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  The Abomination of Desolation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
They further conclude that since the abomination of desolations must yet be in the future, many other portions of Daniel's intertwined visions must also be in the future.
Josephus specifically records the abomination as being the sacrifice by Antiochus Epiphenes of a pig on the sacred altar to Jupiter.
The desolations was the war of rebellion by the Maccabees in retaliation for the desecration of the temple.
www.prophetseye.com /the_abomination_of_desolation.htm   (1133 words)

  
 The Abomination That Makes Desolate
In this end-time, God is also going to "call them to account" for their abominations, and for this reason He is causing a representative number of the Jews to return to Palestine and re-occupy the city of Jerusalem.
Communism is that "abomination" which in one form or another is to be "set up" in the midst of the "temple" nations of Christendom and the Jews.
The "abomination" which desecrated (and desolated) the land of Palestine in Antiochus' day was Grecian paganism, symbolized by the statue of the pagan god Zeus being set up in the Temple.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Abomination of Desolation
While thus disagreeing as to the precise sense of the Hebrew phrase usually rendered by "the abomination of desolation", Christian scholars are practically at one with regard to its general meaning.
Other scholars are of the mind that the desecration of the Temple by the Zealots who seized it and made it their stronghold shortly before Jerusalem was invested by Titus, is the event foretold by Our Lord.
But this view is commonly rejected for the simple reason that "the abomination of desolation" spoken of by Daniel and referred to in St.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01046a.htm   (608 words)

  
 Daniel 9 Cipher
According to Daniel 12, from the time the abomination of desolation is set up until the end there will be 1335 days, or 3.5 years.
Therefore from the cleansing of the Abomination of Desecration in 164
(Daniel 8) to the Abomination of Desolation in 66
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 The Abomination of Desolation: Christian Resource Centre (Bermuda)!
These parts are: the abomination of desolation in Daniel's day (involving the first temple); the abomination of desolation in Jesus' day (involving the second temple); and finally the abomination of desolation in the time of the end (involving the whole Christian church).
It was specifically the abominations of Jehoiakim that led him and his city to forfeit God's protection and thus fall to Nebuchadnezzar.
Notice where these abominations were committed: the people "transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem" (v.
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 The Abomination of Desolation, Duration of the reign of the Antichrist
The Abomination of Desolation, Duration of the reign of the Antichrist
This Abomination refers to the abolition of the Eternal Sacrifice and the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem...
The concept of the abomination of desolation is often spiritualized with explaining it as idolatrous worship established in the hearts of God’s people (His "temple").
biblia.com /jesusbible/daniel2.htm   (1364 words)

  
 The Mystery of Hanukkah
This event was foretold by Daniel the prophet, and Jesus Christ mentions the desecration of the altar and Temple, in the Mount Olivet prophecy.
His soldiers captured Jerusalem, desecrated the Temple of God and polluted the sanctuary, causing pig’s blood to be sacrificed upon the altar of God.
         In 168 B.C. Antiochus plundered and desecrated the Temple in Jerusalem.
triumphpro.com /abomination_of_desolation___hanukkah.htm   (7468 words)

  
 Abomination of Desolation 1
It could be that he chose this vague prophecy about the abomination as the key sign to watch bor because a similar "abomination that causes desolation" would be the precurser for his return, a kind of event that would link his exit and his return.
Certainly the abomination that desecrated the temple and its altar in A.D. 70 brought the end of the entire period recorded in the Old Testament.
Daniel, who wrote the Bible prophecy about the "abomination that causes desolation" also used the metaphor of a stone that was "cut out of a mountain but not by human hands," a quarried stone that was hurled against all the kingdoms of the earth and destroyed them.
www.inplainsite.org /html/abomination_of_desolation_1.html   (5215 words)

  
 Debasing Strong Words
Abomination means "a loathsome, detestable, morally reprehensible, odious act or object." The word derives from the Latin for "omen" (i.e.
A kindred fate has befallen the word "desecration." This word comes also from the noble Roman language; its root is the verb sacro/sacavi/sacatus/sacare, which means to set apart as sacred, to devote to the gods, to render holy".
Desecration was used, rightly in Rhetorix' opinion, to describe the destruction by the Taliban of the ancient standing Buddha statues in Afghanistan.
www.tocquevillian.com /articles/0041.html   (928 words)

  
 Abomination of Desolation  |  Church History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Yet they can hardly be considered as the "the abomination of desolation" referred to in St. Matthew, xxiv, 15.
Other scholars are of the mind that the desecration of the Temple by the Zealots who seized it and made it their stronghold shortly before Jerusalem was invested by Titus, is the even foretold by Our Lord.
But this view is commonly rejected for the simples reason that "the abomination of desolation" spoken of by Daniel and referred to in St. Matthew's Gospel, was certainly something connected with idolatrous worship.
www.preteristarchive.com /Books/ref_abomination_01.htm   (605 words)

