God established a specific time to terminate Israel's punishment, as outlined in Leviticus 26, where He uses the phrase "seven times more" to indicate the duration of punishment for Israel's disobedience. In this context, "seven times" refers to a period of seven prophetic years, with each prophetic year consisting of 360 days. Applying the day-for-a-year principle, each day represents one year, making the total duration of punishment 2,520 years (7 x 360 = 2,520). This period began with the fall of Israel in 718 BC and ended in AD 1802, marking the completion of God's withholding of His conditional promises to Israel. This calculation provides a precise criterion for identifying modern-day Israel.

God's precise control over events and destinies is evident in the prophetic timelines and judgments described in Scripture. The principle of a day representing a year in prophecy underscores this meticulous oversight, as seen in Ezekiel 4:6, where God instructs the prophet to bear the iniquity of the house of Judah for forty days, each day symbolizing a year. This principle reveals how God orchestrates time and events with exactness, ensuring that His plans unfold according to His divine will, whether through judgments of fire, scattering, or other means of purification and correction. His sovereignty guarantees that every detail, even the specific durations of punishment or trial, aligns perfectly with His purpose.

Within the framework of biblical prophecy, a significant principle emerges concerning the timing and duration of punishments upon Israel. In Leviticus 26, God outlines escalating disasters as consequences for continued sin, using the phrase "seven times for your sins" or "seven times more." Prophecy interpreters understand this not merely as an intensity descriptor but as a time element. They equate a "time" to a year, drawing from examples such as in Daniel 7:25 and Revelation 12:14 where "time, times, and half a time" are referenced. Applying a prophetic year of 360 days, seven times or seven years translates to 2520 literal days, which, using the day for a year principle, becomes 2520 years. This principle finds support in passages like Numbers 14:34, Ezekiel 4:6, and Daniel 9:24-27, where a day represents a year in prophetic contexts. Calculating from Israel's original fall around 720 BC, adding 2520 years brings the timeline to just after AD 1800, coinciding with the rise of Britain and America to world power. These 2520 years are viewed as a period of Israel's destitution in the wilderness, after which they begin to grow and receive the blessings promised to Abraham once more. Similarly, for Judah, counting from 604 BC, when Nebuchadnezzar first besieged Jerusalem, adding 2520 years reaches 1917, the year British General Edmund Allenby captured Jerusalem from the Turks, leading to Palestine becoming a British mandate and eventually to the return of the Jews as a nation in 1948. Thus, the punishments detailed in Leviticus 26 align with the prophetic timeline of the Great Tribulation, reflecting God's consistent warnings and measures of wrath upon His people during the time of Jacob's Trouble.