Tyre was one of the greatest trade cities of the ancient world, known for it purple dye and. Davis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for nbst 525 liberty theological seminary by rick. We, too, live in a period of silence, but gods promises pertaining to christs second coming are just as certain as those in which the godly took comfort and found hope. From one page to another, from the old testament to the new, i turned the page on almost 400 years of time. When the heavens were silent wcbc classroom resources.
To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. Someone observed at that time that those fifty years of age had lived through onefourth of the nations history. The silent years for several years, i read through the bible in a year or so. This is a study guide for a quiz on the old testament and specifically the 400 period of silent years before the coming of christ.
The intertestamental period is the protestant term and deuterocanonical period is the catholic and orthodox christian term for the gap of time between the period covered by the hebrew bible and the period covered by the christian new testament. Jews scattered all over the world synagogues develop, congregations, place of prayer, bible study, but no sacrifices samaritans intermarrying with nonjews after assyrian destruction. Do not forget, ladies and gentlemen, that we are going to look at a period of time today, that meant, for four hundred years, god was silent. Interesting that the whole world was convulsing with worldwide change, yet biblically it was silent. Nt survey 400 silent years pdf maccabees ptolemaic kingdom. The 400 silent years by harry ironside swordsearcher bible. It lasted from the prophet malachis time about 400 bc to the preaching of john the baptist about ad 25. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the 400 silent years. Jul 16, 2009 the first mcdonalds was started 69 years ago 1940 cell phones have only bee around 36 years 1973 our church is only 47 years old 1962 our city of madison is only 200 years old 1809 the united states of america is only 233 years old 1776 if people have kids at age 25 then in 400 years there will be 16 generations. The 400 silent years download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. These are called silent years because there were no inspired words from god during this time. We do not say that a knowledge of the period is necessary to.
Nabopolasser 626605 bc rebelled against assyria 626 bc joined forces with medes to defeat nineveh 614 bc 2. Alexander the great tyre alexander the great of macedonia, 332 b. However, to fully understand several matters covered in the new testament, one must have a basic understanding of the events between the testaments. There were 400 years of silence between the last words of the prophets and the first coming of christ. A brief guide to understanding the history, situations, and circumstances we find in the new testament malachi was an old testament prophet who provided the last words in our bible that god would speak to his people for nearly 400 years until the birth of john the baptist and the lord. Ironsides little book, the 400 silent years, gathers that up in some detail. These are often referred to by christians as the silent years.
The following night i turned one page and began my reading of the new testament. What happened during the approximately 400 years between malachi and matthew. The israelites did not have their own king, but they knew. The political, religious, and social atmosphere of israel changed significantly during this period. The intertestament period we would not say that a knowledge of the period between the old and new testaments is vital to ones understanding of the four gospels, but it is very desirable, and indeed quite necessary if we would fully appreciate many of the scenes and incidents on which matthew lifts the curtain.
The 400 years of silence is the name given to the period of time between the last of the old testament prophets and the arrival of jesus in the new testament. It began with malachis prediction of elijahs return malachi 4. The biblical years of silence amazing bible timeline with. By the phrase 400 years of silence i am assuming you are referring to the 400 years between the old and new testaments since malachi was written about 432424 b. The bible doesnt record much of anything that happened for the first 2000 or more years of human history as well as the most recent 2000 years of human history. The 400 years of silence refers to the time between the old testament and new testament, during which god did not speak to the jewish people. What happened during the approximately 400 years between malachi and. Please silence cell phones during worship services. Ive not really been able to find anything satisfactory as to whether his claim was actually in the.
The first mcdonalds was started 69 years ago 1940 cell phones have only bee around 36 years 1973 our church is only 47 years old 1962 our city of madison is only 200 years old 1809 the united states of america is only 233 years old 1776 if people have kids at age 25 then in 400 years there will be 16 generations. At that time, persia was the great world power and ruled over the returned exiles. Many of the deuterocanonical or anagignoskomena books, accepted as scripture by roman catholicism and eastern orthodoxy respectively, were written during this time. The intertestamental period, 400 notsosilent years welcome to session six of our journey through the whole bible in five hours or less. First edition, february 1914 sixteenth printing, january 1980. Those years were known as the biblical years of silence because of the lack of historical accounts in the bible that would have helped enlighten readers about the events during this significant gap in time. Heaven has never been silent since, and will never again hold its peace.
You ask whether god was silent during the 400 years between the prophet malachi, the last of the old testament prophets, and the opening of the new testament with the announcement of gabriel to zechariah. An overview of the 400 silent years charlotte christian college and theological seminary. The last old testament scripture was written around 430 b. Baylor isr 400 years of the king james bible april 792014 duration. Nov 11, 2016 there were about 400 years between the prophecies of malachi and the opening of the new testament. At least four hundred years passed between the prophecies of malachi 430420 bc and matthews written account of jesus life 5060 ad.
Jul 05, 2014 the 400 silent years by harry ironside 1. The biblical years of silence amazing bible timeline. Behold, i am going to send you elijah the prophet before the coming of the great. The 400 silent years 420 6 bc where does the old testament end. The period between the testaments is often uncharted territory. Apr 06, 2015 an overview of the 400 silent years charlotte christian college and theological seminary.
