The days of shifting the focus to the 'abomination that causes desolation' are here as the prophet Daniel prophesied thousands of years ago."Money can buy anything.....without it you can do nothing....they say in unison.....in one same worded chorus they sing.......and remind everyone that the abomination is inevitable.
Daniel 12:9-13 (New International Version)
He replied, "Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
"From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
"As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance."
"None of the wicked will understand....but the wise will.Does it ring a bell? The comparisan made between the foolish and the wise.The parables of building the house on the sand and the rock, the 'ten virgins'-five of them were wise and the others were foolish in their actions for not filling their own lamps with oil? They were not careful and diligent about Christformation in them.Everything starts with understanding this eternal truth-Christformation in you!The parable of the Sower is about those who understood and those who didn't.Three of them didn't but one did.The 'good soil' did understand this truth.Again, this begins with our faith in Christ.
Revelation 17:1-5 (New International Version)
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries."
Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. This title was written on her forehead:
MYSTERY
BABYLON THE GREAT
THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Who is this woman dressed in purple and scarlet? Mystery? Its no more a mystery now!
The Lord Jesus warned about this abomination.Take heed, O ye who belong to Him.
This woman is none other than the earthly Jerusalem.We belong to the Heavenly Jerusalem.The earthly Jerusalem has a lot to offer but must we accept it's offer?
No,we should not!Read the entire chapter of Revelation 17, you would be able to see what it offers.What it offers does not remain.It's all for temporal satisfaction only.Take heed! Seek first for King Jesus to be formed in you, His Kingdom to be formed in you and His righteousness to be formed in you and the assurance is, all your needs will be met.He will not forsake you nor leave you without all your needs be met but do not lust or crave for the things of this earthly Jerusalem.It will corrupt you, eternally! It's a pathway to eternal destruction.Eventually,desolation will be inevitable.
Luke 16:13-15 (New International Version - UK)
No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.
Luke 16:15 (King James Version)
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
