Part 2 of the “7 Things” series. A verse-by-verse commentary of the four places where the phrase “Abomination that Causes Desolation” occurs:

Daniel 9:24-27: the famous 70 weeks prophecy,

1 Maccabees: the partial fulfillment in 168 BC,

Matthew 24:15-21: the Lords announcement of the Great Tribulation, and

2 Thes. 2:4: Paul’s description of the event,proving that Daniel’s prophecy could not have been fulfilled in history, but is yet future. Read Post »

That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. (Genesis 32:22-25)

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