The Abomination of Desolation is thought to be some form of idol worship set up in the Temple, thereby desecrating it. Those who follow and worship the Antichrist (i.e. the Second Beast, the False Prophet) or themselves through the Idolatry of the Self will be practicing idolatry which is paganism. Antiochus Epiphanes IV is thought to have desecrated the Second Temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar. The Romans certainly desecrated the Temple by destroying it. The Abomination of Desolation is another prophesied sign that the End Times are near. It appears in the Book of Daniel (12:11-12) and co-occurs with the Great Apostasy which we are now seeing. Many are waiting for this “sign” to appear, however, I believe it is already evident.
In the Book of Revelation, Saint John tells us that the Antichrist alias The Second Beast or False Prophet: was able to win over the people of the world and persuade them to put up a statue in honour of the beast that had been wounded by the sword and still lived. It was allowed to breathe life into this statue, so that the statue was able to speak, and to have anyone who refused to worship the statue of the beast to be put to death (13:14-15). This indicates that the Abomination of Desolation is a physical idol of some description, most likely a creature in human form. In the Book of Daniel the prophet indicates this will occur some time in the future: From the moment that the perpetual sacrifice is abolished and the disastrous abomination erected: one thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he who stands firm and attains a thousand three hundred and thirty five days. (Daniel 12:11-12). To date we have not seen this idol set up in the Church.
As mentioned previously (see post 29/09/2025), the abolition of the Perpetual Sacrifice, the Eucharist, will allow the literal Abomination of Desolation to be setup in the sanctuary (i.e. The Church). This may happen under the guise of a “false ecumenism”. It may well occur during a time when the Church is without a Pope. A number of prophesies have foretold a Schism in The Church and that it will be without a Pope for a while (e.g. Anne Catherine Emmerich and Blessed Anna Maria Tiagi). Saint Pope Pius X foresaw:“one of my successors taking flight over the bodies of his brethren . He will take refuge in disguise somewhere: and after a short retirement (exile) he will die a cruel death.” (Antichrist and the End Times, 2005, Fr Joseph Iannuzzi)
However, at a more personal and spiritual level there is another aspect to the Abomination of Desolation, that needs to be considered. As St Paul tells us in his letter to the Romans: Ever since God created the world his everlasting power and deity, however invisible, have been there for the mind to see in the things he has made. That is why such people (apostates) are without excuse: they knew God and yet refused to honour him as God or to thank him; instead, they made nonsense out of logic and their empty minds were darkened. The more they called themselves philosophers, the more stupid they grew, until they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for a worthless imitation, for the image of a mortal man, of birds, of quadrupeds and reptiles. That is why God left them to their filthy enjoyments and the practices with which they dishonour their own bodies, since they have given up divine truth for a lie and have worshipped and served creatures instead of the creator,…(Romans 1:21-25).
From the prophecies of True Life in God (TLIG) Vassula Ryden spoke about the Apostasy and the Abomination of Desolation, especially in the West: As a result of abandoning God, the world has become extremely violent and evil. Jesus says that people have transformed everything that is good into evil, and instead of praising God, they boast about themselves. Many Christians have rebelled [emphasis added]… Christ’s churches are either shut down or sold and turned into restaurants, casinos, sports and entertainment facilities… And the Holy Altar, on which His Sacrifice was celebrated, remains as a table on which drinks are served or is used for any secular purpose! This abomination of desolation is what Jesus quotes from the prophet Daniel in the book of Matthew Chapter 24! These are the signs of the End of Times. https://ww3.tlig.org/en/events/2015-11-19/
The Abomination of Desolation, under the guise of the Great Apostasy, has been creeping into The Church ever since the late 1800’s when Modernism first appeared after the so-called “Age of Enlightenment”. However, it was also evident to Saint Paul when he wrote to the Romans as quoted above. Together with the Apostasy, the Idolatry of Self is now the norm. As described in my previous post 10/10/2025, the Idolatry of the Self causes us to worship ourselves, i.e. the human being, the “666″ if you can hear and see that. When we worship ourselves, we take on the “spirit of rebellion”. By not worshipping God we become an “Abomination” in the sight of God. . As Our Lord said to Vassula Ryden: those who produce the fruit of disobedience are a living abomination in My Eyes and a condemnation of the way they disobey the Law given by My Church. (TLIG message October 22, 1996)
As I stated in a previous post (29/09/2025), we are meant to be Temples of the Holy Spirit and God’s Temple. I contend, that in many ways, the Abomination of Desolation is already set up in the temple of the hearts and minds of apostates. It is the Idolatry of Self, i.e. the putting of oneself before God. When we worship ourselves, we expel God from the temple of our hearts and minds where He is entitled to be worshiped.
As Saint Paul says to us: See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ. (Colossians 2:8). How much longer then, will it be before we see the literal Abomination of Desolation set up in The Church?
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