A. We are the only creatures in heaven and earth which get to ask God for things.

This is a dignity far beyond anything that we can imagine. What other creature

gets to approach the eternal King of Glory and ask for things? To ask is an honor

far beyond our fathoming. We ask, God hears, and angels are dispatched with

divine decrees. How unthinkable. Weak human beings lift their voices and the

God of Heaven hears and releases His governmental decrees to change planet

earth.

B. It is rooted in our design. God has forever connected government and intimacy.

Our dominion is forever linked with our dependency upon intimacy and asking.

Governmental decisions are never outside the context of intimacy, love, and

fascination. God loves to be asked, He loves to hear, and He loves to thrill us

through the answers. God designs the creatures made in His image with the

our Bridegroom God and ask Him for decisions on the earth. Intercession is at the

base level of what it means to be human and made in the image of the living God.

Government is never simply making decisions with a given set of facts. It is

always indelibly marked with leaning, communing, and asking. Government is

more than enforcing divine order. It is filled with intimacy, light, and love. It is

the fascinated interplay of human asking and divine answering unto worship,

wonder, and whispers of love.

C. When ministers tell me that they are not into the prayer thing. My jaw drops

because of the lack of basic understanding. Intercession is not a personality

profile or option in the Christian life. It is at the core of what it means to be

choice. It is the beauty of our race, our species. It is the nobility of being invited

into the image of the living God. We ask, He hears, and angels are released to

enforce divine decrees. Who would want to be anything else?"

ancient eternal decree of the Father concerning ruler ship of planet earth. David has an

extraordinary revelation concerning the government of planet earth that kept his heart in

righteousness until the very end.

A. Government is released through asking. The Father commands that in the context

of intimacy and love, government will be accomplished through asking.

David sees the divine pattern and sets up the prayer and worship ministry as the

heart and soul of his kingdom. In I Chron. 28:10-19 David states that the Lord

gave him the plans for the Temple and charged Solomon to follow through on its

design.

Lord’s provision and rule through intimacy.

1. 1 Chronicles 21:1 Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to

number Israel.

a. 2 Samuel 24:1 states that it was the anger of the Lord which was

aroused against Israel and He moved David against them. 2 Sam.

gives us insight into the test that God allowed to come upon David.

Would David trust in his strength or would he trust in the Lord.

Ps. 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in

man. NKJV

Ps. 146:3-6 Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in

whom there is no help. 4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In

that very day his plans perish. 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob

for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, 6 Who made heaven

and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever,

Prov. 29:25 The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the

LORD shall be safe. NKJV

Isa. 31:1-3 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on

horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen

because they are very strong, But who do not look to the Holy One of

Israel, Nor seek the LORD! 2 Yet He also is wise and will bring

disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the

house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity. 3

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh,

and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who

helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; They all will

perish together. Jer. 17:5 Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man

who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs

from the LORD.

Jer. 17:5 Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man

And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.

b. Joab resists, but David influenced by Satan overpowers their

resistance. "The king’s word prevailed against Joab and the captains

of the army."

against Joab and against the captains of the army. Therefore Joab

and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to

count the people of Israel.

2. It becomes the place where the Temple is built.

1 Chron. 21:16-17 Then David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the

LORD standing between earth and heaven, having in his hand a drawn

sword stretched out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders, clothed in

sackcloth, fell on their faces. 17 And David said to God, "Was it not I who

commanded the people to be numbered? I am the one who has sinned and

done evil indeed; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I

pray, O LORD my God, be against me and my father's house, but not

against Your people that they should be plagued."

1 Chron. 21:26-22:2 And David built there an altar to the LORD, and

offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the LORD; and

He answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering. 27 So

the LORD commanded the angel, and he returned his sword to its sheath.

28 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the

threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. 29 For the

tabernacle of the LORD and the altar of the burnt offering, which Moses

had made in the wilderness, were at that time at the high place in Gibeon.

30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of

the sword of the angel of the LORD. 1 Chronicles 22 Then David

said,"This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt

offering for Israel."

throne and preempt the building of the Temple.

