While
reading the Word today (July
27, 2012), I discovered something I never knew before about
the abomination
that causes desolation.It
will happen
right after Jerusalem is surrounded by armies.I know this because Jesus spoke about the abomination
that causes
desolation, as recorded in Mt 24:15; Mk 13:14; and Lk 21:20.It is the same in
Matthew and Mark, but Luke
records Jesus saying it a little differently.
Matthew
recorded Jesus saying: "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION
OF
DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet,
standing in the holy
place (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea
must flee to the
mountains. (Mat 24:15-16)
Mark
recorded Jesus saying: "But when you see the ABOMINATION OF
DESOLATION
standing where it should not be (let the reader understand),
then those who are
in Judea must flee to the mountains. (Mar 13:14)
Luke
recorded Jesus saying: "By
your endurance you will gain your lives. "But when you see
Jerusalem
surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is
near. "Then
those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those
who are in the
midst of the city must leave, and those who are in the country
must not enter
the city…Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles
until the times
of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” (Luk 21:19-21, 24)
Notice
the phrase “Then those who
are in Judea must flee to the mountains,” which is found in
all three
gospels.In
Matthew and Mark, it’s
preceded by the phrase, “when you see the ABOMINATION OF
DESOLATION.”But
in Luke it is preceded by the phrase,
“when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies.”This means that the time when the abomination of
desolation is set up
occurs when Jerusalem is surrounded by armies.
When
a city is surrounded by enemy armies, it has been captured or
is about to be
captured.I put
all of this together
with Oden Hetrick’s teaching that the capture of Jerusalem is
the first of four
major events to occur right before the rapture. It will be
followed by
worldwide darkness for several days, then the appearing of the
Lord Jesus
Christ, and the rapture of the elect.
As
I was reading Daniel, I noticed that he referred to the
abomination of
desolation four times:
1.It set
itself up to be as great as
the commander of the army of the Lord; it took away the daily
sacrifice from
the Lord, and his sanctuary was thrown down. Because of
rebellion, the Lord’s
people and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It
prospered in
everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground. Then I
heard a holy one
speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it
take for the
vision to be fulfilled —the vision concerning the daily
sacrifice, the
rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the
sanctuary and the
trampling underfoot of the Lord’s people?” He said to me, “It
will take 2,300
evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be
reconsecrated.” Daniel
8:11-14
2.“Know and
understand this: From the
time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until
the Anointed One,
the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two
‘sevens.’ It will
be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.
After the
sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and
will have nothing.
The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city
and the sanctuary.
The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the
end, and
desolations have been decreed. He will confirm a covenant with
many for one
‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to
sacrifice and
offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination
that causes
desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out
on him. Daniel
9:25-28
3."Forces
from him will arise,
desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular
sacrifice. And
they will set up the abomination of desolation. (Dan
11:31)
4."From the
time that the regular
sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is
set up, there will
be 1,290 days. (Dan 12:11)
I
observed In Daniel 9 that the evil ruler will confirm a
seven-year covenant,
and at the 3.5-year point, he will put an end to sacrifice and
offering, and
set up an abomination that causes desolation at the temple.It will be at this
3.5-yr point that he will
destroy the city and the sanctuary.This
is confirmed by Luke’s record of Jesus saying that the
abomination of
desolation will occur in conjunction with the capture of
Jerusalem.
I
observed that Daniel repeated in 12:11 that there would be 3.5
yrs (1,290 days)
from the time that the evil ruler abolishes the regular
sacrifice and sets up
the abomination of desolation until the times of the Gentiles
are
fulfilled.This
confirms that it will
occur at the beginning of the 3.5-year Great Tribulation.
I
observed that Israel was
reestablished as a nation in 1967. By adding Daniel’s seven
sevens to 1967, we
arrive at the Hebrew year 5776, which is 2015 or 2016. I
sensed that 2015 or
2016 would be a significant year.
If the evil ruler’s seven-year covenant
(treaty or term of
office) were to begin for example in January 2013, it would end
in January
2020.The middle
point in that period
would be sometime in 2016.[Note on
10-9-12: Alternatively, if the evil ruler’s seven-year
“covenant” or “term of
office” were to begin on October 29, 2008, it would end in
September 2015.]
The apostle Paul spoke of the evil ruler and
his abomination
of desolation when he wrote to the Thessalonians.He said: “Now we
request you, brethren, with
regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our
gathering together to Him,
that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be
disturbed either by a
spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect
that the day of
the Lord has come. Let no one in any way deceive you, for it
will not come
unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is
revealed, the
son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every
so-called god or
object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of
God, displaying
himself as being God. Do you not remember that while I was
still with you,
I was telling you these things? And you know what restrains him
now, so that in
his time he will be revealed. For the mystery of lawlessness is
already at
work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out
of the way.
Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay
with the breath
of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His
coming; that is, the
one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with
all power and
signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of
wickedness for those who
perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as
to be saved.”
(2Th 2:1-10)
The
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and our gathering together to Him will not come unless the man
of lawlessness
is first revealed.And
Paul explained
what the abomination would be.He said
this son of destruction would take his seat in the temple of
God, displaying
himself as being God.
According
to Lois Hetrick (author of loishetrick.com), “The Abomination
of Desolation can
be destruction of: the Temple, the army, the city or the
people. The
Abomination of Desolation happens at the very beginning of the
3 ½ years when
the armies surround Jerusalem to destroy her.”She believes that the Great Tribulation, lasting 3.5
years, begins when
the armies surround Jerusalem to destroy it.If that is so, then we may be right on the brink of
seeing that
occur.But since
there is currently no
temple, the abomination of desolation may be the destruction
of the Israeli
Defense Forces or the city of Jerusalem, on account of the
abominable ruler
that deceives them into thinking he will come to their
defense, who ultimately
betrays them to their enemies – the Muslim nations.
Len
You
must take responsibility for your own actions. Nobody knows
the day or the
hour, and in no way am I date setting. This is only to provide
you with
information, so that you can make your own decisions, for
which you will be
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