If there is a 7 year treaty finalised by the end of 2008 proposed in the Annapolis agreements does that mean it’s the end of the world?
What exactly will happen and will it be really horrid? Where exactly in Revelation is the prophecy? And what about the non-believers?

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This question was asked in 2008 and refers to an attempt to make an agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. It took place in the American city of Annapolis. It was hoped at the time that Israel could exchange ‘Land for Peace’. The Israelis made offers to that end. The Palestinians made counter-demands, and eventually no agreement was reached, so that was not a sign of the approaching ‘End of the World’.

Nevertheless, the Seven Year period is so diagnostic of this type of event that it is worth knowing about it.
The references to seven years start halfway through Daniel 9:26-27 then Daniel 11:31-36

The “Ruler who will come” is obviously going to be the bad guy.

The reference to a ”seven” (Daniel 9:27) needs explanation. In essence this meant seven days, as in a week, but also came to be a system of reckoning years in “sevens”, as we can see from Jacob serving a “seven” for Leah, and then a “seven” for Rachel. (Genesis 29:27-29)

So Daniel tells us that the ruler (who will be the Antichrist) will make a seven-year agreement with “many” (in Hebrew thought this means Israel and several other parties).

But halfway through the seven years (see many references to 42 months, 1260 days, and 3½ years, expressed as “a time, times, and half a time”) he will break the agreement and stop the sacrifices in the Temple (which does not currently exist, and must therefore be rebuilt sometime before the 3½ year point in order for this to happen). He will then desecrate the Temple, claim to be god and demand worship.

The Historical reference to the Abomination was continued in more detail in Daniel 11, and was fulfilled (for the first time) in 168 BC by Antiochus IV, who desecrated the Temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar, and then set up a statue of Zeus, made to look like himself, and commanding all to worship it (and him).

Paul writes of the same thing to the Thessalonians. At that time, of course, he does NOT mean Antiochus IV, who fulfilled these prophecies 200 years before. Paul is speaking of another one to come, of whom Antiochus was just a picture. (This double fulfilment is normal for prophetic words): See 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10

Jesus also teaches of this time and this person: See Mark 13:14-27

In Revelation 13, John gives a vignette in the narrative, which speaks of this Antichrist, describing him as a “Beast” – supported by a “dragon” (satan) – and his describing his effect on the earth: See Revelation 13:3-8
Then a second “beast” appears – apparently a second in command to the Antichrist: See Revelation 13:12-18

You can see from these passages that there is coming a time of Trouble (“Tribulation” is the theological term). Jesus calls that time “days of distress”, which have no equal.

So is it the “end of the World”?
At the end of the seven years, Jesus returns, defeats the Antichrist and sets up his own Kingdom upon the earth, for a thousand years (see end of Revelation 19 and beginning of Revelation 20)

So, no, it’s not the world’s end, but it IS the end of the current state of affairs – the end of this world-system.

How horrid will it be?
For those who follow the Antichrist, the political system will not attack them, though there will come a series of increasingly worsening “natural disasters”.

However, for those who refuse to worship the Antichrist (from Revelation 13:8 that’s the Christians) things will be dire, because they will therefore be under sentence of death. Many will be martyred.

However, Mark 13:20, Jesus tells us that those days will be “shortened”. I stress that this next bit is my own understanding – “Phil’s Best Guess” – but I think the continual references to 3½ years, 42 months and 1260 days (all the same length of time using the Hebrew 30 day month) mean that God will snatch out all the believers from the earth at the halfway point of the Tribulation. The full detail of this would require a separate answer, but study of the references to these time periods should make it clear.

The non-believers “left behind” will stay under the rule of the Antichrist as he gradually loses control of the world-system he has put in place. Many will come to faith when they realise that all their Christian friends have disappeared from the earth.

Many non-believers will not survive the crumbling world-order, but many will, and will live on into the Millennium, and live under the reign of Jesus – I have described some of the characteristics of this time in other answers.

The Left Behind series of books excellently describes one possible way this could play out, though these are written from the perspective that all believers will be snatched out (the “Rapture” from Latin rapio – I seize) at the beginning of the seven years, so we will miss ALL the nasty bits. I call this the “Nice, But Hopeful” view!