2. 1 Chron. 28

3. 1 Chron. 29

B. Asking for Wisdom and the Building of the Temple

C. The Governmental Prayer of II Chron. 6 & 7

2. The Wisest Prayer

3. Solomon in his prayer draws upon Deut. 28-32 and lays the foundation for

intercession into the heart of the priestly ministry.

II Chron. 6:18-21 "But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth?

Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How

4. Solomon in verses 36-39 gives the formula for return from exile and links

it to the intercession of the God’s people in the land of their exile.

II Chron. 6:36-39 "When they sin against You (for there is no one who

does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the

enemy, and they take them captive to a land far or near; 37 "yet when they

come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and

repent, and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying,

'We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have committed wickedness';

38 "and when they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul

in the land of their captivity, where they have been carried captive, and

pray toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You

have chosen, and toward the temple which I have built for Your name: 39

"then hear from heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their

supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have

sinned against You.

Solomon’s prayer and forever links the destiny of the people of God with

the priestly ministry of intercession.

II Chron. 7:1-3 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down

from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the

glory of the LORD filled the temple. 2 And the priests could not enter the

house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the

LORD'S house. 3 When all the children of Israel saw how the fire came

down, and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed their faces to

the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the LORD,

saying: "For He is good, For His mercy endures forever."

6. God appears to Solomon at night and confirms the arrangement.

II Chron. 7:12-16 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and

said to him: "I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for

Myself as a house of sacrifice. 13 "When I shut up heaven and there is no

rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among

My people, 14 "if My people who are called by My name will humble

themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways,

then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

15 "Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in

this place. 16 "For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My

name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there

perpetually.

A. Dan. 9:1-4 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the

Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans -- 2 in the first year

of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified

by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would

accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 3 Then I set my face

toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting,

sackcloth, and ashes.

B. Daniel follows in the tradition of how human government is dependent upon the

ministry of intercession. He has access to the highest government official of the

day. Yet, he chooses to forgo a governmental appeal to Darius and enters into His

heavenly gift as a governmental leader in a higher court and palace. He enters

into a higher form of government, enters the bedroom chamber of the King of

Kings, and requests forgiveness and release.

C. He sets His face towards the Lord God. He sets is face towards Adonai, the all

powerful One, the Sovereign Ruler of Heaven and Earth. He sets His face toward

Yahweh, the covenant God who has set His affections upon Israel to love them.

In that place Daniel prays and makes confession.

Chron. 6 & 7. He declares both God’s righteousness and mercy as he confesses

that it is Israel’s sin, rebellion, and defiance of God’s law and prophets that has

led to God inflicting the curse and oath of Deut. 28 and 32 against Israel. Daniel

calls to the God of the Exodus and confesses their sin. He then makes

intercession from the Word of God established in Solomon’s prayer.

E. While Daniel is speaking, yes, while he is speaking, Gabriel appears before

Daniel about the time of the evening offering. Gabriel goes beyond the current

exile and addresses the whole of Israel’s history.

Dan. 9:20-23 Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the

sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God

for the holy mountain of my God, 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man

Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly

swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. 22 And he informed

me, and talked with me, and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you

skill to understand. 23 At the beginning of your supplications the command went

out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider

the matter, and understand the vision:

A. We must understand this for ministry at the end of the age. When all the

resources are taken away, intercession is all there is. They can take your building,

B. The Story of the Famous Evangelist in China Who Had a Stroke and Could Not

Travel. When he prayed from the hospital bed all of China shook.

C. We must move into the nobility of our calling of intercessors. We must move

past our shame and guilt into the nobility of our calling, the very thing which

Jesus purchased with Royal Blood. We must not strain at a gnat and swallow a

camel. You think you are a mess, but you are actually much worse than you

perceive. Your problem is not the things you’ve done wrong. You have a much

fought for.

