Daniel tells us that something horrible will happen when the Antichrist sets up his kingdom in the Temple . So horrible is this act that Daniel calls it an `abomination .' The word `abomination ' means `evil beyond belief .' This act of absolute rebellion and rage towards God will cause the world to become desolate . Jesus talked about how awful this time will be when He said in Matthew 24:15-22 —
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Matthew 24:15-22 ( NIV ) 1 1 15 ) " So when you see standing in the holy place `the abomination that causes desolation ,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel - let the reader understand- 16 ) then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains . 17 ) Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house . 18 ) Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak . 19 ) How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers ! 20 ) Pray that your flight will not take place in the winter or on the Sabbath . 21 ) For then there will be great distress , unequaled from the beginning of the world until now and never to be equaled again . 22 ) If those days had not been cut short , no one would survive , but for the sake of thelect those days will be shortened . "
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At last the Antichrist will be free to do what he wants to do . The Antichrist will want to be worshipped as God . By now the lost masses will worship him . For a brief moment in time , the Antichrist will have reached his goal and will bask in the warmth of worldwide adoration . The Apostle Paul clearly predicted what the Antichrist will do at that time :
2 Thessalonians 2:4 ( NIV ) " He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped , so that he sets himself up in God ' s temple , proclaiming himse to be God . "
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