The Koran (Quran): Testimony of Antichrist

The Koran:

Testimony

Antichrist

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The worst woes will come to those

who heap their grief by blood of sheep!

by

Rev. Joseph Adam Pearson, Ph.D.

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Dedication

This work is dedica= ted to an untold number of persons who have already been — as well as tho= se who are yet to be — terrorized and murdered by the workers of iniquit= y, chaos and destruction in the name of the false god Allah and his prophet Mohammed (cursed is his name forever).

Table of Contents

Section

Introducti= on

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The Difference between= Isaac and Ishmael

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The Difference between Jesus =
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/pre>How it All Adds Up=
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Interpreting End-time Prophecies i=
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of Islam

 

The Worst Woes

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Clarificat=
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The Fullne=
ss of Time
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Appendix A:  Answers to Possible Questions about “666”=
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Appendix B:  Seven Feasts of Israel
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Appendix C:  Assumptions and Recommendations=
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Appendix D:  Instructor Guidelines
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/pre>Footnotes 
Afterword

Introduction=

The Koran, the book of Islam, is not only the testimony of a f= alse prophet, it is the testimony of Antichrist. Yet, so many hearing that testimony today are willing to believe it, to take it to heart, to stand on it, and e= ven to die for it — as if it were written by the Spirit of Truth.

Have you ever read the Koran?= It is a book that has influenced almost as many people as the Holy B= ible. It is a book that has contributed = to the shaping of world history. And= , it is a book that will greatly influence the events of these last days. If you haven’t, I recommend = that you read it, but only after having first read the Bible. Why? Though you may be able to spot abs= urdities in the Koran, you will not be able to see through the subtle elements of its powerful deception unless you first come to know and understand real Scripture. Sure, it may take a while before you finish both, but don't you think you owe it to your own so= ul to at least look for the truth?

The whole premise is folly, you say? Then, consider this: If what I was writing supposedly un= masked the deceptions and myths of the Bible, how many people would really care? And of those who would care, how m= any Christian believers would take it upon themselves to physically silence me? Though some might feel wo= unded or outraged and, perhaps, tempted to hurt me, I believe that I would be able to pass through a crowd of them without harm.= Could I say the same about Muslim believers if what I wrote defamed = the Koran? No, it is dangerous to= speak out against them, their society, their “prophet,” and their so-called holy book. Few adhe= rents of Islam tolerate any ideas other than their own, let alone dissent. Magnanimity is just not a principle= by which they operate.

In the spirit of ecumenism and religious tolerance or just not caring, many today have adopted a live-and-let-live attitude about spiritual beliefs. I, too, believe that= there should be a freedom of choice concerning the way we define the Creator to ourselves and the way we worship. However, it is necessary for us to be aware that not everyone shares such democratic ideals. In fact, very few peo= ple do. And, there are those who would rob= us of that right.

Until recently, Christians were most concerned about the threat that Communism poses to religious freedom.= To them I say, you won’t know real religious persecution until= the Mohammedans have arrived.

Mohammedans are opposed to religions other than their own, bec= ause they feel they are a blasphemy to Allah — a blasphemy which is to be punishable by them, at that.

The Difference be= tween Isaac and Ishmael

In the Koran, the followers of Mohammed are instructed to say:=

We believe in God, and that which ha= s been sent down on us, and sent down on Abraham and Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob, and= the Tribes [of Israel], and in that which was given to Moses and Jesus, and the prophets, of their Lord; we make no division between [distinction among] an= y of them, and to Him we surrender.

Surah 3.084 (1)

Fast students of the Bible will recognize the subtle introduct= ion of Ishmael into the lineage of those who received the covenant of God. They will recall that Ishmael was = the son of Abraham and Hagar — the handmaid, or bondswoman, of Sarah. They will remember that, concerning Ishmael, it was prophesied through the angel of the Lord: “he will be= a wild man [or, closer to the Hebrew, “a wild ass of a man”]; his= hand will be against every man, and every man’s against him” (Genesis 6:12 KJV). And, they will rem= ember that it was only through Isaac that God was to establish His Covenant, not throu= gh Ishmael (see Genesis 17:18-22).

