james2ko
Well-Known Member
I'm very Clear on what you are attemping to sell as a truth so I will help you sell it if it is in fact truth.
King came to power 17 Dec 465 BC
1st Year Reign: 17 Dec 465 BC - Oct 464 - 17 Dec 464 BC
2nd year Reign: 18 Dec 464 BC - Oct 463 - 17 Dec 463 BC
3rd year Reign: 18 Dec 463 BC - Oct 462 - 17 Dec 462 BC
4th year Reign: 18 Dec 462 BC - Oct 461 - 17 Dec 461 BC
5th year Reign: 18 Dec 461 BC - Oct 460 - 17 Dec 460 BC
6th year Reign: 18 Dec 460 BC - Oct 459 - 17 Dec 459 BC (This could not be the Fall Start year for Journey because it falls in the 6th year of the kings reign.)
7th Year Reign: 18 Dec 459BC - Oct 458 - 17 Dec 458 BC (you believe the journey from babylon to Jerusalem began on the OCT illustrated here if I am reading your purple circle correctly.
This cannot be the correct start time, because 5 months later when they arrive in Jerusalem, it will be in the 8th year of the kings reign)
8th Year Reign: 18 Dec 458BC - Oct 457 - 17 Dec 457 BC (This could not be the Fall start year for the jorney because the start time would be in the 8th year of the kings reign.
The Jews reckoning from a fall-to-fall basis counted the time from December/ January to the fall of that year (464 B.C.) as Artaxerxes I accession year. Therefore, Artaxerxes regnal years according to Jewish reckoning began in the fall of 464 B.C. Thus placing the kings accession year from around late December, 465 B.C. to the fall of 464 B.C. Year one of Artaxerxes I extended from the fall of 464 to the fall of 463 B.C. This is what it should look like:
17 Dec 465 BC - Fall 464 -Accession year not counted as regnal year according to Jews reckoning:
1st Year Reign: Fall 464 to Fall 463 =Jews viewed this time period as year 463BC
2nd year Reign: Fall 463 to Fall 462= Jews viewed this time period as year 462BC
3rd year Reign: Fall 462 to Fall 461= Jews viewed this time period as year 461BC
4th year Reign: Fall 461 to Fall 460= Jews viewed this time period as year 460BC
5th year Reign: Fall 460 to Fall 459= Jews viewed this time period as year 459BC
6th year Reign: Fall 459 to fall 458= Jews viewed this time period as year 458BC
7th Year Reign: Fall 458 to fall 457= Jews viewed this time period as year 457BC. This is when Ezra made his trip. He traveled from Mar/Apr and arrived in Jul/Aug of 457BC.
The Chart illustration, when viewed in Full, will be helpful to you, I assure you. If it still leaves you confused in concert with your 31 AD theory, maybe this simple Highlighted verse below will help.
8 Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. 9 He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him.
The best reason to toss out the Oct/Fall departure "THEORY" and why the author of the slide goes with the TRUE Jewish new year as it is listed in Exodus, is due in part to the testimony found in EZRA 7 as you have just read and viewed in comparison to the chart.
Other factors to consider: The fact that the book of Ezra points out that Ezra was well versed in the LAWS OF MOSES and therefore likely kept the Jewish Calendar Given by God to Israel during the Exodus.
Please illustrate where the Blue Highlighted testimony falls on that time line chart in concert with your Fall new year theory. Your theory of a Fall start time has Ezra arriving the fifth month in the 8th year of the reign of the king. Are you calling Ezra a liar? Most TIshri Theorists simply ignore the blue highlighted verse when making a chart. Please make a purple mark on the time chart where this verse applies to your theories credibility. If your theory is truth, this verse will not be a hard task to display accurately on the time line chart you shared.
I'm pretty certain your Theory shared by other TISHRI Theorists who support the lie of 457 BC will have a hard time illustrating how the arrival of Ezra was in the seventh year of the kings reign If they started the Journey in Oct of 458 BC. I would love to see your placement of their Arrival 5 months later on that time line and it still be in the seventh year of the king's Reign. Unless you want to ignore the first year of the kings reign as the SDA's do!
The Journey according to Ezra began in the first month and ended on the fifth month. From start to finish, the journy was in the seventh year of the kings reign. Please mark on the chart where you believe Ezra finished his journey.
Please please pretty please and thank you!
Blessings.
I never said or implied he departed in the fall. See point 2 here where I quoted a reference regarding Ezra's travel months. Ezra reckoned his travel months using the sacred calendar which would equate to Mar/Apr -- Jul/Aug of our calendar. But the evidence indicates the Jews reckoned regnal time utilizing the civil calendar (Fall to Fall) with an accession year. This is what's causing the difference in our calculations. We are going to have to agree to disagree on the calculations, unless you plan on changing your view on how the Jews reckoned regnal years. I know I don't. Unless of course, some compelling, credible evidence to the contrary is revealed.
But, depending on how you answer the posts, which you seem to be eluding, none of your calculations will matter to me or anyone else viewing our discussion. So, for the fourth time, are you going to answer my posts? If you don't, then we have to assume you are deliberately dodging them because you dont have an answer. Your silence will void your Exo 12--- tenth to the fourteenth parallel. It will eliminate your "Christ had to be alive past the 14th" theory and also damage your reputation as an authority on the topic and totally debunk your OP (opening post).
Here they are again for your convenience:
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/3075586-post20.html
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/3089002-post29.html