Christ comes to power

Appointed times end
“Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations until the appointed times of the nations [“the times of the Gentiles,” King James Version] are fulfilled.” — Prophecy of Jesus in Luke 21:24

Jesus prophesied that the Gentiles would rule over Jerusalem for a fixed period of time. Daniel chapter 4 indicates how long that period would last by relating a prophetic dream experienced by Nebuchadnezzar II. He saw a tree of enormous height that was chopped down. Its stump could not grow because it was banded with iron and copper. An angel declared: “Let seven times pass over it.” — Daniel 4:10-16

In the Hebrew Bible, the literary use of trees have represented rulership. (Ezekiel 17:22-24; 31:2-5) The chopping down of the symbolic tree represents an interruption in the rulership of the kings of Jerusalem.

John the Apostle explains that (three and a half times) gives a value of “1,260” (Revelation 12:6, 14).

“Seven times” would therefore double that value to 2,520.

Although, John the Apostle used a term for "day" (Koine: ἡμέρα, hēmera) as a unit of measure, it may not necessarily mean a 24 hour period of time. ἡμέρα (hēmera) may also be used as a general unit of time.

Both Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6, prophesy the concept of “a day for a year”. Thus, “seven times” can apply to 2,520 years.

On October 607 BCE the Babylonians besieged Jerusalem, which led to the last Davidic king of Jerusalem, Zedekiah, being removed from the throne.

2,520 years after Oct 607 BCE, gives Oct 1914 as the end of “the appointed times of the nations” with Jesus Christ, a Davidic king, being installed as Jehovah God's heavenly King over a new Jerusalem (Psalm 2:1-6; Daniel 7:13, 14).