Meaning Of Abomination Of Desolation

Common Sense Commentary: The following is my opinion, after a lifetime of study, as I see it at this moment.  I am sure, on this subject, I will see it more and more clearly as the mist rises and prophecy continues to unfold.

The original prophecy of the latter days "Abomination Of Desolation", which is set up in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount upon the singular spot known as the Holy of Holies, where God dwelt, within the veil, among His people Israel, in the Old Testament, was given by the prophet Daniel. ".... and they shall pollute the sanctuary, and take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination of desolation that maketh desolate."  Dan.11:31.  Following this first reference to it, Daniel gives a second mention in the next chapter, Dan. 12:11... "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days." (3 1/2 years).  The Anti-Christ will make a 7 year treaty agreement with Israel, the Muslims and the world and break it after 3 1/2 years to take full, dictatorial control of the world.  The seven years are called the Tribulation Period and the second half of it is known as the Great Tribulation. Notice in the two verses above that the Abomination Of Desolation is "placed" in the first verse and "set up" in the second verse.  These two verbs relate to a "thing" rather than a person.

The above prophecies are repeated, by Jesus, in the New Testament in three of the four Gospels.
In Matt.24:14-16... "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.  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..."  (Note this will happen at "the end" )

Also repeated in Mark 13:14 "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...." (Note reference to this thing as "it") "it" is not a person. It may be anything from a life-like bank of computers to a replica of Mecca or even a throne or some other kind of symbolic form.
At this point in prophecy, nobody knows what "it" is.

Finally, the prophecy is repeated in Luke 21:20-22 ..."And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. (So it is the "desolation" of Jerusalem which is meant in the Abomination Of Desolation) Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; (This phrase ties this verse with the two references above as reference to the same thing. Same words) and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled."
(Fulfilled prophecy)

So exactly what is an  "abomination"?  It is an ugly, evil and unholy act such as mentioned in 2 Chron.36:8 "The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written...."

A false measure in buying or selling is an abomination to God. "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord." Prov.11:1. (An ugly, unholy thing standard with Muslims)

Hatred pretending friendship is abomination... "When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. Whose hatred is covered by deceit..." Prov.26:25-26.  (An ugly, unholy thing used by Muslims to gain acceptance).

False prayer is an abomination ... "Even his prayer shall be abomination."
Prov.8:9.  (An ugly, unholy thing with Muslims bowing their heads toward Mecca with rear-ends in the air toward God)

Using incense in worship is an abomination. "When ye come to appear before me ... Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me ...." Isa.1:12-13.
(An ugly, unholy thing in worship ... also).

And what is "desolation"?  It is good made bad, "to make wretched, to lay waste, ruined and forsaken". The Nazis and Japanese did it in WWII, the Communists did it all over Eastern Europe, Asia and to their own people.  Detroit did it to itself.

I believe the Abomination Of Desolation standing in the holy place, "set up" and "placed" there on the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem, is an ugly, unholy, perverted Religious System contained or programed into some visible form. A counterfeit of Old and New Testament Truths. "Standing" there, even now, a Muslim Mosque, the most important one on earth second to the one in Mecca.  Muhammad was supposed to have ascended from there into heaven on his donkey.  This Mosque probably isn't the one referred to in the prophecy but, at some point, the Jews will rebuild their Temple there, and the Anti-Christ will confiscate "it","the sanctuary"  as his ruling place, and as a united world "church" dominated by Muslim dogma. There are more muslims than Catholics now, as of this week, according to the Pope.  Muslims have historically confiscated churches in conquered countries, and turned them into mosques.  I think this is the abomination of desolation, a world religious system, standing in the holy place, which will have a counterfeit God, Prophet, Bible, Church, Heaven, Hell, and a counterfeit Commission... "Go ye into all the world and conquer, kill and make converts."  That is the very method they have used throughout their history and it will be continued as the "Abomination Of Desolation", a world religious system incorporating religion, economics, politics and health, which Islam already does. I could be wrong on a few  of these things, but this is how I now see it, through the mist, as it unfolds. RB