The abomination of desolation is described by Jesus in Matthew 24:15 as that which should be read and understood by the students of Bible prophecy and of the book of Daniel. While it’s immediate fulfilment relates to the destruction of Jerusalem, there is a fascinating end-time application that has long fascinated Seventh-day Adventists. We will dig deeper into this topic in this presentation.

<p>The abomination of desolation is described by Jesus in Matthew 24:15 as that which should be read and understood by the students of Bible prophecy and of the book of Daniel. While it’s immediate fulfilment relates to the destruction of Jerusalem, there is a fascinating end-time application that has long fascinated Seventh-day Adventists. We will dig deeper into this topic in this presentation.</p>

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Last Day Events Explained

Norman McNulty

01. The End-Time Prophetic Catalyst

02. The Abomination of Desolation

03. The Four Stages of the Sunday Law

04. The New World Order

05. The Little Time of Trouble

06. The Latter Rain and the Loud Cry

07. The Death Decree

08. Jacob’s Time of Trouble

09. God’s People Delivered

10. The Second Coming

11. Last Day Events Q&A Session

Greetings and welcome again to our Last Day Events Explained series here on Audioverse.

My name is Norman McNulty and it's a privilege to be with you again for part 2 in our series.

And today we are addressing the abomination of desolation.

Before we get into the presentation, I'm going to address a few questions that came in.

And for those of you who have questions, feel free to send them in to the email that you see here on the screen, contact at audioverse.org.

We've got a number of good questions this week, and I'm just going to go through a couple of them right now.

Julie asks a question, thank you for this series, My question is, how do we know that we are not 1 of the foolish virgins?

Also, how do we make sure that our faith and relationship with Christ is strong?

How do we know whether or not we're 1 of the foolish virgins.

The parable of Matthew 25 makes it clear that the foolish virgins don't have the oil in their vessels with their lamps.

The fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5, 22 and 23 are a description of the Holy Spirit being in your life, and that's the fruits of a converted heart.

And how can we have a strong relationship with Christ is to spend time with him every day in Bible study and prayer, communicating with him, and that's how the fruits of the Spirit grow in our lives.

And so that's a great question, and we definitely want to make sure that we are wise and not foolish.

She wants to know what it means to prophesy again, and is this the message of the judgment of the living?

Well, the phrase prophesy again is found in Revelation chapter 10 verse 11, which comes immediately after what we see to be the great disappointment.

And this message of prophesying again is actually the call to give the third angel's message.

The Millerites gave the first and the second angels message up until 1844, but the third angels message, which includes the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, is given after 1844.

So when does the judgment of the living begin?

As best as I can tell, it's when the National Sunday Law begins.

And then probation closes sometime after the National Sunday Law begins.

There were a few other questions that came in.

1 of them that I thought was also important to discuss comes from Stan, and he wants to know on what basis do we conclude that the Midnight Cry is the same as the Loud Cry?

And this is a great question and it's worth mentioning as well.

You know, Ellen White says in Review and Herald August 19, 1890, referring to the Parable of the 10 Virgins, she says that this parable has been and will be fulfilled to the very letter.

Now what she means by it having already been fulfilled to the very letter is that the Millerite movement, they were a fulfillment of the parable of the 10 virgins, and the midnight cry in their history took place when the date was set for October 22, 1844.

They believed that Jesus was coming on October 22, but that date was not set very clearly until August of 1844, specifically at a camp meeting on August 12, a message given by Samuel Snow.

That was the midnight cry phase of the Millerite movement.

For the parable being fulfilled at the end of the very letter happens again at the end of the world with the Second Advent movement, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and the midnight cry in the parable at the end of the world is the loud cry when the latter rain is poured out and the Church goes forth proclaiming the message, Behold the Bridegroom come, if ye will ye out to meet him.

That correlates with the loud cry message of Revelation 18, which as we saw last week, concludes with the message that her sins have reached into heaven, Babylon's sins have reached into heaven, God hath remembered her iniquities.

And Alan White says on Last Day Events page 198, that Babylon's sins reach heaven when the law of God is made void by legislation.

And 1 other question came in, questioning whether or not other incidents where God's law has been violated through legislation could constitute a fulfillment of that.

No other laws that have been passed that violates God's law, for example, even the law that allows homosexuals to marry, specifically meets what Revelation 18 is describing.

Because the law that is enforced nationally and then eventually internationally that changes Sabbath to Sunday is a sin that reaches all the way to heaven and is the fulfillment of the final events of Earth's history.

Thank you for passing them along and please keep them coming.