  
 Hannukah
That is because of a decision made around 100 A.D. by the Rabbi's at Jamnia to reject all Old Testament writings that were not originally penned in the Hebrew language.
On the 15th of Chislev the king erected the abomination of desolation (December 8 167).
The desecration itself (the abomination) was the altar of Baal or the Olympian Zeus erected on the Jewish altar of holocausts.
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 Bible Study - The Seleucids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This included their heathen religion, which from the perspective of Bible History, reached its most outrageous extreme in 167 B.C. when Antiochus IV Epiphanes (see above) entered the Temple of God (see Temples) in Jerusalem, erected an altar to the pagan god Zeus, and sacrificed a pig on it (see Clean and Unclean).
That "abomination of desecration" triggered the Maccabean Revolt by the Hasmoneans.
According to Prophecy, there is yet to come one more great world dictator, based on one last revival of the ancient Roman empire (see Daniel's Statue), who is going to enter Jerusalem and blasphemously claim to be divine (see The Lawless One and The Antichrist).
www.keyway.ca /htm2000/20000417.htm   (468 words)

  
 The Abomination of Desolation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
An “abomination” is something God detests, and comes from the Hebrew word shakaz, for an idol; something, or someone who is worshiped in place of the true God.
Of the abomination of desolation and the one who puts it in place, Daniel wrote, “Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down” (Daniel 8:11).
The warning concerning the final abomination to be set up in the “holy place” is directly connected to the beginning of the great tribulation, which has as one of its main features the horrible martyrdom of saints (Daniel 7:20-21; Matthew 24:9).
www.cgi.org /booklets/abomination.html   (8788 words)

  
 Archived: Standing Abominations of Desolation - TheologyWeb Campus
Holding writes 'No, X, pay attention: Rome's actions were the cause of the desolation; their coming was a signal (for Luke) of the abominations forthcoming; and excuse me, but the class of behavior which Anauas called "abominations" didn't stop after his mouth opened.
Nor do we claim there were no "abominations" beforehand as X seems to think -- in fact we have no problem with all sorts of teensy-weensy abominations before the Big Fat Abomination that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
So the Big Fat standing abomination of Jesus that Holding in one post says was the High Priest, and in his article Holding says that the Big Fat abomination came after the Romans came and was the straw that broke the camel's back.
www.theologyweb.com /forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2180   (2286 words)

  
 FaithWriters.com-Christian Apologetics - Are We Near the 'End Time'? (Revised)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”(NIV) This may not seem to be a declaration of peace and war, but look at the verse and think of the implications.
Since there is to be a temple for him to desecrate and sacrifices and offerings for him to stop, then we may assume that there is a time of peace to fully re-establish the Jewish religion and all of its rites.
When the Anti-Christ sets up the “abomination that causes desecration”, this will undoubtedly cause Jewish priests and religious people to speak out against him, causing much strife and probably violent outbreaks.
www.faithwriters.com /article-details.php?id=4031   (1463 words)

  
 Feast of Channukah
Chanukah is a Hebrew word meaning “dedication” because this observance marks the rededication of the Jewish Temple after it had been desecrated by the Syrians in their invasion prior to Christ.
Another example the Muslims dome of the Rock is a type of a abomination of desolation.
The stones that were torn down because of the temple desecration by an abomination were then used against the messiah who was the temple made without hands.
www.letusreason.org /Doct4.htm   (4208 words)

  
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This act of desecrating the great Temple in Jerusalem is mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 24, in which he refers to Daniel's prophecy in Daniel 9.
Another desecration is mentioned in Daniel 11:31, and was fulfilled through the desecration of the Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes, who ruled the Syrian empire from 175-164 BCE.
It will be desecrated for a second time by the abomination of desolation as described in Matthew 24.
uwacadweb.uwyo.edu /religionet/endtimes/bot.htm   (12620 words)

  
 An Interpretation of Matthew 24—25 Part 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
During this time Jesus speaks of a signal event connected with the Temple- its desecration by an abomination which was prophesied by the Prophet Daniel (Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14).
Was the Temple that was to be desecrated the same Temple as the one predicted to be destroyed?
By contrast the destruction of the Temple in Matthew 24:2 was a judgment " because you did not recognize the time of your visitation [Messiah' s first advent]" (Luke 19:44b) and resulted in the Temple being level[ed] to the ground and your children [the Jews] within you" (Luke 19:44a).
www.raptureready.com /featured/AnInterpretationofMatthew24_25_2.html   (1722 words)

  
 Lesson plan 20 June 1999: The Little Apocalypse
Before we pass on to the next section, I have to comment on the "abomination of desolation." This is specifically referred to the prophecy in Daniel.
The phrase "abomination of desolation" may be opaque in English, but it means the desecration ("abomination") and abandonment ("desolation") of the temple in Jerusalem.
Interestingly, no-one that I have seen has connected the prophecy of a latter-day "abomination of desolation" to the destruction of a modern temple within a generation (JS-M 1:34) before the return of Christ.
www.tungate.com /l990620.htm   (1604 words)

