November 2025 - Magazine - Page 39
November 2025
ence is made to Daniel9s prophecy makes us quickly jump to thinking of End Time theology,
but Daniel9s prophecies actually started being fulfilled long ago. So, it could refer to events
in Jesus9 time.
If you look at most commentaries, you9ll find that this abomination of desolation refers to
the Roman army and their destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. That would tend to close the
story, showing us that prophecy had been fulfilled and we need not concern ourselves with
this verse 4 except for one thing … the context.
When we talk about context, we are asking ourselves two things: Who was he talking to
and in regards to what? This is extremely important, especially when we are talking about
biblical prophecy. It is always imperative in biblical interpretation to take context into account. Most false doctrine comes about from failure to obey this one precept.
Earlier in the chapter we find the answer to those questions. It says in verse three that
