What's the next major thing? There are some back and forth things happening, good and bad people fighting and carrying out exploits, etc. Then we come to this.
36 "Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done.
Is this it? Is it 1,290 days until the Man of Sin declares himself to be God???
4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
What happens when this "person" declares himself to be God?? He doesn't just declare it, he proves it. He does these things...
9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,
which agrees with Rev 13:
13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
These great signs he uses to deceive...
14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast,
10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
23 Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe it.
24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
The question then becomes what happens to those who are deceived???