God established a specific time to terminate Israel's punishment, as outlined in Leviticus 26, where He uses the phrase "seven times more" to refer to the duration of punishment. This phrase, repeated in verses 18, 21, 24, and 28, indicates a period of seven prophetic times, each time being a 360-day prophetic year. Calculating seven times as 2,520 days (7 x 360), and applying the year-for-a-day principle, this duration translates to 2,520 years. The punishment began with the fall of Israel in 718 BC and concluded in AD 1802, marking the end of the 2,520-year period during which God withheld the fulfillment of His conditional promises to Israel. This specific timeframe serves as a vital search criterion for identifying modern-day Israel.

The handwriting on the wall in Daniel 5:25, with the words mena, mena, tekel, and upharsin, represents weights totaling 126 shekels, equivalent to 2,520 gerahs. This symbolizes that God had weighed Belshazzar's kingdom and found it wanting, leading to its fall to the Medes and Persians that night. Additionally, in prophecy, as seen in Daniel 4, seven times of punishment equate to 2,520 days, and in certain contexts, each day represents a year. Thus, Babylon was to be punished for a period of 2,520 years. This period, having expired in 1982, suggests the rise of modern Babylon in this present generation, as also foretold in Revelation 18.

God foretold, about forty years before Israel entered the Promised Land, the consequences of turning from His commandments. As recorded in Leviticus 26, the prophecy stated that Israel would endure punishment for seven prophetic times, equivalent to 2520 years, if they strayed from His ways. This period began when Israel was overrun by the Assyrians in 721-718 BC and concluded in AD 1800-1803. True to the prophecy, during those concluding years, Great Britain and the United States began their ascent to global prominence, marking the fulfillment of the promised timeframe.