Book#2

Will the 70th week start in the year 2026? If so, then Jesus second coming is in 2030 at the 70th week midpoint.

14 June 2025: Consider three reasons that the 70th week of Daniel could occur in 2026.

First: Harold W. Hoehner book (Ref. 1) has Pilate's reign from 26 to 36 AD, when he gave the order to crucify Jesus (John 19:16). Harold Hoehner supports 30 and 33 AD as the only feasible dates when based on the ministry of Jesus, of which 30 AD is no longer viable since 2023 (2030 - 7) has already occurred. A day is represented as a thousand years (2 Peter 3:8). Therefore, it seems to point to Jesus's likely crucifixion in 33 AD, which supports the start of the 70th week in possibly 2026 (2033 - 7).

Second: Mitchell First book (Ref. 2) has the Rabbinic (Jewish) vs conventional (Gregorian) chronology short by 207 years. Their calendar year is 5786 from the conventional 1 October 2025 (Rosh Hashanah) to 30 September 2026. This points to the 70th week start as occurring during their corrected year 5993 (2786 + 207, seven years short of 6000).

Third: Robert Parker book (Ref. 3) pointed to either 13 November 2023 (not fulfilled) and 9 November 2026 (yet to be known) as a possibility when the 70th week starts based on May 1948. If all the theory filters are removed then the start of the 70th week must start from a future year from mid-October to mid-November, which is almost seven years (exactly 7 x 360 days) earlier from that future Yom Kippur. Another day of 23 October 2063 (2070 - 7) is a possibility based on 7 June 1967. Theory is based on the end of the 70th week occurring on an annual Yom Kippur (second fall feast of the Lord).

2nd Book Discussion:

This book presents a theory that the past four spring feasts of the Lord could predict the future end times prophecy events of the fall feasts of the Lord. This basic prophetic understanding was written about in 1980 by Robert van Kampen The Sign of Christ’s Coming and the End of the Age. Since then, other author-scholars have come to the same understanding: Marvin Rosenthal The Feasts of the LORD (Ref. 4), Michael Norten Unlocking the Secrets of the Feasts, Bruce R. Booker The Feasts of the LORD, and Sam Nadler Messiah in The Feasts of Israel.

Consider Jesus died on one of the annual one-day Passover events (Mark 15:34-37). The probability of this being a random event is one out of 365 days, or less than 0.3%. Next, consider the fourth spring feast when the Holy Spirit came down on the one-day Jewish day of feast of weeks and for Christians Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4). Having two events occurring randomly on the exact day is about 0.00075%. Yet, all four spring feasts occurred like this. Considering the statistically high probability (99.999%+) that this is not an historic random occurring day event, why would someone not consider that the three fall feasts of the Lord may also have a prophetic meaning? Yet, there are scholars who refuse to even consider the merits of this (see Note 1).

The following book insights are provided.

Based on Yom Kippur, it will present a series of the start of the seventieth week of Daniel. They range from 2020 to 2029 and in 2063. Based on the crucifixion of Jesus in likely 30 AD or 33 AD and 1948 the following dates seem to stand out: 13 November 2023 or 9 November 2026. There are other possible dates depending upon which filters the reader does or does not use.
Jesus second advent begins three and a half years later on the Mount of Olives with a Day of the Lord (Zech. 14:1), though focused on those in/around Jerusalem. Shortly after, and on the same day, Jesus returns from heaven to earth, Satan is thrown down to earth. This is when the temple abomination occurs. Gog attacks Israel though the Lord responds with, if you will, a counterattack against those attacking Israel (Zech. 14:1). It is expected to slow down the start of the great tribulation, though not stop it.
When to hide from the fury near the end of the great tribulation therefore mitigate persecution for our faith. This is supported partly with the sixth and seventh seal bound durations in chapter 3 and 4 of Beyond Prewrath End-Time Prophecy.
With a two–day rapture window date each year, determined when leaving the 24-hour darkness of the sixth seal (Matt. 24:29; Rev. 6:12) and entering the seventh seal of deduced normal light needed for planting and building (prerequisite to Jesus's return, Luke 17:28). The fifth verse of seventh seal (Rev. 8:5 theophany) is the proposed elect rapture event.
Chapter 7 has the two witnesses will likely arrive on a Passover, five days before the mid-point (Day 1).
Chapter 11 derived the ten days of Awe (Day 1,251 (Feasts of Trumpets) to 1,260 (Yom Kippur)) occur during the sixth and seventh blown trumpets. Basically, the Jewish people are raptured on a Yom Kippur (second fall feast of the Lord).
Page 79: Hosea 6:2 says "After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. The first two days seem to represent two thousand years since Jesus's resurrection. The third day would seem to represent the millennium reign of Jesus on earth. Harold W. Hoehner Chronological Aspects of the Left of Christ has Jesus resurrection from 26 to 36 AD as determined when Pilate's reign would have been. (Ref. 1) That points to the end of two thousand years (and end of the 70th week of Daniel) as about 2026 to 2036. Based Jesus ministry 30 and 33 AD have the most merit Therefore, it seems from this analysis, the start of the seventh week could occur in 2026 (2033 - 7 years).

