[b-hebrew] repost of question after reasearch
Dirk Frulla
fiveacorns at yahoo.com
Wed May 7 16:34:34 EDT 2008
Harold,
Sorry for duplicating this. I just realized that when I responded, I forgot to hit "Reply to all", so it did not go back to the mailing list the first time. My appologies.
Thanks for the reply! I am glad that the last round of posts (and some of the friction by other members) didn't turn you off to the subject. Believe me, I sometimes fall short in choosing the right words to express my thoughts. Actually I was meaning to talk about Zechariah as well. I didn't want to include it in the previous post because the post was getting somewhat lengthy.
When you say, "Again, the prophecy in Jeremiah about babylon's rule", I agree with you 100%. That was one of my main points. Jeremiah definitely spoke of Bablyon's rule, or in other words seventy years "for Babylon." So on this point we agree.
The scriptures in Zechariah are dated the "eighth month in the second year of Darius" and the "fourth year of King Darius ...on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev" respectively.
The historical consensus puts the reign of Darius from 522 to 486 BC (although I find some references that state 521 as the starting date for his reign). That would make the second year of Darius 521/522. By this time, it would have been 66/67 years since Jerusalem was destroyed in 587 BC. The angel could talk about the LORD withholding mercy from Judah for "these 70 years" because it was very close to 70 years since the temple was destroyed. The 70 years mentioned in Zech. are not the same as Jeremiah's 70 years. The reason I am comfortable saying this is because the scripture in Zechariah do not reference Jeremiah, however, the scriptures in Daniel and 2 Chronicles do - which necessitates the need for a connection between Jeremiah, Daniel, and 2 Chronicles. The same would apply to the fourth year of Darius. By this time it would have been 70/71 years since Jerusalem's destruction. So I find no contradiction when the verse states the people of the
land had been fasting for "the past seventy years".
So these scriptures too agree with others and the historical consensus. Which is great!
Thanks!
Dirk Frulla
New York
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