2009-10-01T19:07:32-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/desolation/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%209:17-18&version=NIV 2009-10-01T19:07:32-05:00 Daniel is praying for God to turn away his wrath and instead bless His people. He asks God to look with favor at His desolate sanctuary and to see the desolation that the city has gone through. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2024:15-16&version=KJV 2009-09-20T20:12:05-05:00 The early church is cautioned to be ready to flee when they witness the "abomination of desolation"--an event that many Christian scholars identify as the desecration of the Temple in Jerusalem. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%209:27&version=NIV 2009-09-20T18:47:25-05:00 Christian scholars have long debated the interpretion of the "abomination that causes desolation," with most believing that it refers to the violation of the temple of God by a tyrant.