The Antichrist signs a seven-year peace treaty with Israel that guarantees their borders, permits temple worship, and is broken at the midpoint of the seven years.
Les Feldick identifies this treaty as the opening event of Daniel's 70th week, the final seven years of God's dealings with Israel. The Antichrist appears as a charismatic, powerful leader who promises peace and prosperity, but at the midpoint he stops temple sacrifice and forces Israel to worship him.
Daniel 9:27 — This is the main prophecy of a seven-year covenant confirmed by a coming prince, and it describes the midpoint breaking of that covenant by stopping temple sacrifice.
The Bible addresses this through the prophecy in Daniel 9:27, which describes a coming leader who will confirm the covenant with many for one week. The same verse says that in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. This one verse lays out both the seven-year peace treaty and the moment it is broken. Scripture does not use the word Antichrist here, but it predicts a prince who will make and later break this agreement with many. Because the prophecy speaks of the sacrifice and oblation being stopped, it also indicates that some form of temple worship will be in view during this period.
Les Feldick teaches that when the final seven years of Daniel's prophecy begin, the Antichrist will appear on the world stage and sign a seven-year treaty with the nation of Israel. He will be a political leader from the region of the old Roman Empire, arising with charisma, economic power, and military strength. Les says the Antichrist will promise Israel peace and prosperity, guarantee their borders against enemies, and give them permission to rebuild and operate the Temple. This is why Israel will be enamored with him and begin to wonder if he is the Messiah. Les also points out that the covenant will likely involve Arab countries as well because the entire Middle East is the powder keg. At the midpoint of the seven years, the Antichrist turns against Israel. He stops temple worship, causes an abomination, and forces Israel to worship him as their Messiah. The signing of the treaty restarts God's prophetic clock, which had been paused during the church age.
The Antichrist is the central figure who signs the seven-year covenant that begins Daniel's 70th week. Les teaches that he is the prince that shall come from Daniel 9 and that his confirmation of the covenant is the starting point of God's final seven years with Israel. His role includes guaranteeing Israel's borders and giving permission for temple worship, causing Israel to trust him as a messiah-like figure.
Les says the Antichrist will offer Israel peace and prosperity and will guarantee their borders against enemies. He will give them permission to rebuild the temple and resume sacrificial worship. Because of his charisma and economic and military power, Israel will almost think he is their Messiah.
Daniel 9:27 says that in the middle of the week he will cause sacrifice and oblation to cease. Les explains that the Antichrist will turn against Israel, go into the temple, cause an abomination that makes it desolate, and force Israel to worship him instead of God. This happens after the first three and a half years of the treaty.
When the Antichrist signs the treaty, it kicks God's time clock back into gear. The seven-year period is Daniel's 70th week, the same time frame the book of Revelation unfolds. The church age has been sandwiched between the 483 fulfilled years and the final seven years, so the treaty is the hinge that restarts prophecy.
Daniel's 70th Week and the Church Age
Les teaches that the seven-year treaty is the opening event of Daniel's 70th week, the final seven years God resumes with Israel after the church age.
The Seven-Year Treaty and Temple Worship
Les says the Antichrist signs the seven-year treaty, promising peace, guaranteed borders, and permission for temple worship; Israel will be enraptured with him.
The Midpoint Betrayal
Les says at the midpoint the Antichrist turns against Israel, enters the temple, causes an abomination, and forces them to worship him as their Messiah.
The Antichrist's Charisma and Guarantees
Les teaches the Antichrist will come with charisma and economic and military power, guaranteeing Israel's borders and giving permission for temple worship, so Israel will almost think he is the Messiah.
The Treaty Restarts God's Clock
Les teaches that the signing of this seven-year treaty restarts God's prophetic clock, which had been stopped during the church age.
Daniel 9:27 and the Midpoint Abomination
Les applies Daniel 9:27 to the Antichrist, showing he confirms the covenant with many, including Israel and Arab nations, and stops temple sacrifice at the midpoint.
The Antichrist as Israel's Expected King
Les says the covenant will guarantee Israel's borders, and the Antichrist will appear as everything Israel expects in a Messiah: political power, military power, and moral uprightness.
Brief Peace and Temple Worship
Les says for a while the Antichrist seems to keep his word, bringing peace and prosperity, allowing temple worship, and taking away Israel's fear of outside enemies.
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.
This verse describes the seven-year covenant of a coming prince and the midpoint abomination, which Les identifies as the Antichrist's treaty with Israel.
Les says the Antichrist will promise Israel peace, prosperity, protected borders, and permission for temple worship. These promises will make Israel so secure that they almost think he is the Messiah.
Israel will be awed by his charisma and economic and military power. They will be looking for a man with political power, military strength, and moral uprightness, and the Antichrist will seem to fit that profile.
He breaks it at the midpoint of the seven years. He stops the temple sacrifices, causes an abomination, and forces Israel to worship him as their Messiah.
Les says the covenant described in Daniel 9:27 is with many, so it likely includes Arab nations as well as Israel. The whole Middle East is the powder keg, not just Israel.
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