And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
His forces will show up and completely trash the sacred temple, they'll stop all the daily worship and set up something absolutely disgusting that destroys everything holy about the place.
Sometimes evil forces will try to destroy what's sacred, but that doesn't make it any less holy.
📚 Historical Context
Daniel 11 is a prophetic vision given to the prophet Daniel during the Babylonian exile, foretelling the rise and fall of empires and specific conflicts that would impact God's people in Israel. This verse describes events under the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, a Seleucid king who in 167 BC invaded Jerusalem, desecrated the Temple by setting up an idol to a pagan god, and stopped the daily sacrifices, which is historically seen as the "abomination that causes desolation." This act fulfilled prophecy and sparked the Maccabean revolt as Jews resisted the oppression.
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