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CHART A

  Beginning of Sorrows Abomination of Desolation
Roman Destruction of Jerusalem - Great Tribulation of Israel Begins		 The Great Tribulation - Time Period from the Roman Siege of Jerusalem in the First Century Until ???

The 'Times of the Gentiles'		 Immediately after the Tribulation - The Day of the Lord and the Second Coming
Matthew 24 Mat 24:4-8 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. ... (8) All these are the beginning of sorrows. Mat 24:15 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:) Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Mat 24:29-30 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass...
 		 ...till all these things be fulfilled.
Luke 21 Luk 21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. Luk 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Luk 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Luk 21:25-27 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; (26) Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. (27) And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
 
Luk 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away...
 		 ...till all be fulfilled.
Daniel 9   Dan 9:27a ...and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate... Dan 9:27 b... he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation...
 		 Dan 9:27c ...and that determined shall be poured upon the desolator.
Daniel 11   Dan 11:31 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.

 

 Dan 11:33b ...yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

Dan 11:36-45 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. (37) ... for he shall magnify himself above all. ...(40) And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him l...and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.... (45) And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

Dan 12:1a ... there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time:
 

 Dan 12:1b  and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
2 Thess. 2 2Th 2:1-2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, (2) That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.   2Th 2:3-4 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (4) Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

 
Matthew 23 Mat 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

 

 Mat 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

 

 Mat 23:39a For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth... Mat 23:39b ...till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord...
Romans 11   Rom 11:25... blindness in part is happened to Israel...until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
 		 Rom 11:26 .There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer and He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: for this is my covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins.

 
Rom 11:8-10 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. (9) And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: (10) Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

 

CHART B


TIMELINE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
 
Daniel
11:1-20
 

Wars Between The Seleucids and the Ptolemys 
  		Daniel
11:21-30
175-164 BC
 
Reign of Antiochus Ephiphanes		 Daniel
11:31
70 AD
 
Roman Destruction of Jerusalem
The 'Abomination of Desolation' - Matthew 24:15		 Daniel
11:32-35
 

Aftermath of the Destruction of Jerusalem		 Daniel
11:36-39
Approx 539-1799 AD
 1799 - ???
 
Rise and Reign of the Willful King/Man of Sin (Compare 2 Thess. 2)  The reign of the Papacy/Latin Kingdom		 Daniel 11:40-45
??? - ???

End-Time wars of the Kings of North and South		 Daniel
 12:1-3
???
 
Resurrection and Deliverance
Approx 539-1799 AD Approx 1799 - ??? AD

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Jesus Makes reference to the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by Daniel.  The appearance of this 'Abomination' within Daniel's prophecy helps us to see that the 'great tribulation' would be of significant duration.  --------->

 The detailed prophetic material in Daniel 11:32-40 lets us know of world events during the period of Jew's time of desolation.  Many prophetic schemes must deny the link between Matthew 24:15 and Daniel 11:31 because they cannot account for this detailed material in Daniel 11:32-45.
 		 Notice that Daniel 11 places the final deliverance of the Jewish people and the resurrection long after the 70 AD setting of the 'abomination of desolation'. 
Mat 24:15 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:)
 
Luk 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.		 Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
Luk 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.		 Mat 24:29-30 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
Notice how this comparison with Daniel 11 clearly shows the Great Tribulation to be an extended period defined as a time when the Jews would fall by 'sword, flame, and captivity until the times of the gentiles are completed.  History has borne out this sad state of the Jewish people ever since the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD
2Th 2:1-2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, (2) That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 2Th 2:3-4 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (4) Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
 		 2Th 2:8 ... the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Notice how the apostle Paul refutes the mistaken notion of the Thessalonian believers that the 'Day of the Lord' was then imminent.  He introduces the prophetic material between Daniel 11's 'abomination of desolation' and the second coming, Jewish deliverance, and the Resurrection; namely that the 'man of sin' must come first.  Paul's material is drawn from Daniel 11:36-39.  Thus Paul shows that a proper understanding of Daniel 11 proves that Jesus' return would not be imminent even when Rome was desolated in 70 AD simply because the prophecies of Daniel 11:32-45 would still need to take place after that, and before the resurrection.