D. BEGIN THE GREAT TRIBULATION
1. Middle of Daniel's 70th week.
2. Antichrist puts a stop to sacrifices and grain offerings.
3. Antichrist given authority to overcome saints; they can't buy or sell without the mark of the beast.
4. Abomination of Desolation set up
#Dan 9.27, Matt 24.15, 2Thes 2.4
5. Two witnesses given authority for 1260 days (possibly Moses and Elijah).
#Mal 4.5, Matt 17.11, Rev 11:3
(John the Baptist was not this Elijah because when Jesus made His statement in Matt 17:11, John had already been killed.)
6. Nations start to trample on the holy city (Jerusalem) for 42 months (when the Antichrist sets up the Abomination of Desolation).
7. Believers in Israel nourished in the wilderness 1260 days