D. The five-fold ministry is currently divorced from intercession. The New

Testament clearly joins the five-fold ministry to intercession. It would be an

affront to the Apostles of the early church to have prayer meetings occurring

where the five-fold ministry was not leading them. We have wrongly proclaimed

intercession as left to the specially gifted ones. NO! Intercession is by our

design. It is at the core of what it means to be human. We as leaders have given

ourselves to the latest fads in church growth, the latest conference, yet we do not

enter into the very thing which makes us live. We fail to be what He made us to

E. Jer. 23

F. Jer. 27:16-18 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, "Thus says

the LORD: 'Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you,

saying, "Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house will now shortly be brought

back from Babylon"; for they prophesy a lie to you. 17 Do not listen to them;

make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the

house of the LORD, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, do not go

to Babylon.'

Dan. 9:1-4 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes,

who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans -- 2 in the first year of his reign I,

Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the

LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the

desolations of Jerusalem. 3 Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by

prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. NKJV

A. In the First Year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes,

who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans –538 B.C. Daniel is nearly

eighty years old.

B. Backdrop of the Prayer – Jeremiah’s Prophecy in Jeremiah 25:8-12, Jer. 29:10,

and 2 Chron. 36:21. Reading Jeremiah, Daniel understands the number of years

of Israel’s desolations and subsequent release from captivity. I believe that

C. Daniel’s Response

1. Setting of his face toward the Lord God

2. Request by Prayer and Supplication

3. With Fasting, Sackcloth, and Ashes

4. Daniel "Made Confession"

A. The God Who Daniel Addresses His Prayer –Daniel 9:4b

1. The Lord, Great and Awesome God –Daniel appeals to Adonai, the All

Powerful One, the Sovereign Ruler of Heaven and Earth. And, he appeals

to Yahweh, the covenant God who has set His affections upon Israel to

love them.

2. Who Keeps His Covenant and Mercy with Those Who:

a. Love Him

b. Who Keep His Commandments

B. Initial Confession –Daniel 9:5-6

1. We Have Departed from Your Precepts and Your Judgments

a. Sinned

b. Committed Iniquity

c. Done Wickedly

d. Rebelled

2. We have not heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name

to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land.

C. The Vindication of God and the Shame of Israel –Daniel 9:7-8

1. God’s Righteousness v. the Shame of Israel’s Face

a. God has righteously driven the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel

to other countries.

b. God’srighteous judgment due to Israel’s unfaithfulness

c. Shame of Face belongs to our kings, our princes, and our fathers,

because they have sinned against God.

D. The Merciful, Forgiving, Covenant Keeping God v. The Rebellious Israel –

Daniel 9:9-14

1. Daniel affirms the merciful and gracious nature of God.

2. He rightly points to God’s just sending of the Deuteronomic Curses upon

Israel due to their rebellion.

3. Daniel also states that God’s judgments have been in order to turn Israel

E. Appealing to the Exodus, Covenant Keeping God and Praying God’s Word as

Established in II Chron. 6 & 7 –Daniel 9:15-19

Dan. 9:20-23 Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of

my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy

mountain of my God, 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I

had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the

time of the evening offering. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, "O

Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. 23 At the beginning of

your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are

greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision: NKJV

A. While Daniel is still speaking, Gabriel appears. The name, Gabriel, means, "the

strong man of the strong God". Daniel restates that it was while he was speaking

B. This comes at the time of the evening offering between 3 and 4 pm. Though

Daniel has not participated in the evening sacrifice in 65 years and although the

sacrifices themselves ended almost fifty years prior due to the destruction of

Israel, Daniel still faithfully prays during this time.

C. Gabriel touches Daniel and comes to specifically give him skill to understand.

Again, Daniel is in need of divine assistance in understanding the end of the age

scenario. Gabriel also points out that at the beginning of his supplications the

command went out. Intercession is answered at the beginning of Daniel’s

supplications.

D. Gabriel goes further to bolster Daniel’s heart in the love of God and tells him that

he is greatly beloved by God. Daniel is a treasured possession to the Lord.

