On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:26:29 +0000 (UTC), "larswilson"
wrote:

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> "Douglas Cox" wrote in message
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> >
> > On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:39:52 +0000 (UTC), "Sarah Kanary"
> > wrote:
> >
> >>"Douglas Cox" wrote in message
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> >>> Even if the work on the city had not progressed, or even if it had not
> >>> even begun, the fact is that the *decree* of Cyrus had gone out,
> >>> whether a written one or an oral one, as we know from Isaiah's
> >>> prophecy.
> >>
>
> The ONLY reason for varying from the application of the 70 weeks prophecy to
> Cyrus and thus dating his 1st year in 455BCE is because we now know the
> Persians revised their chrononlogy.

The 1st year of Cyrus is dated at 538 or 539 BC in conventional
chronology, which is backed by astronomical data. It is also supported
by the prophecy of Daniel 8:14, the 2,300 evening-mornings to the
cleansing of the sanctuary of heaven which is 2,300 years, ending with
the scientific revolution as explained below.

Some have suggested a later date for the first year of Cyrus, based on
the 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel, but that radical approach is not
really necessary IMO, since there are different units involved in the
3 sections of the 70 weeks.

The first 7 weeks of the 70 weeks may be interpreted as leap years,
that is, years having an extra month. In a 19 year cycle there are 7
years with an extra month, so there are 7 x 7 = 49 leap years in 7 x
19 = 133 years. So taking the first 7 "sevens" as 49 leap years or 133
years, and the 62 "sevens" as 434 years, the 69th week ends 567 years
from the decree of Cyrus, which is about 28 AD, when Jesus began his
ministry. The final week is the week in which Christ confirms the
promise with believers. There are 3 1/2 years of Jesus' ministry, and
the final half week is the "time, times, and a half," a label or
symbol of the remaining time of the Church, in which the gospel goes
to the world. It is not intended to be a literal 3 1/2 years.

> The basics is that the Persian kings
> adopted a new title/name when they became king and Xerxes adopted Artaxerxes
> after Darius I ruled for only six years, being killed at Marathon. When
> Themistocles fled to Persia and discovered that the king "Artaxerxes" was on
> the throne due to the name change, he convinced Xerxes that he could prevent
> an immediate retaliation by the Greeks for his invasion by claiming he was
> his own son. Later the books were cooked to add more years to the Persian
> Period,