Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972), a Belgian statesman who served as the first president of the UN General Assembly, the first president of the European Parliament, and a former Secretary General of NATO, made this infamous quote some seventy years ago:

“We do not want another committee. We have too many already. What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the allegiance of all people, and to lift us out of the economic morass into which we are sinking. Send us such a man, and be he God or devil, we will receive him.”

This quote might be a self-fulfilling prophecy, as the Bible speaks of a time when Spaak and others like him will get their wish. This should be a lesson to all. You should be very careful what you ask for. We know by Scripture that this man will not be God (unlike Jesus); he will be more like a devil. However, he will try to convince people that he is God.

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there comes a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he, as God sitting in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God” (2 Thess. 2:3-4). 

Before this man of sin (aka the Antichrist) appears, a new world order will be established by the globalist elites, who will implement a totalitarian world government. These powerful elite groups with a globalist agenda are conspiring to eventually rule the world through an authoritarian one-world government, which will replace sovereign nation-states.

Recently in the news: “Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, while speaking before the start of the G7 summit, implied that no one country or institution could be left out of or defy a new world order. ‘What one can’t do at this point in a rapidly shifting world order is to rely on one set of institutions, one grouping, one country to provide the answers,’ Carney said to reporters on June 14, while in County Mayo, Ireland, on his way to the G7 summit in France, which would take place from June 15 to 17 (2026).

While in Dublin, a day before his County Mayo remarks, Carney said that the G7 is where the New World Order begins. He said, “The new world order will be built starting with Europe.” {1} Canada’s PM Carney says ‘new world order’ is coming, will start with Europe – LifeSite

The global elites who are determined to bring in a New World Order seem fixated on the year 2030. The United Nations has set a deadline to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Agenda 2030 for S.D. has 17 goals for curing all of the world’s problems under the leadership of the unelected officials of the United Nations.

All nations are required to follow their guidelines to bring about this new utopia on Earth. They are to relinquish their national sovereignty and become a member of the New World Order. All members will be required to submit to the authority of the United Nations’ one-world government. The United Nations initiated the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development in 2015. They had a fifteen-year plan and are now four years away from their deadline.

2030 is also the year that many so-called experts predict that the world will reach a “tipping point” or a point of no return regarding solving or reversing climate change. More than 100 countries pledged to reverse deforestation by 2030. The EU’s 2030 Climate Target Plan aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. Other “experts” predict that by 2030, we will see significant technological achievements, such as artificial intelligence and automation. Five developers of quantum systems have announced plans to have fault-tolerant quantum computing hardware by 2030.

The World Health Organization and UNICEF have set a goal for universal access to basic sanitation by 2030. The World Bank has called for all countries to implement universal health care by 2030. Here is a pie-in-the-sky article by the WEF titled “30 Visions for a Better World in 2030.” 30 visions for a better world in 2030 | World Economic Forum (weforum.org).

In other words, 2030 seems to be the predicted year for significant global change. Global entities, such as the UN, WHO, WEF, IMF, WTO, and others, say this change will be for the good of all humanity, but those who read and study the Bible know it will not be. It will only lead to the worst time in history, known as the Tribulation, Day of the Lord, or Jacob’s Trouble.

“For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matthew 24:21-22).

“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time (Daniel 12:1).

Jeremiah the prophet is the one who gave this time of great tribulation the name “Jacob’s Trouble.” “Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it” (Jeremiah 30:7). The “he” in this verse is referring to Israel.

Because of the global elites’ plans to establish a world governance system by 2030, many students and teachers of biblical eschatology think the Antichrist could confirm the seven-year covenant of Daniel 9:27 with “the many” in this year (2030).

Daniel prophesies about these last seven years in Daniel 9:27, “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.” The ‘he’ in this verse is the Antichrist. The “one week” is for seven years in duration and is called Daniel’s 70th Week.

