Islam & Christian Eschatology- is there a link?

We are told in Scripture that the mystery of lawlessness is already at work in the world. The rise of Islam on the world scene is one disturbing trend that shows this verse to be true. Scripture tells us when transgressors have reached their fullness, a King shall arise having fierce features who understands sinsiter schemes. This King would be the AntiChrist himself. For the Beast to rise to power, people will first need to be willing to embrace him as their king. This means that a critcial mass of people must first be conditioned for embracing such evil before the end of the world can be ushered in. Islam is one such religion whose ideology is conditioning people to do just that. Let me explain why.

How Islam reveals the God muslims worship is none other than Satan Himself and his image.

Scripture clearly tells us that the Devil is the God of this world. Anyone with a biblical background should be able to recognize his influence within the Islamic religion. The Kaaba, a pre-Islamic Shrine in Mecca houses a black stone embedded in an oval silver frame. The Kaaba is said to be the house of God by Muslims. Islamic Tradition holds that this black stone was a meteorite star that fell from Heaven as a guide for Adam and Eve to build the first temple on earth. The stone itself was said to be originally white but turned black with the sins of the people. Allah, the name for God in Arabic, means curse in the Hebrew. From Creation, the serpent would be cursed above all creatures. The actual Arabic word for Allah literally takes the shape of a serpent. Moreover, the Arabic word for the crescent moon, the universal symbol of Islam, that adorns mosques and flags around the world is Hilal. The Hebrew equivalent of this word is Lucifer. When reciting their daily prayers, muslims everywhere are to prostrate themselves in the direction facing Mecca and the Kaaba. Muslims may say they do not worship this Kaaba stone. But when you are prostrating yourself before it and praying toward it five times a day, one has to really wonder how anyone could think otherwise. Another pillar of Islam requires all muslims to make a pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) at least once in their lifetime if they are able. On this pilgrimage, Muslims will circle the Kaaba seven times as a ritual and try to kiss the stone. Muslims have been pre-conditioned for receiving an image that will speak on behalf of their God. Islamic tradition holds that on Judgement day the Kaaba stone will be given eyes to see and a tongue to speak to impart wisdom to people. The Muslim call to prayer from their minarets commemorates this tradition. Christians who are familiar with how the abomination that causes desolation will also speak should be concerned about this ideology. To some, it may seem inconceivable for the whole world to worship the Dragon and his image, but many nations of the world are actually doing this already.

How Islamic Eschatology conditions Muslims to embrace a future antichrist to come on the world scene.

Islamic eschatology is largely derived from the Hadiths, the oral traditions compiled by muslim scholars on what Mohammed was purported to say. The Hadiths were not compiled until seven hundred years after the Bible was written, so many Islamic scholars could borrow from Scripture as their source of divine revelation. Because Muslims uphold several portions of Scripture, it should not be surprising to find many similarities between Islamic and Christian eschatology. Of course, this would not be an endorsement of Islamic Eschatology. In claiming the Bible had been corrupted by Christians and Jews, muslims granted themselves editing rights over the material and then proceeded to change certain details to suit their own purposes. In doing this, they have actually turned Biblical prophecy upside down to suit Satan’s purposes. Islamic eschatology has conditioned Muslims to embrace an AntiChrist figure when He appears. Islamic Tradition holds that a Mahdi will come who will unite the muslim World to fight several battles. He will rule the world for seven years as the Biblical AntiChrist (although conflicting sources of five, eight, nine, or nineteen years are given as well). Muslims would not object to the AntiChrist making a peace treaty with the Jews. The Islamic principle of Hudna (from the Arabic term for calm or quiet) allows muslims to make peace with their enemy for a time up to ten years provided they break it at a future date. Allah does not bind Muslims to honor their agreements with non-muslims. To them, treaties are meant to be broken. If an AntiChrist made a treaty with the Jews and then broke that covenant three and half years later, muslims would not object. Muslims believe Isa, the Islamic version of Jesus, will come back and deny that He was ever the Son of God and turn many Christians to Islam. Scripture says that anyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ is by definition an AntiChrist.

How Muslims have been pre-conditioned to take the mark of the beast.

Muslims have also been pre-conditioned to take a mark of the beast from their religion. In fact, many muslisms can be seen wearing these badges in the middle east already. Islamic tradition teaches a beast from the earth will place a badge of servitude on the right arm or forehead of every muslim on judgement day. Muslims are fully aware that when they take this badge they are selling themselves out in worshipping their God. These badges of servitude, or Bayah, will have the Islamic confession of faith, or Shahada, written on them. The Shahada is the first central pillar of islam and is the statement that God is greater (Allah Akbar) and that Mohammed is his prophet. Muslims believe having this badge of servitude will pardon them on the day of judgement (Quran Timuthi 2639). They would be gravely wrong. The fact that the Shahada has the letters “666” written all over it should be a red flag for anyone who knows their Bible (see above picture). Even if they don’t know their Bible, the literal meaning of the Bismillah or term ‘in the name of Allah’ should tell them something. The Bismillah is a combination of three words. The first word is Bi which means ‘by means of, with the aid of, or through.’ The second word is Ism-which ‘to distinguish, an identifying mark, reputation, label, character, name.’ The third word is Allah and as I said before it means curse. Taken together the Bismillah literally means ‘by means of this identifying mark cursed.’ The Bible clearly says that those who take the mark or name of the beast or the number of his name are doomed to destruction. The ironic thing is that the very Arabic words behind their marks say the exact same thing. Whether these same bayah badges worn today will become the exact mark the AntiChrist uses in the time of the end or not remains to be seen. Regardless of this, the precedent is still very dangerous to one’s soul and the world at large.

Muslims have been preconditioned to kill those who refuse to take the mark of the Beast.

If the Antichrist speaks blasphemies against the God of Heaven, muslims would support him in their cause. Desecrating that which is sacred in Judaism and Christianity is accepted practice in Islam. Islam divides the world into two groups of people. Those in submission to Islam and those who are not. The Word muslim means submission. The Koran teaches it’s followers to kill the infidels (non-muslims) wherever they are found (Sura 2:191); in fact, the verse of the Sword (Surah 9:5) which also calls to kill the non-muslim where they are found and lie in wait for them abrogates any peace verses in the Koran according to Islamic tradition. Muslims would not object to the Anti-Christ beheading those who refuse to take his image or mark. Beheading is already a choice form of killing the infidel in the middle east; the Koran condones beheading the unbeliever (Sura 8:12). According to Islam, Allah wants the infidels dead and He does not care if His own followers have to die in the process of doing it. Dying a martyrs death in Jihad against any Jew or Christian is condoned in Islam (Sura 9:111). In fact, dying a martyr’s death (Shahid) is the only promise of heaven for Muslims in Islam if you are not a prophet or righteous. Many willing go to their death hoping to marry the 72 dark eyed virgins they have been promised in Paradise. Who could say that Allah was not a god of war? Who could truly say that Islam is a religion of peace?

Religious Ideas have consequences.

The twisted ideology of Islam only conditions people to carry out the dragon’s instructions. Ideas have consequences. As the world allows such ideologies to fester, we are ushering in the time of the end and our own demise (and we do not even realize it). People willingly do this because they are deceived. My questions to muslims would be the following: If Allah condones deceit among Muslims when it comes to gaining political advantage, what makes him trustworthy to save his follower when they die in the cause for Jihad? For all the zeal one may have for their own religion, Salvation only comes to the muslim if the promise Allah makes was actually true. Someone’s word is only as good as their true Character. If the bridge is not sound it cannot hold you up. All the presumption in the world cannot change that.