Antimessiah, Makes or Confirms Agreement: Do you believe that the antimessiah/antichrist makes or confirms the covenant with Israel?
In recent years there has been a substantial amount of discussion of the premise that the antimessiah signs a treaty with Israel initiating the Seventieth Week, in light of some of the events that we have seen throughout the history of the Middle East peace process. As these are things that have yet to occur, we would like to present several plausible interpretations of how the Seventieth Week will begin from Daniel 9:27. In the KJV, Daniel 9:27a is translated as he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week. Some have interpreted this as meaning that the antimessiah will not initiate a peace treaty or agreement, as is commonly interpreted, but rather give his assent to an already existing one. The interpretation of confirm is also resonated in the NIV translation of Daniel 9:27a: He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven. The verb translated as either forge a strong covenant (ATS) or make firm (NASU) or confirm (KJV, NIV) in these passages is gavar (rbG), appearing in
