I have considered Zechariah 1:12's seventy-year period as a previously misunderstood 70-year period.  As we approach the day, the veil is being lifted.

 

When God recovered the Jews from the Diaspora exile, He did it (he is doing it) "with fury poured out".  Israel returned as a nation, born in a day, in unbelief.  Ezekiel prophesied this in Ezekiel 20:33-34.  Isaiah in 11:11, a hundred or so years before Ezekiel, spoke of God's second recovery of His people.

 

This second recovery is the Diaspora exile recovery of our day, epitomized by the national formation of a Jewish state on May 14, 1948.  God will deal with Israel as a nation during Daniel's 70th week.  Now God is dealing with individuals as salvation is personal and not national, an important dispensational distinction.

 

God's second recovery must be viewed in the context of "fury poured out" as stated by Ezekiel.  This view is consistent with my position on Zechariah 1:12's 70-years of indignation.  Indignation and fury are shared terms.   Ezekiel 20:34 supports Zechariah 1:12 in the context of exile recovery.   Daniel, too, speaking for the Lord says: "Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation..." (Daniel 8:19)   God's wrath abides on anyone who denies the Son. (John 3:36)  This is a doctrinal truth.  Israel returned in unbelief.   This wrath is expressed as fury poured out or indignation.

 

My Zechariah paper discusses God's favorable attitude toward Jerusalem and the cities of Judah following the return from the Babylonian exile. God blessed the Jews which returned to Jerusalem from Babylon from the day they laid the temple foundation in 535/4 B.C. (Haggai 2:18-19)   The Babylonian exile and the desolations of Jerusalem permitted Jerusalem to enjoy her Sabbath rest.  The people who caused the land to sin had been removed.

 

Then, Jesus, stands as a witness giving us and "end of the age" clue with His "fig tree" parable.    In Matthew 24:32 Jesus tells the reader to "learn" the parable.  This means that its meaning can be learned and known for the truth it represents.   The fig tree represented fruitless Israel which will be reborn as a nation, albeit in unbelief. (Matthew 21:18-20)    Luke gives us more information on this parable.  He says: "Behold, the fig tree and all the trees". (Luke 21:29-32)  If the fig tree represents the nation of Israel, then all the trees represent all the nations.  Sound familiar......the United Nations and Resolution 181 on November 29, 1947.

 

Jesus cut down the fig tree in 70 A.D.  We know that it was the nation in the parable of the cut down fig tree in Luke 13:6-7. 

 

And then there is the fig tree in Song of Songs 2:13.   Song of Songs has a resurrection/rapture application too.  It is interesting that the fig tree and putting forth leaves precedes the command to "Arise my love, my fair one, and come away."  Sounds like the "catching out" event.

 

The generation which observes the rebirth of the nation of Israel will live in the times of Matthew 24, Luke 21 and Mark 13.   A generation is 70 years, 80 if by strength, then we fly away. (Psalm 90:10.  King David, the offspring of Jesse (Revelation 22:16), lived to the age of 70.   70 is ten Sabbath cycles.  The Sabbath is the covenant sign to the Jew. (Ezekiel 20:12,20)

 

Now, I will challenge the historic position on the Daniel 9:27 covenant.  In Ezekiel 20, following the Diaspora recovery, in fury and indignation, during Daniel's 70th week, God will call out a remnant of Jewish believers who will keep the commandments of God and have the faith and testimony of Jesus. (Revelation 12:17, 14:12, 20:4)   These, He will bring into the "bond of His covenant" during Daniel's 70th week.  (Ezekiel 20:37)  The seed of Jacob, those who flee the transgression and keep the testimony (Isaiah 59:20) shall be saved. (Romans 11:26).  A remnant shall be saved. (Romans 9:27; Isaiah 10:21-23)   The Second Advent of Jesus commences the fulfillment of the confirmed, and previously deferred promises of the Abrahamic and Davidic promises to Daniel's people.  The confirmed covenant brings in everlasting righteousness and the anointing of the most Holy.

 

Ezekiel 20:34 confirms Zechariah 1:12 as a different 70-year period.  I believe it is highly likely we are living in the moment.  This prophecy is speaking today.

 

"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." (2 Peter 1:20-21)  God in Christ has spoken in the apostles, Ezekiel, Zechariah and Daniel on this subject.

 

The parable of the fig tree, Zechariah's 70-year of indignation, Isaiah 11:11, Daniel 8, and Ezekiel's Diaspora recovery "with fury poured out" are all in agreement.  This is quite an alignment.  The literary architecture of the Scriptures of Truth are awesome!  Glory to God.

 

Jesus is coming SOON!    Count the Omer unto the Feast of the Resurrection!

 

For supporting articles see:   www.9-11-2017.com

 

https://9-11-2017.com/2017/12/17/the-restoration-of-israel-into-the-bond-of-the-covenant/

https://9-11-2017.com/2017/06/06/the-70-years-of-indignation-apocalypse-israel-2017/

https://9-11-2017.com/2017/12/17/the-end-of-the-age-the-word-doctrine-and-prophecy/