What is the abomination of desolation?

This phrase is used three places, Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15, and Mark 13:14, and can have the meaning “the abomination that produces desolation.” The NIV uses the phrase “the abomination that causes desolation.” The abomination part of the phrase takes place when the antichrist sets himself up in God’s temple displaying himself as God (or […]