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Jesus was not talking about some more than 2,000 years distant future, but about his generation, about his disciples.The abomination of desolation (or the abomination that makes desolate) is Christians worshiping the antichrist.
The "holy place" Jesus referred to is His saints on earth---that same "outer court" of God's heavenly temple mentioned in the Revelation which is going to be given over by God to the sons of the devil to trample (through persecution and martyrdom) for 3 1/2 years (the time of great tribulation).
Christians are the only people who have Someone in them to leave them. The unsaved are already empty and alone. They cannot be made desolate as they don't have the Spirit of Jesus in them.
Any Christian who chooses to take the mark of the beast and worship him will forfeit his or her eternal life. The Holy Spirit will depart from them forever and they will spend eternity in the lake of fire. ( Hence the call for the saints to persevere during that time of persecution and to not forsake the Lord to their destruction.)
The abomination of desolation standing in the holy place is the same thing that Paul described in 2nd Thessalonians: the son of perdition (the antichrist) taking his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
The (only) temple of God is the church, and those Christians who fall away from their faith in that time and who take the mark of the beast and worship his image will be rejecting and replacing Christ as their spiritual head and their God with him (essentially with Satan incarnate).
The rebellion of the saints is already raging. It's only a matter of time before the antichrist is revealed and many of them commit the ultimate act of rebellion by worshiping the antichrist in order to save their earthly lives. They don't love and are not faithful to Jesus now; much less will they be in the most intense of trials.
You are correct; but there is more than one fulfillment of that prophecy/scripture. The first has already taken place, the second not yet.Jesus was not talking about some more than 2,000 years distant future, but about his generation, about his disciples.
Its clear from the context.
Makes what desolate?
It's not a dual application. Jesus uses Antiochus as a metaphor.
Fornicating with the kings of the earth make the woman desolate.
The abomination of desolation in Daniel 12 takes place at the time of the end. Which the time of the end is characterized by.... our day. Not 508 AD.The abomination that maketh desolate happened in 508 when the Papacy used king Clovis to destroy/uproot one of the three horns.
The abomination of desolation (or the abomination that makes desolate) is Christians worshiping the antichrist.
The "holy place" Jesus referred to is His saints on earth---that same "outer court" of God's heavenly temple mentioned in the Revelation which is going to be given over by God to the sons of the devil to trample (through persecution and martyrdom) for 3 1/2 years (the time of great tribulation).
Christians are the only people who have Someone in them to leave them. The unsaved are already empty and alone. They cannot be made desolate as they don't have the Spirit of Jesus in them.
Any Christian who chooses to take the mark of the beast and worship him will forfeit his or her eternal life. The Holy Spirit will depart from them forever and they will spend eternity in the lake of fire. ( Hence the call for the saints to persevere during that time of persecution and to not forsake the Lord to their destruction.)
The abomination of desolation standing in the holy place is the same thing that Paul described in 2nd Thessalonians: the son of perdition (the antichrist) taking his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
The (only) temple of God is the church, and those Christians who fall away from their faith in that time and who take the mark of the beast and worship his image will be rejecting and replacing Christ as their spiritual head and their God with him (essentially with Satan incarnate).
The rebellion of the saints is already raging. It's only a matter of time before the antichrist is revealed and many of them commit the ultimate act of rebellion by worshiping the antichrist in order to save their earthly lives. They don't love and are not faithful to Jesus now; much less will they be in the most intense of trials.
Here is what makes the woman desolate. It appears as though the ten kings will burn the Vatican to the ground, once the person has become the beast.
Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
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The abomination of desolation is something else. It stands in a holy place. Which is in the sanctuary. And will be the statue image of the beast placed in the temple, and shortly thereafter incarnated by Satan when he is cast down to earth for the time, times, half time.
The time, times and half a times has already passed. Revelation 13 shows that after that 1260 days/years have passed then the lamblike beast comes out of the earth
How does Revelation 13 show that?
The false prophet i.e the second beast, and the beast are both cast alive into the lake of fire at Jesus's Return.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Was that person cast alive into the lake of fire by Jesus? And did Jesus's return take place back then?The forty and two months ended when the Papacy was captured by Napoleon's general. Revelation is alot of repeat and expand, repeat and expand. Just like in the book of Daniel.
Bald eagles do eat road kill. As do red tailed hawks. I've seen it myself.It's Strongs 105 (Bird of prey) it can be eagle or vulture depending on the context. You are right eagles don't eat corpses. So the text strongly supports vultures.
Most translations use the word "vultures", because they (rightly so) are surprised by the word "eagle" here. Eagles do not eat corpses, vultures do.
But Jesus (or the gospel authors) knew Jesus was talking about Romans. Thats why "eagles" are there.
Abomination that maketh Desolate
Matthew 24:14-15
[14]And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; AND THEN SHALL THE END COME.
[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
Where did Daniel speak about an abomination of desolation?
