K.S. Rajan (13 Sep 2014)
"ED HINDSON"
Dr. Ed Hindson is quick to admit that the idea of a Caliphate is
predominate in the Arab world. In other words, it's not just some small
splinter groups that hold to it. He also reminds us that their
"terrorizing" is a part of end-time "lawlessness" predicted in the
Bible.
He reminds us that those seeking a Caliphate will not cooperate with
global government or a global religion unless they ARE the global
government or religion. That is intriguing and raises more questions!
Dr. David Reagan of Lamb Lion Ministry writes, "The Bible tells us that
the Arabs will come against Israel in the end times and try to take its
land. God will respond by rendering the Arab lands desolate (Ezekiel
35:6-7, 15), probably through the military campaigns of the Antichrist.
"But the future of the Arabs is not all bleak. Like the Jews, a remnant
of the Arabs will emerge from the Tribulation with their hearts turned
to the one and only true God, Yahweh (Jeremiah 12:14-17). The most
remarkable prophecy concerning the future salvation of an Arab remnant
is contained in Isaiah 19:16-25. Isaiah says that when the Lord strikes
Egypt and Assyria, they will turn to Him and He will have compassion on
them and 'heal them.' Isaiah then presents an incredible picture of
Egypt, Assyria, and Israel living together in peace, worshiping the same
God!"
Reagan goes on to say, "Some prophecy teachers are now asserting the
belief that Islam will serve as the end-time world religion of the
Antichrist. This assumption is based, in part, on the fact that some
Muslims are looking forward to the appearance of a Messiah called the
Mahdi, and because of this expectation, some theorize that the Muslim
world will rally to the Antichrist when he appears, thinking that he is
the Mahdi."
David Reagan concludes, "I don't believe this expectation is valid.
First of all, the concept of a Mahdi is held by less than ten percent of
all Muslims. It is an aspect of Shi'ite eschatology, not the vast
majority of Muslims who are Sunnis.
"Second, the Bible teaches that the Antichrist will be of Roman descent
and will rise to power in Europe. I can't imagine the Muslim world
rushing to endorse any European leader. Africa, Asia, and Latin America
have spent the past 200 years divesting themselves from European
colonial rule. They are not going to willingly submit themselves to such
a rule again, regardless of how dynamic, charismatic, and wise the
Antichrist may prove to be."
Sadly, we now have a U.S. administration that is enabling Islam directly
and indirectly. The support was launched in June of 2009 when Barack
Obama addressed a large crowd at the Cairo University. Did you know the
invited special guests were the Muslim Brotherhood, possibly the root of
all evil in the Mideast? Uninvited was Egypt's President Hosni Mubarek.
Obama's kind words to the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist outfit were that
it was a new day in America; that our support for Israel would wane and
our support for Islam would increase. I watched that day and cringed and
could picture some coming chaos but never the "Arab Spring" which that
speech launched later in 2011. As a result, the barbaric Sharia Law was
implemented in several Islamic countries thanks to this shift in policy
and Christians have been on the run ever since.
As Dr. Hindson says on air, that speech was addressed to a religion
(Islam), not a people (Arabs). Obama aligned himself with Islam that day
in a very public way.
Barack Obama has gone on to betray old allies and side with many
terrorist outfits in the Mideast including the Muslim Brotherhood, the
Palestinian Authority, and even Hamas.
Keep in mind Barack Obama released the ISIS leader -- Abu Bakr al
Baghdadi -- from an Iraqi jail in 2009. When he left Camp Bucca, having
been sprung by the U.S. President, he stated to his American jailers
that he would "see you in New York." He formed ISIS one year later.
God is not against the Arab world though I believe they will be
unspeakably judged for the harm they have done, or tried to do, to His
covenant people and land. He could have wiped out Ishmael on a couple of
occasions but chose not to.
He did promise that they would be "great nation" (Genesis 12:2) but that
Ishmael's hand will be against everyone's hand (Genesis 16:12). That
verse also says Ishmael and his descendants would be as a "wild donkey."
Not too flattering but brutally true! And the hand that is against every man's hand is one of the most brutal in history.
How ironic that this U.S. President now vows to defeat what he helped to create.
If you cannot see this through the lens of the last days, you would
think you had fallen down the hole into Alice's Wonderland. Today's
world is too bizarre and upside down to imagine. The WWII "greatest
generation" could not have conceived of it. We are in the final
generation whether your church preaches about this or whether anyone you
know gets excited about it! The Bible talks about a time when
there will be a rise in evil (2 Timothy 3:13).
Come, Lord Jesus, and deliver us from this madness.
And He will! Perhaps sooner than you think.