This is in reply to Chance's 3/1;6 post Fay: "So Much Occurred on February 28th. We are being signaled!" Letter and Fay's 3/16 post Chance re the Warning of February 28th and their  comments below about the abomination of desolation taking place in 'the holy place.' 

Chance said, "I use the parallel book of Luke to tell me what 'the abomination of desolation' is given in Matthew - it's the surrounding of Jerusalem by armies.  Not the AC declaring himself king in the Temple." 

 

"So, no treaty, no breaking a treaty, no abomination on the altar.  And The Revelation doesn't mention a 1260 day period of relative 'peace and security' - The Revelation is one disaster after the other - the seven trumpets, the seven bowls, earthquakes, pestilence, wars, the AC reign where people are slaughtered - I see no 1260 days of relative calm.  Nope - it's all 'hell, fire and judgment'. 

 

"And I believe the Third Temple with the altar of God and the arc of the covenant comes down from Heaven in the New Jerusalem.  This Temple is not built by human hands this time."

Fay said:

"You made such a powerful point that there is no mention of a special 7 year covenant in the Book of Revelation that the AC breaks after 3.5 years.. There is no mention of a man-made, rebuilt Temple. Matthew 24:15 ) linked below) says the abomination of desolation (in the end days) will take place in 'the holy place - let the reader understand'. In the link below are the many translations re this verse. I highly recommend a close look at all the translations. If 'the holy place' mentioned in this passage, were the newly rebuilt Temple, one would think it would be clearly stated. Plus - an AC sanctioned and approved Temple would NOT be called 'the holy place' by scripture."

MY REPLY TO THE ABOVE STATEMENTS -- "The Holy Place" is not the Temple itself although the Temple is holy; 'the holy place' is inside the Temple. There didn't need to be any mention of a man-made rebuilt Temple in Matthew 24:15 because all the Jewish people knew that there was 'the holy place' and 'the most holy place' which were always inside their Temple. According to the link at KJV Search Results for "the" AND "holy" AND "place" there are 44 exact references the Bible to 'the holy place' and it was either inside their Tabernacle or later on in their Temple. Here is an explanation of 'the holy place' and 'the most holy place' in the temple at What were the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place in the temple / tabernacle? | GotQuestions.org  

And of course, there has to be a rebuilt temple but it will be built by the Jewish people and not the antichrist because Paul tells us in 2 Thess. 2:3-4 that "the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." 

'The Holy Place' inside the temple is where the abomination of desolation will stand according to Matthew 24:15, & Mark 13:14 shown in the verses below. Daniel 11:31 below says they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate & Daniel12:11 below says the abomination that maketh desolate is set up. The word "abomination" is not used in Luke 21:21, so it is not the armies surrounding Jerusalem that are the abomination of desolation although whether you live in Judea outside of Jerusalem or inside Jerusalem, you better flee to the mountains when you see armies surrounding Jerusalem or whether you are inside the temple and see the abomination of desolation being set up there, you better run for your life.

Matthew 24:15-16, "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:) hen let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:"

Mark13:14, "But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:"

Luke 21:21, "And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto."

Daniel 11:31,  "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."

Daniel 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."