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                                                                         Daniel the Prophet

                                                             In the Old Testament, Daniel the prophet was
                                                             given the exact measure of time from an event
                                                             clearly marked in his own day to the coming of
                                                             the Messiah, and to his being “cut off.” More-
                                                             over, in this connection, YEHOVAH God re-
                                                             vealed to Daniel the marvellous things that were
                                                             to be accomplished through the death of the Mes-
                                                             siah — and the overwhelming judgments that
                                                             were to fall upon the city of Jerusalem, the Tem-
                                                             ple and the people.


                                                             The decree, which was to bring the captivity of
                                                             the Jews to an end and authorize them to rebuild
                                                             Jerusalem and the Temple, was to be the starting
               Hope of Israel Ministries (Church of          point of the “determined” period of seventy sev-
               YEHOVAH)                                      ens of years. The epoch-making decree of Cyrus,
               The Berean Voice Magazine                     in the first year of his reign as sole king, was both
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               Thousand Oaks, CA 91359-6772, U.S.A.          the starting point for the prophetic period of 70
                                                             sevens.
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               http://hope-of-israel.org                     Unfortunately, the expositors and chronologers
               Website (East Coast):                         have turned aside from YEHOVAH’s Word and
               http://hope-of-isreal.net                     have accepted a defective chronology based on
                                                             pagan traditions — claiming the decree was is-
               E-mail: kiwihope@netscape.net                 sued by Artaxerxes instead of Cyrus.


               Fax: (818) 878-9334                           Some claim that the building of Jerusalem is not
                                                             expressly mentioned in Ezra 1:1-4 — however
               Editor and Director: John D. Keyser           Ezra does not quote the entire decree, and the city
                                                             is not specifically mentioned. Nonetheless, he
               Contributing Writers:                         makes it perfectly clear that this was the “word to
                                                             restore and to build Jerusalem.”
               Ernest Martin
               Michael A. Clark                              The most important feature of the revelation to
                                                             Daniel was the precise measure of time (69 sev-
               Technical Advisor: Sean Keyser                ens, or 483 years) “to Messiah, the Prince; and
                                                             the time when the Messiah was to be ”cut off and
               Hope of Israel Ministries --                  have nothing." This course of time was to run
                                                             from Cyrus’ decree until the Messiah’s anointing
               Preparing the Way for the
                                                             and baptism in the Jordan river.
               Return of YEHOVAH God
               and His Messiah!                                                         — John D. Keyser
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