*Note: this topic is addressed in the following videos –> What is the Abomination of Desolation? and Daniel 11:29-31: If At First You Don’t Succeed
Daniel 11:31 prophesies that forces from the Antichrist will desecrate the temple, abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination that causes desolation. Jesus warned us about the “abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place.” What is the Abomination of Desolation? Ezekiel 38 prophesies that the Antichrist will lead a large, multi-national force that invades Israel in the end times. Ezekiel 38:12-13 says that the Antichrist will invade Israel to take plunder and Daniel 11:29-30 adds that he will also hate Jewish ownership of Israel, the holy covenant. The Lord prophesied in Daniel 11:31 that his forces will “desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination of desolation.” Specifically, the Antichrist will come into the Temple, put an end to Temple sacrifices and then claim to be God. This is the event Jesus said would begin the Great Tribulation and it will take place in the middle of Israel’s seven-year covenant with the Antichrist. The Great Tribulation will officially be underway.