What is the Abomination of Desolation?

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Which translation are you using and what Greek manuscript did they translate this from?
KJV and Erasmus Majority text and Hebrew Masoretic Text

I suppose it could be read - from the daily sacrifice taken away which obviously was Christs crucifixion to the abomination that maketh desolate is 1290 days
 
KJV and Erasmus Majority text and Hebrew Masoretic Text

I suppose it could be read - from the daily sacrifice taken away which obviously was Christs crucifixion to the abomination that maketh desolate is 1290 days

Some see the Crucifixion as the AoD and others see it as the ending of the Daily sacrifices while others don't see it as either either. Those who see the Crucifixion as the ending of the DS then would find themselves looking for the AOD's fulfillment 1290 days/years after the Crucifixion. Those who see the ending of the Daily Sacrifices being fulfilled in the Temples destruction in 70AD would look for the AOD to be set up after the Temples destruction if the end of the DS is 1290 days/years prior to the AoD. It's sort of a puzzle when watching people debate this because Jesus said to flee when they/we see the AoD from Daniel. So If the end of the DS came at the Temples destruction in ad70 and the AoD is not set up until 1290 days/years later then the Temple no longer exist and there is no DS taking place in it when the sign we are told to watch for takes place 1290 days/years later. There must be some misunderstanding in it because if the Temple is destroyed and no longer exist and there is no longer a DS being offered in it how can it be polluted after it no longer exist? And why would Jesus say to flee from a place after it was destroyed in a siege when you/they saw the AoD set up after the tribulation of those days had already taken place 1290 days/years before?
 
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Calling the crucifixion of Lord Jesus the abomination of desolation is an extreme blasphemy. Denying the Second Coming of Christ is an extreme heresy. Both will get you sent to the eternal hellfire well before the Apocalypse ever happens.
 
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It does not say the AOD would be set up after in my Bible

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.
"from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be take away" is the same as saying after the daily sacrifice is taken away.
 
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.

We can be certain that the Crucifixion of Christ is the daily sacrifice being taken away just by reading Hebrews chapter 10

Heb 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
 
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Daniel 11 is in the future. The sequence of events, the precise sequence of the Kings of the North, etc. have not ever happened in history, easily they have never occured in Roman history. That's without even pointing out the obvious Apocalyptic signs and judgments that have never happened but that have to happen even before all that.
Daniel 11:35 transitions to the time of the end. Daniel 11:36 picks up in the end times with the Antichrist claiming to be God.
 
All of Daniel 11 is about the time of the end and the fourth Beast kingdom.
Daniel 11:2-34 is historic. The abomination of desolation in Daniel 11:31 is about the troops of Antiochus IV placing a statue image of Zeus in the temple. Being a statue image is a preview of what the end times abomination of desolation will be.

Daniel 11:35 transitions to the end times. Daniel 11:36 - Daniel 12:13 is about the end times.

Daniel 11:35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
 
He fulfilled all the offerings and sacrifices though - or do you not believe that ?

Sure most all Christians believe Jesus fulfilled the whole law but the daily sacrifice is a completely different type sacrifice from a sacrifice for sin. The daily sacrifice is a communal type sacrifice that all Israel was/is required to offer that symbolizes their perpetual commitment as worshipers of God.
 
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Daniel 11:2-34 is historic. The abomination of desolation in Daniel 11:31 is about the troops of Antiochus IV placing a statue image of Zeus in the temple. Being a statue image is a preview of what the end times abomination of desolation will be.

Daniel 11:35 transitions to the end times. Daniel 11:36 - Daniel 12:13 is about the end times.

Daniel 11:35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

No that is incorrect both by the Bible and by history. The image of the abomination of desolation is well described in both Daniel and Revelation.
 
Unfortunately, there is nothing in the Bible that foretells what you describe. It is all a distraction from the Transhuman (Mark of the Beast) agenda.

The 'Seat of Satan' is in Pergamos:

Revelation 2:12-13 -And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

Revelation 2:13 (New Living Translation) - I know that you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained loyal to me. You refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you there in Satan’s city.

One needs to do a deep dive exegesis on this using Scripture, not silly YouTube videos. The Seat of Satan has to do with the Serpent on a Pole from the Old Testament and its healing powers. It evolved into the Rod of Asclepius:


Three kilometres (1.9 miles) south of the Acropolis, down in the valley, is the Sanctuary of Asclepius, the god of healing. The Sanctuary of Asclepius, more commonly left untranslated Asclepieion (from Greek), or sometimes Asclepium (from Latin), was approached along an 820-metre (2,690 ft) colonnaded sacred way. In this place people with health problems could bathe in the water of the sacred spring, and in the patients' dreams Asclepius would appear in a vision to tell them how to cure their illness.


The legend also relates that during the propitiatory rites a large serpent (one of the god's attributes) slithered from the sanctuary and hid in the Roman ship. Certain that this was a sign of the god's favour, the Roman delegation quickly returned home, where the plague was still raging. As they were on the river Tiber and about to reach Rome, the snake crawled out of the ship and disappeared from sight on the island, marking the site where the temple was to be built. Work on the temple began immediately and it was dedicated in 289 BC - soon afterwards, the plague ended.


The Rod of Asclepius is also symbolic of RNA. The promise of immortality will lead many to take the Mark of the Beast and will be unable to die:

Revelation 9:6 - And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

The Man of Sin in the Temple of God is all about the Mark. The Seat of Satan is RNA for those that are unwise and accept his Genomics.
Do me a favor and please don't patronize me. It's incredibly rude. You can disagree with me, it's fine, but patronizing is going to get you no where. Do you talk to everyone like this? Someone disagrees with you and you talk down to them and assume they aren't studying scripture and get their info from Youtube? Goodness gracious ....

Does no one on this site actually have a debate without arrogant attitudes?
 
Do me a favor and please don't patronize me. It's incredibly rude. You can disagree with me, it's fine, but patronizing is going to get you no where. Do you talk to everyone like this? Someone disagrees with you and you talk down to them and assume they aren't studying scripture and get their info from Youtube? Goodness gracious ....

Does no one on this site actually have a debate without arrogant attitudes?
Yeah stop listening to silly you tube videos and read silly CC posts instead :)

And no, it is nothing to do with the air conditioning - AC stands for anti-Christ :)

Seriously though - the more arrogant they are the more wrong they are I find
 
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All of Dan 11 has already been fulfilled except for the 2nd half of verse 45 when the King of the North comes to an end.

That's incorrect. There is no historical equivalent to any of Daniel 11. Daniel 11 has not happened yet, and in tandem with Revelation, won't happen until the end of the world.
 
Antiochus CANNOT be the little horn in Dan 8.

Correct.

Look at the details of the prophecy.
The ram with 2 horns grew great (Dan 8:4).
The he-goat (Grecia under the rule of Alexander) grew VERY great (verse 8). He overthrew the Medes and Persians and his kingdom was greater than theirs.
The little horn which came out of the 4 divisions of Grecia became "EXCEEDING" great. Greater than the Medes and Persians. Greater than the Grecian empire under Alexander.
Obviously cannot be Antiochus. The Seleucid Empire NEVER became greater than Alexander's entire Grecian Empire.
The only possibility is the next world-controlling empire spoken of in Dan 2 and 7. Ancient/Pagan Rome who stood against Jesus (Dan 8:11 & 25). Namely Pontius Pilate under the rule of Tiberius.

Your interpretations are very close to mine. Indeed, the beginning of the Fourth Kingdom, Roman Empire, is in Daniel 11.