The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub are named in Ezra's ancestry. That ancestry places Ezra in a priestly family descended from Aaron. He was a priest chosen to serve Israel and to restore honor to the priesthood whose glory had been greatly diminished during the captivity.
The chapter containing the verse gives the decree to restore and build Jerusalem. The decree is that of Artaxerxes in his seventh year, completing the earlier decree of Cyrus continued under Darius. It went forth in 457 B.C. That 457 B.C. date is capable of the clearest proof.
That date is the starting point for the 2300 years of Daniel 8:14. It is also the starting point for the seventy weeks prophecy. Subtracting 457 from 2300 leaves 1843 as the closing year, reckoned as the time for the coming of the Lord. The reckoning was so simple and plain that even children could understand it.
When 1843 fully passed without the Saviour's coming, those who had so reckoned were sadly disappointed. Because the decree was issued near the end of 457 B.C., the period reaches to the fall of 1844 rather than ending in 1843.
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub are named in Ezra's ancestry. That ancestry places Ezra in a priestly family descended from Aaron. He was a priest chosen to serve Israel and to restore honor to the priesthood whose glory had been greatly diminished during the captivity.
The chapter containing the verse gives the decree to restore and build Jerusalem. The decree is that of Artaxerxes in his seventh year, completing the earlier decree of Cyrus continued under Darius. It went forth in 457 B.C. That 457 B.C. date is capable of the clearest proof.
That date is the starting point for the 2300 years of Daniel 8:14. It is also the starting point for the seventy weeks prophecy. Subtracting 457 from 2300 leaves 1843 as the closing year, reckoned as the time for the coming of the Lord. The reckoning was so simple and plain that even children could understand it.
When 1843 fully passed without the Saviour's coming, those who had so reckoned were sadly disappointed. Because the decree was issued near the end of 457 B.C., the period reaches to the fall of 1844 rather than ending in 1843.