The Abomination of Desolation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church
The Abomination of Desolation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church
The Abomination of Desolation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church
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THE UNHOLY TRINITY 51<br />
five are fallen, one is, the other is yet to come. <strong>The</strong>se seven kings<br />
are prototypes <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Abomination</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Desolation</strong>, little Antichrists<br />
installed by the devil as "rehearsals" for the time <strong>of</strong> the end when the<br />
real Antichrist will be revealed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first head represents Pharaoh, king <strong>of</strong> Egypt, who persecuted<br />
the Israelites, the children <strong>of</strong> God at the time <strong>of</strong> Moses. God saved<br />
His children from the tyranny <strong>of</strong> Pharaoh by taking them into the<br />
wilderness <strong>of</strong> Sinai, where God nourished and protected them for<br />
forty years. Many see in this a figure for the end <strong>of</strong> times, when the<br />
<strong>Church</strong>, being threatened by Antichrist, will be saved by God when<br />
she will fly into the wilderness, where God will nourish and protect<br />
her for the duration <strong>of</strong> the reign <strong>of</strong> Antichrist (the Great<br />
Tribulation). (Rev 12)<br />
When Pharaoh went after the People <strong>of</strong> Israel, God defended<br />
them by drowning Pharaoh and all his host in the Red Sea.<br />
Similarly, Revelation 12 tells us that when the Dragon will follow the<br />
<strong>Church</strong> with all the people that are at his command, God will defend<br />
the <strong>Church</strong> by making the earth open its mouth to swallow the flood<br />
that the Dragon cast out <strong>of</strong> his mouth (Rev 12:16)<br />
<strong>The</strong> second head is the Assyrian, King Sennacherib (Isa 36, II<br />
Chr 32). Sennacherib took on all the strongholds <strong>of</strong> Judah and set<br />
siege to Jerusalem, vowing to destroy it. Hezekiah, the king <strong>of</strong><br />
Judah at that time sent messages to Isaiah the prophet asking him<br />
to intercede on behalf <strong>of</strong> Jerusalem. <strong>The</strong> Lord indeed heard the<br />
prayers <strong>of</strong> Isaiah and all the people and saved Jerusalem by sending<br />
an angel who “went forth and smote in the camp <strong>of</strong> the Assyrians a<br />
hundred and fourscore and five thousand.” (Isa 37:36)<br />
<strong>The</strong> parallelism cannot escape anyone, for in the time <strong>of</strong> the end,<br />
Satan acting through Antichrist will surround the <strong>Church</strong> trying to<br />
destroy her, using all the people under his command, but God will<br />
miraculously defend His <strong>Church</strong> (Rev 12:15-16).<br />
<strong>The</strong> third head is the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar (II Chr<br />
36:6-9, Dan 3). Nebuchadnezzar set up an image and ordered the<br />
people to worship it. He decreed that anyone who does not worship<br />
the image, will be thrown into the fiery furnace. When the Three<br />
Children refused to worship the image they were thrown into the
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