Edward_Palamar
Edward Palamar
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The bulk of the first English translations provide us with the passing away with "a great noise" or "great violence"; there is a specific prophecy in the Book of Daniel regarding the laying low of the mighty. (cf. Daniel 8:24)This could be a figurative description of social upheaval and change when all those who occupy lofty places in heaven disappear like stars falling from the sky while mountains are crumbling and valleys being lifted up, as fire from God either consumes and destroys or purifies and refines.
......or it is a description of the earth being vaporized after being struck by a celestial body.
Our Lord Jesus referenced Daniel 12:11 directly in Matthew 24:15, the 1,290th day of Daniel 12:11 having been (is and forever more shall be) Great and Holy Thursday, March 24, 2016 A.D.
Because the Church prays for "world without end", the passing away of the old heavens and earth unto the new will be an obvious event to all, even to those who had fallen asleep as the resurrection is foretold earlier in the twelfth chapter. (cf. Daniel 12:1 & 2)
There is nothing figurative about what is happening in Syria, the place of origin of the heresy of the filioque; it is evidence of the glorious return of Our Lord Jesus Christ with great power and glory.