Peace in Christ.
The abomination of desolation (man’s handwriting of ordinances) stands…that is, is established…in the holy place where it should not be found.
Man’s handwriting of church ordinances (statements of faith, church constitutions, church by-laws, etc) can be found in every “church” gathering.
Rather than following God’s commandments and statutes and judgments, many follow the handwritings (their commandments and statutes and judgments) of men.
The major hint to the understanding of what is the abomination of desolation comes in the following statement: “whoso readeth, let him understand”.
Matthew 24:15-16 KJV
(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:
It was Daniel who could read and understand the handwriting found on the wall of king Belshazzar’s palace. He could read and understand the handwriting upon the wall while the king’s wise men could not.
Daniel 5:8 KJV
(8) Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Daniel 5:14-17 KJV
(14) I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
(15) And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
(16) And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
(17) Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
The writing was done in the fashion of an appearing of a man’s hand and was written within the king’s palace (or temple) in a decree-like writing.
Man’s handwriting of ordinances was being parodied by God written decrees and it was found in the king’s palace …and today it is found in the King’s holy place and is against the “candlestick” or Light (knowledge) of God.
Daniel 5:5 KJV
(5) In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
The handwriting was “against the candlestick”….that is, it is against the knowledge of God.
Man’s church handwritings of church ordinances are found in the holy place (we are the temple of the King) and is highly exalted among men as it exalts itself against the knowledge of God (the Light or candlestick).
2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV
(5) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
The church handwriting of ordinances are patterned after the documents of the world…..the nations’ “constitutions” and statutes and by-laws which they use to self-govern and judge themselves with instead of God.
The church scribe written documents are “images”…graven images…of what they see in the outside world and so they go after the nations in these things. They are “idols” found within the church. We are polluted with the nation's idols when we copy their "handwritings"...their constitutions, by-laws, statutes, etc...and make them our own as the world does.
Ezekiel 23:30 KJV
(30) I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
Beware of any man who will lead you astray with his church handwriting which is patterned after the “rudiments” (the fundamental principles) of the world and not after Christ.
Colossians 2:8-10 KJV
(8) Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
(9) For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
(10) And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
These handwritings of ordinances (dogmas = what one thinks is right) are against us.
Colossians 2: KJV
(14) Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Fleshly-minded men rule their churches by their handwritings….the “principalities and powers”.
(15) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
They have intruded into the Scriptures and have taken some of the external commandments of God and have incorporated them into their handwritings and use them to judge themselves and others with.
(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
They have brought the “vessels” of His house before them. They have taken the commandments of God out of the Scriptures to include them in their handwritings so that they may get gain from them. They praise their handwritings….their “gods”…their elohim or JUDGES. Their handwritings are lifeless. They cannot see nor hear nor know anything like our Living Judge.
Daniel 5:23 KJV
(23) But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Instead of making the Living One their Judge (the LORD our God/Elohim/Judge ), they make a handwriting of a man’s hand judge of themselves (and others). Don’t let a fleshly-minded man judge you with his handwriting of church ordinances that contain external commandments (the shadow of things to come) that were taken out of His “House”….the Scriptures of God.
Colossians 2:16-23 KJV
(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
The fleshly-minded man intrudes into the Scriptures of God and vainly thinks that he has “seen something” and then incorporated them into his church handwritings...the messengers...the "angels".
(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
He does not have the mind of Christ as he seeks to rule over you with his handwriting of ordinances that do not feed anyone who is involved with them.
(19) And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image (the rigid handwriting of man’s church ordinances that are patterned after the documents of the nations of the outside world). They are the work of the hands of the craftsman and not from God.
Deuteronomy 27:14-15 KJV
(14) And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
(15) Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
The false prophets who think they had seen something in the Scriptures and make a handwriting of ordinances have seen nothing.
Ezekiel 13:1-3 KJV
(1) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
(2) Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
(3) Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
And yet they proclaim that the LORD said it (their handwriting of ordinances) when He did not speak it to them.
Ezekiel 13:7-8 KJV
(7) Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
(8) Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
The handwriting of church ordinances is a “baal”…meaning, lord…among those who prostrate themselves to the work of their own hands instead of serving the LORD.
We must take the “accursed thing”…the thing devoted to destruction…away from among us.
