I'm sorry I have to disagree here.
Sacrifice happened at the temple. The temple was destroyed in 70 AD. Right within the same generation that Jesus said it would.
The tribulation was the period of time of Rome surrounding Jerusalem and laying siege to it and completely destroying it. This is clear when we look at history and especially secular accounts like the histories of Josephus as it lines up with scripture.
This is what Christian's historically understood and believed until premillennial dispensationalism became popular with the publication of the Schofield reference Bible. That was the first study Bible with footnotes and it was widely adopted and unfortunately it taught a very obscure eschatological position that was virtually unheard of before then.
"Abomination of desolation surrounding the holiest of holies" was Rome's armies surrounding the temple. You don't have a holiest of holies anymore. You don't have a temple. You don't have an altar. And you never will. Jesus is our temple now. The old system simply pointed to him. When Jesus died on the cross the veil in the temple that only priests could go behind too offer the sacrifice to atone for our sins was torn in half by God symbolizing the end of the separation between God and us as the holy Spirit now dwells within us.
(You should be noted that Christians at that time when they saw Rome surround the city knew exactly what this first meant and Rome had to leave for a few days for some unknown reason and the Christians fled to the mountains just a scripture instructed them. By doing so they're the only people that survived)
666 was a low key way of saying Nero Caesar which when written in Hebrew letters, which are also numbers, made 666. And he was indeed a beast by all accounts and he took great joy in persecuting and murdering Christians. If you were to write that down or preach that back then without obscuring it you would be executed.
The seven-headed ten horned beast is further proof of this. The seven heads of the beast are described in Revelation as representing seven hills. Rome was built on seven hills and it had 10 governors. This was strikingly clear to a Jew in that time.
Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father making all of his enemies his footstool. That's God's favorite Bible verse and it appears more times in scripture than any other.
God said to Jesus ask of me and I will give all the nations as your inheritance. Do you really think that Jesus forgot to ask?
Jesus is reigning Right now putting all of his enemies under his feet.
Just like when Adam and Eve took something off of a tree and sin entered the world, in some ways immediate and in other ways gradually decay.... When Jesus, the perfect Adam, was put up on a tree (the cross), The Gospel entered the world and is spreading.
However if you believe you're going to be raptured away at any point and everything on Earth is going to be destroyed are you going to think and plan and build for your great great grandchildren? No one polishes brass on a sinking ship.
In my opinion premillennial dispensationalism or the belief in the rapture is the greatest lie the devil ever interjected into the church. It is absolutely neutered the modern Evangelical Church.
Here's a playlist of some sermons, discussions, and debates on the three main eschatological positions of the end times. These are not some random YouTube cooks, these are very well respected and well known theologians, professors, and pastors. I would encourage you to at least get a better understanding of the three different primary viewpoints and where they came about in history. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm4vxYfDpoYaWjqK76eZukIyKtyX5Xa-J
I'm sorry I have to disagree here.
Sacrifice happened at the temple. The temple was destroyed in 70 AD. Right within the same generation that Jesus said it would.
The tribulation was the period of time of Rome surrounding Jerusalem and laying siege to it and completely destroying it. This is clear when we look at history and especially secular accounts like the histories of Josephus as it lines up with scripture.
This is what Christian's historically understood and believed until premillennial dispensationalism became popular with the publication of the Schofield reference Bible. That was the first study Bible with footnotes and it was widely adopted and unfortunately it taught a very obscure eschatological position that was virtually unheard of before then.
Abomination of desolation surrounding the holiest of holies was Rome's armies surrounding the temple. You don't have a holiest pulleys anymore. You don't have a temple. You don't have an altar. And you never will. Jesus is our temple now. The old system simply pointed to him.
666 was a low key way of saying Nero Caesar which when written in Hebrew letters, which are also numbers, made 666. And he was indeed a beast by all accounts and took great joy in persecuting and murdering Christians. If you were to write that down or preach that back then without obscuring it you would be executed.
The seven-headed ten horned beast is further proof of this. The seven heads of the beast are described in Revelation as representing seven hills. Rome was built on seven hills and it had 10 governors. This was strikingly clear to a Jew in that time.
Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father making all of his enemies his footstool. That's God's favorite Bible verse and it appears more times in scripture than any other.
God said to Jesus ask of me and I will give all the nations as your inheritance. Do you really think that Jesus forgot to ask?
Jesus is reigning Right now putting all of his enemies under his feet.
Just like when Adam and Eve took something off of a tree and sin entered the world, in some ways immediate and in other ways gradually decay.... When Jesus, the perfect Adam, was put up on a tree, The Gospel entered the world and is spreading.
However if you believe you're going to be raptured away at any point and everything on Earth is going to be destroyed are you going to think and plan and build for your great great grandchildren? No one polishes brass on a sinking ship.
In my opinion premillennial dispensationalism or the belief in the rapture is the greatest lie the devil ever interjected into the church. It is absolutely neutered the modern Evangelical Church.
Here's a playlist of some sermons, discussions, and debates on the three main eschatological positions of the end times. These are not some random YouTube cooks, these are very well respected and well known theologians, professors, and pastors. I would encourage you to at least get a better understanding of the three different primary viewpoints and where they came about in history. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm4vxYfDpoYaWjqK76eZukIyKtyX5Xa-J