Curiouser and curiouser. The Abomination of Desolation is spoken of in verse 15 where Jesus has begun going back over the details of the events that will lead up to the Final Day Wrath of God END of all things. Verse 13 & 14 cannot be ignored as the end of the world in that they state 'the end.'
Abomination of Desolation - In my view is
An Increase of (ie. Overspreading) of Abominations...Daniel 9:27
The Abominations...
..."making, claiming"....Earthly men, Demonic spirits, statues, satellites, whatever...IS God."
Places WHERE the Abominational THING, IS, EXALTED
* Historically; PER ISRAEL (Gods Historical People)
* "Holy Places"...Have (Historically BEEN Jerusalem, The Temple IN Jerusalem, Mt Zion...
Ie Holy Places, Holy Ground)
The Desolation (Daniel 9) is making Desolate, ie EMPTY, removing, Destroying...that which WAS intended FOR being "HOLY" but....become "CORRUPT".
The end can only come once, brother. The end is ... the end.
YES....and....NO.
Wisdom and Understanding.
Jesus IS Gods Word.
Christ IS Gods Wisdom.
Christ IS Gods Power.
There are, IN CONTEXT, "beginning(S) and ending(S)....OF EXPRESS "events".
The whole of Scripture IS revealings OF beginnings, WHAT occurs DURING as the beginning proceeds and the FINISH of "those" endings of "events".
There was ONE, Historical, enormous TRIBULATION, that came down from Heaven (ie Gods Authority, Gods Power).
* Even THAT Tribulation, had "specific" Things that occured BEFORE the Beginning, things that occurred Establishing the Beginning, things that were DURING that Tribulation and and an Established Ending of each phase of THAT Tribulation.
* THE SAME, as the FIRST ONE enormous TRIBULATION, SHALL AGAIN occur...
* Events before hand...beginnings of events...durations of events...endings of events.
This whole description of events is a response to the disciples' question " ... when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?"
Jesus did not give complete DETAILS...
The DETAILS are just that...DETAILS...
WHAT exactly shall occur.
WHAT is the beginning and duration and ending of the events.
WHO SHALL those specific TIMES and EVENTS Affect...And AFFECT in what manner, and WHY.
ANY "tribulations" that come down from Heaven...things happen before, during, after...and move on to the Next foretold "event", "increase", "consequences".
Also, the Bible states nowhere that satan is the abomination of desolation, nor that anyone will stand in a/the Temple. It refers only to AN abomination that makes desolate, whatever that may be - still up for debate; and the holy place - also debatable.
Follow the History, Understand< -- > according to Gods Understanding.
Nothing new...What WAS, shall BE Again.
The TEMPLE (building) IN Jerusalem...WAS constructed in such a manner, AS A
HOUSE dedicated unto God, with a place for ISRAEL (Gods People) to come an Praise IN Prayer unto GOD....a place for women, for Gentiles...a place IN the INNER HOUSE, expressly Dedicated HOLY unto the HOLY God.
THE original TEMPLE, and one built thereafter, (BY MEN) were expressly according to Gods Direction.
A HOUSE of PRAYER, dedicated unto God Himself.
God doesn't dwell in buildings made by hands. Acts 7:48; 17:24. And God told Zechariah that He would build His Temple " ... Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." Zechariah 4:6
God Does NOT CHANGE, but;
Circumstances DO CHANGE.
God Creates...AND MAKES something different in His Creations.
MEN, the Created creatures...continually...CORRUPTS what God Created and THEN "Made"....Very Good.
Consider the majority of Faithful Jews (ie all Tribesmen)....Jesus is not their Acceptable Messiah Savior. They Continue Under the Law, WITH a Dilemma....NO Temple. (which Under the Law, there is ONLY one Temple suitable to be the PLACE for their Sins Against God to BE Forgiven... and that one Acceptable Place IS A Temple is IN Jerusalem...
* The Dilemma...no Temple IN Jerusalem.
^^ THAT does NOT AFFECT (Jews or Gentiles...CONVERTED IN CHRIST)...
(Broadly called Messaniac Jews or Born Again Christians).
....Agree, THEIR Understanding IS Different...
Their Savior IS Christ and ARE "IN" Christ "IN", the Temple of God...Not built with mens hands.
The Scriptures are ALL TRUE...but do not APPLY THE SAME TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL.
...If you are applying, the TEMPLE OF GOD, WITHIN YOU...that applies to YOU.