Daniel has faithfully prayed over the disturbing visions in chapters seven and

eight for 17 years! God now releases the revelation of His great love for Daniel in

order to strengthen his heart to overcome all fear. His body is weakening at

eighty. How will Israel fare? Will the chastisement end? Has Israel met the

conditions of Deut. 30? God comforts Daniel in the midst of the prophetic burden

Dan. 9:24-27 "Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To

finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To

bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the

Most Holy.

25 "Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To

restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and

sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.

26 "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the

people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it

shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 Then he

shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall

bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who

makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the

desolate." NKJV

A. Daniel intercedes for Israel’s release from Babylonian captivity and receives the

answer that there is another period of desolation coming. Israel will return to her

land, but only to enter into more desolation at the hands of Rome and then again

at the hands of a coming prince.

B. It is revealed that 70 years will not end Israel’s captivity from their sinfulness and

rebellion. It will be seventy sevens before the end. That is, seventy periods of

seven years will pass before Israel is in right standing with Yahweh.

C. This prophecy is Israel specific. Israel and Jerusalem will pass through seventy

prophetic periods of seven years and then six things will be accomplished.

1. To finish transgression

2. To make an end of sins

3. To make reconciliation for iniquity

4. To bring in everlasting righteousness –Salvation of Israel and the

Millennial Reign of Christ.

5. To seal up vision and prophecy –Fulfilling all the prophetic promises.

Peter calls this the time of the restoration of all things in Acts 3:21

Acts 3:19-26 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be

blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the

Lord, 20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you

before, 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all

things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since

the world began. 22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, 'The LORD your

God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you

shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. 23 And it shall be that

every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from

among the people.' 24 Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those

who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. 25

You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with

our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the

earth shall be blessed.' 26 To you first, God, having raised up His Servant

Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your

iniquities." NKJV

6. To anoint the Most Holy –The literal reign of Christ over the earth from

Jerusalem.

A. The Time Frame of the Seventy Seven Year Periods –490 years.

1. The Hebrew phrase that is translated in the NKJV as seventy weeks is

days, weeks, or years. Most scholars agree that it should be translated

seventy sevens or seventy periods of seven years.

2. The prophecy indicates that this seventy sevens season for Israel will

begin when a command goes forth for the rebuilding of Jerusalem. There

will be seventy sevens that coincide with the rebuilding of Jerusalem and

then 69 sevens which will lead up to the time of the Messiah. After 69

sevens or 483 years the Messiah will be cut off, followed by the

destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by Rome. This occurred when

Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 A.D.

3. This will lead to an intermediate time frame known as the war desolations.

Then the prince of the people who destroyed the city and sanctuary right

after the 69th seven will make a strong covenant with Israel. However, this

covenant will turn rancid in the middle of the seven year period. At that

time this prince will bring an end to religious practice with the

abomination of desolation.

4. The consummation or the end of Israel’s exile takes place when this

wicked prince is destroyed at the Second Coming of Christ.

B. Two Views for persons who hold to the 490 years as a literal figure.

1. The starting point began with the decree of Artaxerxes I to Ezra in 458

Stephen Miller holds to this view.

a. This view has strength in that the years are literal and calculated

according to a normal calendar year. It also has strength in pointing to

b. It weakness lies in the fact that there is no mention in the decree for

Ezra to rebuild Jerusalem.

2. The starting point began with a second decree issued by Artaxerxes I to

Nehemiah in 445 B.C. and ends with the triumphal entry on Palm Sunday

in 32 A.D. This decree in recorded in Nehemiah 2:5 specifically mentions

the rebuilding of Jerusalem. John Walvoord and Robert Van Kampen

hold to this view.

a. The years in this view are figured as prophetic years. Prophetic years

are figured with 360 days in a year. For example, in Daniel 3 ½ years

is said to be 1,260 days.

b. This view has strength in that Nehemiah records the command to build

Most scholars believe that Jesus was crucified in the Spring of 30 A.D.

Although proponents of this view argue that the dating of Christ’s

death is not certain and some evidence points to 33 A.D.

A. Seventy Seven Year Periods will occur before Israel’s final and complete

restoration. This is a literal 490 year period in Israel’s history which will usher in

Christ on earth as King from Jerusalem.