The silent years ended when the above prophecy of malachi was fulfiled, at the time that. Four hundred silent years warren v anhetloo, thd, dd dean, calvary baptist theological seminary americans recently recognized, in 1976, a two hundredth national birthday. The 400 silent years kindle edition by ironside, h. Intertestamental period 400 silent years study to shew. I the apocrypha the 14 additional books of the catholic bible originally, when applied to writings, the term denoted that their content was either not to be. During that era, aristotle developed his system of thought and logic that are still with us today, and his most famous student, alexander the great, laid the groundwork for the new testament to be written. Now, what happened in these four hundred so called silent years after the last of the inspired prophets spoke and the first of the new testament writers began to. I remember during one of my nightly devotions i completed the old testament. Ot supplement the 400 silent years linkedin slideshare. It is known by some members of the protestant community as the 400 silent years because some maintain that it was a span where god revealed nothing new to his people. The intertestamental period, 400 notso silent years welcome to session six of our journey through the whole bible in five hours or less. The restoration of a remnant true to gods promises, after 70 years of captivity, cyrus 559530 b. It is called silent because there is no recorded instance of god speaking to man during this time. The old testament ends with the return of the lords people from exile in babylonia.
Apr 07, 2011 to the world at large the 400 years were not silent. Finally after 400 years of heavens silence, in a far flung corner of the mighty roman empire, a child was born and a son was given. For many that made the two hundred years seem much shorter. With the birth of jesus and the end of the four hundred silent years, we open the new testament era in his story. The old testament traces the history of the jewish people from adam and eve to the downfall of israels theocracy and then to the. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Interestingly, many of the events during the 400 silent years fulfilled old testament prophecy. The 430 years the 400 years biblical calendar proof. The 400 years between the old and new testaments page 3 ord of what actually occurred during that time. He described it as 400 years, prophecied in the ot, when god would be silent. At the suggestion of the publishers i have now sought to trace the history the same people through the years of waiting that elapsed from the time when the voice of inspiration ceased until the heavens resounded with the glad announcement of glory to god in the highest. Why are there 400 years of silence between the old and new. Click download or read online button to get the 400 silent years book now.
The following material is being presented here to give a more accurate understanding of the 430 years of exodus 12. It is the announcement to his dad of johns soontooccur miraculous conception that breaks the 400 years of silence. Foundations extra sessionintertestamental period the silent years 2. Download the app, pdf expert, to utilize the fillintheblank feature. Because there was no prophetic word from god during the period from malachi to john, some refer to it as the 400 silent years. There were about 400 years between the prophecies of malachi and the opening of the new testament. There was the siren song of time marching steadily forward. A party arose among the jews called the hellenists, who were very eager to. The first group returned from captivity under joshua and zerubbabel ezra 14.
While the world heard marching armies and battle cries, heaven was mute toward earth. Click download or read online button to get 400 years of silence book now. Traditionally, it is considered to cover roughly four hundred years, spanning the ministry of malachi c. The 400 silent years by harry ironside swordsearcher. The four hundred silent years plymouth brethren writings. Behold, i am going to send you elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the lord. God providentially worked and purposefully moved in time and history to accomplish his great purpose in the revelation and. Is there a biblical prophecy about 400 years of silence. Several apocryphal books were written during this time. Companion bible pdf files with notes and appendices. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
The period between malachi and matthew covers about. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be givenand you will receive even more. The world into which christ came 2 covenant, in whom you delight. Jun 24, 2009 the micah reference states the divine origin of prophecy, showing that anyone claiming to prophecy is claiming their speech carries the same divine inspiration as scripture therefore anyone claiming prophecy during the silent 400 years is a false prophet. History of the jews from alexander the great to herod the great 336 4 bceafter the days of ezra to the birth of christthe silence after malachi, until the voice of john the baptist 3. Of great significance were the prophecies of daniel that spoke of coming empires that closely resembled those of the greek and roman empires that took over the land of israel daniel 7, 9. The period between the old testament and the new testament is one of the most overlooked eras of biblical history. Week 47 silent years time between the testaments key verse. In talking with an evangelical friend, he told me that he rejected the catholic bible because it included false writings that were attributed to the intertestamental period a term ive not heard before. Jul 26, 2016 at least four hundred years passed between the prophecies of malachi 430420 bc and matthews written account of jesus life 5060 ad.
The 400 silent years between the testaments introduction. Though we are living in the days that might be termed the silence of god, when for almost 2,000 years there has been no inspired voice from god, we must look back even as they did during those 400 silent years upon the inspired record and realize that god has already said all that needs to be said, through the old and new testaments. We have just finished up the old testament sessions, two andahalf hours through the whole old testament. This is the highlight, really, of our worship as we come before the lord and he speaks to us through his word. Suddenly, the silence was shattered, and messiah came. The 400 years of silence began with the warning that closed the old testament. When the heavens were silent 400 silent years of history. But there were major political, cultural, and religious changes that prepared the world for the arrival of jesus. Brief history of these 400 years to help our understanding of the new testament 2. The 400 years between the old and new testaments various. Stedman at the close of the book of malachi in the old testament, the nation of israel is back again in the land of palestine after the babylonian captivity, but they are under the domination of the great world power of that day, persia and the mediopersian empire.
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