By PNW Staff
September 02, 2026
Many Christians imagine the Antichrist arriving as an obviously evil dictator demanding that everyone worship him.
That comes later.
His initial rise appears far more subtle.
Daniel describes a leader who gains tremendous influence through intrigue and deception.
Daniel 8:25 even describes destruction coming “by peace” in the King James rendering.
Most significantly, Daniel 9:27 describes a coming ruler who will “confirm a covenant with many for one week.”
In Daniel’s prophetic framework, interpreters understand that final “week” as a seven-year period.
Because the prophecy centers upon Daniel’s people, Jerusalem, the sanctuary and the restoration and eventual interruption of sacrifice, the covenant is commonly understood as a major agreement involving Israel and “many” other parties or nations.