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store and build Jerusalem, naturally first engages our attention.
p. 181, Para. 3, [LOOKING].
Some have claimed that this decree of Cyrus must be the
commandment in question, because God by the prophet Isaiah
speaks of Cyrus as the one who should say to Jerusalem,
"Thou shalt be built." Isa. 44:28. p. 181, Para. 4, [LOOK-
ING].
But there are three conclusive objections to this view: 1.
It is not Cyrus who, in the prophecy of Isaiah says to Jerusalem,
"Thou shalt be built;" but the Lord is the one who
says this. (See verses 26 and 27.) 2. The decree of Cyrus
pertained simply to the temple at Jerusalem. (See Ezra
1:2.) It did not even make provision for the building of
the city, much less furnish those other provisions, which,
as we have seen, must have been included in the prophecy.
3. From the date of this decree, B.C. 536, the sixty-nine
weeks, or 483 years, which were to extend to the Messiah
the Prince, fall fifty-three years short of reaching even
to the birth of Christ. An effort has consequently been
made by those who take the decree of Cyrus to be the commandment
in question, to change the date of that decree,
placing it at a point late enough to harmonize with the
prophecy respecting the Messiah. But this cannot be done,
as will hereafter appear. p. 181, Para. 5, [LOOKING].
By these remarks it is not designed in the least to rob
the decree of Cyrus of any measure of its importance. It
occupies a prominent place in connection with the history
of Jerusalem's restoration. The work which Cyrus did was
given him of the Lord to do. He was called by name over a
hundred years before his birth, and his work was, in a
measure at least, pointed out. And that which his decree
granted was one of the first steps, and a very necessary
step, in the work of restoration; but its provisions were
too limited to meet the specifications of the prophecy.
Some things, to be sure, would follow as a necessary consequence,
such as the building of houses for the workmen, the
opening of worship, and the carrying on of some necessary
traffic. But these features were suffered to come in as
natural consequences, not specially provided for in the decree.
p. 182, Para. 1, [LOOKING].
2. The Decree of Darius. -- The decree of Darius stands
next in order. It was occasioned by the following circumstances:
The next year after the Jews had commenced the