Daniel 9:27 clearly divides the 70th week into 2 3 1/2 year periods.
Daniel 7:25 and Daniel 12:7 describe one of those halves: when the holy people of God will be in the power of the ‘beast’.
Revelation describes that same half several times; Revelation 13:5-7, the ‘beast’ conquers God’s holy people for 42 months and again in Revelation 11:2.
In that same period, the faithful Christians will be taken to a place of safety on earth. Revelation 12:14
The final seven years will commence with a treaty of peace signed between the ‘beast’- who will be the leader of the One World Govt and the leaders of God’s holy people; all the Christians by then, living in all of the holy Land. They will have just recently experienced the dramatic defeat of a huge attacking army from the North, led by a man known as Gog.
The first half of that treaty will be peaceful and is therefore not mentioned. But at the mid point of it, the ‘beast’ will come to Jerusalem in force and conquer the holy people. Zechariah 14:1-2
He will sit in the Temple and declare himself to be God. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 This triggers the Great Tribulation of the Seven Trumpets and Seven Bowls, culminating in the Battle of Armageddon and the Return of Jesus for His Millennium reign.
The 70th ‘week’ of Daniel WILL take place in the last 7 years of this Christian era.
No doubt about it! And there is no need to be concerned, as we faithful Christians do have God’s promises for His protection thru it all. Psalms 91, Isaiah 43:2
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