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What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by OLAADEGBU(m): 10:38pm On Nov 17, 2014
What were the 400 years of silence? What happened between Malachi 4:6 and Matthew 1:1?

http://www.gotquestions.org/400-years-of-silence.html

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Re: What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:48pm On Nov 20, 2014
OLAADEGBU:


What were the 400 years of silence? What happened between Malachi 4:6 and Matthew 1:1?

http://www.gotquestions.org/400-years-of-silence.html

Question: "What were the 400 years of silence?"

Answer: The 400 years of silence refers to the time between the Old Testament and New Testaments, during which God did not speak to the Jewish people. The 400 years of silence began with the warning that closed the Old Testament: “Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse" (Malachi 4:5-6) and ended with the coming of John the Baptist, the Messiah’s forerunner.

At the time of Malachi’s warning, about 430 B.C., the Jews had returned to Palestine from the Babylonian captivity (as merchants, not shepherds). The Medo-Persian Empire still ruled Palestine, and the temple had been rebuilt. Both the Law and the priesthood of Aaron’s line had been restored, and the Jews had given up their worship of idols. Nevertheless, Malachi’s warning was not without cause. The Jewish people were mistreating their wives, marrying pagans and not tithing, and the priests were neglecting the temple and not teaching the people the ways of God. In short, the Jews were not honoring God.

In 333 B.C., Palestine fell to the Greeks, and in 323 B.C. it fell to the Egyptians. The Jews generally were treated well throughout those reigns, and they adopted the Greek language and many of the Greek customs and manners, and in Egypt the Old Testament was translated into Greek. That translation, the Septuagint, came into widespread use (and is quoted frequently in the New Testament).

Jewish law and the priesthood remained more or less intact until Antiochus the Great of Syria captured Palestine in 204 B.C. He and his successor, Antiochus Epiphanes, persecuted the Jews and sold the priesthood, and in 171 B.C. Epiphanes desecrated the Holy of Holies. This desecration resulted in an uprising by Judas Maccabeus of the priestly line of Aaron, and in 165 B.C. the Jews recaptured Jerusalem and cleansed the temple. However, fighting continued between the Jews and the Syrians until the Romans gained control of Palestine in 63 B.C., at which time Pompey walked into the Holy of Holies, once again shocking and embittering the Jews. In 47 B.C., Caesar installed Antipater, a descendant of Esau, as procurator of Judea, and Antipater subsequently appointed his two sons as kings over Galilee and Judea.

As the New Testament opens, Antipater’s son, Herod the Great, a descendant of Esau, was king, and the priesthood was politically motivated and not of the line of Aaron. Politics also resulted in the development of two major factions, the Sadducees and the Pharisees. The Sadducees favored the liberal attitudes and practices of the Greeks. They held to only the Torah as regards religion but like all aristocrats they did not think God should have any part in governing the nation. The Pharisees were conservative zealots who, with the help of the scribes, developed religious law to the point where the concerns and care of people were essentially meaningless. Additionally, synagogues, new places of worship and social activity, had sprouted up all over the country, and religious and civil matters were governed by the lesser and the greater Sanhedrins, the greater Sanhedrin being comprised of a chief priest and seventy other members that handed out justice, sometimes by 39 lashes administered with full force.

Between the time of Malachi and the coming of the Messiah, several prophecies were fulfilled, including the 2,300 days of desecration between 171 and 165 B.C. (Daniel 8:14), but neither the fulfilled prophecies nor the 400 years the nation was given to study Scripture, to seek God (Psalm 43-44) and to prepare for the coming Messiah, was put to good use. In fact, those years blinded and deafened the nation to the point where most of the Jews could not even consider the concept of a humble Messiah (Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 6:10; John 12:40).

Almost two millennia have passed since the New Testament canon was completed, and though the Word is full of grace and truth, and though the birth, life and death of Jesus fulfilled a staggering array of prophecies, the Jews as a people have yet to open their eyes and ears. But Jesus is coming again, and one day a remnant will both see and hear.

Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/400-years-of-silence.html#ixzz3Jd0YepO3

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Re: What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:43pm On Dec 30, 2014
OLAADEGBU:


What were the 400 years of silence? What happened between Malachi 4:6 and Matthew 1:1?

http://www.gotquestions.org/400-years-of-silence.html

Re: What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by OLAADEGBU(m): 3:09pm On Sep 10, 2015
OLAADEGBU:


What were the 400 years of silence? What happened between Malachi 4:6 and Matthew 1:1?

http://www.gotquestions.org/400-years-of-silence.html

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Re: What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by Nobody: 4:55pm On Sep 10, 2015
OLAADEGBU:


Question: "What were the 400 years of silence?"

Answer: The 400 years of silence refers to the time between the Old Testament and New Testaments, during which God did not speak to the Jewish people. The 400 years of silence began with the warning that closed the Old Testament: “Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse" (Malachi 4:5-6) and ended with the coming of John the Baptist, the Messiah’s forerunner.

