Every Friday, I answer a common question related to the end times. Today’s is about the seven-year peace agreement confirmed by the Antichrist.
How do you see the seven-year peace agreement being generated? What position of authority would the Antichrist be in for him to sign it without being obvious that it is him?
The Bible does not say that the Antichrist signs or makes a treaty or agreement. He either confirms or approves something that has already happened. He will have to be in some kind of a governmental position, especially related to Israel, because this is a formal covenant he is making with them.
This is the prophet Daniel describing the evil reign of the Antichrist:
“Thus he said:
‘The fourth beast shall be
A fourth kingdom on earth,
Which shall be different from all other kingdoms,
And shall devour the whole earth,
Trample it and break it in pieces.
24 The ten horns are ten kings
Who shall arise from this kingdom.
And another shall rise after them;
He shall be different from the first ones,
And shall subdue three kings.
25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall persecute the saints of the Most High,
And shall intend to change times and law.
Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.
26 ‘But the court shall be seated,
And they shall take away his dominion,
To consume and destroy it forever.
27 Then the kingdom and dominion,
And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven,
Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High.
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.’”
—Daniel 7:23-27 (NKJV)
This passage is talking about the Antichrist and his global reign during the Tribulation. The reason I included that full text from Daniel is that it ends with the completion of the story of the Tribulation—Jesus returns at the Second Coming, and the saints rule and reign with Him during the Millennium.
Before then, a beast (the Antichrist) will rise up with 10 kings under him. The Antichrist will subdue three kings, but then he will rule over these 10 kingdoms. We know from Daniel 9 that he will arise from a revived Roman Empire. That area includes what today would be the European Union, parts of the Middle East, and Northern Africa.
In my opinion, the Gog-Magog War will coincide with the Antichrist’s rise to power. Some devastating event will happen, which is going to give him the opportunity to confirm his covenant with Israel. In the middle of the Tribulation, he will go into the Temple and proclaim himself God and speak pompous words against God. That is the Abomination of Desolation, which Jesus mentions in Matthew 24.
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