The 70th week of years for Israel is a 7 year period of time with one year for each day of the week. It comes from a prophecy of 70 weeks of years in Daniel 9:24-27. Followers of Jesus Christ will also be impacted since we have been grafted into the root of the olive tree that represents God (Romans 11:16-24).
The prophecy of 70 weeks
Hope in difficult times
The beginning of the 70th week of years
The 70th week of years begins when Antichrist confirms the covenant with many for one week or 7 years. (Daniel 9:27)
The first half of the 70th week of years
The first three and one half years of the 70th week of years are commonly referred to as “The Tribulation”. However, there are many signs that will occur simultaneously throughout the first half of the 70th week of years.
Affliction or Tribulation (Matthew 24:9)
Hated By All Men for Jesus’ Name Sake (Matthew 24:9)
Many Will Be Offended (Matthew 24:10)
False Prophets Arise and Deceive Many (Matthew 24:11)
Iniquity Shall Abound (Matthew 24:12)
Love of Many Shall Grow Cold (Matthew 24:12)
Antichrist Gains Strength (Daniel 11:23-24)
The middle of the 70th week of years
Several significant milestones occur around the middle of the 70th week of years.
Antichrist will set up the abomination that makes desolate
Antichrist will set up the abomination that makes desolate (Matthew 24:15, Daniel 9:27)
Jerusalem surrounded by armies
Antichrist and His Armies Will Surround Jerusalem (Luke 21:20)
Those in Judea flee to the mountains
Those in Judea flee to the mountains (Matthew 24:16)
Take Nothing Out of Your House (Matthew 24:17-18)
Woe to Those Pregnant and Nursing (Matthew 24:19)
Pray That Flight Is Not in Winter or On the Sabbath (Matthew 24:20)
The externalization of the hierarchy
The Externalization of the Hierarchy
The second half of the 70th week of years
Two main characteristics of the second half of the 70th week of years are great deception and great tribulation. Satan and his demons will have been cast out of Heaven to the earth in the middle of the 70th week of years. They will deceive people to wage a rebellion against God and His people that will culminate with the Battle of Armageddon.
Some of the main characters mentioned are Antichrist, the False Prophet, false christs and false prophets, and the two witnesses that God will empower to prophesy.
God’s Two witnesses
Great Deception
The Nature of the Strong Delusion
False Christs and False Prophets
Great Tribulation
The Nature of the Conflict Between the Saints and Satan
Remnant of Israel preserved in the wilderness
The Great Tribulation for Israel and Followers of Jesus Christ
The Great Tribulation for Israel and Followers of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:21)
Antichrist Makes War with the Saints
Antichrist in Power (Daniel 7:24-25, Revelation 13:5)
Antichrist Destroys the Temple
Mark of the Beast
The end of the 70th week of years
Several milestones happen to mark the end of the 70th week of years. (Daniel 7:26, Daniel 9:24, Daniel 12:7)