A day is thousand years: A day is considered a thousand years (2 Peter 3:1-18; Pss. 90:1-17). Parallels can be made with the creation of Adam and his offspring. The first 4,000 years occurred during the Old Testament until Jesus's death and resurrection. The next two thousand years are from then until the start of Jesus millennium reign on earth (Rev. 20:4-7), basically the New Testament. Using Jesus's birth as the start of the 2,000 years (for 2 days) does not have merit since the temple abomination at the midpoint never occurred earlier in say plus or minus around 1997 (2,000 - 3.5 years). Remember their 6,000-year calendar date represents the year when their seventh millennium starts, which is the same year as their shortly earlier rapture at the proposed end of the 70th week of Daniel. That is, Jesus's reign on earth begins 45 days (1,335 - 1,290) after this (Dan 12:12). Of course, the 70th week of Daniel is seven years long, as measured Scripturally with 360 days a year. Therefore, we seem to be very close to the start of the seventieth week of Daniel.
6,000-year Calendar short by 207 years: Mitchell First scholarly analysis has the difference, between Rabbinic and conventional chronology, as spanning 207 years, which would represent the end of the sixth thousand years (Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets on Tishri 1) and nine days later the end of the seventieth week of Daniel (Yom Kippur on Tishri 10). (Ref 2). Their calendar year in 5785 is from 1 October 2024 (Rosh Hashanah) to 29 September 2025. If so, their current calendar year should be 5992. This points to the 70th week start as occurring during their year 5993, equivalent to our conventional 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026.
(15 June 2025) Feast of the Lord date calculation: Based on the Feast of the Lord theory, with its filters, the spanning difference seems to be 206 years in the Jewish year 5787 (2000 - (206 + 7)), equating to the conventional Gregorian date 9 November 2026 (2 October 2033 - ((7 *360) - 1). That is counting backward 2,519 days in time from the known start point (Yom Kippur in 2033). Remember in order to calculate the difference in number of days between the start and end of the 70th week is 2,519 days and not 2,520 days, that is where the one-day counting difference must be included. Also, remember a Jewish day starts approximately 17 to 19 hours (depending on say, daylight savings time or not; season of the year; etc.) after the conventional midnight. To be precise with the theory, that Jerusalem one day of about 24 hours is from 9th November 2026 shortly after sunset when three stars become visible (say about 5 pm) to about 24 hours later on 10th November 2026.

"These discrepancies are due almost entirely to the underlying discrepancy that exists between the two chronologies regarding the length of the Persian period, which SO (Seder Olam Rabbah) view as spanning 52 years (including the brief reign of the Medean king Daryavesh) and the conventional chronology views as spanning 207 years." (Ref. 2)

Reference (1): Harold W. Hoehner, Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ, The Zondervan Corporation, Grand Rapids, MI 49530, (c) 1977, p. 98. (Note: first three editions (1973, 1974, 1975) were published by Dallas Theological Seminary).

Reference (2): Mitchell First, Jewish History in Conflict A Study of the Major Discrepancy between Rabbinic and Conventional Chronology, Book-mart Press, North Bergen, NJ, (c) 1997, p. 5. In reference to the Feast of Trumpets and Yom Kippur see Robert Parkers Jesus's Return Based on the Feasts of the Lord, p. 60.

Reference (4): Kevin Howard and Marvin Rosenthal, The Feasts of the Lord - God's Prophetic Calendar from Calvary to the Kingdom, Published in Nashville, Tennesse, by Thomas Nelson, Inc., (c) 1997, p. 28.

Note 1: The most probable reason scholars do not discuss the feasts of the Lord theory is that the first fall feast, Feast of Weeks, seems to represent the future elect rapture. They are likely considering Matthew 24:36, that no one knows that day except the Father in heaven. Jesus is expected to now know, since He is with the Father in heaven. I agree with Scripture that no one on earth knows the "exact one day" rapture event (as with the separation of Lot and Noah from the wicked).

What they fail to recognize is that rabbis later added a second day to this feast celebration. This second day added represents the need for watchfulness (Matt. 24:42; 1 Thess. 5:6; Titus 2:13). Kevin Howard and Marvin Rosenthal in The Feasts of the Lord (Ref. 3) discuss this second day reasoning well in their book on page 28. A two-day event feast prevents anyone from knowing the exact one-day time frame. Also consider, all of the seven feasts are celebrated annually, which adds more days to consider during the second half of the 70th week of Daniel when the elect rapture would occur.