Key Dates in Daniel's 70th Week
"Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city …" — Danieli9:24
Friday, April 6th has come and gone. The next date that commends itself — sort of — is April 19th, mainly because day #1335 from that date would be December 14, 2021 which is the fourth fast. This, to me, is not all that exciting. The following day, April 20th is Iyyar 5 on the Hebrew calendar, and is 70 years from the founding of the modern State of Israel. We can hope, but I am crunching the numbers based on the assumption that the LORD confirms His covenant with Israel on Shavuot, which falls on Sunday, May 20th. This places the anniversary of the fourth fast on Day #1305, which is the end of the last diaspora.
"Tradition" has the Ascension on the Thursday ten days before Pentecost. This is based on the statement by Luke in Acts 1:3 as well as various unprovable assumptions: 1) that the 40 days began on the day of the resurrection, 2) that the beginning and end days are included, and Jesus then ascended on the 40th day, and 3) that the "40 days" is literal rather than either symbolic or approximate. We don't know, and we can't know ... but we can pretend to know. So we'll assume that the rapture might happen on or after Ascension Thursday, and we'll find out for sure when the day arrives.
While we're waiting, you might want to read Rapture: TBD? by Greg Lauer. He makes the point that God is not "moving" or "adjusting" the time of the rapture, nor is He delaying or tarrying. Also, our friend Daniel Matson has a few of his own reasons for believing this upcoming Pentecost will be significant: Understanding the Time–-Pentecost.
Just to be clear: I am NOT "setting a date." What follows is simply the necessary dates if the original conjecture is correct.
Day
NumberGregorian date Hebrew date Remarks -9 10 May 2018 Iyyar 25 Traditional "Ascension Thursday"
Possible rapture date (NOTE: ANY date before the confirmation of the covenant is a perfectly reasonable date for the rapture.)-5 14 May 2018 Iyyar 29 Muslims plan "Million Man March" to Jerusalem; possible fulfillment of Joel 1:4-7
(NOTE: This is two days before the beginning of Ramadan.)1 20 May 2018 Sivan 6 Pentecost or Shavuot
The confirmation of the Covenant (Daniel 9:27)
Two witnesses begin public ministry (Rev. 11:3)45 3 July 2018 Tammuz 20 "The daily" is taken away (Acts 2:46-47)
Abomination of Desolation set up; beginning of 1,290-day count to final victory (Daniel 12:11)
Beginning of 1,260-day final diaspora. (Rev. 12:6)(Zech. 14:2)46 - 1259
The Beast System controls the world from Jerusalem 1260 30 Oct 2021 Cheshvan 24 Death of the Two Witnesses (Rev. 11:7)
Day before Halloween1264 3 Nov 2021 Cheshvan 27 Resurrection of the Two Witnesses and major earthquake (Rev. 11:12-13)
Possible fulfillment of Zechariah 14:4
Possible "end to sacrifice and offering …" (Daniel 9:27)1305 14 Dec 2021 Tevet 10 End of 1,260-day final diaspora.
Asarah B'Tevet - fast day commemorating the fall of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:1-2).1335 13 Jan 2022 Shebat 11 "Blessed is he who … comes to the 1,335th day" (Daniel 12:12) 2152 9 Apr 2024 Nisan 1 Cleansing of the Sanctuary (Ezekiel 45:18) 2412 25 Dec 2024 Kislev 24 First day of Hanukkah - "Dedication"
Anointing of the "Most Holy" (Ezekiel 41:4, Ezekiel 45:3) (Daniel 9:24)2520 12 Apr 2025 Nisan 14 Passover
End of 84th month2550 12 May 2025 Iyyar 14 End of Daniel's final heptad by month count 2570 1 Jun 2025 Sivan 5 End of Daniel's final heptad by calendar reckoning http://www.rogershermansociety.org/heptad.htm
Best,
Steve