Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-02-14

mandment was given to Ezra in the seventh
year Of Artaxerxes. And Ezra certainly
understood that they had liberty to build
the city and walls-see Ezra tx, 9. In his
prayer he says, %For we were bodmen
vet our God has not forsaken US in our bon,
dage, but hath extended mercy unto US in
the sight of the king of Persia, to give US a
reviving, to set up the house of our God, and
TO repair the desolations thereof, and to give
US a lrall in Judah and jerusalem" We
see plainly by Ezra's prayer that he under
stood, that the interdict by Artaxerxes 10
"cease building" was now taken off, And
afterwards nehemiah had a permit" as
you say, 10 go up and assist Ezra in build
ing the walls, streets, and city, When he
built. the walls, and afterwards the city.
See Nehemiah vi, Is, and vii, 4. Ezra be-
ing governor Is years and Nehemiah Sc
years. (See Polyglott Bible, Introductory
remarks on Nehemiah making in all 49
years or seven weeks ofyears. know my
dear brother you intimate, and for what
purpose | cannot tell, that there was de-
cree given to Nehemiah, and that there was
nothing like decree between Cyrus and
Nehemiah. Will you be so kind as to
show me any decree given in Nehemiah,
and tell me what you call that in Ezra vii,
I3, and tx, 9. / have never been able to
find any command from any king of Persia
to restore the captives, or to build Jerusa-
lem or the walls, after the one 10 Ezra
But l find Ezra and Nehemiah were CO.
temporsries in the work of the building the
walls and city. See 9Th chapter Of Nehe-
mlah. And as Gabriel has given US seven
weeks to have all these things fulfilled in,
and as they could not all be done in 40
days, | therefore understand it to be seven
weeks of years, or 40 years, the whole time
Ezra and Nehemiah were governors of Ju-
dea. Then if the seven weeks began. As
before Christ they ended in the year
4os before Christ. Then began the sixty
two weeks, at the end of Nehemiah's ad-
ministration, at the end toe, of the Bible
history-and from thence to Johns preach,
ing in the wilderness was 434 years, OF
sixty-two weeks of years, ending A. D. &c,
unto the Messiah, Not, as you say, to his
birth,-for he was never called Messiah
until he or his forerunner was called to
preach the gospel, which you know my
brother began in John. Messiah meaps the
" anointed," And Isa, Xxi, 1,-says, The
spirit Of the Lord God is upon NE, because
the Lord hath anointed me to preach good
tidings unto the meek" &c. Acts iv, 81
and K, 39. Therefore he could not be call
led properly "the Messiah" until he wa,
aLoinled with the Holy Ghost, and will
power 10 preach and work miracles, eithe
in himself or in his forerunner. Then from
the preaching of John to the cruciixion o
Christ was one week or seven years, end
ing A. D. 33, which makes 400 years, 0
seventy weeks of years.
! Twill now examine your construction G
the 9th chapter Of Daniel, gath 10 81 verses
Serenity lpeeks are determined upon tn
people," &c. What for to do2 "To fniS
the tTGHSgTeSsiOn.n When was transgress
ion finished? | answer, when Christ nail
ed the ceremonial law to his cross, whic
was added BY reason of trGnsgreSSion, UT
I'll the seed (meaning Christi should come
says the Apostle, or when abe was cut o
cut of the land of the living for the trans
erosion of my people was he stricken
, lsa. iii s. See also Heb. tx, Is. Tn
: must. have been accomplished at the deaf
! Of Christ. "And to make an end Of sins
See Rom. vi, 10: "For in that he died, h
! died unto sin once" John i, xxx: BehoI
: the Lamb of God that takelh away the 81
of the world. Heb. tx, 26 "But now ono
in the end Of the world hath he appeared
: put away sin by the sacrifice of himself
; Was. this all performed a: the death
q Christi i answer it was, for the blood
b Christ -cleanselh from all sin. =" TO MAJ
# reconciliation for i1niquity." This Vi
4 also performed by his death, "that he mig
n reconcile both unto God in one body by 4
IS cross, having slain the enemy thereby
;, See also Col. i, 500; Heb. ii, III
10 |" To seal up the vision and prophecy"
IS Now il the death Of Christ was TO seal
" the vision and prophecy, what can we q
I'd derstand the word seal to meant lansW
~ to make sure. See Esther iii, II: viii,
L, Sol. Song, iv, IL; viii 6; Daniel vi, !
Of John iii, 80: vi, 81; Rom. XIV, %; 3 Coz
- %; Ephe. i. Ia "After We believed