The Abomination of Desolation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church

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For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there
are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Who serve unto the
example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished
of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he,
that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in
the mount.
So, one should not wonder about this, because this was the heavenly
tabernacle that God showed Moses and ordered him to copy when he
made the earthly tabernacle.
The seven angels entrusted with the final plagues are probably the
seven archangels. They are given seven vials by one of the four
incorporeal beasts (probably the highest rank of all the heavenly orders,
since they carry the throne of God). We are then told that no man
could enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels
are fulfilled. What does that mean? This is generally understood to
mean that no intercession would be allowed once the order to the seven
angels has been given, it is final! It means that the privilege of the saints
to intercede on behalf of humanity will be suspended! The death
penalty has been passed and there is no way to appeal it.
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven
angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God
upon the earth. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the
earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men
which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped
his image. (Rev 16:1-2)
One thing is peculiar about these plagues, they are not universal. They
are directed towards the worshippers of the Beast, who acknowledge
him as their god and accept his mark and the number of his name!
There is very scant commentary about these plagues, but there are
theories. And what I propose to present is my own personal opinion
and it is entirely up to the reader to accept it or reject it.
I believe that these plagues will happen just after the destruction
of Babylon, and that most of them can be explained by the aftermath of
a major nuclear war.
The “grievous sores” of the first vial, which are interpreted by The
New Unger’s Bible Handbook as “malignant sores” are very suspicious