Part 5 of 6 – Israel ~ God's Prophetic Timeclock

Equipping God's Saints (Followers of Christ) through the Prophecies of the End Times …

The 490-Year Prophecy:

Daniel 9:27 says:

“He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven [year period]. In the middle of the seven [years] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”

In order to understand what this means, we have to know several things about this verse. These are all things that will happen during this last 7-year period.

Question #1: Who is 'he' that will confirm the covenant?

'He' does 3 things:

a) He confirms the covenant

b) He causes the sacrifice and oblation to stop

c) He places the Abomination of Desolation

Daniel 11:21-22

The Antichrist confirms the covenant

Daniel 11:31

The Antichrist causes the sacrifice and the oblation to cease

Daniel 11:31

The Antichrist places the abomination that makes desolate

Question 1: Who is “He”?

Answer: The Antichrist

Question 2: What is the covenant?

Answer: Genesis 15:18 states:

“In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:”

This is a description of the Promised Land. That's the Abrahamic Covenant that the nation of Israel should have a homeland in the land of Israel.

Question 3: What is the confirmation of the covenant that starts the 7 year period?

Answer: The Bible teaches us when the Middle East Peace Agreement is signed, the Antichrist and the international community will confirm Israel's right to exist in the Holy Land. Presently, Israel's enemies deny that she has a right to a homeland there. Most of the Arab countries have yet to recognize Israel's right to exist. When the confirmation of the covenant takes place, the Final 7 years to Armageddon and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will begin. That's the reason we call this a prophecy with a date on it.

Question 4: What sacrifices will he stop?

Answer: The Middle East Peace Agreement will place the Temple Mount under a sharing arrangement between Muslim and Jews. This is told to us in Revelation 11:1-2. John was told to measure the Temple [the rebuilt Temple; the Jewish Temple]; don't measure the outer court, that will be trodden down by the Gentiles. It takes a picture of the Temple Mount and the sharing arrangement. Israel will be allowed to rebuild her Temple.

It says there ~ John was told to measure the Temple. He can't measure the Temple if there is none. Later on we're going to see that the Antichrist will stand in the Temple. You can't stand in the Temple if there is none. A Temple is going to be built on the Temple Mount.

When the Temple is completed, animal sacrifices will be offered just like they were in the Old Testament. These are the sacrifices that the Antichrist will stop. It will probably be at the urging of the animal rights activists.

Question 5: What is the “Abomination of Desolation”?

Answer: The Abomination of Desolation shows up many times in scripture. One place is when Jesus was teaching about prophecy in Matthew 24:15:

“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)”

The Abomination of Desolation stands in the Holy Place. The Holy Place is in the Temple, or at least on the Temple Mount. The Abomination of Desolation is when the Antichrist will stand in the Temple proclaiming to be God. The Apostle Paul described this in more detail in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4:

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day [the day of the Second Coming] shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin [the Antichrist] be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God; showing himself that he is God.”

This is describing an event that will happen 3 ½ years before the Battle of Armageddon. How will the Antichrist say it when he stands in the Temple Mount claiming to be God? I don't know, but when it happens, we will recognize it and when he does it, that is called the “Abomination of Desolation” because God said it 37 times in the Old Testament:

“I will put my Name on the

Temple Mount.”

That's the reason the Antichrist, who by that time will probably be possessed by Satan, is going to stand there and say that he's the ultimate authority.

Now let's take a closer look to events during the Final 7 years.

Resources: The anointing of the Holy Spirit and God Almighty, who I am accountable to. I have prayed diligently and am led to follow and support the teachings of Pastor Irvin Baxter from Endtime Ministries and his teachings of Understanding the End Times. I encourage you to visit his website at endtime.com.