Daniel 7 explains the four Empires, Daniel 9: 24-27 explains the seventy weeks. In vs. 27 begins the 70th seven that began with Christ baptism in AD 29 and three years later at the end of the first half of the 70th seven sacrifices and offering ceased because Christ hung on the cross. From the giving of the law in 458BC when Ezra went to establish the law, or to rebuild the spiritual city right to the cross where the first 69 weeks. The 70th seven is from the time of the cross until Jesus comes back in the air to call his Bride home and for the overspreading of abominations he will make desolate bringing all transgressions against God to an end.The abomination which causes desolation is not a man sitting in a seat. No man has ever caused desolation by sitting down.
Also, Daniel made it very clear that it is not a man that places the abominstion that causes desolation in Jerusalem. It is placed there by the norths armed forces.When studying scripture, I'd advise you to pay attention to what the prophet says and less to people's interpretations of what the prophet has said.
Having relatives presently serving in the norths armed forces, I can assure you the armed forces will not place a man sitting in a seat in Jerusalem to destroy those nations who attack and kill our friend and ally Israel. Our armed forces will in fact carry out Israel's last option.
(The Samson option).
During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times by four Empires, the Babylonian Empire, Medo-Persian Empire, Grecian Empire and the Roman Empire in which received a deadly wound, but that wound was healed in 1929. The last abomination comes from a revived Roman Empire that will reign for 3 1/2 years with its own Luciferian military power. It's this revived
Roman Empire that will cause the last of many abominations before this one that will cause once again the destruction of Jerusalem.
The last battle after the beast and its false prophet are cast alive into the lake of fire, Rev 19:11-21, is that of the battle of Armageddon as Satan, who is released from his prison, goes out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, (Gog and Magog means lands) to gather them together to battle (those who are the enemies of God) the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them, Rev 20:7-10.
Daniel 11:2-35
Chapter 11 is largely taken up with detailed prophecies concerning the final kings of the Persian Empire, especially Alexander the Great and the Greek Empires of his successors, the Seleucid kings and the Ptolemaic kings that made up the Medo-Persian Empire. Daniel's prophecies given in 536 BC accurately predict the reign of kings hundreds of years after Daniel's time. These kings are important to God's people living in Judea/Jerusalem in those centuries since many of the battles take place in Palestine, located right between the rival kings of Egypt and Syria.
Below is that of the seven remaining nations described as four beasts in Daniel 7:1-8 and the three kingdoms that were subdued by the little horn, which is the Roman Empire.
The three kingdoms that were subdued by the little horn of Daniel 7:24 are the Heruli, Vandals, and Ostrogoths who were eliminated by the year 538 AD under the leadership of the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian whose deadly wound came in 1798.
Seven remaining nations that still exist today:
Babylonian Empire:
(Iraq) The lion represents the winged lions that guarded the royal places of Babylon. This Empire ran from 2000BC - 1759BC
Medo – Persian Empire:
(Iran) The ribs of the bear are part of the consuming greed that devours the first empire. This Empire ran approximately from 536BC - 330BC
Grecian Empire:
(Greece, Turkey, Syria, Egypt) Four wings of the leopard described the swiftness of this empire that ran from 334-331BC. It wrestled world dominion from Medo-Persia. After the death of Alexander the Great the kingdom was divided into four minor kingdoms that continued as prominent factors in world politics until the Roman Empire gathered it back as one kingdom.
Roman Empire: (little horn, Daniel 8:9-14, 23-27)
Iron represents the stronghold this nation had. Daniel chapter 2 mentions the iron element of this empire that it to will be divided and broken as God will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed.
This Empire ran from 753BC -27BC