Timtofly
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Then it was not the Roman army, because they set up camp, and you claim no AoD was set up.Nowhere in Daniel 9, Matthew 24, or Luke 21 is there mention of "setting up an AoD".
Daniel 9:27 is not about 70AD.
"And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
This verse is not about any Abomination of Desolation.
So there was no AoD period in 70AD. The city was destroyed and left desolate.
There is no AoD mentioned at all in Luke 21. Luke 21 is not about the AoD either. It is about the city of Jerusalem being surrounded by armies. But those armies left in 66AD. Then more came in 70AD, and leveled Jerusalem to the ground. No AoD whatsoever. So yes, in 66AD, the destruction of Jerusalem was nigh, and it happened 4 years later.
"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, whoso readeth, let him understand:"
How can you see something, if you claim it is not there to be seen?
They could see this AoD. Here is Daniel that is not chapter 9
"And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate."
Does "place the abomination" not mean the same as "set up"?
If you place something in a building you are setting it up in that building. You did not throw it in the building, like a bomb or an army even to destroy the building. You placed this object in the building instead of the daily duty of the sacrifice.
Antiochus Epiphanes placed an idol in the Temple and stopped the daily sacrifice, and made them worship this abomination instead of pleasing God with the daily sacrifice.
So in Revelation 13, we see an image is set up in the temple and people were told to worship that image.
Now you can point out temple is not mentioned in that chapter. It is in Revelation 11 and the same 42 months are given.
"And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months."
So Satan is allowed to take over this temple and set up an image in close proximity.
Jesus said:
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place"
You are supposed to understand this AoD was standing in the holy place because someone placed it there. They set it up.
"that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live."
Making an image is setting it up, and Jesus said it would be in the Holy Place, the temple.
Daniel 9:26 is about 70AD.
Daniel 9:27 has not happened yet. Nothing was placed in the temple in 70AD, because it was burned to the ground.
Two different events because in one the temple is destroyed. In the other an abomination is placed in a different temple, (the one temple was destroyed, so a new temple was built) and the temple is still standing for 42 months, and is never said to be destroyed. The Roman army did not desecrate the temple in 70AD, the Jews themselves made it an abomination, that even Titus was disgusted, according to your source about 70AD, Josephus. Both sides claim to have burned down the temple.
Matthew 24:15 has not happened yet. Luke 21and the Roman armies happened in the first century.
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