There are many prophetic events, that in order to gain an understanding of when they will take place, requires the cross-referencing and comparing of scripture, such as the timing of the gathering of the church. The event of the abomination is one of those events.
In Matt.24:15, Jesus quotes Dan.9:27 saying "So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."
Therefore, when Jesus says "So when you see standing" He is referring to this event as something that is yet to take place. From the time that Jesus spoke this until the destruction of the temple some 38 years later, there was not seven year covenant established with Israel by that ruler and no abomination set up in the temple and therefore must still be future. Since it is the word of God, it must then take place. The only fulfillment that you will find is a forced one by the preterists in order to support their beliefs. But the fact remains that this even has yet to take place. And since the temple destroyed and the setting up of the abomination requires a temple and sacrifices, then there must be a coming temple. This is supported by the fact that Israel has got the plans for the rebuilding of the temple already to go, with all of the furniture, articles of the temple, the priests garments, etc. This all fits in with the fulfillment of that coming antichrist and the fulfillment of that last seven years, with the setting up of the abomination.
The bottom line here is that there has been no fulfillment of the prophecy in Daniel which Jesus also quoted and therefore it must still be future. This all has to do with the events which will take place in conjunction with the end of the age. Below is Daniels prophecy regarding that last seven years:
"He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
The part of the verse highlighted in red "until the end that is decreed is poured out on him" is in reference to the fate of that ruler/antichrist who sets up the abomination and according to 2 Thes.2 who stands in the temple of God proclaiming himself to be God.
The end that is decreed is referring to at the end of the last 3 1/2 years Jesus returns where at that time, the beast and the false prophet are captured and thrown alive into the lake of fire. The end that is decreed upon him is the same thing that Paull was speaking of regarding that man of lawlessness/anitchirst, when he said, "And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming."
The fact that the antichrist is overthrown by Christ's return directly links the seven years and the setting up of the abomination with the Lord's return to the earth to end the age. It is the beast being thrown into the lake of fire alive that Paul is referring to when he says that the Lord Jesus will destroy him by the splendor of his coming.
That's not spiritualization. That's God deferring that part of the prophecy for a later time in conjunction with the end of the age. Spiritualization would take away the abomination as being literal and finding some symbolic meaning for it and that entire event. And speaking of God deferring prophecy, He has done it before. As proof of this, compare Luke 4:16-19 with Isa.61:1-2
Isaiah 61:1-2
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God,
Luke 4:16-19
" He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.
If you will notice, when Jesus read the prophecy of Isaiah, he left of "and the day of vengeance of our God." He did this because that part of the prophecy had not yet taken place and in fact has still not taken place. He was referring to the time of God's wrath, the time of vengeance that is still to come regarding Israel's time of trouble and the trouble that the entire earth will experience via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments.
You mean those who didn't even recognize Jesus as Messiah when He came and who still don't recognize him has Messiah? The Jews don't understand that the last seven years has not yet been completed. They don't understand what is coming. If they did, they would not be ready to build their temple and they would not agree to the seven year agreement knowing that the man of lawlessness was going to break it 3 1/2 years later. If they understood Dan 9:24-27, they would have known from the prophecy that Jesus was the Messiah appearing right on time with the prophecy.
In Matt.24:15, Jesus quotes Dan.9:27 saying "So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."
Therefore, when Jesus says "So when you see standing" He is referring to this event as something that is yet to take place. From the time that Jesus spoke this until the destruction of the temple some 38 years later, there was not seven year covenant established with Israel by that ruler and no abomination set up in the temple and therefore must still be future. Since it is the word of God, it must then take place. The only fulfillment that you will find is a forced one by the preterists in order to support their beliefs. But the fact remains that this even has yet to take place. And since the temple destroyed and the setting up of the abomination requires a temple and sacrifices, then there must be a coming temple. This is supported by the fact that Israel has got the plans for the rebuilding of the temple already to go, with all of the furniture, articles of the temple, the priests garments, etc. This all fits in with the fulfillment of that coming antichrist and the fulfillment of that last seven years, with the setting up of the abomination.
The bottom line here is that there has been no fulfillment of the prophecy in Daniel which Jesus also quoted and therefore it must still be future. This all has to do with the events which will take place in conjunction with the end of the age. Below is Daniels prophecy regarding that last seven years:
"He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
The part of the verse highlighted in red "until the end that is decreed is poured out on him" is in reference to the fate of that ruler/antichrist who sets up the abomination and according to 2 Thes.2 who stands in the temple of God proclaiming himself to be God.
The end that is decreed is referring to at the end of the last 3 1/2 years Jesus returns where at that time, the beast and the false prophet are captured and thrown alive into the lake of fire. The end that is decreed upon him is the same thing that Paull was speaking of regarding that man of lawlessness/anitchirst, when he said, "And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming."
The fact that the antichrist is overthrown by Christ's return directly links the seven years and the setting up of the abomination with the Lord's return to the earth to end the age. It is the beast being thrown into the lake of fire alive that Paul is referring to when he says that the Lord Jesus will destroy him by the splendor of his coming.
That's not spiritualization. That's God deferring that part of the prophecy for a later time in conjunction with the end of the age. Spiritualization would take away the abomination as being literal and finding some symbolic meaning for it and that entire event. And speaking of God deferring prophecy, He has done it before. As proof of this, compare Luke 4:16-19 with Isa.61:1-2
Isaiah 61:1-2
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God,
Luke 4:16-19
" He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.
If you will notice, when Jesus read the prophecy of Isaiah, he left of "and the day of vengeance of our God." He did this because that part of the prophecy had not yet taken place and in fact has still not taken place. He was referring to the time of God's wrath, the time of vengeance that is still to come regarding Israel's time of trouble and the trouble that the entire earth will experience via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments.
You mean those who didn't even recognize Jesus as Messiah when He came and who still don't recognize him has Messiah? The Jews don't understand that the last seven years has not yet been completed. They don't understand what is coming. If they did, they would not be ready to build their temple and they would not agree to the seven year agreement knowing that the man of lawlessness was going to break it 3 1/2 years later. If they understood Dan 9:24-27, they would have known from the prophecy that Jesus was the Messiah appearing right on time with the prophecy.
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