Abomination of Desolation
Understanding the Abomination that causes Desolation
•“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” See 2 Thess.
•This passage, though complicated, gives the precise timing of these momentous events.
•The first
The apostle Paul said it this way: “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, (a reference to the apostate church – or a falling away of faith), and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposed and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God” (2 Thess.
NOTE: The first 7 early translations of the bible used the word departure instead of falling away.