In reality, Ishmael and Hagar were to become outcasts — banished by Abraham with God’s approval (Genesis 21:9-12). That Ishmael was disinherited is reaffirmed when God later commands Abraham to take his “only son” Isaac (Genesis 22: 2, 12, and 16). After banishment, Ishmael is menti= oned little more than in genealogies (Genesis 25:9-17 and 1 Chronicles 1:28-31) = and in his alliance with the disinherited son of Isaac, Esau — which alli= ance is signified through the marriage of Esau to Mahalath, Ishmael’s daug= hter (Genesis 28:9).

God said plainly: “I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH HIM [ISAAC] FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, AND WITH HIS SEED AFTER HIM” (Genesis 17:19); “MY COVENANT WILL I ESTABLISH WITH ISAAC” (Gen= esis 17:21); and, “LET IT NOT BE GRIEVOUS IN THY [Abraham’s] SIGHT BECAUSE OF THE LAD [ISHAMEL], AND BECAUSE OF THE BONDWOMAN… FOR IN IS= AAC SHALL THY SEED BE CALLED” (Genesis 21:12).

Yet, in spite of all that is recorded in the Holy Bible, Moham= med attempted to vindicate and elevate Ishmael’s status:

And We [the word “We” in the Koran is often used t= o denote Allah speaking] made covenant with Abraham and Ishmael…

Surah 2.125 (2)

And mention in the Book Ishmael; he = was true to his promise, and he was a Messenger, a Prophet. He bade his people to pray and give= alms, and he was pleasing to his Lord.

Surah 19.054 (3)

Today, partly because of such false justifications, all Muslims proudly call upon Abraham as their progenitor through Ishmael. They have accepted the teaching of Mohammed that:

No; Abraham in truth was not a Jew, neither a Christian; but h= e was a Muslim and one pure of faith…

Surah 3.067 (4)

<= o:p>

O men, bow you down and prostrate yo= urselves, and serve your Lord, and do good; haply so you shall prosper; and struggle = for God as is His due, for He has chosen you, and has laid on you no impedim= ent in your religion, being the creed of your father Abraham; He named you Musl= ims aforetime and in this, that the Messenger might be a witness against you, and that you might be witnesses against mankind.

Surah 22.078 (5)

Hear now what the Apostle Paul had to say concerning Isaac and Ishmael:

For it= is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of = the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for t= hese are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar [Hagar]. For this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above us is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice thou bar= ren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the de= solate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are= the children of promise. But as then he th= at was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so= it is now. Nevertheless what sai= th the scripture? Cast out the bondw= oman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of= the freeman. So then, brethren, w= e are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

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Galatians 4:22-31

I believe that the allegory which Paul cited is a far greater figure of things than most people think.&n= bsp; I believe it not only helps us to understand such things as spiritual freedom and spiritual bondage and the persecution that the spiritually-mind= ed must suffer at the hand of the carnally-minded, but that the allegory also provides Christians with the key to a final separation amongst the “c= hildren of men” [i.e., human beings], — a separation between those who = believe on the one who came in the Father’s name and those who believe on the= one who came in his own name and the name of the Enemy of the one true and only real God.

The entirety of Islam is but a parody of the truth — a p= arody that both literally and figuratively tries to tear down the structure which= God has built and rebuild another in its place. For what reason? So the foundation He laid and the cornerstone He established, that lost souls might be returned to Him, could= be obscured from their view.

Consider what has happened in Jerusalem<= /st1:City> on Mount = Moriah. Mount Moriah is the place where Ab= raham, as a test of faith, was ordered by God to sacrifice his son Isaac instead o= f a lamb as a burnt offering (see Genesis 22:1-14), — the same place where King D= avid was instructed by an angel (through the seer Gad) to “set up an altar unto the Lord” (read 1 Chronicles 21:18-30; 22:1-11; and, 2 Samuel 24:18-25), — the very s= ame place where “Solomon began to build the house of the Lord” (2 C= hronicles 3:1).

