Proverbs 18:13 wrote:He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him.
The reason I believe we are in the 70th week is because of several things I came across in my studies. I'm sure many have heard me expound on these things already, but I think this lays it out a little better so I'm starting a new thread focused on this. When the data is put together, it reveals some amazing "coincidences" and I don't really believe in coincidence. I'll touch on each here and you can go to the links for more information. Please don't hesitate to ask me questions. Sometimes I don't think of everything so prompting helps me look in those places I may not have yet.
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14,000 days
What's significant about this is that the first instance we have of this exact time period is straight from the Bible. It marks the exact time from when Israel left Mt. Sinai until they crossed into the Promised Land through the River Jordan. If you'll recall, God said the generation over 20 years of age could not enter the promised land because of their lack of faith in God's provision.
There are two other instances in history that have this exact time period. The first fulfills the prophecy Christ made at the triumphal entry noted in Luke 19:41-44. It was exactly 14,000 days later on August 5, 70 AD that the adults and the now grown children that they were carrying at the truimphal entry were laid to the ground when Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed by the Roman army.
The final instance mirrors the first in that Israel didn't accept God's provision, rather relying on their own abilities. This was on June 7, 1967 when Israel took back Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in the Six-Day-War. On the very day they took the Temple Mount, out of fear of the surrounding Muslim nations, they gave over control to the Muslims and it has been under their control ever since. There is no way Israel should have won the Six-Day-War, God won it for them and gave them back the Temple Mount, but they rejected it out of fear. Exactly 14,000 days later was October 5, 2005, or Rosh Hashanah, which brings us to the next piece of evidence.
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Rosh Hashanah, 2005
Now besides the amazing "coincidence" that Rosh Hashanah, 2005 would be exactly 14,000 days, one "power" generation, from when Israel rejected God's provision, there's the fact that Rosh Hashanah marks the Jewish new year. And what better time to start the last seven years of God dealing with Israel as a nation than on the new year?!! It is also called the feast of trumpets. It is supposed to be an awakening blast. This would fit with waking Israel up for the final seven years. This may not happen overnight, but I think it's evident that attitudes are slowly changing both in Israel and in the Christian communities who are paying attention and watching.
But what is most amazing of all is what coincided with Rosh Hashanah from the Bible!
Revelation 12:1 wrote:And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
"Wonder" is also interpreted as sign. The identity of this woman is interpreted from scripture itself, Genesis 37:9-11. Believe it or not, there was a sign in the heavens on the very day of Rosh Hashanah, and it looked something like this:

Coincidence? I'll let you be the judge.
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Exact day prophecies from Daniel and Revelation
As if that detail isn't enough, God provided even greater detail to build on what I've already presented. It came through His servants the prophets Daniel and John. Both of these prophets gave prophecies whos length was relayed in exact days/months/years. Understanding the nature of the prophetic year, 360 days, we know exact numbers of days between end-time events! I laid them out in a chart to help put it together better. This chart and the rest of them (there are several) can be viewed here.

When combining the start date of October 5, 2005 to the framework given in the exact day prophecies of Daniel and Revelation, we get the following data:

So, given these details gleaned from scripture and factual data, it would appear that the 70th week is based completely on God's timing and was pre-planned when the universe was created such that everything would converge on this one point in time to point to the beginning of the 70th week. I believe this is clearly God's fingerprint on events.
So how does this fit with Daniel 9:27?
Daniel 9:27 wrote:And he [antichrist] shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
The "he" in this verse refers to the antichrist from verse 26. (more in my 70 Weeks of Daniel Bible study) There is nothing that states this is the 70th week. It's an assumption made based on a missing week of years that is not accounted for except for the antichrist's covenant. So the real question is, given the information above, does the 70th week of Daniel start on God's timing or Satan's timing? Are these two dates independent of each other? I believe they are, and I believe they still agree 100% with the Bible. Here's a chart I made to help visualize this:

So what does this mean? If this timeline is correct, we could see the Gog/Magog invasion before the year is out, which would help get Israel on the Temple Mount, I believe. Now the news which I feel may be leading up to the Gog/Magog invasion attempt. There is much more news which I've put in one page here if you would like to look through it.
- DEBKAfile’s sources: Tehran and Damascus are gearing up for a pre-emptive Syrian attack on Israel to ward off a US strike on Iran’s nuclear sites (October 7, 2006)
- DEBKA Exclusive: Moscow posts two Chechen platoons in S. Lebanon, one headed by an ex-rebel commander, “to improve Russia’s image in the Arab world” (October 7, 2006)
- Hamas amassing large stockpiles of weapons (June 7, 2006)
- Turkish, Iranian Armies Build Up Forces Along Iraq's Only Quiet Area (August 12, 2006)
- Tehran Seeks Help From Turkey on Lebanon (August 13, 2006)
- Turkish Parlament Gives Green Light to Turkish Troop Deployment in Lebanon (August 29, 2006)
- Turkey reaching out to Arab world - leaving Europe behind? (August 29, 2006)
- 'Gaza readying for war' (October 2, 2006)
- Syria Threat Over Golan Puts Israel On War Alert (October 1, 2006)
- Russian Troops Make First Mideast Foray in Lebanon for Centuries (September 27, 2006)
- Iran Making Worldwide Move to Bring Islamic War to American and Israel Soil (September 26, 2006)
- Turkish PM Erdogan Says 'Nobody Should Expect Us to Remain Neutral': Reactions From the Turkish Media to the Middle East Crisis (August 16, 2006)
- The Pentagon Is Worried By Syria's 'Rising Self-Confidence' (August 11, 2006)
- Syria, Turkey Revive Strategic Partnership (August 10, 2006)
- Syria Checks Bomb Shelters (August 10, 2006)
- UNCOVERED: RUSSIAN-SYRIAN-IRANIAN AXIS (July 24, 2006)
- Turkish anti-West mood 'rising' (July 20, 2006)
- Iran, Syria Agree to Protect Hezbollah (July 20, 2006)
- DEBKAfile Exclusive: New Syria-Iranian defense treaty opens way for Iran's Revolutionary Guards to deploy on Israel’s Golan border by summer’s end (June 19, 2006)
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