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68 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
month of 607 B.C. they fled down to Egypt . So
the land of Judah and Jerusalem was not left
desolate without human inhabitant to enjoy seven
ty sabbath years until along in October, 607 B .C.
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There a period of time began during which
there was to be no Theocratic kingdom on the
earth and no ruler of David's line would sit upon
the "throne of Jehovah" to represent Jehovah's
sovereignty over any part of the earth. There in
the fullest sense Satan the Devil became, what
2 Corinthians 4 :4 calls him, "the god of this system
of things ." NW Since Jehovah had used
Nebuchadnezzar to
destroy Jerusalem,
he indicated
to him how
long that period
of total domination
of the earth without divine interference would
be . Through an inspired dream to Nebuchadnezzar
which the prophet Daniel interpreted Jehovah
showed that the period was to be "seven times" .
Daniel 4 :16,23,25,32 Each of these "times"
corresponds to a year, and hence some transla-
13,14 . a What period of domination there began?
b How long did Jehovah show that period would be?