Hi Seville, it is absolutely in concrete that the 70th week follows immediately after Gog/Magog.
But there may be a scenario that the current situation with Russia, Turkey, Iran gets delayed until after the temple is built.
The limitation is before the end of 2030, Gog/Magog has to take place... 1967+70 years = 2037 minus 7 years = 2030.
The scenario would be Trump's peace plan facilitates the building of the third temple. There are over ten years left between now and 2030 to do so. That would allow for a substantial sized temple to be built. And would also set up Israel living in peace in Ezekiel 38.
I am only saying that is a possible scenario. Right now Russia, Turkey, Iran appear to be on a direct route to Gog/Magog... which if that happens before a third temple is built, would require a downsized core temple to be built within the first year of 7 years.
Trump was supposed to have revealed his peace plan at the U.N. annual general assembly, but so far has not happened.
The Jews in Israel are touting Trump as the second Cyrus.
Douggg, I'm aware you believe the battle of Gog & Magog happens before the tribulation but I don't think I'll be able to convince you otherwise even with verses like Ezekiel 38:11-14 showing Israel living in such peace and safety without walls or bars that the A/C's army marched into Jerusalem uncontested without them being aware that they had being invaded, Ezekiel 38:14.
Ezekiel 38:11-14 King James Version (KJV)
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
Something significant has to happen to cause Israel to go into such peace before Ezekiel 38 can happen because Israel surely is not in any type of peace currently. If your answer is a war, then yes it's partially correct, but it's not the war you think.
Go back to Psalm 118:18-27. Now have a look at the verses before verse 18. Israel is at war and she will be surrounded by her enemies, but it's not the Ezekiel 38 war.
This war involves Israel's immediate neighboring countries: Lebanon (Hezbollah), Syria (Assad), Gaza (Hamas), maybe Fatah - the terrorist group in Palestine, maybe the Sinai but not involving Egypt and I don't think Jordan is involved either, but maybe against Iran.
All these terrorist organizations within the countries surrounding Israel has to be eliminated before a real peace deal can be achieved.
Meaning even if Israel and the Palestinians agree to an eternal peace agreement, Israel will continue with the threat of war because these terrorist group don't abide by international laws or agreements. They have to be eliminated in order for Israel to achieve real peace in the Middle East. And Israel knows this too. It's why Israel is pushing for war now under Trump's administration. It's the only way to attain real peace.
This is also why in the preceding verses: Psalm 118:10-118, you see Israel in a war before the construction of a temple and Jesus comes.
Psalm 118:10-18 New King James Version (NKJV)
10 All nations surrounded me,
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
11 They surrounded me,
Yes, they surrounded me;
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
12 They surrounded me like bees;
They were quenched like a fire of thorns;
For in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
13 You pushed me violently, that I might fall,
But the Lord helped me.
14 The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation
Is in the tents of the righteous;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live,
And declare the works of the Lord.
18 The Lord has chastened me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.
This war between Israel and her surrounding neighbors are also confirmed in Isaiah 26:11-21, showing Israel victorious over her surrounding enemies and will expand her borders into those invading countries. Soon after the war comes the rapture in verse 19 and the second coming in verse 21.
Israel's war: verses 11-18.
Jesus comes for the church: verse 19.
Second coming: verse 21.
A/C defeated: Isaiah 27:1
Isaiah 26:11-21 King James Version (KJV)
11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Isaiah 27:1 King James Version (KJV)
1 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
When this war happens, I'm sure many people will think Psalm 83. No, it's not Psalm 83, that already happened back in 1947-49, the war of Independence. Some people will think Gog/Magog, but that's not correct either because G/M will happen when Israel is in full peace and safety without walls, gates and bars. G/M will happen during the middle of the 7 year tribulation after the peace treaty and all the surrounding terrorist groups are eliminated in the coming months.