Luke 21:20

The abomination of desolation is when the Roman legions besieged Jerusalem:

"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its
desolation is near.”
Important details in Luke:
 The ‘holy place’ is the area outside the city walls.
 The ‘abomination of desolation’ is the siege, not the destruction.
 Desolation is what results from the abomination. ‘When you see the
Jerusalem surrounded by armies, know that its desolation is near.”
Fact #4: Matthew 24 has a two-fold Fulfillment
The disciples asked Jesus two questions and in his answer, Jesus used the
events that led up to the destruction of the city as a type of the events that will
lead up to the destruction of the world:
Matthew 24:1-3
“Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up
to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, "Do you not see
all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon
another, that shall not be thrown down." 3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives,
the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, [QUESTION #1]: ‘when will
these things be?’ [QUESTION #2]: And what will be the sign of Your coming,
and of the end of the age?"
Ellen White wrote repeatedly that the entire chapter points forward to events
that precede the second coming and the destruction of the world:
“Christ forewarned His disciples of the destruction of Jerusalem and the signs to
take place prior to the coming of the Son of man. The whole of the twenty-fourth
chapter of Matthew is a prophecy concerning the events to precede this event,
and the destruction of Jerusalem is used to typify the last great destruction of the
world by fire.” Ellen G. White, Last Day Events, p. 18

STUDIES ON MATTHEW 24 – Expanded Edition by Pastor Stephen Bohr

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