We witness in this passage Jesus giving us an overview of the entire
seventieth week of Daniel. We learn that the last seven years are a time of unprecedented deception, unprecedented warfare, unprecedented martyrdom, and unprecedented hatred as God pours out His wrath upon the unbelieving world. God uses the evil inclinations of depraved men and women as He ordains their
destruction through warfare, famine, and pestilence during this time period. Learning these things should motivate people to repent and believe the truth of the gospel in order to be spared from this calamitous time period.