ok so i thought i would look up the 'abomination of desolation' passages in the king james version...
since the king james version predates the whole dispensationalist controversy...it would be free from that bias...and it would probably give the most 'natural' translation of the hebrew text...
here are the three relevant verses from daniel...
daniel 9:27..."And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
daniel 11:31..."And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate."
daniel 12:11..."And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days."
comparing the three passages...it seems that daniel 9:27 is not talking about the same thing as daniel 11:31 and daniel 12:11...
since the king james version predates the whole dispensationalist controversy...it would be free from that bias...and it would probably give the most 'natural' translation of the hebrew text...
here are the three relevant verses from daniel...
daniel 9:27..."And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
daniel 11:31..."And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate."
daniel 12:11..."And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days."
comparing the three passages...it seems that daniel 9:27 is not talking about the same thing as daniel 11:31 and daniel 12:11...
all of Daniel is about and up to 70AD (and beyond as the New Covenant Church - though "far off" like all the prophets).
it tells the same things about his people and exactly what was going to happen (and did), just in different ways, including more or less information - just like Revelation does.
ex from before:
Daniel 11
VERSES
36-39 - Herod
40-43 - Augustus
44-45 - Herod.....
HEROD THE KING
Daniel 11:37
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
Daniel 11:38
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
.....
so if Daniel does this in chapter 11:
36-39 - Herod
40-43 - Augustus
44-45 - Herod.....
it certainly can (and does) do it in chapter 9:
Jesus
Titus
Jesus
the whole book does it.
desolation(s) are decreed.
Antiochus and everybody is in there.
right up to the last Herod.
AFTER it was all over.
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