Great Tribulation · Future - midpoint of Tribulation
Abomination of Desolation
Antichrist defiles temple
From the teaching of Apostle Mary Banks
The Abomination of Desolation refers to an image of the antichrist that will be placed in the temple in Jerusalem as an idol for the world to worship. This event represents a significant desecration of the temple and is definitely an insult to the Jews.
The creation of this image is accomplished through the work of the false prophet, described as another beast coming up out of the earth with two horns like a lamb but speaking as a dragon. This false prophet exercises all the power of the first beast and causes the earth and those who dwell on it to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed.
The false prophet deceives those who dwell on the earth by means of miraculous signs, including making fire come down from heaven in the sight of men. Through these deceptions, he tells those on earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the wound by a sword and lived. The false prophet is given power to give life to this image of the beast, so that the image can both speak and cause those who will not worship it to be killed.
This image of the ruling antichrist is placed in the Holy of Holies of the temple in Jerusalem, representing the abomination that makes desolate spoken of by Daniel the prophet. When this occurs, those in Judaea are instructed to flee to the mountains, as this marks the beginning of great tribulation such as has not been since the beginning of the world.
The scriptures
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:
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
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 Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.