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[George Patton <gpatton AT bayou.com>]

In Mark's gospel, I think the Abomination of Desolation is the cross 
that Jesus was crucified upon. The disciples who were in Judea were to 
flee to the mountains of Galilee (Mark 14:28 and 16:7)

George M. Patton

George Young wrote:

> Dear Kata Markan Group:
>
> I was recently reading through Mark chapter 13 and
> came upon Jesus' well known (but difficult to
> understand) teaching regarding the Abomination of
> Desolation. For it is at this point in the chapter
> that Jesus tells Peter, James, John and Andrew, "But
> when you see the abomination that causes desolation
> setup (perf. passive) where it ought not to be, then
> flee...."  As we all know, this is a very well known
> and yet difficult passage ot understand, yes?  And
> many who specialize in prophecy tend to highlight this
> verse as a sort of landmark to organize, not only the
> chapter, but also various projections of future
> events.  
> (E.g, I have heard it said that the abomination that
> causes desolation was when a Roman sacrificed a pig
> upon the altar in Jerusalem sometime before 70 AD.
> [Forgive my lack of precision at this point.] And that
> this is what caused the uproar leading to its
> destruction.  Moreover, Mark could not have known this
> unless he wrote about it after the fact.)
> Anyway, the question that I would like to pose to the
> list is somewhat complex, so please bear with me as I
> first explain the assumptions to my question.
>
> First Assumption: Certainly no one in their right mind
> would suppose that Jesus was a scholar, and I
> certainly do not maintain this assumption.  On the
> contrary, my assumption is that Jesus was a mystical
> person and his disciples would have believed this
> about Him and thus so would have the author of Mark IN
> THIS CHAPTER.
>
> Second Assumption:  If the above be true, then Jesus
> saw the world and everything in it differently than we
> do.  For lack of a better term, he saw the world and
> humanity through spiritual eyes.  
>
> Third Assumption: Mark chapter 13 uses apocalyptic
> type language, and Mark 13:14 has a verbal allusion to
> Daniel 9:27 - true - but also to the destruction of
> Sodom and the Flight of Lot and his two daughters from
> that doomed city (among other things).
>
> Finally, my fourth assumption is that these words were
> spoken to Peter, James, John, and Andrew (this is a
> critical assumption to my question). 
>
> Question:  Could it be that the Abomination that
> Causes Desolation is a spiritual phenomenon that
> happens to every true believer in Jesus Christ?  I
> raise that question because there are several
> conditional clauses that seem to suggest that it is
> NOT a singular event per se, but a re-ocurring
> phenomenon that happens in different places to
> different people at different times (e.g., vv.15, 16,
> 17, 18-23).  Moreover, I wonder if vv. 24-27 are not
> describing the end of the world per se, but rather
> what the world looks like to one who is converted to
> Jesus as God's Christ?  
>
> Anyway, any comments by those on the list would be
> welcomed.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Webber Young.
>
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