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So are you saying that Jesus erred when he told his disciples to flee from Jerusalem after seeing the abomination?

I'm not saying that at all. You're referring to Matthew 24:14-16... 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15“So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’[a] spoken of through the prophet Daniel(Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11)–let the reader understand– 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Jesus was referring to a time when the Gospel will be preached to the whole world. At that time, the Gospel had only been preached to a small part of Palestine by Jesus himself and his disciples. I can't really think of any nation today that hasn't at least heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ, can you?

If we're agreed that Jesus wasn't mistaken, then why did he make such a big deal about when (after the abomination - a specific event, not a season or era) and where (into the mountains) his disciples should flee, if not to warn them about the coming tribulation, which they apparently were going to face?