New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-02
ly ,c be regarded as the commencement, of the 400

In the seventh chapter of Ezra we have an &C
count of this decree, and Of the return OF Ezra 10
Jerusalem under the countenance and protection OF
king Of kings Artaxe.xes. The chapter ieiis Us
tEr,a7: 81 that this in the seventh yeif OF
the reign of ,his monarch.
Archbishop Usher places this event IN the year
B. C. 457. MIR. Miller, who adopts this date,
seems to be gnoran, Of the fact that the zeal date
OF the birth OF Christ is four years before the
mon era, and that Christ was cruci6ed A. D. %,
md not A. ID. 49, So that the year l843 will be
in reality 1877 years from the birth Of Christ and
the present year lS40) is 1874 years from that
event The year B. c. 457 will therefore De 4o3
years before the birth of Christ. Reckoning from
The year a53 before Christ was born, and aoo'ns
33 years, the age Jesus Christ at his cruchxon' II
would be 486 Years from the decree OF hrtaxer-
xes 10 the cutting ctf Of the Messiah. those VINO
adopt this chlonology, suppose, that py iae ek-
preston in the eth verse, : In the midst OF me
week he shall cause the sacrifice obialion ic Geese,
We. are 10 understand that after the completion ot
70 of the weeks Of years, amounting 10 463 years,
denoted in the 2d,i verse by the t"s periods OF
seven weeks. and three-,coic and two weeks,
that in ,he midst OF The seventh eth week, Christ
sh- uld be ciuc,hed; ard consa quenty, the Jewish
sscrii, G. and citations which pointed 10 the Sacr
tee f Christ, should vii.uaily IRON !ha
moment, when h l., by one Offering shooid per
feet for ever them that are sanciifed.
OF course I'm. Sear 42G would corr pond TO .!i's
txp,ession and w.,:ld be q" in me midst Of the
vee! itsr is lie las, Of the 20 We, rs of years,
extending ftom l83 $50, eating fren, The decree
.t AHaXetxes. suppose MIR NJ. ailudes to sucii
Il. adopts this cirono,ogy. hen iie remarks tpage
- - sheu'd not have been thus particular, and
have trespassed SO much upon your rme to prove
d gwen point in Christendom, had | not recently
Il
eyen teachers in Zion, who deny that the seventy
weeks ended with the death of Christ. Nlr M
did not probably know when he wrote this, t.a,
the conclusion lle deprGcaes springs from the very
date he has clioseh.
Mr. Miller adopts this date b. C.. 457, iron,
tie chronology of the pous ard learned John Usher,
d. D. lf Will be perceived, therefore, that not
vlhstanding he occasionally spepks Talher sneer-
ingy of learned d D.'s, lie is indebted to those
v.ry for the dates upon which he grounds his
calculations.
Taking The year b. c. 457 the commence.
nen,, he accordingly places the completion Of the
20 weeks 490 y.acs. at the c,ucihAion OF Christ
by adding 3d. the age OF Christ at hts cruc'tixion
Ia 457, the sum of these Two numbers, making ex
lctiy 490.
Mr. NJ says the $50 years begin b. {. 457.
which is correct. He says they end "A, d. 33,
which is also correct. But Christ was born Tour
years bo farc the common era, as is now UNIVERSAL!
admitted Consequently he was cruciied A. ID.
o. and this is So stated in Archbishop Usher
chronology. So that osly 4St years interviewed
between tho year B. c. 457 and the cruchxion
A.Des
4sG
Mr. Miller M ght have learn, this fact, which Of
itssT is fatal to his whole theory, by simply sub
.lrac,ing the year Of the world 3.547, corresponds
ing with B. {. i57, the date of Artaxerzess de-
cree from The year Of the world 4033, the date,
according TO usher, of the crucltlXion. 4.tS5
35i7
l86
Bu, whether the seventy weeks ended erac1iy
8. tie crucifxion, four years after, is matte'
of no importance whatever TO my argument IN con
turation Of Nix, Ms theory, as | shall prove that
a, he is right in supposng 300 days in chap Sls
10 mean 800 years, still he makes mistake, not
of 3 or years, in dating the commencement Ell
these years, but of nearly three hundred: that Is,
lie dates from B. G. 49, instead of lG6, the true
date. GA the contrary, miscalculatlon OF years
ON Mr.. NJ $ part, is fatal to his whole sys,en' be
e.use i, Is evden. tina, this completion of the 49o
Years, precisely, at the death of Christ is the start
10 poin, of al! his calculations. and every date
WITCH is aiterward assumed as the commencement !
ar the completion Of any prophetic period, depend,
uron the corr ec;ness OF this aud IS ilxed upon
h> reckoning f.om the beg inning or ending OF tie
10 weeks and caicul:titIg, sometimes forward Ano
sometimes backward, just as suits his purpose
!ience ii.e Importance he attaches IN the above
.siract Ia the completion Of the 20 weeks precise
!, with tie dcAIh ut Christ, and the manner III
whch he speaks OF these teachers IN Zion, who
.r iii, respect ,iiier from himself; not knowing
1 al he himself differs from himself by selecting
ds,c for The commencement OF The ~ weeks,
1. ~. ~. ,slipp f,nr
o,ucihxon.
There is one consequence resulting from Mr
Nj : fixing so positively the death OF Christ as the
omple,ou OF the 4s0 years, of which suppose he
Indie dreamed, and that Is, that The end 81 the
se5ril IS pest already, and that this event took
,,iace IN tie gear 1889 His prophecy of 2,3O0
Years, he says must be fulfilled lS40 gears after
Tie death Of Christ, by taking 490 from 2. 300
Now any may see, by lookingy at Usher.
chronology, given IN Bagsters ComPrehens'Ve n'-
b.s, and also in the Supplement to the Compre-
iensive Commentary, ,ha, the cruci6xion TOOK
place A. d. 90, the common era having COM
t,enced in the fourth year after the birth OF Christ,
and being at hi. crucitxion about 33 years OF age.
Now # the end of the world j. TO come 1910 years
stier tie cruciixion in A. D. 90, this will bring
Us Of course 10 A. D. 1889.
For the sake Of the argument, however | shall
hot nsis, upos this error in Mr.. IS starting
r1inr, but let il he supposed that the crucrtlxon
o-,gor ed \. d 80, and thus let US meet Mr. NJ
nIaa his ground, while we proceed to exam
ite III. explanation of The prophetic period Of $500
GAYS Let it, however, Dc understood, that when-
ever a d 80 ia narDed in this work the year OF
the crucifixon, i, i, only because Mr.. NJ. assumes
ti.. because the present author admits its cor
lectness
Sso7loS iI-T1e Fi,ion of he Rom and He
Gort-D. chan.