  
 Light of Life Ministries
To the Jews, the presence of this mosque is an abomination, and it represents the major stumbling block to their rebuilding of a temple.
He then (apparently) declares himself as God, commits a desecration (abomination) in the Temple, and continues this until the "consummation", or end of the period (another 3.5 years) at which time "that which has been determined" is poured out on the "desolation".
In verse 15, He says "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,", referring to the false messiahs entry into the Temple at the 3.5 year mark.
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 The Signs of Christ's Coming--Part 4
That is exactly what Daniel predicts that they will all come together and out of them will rise this one great leader who will be the protector of Israel in the middle of a year...of a seven- year period, he violates his treaty with them, he desecrates their worship in the Holy Place.
And all of that is going to be triggered by the abomination of desolation at the midpoint of the seven years.
There's going to come a desecration and abomination, there's going to come a holocaust in Jerusalem that's going to take the lives of two out of every three of you.
www.biblebb.com /files/MAC/2370.HTM   (7466 words)

  
 Sistine Chapel - Uncyclopedia
Because Sistine rhymes with pristine, a word which immediately conjures up angelic choirboys in crisp white linen robes with freshly scrubbed faces, most sheep are fooled into believing, on a purely subliminal level, that this is a sacred piece of real estate.
The truth is, this location is referred to in Revelations as "the abomination of the desecration in the holy place".
There's something in there somewhere towards the end of the bible to the effect of "when you see the beast/antichrist (translation: anti-Protestant ex-nazi guy wearing waving a letter of condemnation aimed at Protestants) standing in the holy place then it is the end times.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Sistine_Chapel   (320 words)

  
 Save Yerkes Observatory
I thought the developeris plan was an abomination, a desecration of a site that, in my mind, ranks right up there with Mount Rushmore.
Yerkes occupies a place of great significance as a world leader in 20 century astro-physics, a place of reverence and respect, where Einstein visited, where Chandrasekhar did his work on fl holes that led to his Nobel Prize.
It prevents desecration of the land that once gone is gone forever.
www.grantmaclaren.com /yerkes/comments.html   (1963 words)

  
 Come Again?
Luke as a Gentile writer has a propensity to explain peculiar Jewish twists to his Gentile readership; "faced with a cryptic allusion to Daniel, they would not be in a position to obey the command" to read and understand [Wr.JVG, 359].
Second, Luke’s indication is that the coming of the armies signifies that the "abomination" is soon to take place, and that the desolation will occur soon thereafter.
Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
www.infidels.org /library/magazines/tsr/2002/5/025olive.html   (8364 words)

  
 - The End Times According to Jesus ... Part 2
The Prophet Daniel had written of a time in the future when the Temple would be desecrated by an event he called "the Abomination that causes Desolation" (Daniel 9:24-27) and the Lord was now informing them that this event would trigger the Great Tribulation.
First there will be a desecration of their Temple, second the warning is given specifically to those in Judea, the region of Jerusalem in Israel, and third there's an admonition to pray that it won't happen on the Sabbath, a day when Jewish law forbids traveling.
Clearly the Lord was saying that there will be a nation of Jewish people observing His Law in Israel at the End of the Age and they will have rebuilt their Temple prior to His return.
www.gracethrufaith.com /ikvot/the-end-times-according-to-jesus-part-2   (1971 words)

  
 How to Burn an American Flag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
You cry that the government is doing you wrong, and in return you try to get back at them by desecrating the symbol of our nation.
It is high time that true patriots take the time to abuse their second amendment right to teach cretins like yourself not to abuse their first.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant Congress and the States the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
www.esquilax.com /flag/play.html   (3083 words)

  
 Photo Report of Hindu Ritual at Fatima: Pictures of a Desecration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Less than two weeks after this EWTN broadcast, the Fatima Shrine was desecrated by pagan worship, with the blessing of Rector Guerra and the Bishop of Leiria- Fatima.
Catholics who behold the Fatima Shrine Rector and the Bishop of Fatima draped in shawls laden with verses from a pagan mythology, certainly would wish that the Hindu desecration of Fatima was an illusion, that none of it was real.
And Catholics must register their outrage to Rome and to Fatima, as they offer prayers of reparation for Catholic leaders who hand over the chapel of Our Lady of Fatima to a religion whose god is the devil.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1162953/posts   (5691 words)

  
 Antichrist, Gog Magog, Doug Krieger, beast, US in prophecy, Babylon, Armageddon, Book of Daniel
The abomination will be an image of the Beast that will be set up in the temple in Jerusalem (Rev.13:14-15).
The stage is set by Michael for the “Abomination of Desolation” but only the Holy Spirit can permit the spirit of Antichrist to be so inhabited.
But, then, there is War in Heaven, the Dragon and his minions are cast out and down to the earth, the Beast from the Abyss surfaces, the Abomination of Desolation takes place and the Antichrist is thenceforth referred to as THE BEAST.
www.the-tribulation-network.com /dougkrieger/antichrist/antichrist_ch10.htm   (4784 words)

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