It’s rather obvious to me that the year 2030 will be somewhere within the seven-year timeline of Daniel’s 70th week. Some believe it could mark the beginning of Daniel’s 70th week (2030-2037), while others think it could be the middle (2026-2033), although time is running out for this option, as the Antichrist would have to confirm the covenant by the fall of 2026 (I haven’t given up on this option). Of course, 2030 is also within the first half of 2027-2034, 2028-2035, and 2029-2036.

THE CURSES OF LEVITICUS 26 AND DEUTERONOMY 28

The seventy years of desolation is a prophetic declaration in the Old Testament that describes a period of exile and judgment for Judah and Jerusalem, followed by restoration. It is most clearly set out in Jeremiah 29:10-11, where Jeremiah proclaims God’s word: “For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

In 539 BC, several years before the 70-year exile of Judah was to expire, Daniel was reading Jeremiah’s prophecy. He understood that the exile was nearing its end (per Daniel 9:2). He began to pray, asking God’s forgiveness for the sins of his people and pleading for the restoration of his people and Jerusalem. Daniel realized that Judah’s desolation was due to its apostasy (including idol worship) and unwillingness to obey God’s word.

Daniel prayed, “Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him” (Daniel 9:11).

The curse/s Daniel referred to are found in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28. God had given the people of Israel a choice: Obey me and be blessed, or disobey me and face curses. There are 10 blessings and 40 curses found in Deuteronomy 28. The number 40 generally symbolizes a period of testing, trial, or probation. The 40 curses in Chapter 28 symbolize the trials that God would place upon the children of Israel if they did not obey Him. See Deuteronomy 28:15-68: Lessons Regarding the 40 Curses that Come From Disobedience to God | Inspired Scripture.

One (of several) curses Israel experienced at the hands of the Babylonians was prophesied hundreds of years earlier (during the exodus from Egypt), as recorded in Deuteronomy 28:49-50.  “The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favor to the young.”

Jeremiah confirmed this prophecy in Jeremiah 5:15. “Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understands what they say.”

SEVENTY AND SEVENTY SEVENS

Daniel only used the Hebrew word ‘שבעים’ (šiḇʿîm) twice in reference to the number ‘seventy,‘ both in Daniel 9. The first time was in Daniel 9:2. “In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.”

One of the reasons for the seventy years of desolation was that the Jews had not obeyed the law of Leviticus 25:4: “But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.” The Israelites had failed to keep 70 Sabbath years (within a 490-year timeframe), regarding the land of Israel, since entering the Promised Land.

2 Chronicles 36:21 explicitly gave this as the reason for the 70-year exile: “And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: To fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years.”

The ‘sabbath’ in these verses is the seventh year of a seven-year cycle (or heptad week). Israel would be kept out of the Promised Land for 70 years (a year for each missed ‘sabbath’) until “the land had enjoyed her sabbaths.”

The next time Daniel used the word ‘seventy’ is in Daniel 9:24. “Seventy sevens are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Daniel 9:2 and 9:24 are prophetically connected. Daniel 9:2 is for a duration of seventy years, and Daniel 9:24 is for a timeline of seventy ‘sevens’ (of years). Most current prophecy teachers believe these “seventy sevens” represent 490 years (with an indeterminate gap of time between the 483rd and 490th years). I have a different interpretation of the “seventy sevens.” See Counting Sabbath Years in Daniel 9:24-27 :: By Randy Nettles – Rapture Ready. In Daniel 9, the number 70 appears to be the common denominator for the fulfillment of God’s judgments against Israel.

The number 70 has a sacred meaning in Scripture, composed of the factors of two perfect numbers, 7 (representing spiritual perfection and completeness) and 10 (representing ordinal perfection). As such, it symbolizes perfect spiritual order carried out with all power. It can also represent a period of judgment.”

Daniel 9:25 prophesies about the coming Jewish Messiah after 69 ‘weeks’ (or ‘sevens’) from the commandment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. Daniel 9:26 prophesies about the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple after the Messiah is killed. “And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.” 

