What is the difference between a sin and an abomination?
What does the abomination of desolation in the Bible mean?
"Abomination of desolation" is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BCE Greek king Antiochus IV replaced the twice-daily offering in the Jewish temple, or alternatively the altar on which such offerings were made.
What does feeling of desolation mean?
Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness. If you refer to desolation in a place, you mean that it is empty and frightening, for example because it has been destroyed by a violent force or army. [disapproval] We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin.
Does desolation mean wretchedness?
noun The state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness. noun Wretchedness; misery.
What does an abomination to God mean?
Mrs Robinson believes that the term "abomination", as used in the Bible, means that an action is wicked, vile, disgusting, and morally wrong. Thus, according to the same book of the Bible, eating pork is also said to be "toevah" (unclean).13 Jun 2008