
Just before the seven years and probably about the time the Antichrist makes a covenant with the Jews, believers will be raptured out. Jesus quotes Daniel 9:27 in Matthew 24:15-16, "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains." In other words, "Run for your life!" This will leave the Jews helpless and many will be killed during this period of time. Then the covenant maker will go into the rebuilt temple and setup his throne and demand worship. This covenant will be a seven year covenant that will be broken after three and one-half years. Daniel 9:27, "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." This man who will destroy through the use of a promised peace is spoken of again in our text. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many : he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes but he shall be broken without hand." And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. Daniel tells us of this man.ĭaniel 8:23-25, "And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. There is a man, probably alive today, that will find a temporary solution to the terrorism in the Middle East. The Arabs and the Jews have permanent enmity toward one another.

This fight for her life began in the Old Testament.

Israel is and has been in trouble ever since she became a nation in 1948. This verse is a prophecy that explains what will happen in the last days for Israel. "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