B. The First 483 Years

1. This prophetic period will begin at the command to build Jerusalem.

2. Seven sevens will finish the rebuilding of Jerusalem’ streets and walls, but

this will take place in perilous times. Read Nehemiah for the details.

3. After another 62 sevens or after a total of 69 sevens (483 years), the

Messiah will be cut off and not for himself. Some translate "not for

He gave His life for others, and the second means that His earthly life

seemingly was in vain and amounted to nothing.

John 1:10-12 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him,

and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own

did not receive Him. NKJV

Acts 2:36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God

has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." NKJV

Acts 3:13-19 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a

murderer to be granted to you, 15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God

raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. 16 And His name,

through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and

know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect

soundness in the presence of you all. 17 "Yet now, brethren, I know that

you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18 But those things which

God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would

suffer, He has thus fulfilled. NKJV

4. The people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the

sanctuary with a flood until the end of war desolations is determined.

a. Titus of Rome in 70 A.D. destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple.

Josephus records the devastation of this event.

b. This reveals that the prince, known as the Antichrist, will come from

Rome or at least from the peoples of the Old Roman Empire.

5. A gap in time is revealed between the 69th seven and the 70th seven. Until

the war desolations is determined signifies an undesignated amount of

time where Israel will go through some sort of desolations outside of the

land in a dispersed or exiled state. This has come to be known as the

Great Diaspora.

C. The Seventieth Seven

1. This time frame is kicked off by the end of the war desolations and the

rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. This assumes that Israel is back in

the land.

2. The Antichrist makes a covenant with Israel probably around the issue of

securing peace. He makes a strong covenant or makes a covenant with a

strong hand.

a. Reasons why the "he" in verse 27 cannot be referring to Jesus.

(1) Jesus never made a seven year covenant of peace with the

nation of Israel at the beginning of His ministry. In fact, Simeon

Luke 2:34-35"Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising

of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against

35(yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the

thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." NKJV

(2) Jesus did not define His first coming as one of peace. He

cleanses the Temple as His first public religious act and disrupts

peace with the official authorities of His day. At the end of His

ministry after the triumphal entry Jesus weeps over Jerusalem for

their rejection of what would have brought them true peace and

references the day when their embrace of a demonic ruler will lead

them to destruction in days ahead.

Luke 19:41-44 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept

over it, 42 saying, "If you had known, even you, especially in this

your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are

hidden from your eyes. 43 For days will come upon you when

your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you

and close you in on every side, 44 and level you, and your

children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you

one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your

visitation." NKJV

Luke 12:49-53 "I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it

were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with,

and how distressed I am till it is accomplished! 51 Do you

suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all,

but rather division. 52 For from now on five in one house will be

divided: three against two, and two against three. 53 Father will be

divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter

and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughterin-

law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." NKJV

(3) Jesus’ ministry did not put an end to the sacrifices and

offerings. Rome put an end to them in 70 A.D. with the

destruction of the Temple.

(4) Verse 26 states that this covenant of peace shall follow the

cutting off of the Messiah, the destruction of the Temple, and the

both the destruction of the Temple and the war desolations.

b. Thus, the context supports the rendering of the pronoun, "he", in verse

Antichrist is also consistent with the deeds and destruction of the little

horn in chapter seven.

3. In the middle of the 70th Seven the Antichrist breaks his covenant of

peace, invades Jerusalem, and makes the abomination of desolation in the

Temple. Daniel 11:31 tells us that there will be a specific abomination of

desolation set up in the Temple. In this chapter it is plural,

that will provoke the wrath of God against the Antichrist.

Zech. 14:2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The

city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of

the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be

cut off from the city. NKJV

2 Thess. 2:2-4 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not

come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed,

the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is

called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of

God, showing himself that he is God. NKJV

4. This initiates the Great Tribulation/Jacobs Trouble and begins the

Judgments of God. The 70th Seven ends with the Antichrist’s destruction

at the Second Coming of Christ.