Note: Some partial preterists believe that the “seventy weeks” in Daniel 9:24-27 were fulfilled during Jesus’ first advent. They believe the 70 weeks, or 490 years, were from 458 BC to 33 AD. In this interpretation, the 490 years began with Ezra’s return to Jerusalem in 458 BC to “teach statutes and ordinances in Israel” regarding the Law of Moses (Mosaic covenant) and to install magistrates and judges. The end date, resurrection day in 33 AD, was when the “new covenant” was confirmed after the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, shedding His holy blood on the cross.

Of course, I disagree with this (starting) timeline and the notion that the 70 weeks were fulfilled during Jesus’ first advent. I believe the timeline was from 444 BC to 33 AD. I also believe the last three verses in Daniel 9 are a “dual reference prophecy” (See Daniel’s Dual Reference Prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27) :: By Randy Nettles – Rapture Ready). Verses 25-26a are fulfilled during the first coming of Jesus, whereas verse 27 will be fulfilled during the seven years before Jesus’ second coming.

Jesus was crucified in 33 AD, and the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple 37 years later. Is it any wonder that Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed in 70 AD? The Second Temple was destroyed in 70 AD, so the question is, when will the Third Temple be built? We will speculate on the timing of this prophetic event later in the article.

SEVEN TIMES MORE CURSES

As I mentioned before, there are two places in the Torah where “blessings and curses” are discussed in the context of Israel’s conditional covenant regarding the Law. Leviticus 26 differs from Deuteronomy 28 in that the former concludes with a promise of restoration upon repentance, highlighting God’s willingness to forgive and restore Israel after punishment.

“Leviticus 26 is often seen as a reaffirmation of the covenant made at Sinai, emphasizing the relationship between obedience and the land’s fertility. It stresses the importance of the sabbatical year and the land’s rest, which is not as prominently featured in Deuteronomy 28.” {2} Comparing Curses – TheTorah.com

“And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it” (Leviticus 26:33-35).

Leviticus 26:14-39 describes what God would do to Israel if they refused to obey Him. Verse 18 says that after these curses, if the people still did not hearken to God, He would punish them seven more times for their sins. Verses 19-20 describe these curses. Verse 21 repeats the retribution of verse 18 and promises them “seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.” Verse 22 describes these plagues.

Verses 23-24 say if the people still did not obey God, He would “punish you yet seven times for your sins.” Verses 25-26 describe the next curses God would send for their disobedience. Verses 27-28 say once again that God would “chastise you seven times for your sins.” Verses 29-33 describe these chastisements. That’s a total of 28 (7 + 7 + 7 + 7) times more for their sins and unbelief. The number 28 appears to represent “above and beyond” the norm.

Leviticus 26:31-33 describes the last three curses that God inflicted upon the children of Israel for their repeated wickedness. “And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors. And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.”

These three verses describe the diaspora and what happened to the people and land of Israel after 70-135 AD and throughout the centuries. God’s initial judgment on Judea in the 6th century BC lasted 70 years, so this appears to be the normal duration of Israel’s judgment for disobeying God.

The Jewish diaspora began in 70 AD. It’s obvious the Jews were still not obeying God in 70 AD, so the Lord caused their judgment to be extended by seven times (according to Leviticus 26:18), which is 70 x 7 or 490 years. The end of these 490 years of the diaspora would have been in 560 AD. While there were some Jews living in Israel (now called Palestine), most of them were scattered throughout Mesopotamia (Iraq) and elsewhere.

During this time, the Jews in Judea focused their efforts on writing the Palestinian Talmud (or Talmud of the Land of Israel), and later the Jews in Babylonia on writing the Babylonian Talmud. These are commentaries on the Mishnah and the Gemara, the oral laws of Judaism that were added to those of Scripture.

Following the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 AD, the Pharisees began to put their oral laws in writing. The Palestinian Talmud was completed in 380 AD, and the Babylonian Talmud was completed in 500 AD. The Jews were concentrating on the rabbi’s interpretation of the Law (and making new laws up) instead of their Messiah, so of course, the Messiah couldn’t return yet. They were subject to yet another “seven times more” (according to Leviticus 26:21) punishment period of 490 years (70 x 7), during which they would be further scattered among the nations.