Daniel 11:31 KJV — 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 11:45
[45]And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
In 508 AD king Clovis and the Franks defeated the Visigoths and paved the way for the papacy to fully develop. See this link on more info about 508ad:
http://www.patmospapers.com/daniel/in508.htm
This was extremely important because the CHURCH (PAPACY) used the STATE (king CLOVIS) to eventually uproot/wipe out 3 Germanic tribes from 508-538 AD. These 3 tribes where the Ostrogoths, Vandals, and Visigoths, they were Arian which means non-Trinitarian. See this link: Arianism - Wikipedia The church fornicating with the state is an ABOMINATION to God.
A pure woman in bible prophecy is a church:
Ephesians 5:25-27
[25]Husbands, love your WIVES, even as Christ ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH, and gave himself for it;
[26]That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
[27]That he might present it to himself a GLORIOUS CHURCH, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
A harlot in bible prophecy is an apostate church:
Jeremiah 3:6-8
[6]The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding ISRAEL hath done? SHE is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath PLAYED THE HARLOT.
[7]And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
[8]And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding ISRAEL COMMITTED ADULTERY I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Israel was the church in the wilderness:
Acts 7:37-38
[37]This is that Moses, WHICH SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
[38]This is he, that was in the CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Therefore a church is liken to a woman.
Now lets get to the end time application of church and state that Jesus warned us we should look out for.
Revelation 17:3,5,12,16
[3]So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a WOMAN (church) sit upon a scarlet coloured BEAST (kingdom or state, Daniel 7:23), full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns (kings, Daniel 8:21).
[5]And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
[12]And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
[16]And the ten horns (kings) which thou sawest upon the beast (church), these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her DESOLATE and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and BURN HER WITH FIRE.
The abomination of the woman is her fornicating with the beast:
Leviticus 18:22-23
[22]Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: IT IS ABOMINATION.
[23]Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
Revelation 17:3 is the church and state abomination that maketh her desolate.
Lets look and see how prophecy is being fulfilled today:
Pope Francis’s address to a joint session of Congress on September 24, 2015 marked a first in the history of the Catholic Church and United States.
Pope Francis Visits U.S. Congress/
This happened one day after the Day of Atonement/Judgment Day. One of God's holy days where he judges the children of Israel, and those who didn't afflict their souls and confess their sins were cut off.
The church also met with the kings of the earth the next day on September 25th, 2015:
The Vatican flag will fly at UN headquarters in New York for the first time on September 25, the date when Pope Francis will speak there.
The UN and the Holy See agreed that the Vatican flag would be raised in the morning with no special ceremony, at the same time that flags of other member-nations are raised.
UN will fly Vatican flag for first time during Pope's visit | News Headlines
This was the beginning of the end that Christ alluded to in Matthew 24:15, church and state.
Recently:
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump identified himself as the “best [president] in the history of the Catholic Church” in a conference call for Catholic leaders and educators Saturday, where he warned that issues at stake in the upcoming presidential election, particularly on abortion and religious liberty, “have never been more important for the Church.”
Trump says he's 'best president in history of the Church' in call with Catholic leaders/
This was in April this year. Trump is going to do all he can for the catholic church and that relationship is an abomination.
The constitution of the United States also prohibits this:
The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws which regulate an establishment of religion, prohibit the free exercise of religion, or abridge the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.
Now because of this abomination (church and state) God will judge the church and WHEN she is burned with fire this is a judgment from God that has its roots in the law of God.
Revelation 18:2,4-5,8
[2]And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
[4]And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
[5]For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
[8]Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Thus saith the Lord:
Leviticus 21:9
[9]And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
She (the church) has fornicated with the kings of the earth and she will be burnt with fire.
Matthew 11:15 KJV — He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Abomination that maketh Desolate
Matthew 24:14-15
[14]And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; AND THEN SHALL THE END COME.
[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
Where did Daniel speak about an abomination of desolation?
The temple.Makes what desolate?
No it's not.The abomination of desolation (or the abomination that makes desolate) is Christians worshiping the antichrist.
The "holy place" Jesus referred to is His saints on earth---that same "outer court" of God's heavenly temple mentioned in the Revelation which is going to be given over by God to the sons of the devil to trample (through persecution and martyrdom) for 3 1/2 years (the time of great tribulation).
Christians are the only people who have Someone in them to leave them. The unsaved are already empty and alone. They cannot be made desolate as they don't have the Spirit of Jesus in them.
Any Christian who chooses to take the mark of the beast and worship him will forfeit his or her eternal life. The Holy Spirit will depart from them forever and they will spend eternity in the lake of fire. ( Hence the call for the saints to persevere during that time of persecution and to not forsake the Lord to their destruction.)
The abomination of desolation standing in the holy place is the same thing that Paul described in 2nd Thessalonians: the son of perdition (the antichrist) taking his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
The (only) temple of God is the church, and those Christians who fall away from their faith in that time and who take the mark of the beast and worship his image will be rejecting and replacing Christ as their spiritual head and their God with him (essentially with Satan incarnate).
The rebellion of the saints is already raging. It's only a matter of time before the antichrist is revealed and many of them commit the ultimate act of rebellion by worshiping the antichrist in order to save their earthly lives. They don't love and are not faithful to Jesus now; much less will they be in the most intense of trials.
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