Abomination of Desolation & Mark of the Beast
Abomination of Desolation & Mark of the Beast
Food for Thought!
In the last couple of weeks, I have been studying more closely, and praying, over the End-Time prophecies in the Bible.
Every time, I have asked The Holy Spirit for guidance, and for Him to unlock the mysteries that are hidden within.
I have been shown that there is not just one interpretation for many of these prophecies…. for they are layered, as well as spiritual, not just physical. They are Treasures for those who are willing to seek them out. (Matthew 13:44)
The LORD keeps bringing me back to the Abomination of Desolation, because I believe there are many layers that are contained in this very important, specific prophecy.
What I want to share with you, is “Food for Thought“….. for you to consider, pray about, and take to The LORD for your own further understanding.
This is not a ‘Thus says The LORD’ teaching, but only something to ponder — as a possibility.
I am in no way a Bible Scholar or teacher, but just a Servant of Jesus, seeking and longing for His Kingdom and His Ways.
Abomination of Desolation:
We see the phrase, “Abomination of Desolation” mentioned four times in the Bible:
“And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION.” Daniel 11:31.
“And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.” Daniel 12:11.
““Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION. spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in The Holy Place”” (whoever reads, let him understand),” Matthew 24:15.
““So when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION. spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.”” Mark 13:14.
The most common interpretation for this ‘Abomination of Desolation,’ is that in the Last Days, there will be a Third Temple built in Jerusalem.
After it is built, in the middle of the Tribulation, the Antichrist will come into the Temple, thus defiling it…. as he proclaims himself to be GOD.
There was an actual “fore-shadow” of this happening back in 167 b.c., when Antiochus Epiphanes, came into the Temple and ‘defiled’ it with pigs blood.
While the above could be a possible ‘physical’ interpretation, I will try to attempt to explain why I believe that there is also an ‘spiritual’ way to look at this event.
Jesus uses many metaphors, and allegories when He spoke in the New Testament. His Words were not just ‘words’… they were not just ‘linear,’ and they were hardly ever just at ‘face value’……. for He spoke in riddles and parables.
This was so that people would have to seek out the truth by putting on spiritual glasses…. that is why He said ‘let those who have eyes see, and ears hear.’ (Matthew 13:13-16)
The Temple:
An example would be when Jesus declared that He was the Temple. He said that the ‘Temple’ will be torn down and then be re-built 3 days later.
Of course, He was not talking about the actual Temple, but of His Body, that was killed and resurrected 3 days later:
“Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”
But He was speaking of the temple of His body. Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.” John 2:19-22.
We also see that throughout the New Testament, that it talks about how our bodies…. the believer’s body is also a temple — a temple is where God resides….. God resided in Jesus’ body…. thus, He also resides in us, through The Holy Spirit. We are the Temple of God here on earth.
“Do you not know that you are the TEMPLE OF GOD and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.
Abomination:
When we look at the word ‘Abomination,’ we see that it represents something that is a ‘foul and detestable’ thing. The root word means to ‘abhor,’ or ‘to turn away from because of the stench.’
I believe, and it is my personal opinion, that this ‘abomination,’ spiritually speaking, is The Mark of the Beast. Just like when Antiochus Epiphanes defiled the temple with pig’s blood…… so does the ‘Mark’ defile a person’s temple, with something that is unholy, foul and detestable.
I believe that this ‘unholiness’ has its roots in ‘fallen angel’ technology, thus the ‘mixing of humans’ and the ‘fallen ones.’
Just like in the days of Noah, when the Nephilim were born from human seed, and fallen angels (Genesis 6:1-4)…. so it will be again in the Last Days. This will be the fulfillment of the ‘mixing of iron and clay toes’ that we read about in Daniel 2:41-43.
The Mark:
This ‘Mark’ will pollute and desecrate the body…. the ‘temple of GOD!’ When this happens, there will no longer be a ‘sacrifice for sin’ for that person.
It says in Hebrews 10:26-27, that, for some, there is no longer a sacrifice for sin, but judgment and raging fire:
“For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.”
When the ‘Mark’ is taken, the ‘sacrifice of Jesus’ is abolished. We can see that in Daniel 12:11:
“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.”
The words ‘daily sacrifice,’ in the verse above (מִיד, tâmı̂yd, taw-meed’), actually just means ‘continually,’ in the Strong’s Concordance.
Jesus is that Sacrifice, and His Blood continually washes us clean! (1 John 1:7)
The Holy Place:
The ‘Holy Place’ mentioned in Matthew 24:15, also refers to the Temple.
In the Old Testament, it referred to the ‘Holy of Holies,’ or ‘Most Holy Place,’ where only the High Priest could enter once a year for the atonement of people’s sins.
This was the most intimate place where God resided in the Temple. Spiritually speaking, it could be thought of as The Secret Place of The Most High.
