This famous four word phrase appears three times in Daniel and even Jesus quoted it which says the "abomination that causes ______________."

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The term means a terrible event that destroys a holy and sacred thing. Most believe it refers to the temple when it was desecrated by Antiochus IV in 167 BC. Jesus probably was referring to the destruction of the temple in AD 70.

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