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fore, there are still seven more years left to count, (the
week of Jacob’s trouble) before the completion of an-
other 490-year period.
We see a pattern here! God clearly uses periods of time that
are 490 years in duration, and it appears He will have used four
490’s by the time Christ returns at the Revelation. We also see
that God has not counted time for the Hebrews when they
have been out of favor. Let us examine more closely this state
of disfavor in the fourth 490 years.
The Temple was destroyed, and the Jews were dispersed in
70 A.D., marking God’s disfavor with the Jewish nation. Are
they still out of favor? As mentioned previously, we can assume
that the Father answered the Son’s prayer on the Cross:
“Fa-
ther, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing”
(Luke 23:34), and that the Father did so by giving the Jews a
40-year testing, probationary period, after Christ’s death.
It was then that the Jews were dispersed and are now out of
favor. At present the nation is rebuilding, but this could not be
the restoration on the third day because it doesn’t fit prophecy.
The true restoration will be done by God after the Revelation of
Jesus Christ. If, as the scriptures seem to indicate, the year
2030 is the end, then an interesting note is created. There will
have been four 490’s, i.e. 4 x 490, or 1960 years from the time
of their dispersion until the time of their restoration, i.e. when
we add 1,960 to 70, it brings us to 2030 A.D.
Is God counting an equal amount of time against Israel (the
time they were out of His favor) as He has for Israel (the time
they were in His favor)? If so, each would have a total of four
time periods, i.e., 4 x 490 or 1,960 years.
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