Daniel 9 describes seventy weeks of years (490 years) that predict when Jesus the Messiah brings redemption and returns. Seven years are left to be fulfilled. During the first 3½ years, a
ten nations union rules the world. Then during the last 3½ years, the
Antichrist with the
False Prophet rules the world. They control the world through the economy.
He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him (
Daniel 9:27 NIV).
In
Revelation 12, there is a war in heaven. God and the angels defeat Satan and his demons and are cast to earth. In Revelation 13, Satan sets up a political, religious and economic union. The Antichrist is the leader of the government/political union (beast). The False Prophet is the leader of the religious union.
There was war in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time (
Revelation 12:7, 9, 12).