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What is the Abomination of Desolation? 


This is a hard topic, 

yet there's a simple and clear answer!




By Nab B 

August 1, 2022 


  


“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” (Matt 24:15)





This is a big subject in Christian circles. Volumes have been written on the subject. You will get mental fatigue just reading some of these interpretations. But the scriptures and their true meaning, I believe, should not be exhausting, but rather refreshing! 



Here, at Clear Bible Truth, I will try to show you, simply and clearly...in a few pages...what many volumes sometimes miss. I hope to impart some spiritual understanding which will help a believer stay away from the glaring confusion in the church system.


Let the spirit of God, the scriptures, and reason give us the proper understanding.



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We will analyze the meaning of Daniel's passage verse by verse. Keep in mind that Matthew 24:15 (theme verse above) was part of the seventy-week prophecy of Daniel, which you can read here:  The Seventy Weeks of Daniel Ended in AD 34



The prophecy predicted Christ's year of arrival and death. The 70-week (or 490 years) prophecy cannot be broken up or spaced out as many interpreters do!



Let's define each part of Daniel 9:27, which Jesus quoted above: 


“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. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.” (NKJV)



“He shall confirm a covenant with many for one week.”

Jesus' ministry started at the beginning of the last seven years of Daniel’s prophecy to confirm the New Covenant for those who will believe.



“In the middle of the week, He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.” 

Jesus was sacrificed exactly in the middle of the last seven years (He ministered for 3 1/2 years). 


His death was "a sin offering" to God, ending permanently all temple sacrifices and offerings! It fulfilled all the requirements of the law. 



“On the wing [pinnacle] of abominations shall be one who makes desolate.” 

This meant that an extreme and abominable act shall be done by one institution (not one person) that causes desolation, meaning destruction or killing.



“Even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate.” 

The abominations will be permitted until the determined END is poured out on the desolator (the destroyer).



Now that we have deciphered the meaning of Daniel 9:27, let's see what it really means.




What is The Holy Place?


Many assume that Daniel's prophecy speaks about the temple in Jerusalem. I think not! When he was on earth, the body of Jesus served as the temple of God. For God resided and acted through him. How do I know this? Here is scriptural proof (there's more if you search). 



“Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body.” (John 2:19-21) 



The above proves that "Jesus' body" was the "Holy Place" or the "Temple of God". Establishing this point is crucial since the desolator will try to destroy the "temple of his body" (not the stone temple but Christ's body). 




What is The Abomination of Desolation?


Many believe the Roman armies were the “abomination of desolation”. It may appear that way, but it is not, at least for me. 


Here's why: 


I believe Jerusalem’s ecclesiastical powers and their supporters were the 'abomination of desolation'. They desecrated God’s perfect temple, Jesus Christ, by killing Him.



Jesus rejected and condemned the apostate religious system in Jerusalem. He knew they would kill Him. His last denunciations were directed against their system in Israel, not the Roman powers.



Jesus' fiery woes' recorded in Matthew 23:27-38 were the decrees spoken of in Daniel 9:27. Israel's old system of worship and sacrifices was coming to an end. A new spiritual Israel, a new Church [ecclesia], and a new Jerusalem were born.



If you don’t believe it, read the parable of the "Murdered Son" in Matthew 12:1-12. It was when the workers killed the Son, that the owner of the vineyard (God) came and killed (rejected) his tenants ( fleshly Israel and its entire old system ) and gave the vineyard to others (Gentile nations) to form a new covenant, a new Church made up of believers from all nations who would follow Christ. 



And that was the end of it...



Therefore, any Jew or Gentile who wants to worship God must believe and exercise faith in the name of Jesus Christ for salvation.



Matthew 23:37-38, Jesus sounded his final words against Israel's entire system centred in Jerusalem:


“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, and you were unwilling. Behold, your house [system and temple] is being left to you DESOLATE!” 



Have you noticed? Jesus used the same word ‘desolate’ found in Daniel 9:27. It proves that Israel's religious leaders, their system, and supporters are the DESOLATOR who will be left desolate as decreed by God! 





How does this help me spiritually?








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