There are many examples in this day and age of rampant abominations of all kinds. I would suppose anyone could argue that an abomination, as well as a desolation, are as one might perceive them. I will not argue that case, in particular, due to my perspective that the majority of the world has gone nuts, and a handful of us have spiritual “eyes” and “ears” from the Holy Spirit. Therefore, as the Scriptures often say, “He that has ears, let him hear.” That refers to the LORD God’s spiritual eyes and ears that He gives his believers that they might have understanding of God’s truth and the real meaning of things.
Having clarified that, let’s talk about “an abomination that causes desolation.”
The Scriptures tell us in Matthew 24:15 – “Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand)…”
Daniel 12: 11 reads – “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.” This is prophecy that gives us a look into future events (the future is now) that will happen before the Second Coming of Christ. (Note: The term “daily sacrifice” may not be what the common interpretation perceives it as. Another entire study.)
There are diverse explanations by many (most unqualified to give such explanations and I’m not going to attempt it here) as to exactly what THE abomination of desolation is, or even if there is a difference between “the” and “an.” I just want to give readers a look into what I believe, from my GOD-given perspective (eyes and ears), an example of what an abomination is and the desolation such an event might cause.
I am going to use the original Hebrew to help define the two words, abomination and desolation, and the context they are being used in. Please do your own study, calling on the Holy Spirit to give you understanding…eyes and ears.
Let’s begin with abomination. What is an abomination? Merriam-Webster defines “abomination” as: “something regarded with disgust or hatred.” And/or: “extreme disgust and hatred: loathing.”
The original use of this word in Hebrew, “shiqquts” (pronounced shik-koots), is a bit different: “disgusting, that is, filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol: – abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing). Shiqquts is from the base word “shaqats,” pronounced “shaw-kats,” meaning: “to be filthy, to loathe, to pollute.”
Are you getting it a bit? An abomination is dependent heavily on one’s perspective, i.e. with whose eyes (man’s or the LORD God’s) is an abomination in this world being looked at?
Maybe it will help us to understand more about “desolation.” After all, just because something is perceived by someone as an abomination, might it cause desolation (as described in the Bible)?
The Hebrew word for desolate is “shamem,” pronounced “shaw-mame.” As used in the Scriptures, desolate means: “A primitive root; to stun (or intransitively grow numb), that is, devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense): – make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish (-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate (-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.”
The other day, I was driving along a city street with my wife, when the LORD God spoke to me and said, “A cell/smart phone is an abomination that causes desolation.” I nearly laughed out loud. The LORD knows how much I loathe cell/smart phones. For many, many years, I have pissed a lot of people off by announcing that the cell/smart phone is the most destructive instrument of Satan’s (today) that is completely destroying society as it was once known…that not many years ago. I am sadden for those who cannot and will not see this simple reality.
Is a cell/smart phone “something regarded with disgust or hatred?” Obviously, from my perspective, it certainly is. No argument. I well up with anger just seeing a cell/smart phone. Are cell/smart phones filthy, disgusting, detestable, an idol, self-destructive, making waste? But of course. (all from my eyes and ears mind you.) Do you see it?
Some might make a face at the suggestion that a cell/smart phone is an idol. Just look around you, wherever you go, and then come back and tell me cell/smart phones aren’t worshiped and protected as an idol.
In simple observations, being out and about, it is like the walking dead. Everyone, zombiesque, cell phones gathering and holding everyone’s attention regardless of where they are. Talk about “laying waste” and “self-destructive.” What a desolation!!!
If you can find some room to agree that a cell/smart phone is an abomination, then ask yourself if it causes or creates desolation. Here, once again, is the original Hebrew definition for desolate: “A primitive root; to stun (or intransitively grow numb), that is, devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense): – make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish (-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate (-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.”
I know that all my friends and brothers and sisters that share in the free gift of having eyes and ears of the Holy Spirit, mostly understand how a cell/smart phone is an abomination that causes desolation. (Yes, this was preceded by the television.)
I think that THE abomination that causes desolation is very closely related to this abomination and the hundreds, thousands, whatever, that exist in this world that is spiraling into its own desolation.
Matthew 24:15 says: “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet (shown above), set in the holy place (let him that readeth consider it.)”
This is the lead in to a warning that when this happens, all hell is going to break loose…a time of great tribulation such as has never before been seen by man.
I will tell you this, the “holy place” is not the “temple” in Jerusalem that so many are still waiting to be “rebuilt.” It’s not even a “temple” that the Two Witnesses are claimed to be rebuilt in the Last Days. The “holy” place is the spirit within us, that is that spirit “made in the image of the LORD God, trapped in this fleshly existence. When the “abomination that causes desolation” is “standing” in that temple, get ready because things are going to happen.
