The abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet

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Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Upon thy people (Jews) and upon thy holy city (Jerusalem) to finish the transgression (of the Jews)

Dan 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
All of these things will be done prior to Jesus coming.

Dan 9:26 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.
After Jesus is crucified there will come a people to destroy the city (Jerusalem) and the sanctuary (temple) and at the end of the war there was desolation.

Mat 24:15 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:)
Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
He that would stand in the holy place would be a part of the Roman army, and those that understand scripture should flee into the mountains before the city was destroyed.

Dan 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
The power of the holy people will be scattered (the power was Jerusalem and the temple) in times, times and an half (3 1/2 years) then all the prophecy would be finished. The Roman army surrounded Jerusalem in 66 AD, approximately 3 1/2 years prior to the completion of the destruction.

Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Again, the Roman army surrounded Jerusalem in 66 AD, approximately 3 1/2 years prior to destruction.
Dan 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Dan 12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Daniel was to go his way and at the end of time he would stand with his lot (stand with others of faith) in the resurrection.

When Jesus told his disciples that the temple would be destroyed, they knew from the scripture above that it would mean the end of the age.
Mat 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Mat 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world (age)?

Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Their generation would not pass away till all these things be fulfilled. If we believe Jesus, then we believe all these things happened prior to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.
Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Many prophecy teachers want to imply that we will not know the day and hour when the temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed, but we know because it is history to us. But the disciples would not know because it was to happen in their future.

Scripture is clear, the end of the age (for the Jews under law) has happened and the age we live in (church) is forever.

Eph 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.










 

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I don't know who you been listening to, but the Romans did NOT setup ANY abomination idol in the temple in 70 A.D. Instead, per Josephus' histories, the temple burned before the Romans could get possession of it.

Thus the "abomination of desolation" Jesus quoted from the Book of Daniel did NOT... take place in 70 A.D. The "holy place" where Jesus said look for that abomination (an idol) means inside the temple in Jerusalem.


The "abomination of desolation" per the Book of Daniel is about an idol setup for false worship. That's how an 'abomination' is defined in many Old Testament scriptures of God's Word.

Deut 7:25-26
25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
(KJV)



The meaning of 'desolation' within the phrase "abomination of desolation" is about making God's temple in Jerusalem SPIRITUALLY desolate, BECAUSE of the setting up of an abomination idol in false worship. It is NOT about the Romans causing desolation of Jerusalem by physical destructions.

When our Lord Jesus warned of the "abomination of desolation" from the Book of Daniel, specifically about it being IN the "holy place", that's means IN the temple, a STANDING temple in Jerusalem, and NOT a destroyed temple nor a physically destroyed Jerusalem.


This Scripture is about endtime events of a false one who will do this, in Jerusalem, in a temple built there:
Dan 11:31-39
31 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.
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for
he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
(KJV)


Those things the Romans NEVER did in 70 A.D. Jerusalem.

The Hebrew word for "pollute" in "they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength" is the same Hebrew word used for 'profane'. And the word for 'sanctuary' is the same Hebrew word used for the sanctuary Israel was told to build in worshipping our Heavenly Father.

Thus the "abomination of desolation" definitely is about polluting spiritually a temple in Jerusalem, a standing temple concerning the "holy place", and the placing of a IDOL abomination that makes it spiritually desolate.


Those are the SAME type of events Christ Jesus warned us of for the very END of this present world, given through His servant John...
Rev 13:4-8
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
(KJV)

Rev 13:13-15
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;
saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
(KJV)


That "image to the beast" IS... the future "abomination of desolation" that Jesus was pointing to for the very end of this world. It is the SAME kind of thing that happened to Daniel and his fellows while captive to Babylon when king Nebuchadnezzar was swayed by his own false prophets into creating a golden image of himself for ALL to bow in false worship to! Daniel and his fellows REFUSED to bow to that idol image of king Nebuchadnezzar and were thus DELIVERED UP to council to answer for it, the SAME kind of event Christ Jesus warned His servants about for the end, as per Matthew 10, Matthew 24, and Mark 13...

Matt 24:9
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name's sake.
(KJV)

Matt 10:17-20
17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father Which speaketh in you.
(KJV)

Mark 13:9
9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.
(KJV)



THIS... is the coming future event that Satan's host on earth today are trying to prevent Christ's servants from understanding about the "abomination of desolation" and what it is.
 

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veteran said:
THIS... is the coming future event that Satan's host on earth today are trying to prevent Christ's servants from understanding about the "abomination of desolation" and what it is.
This comment of yours is the only one I agree with.

