Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-08-07
DANIELS SEVENTY WEEKS.
CHRONOLOGY AND PROPHECY.
A Continuation of Rev. E. MarshaII's Views On
Christian Socialism.

Written for the KANSAS AGITAToR.
Sailors on the seas carry chronometers in or
der to determine exact meridian time.
God has given to mankind, in the prophe'
cies, and in their ful6llment, chronometer by
which they may determine their position in
the progress of the ages.
DANIELS SEVENTY WEEKS.
Daniel o:I4.-Sixty-nin of these seventy
weeks till the amounting OF the Most Holy, as
recorded in the cath verse, are, both in theii
commencement and termination, specifically
marked and distinctly characterized in the 24th
verse, thus:
"Know, therefore," said Gabriel to the
Prophet Daniel, "and understand, that from
the going forth of the commandment to restore
and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah, the
Prince, shall be seven weeks and three score
and two weeks. The street shall be built
again, and the wall, even in troubous times.
And after three score and two weeks shall
Messiah be cut off, but not fol himself.
When, then, did these mysterious seventy
weeks commence? To answer this, it is only
necessary to find when the command was given
"to restore and 10 build Jerusalem"
About $50 W ars before the birth of Christ,
in the first year of his reign, Cyrus, king of
Persia, made decree to build the temple, or
house of God. The house was soon afterward
of the reign of Darius.
Ezra 6:15.-And the house was finished in
the third day Of the month Adar, which was in
the sixth year of Darius, the king.
This cannot be the period Of the commence
ment of the seventy weeks, for, first, the sew;
enty weeks, or 400 years, would run out forty.
six years before the birth of Christ, when they
should end thirty.seven years after. And
secondly, the decree OF Cyrus was not to restore
and to build Jerusalem, but only to build the
house.
In the seventh year of the reign of Aartax-
erxes Longimamus, by the command of the
king, Ezra went up from Babylon to Jerusalem
with directions to "enquire concerning Judah
and jerusalem and to restore and to build it.
"And the king granted him all his request &C.
cording to the h md of the Lord upon him."
This command to Ezra was given in the
seventh year of Artaxerxes' reign, and 453
years before Christ. Thirteen years after the
command to Ezra to build Jerusalem, Nehe-
miah succeeded him in building and restoring
the city, and continued until the walls were
built and Jerusalem was restored.
Here, then, in the year B. c. 453; the sew
enth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, the COM
mand was given to Ezra, and afterward renewed
to Nehemiah, to restore and build the city of
Jerusalem, whose streets and walls were built
again in troublons times.
And Daniel says: "Know, therefore, and
understand, that from the going forth of the
command TO restore and to build Jerusalem
unto the Messiah, the Prince, shall be seven
weeks and three score and two weeks. The
street shall be built again, and the walls, even
in troublous tim So
Allowing, then, these sixty-nine weeks to
represent weeks of years, times 69 makes 4S3;
and as 403 year from B. c. 453 will reach to
the year of our Lord 80, we have the predicted
period completely fulfilled in the manifestation
of Messiah, the Prince, to Israel, and the
amounting of the Most Holy by the descent of
the Holy Spiri upon Him at His baptism in
the year A. D. 80, He being then "about thirty
years of age"
Thus, from the seventh year of the reign of
Artaxerxes Longimapus, 453 years B. c., we
have the full complement of the seven weeks
and the sixty-tao weeks Of years. But one
week is still wanting to make up the predicted
seventy weeks. This we have in Daniel 9:27:
"AnG he (Messiah) shall confirm the cove
nant with many for one week; and in the midst
of the week, he shall cause the sacrifice and
oblation to cease. He shall then be
off, but not for himself"