The absurdity and heresy of Preterism
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How you been doing KJV1611!
Let's look at the scriptures in question:
Daniel 9:27
"And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him"
Matthew 24:15-18
"So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
Daniel 9:27 describes the seven year covenant with the abomination being set up in the middle of the seven years. In Matthew 24:15, Jesus quotes Daniel 9:27 regarding the abomination saying "when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination of desolation.' In this scripture, Jesus in referring to the abomination saying "when you see" is speaking in the 2nd person, which could not be in reference to himself as being the abomination. In addition, Jesus is warning the reader that when they see the abomination set up in the holy place to flee out into the wilderness, which is the desolation. Jesus is not warning the reader about himself.
Another reason that Jesus could not be the abomination stems from the meaning of the word 'bdelugma' which is described below:
HELPS Word-studies
946 bdélygma (from 948 /bdelýssō, derived from bdēō, "to reek with stench") – properly, what emits a foul odor and hence is disgustingly abhorrent (abominable, detestable); (figuratively) moral horror as a stench to God (like when people refuse to hear and obey His voice).
Therefore, since the word bdelugma/abomination is an offence against God, Jesus then could not be the abomination spoken of.
In addition, the setting up of the abomination is what causes the desolation, i.e. the emptying of Jerusalem and Judea. This event is synonymous withy Revelation 12:6, 14 where the woman/Israel flees out into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God where she is cared for during the 1260 days, which is that last 3 1/2 years of the seven year period.
In conclusion, Jesus is not the abomination, nor is the scripture referring to Jesus leaving Jerusalem desolate, but is speaking about the desolation of Jerusalem and Judea that will take place once that abomination has been set up. You really need to pay attention to details of scripture. We also know that the abomination is not referring to a person, but to an idolatrous object, like an image. We can deduce this from what the angel told Daniel:
"And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
The words 'set up' would infer an object and not a person. Try doing some actual studying, because what you posted above is very sloppy exegesis by not paying any attention to the details of scripture.
Let's look at the scriptures in question:
Daniel 9:27
"And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him"
Matthew 24:15-18
"So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
Daniel 9:27 describes the seven year covenant with the abomination being set up in the middle of the seven years. In Matthew 24:15, Jesus quotes Daniel 9:27 regarding the abomination saying "when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination of desolation.' In this scripture, Jesus in referring to the abomination saying "when you see" is speaking in the 2nd person, which could not be in reference to himself as being the abomination. In addition, Jesus is warning the reader that when they see the abomination set up in the holy place to flee out into the wilderness, which is the desolation. Jesus is not warning the reader about himself.
Another reason that Jesus could not be the abomination stems from the meaning of the word 'bdelugma' which is described below:
HELPS Word-studies
946 bdélygma (from 948 /bdelýssō, derived from bdēō, "to reek with stench") – properly, what emits a foul odor and hence is disgustingly abhorrent (abominable, detestable); (figuratively) moral horror as a stench to God (like when people refuse to hear and obey His voice).
Therefore, since the word bdelugma/abomination is an offence against God, Jesus then could not be the abomination spoken of.
In addition, the setting up of the abomination is what causes the desolation, i.e. the emptying of Jerusalem and Judea. This event is synonymous withy Revelation 12:6, 14 where the woman/Israel flees out into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God where she is cared for during the 1260 days, which is that last 3 1/2 years of the seven year period.
In conclusion, Jesus is not the abomination, nor is the scripture referring to Jesus leaving Jerusalem desolate, but is speaking about the desolation of Jerusalem and Judea that will take place once that abomination has been set up. You really need to pay attention to details of scripture. We also know that the abomination is not referring to a person, but to an idolatrous object, like an image. We can deduce this from what the angel told Daniel:
"And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
The words 'set up' would infer an object and not a person. Try doing some actual studying, because what you posted above is very sloppy exegesis by not paying any attention to the details of scripture.
Those seen below represents the "Church" on earth in the tribulation.
Revelation 14:12KJV
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Revelation 13:9-10 below also shows God's divine protection of the Church present on earth during the tribulation.
Revelation 13:9-10KJV
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Revelation 14:12KJV
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Revelation 13:9-10 below also shows God's divine protection of the Church present on earth during the tribulation.
Revelation 13:9-10KJV
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
There’s never been a time in history when there weren’t wars and rumors of wars, it’s part of life on earth. And the Jewish nation did rise up against the Christian nation and tried to annihilate them. And the Roman nation rose up against the Jews and annihilated them and according to the book of Joel the northern army came against the Jews.
But none of that is nearly as important as the fact that Jesus was talking to Peter and James and John and Andrew. THEY were the ones that were going to be delivered up to the councils and be beaten in the synagogues.
How do you take something so blatantly obvious and twist it into a dispensational fantasy?
Do you know what the word you means.... it ain’t you or me or anyone living 2000 years later. You was Peter and James and John and Andrew. You know, the ones of THAT GENERATION.
But none of that is nearly as important as the fact that Jesus was talking to Peter and James and John and Andrew. THEY were the ones that were going to be delivered up to the councils and be beaten in the synagogues.
How do you take something so blatantly obvious and twist it into a dispensational fantasy?
Do you know what the word you means.... it ain’t you or me or anyone living 2000 years later. You was Peter and James and John and Andrew. You know, the ones of THAT GENERATION.
You accuse another of twisting something that is blatantly obvious, when you yourself are guilty of the same.
In post #1417 You openly deny that the holy bible shows any evidence of a "Second Coming" of Jesus Christ including the verses below.
Matthew 24:29-31KJV
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
In post #1417 You openly deny that the holy bible shows any evidence of a "Second Coming" of Jesus Christ including the verses below.
Matthew 24:29-31KJV
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.