LET THE READER UNDERSTAND

[Cyberseeker]

A re-appraisal of the Abomination of Desolation

“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.†(Matthew 24:15-16)

Best efforts notwithstanding, the reader has not understood at all when it comes to the ‘Abomination of Desolation.’ The popular end-time scenario depicts an idol standing in a Jewish temple thus desecrating it, however two questions beg to be asked. First, how can it happen if there is no temple in existence? Second, if a temple is built in the future, how can it be desecrated if it has not been anointed in the first place? This last question is most pertinent because God does not anoint what he has replaced, and replaced he surely has when it comes to the temple! Indeed, this is what the book of Hebrews is all about, if not the entire New Testament, so what holy thing is there to abominate?

Even less understood is the 1290 days and the 1335. “And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.†(Daniel 12:11-12) This is, of course, the quotation Jesus referred to but it has been hidden in an ancient astronomic formula used to calculate the soli-lunar calendar. When that is discovered, we get a better indication as to what the ‘Abomination of Desolation’ really means.

As explained elsewhere, the seven years starting at Messiahs announcement of Jubilee (Luke 4:18-19) was a special heptad of years which contained a leap year of forty-five extra days at one end and thirty at the other. When computed from known dates, the midpoint of this ‘seven’ lands squarely on the day of Christ’s cross. It is confirmed by another verse in Daniel which says animal sacrifice would be abolished in the middle of a ‘week’ of years. So, there are actually two countdowns (not just one) in the book of Daniel, one on a prophetic calendar and one on a solar-adjusted calendar. In both cases the midpoint arrives at Jesus’ death.

Now, when these two references are stacked side by side and examined together we get the full picture:

“Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.†(Dan 9:27)
and ...
“From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.†(Dan 12:11)
and ...
“Jesus cried out again with a loud voice (it is finished) and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom†(Matt. 27:50-51, John 19:30)

In other words, Messiah is the one who abolished sacrifice! It is not a future person at all. Which leads us back to the purpose of this treatise post; what then, is the Abomination of Desolation?

 

[Sinthesis]

In other words, Messiah is the one who abolished sacrifice! It is not a future person at all. Which leads us back to the purpose of this treatise post; what then, is the Abomination of Desolation?

Are you looking to a(our) future or past Abomination of Desolation?
I pretty much agree with you that Jesus abolished sacrifice.

 

[Thranduil]

In other words, Messiah is the one who abolished sacrifice! It is not a future person at all. Which leads us back to the purpose of this treatise post; what then, is the Abomination of Desolation?

Food for thought. I've learned not to declare anything as that leads to disputable debates.

Like I said, this is food for you to roll around in your mind and consider.

If we as believers understand that our bodies are the TEMPLE for the Holy Spirit.
If we understand that Satan is a fallen ANGEL (not human).
What does it mean when a fallen angel occupies the human body?

While many argue that the devil, Satan, will not literally occupy a man and therefore the anti-Christ isn't a real man; I say he will do just that and in doing so he becomes an Abomination that causes desolation standing in Gods Holy place, man created in the image of God.

No physical temple needed for that. No end of sacrifice needed either.

Make sense?

 

[Shilohsfoal]

The temple is the human body .
The abomination that desecrates the human body is that abomination that is often called the mark of the beast.If you compare enough scripture ,there will be no question is to what is taking place ,where it is taking place and to who it is given

The jews in Judea(who do wickedly against the covenant )as Daniel wrote in daniel 11;32 are those who reject Christ.
Those who know thier God and do exploits as Daniel wropte are the Messianic jews.It is they who do not worship the beast and his image and it is they who shall be killed in Daniel 11;33.It is those christians who understand amoung the people because the revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave to him to show to them.

 

[Shilohsfoal]

Comparing scriptures can be fun and knowledge shall be increased.

“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.†(Matthew 24:15-16)

As compared to-

Rev18;4
And I heard another voice from heaven,saying,Come out of her my people,that ye be not partakers of her sins,and that ye recieve not of her plagues.

Compare the things in Daniel to the revelation of our Lord.
Compare=Daniel 12;4
But thou,O Daniel,shut up the words,and seal the book,even to the time of the end;many shall run to and fro,and knowledge shall be increased.

Run to and fro through the word of God.

 

[Cyberseeker]

Are you looking to a(our) future or past Abomination of Desolation?
I pretty much agree with you that Jesus abolished sacrifice.

I believe the primary fulfillment happened in AD30 but that a future abomination will happen again. Ill try to develop my thoughts over several posts.

 

[Cyberseeker]

The purpose of this post is to offer a scriptural and credible alternative to the prevailing theories and we would do well to start by noticing how the Abomination of Desolation is ‘telescoped’ through more than one fulfillment. Therefore, when Bible commentators describe Antiochus Epiphenes and the sacrifice of swine on a Jewish altar as the ‘abomination’ (BC 167, Dan 11:31) they are quite right insofar as a precursor is concerned but it was not the final one. The latter part of the same prophecy (Dan 11:36-44) goes beyond Antiochus’ description and projects future events, the earlier precursive event providing the clue – that is to say, the abomination would relate to the temple, and to the altar and to the sacrifice done upon that altar.

Therefore, when Daniel speaks of another abomination, this time during the seventieth ‘week’ (Dan 9:27), we can expect it to have something to do with the altar, and something to do with what was performed on it. It would happen, the prophecy indicated, at the same time as sacrifice was abolished. (Dan 12:11) Bible students realise this, but they only envisage a future temple. There may well be, but the primary fulfillment was when sacrifice ceased (as far as God was concerned) at Calvary. So, the question has to be asked, if the seventieth ‘week’ was AD 26 – 33 did an abomination occur in the midst? The answer is yes, but it did not cause the sacrifice to cease as so often taught. Rather, it was God who abolished the sacrifice, and the abomination which occurred in the middle of the ‘week’ was the continuation of animal sacrifice after God had declared it complete! In other words, the sacrifice itself became the abomination of desolation – the blood of bulls and goats like that of unclean flesh.

Do not be offended at this. Be shocked rather that when Messiah was being nailed to the cross, the same priests who sent him there were preparing the morning sacrifice. Not only that, they were slaughtering for the great fifteenth day of Nisan – two bulls, one ram, seven lambs and a male goat to make atonement for the people. This was in addition to the regular burnt offerings. It was the morning of the fifteenth day of the first month at about the time the cross was being raised off the ground. What could be a greater abomination than to reject the Son of God simultaneously performing the rituals of atonement in place of God’s lamb?

Please look again at the source references and let the reader unhook their mind from previous explanations long enough to reconsider.

“Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.†(Dan 9:27)​

and ...

“From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.†(Dan 12:11)​

When taken together these verses mean Messiah abolished temple sacrifice and simultaneously an abomination appeared in the temple contradicting His atoning blood. From this abomination until the end of the seventieth ‘week’ (as per the solar calendar) was 1290 days. Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the (thirty) days, because when 1,290 days is added to the cross the covenant confirmation period is complete.

 

[Shilohsfoal]

Jesus didnt take away the perpetual sacrifice.He is the sacrifice.
Saying that he took it away when he offerd the sacrifice is contradictory of itself.