Abrahamic Covenant in the Last Days

The 7-year tribulation is primarily Jewish in character. We call it the 70th week of Daniel. That comes out of Daniel, chapter 9, verses 24 and following where Daniel is told 70 weeks or 70 sevens are determined upon your people and your holy city, Jerusalem. Seven sevens, 490 years are what are necessary to bring Israel to the point of the establishing of the kingdom on earth that God had promised. The first 483 years concluded shortly before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Then there is a gap or a space, now almost 2000 years. Then there will be the rapture of the church. Then there will be a seven year, 70th week of Daniel, that will complete that program in preparing Israel for the kingdom. It's important as we move through Revelation that we keep in mind what God is doing with Israel. He's disciplining them for their sin and He's bringing them to their knees so that they will believe in the Messiah.