What covenant does the Antichrist make in Daniel 9:27?
The prince from the old Roman empire, identified as the Antichrist, confirms a covenant or treaty with many. This is understood as a peace agreement with Israel and her neighbors. At the midpoint of the seven-year week, after three and a half years, he causes sacrifice and oblation to stop.
Les explains that verse 27 describes the Antichrist, the prince coming from the old Roman empire, confirming a covenant or making a treaty with many. Normally this treaty is thought to be with Israel, but Les says it will also involve a lot of the Arab world, since the whole Middle East is the powder keg, not just Israel. He suggests the Antichrist will make a peace agreement with Israel and her neighbors. Then in the middle of the week—at the end of 3½ years—he causes the sacrifice and oblation to stop. That implies Israel must have a temple before the midpoint of the tribulation, and Les says they will have it operating by then. How the agreement allows this, perhaps next to the Mosque of Omar, he does not know, but he is confident the temple will be there because the man causes the rituals to stop.
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.
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Where does the Antichrist come from according to Daniel 9:27?
The Antichrist is the prince who will come from out of the boundaries of the old Roman empire.