At the time of Malachi’s warning, about 430 B.C., the Jews had returned to Palestine from the Babylonian captivity (as merchants, not shepherds). The Medo-Persian Empire still ruled Palestine, and the temple had been rebuilt. Both the Law and the priesthood of Aaron’s line had been restored, and the Jews had given up their worship of idols. Nevertheless, Malachi’s warning was not without cause. The Jewish people were mistreating their wives, marrying pagans and not tithing, and the priests were neglecting the temple and not teaching the people the ways of God. In short, the Jews were not honoring God.

In 333 B.C., Palestine fell to the Greeks, and in 323 B.C. it fell to the Egyptians. The Jews generally were treated well throughout those reigns, and they adopted the Greek language and many of the Greek customs and manners, and in Egypt the Old Testament was translated into Greek. That translation, the Septuagint, came into widespread use (and is quoted frequently in the New Testament).

Jewish law and the priesthood remained more or less intact until Antiochus the Great of Syria captured Palestine in 204 B.C. He and his successor, Antiochus Epiphanes, persecuted the Jews and sold the priesthood, and in 171 B.C. Epiphanes desecrated the Holy of Holies. This desecration resulted in an uprising by Judas Maccabeus of the priestly line of Aaron, and in 165 B.C. the Jews recaptured Jerusalem and cleansed the temple. However, fighting continued between the Jews and the Syrians until the Romans gained control of Palestine in 63 B.C., at which time Pompey walked into the Holy of Holies, once again shocking and embittering the Jews. In 47 B.C., Caesar installed Antipater, a descendant of Esau, as procurator of Judea, and Antipater subsequently appointed his two sons as kings over Galilee and Judea.

As the New Testament opens, Antipater’s son, Herod the Great, a descendant of Esau, was king, and the priesthood was politically motivated and not of the line of Aaron. Politics also resulted in the development of two major factions, the Sadducees and the Pharisees. The Sadducees favored the liberal attitudes and practices of the Greeks. They held to only the Torah as regards religion but like all aristocrats they did not think God should have any part in governing the nation. The Pharisees were conservative zealots who, with the help of the scribes, developed religious law to the point where the concerns and care of people were essentially meaningless. Additionally, synagogues, new places of worship and social activity, had sprouted up all over the country, and religious and civil matters were governed by the lesser and the greater Sanhedrins, the greater Sanhedrin being comprised of a chief priest and seventy other members that handed out justice, sometimes by 39 lashes administered with full force.

Between the time of Malachi and the coming of the Messiah, several prophecies were fulfilled, including the 2,300 days of desecration between 171 and 165 B.C. (Daniel 8:14), but neither the fulfilled prophecies nor the 400 years the nation was given to study Scripture, to seek God (Psalm 43-44) and to prepare for the coming Messiah, was put to good use. In fact, those years blinded and deafened the nation to the point where most of the Jews could not even consider the concept of a humble Messiah (Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 6:10; John 12:40).

Almost two millennia have passed since the New Testament canon was completed, and though the Word is full of grace and truth, and though the birth, life and death of Jesus fulfilled a staggering array of prophecies, the Jews as a people have yet to open their eyes and ears. But Jesus is coming again, and one day a remnant will both see and hear.

Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/400-years-of-silence.html#ixzz3Jd0YepO3



""The 400 years of silence refers to the time
between the Old Testament and New Testaments,
during which God did not speak to the Jewish people"".

he's a Jewish God.
Re: What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by tartar9(m): 5:02pm On Sep 10, 2015
keep deceiving yourself,not one single clear prophecy was fulfilled by your god
Re: What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by MeandSum: 5:17pm On Sep 10, 2015
The silence was the result of their BS drying out. It's sad to see that some people are still leaving in cave age in 2015. Believing in some imaginary god so useless in all that he does.
Re: What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by dialfa: 6:45pm On Sep 10, 2015
You should read the catholic bible. The gaps were filled.

Ave Satanas!
Re: What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:05pm On Sep 11, 2015
chuna1985:




""The 400 years of silence refers to the time
between the Old Testament and New Testaments,
during which God did not speak to the Jewish people"".

he's a Jewish God.

He is the King of the Jews.  That is a racial statement.  Make no mistake about it;

He is Jewish. You got that right. smiley

He is also the King of Israel. 

He is a national King.

He is also the King of all Ages,

He is the King of Heaven,

He is the King of Glory,

He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

He was a Prophet before Moses;

He is a Priest after Melchisedek;

He is a champion like Joshua;

Do you know Him?
Re: What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by Nobody: 1:34pm On Sep 11, 2015
OLAADEGBU:


He is the King of the Jews.  That is a racial statement.  Make no mistake about it;

He is Jewish. You got that right. smiley

He is also the King of Israel. 

He is a national King.

He is also the King of all Ages,

He is the King of Heaven,

He is the King of Glory,

He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

He was a Prophet before Moses;

He is a Priest after Melchisedek;

He is a champion like Joshua;

Do you know Him?




Nah. It's a Jewish story, propagated by Europeans.
Re: What Were The 400 Years Of Silence? What Happened Between Mal. 4:6 And Matt.1:1? by OLAADEGBU(m): 11:53am On Sep 14, 2015
chuna1985:





Nah. It's a Jewish story, propagated by Europeans.

It is History. His Story. cool

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