Summary:
So, why is this a big deal, you may ask? I believe that His People need to dig a little deeper into the End Time Prophecies, using the spiritual glasses of The Holy Spirit.
We are now seeing prophecy being fulfilled, but most Christians to not see or understand.
Taking The Word at ‘face value,’ is okay….. but incomplete. If they took the time to study The Bible diligently, with the help of The Holy Spirit, their vision would be enlarged.
Unfortunately there are many Christians who won’t even consider that we are in The End Times, because they are still waiting for the [third] Temple to be built first in Jerusalem.
While there might be a Temple rebuilt physically, I also believe that there is a much more serious interpretation of the Abomination of Desolation….. that it is the Mark that will be placed inside the body….. and, thus, it will pollute, desecrate, and abolish the work of Jesus done on The Cross.
Please seek The LORD for confirmations, and any further revelation.
The LORD admonished me back in 2018, concerning the Mark of the Beast as I heard this:
“People are reading their Bible with carnal eyes. Pray that you can read in The Spirit, and not your flesh, then you will see the correct interpretations.”
~ Elizabeth Marie
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Elizabeth Marie is a wife, mother, teacher and most importantly a follower and disciple of The LORD JESUS CHRIST. After receiving many prophetic dreams and night visions, Elizabeth was led to start a blog, Latterrain333, to share more of what she is shown. She became a Christian as a teenager, however, it wasn’t until 2010, when The LORD started giving her words, dreams and visions. A few years later, she started a YouTube channel, also called ‘Latterrain333.’
Thank you so much Elizabeth, you have really made some great points. I DO need to read the Bible more and carefully put my mind on what is being read. We sure are at the end of our journey, you certainly have given me a lot to think about. Thank you again.
I concur with that view of the abomination and Mark of the beast. I believe the reason the mark of the beast is the abomination of desolation and why once taken it One loses their salvation is becoz the technology involved alters the person who takes the mark into something different from the original Adam God created. God cannot redeem what He did not create. Thanks
The Jews are literally AntiChrist. Please research exactly what it is the JEW teaches. They do not believe the Bible, they teach using their Talmud which states that Jesus Christ is boiling in a vat of fecal matter in hell. Please research the JEWS and it will shine anew light on Gods word. Do not be decieved.
Good blog. I’ve been studying too. We were promised the ‘Book of Truth’ would be open at the end of time and it’s here I believe. Most believe that the 4th vision of Daniel was during Roman occupation but that can’t be as it’s 2000 years later. The clay is not mentioned but if we look at these days, the feet of the bear is obvious and the clay recognized joining with them. Daniel 11 is the open book of truth and I hope and pray that others will start a study and realize how close we are to the rapture. Thanks for the blog and accepting my comments.
This has been a subject of great interest to me since 2020. When the ‘vaccine’ came out, I asked Jesus, saying I’ve studied both sides fairly and feel the ‘vaccine’ is bad. His words to me were” “The ‘vaccine is part of the enemy in people’s body.” I shouted out the warning in my group and in person, but no one listened.
In another session of study, I asked what happens to Christians who take it? He said: “Those who shift their trust from Me to man will be left behind for the final test. Another day I asked, if the mark is THE test, then what’s the final test? I was told: “Allegiance to the Beast. Also in 2021 He He said: “The papacy is real and beastly. So I took this as Pope is Antichrist, or the sprit of papacy is it. ” I’m pushing 60 and have been hearing the Lord’s voice since age 14. Thank you, Elizabeth!
Amen. I gleaned a lot out of what you said. God bless you,
Solid theology is needed to rightly see and understand this subject matter, the whole bible was in Heaven in God before God created the earth. John 12 24 says if a seed does not die it remains alone which applies to Adam and Eve the physical fallen family because of TEMPTATION NOT BY EVIL BIRTH. Then there is Jesus brothers and sisters who are Born of the Spirit family of the earth, only these 2 families. THE DOORWAY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS DISCUSSED BY JESUS AND NICODEMUS, YOU MUST BE BORN OF A WOMEN THERE IS NO FALLEN ANGEL FAMILY THAT CAME THROUGH THIS PROCESS NO ANGEL SEED FELL INTO THE EARTH AND DIED “BAD BAD THEOLOGY” think of Jesus remark to the religious leaders of that day “You are of your father the devil” not by birth but by the words they chose which caused the temple in there day to be desolate because they were an abomination (if you comment i will respond big subject)
You are on point, many waiting for the building of the third temple will miss what God is doing with the spiritual temple, our lives.You and I are the temple built not with human hands and God is coming back to reign in this temple that he himself built.No wonder, it will be more glorious then the former(made by human hands).
Amen, I’ve been shown and told this. We are the temple. God Bless.