The year 2017 is a multi-Jubilee year.
1. 50 years since the Jews retook Jerusalem.
2. 100 years since General Allenby took Jerusalem from the Turks.
3. 500 years since the Protestant Reformation
The Hebrew year is 5777. Seven in the number of completion.
“The Hebrew year is 5777.”
Zecharia Sitchin claimed that the Hebrew calendar year 1 was the event at the tower of Babel.