Douggg
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Not only is the image placed in the temple different from the revealed man of sin who sits in the temple - but the terms itself are different. And not at the same time.Ahhh, so the image placed in the temple is different than the man of sin who sits in the temple?
2 Thessalonians 2:4
the son of perdition, 4Who opposeth, and is lifted up above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he were God.
The abomination of desolation will follow the transgression of desolation by a guesstimate of a couple of months. Not enough information to pin it down.
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For the transgression of desolation....
The Antichrist, who at that time will be the King of Israel goes into the temple, sits, showing himself to be God. It is that act which reveals him to be the man of sin. That act is called the Transgression of Desolation in Daniel 8:13.
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?
It is called a Transgression because he transgresses the covenant that God made with the children of Israel that He would be their God.
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The Abomination of Desolation is something different. It will be setup in the temple, Daniel 12:11.
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.
If a person only read Matthew 24:15 and the words "standing in the Holy Place", a person could think -
oh, it is the man of sin standing in the temple. But actually the man of sin sits in the temple.
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:
So if it is not the revealed man of sin standing in the holy place, and the abomination of desolation is something that is setup - how do we make head or tails out of that?
Here's what it will be...
When the Antichrist unexpectedly goes into the temple, sits, claiming to be God - that is the transgression of desolation. The act will mortify the Jews because all along they will be thinking the person is the messiah, and will have actually been anointed the King of Israel.
So they are going to disown him as their King of Israel right away, ending the person's time as being the Antichrist. God angered by the revealed man of sin's audacious act has him killed. Why? Because he has magnified himself in his heart to think he is God.
So in Ezekiel 28:1-10, we can read about the person sitting in the temple of God. Claiming to be God.
Because he has magnified himself in his heart.
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Ezekiel 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Daniel 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
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Back to Ezekiel 28. God angered by the person claiming to be God - sends strangers to Israel against him - to kill him.
Ezekiel 28:7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
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So in Isaiah 14, the person finds himself in hell, taunted...before being kicked out of the grave.
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
Apparently when the Jews reject him as continuing as their King of Israel - he does not go along with it and starts killing them who rise up against him, before the strangers outside of Israel come in and kill the person.
God, in disdain for the person, doesn't let him rest there in the place of the dead, and brings him back alive.
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for the abomination of desolation....
Brought back to life, the person, mortally wounded as the head on the beast for claiming to be God, but miraculously comes back to life, takes on the persona as the beast - which everyone will think, yeah his claim to be God before, is actually verified because he has overcome death.
So the false prophet will have an image made of him and setup in the temple. It will be basically an idol, a statue of the beast in the standing position.
Which we come back to Matthew 24:15, the issue if it is not the revealed man of sin "standing" in the Holy Place - then who is it?
The false prophet does a seemingly big miracle makes the image come to life and speak. But in actuality, it will be Satan incarnating the image. And that will be who will be standing in the Holy Place.
And the image, incarnated by Satan will be the abomination of desolation.
When the image is first setup in the temple, it probably won't have any life to it. That's when the Jews are supposed to start fleeing to the mountains. The beast tries to stop them because he wants them to worship him - but the two witnesses keep the beast preoccupied while the Jews flee, until the two witnesses are killed by the beast.
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