Matthew 24 SERIES: vs. 15-20

"Matthew 24 15-20 When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whose reads, let him understand); Then let them which be

in Judea flee into the mountains; Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house; Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath-day. The “abomination of desolation” is called “armies” in Luke 21:20:
And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 

This desolating power is spoken of by Daniel as follows: Daniel 9:26-27 And the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.  ...and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate [margin, “desolator”]. 

Here is a clear prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman armies. The flight of the Christians of Judea to the mountains would be attended with difficulties. And their subsequent condition would be that of hardship and suffering. The Lord knew this, and gave them the instructions and warnings necessary." 

A.T. Jones