Hello John and Doves,
This question comes up every now and then: "Will
the Antichrist be the Islamic Mahdi?"
In this letter I have a video of an interview of Joel
Richardson and his thoughts about the Antichrist and
Mahdi. Then I have a video of Walid Shoebat and his
comments on '666' being Islamic symbols, along with an
article along the same lines.
Joel
Richardson Interview:
run time 1:30:34
It's a long
interview, and I was primarily interested in his info on the
Antichrist being a Muslim. (From what I gather, Joel
does not believe in a pre-Trib Rapture - but that doesn't
affect the information he presented on the Antichrist.)
Here are my
'short' notes on what Joel has written about - much more info
in the video. This videos is nicely labeled in the
timeline with the various topics discussed.
Notes:
The Antichrist
will come from a more radical Middle East country like Syria,
Turkey or Iraq. Turkey is a branch of Hamas.
Muslim Brotherhood is strong in Turkey. The Antichrist
will grab the more radical Muslim countries - not the western
friendly Muslim countries. And he'll use Turkish
nationalism.
Erdogan,
President of Turkey, is Muslim Brotherhood - he helped Morsi
of Egypt (this was about the time Obama helped get Morsi
elected President of Egypt - then the people rose up and
demanded he step down - which Morsi did - and then Egypt
declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.)
Ezekiel's Gog
and Magog War is about a 'Turkish led Middle Eastern North
African coalition of nations that will invade Israel under the
leadership of the Antichrist.'.
Daniel's
interpretation of The Statue involves a fourth kingdom.
Daniel 2. The fourth kingdom crushed the previous three
kingdoms (Mediopersia, Greece and Babylon). The Roman
Empire did not crush these kingdoms. The Roman Empire
does not meet those requirements in Daniel - as only parts of
those empires were replaced.
The Fourth
Kingdom that crushed the three previous kingdoms was the
Islamic Kingdom.
In Daniel 9:26,
we are told about 'the people of the prince who is to come' -
if this is about the destruction of Jerusalem around 70 AD,
then the people were under Titus. Roman soldiers were
recruited from all the nations conquered by Rome. This
Titus army that moved against Jerusalem to destroy the second
Temple was made up of soldiers recruited from Syria.
Josephus wrote about this 'roman' army being made up of
Syrians and Arabs. So the people of the prince were
Middle Eastern people. (I remember reading a few years ago
that this army was made up of Syrians.) Joel believes Daniel
9:26 could be about the future Antichrist.
Islamic End Time
Theology involves the Five Tenets of Islam - one is to believe
in the last days and a day of judgement. Also, Jesus
returns in the End Times. Islamic End Time Theology
mirrors Christianities' End Time Theology in terms of
importance. These two religions have conflicting yet
very similar views for the Last Days. Maybe the Lord
ordained that these would 'dove tail'.
'Satan
has set the Muslims up through their own prophecies to
accept the Antichrist as if he was their long awaited
messiah. Joel said, "this is quite terrifying
when you study it".
Joel has come up
with 21 correlations between the Muslim messiah and the
Antichrist (in his books). Example: The Mahdi
(very similar for Shia in Iran and Sunnis) There is the
universal believe that the Mahdi will emerge in the Last Days
- he will cause global revival and cause Islam to be supreme
throughout the Earth. He will cause Islam to be exalted
worldwide. He will revive the Islamic caliphate
empire. The Mahdi will rule from Jerusalem. And he
will rule for seven years.
Many parallels
to Christian eschatology.
The Muslim
eschatology involves a prophecy of genocide against the Jews
in the Last Days. It is the Muslims' divine destiny to
attack Israel. The Day of Judgment won't come until
Islam attacks and kills most of the Jewish people. And
they will kill by beheading. Joel points out that not
all Muslims believe this.
Jesus will come
back to help convert Christians to Islam. Jesus is a
Muslim. He will tell the world that the Bible is
corrupted. That he is not the Son of God. That he
was a prophet that taught about the one god, Allah. And
he will tell people to follow the Mahdi. He is
"dressed/speaks like a lamb, but he's a dragon". Jesus
tells the People of The Book - Jews and Christians - to
convert to Islam. Now, today, Christians/Jews have to
pay a tax to Muslims in certain countries. Jesus will
abolish the tax - as you must convert or die.
Putin is not
Gog. Russia is not Magog.
The Antichrist
won't rule the world. Remember the King of the North and
the King of the East fight against him. The Antichrist
has ten nations under his control.
For the U.S. -
the U.S. isn't necessarily wiped out - Israel is the center of
the story. Not the U.S.
If you take the
mark of the beast you are going to hell. This is a
decision to worship the beast...and reject Jesus as the true
Messiah. The Covid-19 vax is not the mark.
Muslims make a
pledge of allegiance, called the Bay'ah. During the Last
Days, people will have to make a pledge of allegiance to the
caliph. The Islamic creed of no other gods but Allah and
Mohammed is his prophet...
Joel said the
Muslim Mahdi aligns with the Antichrist story in the Bible.