Islam has tried to pervert and subvert the selection of the si= te for the establishment of God’s Temple in two ways: First, Muslim tradition has it that= prior to Abraham’s above-mentioned test with Isaac he was similarly tested = with Ishmael at Mecca (6) and that after passing the test both he and Ishmael built the Kaaba, which structure Islam claims is the first house ever made for the worship of God (such house now contained within the court of the Great Mosq= ue of Mecca in Saudi Arabia). Se= cond, Muslims claim the site of Solomon’s Temple as their own holy place. In f= act, the Dome of the Rock (the so-called Mosque of Omar) was built in 691-692 A.= D. over the rock that is believed to have been a part of the great altar, used= for burnt offering, within the first Jerusalem Temple.<= /span>

Concerning this matter of the house of the Lord, the Apostle P= aul further helps us to identify Islam as a major component in the great “falling away” by stating that in the latter times Satan would = be revealed as he “who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is c= alled God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God” (2 Thessalonians 2:4). True, the Temple of God today is H= is Church and His Church is the Body of Christ, but also true is that in this world darkness tries to obliterate the truth; it seeks to confuse human bei= ngs and the issue as much as possible. And, the site of Solomon’s Temple is important to the Devil not only for the reason of replacing truth with error, but also <= span style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%'>because there is still to be a = third Jewish temple built upon the Temple Mount to fulfill Bible prophecy (Daniel 9:24-2= 7).

It is evident to me that the Devil, — “the god of = this world” (2 Corin-thians 4:4), has attempted to usurp the light within = the Old and New Testaments by attempting to rewrite history and <= span style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%'>Scripture through the appearance of Mohammed as a prelude to the appearance of the fi= nal Antichrist in the end times.

Concerning Islam’s claim that Abraham traveled with Ishmael to Mecca, Alfred Guillame, a noted Prof= essor of Arabic and Islamic studies, states that: “ …there is no histori= cal evidence for the assertion that Abraham or Ishmael was ever in Mecca, and if there had been such a tradition it would have to be explained how all memor= y of the Old Semitic name Ishmael (which was not in its true Arabian form in Ara= bian inscriptions and written correctly with an initial consonant Y) came to be lost. The form in the Quran is taken either from Greek or Syriac sources.” (7)

Dr. Guillame adds that many words in the Koran do not yield a meaning unless they are traced back to their Hebrew or Syriac sources, and = that this is especially important in view of the fact that the Koran purports it= self to have been written in pure, unadulterated Arabic.

For proof that Mohammed tried to rewrite Scripture, all we nee= d do is compare a few central teachings in the Bible with those in the Koran:

1. <= /span>Christ Jesus said t= o his followers: “In the worl= d ye shall have tribulation” (John 16:33). Mohammed says: “Those who believe and are godfearing — for them is good tidings in the present life” (8)= and “The pre= sent life is naught but a sport and a diversion.” (9)

2. <= /span>The Apostle Paul wrote: “By grace are ye= saved through faith … not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephes= ians 2:9). Mohammed writes that God created this world “ — that He might try you, which one of you = is fairer in works.” (10)

3. <= /span>The Bible teaches t= hat we are responsible for our own failings. Mohammed says: “And my sincere counsel will= not profit you, if I desire to counsel you sincerely, if God desires to pervert you.” (11) [God did not, and does not, per= vert human beings!]

4. <= /span>Compare the Bible&#= 8217;s “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cann= ot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man” (James 1:13) to the Koran’s “God leads astray whomsoever He will” = (12) <= b>and “We try y= ou with evil and good for a testing.” (13)

5. <= /span>Christians understa= nd that demons have nothing in common with God and that they are beyond reclam= ation. According to the Koran, however, God not only created unclean spirits ("the jinn") to serve Him, He also provides for the redemption of= such devils.

