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nine weeks, or 483 years, which were to extend only to the
Messiah the Prince, bring us to A.D. 39-40; but Jesus was
baptized of John in Jordan, and the voice of his Father was
heard from heaven declaring him his Son, in A.D. 27, thirteen
years before. Matt. 3:16,17. According to this calculation,
the midst of the last, or seventieth, week, which
was to be marked by the crucifixion, is placed in A.D. 44;
but the crucifixion took place in A.D. 31, thirteen years
previous. And lastly, the seventy weeks, or 490 years, dating
from the twentieth of Artaxerxes, extend to A.D. 47,
with absolutely nothing to mark their termination. Hence,
if that be the year, and the commission to Nehemiah the
event, from which to reckon, the prophecy has proved a
failure. But such a conclusion is simply an overwhelming
proof that that theory which dates the seventy weeks from
the commission to Nehemiah in the twentieth of Artaxerxes,
is absolutely untrue. p. 180, Para. 2, [LOOKING].
We may, therefore, dismiss this commission and this date,
from consideration. The question now lies between decrees
of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes. Which one, if only one,
and how many, if more than one, of these, did it take to
make that decree to which the prophecy refers as the starting-point
of the seventy weeks? p. 180, Para. 3, [LOOK-
ING].
As already noticed, we must look to one, or all, of the
decrees issued by Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, for the
commandment to restore and build Jerusalem. And the selection
must be determined largely by a consideration of how
much is embraced in the prophecy respecting the restoration
of the city. p. 181, Para. 1, [LOOKING].
The promise embraced the restoration as well as the rebuilding
of Jerusalem. To restore and build, is more than
simply to build. The rebuilding of its demolished palaces,
the reopening of its deserted streets, the re-erection of
its leveled walls, and the setting up again of its broken
gates, would not alone meet the provisions of the prophecy.
There must be the forms and privileges of religious worship,
the regulations of society, judges to interpret, and
officers to execute, the laws, and the re-establishment of
that civil polity which made Jerusalem what she was before
her fall. p. 181, Para. 2, [LOOKING].
1. The Decree of Cyrus. -- The decree of Cyrus, standing
nearest to the prophecy respecting the commandment to re-