Giving one’s self over to the Serpent and all the things of this earth is THE abomination that will cause major desolation.
Let’s laugh for a second and then take this seriously for much longer. For whatever the reasons, centuries of image portrayals of Satan seem to always reveal “horns” growing from his head. I’ve never seen Satan (at least the real one, that I am aware of) and I doubt, from what I have read and researched, that Satan is in a fleshly form like you and I, although one day (Soon?) when released from locks and chain in the Bottomless Pit, we will see him as a fleshly image claiming to be God. I still doubt that he/she/it will have horns…but you never know.
Cell phones, tablets and the like are Satan’s weapons of mass destruction. As of this time in history, no other item has caused more destruction to our spiritual existence (and fleshly existence) than cell phones. Deny it if you wish. It doesn’t matter. We are all addicted – by design – and do not have the desire or the willpower if we did, to remove this destruction from our lives.
Perhaps there is a message to be sent and learned from a story out of Australia where supposedly it has been discovered that X-rays taken of people between the ages of 18 and 30, showed “horn-like” skull growths forming at the back of their heads.
If we are going to willingly allow Satan’s technology to control our lives, then why not begin to look like that horned devil?
Okay! So, the laugh is over. Seriously, you are what you eat, as the saying goes. Run as fast as you can away from Satan’s technology and seek the Word of God Almighty. You’ll be glad you did.
*Editor’s Note* – Nothing to see here. Move along. Your Congress is at work doing all the stuff you think YOUR political party is going to fix. Bwahahahahahahaah
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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The United States’ military and intelligence agencies have developed robust and sophisticated surveillance technologies for deployment in defense against threats from foreign actors. These technologies are essential to keeping America safe.
Increasingly though, domestic law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels are using surveillance technologies in their every-day crime-fighting activities. In the case of cell-site simulators, this technology is being used to investigate a wide range of criminal activity, from human trafficking to narcotics trafficking, as well as kidnapping, and to assist in the apprehension of dangerous and violent fugitives.
Law enforcement officers at all levels perform an incredibly difficult and important job and deserve our thanks and appreciation. While law enforcement agencies should be able to utilize technology as a tool to help officers be safe and accomplish their missions, absent proper oversight and safeguards, the domestic use of cell-site simulators may well infringe upon the constitutional rights of citizens to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, as well as the right to free association. Transparency
and accountability are therefore critical to ensuring that when domestic law enforcement decide to use these devices on American citizens, the devices are used in a manner that meets the requirements and protections of the Constitution.<<<Read More>>>
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*Editor’s Note* – Last evening I was watching a hockey game on TV. The game was between the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. Early in the game, there was a severe hit by one player onto another in the corner of one end of the ice. The result of this action was a fist fight between the two players. Of course the broadcasters kept repeating the video footage of the hit and the ensuing fisty-cuffs. But, what was hilariously funny was what was going on in the seats immediately behind the glass where the fracas was taking place. “Fans” (I doubt they were really fans) were not reacting to any of the play and fighting. They weren’t even watching, because they had their faces stuck in their (prison) cell phones. Zombie Masses? You bet.
Addiction to mobile devices is a growing problem in America. It’s gotten to the point where people are so distracted that they will walk right into traffic, fall off train platforms, or even fall right off a cliff.
As Americans plug their entire existence into their mobile devices, they give away the now, sacrificing the present moment, and sometimes sacrificing their lives.
Top-secret documents show the NSA can automatically recognize the content within phone calls, generating easily searched transcriptions.
Source: How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text – The Intercept
I hate cell phones and consider them to be the number object that is destroying humanity today. Aside from that, like there’s always some good things to do with a dead cat, a sheep farmer in Armenia found a good use for his cell phone. Observing 4 wolves about to have evening lunch on his flock of sheep, he took out his cell phone and began playing recorded noises of dogs barking. That and his own effort at making noises, thwarted the attack and saved his sheep. <<<Source>>>
Maybe I’ve heard it all? And isn’t the claim that because students were taking pictures of a bear with their cell phones, it pissed off a bear enough that it decided to kill one of the photographers? Doesn’t that go against the claims by most that bears want nothing to do with humans and run the other way? According to some, you would think the bear would have come closer only to pose sweetly for pictures, perhaps cuddling up with the young men, not killing one of them.
According to a Fox News report, the camera made the bear attack, “The police report said that the young hikers attracted the bear’s attention by taking the nature shots, according to the The Record.
“They stopped and took photographs of the bear with their cellphones and the bear began walking towards them,” the police report said.”
But wait! We are ALWAYS told that bears run the other way. What was wrong with this bear? I’ll be waiting for the excuses.
