For those who actually desire to comprehend or understand exactly how I have proven it a fact ......... I attached a zip 3-charts to show exactly why 490 years to 20th year Artexerexs and Neb's 1st year as 596 is imperative regardless of what your commentary states or what you were taught or even if you don?t like my outline of the 666 years...you will still end up with 666 years or 666th year in any case independent of what I or you or anyone else?s wants to believe.....notwithstanding the previous PROOF post on the persian kings Chrono.... .....................There is only one possible chronology based on the text not how anyone feels about the text?.How you feel about the Angel Gabrial is not a logicl argument based in scripture 3. I most certainly did demonstrate the only correct Persian kings Chronology that can be demonstrated and how to know that it is accurate and how those dates relates to the 490 years in the 70 weeks & how that relates to 666 years. Daruis the mead ?of the seed of the Medes? Ruled 1 year this is not the same Daruis as Darius the Persian, for many obvious reasons ..(namely this one is after Belshazzar who is before Cyrus where the latter one is clearly demonstrated as being after Cyrus)....Note: Daniel 6:28. So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. note: at this point Daniel is ~94 years old by Cyrus?s 3rd year. Daniel 5:30. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. Cyrus ?king of Persia? Ruled 3 years Ahasuerus Ruled 12 years this is not the father of ?Darius the mead? specifically because he is after Cyrus??.. Ezra 4:5. And hired counsellers against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 6. And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 7. And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. 8. Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:??????? 23. Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. 24. Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. Artaxerxes king of Persia Ruled 32 years...... in his 20th year Nehemiah, 490 BC Darius the Persian 6 years recorded... not the same as Daruis the mead for many obvious reasons ..namely this one is after Cyrus... Ezra 6: 1. Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. 2. And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: 3. In the first year of Cyrus .........& Foundations of temple laid in his 2nd year those who saw the first saw the last?. Ezra 3:12. But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: Haggai 1:1. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto???..8. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord Haggai 2:1. In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying,????. 10. In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, 11. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,???? 15. And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord:??.. 18. Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider it. What do you not understand? ..There is no other construct you can build and be consistent with scripture? Scriptures outline of these kings utterly destroys any argument against my points in # 4next? How you feel about the text it is not the same as what the text states. ? 4. I demonstrated the dates for these visions named in these chapters in Daniel Ch9 vision took place in 1st year of Daruis the mead before Cyrus?...regardless of when it was recorded What part of Dan 9:1 do you not understand????? Daniel 9: 1. In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 2. In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. seed of the meads is not Darius the Persian see point #3..??? Ch 10 vision took place in 3rd year of Cyrus...regardless of when it was recorded Daniel 10 1. In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. Ch 11 vision took place in 1st year of Daruis the mead?...regardless of when it was written down. What part of Dan 11: 1 do you not understand ???? Daniel 11: 1. Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2. And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. seed of the meads is not Darius the Persian see point #3..??? My last comments /post on Daniel Ch 9, 10,11,12 chrono: 1. Daniel is not all given in Chronological order so there can be no argument based solely on textual placement. See ch 6 2.The construct is the same as ch 9 for when the event is taking place 3. If that angle spoke to him in ch 10 in the 3rd year of Cyrus, there is nothing that would have prevented that him from doing so earlier.............. OR it is now in the third year of Cyrus that Daniel is writing about what he had been given by that same angle few years earlier....( A consolidated account that includes Daniels present in the third year of Cyrus as well asearlier on?.[ the events that took place back in Darius 1st year....]. 4 .Scripture names all those kings in ch 11:2 and there are only the five kings listed there total. In short There is no 4 kings after Cyrus.. And the chronological problems I addressed with the foundations of the temple earlier would still rip any other construct to pieces....... . in short the argument or any based on it is inconsistent with the text itself on multiple grounds.. Summary: Again you are attempting to force a meaning that is not imperative [nor consentient] nor can be demonstrated as such against a position that can be demonstrated and is consistent with the text. Ch 12same as 11 Danile ch 11 can?t possibly be later then Cyrus ..what in the world are you talking about. ?.!? 5. Symbology and the specificity of 666 ( specifically to the only man reckoned as a beast found anywhere in scripture) Are there any other outstanding issues that need to be addressed to understand 666? No one seemed to challenge me on ch 8,11 & 12 discussing Herrod the great or setting up or placing the Abomination of desolation..? Demonstrate, quite or concede?you states " I know what MY answer is to the question," I don't question this. However, to be quite frank, at this piont, the only thing you have demonstrated thus far is your willingness to believe what you want to believe in spite of the text, regardless of what scripture states based more on how you feel .....You seem to only be intered in what you or others "thought" appearently found in some comentaries..by the way you would proably get more use out of them if as you said you would burn them...... ?You are not offering nor have you offered up arguments based on the text you are only telling us how you feel about what is found in the text??even a non bible student can see that ?? why is it so hard for you to see?. Invoking a circular fallacy about how others make the same error in reading you do therefore you must be right is ridiculous ..Otherwise, demonstrate what scripture states that would actually support your arguments?no is not a argument how you feel about gabriel has no bering on what Gabrial or Danile or anyonese stated? No is not a argument. How you feel about Gabriel has no bearing on what Gabriel or Danielle or anyone else actually declared or what the texts states..? Martin Selbrede <mselbrede@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Allen, This is my assessment of your 5 points. 1. No 2. No 3. No 4. No (especially NO regarding your still-persistent wrong timing of chapter 11) 4. No (I think you meant 5 but wrote 4 twice) You have been challenged on chapter 11 & 12 as regards to their chronology, so it makes no sense to go any further on that issue until the chronology is settled (it evidently isn't, based on this new post). So, if it seems no one has challenged you, it's because there's unfinished business that must be dealt with first before we get to the substance of the various kings in Daniel 11 and their identity. By the way, you've not (to my recollection, which may be fault -- this is a pretty long thread, after all) identified precisely WHAT you think the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, which was to signal believers to flee Jerusalem on the rooftops of the city buildings, actually is, and what approximate year it appeared. It would help to know your thoughts on this, because we're not (again, to my recollection) mind-readers on this forum. Some precision in identifying it, so that nobody could mistake what you think Daniel and Jesus referred to, would be very helpful. A big list of scriptures with alleged connections in bold underline comes off as hand-waving, whether you intend that or not. Just be plain-spoken about it. Surely something so serious that people's lives were at stake, and that they didn't even have time to go back into their houses but had to evacuate instantly, should be a fairly clear simple sign not requiring any convoluted understanding of various scriptures (which may or may not even have been committed to writing at the time) to figure out how to save your family's life. I know what MY answer is to the question, and how the 7000 Christians who heeded the sign fled to Pella and survived the siege of Titus as a consequence, as Christ promised they would. Martin