The end of this 490-year diaspora period was 1050 AD. During the 11th century AD, many massacres of Jews occurred, such as in Morocco and Granada. Many Jews lived in Baghdad until Iraq lost its leadership role in the Islamic Empire. In 1066 AD, Jews began moving into Western Europe, including England. The First Crusade began in 1095 AD, and many Jews were killed across Europe on the Crusaders’ way to the Holy Land. Of course, the Jews still rejected their Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, so they were punished yet another “seven times more” (according to Leviticus 26:24) or 490 years.

The next 490-year tribulation period ended in 1540 AD. The Portuguese Inquisition began in 1531 AD, thirty-nine years after the Jews’ expulsion from Spain in 1492. During this time, the Ottoman Empire controlled Jerusalem and the Holy Land, and the Jews and Christians living there were treated relatively well.

In 1494, Suleiman the Magnificent ascended to the throne of the empire in Constantinople. From 1537 to 1542, Suleiman laid out the Temple area as it is today and rebuilt the walls and gates of Jerusalem, which had been without a wall since 1219 AD. The Damascus Gate was the last to be finished in 1542 AD. The walls still stand today. Many Jews left Spain and resettled in Brazil in 1548. The Jews still did not accept Jesus as their Messiah, so they were subject to another “seven times more” judgment (according to Leviticus 26:28).

The next judgment phase of 490 years (70 x 7) will end in 2030 AD. It will have been 1,960 years (twenty-eight 70-year time periods) since the Second Temple was destroyed in 70 AD, as mentioned in Daniel 9:26b, “And the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.” These 1,960 years are described in Daniel 9:26c: “And the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”

1,960 is an interesting number. Some of its factor pairs include 28 x 70, 4 x 490, and 40 x 49. I have mentioned that chapter 28 is one of the “blessings and curses” chapters in Deuteronomy, and that 70 represents finality or judgment. There are four “seven times more” (70 x 7) curses in Leviticus 26, so 490 x 4 = 1960 years. 40 is the number for trials or testing, and 49 represents the Sabbath year, so 40 x 49 = 1960.

Even though Israel became a nation again in 1948 and reclaimed Jerusalem in 1967, the nation of Israel is largely a secular country and still does not acknowledge Jesus as their Messiah and the anointed Son of God. They are still under the last of God’s curses upon them for their unbelief in Jesus Christ.

THE LAST SEVEN?

When the last 490-year judgment phase is over in 2030, and Israel still has not accepted Jesus as the Christ, they still have to undergo the last and greatest of God’s judgments against them. This one will last only 7 years, but it will be the most severe judgment since Sodom and Gomorrah.

Daniel 12:1 describes it as, “a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation.” In Matthew 24:21-22, Jesus describes the last half of the seven-year Tribulation, “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.”

Could Daniel’s 70th week begin in 2030? Or perhaps 2030 will be the year that sees the completion of the third Temple’s construction in Jerusalem, after 1,960 (or 28 x 70) years since the destruction of the second Temple. If it is the latter, that would probably place the seven-year Tribulation between 2028 and 2035.

Since the global elites like 2030 so well, let’s examine the years 2030-2037 as a potential timeline for the Tribulation. We will use the criteria found in Reckoning Daniel’s 70th Week From the Gregorian Calendar to reckon the start, middle, and end dates of the seven-year Tribulation.

In this article, I wrote, “The Antichrist will not confirm or strengthen a seven-year covenant with Israel and the ‘many’ reckoned from the Jewish calendar or a hypothetical 360-day ‘prophetic’ calendar, but will do so based on the Gregorian calendar, either 2556 or 2557 days (depending on how many leap days are added in those seven years). So, whatever Gregorian calendar day the Tribulation begins on, it will ‘officially’ end seven years later on the same monthly date (either 2556 or 2557 days later).

