Jesus said, “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand). Matt. 24:15 NKJV

• The beast coming out of the sea — Rev. 13:1-8
• 7 heads and 10 horns — Rev. 17:9-12
  • 7 heads=7 kingdoms: 5 have fallen — Egypt, Assyria, Babylonian, Mede/Persia, and Greece. One kingdom was reigning at John’s time=the Roman Empire. The seventh kingdom is the one-world-government and the antichrist’s 3 ˝ years world-wide reign will be the eight kingdom. (Rev. 13:7-8).
  • 10 horns= The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast (Rev. 17:12)
• Authority — The dragon gives the antichrist his power, his throne, and great authority (Rev. 13:2)
• Time of reign — Forty-two months — 3 ˝ years (Rev. 13:5)
• Granted to make war against the saints (God’s people) and overcome them (Rev. 13:7)

• The Day of the Lord — 2 Thess. 2:1-2
• What will happen before that day? — 2 Thess. 2:3-4
• The mystery of lawlessness — 2 Thess. 2:6-12
• Who restraints the appearance of the antichrist? Thess. 2:6-9
  • Daniel 12:1; 10:12-14; Rev. 12:7-12

• Daniel’s description of the antichrist — Daniel 8:19-26 — Message refers to: Antiochus IV — Antiochus Epiphanes — a Type of the Antichrist
• The little horn — the antichrist — Daniel 7:7-8, 23-25
• The seventy-weeks prophecy — Daniel 9:24-27
  • How Daniel received this prophecy — Jeremiah 29:4-14; Daniel 9:1-5; Daniel 9:21-23
  • The antichrist’s covenant with Israel — Daniel 9:27 (one week=7 years)
  • In the middle of the seven years, he stops the daily animal sacrifices at the temple — Daniel 11:31; 9:27; 12:11.
  • The abomination of desolation comes to the temple Matt. 24:15; Daniel 11:31
  • He declares himself to be the only “god”: 2 Thess. 2:3-4; Daniel 11:36-39; Revelation 13:4, 8, 15.
  • The antichrist will be the only “god” in the world when the One-World-Religion is destroyed — Rev. 17:16-17
  • This is how Satan finally gets the adoration he has been craving for — Isaiah 14:13-14
  • The antichrist will have 3 ˝ years to do much evil throughout the world=the Great Tribulation begins: Matt. 24:21; Daniel 12:1b; Rev. 7:14
  • Finally, at the end of the 7 years, the antichrist receives his just punishment — Revelation 19:19-20