How long will the temple be desolate because of the Antichrist's abominations?
The temple will be desolate from the midpoint of the seven-year period, when the Antichrist causes sacrifice and oblation to cease, until the consummation—the end of the seven years. That desolation lasts approximately three and a half years, completing the full seven-year tribulation.
Les explains that in the middle of the week—at the end of three and a half years—the Antichrist causes the sacrifice and oblation to cease. For the overspreading of abominations he makes the temple desolate, even unto the consummation, that is, until the end of the seven years. So the desolation covers the last three and a half years of the tribulation. Les stresses that everything prophecy has declared will happen, and the scoffers can say what they want, but the book has declared it and we can rest on it. He also notes that this seven-year period is what all of Revelation deals with, and that Revelation 13:5 gives the Antichrist power to continue for forty-two months, bringing us to the midpoint of the tribulation.
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.
What does 'even unto the consummation' mean in Daniel's prophecy about the Antichrist making the temple desolate?
In Daniel's prophecy the word "consummation" means end, and the things "determined" are all the things foretold in the book of Revelation.
when is the daily sacrifice taken away and the abomination of desolation set up?
The taking away of the daily sacrifice happens at the midpoint of the Tribulation, at the end of the first 3.5 years, when the Antichrist goes into the Temple, defiles it, and turns on the nation of Israel with persecution unlike anything before.