There are several descriptions in Daniel of the persecutions of God’s people and references to an “abomination of desolation” with time indicators. The last such reference is in Daniel 12.
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time…. Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished (Daniel 12:1,7).
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days (Daniel 12:11,12).
These verses refer to the First Roman-Jewish War that began under Nero in the spring of AD 67 and ended with the destruction of the Temple in September AD 70 – three-and-a-half years or roughly 1290 days.
Many commentators throughout history, beginning with several of the early Church Fathers, saw Vespasian’s war against Judea, which began during the reign of Nero, as the fulfillment of the “abomination that causes desolation” described in Daniel 9, 12 and Matthew 24.
