Before the Silence

The 400 years between Malachi (the last Old Testament book) and Matthew (the first New Testament book) are called the Intertestamental Period. Many Christians know little about this time because it is shrouded in silence as to a revelatory Word from God. To properly understand how Israel relates to this era, it is necessary to study the nation’s postexilic history from 539 to 400 B.C. Repatri

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  1. persian king artaxerxes ascended to the throne prior to the book of malachi being authored 464-424 daniel chapter 11 gives detail before the 400 years of silence, also the last years of the 400 years of silence emmanuel-jesus matthew 1;23 was begotten,herod was the client indumesn -edomite king of judea-a roman vassal, which was the herodian period,alexander the great swept across the earth like an irrestible flood an was poisoned by my perspective an we must not forget the hasmonean era or there grandfather matthaias and judas an the seleucids an the ptolemies

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