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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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