Jesus spoke of this time period in Matthew chapter 18:
21 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”
22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
Jesus specifically brings our attention to the number “490”, and then He immediately refers to the parable of the unforgiving servant.
23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
25 But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made.
26 The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’
27 Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
FATHER forgave Israel of its entire debt, but they did not learn their lesson of mercy and commitment to HIM:
28 “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
29 So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’
30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.
31 So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done.
The servant was greedy and only interested in “self” and continued enslavement of those who owed him money. He had no comprehension of “Jubilee”, the cancellation of debt.
32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’
34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
35 “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”
The Jews will suffer a period of being delivered to “the torturers” as their judgment for rejecting the Messiah. This is their just reward until their 490-year period is fulfilled. FATHER does not include the time when they were unable to fulfill their destiny. The following describes three other major intervals in history:
The time of Ishmael is not included in the time of restoration. This interval was removed from the calculation of the Jubilee. Abraham and Sarah did what was right in their own eyes and tried to bring forth The Promise by using Hagar.
The 2nd example of an interval of restoration:
When the Jews were in servitude, FATHER accounted for those years as well. Their servitude was a result of them “doing what was right in their own eyes!” This was the constant theme in the Book of Judges.
It is written by THE SPIRIT in Judges chapter 2:
1 Then the Angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: “I led you up from Egypt and brought you to the land of which I swore to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you.
2 And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this? 3 Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you.’“
4 So it was, when the Angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.
5 Then they called the name of that place Bochim (weeping); and they sacrificed there to the LORD.
6 And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.
Their remorse did not last long:
Judges 3:
5 Thus the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods.
7 So the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and Asherahs.
Their hearts were not changed and their compliance lasted only for a short while.
8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.
9 When the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.
The theme: wash, rinse, repeat.
The 3rd example of an interval:
The current interval of the church period is unknown to us. Once the harpazo occurs, the seventieth week will commence and Israel will fulfill its judgment.