Today’s topic is The Abomination of Desolation.

Today’s topic is quite complex. There are several interpretations of the abomination of desolation mentioned by Jesus. I will try to explain it in the simplest way possible so everyone can understand. Let’s read the words spoken by Jesus in Mark 13:14 to 18.

“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. 15 Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out, and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. And alas, for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! Pray that it may not happen in winter.”

 Jesus is talking about the fall of Jerusalem. I have always said that the Bible is composed of the Old and New Testaments. We can never disregard any part of Scripture. Even so, when we need help understanding something written in the New Testament, we look for some information in the Old Testament. Do you know where we find the expression used by Jesus? In the Old Testament. In the book of Daniel. Daniel 9:27, Daniel 11:31, and Daniel 12:11, in addition to a parallel in Daniel 8:13. Daniel mentions the anointed one and a prince who must come in Daniel 9:26.

 We do not doubt that the anointed one is the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. The word anointed means Messiah, which is exactly where the term Messiah comes from. The expression "the prince who must come" could refer to Jesus himself. Still, it is better understood by applying the term to the Roman general Titus, who surrounded, invaded, and destroyed Jerusalem in the year 70 after Christ.

I conclude today's topic with a thought that is in the book The Great Controversy, page 25, which says: Jesus declared to the listening disciples the judgments that were to fall upon apostate Israel, and especially the retributive vengeance that would come upon them for their rejection and crucifixion of the Messiah. Unmistakable signs would precede the awful climax. The dreaded hour would come suddenly and swiftly. And the Saviour warned His followers: “When ye, therefore, shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains.” Matthew 24:15, 16; Luke 21:20, 21. When the idolatrous standards of the Romans were set up in the holy ground, which extended some furlongs outside the city walls, then the followers of Christ were to find safety in flight. When the warning sign should be seen, those who would escape must make no delay. Throughout the land of Judea and Jerusalem itself, the signal for flight must be immediately obeyed. He who chanced to be upon the housetop must not go down into his house, even to save his most valued treasures. Those working in the fields or vineyards must not take time to return for the outer garment laid aside while they should be toiling in the heat of the day. They must not hesitate a moment lest they be involved in the general destruction.

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