When I read Mark 13, Matthew 24, or Luke 17; I get a little confused. After Jesus tells the disciples the temple will be destroyed they ask him when and how will they know it is going to happen.
Jesus refers to Daniel and the abomination but Solomon’s Temple was already destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586BC, so Daniel must have been referring to the second Temple built in 519BC. In 168BC Antiochus erected an alter to Zeus in the temple. That has to be an abomination but the end didn’t come.
In 19BC Herod dramatically improved the Temple but it was destroyed in 70AD by Titus.
Jesus referred to the abomination mentioned in Daniel 9 and suggests they flee when they see it but it already happened in168BC. All I can imagine is that there will be a third Temple and a second abomination.
An alternative explanation is that the Muslims built the Dome of the Rock on the site of Herod’s temple; perhaps you don’t need a temple standing to have an abomination standing in the holy place; however, it is a bit of a reach as the Dome of the Rock contains no statute standing in it; if anything, the Muslims are more strict about statues than Christians.
I remain puzzled and could use some help.
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