Ezra 6 completely refutes your view of the facts. The temple was complete with the decree of Darius.I have a "no" or two or three for you:
Gabriel said "restore and build Jerusalem" - which means the decree in question must include details concerning the reestablishment of the entire city - not just talk about a templ.
Does Cyrus' decree provide for this? NO NO NO.
Does Darius' decree provide for the this? NO NO NO.
Does Artaxerxes' decree FAIL to provide for this? NO NO NO.
Revisionist historians, since time immemorial.
Are we to believe the author of the only decree to fit all the criteria of Gabriel's prophecy would expect that all that gold, silver, wine, timber, livestock, food, oil, etc., should remain scattered throughout an unwalled city, the most important line of defense in all of antiquity?
Did Ezra give thanks for "a wall" after the decree of Cyrus? NO.
Did Ezra give thanks for "a wall" after the decree of Darius? NO.
Did Ezra FAIL to give thanks for "a wall" after the decree of Artaxerxes? NO.
Artaxerxes' decree said "beautify" the temple, right? What contractor would list a house as "complete" while failing to "beautify" it without casings, mouldings, lighting fixtures, and several coats of paint all over everything?
Artaxerxes' decree also proves the sacrificial system had not yet been set up:
The priests and company returning to Jerusalem were not to be charged tolls, etc.
The gold temple vessels were yet to be carried forth with them.
Did Cyrus' decree establish the restoration of the entire city? NO.
Did Darius' decree establish restoration of the entire city? NO.
Did Artaxerxes' decree establish an unprotected stockpile for enemy raiders a la Biden's Afghan mess? NO.
All that has to do with "criteria". Look, if you're the top salesman to whom is due the $500 bonus, and the last place guy demands your money, what would you tell him? Right - he didn't meet the criteria for it.
Likewise, the decrees of Cyrus and Darius do not meet the criteria of Gabriel's prophecy. You haven't cornered any little truth on this issue, you've just contracted a serious case of tunnel vision - I'd get some of that Laodicean salve "that thou mayest see".
[Ezr 6:15 LSB] 15 And this house was brought to completion on the third day of the month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
They started the daily sacrifices of animals and grain offering.
[Ezr 6:17-18 LSB] 17 They brought near for the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18 Then they appointed the priests to their sections and the Levites in their divisions for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
They began celebrating the Feasts of the Lord at the appointed times.
[Ezr 6:19-20 LSB] 19 And the exiles celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month. 20 For the priests and the Levites had cleansed themselves together; all of them were clean. Then they slaughtered the Passover [lamb] for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves.
Your desire to twist the texts to meet your particular system does not work out according to simple reading of Scripture.
As the Ezra 6:14 Challenge shows, there are NOT 3 decrees. There were 4. You are missing the MOST IMPORTANT one. The one that kicked off the entire 70 Weeks.
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