If I didn't respond to your question, we may address them in later presentations based on the topic at hand.

And so, 1 other thing, and then we're going to have an opening prayer here.

I just want to remind you, if you're interested in a copy of my book that I've written on Daniel, Practical Living in the Judgment Hour, you can get a copy from Remnant Publications.

Now is a great time to be studying and to be sharing with others, and so I want to remind you of that as well.

I want to go ahead and have a word of prayer now as we get into the heart of our study for today, And so let's just ask God to be with us as we study about the abomination of desolation.

Father in heaven, we thank you for this opportunity to study and to learn.

I just pray in a special way that you will guide us through the study on the abomination of desolation.

I pray that it would be very clear to all of us.

I pray that my presentation would be clear.

I pray that the understanding would be clear for all those who are listening.

And I pray, Lord, that we would be ready when you come.

You know, this is a topic that many in the church find to be very fascinating, and it's an important topic because Jesus actually makes reference to it in Scripture, and so when Jesus makes reference to it in Scripture, we definitely want to study this as well and understand what he's talking about.

And so, let's look at these 3 gospel accounts.

There's 3 times where Jesus addresses this concept known as the abomination of desolation.

Matthew 24 verses 14 and 15, Mark chapter 13 verse 14, and in Luke chapter 20 verses 20 and 21.

If it's in these 3 Gospels, you know that it's important for us to study.

Jesus addresses it, He wants us to study it, and so we want to take a look at it.

Now, I want us to go to Matthew chapter 24, and we're going to look at verses 14 and 15.

And if you have your Bibles, I invite you to get them out and turn with me to this important passage where Jesus is speaking.

And again, Matthew 24 is a chapter where Jesus describes the signs of His coming and of the end of the world.

And so, Matthew 24, verse 14, He says, and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come." Then verse 15, 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, and let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains." So, Jesus is saying that the gospel is going to go to the whole world and then the end will come, and then he says when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy place.

Now, the fact that Jesus tells us that you should go to the book of Daniel, read it, and understand it, tells us that we want to do that and so that's important for us and we're going to go to Daniel here in just a few minutes.

That's not the only account we go also to Mark chapter 13 verse 14 this adds some further information So in Matthew 24 we see that the abomination of desolation is standing in the holy place and he says go to Daniel to understand this further.

In Mark 13 verse 14 here we read, 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 Judea flee to the mountains." So, Matthew 24, the abomination of desolation is standing in the holy place.

And then in Mark 13, verse 14, the abomination of desolation is standing where he ought not, or standing where he's not supposed to be.

1 last Gospel account is in Luke chapter 21 verses 20 and 21, and this makes things even clearer.

So notice what Jesus says here, And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh, then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let them which are in the midst of it depart out, and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto." So Matthew 24, abomination of desolation is standing in the holy place.

Mark 13, abomination of desolation is standing where it ought not, or where it's not supposed to be.

But in Luke 21 we see that it's the Roman army surrounding Jerusalem.

And so, well, specifically it's mentioned as armies surrounding Jerusalem, and we're going to see that this is the Roman army.

And remember, Jesus mixes the signs of his coming and of the end of the world with the destruction of Jerusalem, so you have this initial application or Interpretation for these passages that relate to the destruction of Jerusalem But we're also going to see how this applies to the end of the world Now lmy weighs in on this concept of the abomination of desolation and tells us further, or gives us some helpful clarity on this topic.

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 the rejection and crucifixion of the Messiah.

Unmistakable signs would precede the awful climax.

The dreaded hour would come suddenly and swiftly.

And the Savior 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." And she's quoting Matthew 24 and Luke 21 in that paragraph.

And then she goes on to say, when the idolatrous standards of the Romans should be 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, as well as in Jerusalem itself, the signal for flight must be immediately obeyed." So notice the holy place is a territory of ground outside the city wall of Jerusalem that extended a set of furlongs or a certain amount of space beyond the city walls.

So that's where the Roman army ought not to stand.

And then she concludes by saying, He who chants to be upon the housetop must not go down into his house, even to save his most valued treasures.

Those who were 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." So Ellen White makes it very clear that when the Romans surrounded Jerusalem in the territory considered to be holy territory or holy space, This is not the holy place of the sanctuary.

This is a territory of space outside of the city of Jerusalem.

Now, just to add some further clarity to the abomination of desolation here.

The abomination that is taking place here is that you have idolatrous Roman standards from a pagan nation being placed in what is considered sacred ground.

So an abomination is to unite the sacred with the profane, the sacred with the idolatrous, the sacred with the common.

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