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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Matthew 24:15 → Daniel 9:27

Allusion

Later text

Matthew 24:15BSB

So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

Earlier text

Daniel 9:27BSB

And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”

+ 2 more earlier texts

Earlier text

Daniel 11:31BSB

His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

Earlier text

Daniel 12:11BSB

And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square14:16

Significance

Daniel's prophecy exhibits multiple fulfillments across salvation history. Antiochus Epiphanes' desecration of the temple in 167 BC provided initial fulfillment; the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 represents fuller realization; possible future antichrist fulfillment remains debated. This demonstrates the pattern of recurring temple desecration throughout history, with each instance pointing to ultimate eschatological judgment. Jesus warns disciples to recognize the signs and flee, showing that prophetic patterns repeat across redemptive history until final consummation.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy + Promise-Fulfillment (the abomination of desolation is a recurring pattern of temple-desecration/judgment across salvation history, not a designed type pointing to Christ — the anti-default check favors Analogy over Typology here)