How many years were there from the decree to Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem until Palm Sunday?
The interval was exactly 483 years. According to the calculation cited, from the decree in Nehemiah 2 to rebuild Jerusalem until the triumphal entry, or Palm Sunday, was precisely 483 years, matching the prophecy. This demonstrates God's precise timetable, not a day late or early.
Les explains that God's timing is always exact, never a day late or early. He points to Abraham being brought out of Ur at the right time, and exactly 430 years later to the Passover night in Egypt when Moses led Israel out. Then there was a 40-year span to the day until they entered the Promised Land; on the same day and month 40 years later, Joshua led them across the Jordan for Passover. Les notes that Sir Robert Anderson was one of the first to realize that from the decree to Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem, recorded in Nehemiah 2, until the triumphal entry or Palm Sunday, was exactly 483 years as prophesied.
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.