What happens to temple worship when the Antichrist signs the seven-year treaty with Israel?
When the seven-year treaty is signed, the Antichrist grants Israel permission for temple worship, and if the temple is not yet built it soon will be. Israel returns to the law and sacrificial worship. After three and a half years, at the midpoint, he turns on the Jews and causes sacrifice and oblation to cease.
Les explains that Israel will feel secure because this man, with charisma and seeming economic and military power from Western Europe behind him, guarantees her safety and borders. Israel will almost think he is the Messiah, and he is benevolent. When he signs the seven-year treaty, he gives Israel permission to have temple worship; if the temple is not built by then, it soon will be, and Israel will come back under the law, into sacrifices and the whole nine yards. Les notes the Orthodox are gaining momentum over the secular in Israel. But in the middle of the week, after three and a half years or 1260 days, this man suddenly turns on the Jew. The verse says he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. Les points out that for something to cease, it has to start, so by the midpoint Israel will have been enjoying sacrificial temple worship with the blessings of the man Antichrist.
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.
More Questions
How long does the desolation of the temple by the Antichrist last in Daniel 9:27?
The overspreading of abominations will make the temple desolate all the way to the consummation, which means the end.
Why do we know Israel's temple will be operating by the midpoint of the seven years?
Israel's temple will be operating by the midpoint of the seven years, because the Antichrist will come in and cause the sacrifice, oblation, and rituals to stop.