6. <= /span>Compare these words= of Christ Jesus concerning the woman taken in adultery: “He that is without sin amon= g you, let him cast the first stone” (John 8:7) with these words of Mohammed: “The fornicat= ress and the fornicator — scourge each one of them a hundred stripes, and = in the matter of God’s religion let no tenderness seize you if you belie= ve in God and the last Day; and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.” (14)

7. <= /span>Christ Jesus said:<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36). Mo= hammed, however, testifies of a sensuous heaven wherein are “the Houris”= ; — beautiful nymphs that are among the rewards for faithful Muslims. He says: “Surely for the godfearing awaits a place of security, gardens, vineyards and maidens with swelling breasts, like of age, and a cup overflowing.” = (15)

8. Finally, Christ Jesus said that in heaven we “neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in heaven” (Matthew 22:30). Yet, Mohammed says that “the inhabitants of Paradise today are busy in their rejoicing; they and their s= pouses, reclining upon couches in the shade.” (16)<= /b>

The Difference Between Jesus and Mohammed

Jesus’ birth as the Messiah was prophesied in Scrip= ture [the Holy Bible is the only Scripture].&nb= sp; Mohammed’s birth as the so-called Seal of the Prophets was not= .

Through many witnesses, the Holy Spirit established the lineage of the Christ (i.e., Messiah or Moshiach) from Abraham through Isaac and Jacob to the tribe of Judah and out of the house of David (Genesis 12:3, 18:18, 21:12, 22:18, 26:4, 28:14, 49:10; 2 Samuel 7:12-16; Psalms 18:50, 89:3-4, 89:20, 132:11; Isaiah 9:6-7, 11:1, 11:10; Jeremiah 23:5-6, 33:14-15). Moreover, it was prophesied through Isaiah that the Messiah would be conceived by a virgin (Isaiah 7:14). It was prophes= ied through Micah that he would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). And, it was prop= hesied through the typology in the third and sixth chapters of Zechariah that his = name would be “Joshua” (of which “Jesus” is the Helleniz= ed form).

Who prophesied the birth of Mohammed as a true prophet of God?

No one. No = one, except Mohammed. Mohammed wro= te:

Jesus son of Mary = said, “Children of Israel, I am indeed the Messenger of God to you, confirm= ing the Torah that is before me, and giving good tidings of a Messenger who sha= ll come after me, whose name shall be Ahmed.”

Surah 61.006 (17)

<= /span>

There is no record= that the Lord Jesus said any such thing!

<= /span>

Throughout the Kor= an, Mohammed refutes that Jesus was the Son of God:

<= /span>

The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary was only the Messenger of God, and His Word that= He committed to Mary, and a spirit from Him.

Surah 4.171 (18)

The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a Messenger; Messengers before him passed aw= ay; his mother was a just woman; they both ate food. Behold, how We make clear signs to= them; then behold, how they perverted are!

= &nb= sp; =

Surah 5.075 (19)

The Creator of the heavens and the earth — how should He have a Son, seei= ng that He has no consort, and He created all things, and He has knowledge of everything?

Surah 6.101 (20)

The Jews say, “Ezra is the Son of God;” the Christians say, “The Messia= h is the Son of God.” That i= s the utterance of their mouths, confirming with the unbelievers before them.

<= /span>

Surah 9.030 (21)

<= /span>

= They [the Christians] say, “God has taken to Him a son.” Glory be to Him! He is All-sufficient; to= Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth; you have no authority = for this. what, so you say concerning God that you know not? Say: “Those who forge against= God falsehood shall not prosper. Some enjoyment in this world; then unto Us they shall return; then We shall let them taste the terrible chastisement, for t= hat they were unbelievers [in Mohammed and the Koran].”

= = &nb= sp;

Surah 10.068-070 (22)<= /b>

= Praise belongs to God, who has not taken to Him a son.

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Surah 17.111 (23)<= /p>

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= And they say, “The All-merciful has taken unto Himself a son” You h= ave indeed advanced something hideous! The heavens are well-nigh rent of it and= the earth split asunder, and the mountains well-nigh fall down crashing for they have attributed to the All-merciful a son; and it behooves not the All-merc= iful to take a son.

=         =

Surah 19.088-09= 2 (24)

<= o:p>

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Go= d has not taken to Himself any son.

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Surah 23.091 (25)<= /p>

He= has not taken to Him a son.

