See how he twists and deceives ? Nehemiah took over from Ezra that was not the start of countdown. Nor was the date that Daniel received the prophecy the start of it.
Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
The prophecy tells us the weeks commence with the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem
Ezra 7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.
12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
Ezra 9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
The majority of historians and bible scholars date this decree at 457 B.C.
If we apply 483 years to 457 B.C. we arrive at the year 27 A.D.
Jesus the son of God became the anointed one or Messiah when he was baptised in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, which was 27 A.D.
Luke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
This marks the start of the 70th week and the start of the earthly ministry of the Messiah.
Your claims are a well known hoax ROFL.
The claim that "the majority of historians and Bible scholars date this decree at 457 B.C." is **highly misleading and historically inaccurate**.
While 457 B.C. is an important date in certain theological circles (specifically within Seventh-day Adventist eschatology to anchor their 1844 "Investigative Judgment" timeline), it is considered **bogus as the starting point for Daniel's 69/70-week prophecy** by the vast majority of mainstream historians, archaeologists, and biblical scholars.
Two primary factors prove why using 457 B.C. as the "decree to restore and build Jerusalem" is historically and textually unsustainable:
### 1. The Textual Proof: The 457 B.C. "Decree" Did Not Authorize Rebuilding the City
The year 457 B.C. corresponds to the **7th year of King Artaxerxes I**, when he issued a decree to the priest Ezra (recorded in **Ezra 7:11–26**).
If you actually read the text of Artaxerxes’ decree in Ezra 7, **it does not contain a single command to rebuild the city, its walls, or its streets.** Instead, the decree strictly authorizes:
* The return of Jewish exiles to Judea.
* Financial grants and tax exemptions for the **Temple in Jerusalem** (buying bulls, rams, and grain for sacrifices).
* The beautification of the Temple building.
* The establishment of local magistrates to teach the Law of Moses.
Daniel 9:25 explicitly states that the countdown begins with the command **"to restore and build Jerusalem... the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times."**
By contrast, the decree that actually matches Daniel's criteria was issued 13 years later in **445 B.C.** (the 20th year of Artaxerxes, recorded in **Nehemiah 2**). In this decree, Nehemiah specifically asks the king for permission to rebuild *"the city of my fathers' tombs, which lies waste,"* and the king grants him letters to secure timber *"for the gates of the citadel... and for the city wall."*
To use 457 B.C. as the starting point, one must ignore the actual text of Ezra 7, which is exclusively ecclesiastical and temple-focused, not civic or structural.
### 2. The Historical & Archaeological Proof: Nehemiah's Shock in 445 B.C.
If a major imperial decree to "restore and rebuild the city and its walls" had been issued and executed starting in 457 B.C., Nehemiah’s reaction in 445 B.C. makes absolutely no sense.
| Year | Event | Nehemiah's Reaction |
|---|---|---|
| **457 B.C.** | Ezra arrives in Jerusalem under the 7th-year decree of Artaxerxes. | Ezra focuses entirely on religious reforms, temple worship, and the issue of intermarriage (Ezra 9–10). |
| **445 B.C.** | Hanani arrives in Susa and gives Nehemiah a report on Jerusalem (Neh 1:2-3). | He reports: *"The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire."* |
When Nehemiah hears this in 445 B.C., he is devastated: he weeps, fasts, and prays for days (Neh 1:4). If a decree to rebuild the city walls had been active for 12 years (since 457 B.C.), the walls would not still be lying in charred ruins, nor would Nehemiah have been so utterly shocked by the news. The city was still defenseless because **no decree to rebuild the walls had yet been issued.**
### Summary of the Fallacy
The assertion that "most scholars" support 457 B.C. is a classic case of **theological circular reasoning**.
1. Some commentators *start* with the assumption that Jesus was baptized in A.D. 27.
2. They count backward 483 solar years (69 \times 7).
3. This lands them in **457 B.C.**
4. They then retroactively label Ezra 7 as the "decree to rebuild the city," even though the actual text of Ezra 7 says nothing about rebuilding the city walls.
Secular historians and mainstream biblical commentators recognize **March 445 B.C.** (Nehemiah 2) as the only historically and textually valid imperial decree that authorized the reconstruction of the physical ci
ty and walls of Jerusalem.
