Luke 16:15 And he (Jesus) said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God."
The Amplified states it like this:
"But He said to them, you are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted and highly thought of among men is detestable and abhorrent an abomination in the sight of God." then it references these passages 1 Samuel 16:7 and Proverbs 21:2.
Then we find in 1 Samuel 16:7 this said:
1Samuel 16:7 "But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart." and in Proverbs 21:2 this is said:
Proverbs 21:2 "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts." So from this we can gather that the abomination that desolates are nothing more than those things of mans imaginations and the things that man values highly above the knowledge of God. Such as mans dreamed up religion, governments, economic systems, self-righteousness, spirit of the world (mans flesh life) or anything else that holds sway against the knowledge of the Holy One.
We're to seek first the knowledge of God and His righteousness before we can ever hope to enter His kingdom-Life which is found in the heart of redeemed man. As that then is only as a beginning, a process of learning how to live by the Spirit and feeding on every Word that processed from the mouth of God.
