Conclusion of SEVEN TIMES THAT AFFECT US

If we were to count 2,520 literal days from Jerusalem's destruction in 607 B.C.E., that would bring us only to 600 B.C.E, a year having no Scriptural significance.  Even in 537 B.C.E., when the liberated Jews were back in Judah, Jehovah's sovereignty was not manifested on the earth.  that was so because Zerubbabel, the heir to David's throne, was made no king but only governor of the Persian province of Judah.

Since the "seven times" are prophetic, we must apply to the 2,520 days the Scriptural rule:  "A day for a year."  This rule is set out in a prophecy regarding the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem.  (Ezekiel 4:6, 7; compare Numbers 14:34) The "seven times" of earth's domination by Gentile powers without interference by God's Kingdom therefore spanned 2,520 years.  They began with the desolation of Judah and Jerusalem in the seventh lunar month (Tishri 15) of 607 B.C.E. (2 Kings 25:8, 9, 25, 26) From that point to 1 B.C.E. is 606 years. The remaining 1,914 years stretch from then to 1914 C.E. Thus, the "seven times," or 2,520 years, ended by Tishri 15, or October 4/5, 1914 C.E.

In that year "the appointed times of the nations" were fulfilled, and God gave rulership to "the lowliest one of mankind" -Jesus Christ-who had been considered so base by his foes that they even had him impaled. (Daniel 4:17) To enthrone the Messianic King, Jehovah loosened the symbolic iron and copper bands around the "rootstock" of his own sovereignty.  The Most High God thus allowed a royal "sprout" to grow form it as a manifestation of divine sovereignty toward the earth by means of the heavenly Kingdom in the hands of David's greatest Heir, Jesus Christ.  (Isaiah 11:1, 2; Job 14:7-9; Ezekiel 21:27) How we thank Jehovah for this blessed turn of events and for unraveling the mystery of the great tree! 

Next time: FOUR WORDS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD; CHAPTER SEVEN

From the book:  PAY ATTENTION TO DANIEL'S PROPHECY! 1999