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Surah 25.002 (26)<= /p>

= Is it not of their own calumny that they say, “God has begotten?” They are truly liars. <= /span>

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Surah 37.151-152 (27)<= /b>

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= And when the son of Mary is cited as an example, behold, thy people turn away f= rom it and say, “What are our gods better, or he?” They [the Christians] cite him not= to thee, save to dispute; nay, but they are a people contentious. He is only a= servant We blessed, and We made him to be an example to the Children of Israel.

=         =             &nb= sp;

Surah 43.057-059 (28)<= /b>

<= /span>

It was Mohammed’s self-proclaimed mission “ <= span style=3D'color:black'>…to warn those who say, ‘God has t= aken to Himself a son.’” (29) Yet, many have testified of the Me= ssiah’s Sonship. It was prophesied by= the Holy Spirit through King David: &#= 8220;I will be his father, and he shall be my son” (2 Samuel 7:14). Through Isaiah: “Unto us a child is born, un= to us a son is given” (Isaiah 9:6). Through the Angel Gabriel to Mary:&= nbsp; “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest” (Luke 1:32) and “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee: = therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called ‘the= Son of God’” (Luke 1:35). John the Baptist bore record that Jesus was the Son of God (John 1:32-34). God Himself testified twice of Jesus: “THIS IS MY BELO= VED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED” (Matthew 3:17, 17:5; Mark 1:11, 9:7; = and, Luke 3:22, 9:35). Saint Mark testified in his gospel: “Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1). The bedrock of the Chri= stian faith is found in the Apostle Peter’s declaration to Jesus, “Th= ou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God” (Matthew 16:16). Even the unclean spirits recognize= d that Jesus was the Son of God: “And, behold, they cried out, saying, ̵= 6;What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us = before the time [of the Final Judgment]?’” Matthew 8:29 (30)

To casual observers and lifeless Christians, that Mohammed claimed God had no Son in Jesus does not seem to be so very damaging: after all, they think, he did acknowledge that Jesus was a prophet, — ̶= 0;a Messenger of God.” Thes= e fail to see that for Mohammed to have stated that Jesus was not a prophet would = have kept many from his own teachings; it would have precluded their even listen= ing to his message. Further, these fail to see that Mohammed had to include Jes= us within his teachings if he was to be more convincing concerning his own authority. Why? It is easier to deceive if you pre= tend to build on an already-established foundation. It is easier to destroy if you clai= m a heritage in Truth:

Su= rely We sent down the Torah, wherein is guidance and light, thereby the Prophets= who had surrendered themselves gave judgment for those of Jewry, as did the mas= ters and the rabbis, following such portion of God’s Book as they were giv= en to keep and were witness to… And We sent, following in t= heir footsteps, Jesus son of Mary, confirming the Torah before him; and We gave = to him the Gospel, wherein is guidance and light, and confirming the Torah bef= ore it, as a guidance and an admonition unto the godfearing.<= /b>

Surah 5.044 & 046 (31)

Mohammed tries to persuade us that the Koran is just as scriptural as the Torah and the Gospels.&n= bsp; He tries to make it seem as if the Torah and the Gospels and the Kor= an are equal parts in a threefold plan of divine revelation to humankind. Why? The most effective way to win individuals over to your way of thinking is to, first, tell them what they already believe is true (so you don’t alienate them) and, second, slo= wly persuade them that what they don’t yet know or understand can be prov= ided for, or answered by, your doctrines: the wolf-in-shepherd’s-clothing approach, so to speak.

Both Moses and Jesus proved their words with works and si= gns following. The miracles perfo= rmed through them punctuated the truths they spoke and the lives they lived. Christ Jesus said:

…for the = works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

John 5:36=

And:

<= /span>

Sa= y ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, “Th= ou blasphemest;” because I said, “I am the Son of God”? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, = though ye believe not me, believe the works: that you may know, and believe, that = the Father is in me, and I in Him.

