Xerxes did not order the rebuilding of the temple, Cyrus did in 538 B.C. when he decreed that any Jewish exiles who wanted to could return to Palestine.
Ezra 1:1-2, “Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.”
The Persian king Artaxerxes Longimanus ordered the rebuilding of Jerusalem app. 444 B.C. in fulfillment of Daniel's prophecy,
Dan 9:25, “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
If we are going to maintain any credibility with our pre-trib. position we should be accurate with the scripture and history.
Here is what we know. The Jewish calendars used a 360-day year; 4 69 weeks of 360-day years totals 173,880 days. In effect, Gabriel told Daniel that the interval between the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem until the presentation of the Messiah as King would be 173,880 days. The commandment to restore and build Jerusalem was given by Artaxerxes Longimanus on March 14, 445 B.C. The day that Christ presented Himself as King was April 6, 32 A.D.
When we examine the period between March 14, 445 B.C. and April 6, 32 A.D., and correct for leap years, we discover that it is 173,880 days exactly, to the very day.
Now, can you give me evidence that, if we are to count the beginning of the 70 weeks from 538 B.C., instead of 444 B.C., the days to Christ entering Jerusalem would add up precisely as they do when we count from 444 B.C., using the Biblically correct 360 day years?