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              Matthew 24:15 “Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through
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              Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),”
              Daniel’s prophecy states that it will occur in the middle of the week; therefore, this is a correct interpretation for
              the beginning of the second half, which is again spoken of by Christ in Matthew as the Great Tribulation.


              Matthew 24:21 “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning
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              of the world until now, nor ever will,”

              Great Tribulation

                                                                        Abomination and Desolation:
                                                                        Holy Temple and Altar


                                                                        “At the appointed time he will return and
                                                                        come into the South, but this last time it will
                                                                        not turn out the way it did before. “For ships
                                                                        of Kittim (red oval) will come against him;
                                                                        therefore he will be disheartened and will
                                                                        return and become enraged at the holy
                                                                        covenant and take action; so he will come
                                                                        back and show regard for those who forsake
                                 KITTIM                                 the holy covenant.”

                                                                        “Forces from him will arise, desecrate the
                                                                        sanctuary fortress, and do away with the
                                                                        regular sacrifice. And they will set up the
                                                                        abomination of desolation.”

                                                                        “By smooth words he will turn to
                                                                        godlessness, those who act wickedly toward
                                                                        the covenant, but the people who know their
                                                                        God will display strength and take action.
                                                                        “Those who have insight among the people
                                                                        will give understanding to the many; yet they
                                                                        will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity
                                                                        and by plunder for many days. “Now when
                                                                        they fall they will be granted a little help, and
                                                                        many will join with them in hypocrisy.”

                                                                        Daniel 11:29-34
              Map of Hebrew World (1854)


              This “Abomination of Desolation” in the End Times is mentioned in greater detail in Daniel 11. It describes the
              ships from Kittim (Island of Cyprus) will wage war against the land of the South and it will not turn out the “way
              it did before”.  The “way it did before” is described in Daniel 11:14-15 where the South had “no strength to make a
              stand.” Let us take a look at Ryrie’s commentary relative to the Tribulation period.



              70  New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Mt 24:15). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

              71  New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Mt 24:21). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
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