And remember that the tribulation will be ushered in along with the rise of the Antichrist when the temple is rebuilt by Israel. And yes, there will be lots of wars.
Personally I believe this narrow line Bush is trying to walk will ultimately fail. The "moderate" muslim governments will fall to the will of their people, who are mostly third world illiterates. We will ineveitably be drawn into a greater conflagration against about 10% of the earth's people, or more. There will ultimatley be only one man that can bring peace to such a troubled world, and part of the peace treaty will include a Temple for Jews in Jerusalem. That man will be the "wrong man". I certainly hope to not be here to see these things happen.
And remember that the tribulation will be ushered in along with the rise of the Antichrist when the temple is rebuilt by Israel. And yes, there will be lots of wars. Actually...there is no reference in the bible to "A" (singular person) Antichrist. The references to the word "antichrist" are:
1 John 2:18......YE HAVE HEARD THAT ANTI-CHRIST SHOULD COME..
1 John 2:18......EVEN NOW ARE THERE MANY ANTI-CHRISTS.
1 John 2:22.....HE THAT DENIETH THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST...HE IS ANTI-CHRIST.
1 John 4:3.......THIS IS THAT SPIRIT OF ANTI-CHRIST.
2 John 7...... MANY DECEIVERS ......WHO CONFESS NOT THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH. THIS IS A DECEIVER AND AN ANTI-CHRIST..
I don't know where that teaching that there will be a man who is the "Antichrist" came from but it is not backed up with scripture. The word simply means against-Christ.