This is very strong evidence, not only that the Bible is inspired by God, but that Jesus is the Messiah.ДЇor your information, some use the fourth decree in about 449 BC and use the lunar 360 day year and also arrive at an appropriate date for the death of Jesus. The most likely date of the execution and resurrection of Jesus is AD 30. It just so happens that almost exactly 490 years after this decree (the seventy sevens of Daniel 9:24), Jesus did come to Jerusalem and was killed вЂњto atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Messiah.вЂќ (Daniel 9:24).

To me, the most likely thing that the prophecy of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem is a reference to is the decree in Ezra 7:11-28, although I will admit that this is somewhat debatable. If it is the twentieth year of ArtaxerxeвЂ™s reign, then it is around 449 BC or so. It came in вЂњthe twentieth year,вЂќ but we are not sure exactly what it is the twentieth year of. It is more difficult to date these events. There is no actual printed decree mentioned here, but we can probably assume that Nehemiah was given some sort of orders and this could be interpreted as a decree. Some list a fourth decree based on what is recorded in Nehemiah 1. This decree actually resulted in the rebuilding of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. This is somewhere around 458 BC from what we know of ArtaxerxesвЂ™ reign from outside sources. On two occasions ( Jeremiah 25:10-14, 29:10-14 ) Jeremiah predicted that the captivity and desolation of Jerusalem would last 70 years.

The decree comes from the seventh year of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:8). Daniel mentioned that he was studying 'books,' and we can see for one that he had been studying the writings of Jeremiah the lives of Jeremiah and Daniel did overlap to some extent. This is a decree to actually rebuild the city. The third вЂњdecreeвЂќ in Ezra is that of Artaxerxes in Ezra 7:11-28. It is essentially a renewal of CyrusвЂ™ decree to rebuild the temple, and for the same reasons as above, this is probably not what the prophecy in Daniel 9 about a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem is referring to. The second вЂњdecreeвЂќ is that of Darius in Ezra 6:1-12. There is no mention of building the city, and especially of rebuilding the wall, which is almost the definition of a city back then, so this is probably not what the prophecy is a reference to. This is a decree of Cyrus that the Jews can go back to Judah and Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. This is somewhat debatable, as there are at least three вЂњdecreesвЂќ in the Book of Ezra. When was the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem issued? Answer:

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