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14“你们看见那行毁坏可憎的，站在不当站的地方（读这经的人须要会意）。那时，在犹太的，应当逃到山上；15在房上的，不要下来，也不要进去拿家里的东西；16在田里的，也不要回去取衣裳。17当那些日子，怀孕的和奶孩子的有祸了！18你们应当祈求，叫这些事不在冬天临到。19因为在那些日子必有灾难，自从 神创造万物直到如今，并没有这样的灾难，后来也必没有。
很明显，耶稣在这里是在谈论公元70年耶路撒冷的毁灭，他说:“那时，在犹太的人要逃到山上去。”这不适用于世界末日，末日的时候没有时间逃避基督的第二次降临。耶稣还引用了但以理书的预言“行毁坏可憎的”，当安提阿古(公元前164年)在圣殿里建立了一个异教祭坛时，这个预言首先实现了。罗马人也以同样的方式亵渎了耶路撒冷的圣殿。历史学家约瑟夫描述了耶路撒冷的毁灭，以及对那些留在耶路撒冷的人来说这灾难是多么可怕。他还说，基督徒预先知道这个灾难要来临，他们逃离了。
我们从这个简短的预言中学到了什么?从耶稣口中说出的话，没有一件是不可能实现的。我们应该感谢像约瑟夫斯这样受人尊敬的历史学家留下的记录，让我们再次确信“圣经的应许是不可能被破坏的”。据说，在圣地工作的考古学家一只手拿着铲子，另一只手拿着圣经。多年来，历史学家一直在质疑，总督本丢·彼拉多这个人是否真的存在，因为他的名字从来没有真正出现在任何地方——直到他们在凯撒利亚发现了一个总督坐过的椅子靠背，上面写着彼拉多的名字，埋在沙子里。因为这个预言被证实了，我可以确信耶稣所说的关于他在末日来临的一切，都一定会发生。圣经的应许是不能被打破的。或者，正如以赛亚所说，“我们神的话，必永远立定”(以赛亚书40:8)。
祷告:主啊，你的话安定在天，直到永远。你的信实存到万代;你立定地，地就长久。你的典章存到今日，因为万物都事奉你。我若不是喜爱你的律法，早就在苦难中灭绝了。我永不忘记你的训词。因你用这训词救了我的性命。阿们。(诗篇119:89 – 93)
Mark 13:14-19: “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ standing where it does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15 Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. 16 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 17 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 18 Pray that this will not take place in winter, 19 because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again. (NIV)
It is evident that Jesus is talking about the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. when he says, “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.” This wouldn’t apply to the end of the world, when there will be no time to flee Christ’s second coming. Jesus also quotes from a prophecy of Daniel that was fulfilled first when Antiochus (164 B.C.) set up a pagan altar in the temple. In the same way the Romans would desecrate the temple in Jerusalem. Joseph the historian describes the destruction of Jerusalem and how terrible it would be for those who remained. He also says that Christians saw it coming and fled.
What do we learn from this short prophecy? Nothing that ever came out of the mouth of Jesus failed to come true. We can be thankful that a respected historian like Josephus left a record so that we can again be reassured that “the Scriptures cannot be broken.” Archaeologists in the Holy Land are said to work with a shovel in one hand and a Bible in the other. For years, historians questioned whether the governor Pontius Pilate really existed, because his name never really appears anywhere—until they found the back of a governor’s chair in Caesarea with Pilate’s name on it buried in the sand. Because this prophecy is confirmed, I can be sure that everything Jesus says about his coming on the last day will also take place. The Scriptures cannot be broken. Or, as Isaiah said, “The Word of our God stands forever” (Isaiah 40:8).
Prayer: Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you. If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. Amen. (Psalm 119:89-93)