This is not to say the Jewish lunisolar calendar isn’t in play, because it is the flip side of the Gregorian calendar. Whatever Gregorian day the beginning, middle, and end of the Tribulation fall on (or whatever event transpires on a particular day), there will be a corresponding Jewish calendar day, which holds the greater prophetic significance, as some of these timeframes mentioned in Daniel and Revelation (1260, 1290, and 1335 days) will land on important Jewish days or religious Feasts of the Lord (as described in Leviticus 23).”

2030-2037 (2557 Gregorian calendar days – 2540 Jewish calendar days)

Start: Oct. 7, 2030 (Tishri 10 – Yom Kippur)

1260 Days from the Start: March 20, 2034 (Nisan 1)

Middle (1278.5 Days from the Start): April 8, 2034 (Nisan 19 – 5th day of Unleavened Bread)

1251 Days from the Middle:  Sept. 10, 2037 (Tishri 1 – Rosh Hashana)

1260 Days from the Middle: Sept. 19, 2037 (Tishri 10 – Yom Kippur)

End (1278.5 Days from the Middle and 2557 Days from the Start): Oct. 7, 2037 (Tishri 27)

Post Trib. (1290 Days from the Middle):  Oct. 19, 2037 (Heshvan 10)

Post Trib. (1335 Days from the Middle):  Dec. 3, 2037 (Kislev 25 – 1st day of Hannukah)

Will the Antichrist confirm a seven-year (reckoned from the Gregorian calendar) covenant with “the many” on the seven-year anniversary of the October 7, 2023, barbaric Hamas attacks against Israel? In this potential scenario, the Tribulation would begin and end on this Gregorian date. The official start of the Tribulation would begin on the holiest day of the year for Jews, Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), which falls on 7/10 on the Jewish calendar and 10/7 on the Gregorian calendar.

If you deduct 70 (7 x 10) years from 2030, the difference is 1,960 (there is that number again!). 1960 is 7 years from 1967, which is the year of the Six-Day War between Israel and several Arab nations. There are 70 (10 x 7) years from 1967 to 2037.

CONCLUSION (by Pete Garcia)

While it is impossible to know with absolute certainty whether the year 2030 will factor into God’s prophetic calendar, that’s not to say we can’t know anything. Two verses come to mind.

First, the Apostle John writes in 1 John 5:19 that “We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.”

Second, the Apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 6:12, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

If Satan truly governs the present world system, and if global leaders remain fixated on the year 2030, then the principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, and spiritual forces of wickedness described in Scripture are not merely symbolic. They are real entities actively influencing human affairs in these last days. Just as holy angels have appeared in human form, it is reasonable to conclude that fallen angels may possess the same ability, enabling them to advance deception and wage spiritual warfare against humanity.

Furthermore, these fallen hosts were present at Christ’s crucifixion. They know precisely when it occurred and are not burdened by modern debates over whether it was A.D. 30, 31, or 33. If these spiritual powers exert influence over earthly rulers, and if those rulers are singularly focused on a particular year, then perhaps the fixation does not originate with men at all, but with the unseen forces directing them.

Unlike modern Western cultures, which usually assign significance only to particular dates because of secular holidays attached to them, Near Eastern cultures’ calendars (such as Israel’s) are marked by numerous religious holy days. Not only religious holidays but also historical dates (e.g., 9th of Av, Hanukkah, etc.) are canonized in their cultural memory because of the events associated with those dates.

As such, these times of significance to our enemy should not only be understood and acknowledged, but also investigated to see the why of their significance. Although we can’t know exactly what role the year 2030 will play just yet, we can be certain that it will, given the world’s present obsession with it.

Moreover, know that each day moving forward will press this generation increasingly deeper into the prophetic stage setting. How far further the Lord allows us to go is unknown, but with eyes to see and ears to hear, all of which the prophetic scripture shows us, we know it won’t be long.

“And he said, ‘Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand’” (Daniel 12:9-10).

Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Randy Nettles

rgeanie55@gmail.com

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