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The Apocrypha. It is quite probable that Jesus was referring to the book of First Maccabees together with the prophecy of Daniel when he spoke of the abomination of desolation. This appalling abomination has been described as the altar of the Olympian Zeus erected upon the Jewish altar of burnt offering or the statue of Zeus himself set up in Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes. A third possibility is that it refers to three meteorite cult-stones (massebot), which were said to have been representative of the God of the Jews, the Queen of Heaven, and their divine son, Dionysus. In either case we have the sin of syncretism; that of the sun god cult with Judaism. The persecution of the faithful included even their young babies being tortured to death. Some say that it is around this same time that the "Teacher of Righteousness" of the religious sect known as the Essenes, had taken his refuge in the caves of Qumran. The Essene sect probably finds its origin through an outward resistance to the Hellinization of Judaism, which began as a result. Would you like to know more?
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Enoch The Prophet In the time of Jesus, there was one prophet who was held in the highest esteem. His writings were believed by many to be the inspired Words of God. Many scholars believe that the New Testament is saturated with the fruit of his apocalyptic writings. Jesus alludes to the prophet's writings often and Jude quotes directly from them word for word. It is a fact that the Epistle of Jude, which we all agree to be canonical today, was for a long time held highly questionable by many sects of the Church primarily because of its relationship to the Book of Enoch. It is obvious that all churches were very much in disagreement as to defining the recognized canon until the end of the fifth century. The Book of Revelation was not even accepted by the Greek Church until around the tenth century. Would you like to make up your own mind?
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