The date of 457 BC—corresponding to the decree issued by the Persian King Artaxerxes I (Longimanus) during the seventh year of his reign—is adopted by many theologians and biblical historians and certain historical interpretations for a specific mathematical and textual reason: it allows the prophetic calendar to align perfectly with major his…[Read more]

The Edict of Cyrus (538 BC): The Initial Decree of Liberation

• The Context: In 539 BC, the Persian King Cyrus II (the Great) captured Babylon, bringing an end to the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
• The Edict: In 538 BC, Cyrus issued an edict authorizing peoples who had been deported by the Babylonians to return to their homelands and re-establish the…[Read more]

@DT

When was the first Temple in Jerusalem destroyed?

• According to historical and biblical chronology, the Temple and the city of Jerusalem were burned down during the summer of 586 BC (on the 9th or 10th of the Jewish month of Av), following a long siege.
• Consequences: This event marks the fall of the Kingdom of Judah, the deportation of…[Read more]

@Berean,

30–33 AD: The crucifixion of Jesus under the authority of Pontius Pilate.
66 AD: The outbreak of the Great Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire.
70 AD: The siege of Jerusalem by Titus. The city was sacked, and the Second Temple was completely burned and destroyed

This is the time line you gave for the events and we have approximately 4…[Read more]

@Berean,

At what point does the Jesus factor into this timeline and how does it parallel what Daniel was told in the 70 week prophecy?

You say the period between the crucifixion and the destruction of the Temple was a period of reprieve, a little confused. When I read vs 24, Gabriel explicitly tells Daniel 70 weeks have been determined upon the…[Read more]

The point I wanted to highlight in my last post is that Daniel 9 presents the destruction of the city and the Temple of Jerusalem as following the crucifixion of the Messiah.

History confirms the prophecy: the destruction of the city and the Temple follows the crucifixion of the Messiah.

IA

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The facts reported by historians of the…[Read more]

@Berean,

P.S. It didn’t go unnoticed that you ignored and didn’t comment on the fact the semicolon in Dan 9:25 is missing from today’s translations…wonder why???

More dodge and evade tactics of the christian who can’t explain why they believe what they believe; they just “believe.”

@berean,

I don’t understand what you mean, please explain; because every translation I use DOESN’T have “but not for himself” in Daniel 9:26.

When examining the Hebrew the translation reads: And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and have nothing. And the people of a prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the…[Read more]

Daniel 9:
26] And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;
👉Messiah cut off 👉city and temple destroyed
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Luke 19..some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
And he answered…[Read more]

@proclaimer,

You realize the Targum is an interpretation/translation of the Hebrew into Aramaic and therefore wouldn’t be the original Hebrew. At any rate, how does this prove the Jesus is the reference in this passage in Isaiah and that he is the true Messiah. Still waiting for what the Jesus fulfilled as was spoken in the Tanakh of who the M…[Read more]

Matthew 11:25

“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.”

You keep returning to this idea; now explain Amos 3:7, “Certainly the sovereign LORD does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” Apparently, G-d does reveal his plan first. You keep speaking of this “enemy” that could somehow thwart the plans of G-d…REALLY!!! Who??

1 Corinthians 2:8
Which none of the princes o…[Read more]

1. Isaiah 49:5–6: Describes a servant who restores Israel and brings salvation to the nations, suggesting an individual rather than Israel itself.

2. Isaiah 11:1–10: Describes a future Messiah descended from King David who brings justice and peace.

3. Dead Sea Scrolls (around 100 BC): Manuscript 4Q541 describes a priestly figure associated wit…[Read more]

Isa 53 isn’t about a messiah figure, that was made up by the catholic church (the origin of ALL christian faiths). Can you prove it’s about a messiah figure, and the answer is a big fat NO!! You can’t even explain who is speaking where in this Servant Song.

1. Isaiah 53 was written long before the Catholic Church existed as you know. A copy found…[Read more]

@Berean,

Explain this, this is the original 1611 King Jimmy for Daniel 9:25 (grammar cleaned up):

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, onto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks; and threescore and two weeks, the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in…[Read more]

You do not understand anything about what Jesus prophesied regarding the temple or His return, because you take an overly narrow view of what is foretold—specifically in Daniel 9.

That passage speaks of much more than just the rebuilding of the first temple; as I showed you in the verses, it foretells the coming of the Messiah, His death, the c…[Read more]

@Berean,

Do you comprehend what you are told or read?? Nowhere did I insinuate Daniel was a liar; I said the Jesus was the liar!

The Jesus lied because what he said never happened. He told his disciples that they would see the Temple destroyed and he would return after that. It’s written in black and white, read Matthew 24; the Jesus tells the d…[Read more]

If Daniel is a false prophet, one might wonder why his writings have a place in the Hebrew Bible.

And like the arms of a flood, they shall be overwhelmed before him (Rome) and broken; yes, even the Prince of the covenant.

Indeed, the “Prince of the covenant” would also be broken during this period of Rome. Daniel 9:25–27 shows that the Prince of the covenant will be cut off in the middle of the week. The information contained in these verse…[Read more]

@Berean,

I see you couldn’t come up with a measly 20 prophecies the Jesus supposedly fulfilled…go figure! Should I have expected anything less?

The christian has to be one of the most gullible species on the planet; Isa 53 isn’t about a messiah figure, that was made up by the catholic church (the origin of ALL christian faiths). Can you pro…[Read more]