In the year 1930 it was plainly called the abomination that maketh desolate of Matthew 24:15 in the second volume of the book called Light, pages89 and 103, as published nine years before World WarII. 10 For more than two centuries this Seventh World Power has professed to be Christian and has been a stronghold of Christendom. . Indeed, Scripture calls sexual sins like adultery, homosexuality, and bestiality abominations (e.g., Leviticus 18:22, 29-30). From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as. And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in lamentation, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Yes, it is the same as "the disgusting thing that causes desolation" that began as the League of Nations and that now exists as the United Nations. Evangelical scholars will disagree about how muchof this passage is devoted to each question, but they generally agree that 24:3-35 mostly refers to events leading up to the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70. How J. K. Rowling Played, then Lost, the Polarization Game, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Christian Nationalism, GAFCON IV: Lessons from a Communion in Birth Pains, What to Do When Your Child Is Addicted to Video Games, Radical Christian Gentleness in an Era of Addictive Outrage, The FAQs: Anglican Group Calls on Church of Englands Leader to Repent, Whats the Earliest Evidence for Christianity? So how could the international peace-and-security organization promoted by it be the abomination or disgusting thing? Soldiers even began undermining the wall of the temple to get at the militant zealots who were holed up in it. But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. He is in the wilderness, do not go out; Look! Overconfident because of having been used to destroy the false religion, the Eighth World Power will make a final attempt to desolate the true worship of Jehovah God as an act of defiance of Jehovahs Godship and sovereignty. In fact, many Christians didflee, sparing their lives, when they saw Romes armies coming. Having surveyed the original meaning of abomination of desolation in Daniel, we now to turn Matthew 24:15-16, first looking at the larger structure of Matthew 24. As regards the little horn with eyes and a mouth speaking great blasphemies, the prophecy states: I kept watching as that horn made war on the holy ones, and it was prevailing against them, until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was rendered in favor of the holy ones of the Supreme One, and the appointed time arrived for the holy ones to take possession of the kingdom., In the book of Revelation, the same event is depicted thusly: But as for the courtyard that is outside the temple sanctuary, leave it out and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city underfoot for 42 months. idolatry. 26 Fleeing out of the antitypical unfaithful Jerusalem (Christendom) has been the right thing for them to do at any time since the end of World WarI in 1918. Jesus warned His disciples of an "abomination of desolation" who would defile the temple. Disgusting Things of Babylon the Great. When you see this (let the reader take note), 16 those of you in Judea should flee to the mountains. Love of Christendom is not going to deepen or to spread. Tugis life was full of dignity and worth. It should be noted, however, that Daniel 11:31-35 and 12:9, 11 connect a 'disgusting thing causing desolation' with "the time of the end." It is reasonable that the development of this latter expression of 'the disgusting thing causing desolation' in the time of the end should follow the . Long ago The Watch Tower in its issue of July15, 1926, page215, explained that under the heading League Foretold. At that time the peace-and-security organization still was; it had not ceased to be, as it did during World WarII. 8 After World WarI and down to World WarII this peace-preserving organization was known as the League of Nations. The fall of Jerusalem, Jesus return, and the end of the age were one complex event in their minds. Is Narcissism the Problem Behind Pastors Moral Failures? 14 Of the 127 members of the United Nations do the many non-Christian nations love Christendom? With her the nonreligious elements of this system of things have committed fornication in a spiritual sense, sharing with her in her crimes against the faithful people of Jehovah God and against all the rest of his earthly human creatures. The "abomination of desolation" is a Hebrew idiom, meaning "the abomination that maketh desolate." St. Luke ( Luke 21:20) does not use the expression; it would have sounded strange to his Gentile readers. The numerous prophecies of Daniel are complimentary, as well as harmonious with Revelation. When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand), GOD'S WORD Translation "The prophet Daniel said that the disgusting thing that will cause destruction will stand in the holy place. Additional prophecies of a disgusting thing. Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural. We begin with the key phrase, abomination of desolation., The term abomination (Hebrew toevah and siqqus) appears more than 100 times in the Old Testament and just a few times in the New Testament. Readers immersed in current debates about sexual ethics may first think an abomination is a sexual sin. That picture will shortly prove to be a true prophecy. What did Jesus indicate? The words "spoken of by Daniel the prophet" are omitted in many of the best MSS. An integral part of Jesus detailed prophecy concerning his return and the conclusion of the system of things focused on the desolation of Jerusalem by a disgusting thing. And it was in that context that Jesus referred the reader to the prophecy of Daniel. 35. According to Daniels prophecy, Da chapter eleven, verse 31 thirty-one, the disgusting thing is something that is put in place during the struggle between the king of the north and the king of the south. That verse reads: And they will certainly put in place the disgusting thing that is causing desolation. In this time of the end for both the democratic king of the south and the totalitarian king of the north, this disgusting thing that has been put in place has been the international organization for world peace and security. 18 The United Nations organization is described as a "disgusting thing" because it claims to be able to do something that only God's Kingdom can do bring world peace. the present worldwide system of things has been in its time of the end. (Luke 21:24) The prophet Daniel associates the time of the end with the placing of the disgusting thing that is causing desolation when he writes: Make secret the words and seal up the book, until the time of the end. , 1 Corinthians 14:7,8,20 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 2 Who, though, suggested such an almost unbelievable thing? But when you shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that reads understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: Daniel 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? From ana and ginosko; to know again, i.e. Likewise, to fulfill that prophetic type, great tribulation must come upon her antitype, Christendom. 24:21, 22; 25:46) May they be among those favored ones to whom the great crowd in heaven will cry out: Praise Jah, you people! Nineteen centuries ago, when Jesus gave this prophecy, the chosen ones included the apostles to whom he was talking. (b)Daniel 11:31 associates the disgusting thing with what power struggle, and what has been the thing that they put in place? (b)What was the reason for this? (a)What does history show as to whether the chosen ones have waited till now to flee out of antitypical Jerusalem? (b)How is Babylon the Great implicated in this, and who actually is she? (a)What signal were the chosen ones of nineteen centuries ago given to flee at once from Judea? When you see this (let the reader take note), (Rev. (Rev. The segment ends with Jesus promising this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place (24:35). And they will put in place the disgusting thing that causes desolation., First, it is important to note that there is an obvious connection between the profanation of the sanctuary, the fortress and the removal of the so-called constant feature, as well as the putting in place of the disgusting thing that causes desolation. Why not? Standing where it ought not.--St. 24:21,22) That means nothing less than that the entire system of things, including antitypical unfaithful Jerusalem, will be annihilated, never to be restored. How do we know the eighth king has not begun ruling? (b)What reason, then, is there for the Bible to call the international peace organization a disgusting thing or abomination? 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. For the same reason, the following command not to go back to get a cloak and the woe for nursing mothers who must flee cannot refer to Jesus return. . The disciples probably thought they were asking one question. That connection is confirmed in the 8th chapter of Daniel as well, where we read regarding the fierce-looking king: In the next verse the fierce-looking king is shown to also bring desolation upon a holy place. Is the Watchtowers interpretation that the disgusting thing is presently the U.N. correct? It cannot possibly apply to Jesus return. So, since the Watchtower teaches that Germany was the king of the north during the first half of the 20th century, followed by the USSR, the they is ostensibly understood by Jehovahs Witnesses to be the Anglo-American kings of the south and the Nazi/Soviet kings of the north. When he came to suppress the rebellion, his forces entered the temple, stopped the regular sacrifices, set up an idol of or altar for Zeus, and apparently offered swine there as a sacrifice. And the ten horns that you saw, and the wild beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her devastated and naked, and will eat up her fleshy parts and will completely burn her with fire.
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