Chance,

I've been pondering what you had written, and what you, and others, like Garry B,  had written on this subject, before.

(Is it possible, that Daniel and Jesus are speaking of both what happens in the temple, as well as the city of Jerusalem itself?

Daniel 8:13, in speaking about the transgression of desolation, mentions the daily sacrifice and the sanctuary, but also mentions the host to be trodden under foot:)

Daniel 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

(In Daniel 11:31, it mentions polluting the sanctuary, taking away the daily sacrifice, and placing the the abomination of desolation, but also standing arms:)

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.

(In Daniel 12:11 the abomination that maketh desolate set up, is mentioned with the daily sacrifice being taken away:)

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.

(In Matthew 24:15-16 mentions the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place.

59 times in the scriptures, holy place is mentioned, and of the other 58 times, all but three refer to the holy place of the tabernacle/temple.

Psalm 68:17 and Isaiah 57:15 apparently refer to an heavenly holy place, but Psalm 46:4 refers to the city as the holy place.

In Matthew 24:15-16, the city is not mentioned, yet the people in Judaea are told to flee into the mountains, and Judaea includes Jerusalem:)

Matthew 24:15 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:

(Mark 13:14, is similar to Matthew 24:15-16, except, instead of saying "standing in the holy place", Jesus said, "standing where it ought not".

Which could be in relation to the prohibition of entry into the most holy place, except by the high priest on the day of atonement:)

Mark 13:14 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:

(In Luke 21:20-21, the standing abomination is not mentioned, but Jerusalem compassed with armies, is.

Then the same admonition to them in Judaea fleeing to the mountains, is made:)

Luke 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

  21 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.

(So, is it possible that these are all referring to a simultaneous situation, one inside the temple, and the other surrounding Jerusalem?

What if those armies are initially supposed to be there in Israel to "protect the peace" that may apparently be made, like an "international peace force"?

And perhaps during the time of the supposedly protected peace, Israel is allowed to reinstitute animal sacrifices in a rebuilt temple.

Maybe everyone will be claiming that they finally have peace and safety.

But at some point, does the devil enter into the antichrist, similar to what happened with Judas, but then antichrist goes into the temple.

Where he does what Paul mentions in II Thessalonians 2, and then the false prophet sets up an image of the antichrist, presumably in the holy place.

And at that same time, the international peace force turns from protecting Jerusalem, to attacking Jerusalem?)

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