Scripture does not give a strong clue as to whom it might be that would stand in the temple, but it happened in or before 70 AD or it is not going to happen.

Read with understanding,

Be blessed
 

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Rocky Wiley said:
This comment of yours is the only one I agree with.

Scripture does not give a strong clue as to whom it might be that would stand in the temple, but it happened in or before 70 AD or it is not going to happen.

Read with understanding,

Be blessed
Sorry Rocky, since you're ignoring those Scriptures I'm forced to ignore such comment as that.
 

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Jesus did tell the Jewish leaders that their temple was left to them "desolate". Matt 23:38.

The one thing I have never understood about everyone worshiping an idol in a rebuilt temple is why would all the atheists worship it?
 

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day said:
Jesus did tell the Jewish leaders that their temple was left to them "desolate". Matt 23:38.

The one thing I have never understood about everyone worshiping an idol in a rebuilt temple is why would all the atheists worship it?
It's likely because you have yet to understand the full scope of the event per God's Word, and might be supposing the event is going to be just like previous events of past history. This one's going to be different, and it will conclude worshippers of all... religions on earth, not just those in Jerusalem.

Will there be atheists that will still refuse to bow? Yes, no doubt. So that category doesn't determine how the events will play out, God's Word does.
 

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Dan 9:24[/size] Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. [/size]
Upon thy people (Jews) and upon thy holy city (Jerusalem) to finish the transgression (of the Jews) [/size]
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Dan 9:25[/size] Know therefore and understand, [/size]that[/size] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [/size]shall be[/size] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. [/size]
All of these things will be done prior to Jesus coming.[/size]
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Dan 9:26[/size] 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 [/size]shall be[/size] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. [/size]
After Jesus is crucified there will come a people to destroy the city (Jerusalem) and the sanctuary (temple) and at the end of the war there was desolation.[/size]
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Mat 24:15[/size] [/size]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:)[/size] [/size]
Mat 24:16[/size] [/size]Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:[/size] [/size]
He that would stand in the holy place would be a part of the Roman army, and those that understand scripture should flee into the mountains before the city was destroyed.[/size]
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Dan 12:7[/size] And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [/size]was[/size] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [/size]it shall be[/size] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [/size]things[/size] shall be finished. [/size]
The power of the holy people will be scattered (the power was Jerusalem and the temple) in times, times and an half (3 1/2 years) then all the prophecy would be finished. The Roman army surrounded Jerusalem in 66 AD, approximately 3 1/2 years prior to the completion of the destruction.[/size]
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Dan 12:11[/size] And from the time [/size]that[/size] the daily [/size]sacrifice[/size] shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, [/size]there shall be[/size] a thousand two hundred and ninety days. [/size]
Again, the Roman army surrounded Jerusalem in 66 AD, approximately 3 1/2 years prior to destruction.[/size]
Dan 12:12[/size] Blessed [/size]is[/size] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. [/size]
Dan 12:13[/size] But go thou thy way till the end [/size]be:[/size] for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.[/size]
Daniel was to go his way and at the end of time he would stand with his lot (stand with others of faith) in the resurrection.[/size]
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When Jesus told his disciples that the temple would be destroyed, they knew from the scripture above that it would mean the end of the age.[/size]
Mat 24:1[/size] And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to [/size]him[/size] for to shew him the buildings of the temple. [/size]
Mat 24:2[/size] And Jesus said unto them, [/size]See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.[/size] [/size]
Mat 24:3[/size] And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [/size]shall be[/size] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world (age)? [/size]
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Mat 24:34[/size] [/size]Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.[/size] [/size]
Mat 24:35[/size] [/size]Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.[/size] [/size]
Their generation would not pass away till all these things be fulfilled. If we believe Jesus, then we believe all these things happened prior to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.[/size]
Mat 24:36[/size] [/size]But of that day and hour knoweth no[/size] [/size]man,[/size] [/size]no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.[/size] [/size]
Many prophecy teachers want to imply that we will not know the day and hour when the temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed, but we know because it is history to us. But the disciples would not know because it was to happen in their future.[/size]
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Scripture is clear, the end of the age (for the Jews under law) has happened and the age we live in (church) is forever. [/size]

Eph 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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Mat 24:21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

The Simon bar Kochba revolt resulted in more Jews being killed than all those in 70AD.

The Papacy killed more Jews in their persecutions than all those in 70AD.

Hitler and Stalin were responsible for somewhere between 12 million and 20 million Jews being killed in WWII.

And 70 AD was teh GREAT TRIBULATION?

Mat 24:22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.