Israel is Dead to God for nigh 2000 years.....................1948 Israel are REBORN. So, there is NO GAP, you are thinking as men think, God says Israel was ALIVE as a Nation unto Him from 597 to 70 AD and thus during this time in two different phases they had 483 years of Judgment against them, but 7 years of that judgment remains, and as soon as the Time of the Gentiles (Rapture of the Church) is fulfilled, then Israel's 70th week Judgment will begin, but until then we are in the Summer Harvest or Church Age. Israel's 70th week only starts after the Rapture. I truly do not get why people can't see God gave the Prophecy in THREE PHASES for a purpose, not ONE PHASE of 490 years.
I agree Israel is dead for approx 2000 years and that it was judged in 70AD. With those true, consider this Word of truth that the Messiah taught Peter...
Matthew 18:21-22
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
It's the same number taught to Peter; a count of 490 is given until judgment for sin is just. The Almighty doesn't change, and Messiah is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Israel received a countdown of 490 to accomplish the list of tasks given to Jerusalem and the people to end their sin and bring in everlasting righteousness (Daniel 9). But they killed "the Bringer of everlasting righteousness", and we both acknowledge and agree Jerusalem was destroyed in 70AD. With the death of Stephen in 34 AD, their countdown came to an end, it wasn't paused but completed. Judgment was just.
As per the Fourth Beast, God states very clearly that the END TIME Beast comes from the people (Romans/Europeans) who sacked Israel/Jerusalem in 70 AD.
10 (DIVIDED Europe) arse from the Roman Empire as Iron and Clay doesn't MIX neither do these Nations for eons, they tried to reunite with Charlemeign with Napolean and via Hitler but to n avail, in Dan. 2:43 where it says they tried to "Mingle themselves with the SEED of men, but they didn't Cleave to one another" that means they also tried via Royal Marriage to reunite, but again, to no avail.
They are 10 or the COMPLETE NUMBER of Nations at any given time (be it 5 be it 15 be it 27 or 26) so 10 is used, that is DIVIDED unit they are allowed by God to reunite in the end times.
The fact that you state we are ALREADY living in the Iron and Clay and have been (I know where this goes, so even though the E.U. is that Kingdom, it's not "THAT KINGDOM", until the Conquer Israel and the whole Mediterranean Sea Region) lets me know you are one of those "The RCC and Pope are the Fourth Beast guys" sorry, that sir is laughable. I could use much stronger terms, but it's just not biblical, you have been seduced with one of TWO LIES going around which comes from Satan himself, the RCC/Pope lie (he may or may not be evil, but the RCC is not the Fourth Beast, that's asinine and unscriptural to boot) and the whole Joel Richardson untruth about the Anti-Christ being a Muslim man who arises out of a Muslim nation is also a Satanic head-fake.
^Is any of that scriptural?? Or did it comes from a movie plot or a series of books?
This is why the pause between the 69th & 70th weeks is so critical to dispel because it creates a mental block that completely overlooks 2000 years of satan building his kingdom. Recall that he had already fallen like lightning during the Messiah's ministry (as testified by Him). Does it make any sense that satan would be piddling around for 2000 years when we know Revelation said he has little time left after falling?