HERE IS THE PROOF THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE END TIMES, and not 70 A.D. or 135 A.D.
Matthew 24:15-21 (HCSB)
15 “So when you see the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place” (let the reader understand),
16 “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!
17 A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house.
18 And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.
19 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
20 Pray that your escape may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.
21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!
Daniel 9:27 (HCSB)
27 He will make a firm covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and offering. And the abomination of desolation will be on a wing of the temple until the decreed destruction is poured out on the desolator.”
Daniel 11:31 (HCSB)
31 His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
Daniel 12:11-12 (NASB)
11 "From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
12 "How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days!
DID HE JUST GIVE THE TIME LINE FROM the Mid Trib Abomination of Desolation, all the way to THE SECOND COMING ? ? ?
YES, I Believe PRETRIBULATION is when CHRIST COMES FOR HIS BRIDE, as it the ONLY way NO ONE WILL KNOW THE DAY OR THE HOUR.
Zechariah 14:4-5 (NASB)
4 In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.
5 You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with Him!