Definitively the 70 years maximum for the people of Israel after the re-birth of the Nation is a maximum point for the Second Coming of Jesus. If not we have to interpret the following verses: 32"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[d]is near, right at the door. 34I tell you the truth, this generation[e] will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24&version=NIV The fig tree is the Nation of Israel. Now at the time Jesus was speaking these words Israel was in existence as a Nation. It was destroyed in 70 AD and was born again as a Nation in May 14, 1948 fulfilling the fig tree prophecy. Good post Bruce. Nando http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/july2010/brucew731-3.htm Bruce Warner (31 July 2010) "ISRAEL WILL BE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 69 YEARS AND 70 YEARS OF AGE Dear Doves, On Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets September 21, 2017 (Tishri 1, 5777) the Nation Israel will be 69 years of age - having had its 69th birthday previously on May 14, 2017. May 14, 2018 would ordinarily be its 70th birthday. I believe that the "great tribulation" of Matthew 24 will abruptly end ( ie. be cut-short ) for the Nation Israel before it attains the age of seventy years by the 'Second Coming' of our Lord on Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets September 21, 2017. The Jubilee Year begins ten days later on the Day of Atonement Tishir 10, 5777 when the Lord re-claims the earth to be His own Kingdom. Psalms 90:10 "The days of our lives are seventy years." Come Lord Jesus! Bruce Warner