Desolation, Abomination Of
Desolation, Abomination of [ebd]
(Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; comp. Luke 21:20), is interpreted of the eagles, the standards of the Roman army, which were an abomination to the Jews. These standards, rising over the site of the temple, were a sign that the holy place had fallen under the idolatrous Romans. The references are to Dan. 9:27. (See ABOMINATION.)
DESOLATION, ABOMINATION OF [isbe]
DESOLATION, ABOMINATION OF - See ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION.
