A peace treaty with Israel has to be made 7 literal years before the Messiah returns.
Scenario:
Israel will win these preliminary battles, then nations will be hollering for peace; a man (THE antichrist) will arise who will broker the deal. All the world will look to him as their savior, sorta like our country looked to Obama (no, I’m not saying O is the antichrist, but just to show how easy it is to visualize nations blindly following after one man).
Under the treaty Israel will build a temple and offer sacrifices. Peace will last 3 1/2 years, when the antichrist will put an end to sacrifice and offering and stand in the temple, demanding worship.
Then follows 3 1/2 of hell on earth, so to speak, against Israel and all who might stand with them.
[The above is a summary, not every detail.]
Then the Messiah returns, deals with these nations, the antichrist and the false prophet. Then He will rule and reign over the earth from Jerusalem.
His people the Jews will all know Him and will teach the rest of the nations of the world.
Zechariah 14:16-17 says,
“Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them.
Read Zechariah 13:8 through Zechariah 14:21.
I hope you realize not all Bible scholars believe these prophecies were intended to provide a detailed calendar for the last days.
The Bible says “no man knows” when Christ will return. If your scenario were correct, the minute Israel signed this peace treaty we’d all have a detailed forecast of the next seven years.
Sorry, not buying it.