Yes — the prophetic clock restarts when the Antichrist signs a seven-year treaty with Israel.
Daniel 9:27 describes a coming prince confirming a covenant for one week. Les Feldick teaches that the signing of that treaty is the triggering event that kicks God's time clock, stopped since the cross, back into gear for the final seven years before Christ returns.
Daniel 9:27 — Directly describes the one-week covenant made by the coming prince, which Les identifies as the event that restarts the prophetic clock.
The Bible declares that seventy weeks were determined for Daniel's people and the holy city (Daniel 9:24). After threescore and two weeks, the Messiah would be cut off, and the people of the prince that shall come would destroy the city and the sanctuary (Daniel 9:26). Daniel 9:27 then reveals that a coming prince will confirm a covenant with many for one week, and in the middle of the week the sacrifice and the oblation will cease. The text therefore supplies the covenant-making event that is central to this question.
Les Feldick teaches that God's prophetic clock is Daniel's seventy-week timeline for Israel. He says 483 of the 490 years were fulfilled by the crucifixion, and at the cross God's clock stopped because Israel rejected the King and the Kingdom. The church age has been an undetermined parenthetical period ever since. The triggering event that restarts the clock is the signing of a seven-year covenant by the Antichrist, who Les says is the 'prince that shall come' of Daniel 9:26 — the small-letter-p prince, the counterfeit Christ. Les expects him to come out of the European community, the revived Roman Empire, and to sign a peace treaty with Israel promising peace, prosperity, and safety. It may also involve Arab nations. Once the treaty is signed, the clock kicks back in gear and seven literal scriptural years run. At the midpoint — after 3 1/2 years — the Antichrist stops Israel's sacrifice and oblation, which means Israel must have functioning temple worship. Les also says that shortly after the treaty there will be the red horse of Revelation, which he equates with a Russian invasion from Ezekiel 38.
Daniel 9:27 (KJV) says, '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.' The 'he' refers back to 'the prince that shall come' in Daniel 9:26, whose people destroy the city and sanctuary. The verse gives the direct scriptural basis for a one-week covenant and a midpoint breaking of sacrifices.
Les identifies the signer of the treaty as the Antichrist, the coming prince described with a small letter 'p' in Daniel 9:26 — the counterfeit Christ. He says this man will come from the boundaries of the old Roman empire, and thinks he will come up out of the European community, the revived Roman Empire.
Les teaches that from the moment the Antichrist signs the seven-year treaty, God's time clock — stopped since the cross — kicks back in gear. There will be seven distinct literal scriptural years, then Christ returns. In the middle of that week the Antichrist will cause the sacrifice and oblation to stop, which requires Israel to already be practicing temple worship. Les also believes that shortly after the treaty there will be the red horse of Revelation, equated with the Russian and Gog/Magog invasion of Ezekiel 38.
Les says Daniel 9:27 says the covenant is 'with many.' Normally he feels it is a treaty with the nation of Israel, but it will also involve a lot of the Arab world, because the whole Middle East is the powder keg.
Daniel's 70th Week
Les explains that 483 of 490 years were fulfilled up to the cross, leaving seven years still to come; the 'prince that shall come' is identified by a small-letter 'p', showing he is a human prince, not Christ.
The Peace Treaty Restarts the Clock
Les teaches that on the day the Antichrist signs a seven-year peace treaty with Israel, God's time clock — stopped since the crucifixion — kicks back in gear for seven scriptural years.
Seven-Year Treaty Kicks Clock Back In Gear
Les repeats that the Antichrist's signing of a seven-year treaty with Israel is what restarts God's time clock after the church age pause.
Triggering Mechanism and Midpoint Ceasing
Les calls the treaty the triggering mechanism that restarts God's clock, and notes that in the middle of the seven years the Antichrist causes sacrifice and oblation, i.e., temple worship, to stop.
Final Seven Years Belong to Israel
Les places the church age between the 483 years and the final seven, explaining that after the church is gone God resumes the final seven years belonging to the prophetic 490, beginning with the Antichrist's treaty.
Promise of Peace and the Red Horse
Les says the Antichrist signs the treaty promising Israel peace, prosperity, and safety, triggering the final seven years, and he associates subsequent events with the red horse and a Russian/Gog-Magog invasion.
Daniel 9:27 as Triggering Mechanism
Les identifies Daniel 9:27 as the verse that describes the triggering mechanism: the Antichrist makes a covenant with Israel for one week of time, restarting the prophetic clock.
Middle East Peace Agreement and Temple Worship
Les teaches that this prince from the old Roman empire confirms a covenant with many — Israel and the Arab world — and that at the midpoint he stops sacrifices, which means Israel must have a temple.
Daniel 9:24: Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Sets the 490-year prophetic framework for Israel and Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:26: And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Distinguishes Messiah's cutting off from the coming prince whose people destroy the city and sanctuary.
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.
The central verse: a covenant confirmed for one week, with sacrifices stopped in the middle of the week.
The Antichrist signing a seven-year treaty with Israel restarts the clock. Les teaches that the moment the treaty is signed, the final seven years of Daniel's 70th week begin.
He is the Antichrist, described in Daniel 9:26 as the 'prince that shall come.' Les says he is the small-letter-p prince, the counterfeit Christ, and expects him to arise from the revived Roman Empire in Europe.
God's total for Israel was 490 years. 483 took Israel up to the cross; the remaining seven years were postponed during the church age and must still be fulfilled after the treaty is signed.
Daniel 9:27 says the prince will stop sacrifice and oblation in the middle of the week. Les points out that Israel can only have sacrifices stopped if they have functioning temple worship first.
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