Joshua 7:11-13 KJV
(11) Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
(12) Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
(13) Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
To be continued…
The abomination of desolation (man’s handwriting of ordinances) stands…that is, is established…in the holy place where it should not be found.
Man’s handwriting of church ordinances (statements of faith, church constitutions, church by-laws, etc) can be found in every “church” gathering.
Rather than following God’s commandments and statutes and judgments, many follow the handwritings (their commandments and statutes and judgments) of men.
The major hint to the understanding of what is the abomination of desolation comes in the following statement: “whoso readeth, let him understand”.
Matthew 24:15-16 KJV
(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:
It was Daniel who could read and understand the handwriting found on the wall of king Belshazzar’s palace. He could read and understand the handwriting upon the wall while the king’s wise men could not.
Daniel 5:8 KJV
(8) Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Daniel 5:14-17 KJV
(14) I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
(15) And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
(16) And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
(17) Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
The writing was done in the fashion of an appearing of a man’s hand and was written within the king’s palace (or temple) in a decree-like writing.
Man’s handwriting of ordinances was being parodied by God written decrees and it was found in the king’s palace …and today it is found in the King’s holy place and is against the “candlestick” or Light (knowledge) of God.
Daniel 5:5 KJV
(5) In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
The handwriting was “against the candlestick”….that is, it is against the knowledge of God.
Man’s church handwritings of church ordinances are found in the holy place (we are the temple of the King) and is highly exalted among men as it exalts itself against the knowledge of God (the Light or candlestick).
2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV
(5) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
The church handwriting of ordinances are patterned after the documents of the world…..the nations’ “constitutions” and statutes and by-laws which they use to self-govern and judge themselves with instead of God.
The church scribe written documents are “images”…graven images…of what they see in the outside world and so they go after the nations in these things. They are “idols” found within the church. We are polluted with the nation's idols when we copy their "handwritings"...their constitutions, by-laws, statutes, etc...and make them our own as the world does.
Ezekiel 23:30 KJV
(30) I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
Beware of any man who will lead you astray with his church handwriting which is patterned after the “rudiments” (the fundamental principles) of the world and not after Christ.
Colossians 2:8-10 KJV
(8) Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
(9) For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
(10) And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
These handwritings of ordinances (dogmas = what one thinks is right) are against us.
Colossians 2: KJV
(14) Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Fleshly-minded men rule their churches by their handwritings….the “principalities and powers”.
(15) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
They have intruded into the Scriptures and have taken some of the external commandments of God and have incorporated them into their handwritings and use them to judge themselves and others with.
(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
They have brought the “vessels” of His house before them. They have taken the commandments of God out of the Scriptures to include them in their handwritings so that they may get gain from them. They praise their handwritings….their “gods”…their elohim or JUDGES. Their handwritings are lifeless. They cannot see nor hear nor know anything like our Living Judge.
Daniel 5:23 KJV
(23) But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Instead of making the Living One their Judge (the LORD our God/Elohim/Judge ), they make a handwriting of a man’s hand judge of themselves (and others). Don’t let a fleshly-minded man judge you with his handwriting of church ordinances that contain external commandments (the shadow of things to come) that were taken out of His “House”….the Scriptures of God.
Colossians 2:16-23 KJV
(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
The fleshly-minded man intrudes into the Scriptures of God and vainly thinks that he has “seen something” and then incorporated them into his church handwritings...the messengers...the "angels".
(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
He does not have the mind of Christ as he seeks to rule over you with his handwriting of ordinances that do not feed anyone who is involved with them.
(19) And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image (the rigid handwriting of man’s church ordinances that are patterned after the documents of the nations of the outside world). They are the work of the hands of the craftsman and not from God.
Deuteronomy 27:14-15 KJV
(14) And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
(15) Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
The false prophets who think they had seen something in the Scriptures and make a handwriting of ordinances have seen nothing.
Ezekiel 13:1-3 KJV
(1) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
(2) Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
(3) Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
And yet they proclaim that the LORD said it (their handwriting of ordinances) when He did not speak it to them.
Ezekiel 13:7-8 KJV
(7) Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
(8) Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
The handwriting of church ordinances is a “baal”…meaning, lord…among those who prostrate themselves to the work of their own hands instead of serving the LORD.
We must take the “accursed thing”…the thing devoted to destruction…away from among us.
Joshua 7:11-13 KJV
(11) Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
(12) Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
(13) Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
To be continued…