This is why the “Abomination of Devastation” is such an important prophetic marker that we should observe – because it signals that the Great Tribulation (an unprecedented 3 and a half years of global war and suffering) is about to begin. In addition to daniel`s three passages, our Lord`s two references in Matthew and Luke, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 and Revelation 13:14-15 also focus on this event. Therefore, the abomination of desolation that the reader is supposed to understand includes the following: Third, we know what to look for in the future Antichrist. According to these criteria and given the atrocities to be placed in the rebuilt temple, we will be vigilant when the times of the Antichrist come. In 24:4-14, Jesus prepares His disciples for the events—most of which are extremely difficult—that will take place in their lives. These problems are not signs of the end; Disciples must be willing to stand “firmly” through them (24:4-8, 13). Then he said, “When you see yourself standing in the holy place, `the abominations that cause devastation.` – let the reader understand – then let those in Judea flee to the mountains. Scholars generally agree that the first reference to these prophecies is the Seleucid king Antiochus Epiphanes IV, who ruled Palestine from 175 to 64 BC. Antiochus treated Israel with such violence and contempt that they rebelled against him.

When he came to suppress the rebellion, his troops invaded the temple, arrested regular victims, set up an idol or altar for Zeus, and apparently depicted pigs as victims there. It is an abomination because it is idolatry, and it brings desolation because it contaminates the holy place in the heart of Israel. This act was the abomination of “the” desolation, the abomination that “caused” desolation. In Daniel 11:31, a prophecy was written by Daniel in the sixth century BC. J.-C. about a future Syrian ruler named Antiochus Epiphanes, who ruled Syria in 175-164 BC. J.-C., about 400 years after Daniel. History, of course, has recorded the reign of this man.

In verse 31, Daniel prophesied about his activity: “. They will contaminate the sanctuary of power and take away the daily sacrifice, and they will corrupt the abomination that makes it dark. It would be very difficult to understand if it were not for the fact that it is already filled. Anyone can go back to the story of Antiochus Epiphanes and find out what he did, as told in the apocryphal books of 1 and 2 Maccabees. He was a great persecutor of the children of Israel and did his best to eradicate the Jewish religion and wanted to replace it with a cult of the Greek pagan gods. Such a prophecy, the abomination of devastation (mentioned in Daniel 9:27,11:31,12:11), appears throughout history and in the ages to come. The anti-Christian figure who erects an abomination in the church has played a role throughout history. This article will explore what the abomination of devastation is, the typology of the figure behind the abomination, and what it means for Christians today. Then the Antichrist, the man of anarchy, “the son of destruction, who opposes and rises above any so-called god or object of worship, […] takes his place in the temple of God and shows himself as God” (2 Thess 2:3-4). He is “the one whose coming is in harmony with Satan`s work, with all the power, all the signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish because they have not received the love of the truth to be saved” (vs. 9-10). This is the abomination of devastation.

Bdelugma (abomination) refers to an object of disgust, repulsion and disgust. In Scripture, it is mainly used to refer to things associated with idolatry and gross impiety. The Hebrew equivalent was often used by rites and utensils associated with the bad behavior of pagan religions. In the book of Revelation, it is used to represent the immorality and spiritual impurity of the false religious system known as “Babylon the Great, the Mother of” (17:4-5). In the new heaven and on the new earth, there will be “nothing unclean and no one who practices abominations and lies” (21:27). In the Old Testament, the word translated as “desolation” (or “that which makes you feel sorry”) is shameful and means “to destroy, devastate, devastate; to be amazed. something so terrible that it can leave a person speechless” (The Complete Word Study Old Testament, 2376). In 167 BC.

Antiochus erected a statue of the Greek god Zeus in the Temple of Jerusalem. He also ordered that pigs, biblically unclean animals, be offered on the temple altar to desecrate the holy place (to fulfill Daniel`s prophecy). These acts were abhorrent, abhorrent and despicable to the Jewish people and were the first fulfillment of the abomination of devastation. Since Christ specifically associated the prophecy of the abomination of devastation with Daniel`s prophecy, it seems better to see a correspondence between the abomination of the devastation committed by Antiochus Epiphanes and what was foretold by Christ. If so, it would involve not only smearing the altar with sacrifices with unclean hearts, but also a real worship of another God using the temple as a means of such an insidious act. The preterists who agree with it consider it the worship of Roman standards within the temple grounds.