...If another is not applying, the TEMPLE OF GOD WITHIN THEM...but rather a building structure, in Jerusalem, according to OT LAW, than that applies to THEM.
A physical Temple does not now exist, and may not exist when all these things transpire, but the 3rd Temple of God may very well be under construction, if not complete in His people who worship Him in spirit and in Truth.
Another TEMPLE, has been in the works for many many years. The construction design plans, preparations, materials, things to be put in the Temple, even the clothing for the Priests...are completed, gathered, stored, been readied for years. The precise SITE has been an on going Complication.
I have already made my case that God's Temple, the 3rd Temple, is a structure built by precious Stones (1 Peter 2:4-6), which, according to Peter, are believers who make up the walls thereof.
When Jesus gets to this verse 21, He has already gone over this event in verse 9-14. He is reiterating now in further detail. Verse 23-26 are a restating of verse 3.
You speak from the perspective of A CONVERTED CHRISTIAN, NOT a blood descendent of a Tribal person WHO IS still faithful to God Under the Law.
(The majority of Tribal Blood descendants Faithful TO GOD, according to the OT LAW, yearn for their TEMPLE in Jerusalem, AS IT IS A "HUGE" part OF their LAW, to make amends and receive Forgiveness from God.)
THEN in verse 29 Jesus very clearly states, "Immediately after the Tribulation of those days ... "
Precisely....!!
As I said....Considering Tribulation(S) that come down from Heaven...
Romans 1:18
notifies us, it is WRATH of God, getting our Attention.
WRATH...comes down from Heaven...by THE LAMB...during the Seals.
WRATH...comes down from Heaven...by THE DEVIL...during the Trumps (who...remember, was cast down from Heaven to Earth.)
WRATH...comes down from Heaven, from GOD...during the Vials.
The WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHY, WHERE, HOW......that is AFFECTED during these phases of WRATH coming down from Heaven, IS THE DETAILS....
Over 30 times in Scripture "HIS WRATH" is revealed, Because of specifically this and that....BROADLY..."REJECTION".
These days...mentioned 20+ times
Those days...mentioned 90 times
This time......mentioned 47 times
That time.....mentioned 112 times
When ..........mentioned 3500+ times
Because.......mentioned 1380 times
Last days.....mentioned 11 times
Finished.......mentioned 53 times
Done...........mentioned 700+ times
Please reconsider the order you have arranged the events of Matthew 24 as they do not stand up to even surface scrutiny.
Tribulation and Wrath has come down from Heaven Numerous Times....
* But ONLY ONCE HAS, and ONLY ONCE AGAIN SHALL Wrath come down from Heaven....IN GREAT PHASES....TO:
COMPLETELY...separate, those WITH God from those AGAINST God....
AND
COMPLETELY...destroy and renew the Earth.
In Matthew; Jesus was giving....specifically Jewish Men, Following and Believing Jesus, (not YET soul saved or spirit quickened), a BRIEF summary of WHAT "expectations" WILL lead up to end.
Other Scripture reveals, more of the WHAT, WHEN, WHY, WHO, etc. Particularly...REVELATIONS....revealing....
DETAILS.
ALSO, to not overlook...WHO specifically is Revealed...ON EARTH, "during" "the last of the great wraths coming Down from Heaven"... and HOW and WHY "particular" persons are "ON" Earth....AND HOW they Are" expressly" protected from the Effects of "THE WRATH"...and WHY.
AND, WHO specifically is Revealed...NOT ON EARTH, "during" the last of the great wraths coming Down from Heaven"...and WHY, and HOW they ARE protected, FROM the Wrath UPON the Earth.
Also not to overlook...the WARNINGS ... IF YOU ARE NOT "identified" as ONE to BE ON the EARTH "during the phases /series of the Last Great Tribulations".... The WARNINGS, ARE purposed to BECOME MADE....NOT APPOINTED TO SUFFER WRATH....it never says to become MADE to GO THROUGH the WRATH....but rather, it is Becoming MADE...to be DELIVERED FROM the WRATH...
And "THAT DELIVERY"... is the same as it was in Noah's day...
Nothing new under the Sun. What was shall be Again.
Noah was Delivered UP above the face of the earth, WHILE the Wrath coming down from Heaven was EFFECTING, with suffering and devastation....The Face of the Earth.
We appear to understand differently....
I believe there are beforehands, beginnings, durations, endings of phases of Tribulations that come down from heaven...and such beginning and endings repeat...over a course of time and ultimately...
The Final ENDING, is also THE Express NEW Beginning.
Glory to God,
Taken