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Ellen Gould White über: "Prophetic significance of the abomination of desolation for the end times"
Answer
The "abomination of desolation" has both a historical and an eschatological significance: While it originally referred to the setting up of Roman banners on holy ground before the destruction of Jerusalem, it today serves as a model for the end times. In prophetic application, the enactment of a Sunday law by the nation marks the decisive moment when God's people must leave the major cities and seek refuge in isolated areas. This event signals that the measure of injustice is full and the time of tribulation is imminent.
The Siege of Jerusalem as a Warning Signal
Jesus announced to the listening disciples the judgments that would break upon apostate Israel... And the Savior warned his followers: “If you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (whoever reads this, take note!), then those in Judea should flee to the mountains.” If the idolatrous standards of the Romans were set up on the holy ground... then Christ’s followers should find safety in flight.
The Sunday Law as an End‑Times Signal
As the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies was a signal to flee for the Christians in Judea, so the takeover of our nation by the decree that enforces the papal Sabbath will be a warning for us. It will then be time to leave the major cities, to also prepare to abandon the smaller cities for remote dwellings in isolated mountain places.
The End of Divine Patience
As the approach of the Roman armies was a sign of the impending destruction of Jerusalem for the disciples, so this apostasy may be a sign for us that the limit of God's forbearance has been reached, that the measure of our nation's sin is full, and that the angel of grace is about to take flight, never to return.
Warning of the Coming Destruction
As he warned his disciples of the destruction of Jerusalem and gave them a sign of the approaching ruin so that they could flee, so he warned the world of the day of final destruction and gave its sign for its approach, so that all who wish may flee from the coming wrath.
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