPTISM **God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with theHoly Ghost and with power, Acts 10:38. (See Matt. 3:16.)
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