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To: Thomas C. White who wrote (31032)	7/14/2000 9:30:33 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 39621

So the abomination could be interpreted to be the Roman soldier's standards. Still, getting back to Nero, he died two years before the Temple fell. By that time, there had been several other emperors. Although he was emperor when the war began, he did not travel to Palestine and, according to The New Bible Dictionary, "Nero played no part in the campaigns, and was apparently oblivious of the issues involved...". I see little reason to connect Nero personally to the fall of Jerusalem. Nero was a very cruel character and may have been the first Roman emperor to target Christians for persecution (Rome 64 AD). In regard to the passage in Revelation which contains a set of numbers which allude to Nero, perhaps this passage could be seen as using Nero as an archetype or symbol of government powers hostile to the Christian faith. Nero being the first emperor to directly target Christians would tie in with this interpretation. JMO for what little it's worth. Bruce