When will temple sacrifices stop during the Tribulation according to Daniel?
Daniel 9:27 places the cessation at the midpoint of the seven-year covenant, after three and a half years. The prince who comes confirms the covenant with many, then causes sacrifice and oblation to cease. This implies the rebuilt temple will be operating before that midpoint, when the Antichrist turns against the Jews.
Les explains that Daniel 9:27 speaks of the prince who shall come, who makes a covenant with many Jews for seven years—one week. In the middle of that week, at the end of three and a half years, he causes the sacrifice and oblation to cease. Les points out that for temple worship to cease, it must first be going; therefore Israel must have her temple rebuilt and operating. At the midpoint, the Antichrist enters the temple, turns on the Jew, sets himself up as God, and forces worship of himself rather than the God of the Old Testament. Les notes this religion will not be one in which God is working, similar to Judaism during Christ's earthly ministry.
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
What does Daniel 9:27 mean when it says the Antichrist will cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease?
Daniel 9:27's statement that the sacrifice is caused to cease implies the sacrifices had already started, so by the midpoint of the seven years Israel will have been enjoying sacrificial temple worship with the Antichrist's blessings.
what does daniel 9:27 say happens in the middle of the seven years?
At the middle of the seven-year period—after three and a half years—the Antichrist will cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease, make the temple desolate until the end of the seven years, and all that is determined will be poured out upon the Antichrist.
Why must Israel have resumed temple sacrifices before the midpoint of the seven years?
For the sacrifices to be stopped, they must have already started; therefore Israel will have been enjoying sacrificial temple worship before the midpoint, with the Antichrist's blessing.