The Antichrist 201long. After three and a half years, and the attempt on his
life, his powerful position will go to his head and he will
enter the Temple of Jerusalem to put a stop to the
sacrif ices and oblations, claiming that he should be the
one to be worshipped.
He will finish out the Tribulation period three and a
half years later, virtually ruling the whole planet. But he
won't get the adoration he was counting on; he'll get
Armageddon."
"What you're trying to tell me, then, is that the seven
year peace plan for the Middle East is the beginning of
the tribulation period?"
"That will be your first clue."
"And the Tribulation will run from the political
appearance of the antichrist to the great war?"
"That's right. The prophet Daniel foresaw all this in
Daniel 9:2 7:
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one
week, and in the midst of the week he shall cause the
sacrifice and oblation to cease, and fo r the overspreading of
abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the
consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon
the desolate.Christ himself corroborates all this, and adds some
good advice about these terrible times. If you read the
twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew, verses 15 to 35,
you'll see that Christ is warning us about false prophets,
telling us we'll see persecutions and a world army such as
the world has never seen. Then he continues, telling us
about the false messiah. He says the sun will be
blackened and the moon will reflect no light, and the
stars will seem to fall from the heavens, and the earth
will convulse.