Bible Questions Answered:
Daniel spoke of the abomination of desolation, where and what is this?
Lawrence/ Toronto, Canada
Bible Answer:
Text:
Matthew 24:15 KJV
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:)
Daniels reference was of a prophecy, of at least four such desecrations:
1)
First abomination of desolation, was under Babylonian King Neuchadnezzar.
In 586 B.C. After an 18 month siege he destroyed Jerusalem, carrying away its temple treasures, while taking its young princes, and many people, to Babylon.
2)
Syrian King, Atiochus Epiphanes IV (175-163 B.C.) son of Antiochus the Great.
Antiochus with his Chief Officer Apollonius, with 20.000 soldiers (who had an extreme hatred toward the Jews.) took Jerusalem by force (167 B.C.) to occupy it. The temple was desecrated and any observance of the law was forbidden. The Syrians then availed them selves of the opportunity to set up their god Jupiter Olympius on the altar.
3)
Fulfilled again in 70 A.D. When Roman guards stormed the Jewish temple of Jerusalem. Roman Emperor Titus sacked Jerusalem, destroying it. His army had as their ensigns delineations of their gods, emperors, and eagles, that they worshiped. This again was an abomination in the temple of God.
4) Quoting Daniel, Jesus warned of a yet future Abomination of Desolation:
Matthew 24:15-25 KJV (Mark 13:14-27 KJV)
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:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
Daniel yet prophecies the coming of an influential world leader, who will make a seven year peace pact with Israel, assuring her peace and safety. During that time, she will undertake the rebuilding of her temple, but midst the seven year peace pact, this world leader, will break his agreement, and place his image in the holy of holies of the Jewish temple, to be worshiped.
All to late, Israel will learn this world leader, far from a messiah will be found not only to be Anti-Christ but Anti-God, as well.
Daniel 9:27 NLT
The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven, but after half this time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration, until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”
Daniel 9:27 KJV
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Revelation 13:11-17 KJV
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb (False Prophet), and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast (Anti-Christ) before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
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.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
