Apostasy & Abomination of Desolation

Apostasy - The Abomination That Causes Desolation

1 Cor. 3:17 states: “if anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.”

 Apostasy is defined as a falling away from or rebellion against  God, rejecting obedience in salvation.

Abomination is defined as detestable, abominable practices, disgusting practices, or foul things.

Desolation is defined as: to make waste, or to make desolate.

The ultimate abomination that causes desolation is when the apostasy of unbelief causes the sacrifices of praise and commitment to God to cease in the temple of the Holy Spirit, i.e. in the hearts of men itself.

It is the abominable practices of rejecting God that causes a desolation of the spirit, bringing the inevitable result of God’s judgments upon the unrepentant. 

“If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.”  1 Cor. 3:17

 “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away(apostasia) comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple (Naos; i.e. spiritual temple) of God, showing himself that he is God.”      2 Thess. 2:3-4

 Apostasia:  A falling away, defection, rebellion, abandonment, apostasy   to forsake