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Jerusalem was surrounded by armies in (Nov.) 66 AD, at the beginning of the revolt. Roman commander Cestius Gallus undermined the wall under the Temple -- and then suddenly retreated "without any reason in this world" according to Josephus (Jewish War 2.19).
That fulfilled the Prophesy of Jesus, "when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies" (Luke 21). The retreat of Cestius Gallus buoyed the hopes of all the other (militant) Messianic Jews. But, from Christians' perspective, all of them were following false Messiahs, e.g. Simon Gioras and Eleazar ben Jair. So, unless Christians were acting anti-Christianly, then instead of staying in Jerusalem proclaiming victory, they would have fled from the city.
According to Josephus, "many of the most eminent swam away from Jerusalem as from a sinking ship". The Abomination of Desolation occurred in (Nov.) 66 AD, when Jewish militants sallied forth from Jerusalem, on a Sabbath, during a Festival, and murdered over 500 Roman soldiers, and then, with blood on their hands, fled back to the temple, as the Roman army approached. The temple was defiled in (Nov.) 66 AD, when Jews, proclaiming a false Messiah (Simon Gioras), entered the temple with blood on their hands. When a false Messiah was proclaimed in the temple of Jerusalem, in (Nov.) 66 AD, then it was defiled, and then soon was demolished, by Vespasian.
That fulfilled the Prophesy of Jesus, "when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies" (Luke 21). The retreat of Cestius Gallus buoyed the hopes of all the other (militant) Messianic Jews. But, from Christians' perspective, all of them were following false Messiahs, e.g. Simon Gioras and Eleazar ben Jair. So, unless Christians were acting anti-Christianly, then instead of staying in Jerusalem proclaiming victory, they would have fled from the city.
According to Josephus, "many of the most eminent swam away from Jerusalem as from a sinking ship". The Abomination of Desolation occurred in (Nov.) 66 AD, when Jewish militants sallied forth from Jerusalem, on a Sabbath, during a Festival, and murdered over 500 Roman soldiers, and then, with blood on their hands, fled back to the temple, as the Roman army approached. The temple was defiled in (Nov.) 66 AD, when Jews, proclaiming a false Messiah (Simon Gioras), entered the temple with blood on their hands. When a false Messiah was proclaimed in the temple of Jerusalem, in (Nov.) 66 AD, then it was defiled, and then soon was demolished, by Vespasian.
Part of the problem with your suggestion is that it is Jerusalem that is desolated, and not a temple.
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Luke 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh 21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains...[/FONT]
While a million Jews were killed in 70 AD, the Romans came back to kill another 500,000 Jews less than 70 years later. Then in 639 the Roman empire was conquered by the Islamic first Jihad. By the beginning of the 19th century 1200 years of Islam had left Jerusalem a desertified, barren, deserted wasteland. In "A History of the Jews" Paul Johnson writes on page 321: "Between 1827 and 1839, largely through British efforts, the population of Jerusalem rose from 550 to 5,500 and in all Palestine it topped 10,000 - the real beginning of the Jewish return to the Promised Land. In 1838 Palmerston appointed the first western vice-consul in Jerusalem, W.T. Young, and told him 'to afford protection to the Jews generally'."
Another problem with your view is that the AoD is an "it".
Mark 13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
(excerpts from strongs) stand
New Testament Greek Definition:
2476 histemi {his'-tay-mee}
1) to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set
1a2) to place
1b) to make firm, fix establish
1b3) to establish a thing, cause it to stand
2a1a) of the foundation of a building
Fits the Dome of the Rock pretty well, doesn't it?Following is the blasphemous inscription written in Mosaic around the eve of the Dome of the Rock, that stands on the temple mount, as God's prophetic symbol for Islam and its desolation of Jerusalem, and role as the end-time foe of God's people:
"O you People of the Book, overstep not bounds in your religion, and of God speak only the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, is only an apostle of God, and his Word which he conveyed unto Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from him. Believe therefore in God and his apostles, and say not Three. It will be better for you. God is only one God. Far be it from His transcendent majesty that he should have a son."
ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
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