Are There 7 Years Left for the Jews or 3 and Half Years?
1) Direct Answer
Three and a half years remain for the Jews, not seven.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Daniel 9:24-27 sets seventy weeks for Israel. Sixty-nine weeks ran to the coming of Messiah. The Bible says, “in the midst of the week” He would be cut off and cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease (Daniel 9:26-27). That shows the seventieth week was broken in the middle.
- Christ confirmed the covenant to Israel during His earthly ministry, then was cut off in the midst of the week. That leaves half a week—three and a half years—yet to be dealt with upon Israel.
- Revelation fixes that remaining period repeatedly:
- Forty-two months the holy city is trodden down (Revelation 11:2).
- The two witnesses prophesy 1,260 days to Israel (Revelation 11:3).
- The woman is nourished for “a time, times, and half a time” (three and a half years) (Revelation 12:14; compare 12:6).
- The beast continues forty-two months (Revelation 13:5).
- Romans 11:25 shows God turns back to Israel after the fullness of the Gentiles comes in, and Jeremiah 30:7 calls it the time of Jacob’s trouble.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
If Messiah was cut off “in the midst of the week,” then half of that week (three and a half years) remains. That exact span is echoed as 1,260 days, forty-two months, and “time, times, and half a time.” So the end-time dealing upon Israel is the last half of Daniel’s seventieth week, not a fresh seven years.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Now notice, if a full seven years still remained, why does Scripture keep marking the final period as forty-two months and 1,260 days? The Bible is consistent: three and a half years are left for Israel.
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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The Faith Of Abraham
59-0424A §36
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What it takes to overcome all unbelief: Our faith
60-0729 §9
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Hear ye Him
56-1215 §68
Now, according to the Scriptures, Jesus suffered once for sin, putting away all sin, sickness, and death, under the curse. He taken the curse upon Him and was made a curse for us. "He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we were healed." He was here on earth. He lived thirty three and a half years among men. He did not claim to be a healer. He said, "It's not me that doeth the works, it's my Father that dwelleth in me...
Led by the Spirit of God
56-0723 §52
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The uncertain sound
61-0429E §51
One day God said, "Now you've prophesied enough against them. Come on out of the field, and I'm going to let the judgments of your prophecy rain down on them." So Elijah went up on top of the mountain, up there for three-and-a-half years, or three years, when they was all about gnawing their tongues for pain. But he was sitting by a little brook, little spring, had spiritual revelation all the time, waters of life pouring up. The rest of them... And listen, brother, sister, let me tell you. One of these days when G...