Daniel 9:27 --- Who is “he”?

 

Daniel 9:27  “And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."

Who is the “he” of Daniel 9:27?  Is it Jesus?  Or is it perhaps the antichrist?  Let’s look at a couple of other scriptures from Daniel and see if we can let scripture interpret scripture.

Daniel 12:11-13 "From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. "How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days! "But as for you, go your way to the end; then you will enter into rest and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age."

Daniel 11:31  "Forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice.  And they will set up the abomination of desolation.

Both of these selections refer to stopping the sacrifice.   Agreed?

Both of these selections talk about setting up an abomination of desolation.  Agreed?

From the context of the verses surrounding Daniel 11:31, who is the “him” that is being talked about in Daniel 11:31 who stops the sacrifice and sets up the abomination of desolation?  Check out verses Daniel 11:21-31.  It is not Jesus.  Agreed?

Therefore, who is the “he” that is being talked about in Daniel 9:27 who also stops a sacrifice and sets up an abomination of desolation at the midpoint of a seven year period? 

It is logically not Jesus.  But even if it is Jesus, we are still left with the fact that someone who is not Jesus is going to stop a sacrifice and set up an abomination of desolation three and one-half years before the end of the age.