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The consequence of the joint rejection of God by the priests and the people
of Judaea was called the "desolation" by Daniel and by Jesus-Holy
Ghost in paragraph
095.
What, exactly, was the "desolation" to be?
Jesus provided several descriptions of the "desolation". One description is in
paragraph 093, wherein the destruction of the
entire Temple complex was prophesied.
Another description is in paragraph 095, wherein the "desolation"
was also called the "great tribulation". An additional description is in
paragraph 103, wherein the temporary disappearance of the nation
was prophesied.
When was the desolation formally announced?
Jesus-Holy Ghost formally announced the desolation to the priests and people in paragraph
109. This announcement was apparently before their
formal announcement to him of their rejection. The priests formally announced
their rejection of him in paragraph 126 and, along with
the people, again in paragraph 128.
Did the desolation occur?
The desolation occurred during and after two rebellions of Judaea against the
Romans. The first of these two rebellions began in 66 AD and ended in 73 AD. In
the midst of this rebellion, beginning in 70 AD, the Romans destroyed the entire
Temple complex and the city of Jerusalem. The second of these two rebellions
began in 132 AD and ended in 135 AD. After the second of these two
rebellions, the Romans deported nearly everybody
from Judaea to a multitude of different places in the Roman empire (mainly to
the frontiers of the Roman empire), thereby
fulfilling the prophesy (in paragraph 103) that the nation would temporarily
disappear.
Did the nation ever re-appear?
The nation officially re-appeared in 1948. It was named Israel when it
re-appeared. More details of the history since the desolation to the present
are available here.
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