The Definition of the word Desolation, Abomination of

Desolation, Abomination of

(Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; comp. Luke 21:20), is interpreted of "the eagles, the standards of the Roman army, which were an" "abomination to the Jews. These standards, rising over the site" "of the temple, were a sign that the holy place had fallen under" the idolatrous Romans. The references are to Dan. 9:27. (See [158]ABOMINATION.)