455 THEORY: WHERE DID OUR YEARS GO?
PART 1 OF 3
For the sake of brevity this is just a quick OUTLINE of the current
breakdown of how the years are distributed with respect to the "455
theory" that is, the theory that the Jews returned in 455 instead of
537 B.C.E. This theory is based upon the "70 weeks" prophesy of
Daniel which states the Messiah would appear after 483 years from
the time the "word went forth to rebuild Jerusalem." (Daniel 9)
Jesus
appeared as the Messiah in 29 C.E. thus 483 years previously would
bring us to 455 B.C.E. The theory deviates from most religion's
interpretations who associate this event with the rebuilding of the
walls of Jerusalem by Nehemiah dated in the 20th year of
Artaxerxes in 445 B.C.E. But since the walls were already rebuilt
(Ezra 4:11) , this prophesy is applied to the original call to
rebuild
Jerusalem in the first year of Cyrus, thus his reign is also dated
beginning 455 B.C.E. This represents an 82-year historical
discrepancy between 537 and 455 B.C.E. (537-455 =82).
An attempt to resolve this discrepancy has resulted in lots of
research based upon proving the "455 Theory" which claims there
is now enough PROOF based on archaeology and archaeo-
astromny as well as Biblical reference, not only to establish the
Jews return in 455 B.C.E. but to correct the entire chronology of
the
Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian and Persian periods in the process. A
brief OVERVIEW of "Where Did Our Years Go?" is presented
here; presented not to argue the merits of the theory but merely to
provide the most current information as to the theory of what
happened and where the years went. Of course, this theory
diverges tremendously with current history and so the historiical
bakground is presented as satire. :) It's the chronology that are
most
important in this particular article, but some background is needed
for context. It goes something like this:
BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF CONSPIRACY:
The reason for the 82-Year discrepancy. Darius I was ambushed by his enemy
Miltiades while he was at Marathon just watering his horses. Darius
was killed and beheaded and his head put on a pole and paraded in
front of the aghast Persians who later recovered the body.
Miltiades
was promptly execuded within a year by the pro-Persian Greeks for
his impropriety. However, Darius' son, Xerxes, who was also co-
ruler with Darius at the time swore to the Greeks that he would
"wipe
them off the face of the earth." Themistocles was able to persuade
the Greeks that their only hope was to run to Salamis which was
guarded by narrow straights and build fast ships which could protect
them when the invasion started. Fortunately they listened to him
and true to his warning Xerxes invaded Greece with a vengeance
asking for "land and water", that is, passage and water through most
of Greece with the specific intent not to conquer but only to
massacre all the Athenians for the death of his father. He did
reach
Greece and desecrated their land and temples but failed miserably
in the naval battle at Salamis, and fled back to Persia a hated and
embarrassed king. (Is anybody buying this baloney?)
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