I think the easiest way to address this is by taking each point on its own merit:
1) Jesus specifically was asked and spoke about the destruction of HIS Jerusalem ie the one he stood in.
In Matthew 24, the question Jesus addresses
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying,
Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
2) that he referred to Daniel 9...and the 'abomination of desolation' which are TEMPLE CENTRIC.
The Abomination of Desolation (
Mark 13:14-23;
Luke 21:20-24)
15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the
holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand)
Most commentators agree that the “holy place” echoes back to the prior desecration of the Second Temple by Antiochus Epiphenes. It is presumed that a future temple will be built and desecrated by an abomination (of some nature) at a point in the future.
You have a very specific view of this, you think some bearded muslim is going to stand in the temple as the abomination and then claim himself to be God.
This is where you misunderstand. ^^
Joel Richardson wrote “Mideast Beast” inferring by references to “The Assyrian” that the AC would be Muslim. I read Chris Whites “Islamic Antichrist Debunked” and agreed with his estimation. The likelihood of Jews being seduced by a Muslim are pretty slim and anyway, the Bible doesn’t suggest that.
A far more likely candidate for the philosophy of the AC is espoused by this secular Jew:
What struck me is that for all Yuval’s hubris, he is actually just playing out the lines put in the mouths of the bad guys by C.S. Lewis in “That Hideous Strength” from 1945.
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that is impossible with islam. we dont believe in mangods like you and likewise muslims are against a temple, so certainly won't be standing in one.
My hope is that Muslims do not worship the Antichrist but oppose him. I don’t think many Muslims buy into the “Homo Deus” / 2042.com transhumanist message any more than Christians do.
the reason why muslims are against the temple may be skewed a little but for me it's the fact that Jesus is the temple....remember that fella?
“Jesus is the Temple” - I know that elsewhere (In John 2) Jesus says:
19…“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”
21But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
22Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
I think this is unrelated to the context of Matthew 24.
3) you've then also got to take into account ALL the ezekiel 38 prophecies and understand they are entirely seperate from the Daniel 9 prophecy..
Ezekiel 38/39 and Daniels 70th week
are separate, but are both spoken of as occurring “in the latter days”. Additionally Jeremiah’s prophecy of Elam, the events of Isaiah 17 etc are also in this general timeframe. How they relate to one another, timescales.
and hence that stupid '3.5 years' theory of yours has absolutely no standing. you imagine a deal between muslims and israel, a 7 year peace treaty..where midway muslims invade jerusalem.
Hopefully you can see that is not my position. I’m not conflating the actions of the Antichrist with respect to Jerusalem with the actions of some (presently Muslim majority) countries led by “Gog” (possibly a Russian leader) in an unsuccessful assault against Israel. Worth noting that other (presently Muslim) countries decry that invasion but fail to act.
