7 Weeks - 49 yr Closing of the Prophets, Period of Reconstruction [Daniel 9] (2 ago 455 ano antes da era comum – 26 set 406 ano antes da era comum)

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Gertoux, Gérard. Summit meeting between Queen Esther and General Themistocles (to stop Athenian imperialism)

The decree of Artaxerxes in his 20th year (in 455 BCE) was a turning point in the history of Israel as well as in the history of Persia. It is also noteworthy that on this memorable occasion the presence of the queen (Esther) is mentioned. She occupied a place of honour next to the king (Ne 2:6). This decree had two consequences of primary importance: it ordered the reconstruction of the city of Jerusalem, which was also the starting point of the Messianic prophecy of “70 weeks of years” (Dn 9:24-25) and in order to facilitate this reconstruction, all the kingdoms of the region of Beyond the River regained their sovereignty and were freed from the Persian tutelage.

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JOB'S ANSWER CONCERNING THE END OF EVIL by Gerard Gertoux

The starting point for calculating the appearance of the messiah is specified by the expression: from the going forth of the command for the answer and for the building of Jerusalem until Christ the prince [there shall be] 7 weeks, and 62 weeks (= 69 weeks = 483 years). This order to restore and rebuild Jerusalem was given by Artaxerxes I in Nisan the 20th year of his reign (Ne 2:1-8). Chronological calculations are possible only in relation to a universal calendar (like the Gregorian calendar today), which did not exist at the beginning of our common era, that's why Josephus used several national calendars. The only solution was to convert the duration into a jubilees calendar. Ezra's text tells about a tax exemption on Artaxerxes' 7th year (Ezr 7:1-8,24), the year captives were released (Ezr 8:35). On this ground, Jewish authorities agree that Jubilees must be counted185 again from that date. Maimonides wrote in a treaty on this question: With Ezra remissions (shemitah) started being counted and after 7 of them the 50th year was sanctified. Even if the Jubilee was not observed [in the economical field, not in the liturgical one], those years were nevertheless counted for the remission to be sanctified186. According to the biblical text, the 7th year is a sabbatical year (Ex 23:10-11) and the 50th year is a Jubilee year (Lv 25:8-11). Therefore the length of a Jubilee was 50 years and the date of the first Jubilee was in Artaxerxes I's 7th year. Consequently the Messiah was to appear 483 years after Artaxerxes' 20th year or 496 years (= 483 + [20 – 7]) after the 1st Jubilee or 4 years before the end of the 10th Jubilee (496 = 50x10 – 4). Eusebius already noticed this coincidence in his Chronicle. He wrote that Jesus began his ministry in Olympiad 202:1 (29 CE) corresponding to the 81st Jubilee in Hebrews' tradition187. Eusebius dated Artaxerxes' 7th year to 472/471, which was corresponding to the 71st Jubilee and remarked that between those two dates there was exactly a 500-year span equivalent to 10 Jubilees188.

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The Atonement Clock by Christian Gedge

A better explanation of the seven weeks is that they end with the final prophet Malachi, whose ministry came slightly after Nehemiah, and after which the Old Testament prophets fell silent. He was the last; there were no more; the canon was complete! So, I believe the first stage of Daniel’s 70 weeks predicted the closing of the remaining prophets, closing, as best as we can judge, after the Sabbath of 409 BC. They end their words with a promise:
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers.
Then came the 62 weeks. These were the 434 ‘silent years’ after which a new kind of
prophet would appear. 402 BC was the end of the eighth week; 395 BC the end of the ninth; 388 BC was the end of the tenth; 381 BC was the end of the eleventh ... The Shemitah ticked on through the empires of Persia and Greece during the silent years. Then, as suddenly as the ‘old’ had ceased, the prophetic voice resumed with the same message from which it had ended:
The angel said to him, “... your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John ... He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:5-17

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