The Antichrist
is Gog and is also the King of the North. They are all
the same leader. Gog is the Antichrist and he will
gather a coalition of nations and come against Israel..and
Jesus will kill him. (I see Gog and Antichrist as two
separate individuals...for now.)
The players of
the Gog War do not include Russia. One needs to look at
the 'historical grammatical method' not the 'geographical
migration method' for identifying these countries. That
is, how did Ezekiel understand these names (Gog, Magog, Put,
Cush, etc.) We need to see these names as Ezekiel and
how people during Ezekiel's day understood these names.
To
Ezekiel, Turkey was Meshek, Tubal and Gog.
Russia is not Magog/Putin is not Gog.
(end notes)
Just
some interesting side notes:
Natan said Gog
is Obama. (Fay is our expert on Natan/NDE. Thank you,
Fay. She may have more to add.) Joel believes that Gog
is just another name for the Antichrist.
And John Tng is
our expert on Obama/Antichrist. Thank you, John! I
believe Obama is a Muslim - I recall news articles, when he
was President, about the Muslim Brotherhood having a
'revolving door' access to him in the White House. So
Obama would know about the Mahdi and Islamic Last Days.
Obama definitely has some interesting connections...and it
seems he never really left the White House!
Biden/Austin/Blinken are pushing Israel for a two-state
solution. And Biden is waffling on Israeli support
now. Some believe Biden is Obama's puppet.
Biden
Walks a Tightrope With His Support for Israel as His Party's
Left Urges Restraint
In a letter last
week to Doves, I asked about Turkey being Magog..because
Erdogan is getting so vocal about what's going on between
Israel/Hamas. And Turkey had a HUGE
pro-Palestinian/Hamas rally in Isranbul last Saturday where
Erdogan really slammed Israel - calling Israel a terrorist
ORGANIZATION (not even a country) and calling Hamas 'freedom
fighters' or some such. Israel recalled her ambassador
to Turkey and told all Israelis to get out of Turkey
immediately. Now Israel is calling Turkey their greatest
threat.
The
world is continuing to turn against Israel and the Jewish
people:
Would Ezekiel
consider Algeria part of Put or Cush?? What other North
African countries will follow Algeria? Libya?
Sudan?
Public
opinion against Israel is spreading across the U.S., Europe,
etc:
I heard today on
FOX News that it's social media - like tiktok, instagram etc -
where most people in the US get their news - and as far as
supporting Palestinian vs Israel, it is 90%
pro-Palestinian/Hamas social media posts!!! This is
really bad. People all over the world are turning
against Israel and Jews because of the manipulated social
media and Hezbollah etc have infiltrated our universities and
colleges. They are creating hate against the Jewish
people.
Walid
Shoebat on 666:
run time 6:54
Walid
(ex-Palestinian terrorist - he's a Christian now) talked about
seeing the 'symbols' for 666 in Revelation 13:18 in the
original text. He noted that the symbols were different
script than the rest of the text. He said he recognized
the text as Arabic. The first symbols mean "in the name
of Allah", the third symbol is the symbol of Islam - the two
swords. He also talked about the 'mark' in the forehead
and hand. He said the word isn't 'just hand' it can mean
arm. In Islam, followers often wear a 'badge' on their
forehead or arm. It is the pledge in Islam: There
is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger. This
badge enters Muslims into heaven.
And
here's an interesting article on "The Mark of the Beast".
"The word "mark"
is translated from the Greek charagma (Strong's Greek
concordance reference #5480)
G5480
- charagma - Strong's Greek Lexicon (kjv)
as "a scratch or etching, ie stamp (as a badge of servitude,
or sculptured figure (statue): graven image....In the
Roman context charagma was the imperial stamp that was placed
on official documents. It was also a "badge of
servitude" etched, inscribed or branded on slaves to designate
ownership."
"Interestingly,
Islamic jihadists and devotees of Islam often wear headbands
on their foreheads and patches on their right arms with a mark
of submission (the bismillah - the Islamic creed of "in the
name of Allah") followed by two crossed swords (just like
Walid talked about above) etched or inscribed on the
material." The author quotes Walid Shoebat in this
article - "the badge is in fact an Islamic commandment from
the prophet himself"...concerning believers in Islam on
judgement day: A badge is brought forth for the
believer. "Scrolled across it are the words: 'No God but
Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger'. Then he (the
believer) is asked to bring forth his deeds. He asks, 'O
Lord, what is this badge that is with these registers?'
He is told, "you will receive no condemnation' The deeds
are put on one hand and the badge in the other."
Tirmuthi 2639.30
I'm not seeing
the Gog and Magog War as involving the Antichrist, I still
believe Gog and the Antichrist are two different
leaders. ?? However, one thing about
the Gog and Magog War - Ezekiel doesn't tell us what comes
after God destroys the armies of Gog. Is this the
End? What comes after this? I think some believe
this sets up a vacuum in Israel for the Antichrist to set up
his kingdom...as the Jewish people will have fled for their 42
months. With this the Tribulation begins.....
Major
deployments coming?
Erdogan
described the coming war perfectly: A Crusade -
Christians against Muslims. That certainly fits in with
the topic of this Doves' letter.
The Antichrist
would certainly know this.
Pray for the
peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance