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Silent 400 Years
Not so silent!
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Curtain is closed after the work of Nehemiah,
Ezra and MalachiAmos 8:11-12
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Many changes take place
•OT closes with Judah in poverty
•NT opens with Jerusalem a prosperous city
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Many changes take place•OT the Jews negligent in observing
their laws - Malachi 1:6-8•Jesus found religious sects to be
overly zealous – Matthew 23:23,24
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Many changes take place•Nehemiah found them totally
ignoring the Sabbath –Nehemiah 13:15-18
•Jesus found the Pharisees so demanding they objected to healing on the Sabbath– John 5:5-10, 18
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Babylonian EmpireMedo-Persian Empire
Grecian Empire
Roman Empire
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Fragmentation of Alexander’s kingdom
• Grecian: MacedoniaThraceGreeceAsia Minor - Lysimachus
• Egyptian - The Ptolemies •Ptolemy Lagus
• Syrian - The Seleucids •Seleucus Nicator
) - Cassander
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Other passages• 1 Chronicles 3:10-24• Mathew 1• Luke 3• Portions of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
Zechariah, Micah & Malachi
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Secular Sources
•Apocrypha•Writings of Josephus
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