John 10:36-38=

Mohammed did not prove his words with works. Oh, he frequently proclaims that the Surahs (the main divisions or chapters) of the Koran are themselves “= signs, clear signs.” But there= are no accounts of miracles wrought through him, except those unreliable that a= re attributed to him through the imagination and fancy of his followers. Moham= med tries to explain away the absence of such proofs this way:

= They say, “Why have signs not been sent down upon him from his Lord?” Say: “The signs are only with God= , and I am only a plain warner.” What, is it not sufficient for them= that We have sent down upon thee the Book that is recited to them [meaning the K= oran]? Surely, in that is a mercy, and a = reminder to a people who believe.

=

Surah 29.050-051 (32)

<= /span>

<= /span>

It= is He who has sent His Messenger [Mohammed] with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may uplift it above every religion. God suffices as a witness.

Surah 48.028 (33)

Mohammed claimed that it was only for him to deliver “the Message Manifest,” — the final word from God. (34) He tried to delude people into thinking that he was the Christ retur= ned to earth. In doing so, the De= vil sought to establish his authority for overturning the principles of peace, love, and forgiveness taught by the real Savior.

Jesus instructed us to love our enemies, to revile not wh= en reviled, to forgive those who despitefully use us, and to refrain from judg= ment (the condemnation of our peers). Hear what Mohammed had to say on those topics:

O believers, prescribed for you is retaliation, touching the slain; freeman f= or freeman, slave for slave, female for femaleR= 30; In retaliation there is lif= e for you, men possessed of minds; haply you will be godfearing.

=

Surah 2.178-179 (35)

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And fight in the way of God with those who fight with you.… And slay them wherever you come upon them, and expel them from where they expelled you; [your own] persecution is more grievous than slaying [ot= hers].

Surah 2.191 (36)

Wh= oso commits aggression against you, do you commit aggression against him like a= s he has committed against you…

Surah 2.194 (37)

Pr= escribed for you is fighting, though it be hateful to you.

Surah 2.216 (38)

…take not= to yourselves friends of them [the disbelievers] until they emigrate in the wa= y of God; then, if they turn their backs, take them, and slay them wherever you = find them…

Surah 4.089 (39)

Th= is is the recompense of those who fight against God and His Messenger, and hasten about the earth, to do corruption there: they shall be slaughtered, or crucified, or their hands and feet shall alternately be struck off, or they shall be banished from the land.

Surah 5.033 (40)

Fi= ght them [the unbelievers], till there is no persecution and the religion is Go= d’s entirely.

Surah 8.039 (41)

It= is not for any Prophet to have prisoners until he make wide slaughter in the l= and.

Surah 8.067 (42)

Sl= ay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them, and confine them, and lie = in wait for them at every place of ambush.

Surah 9.005 (43)

Fi= ght those who believe not in God and the Last Day.

Surah 9.029 (44)

And fight the unbelievers totally even as they fight you totally; and know that= God is with the godfearing.

Surah 9.036 (45)

O believers, fight the unbelievers who are near to you, and let them find in = you a harshness; and know that God is with the Godfearing.

Surah 9.123 (46)

The recompense of evil is evil the like of it…= ;

Surah 42.040 (47)<= /p>

Wh= en you meet the unbelievers, smite their necks, then, when you have made wide slaughter among them, tie fast the bonds; then set them free, either by gra= ce or ransom, till the war lays down its loads.

Surah 47.004 (48)

Mo= hammed is the Messenger of God, and those who are with him are hard against the unbelievers, merciful one to another.

Surah 48.029 (49)

Th= ou shalt not find any people who believe in God and the Last Day who are lovin= g to anyone who opposes God and His Messenger.

Surah 58.022 (50)<= /p>

O Prophet, struggle with the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and be thou harsh with them.

Surah 66.009 (51)<= /p>

It should be clear that the literature of Mohammed is hateful, encouraging people to live both in fear and by the sword in judgme= nt of one another. Compare the preceding quotations with the following instructions given to us by the Chr= ist:

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate yo= u, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth thee on t= he one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also. Give to e= very man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. And as ye would that m= en should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. For if ye love them which love you= , what thank have ye: for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do = good to you, what thank have ye? f= or sinners also do the same. And= if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But lo= ve ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your rew= ard shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your F= ather also is merciful. Judge not, = and ye shall not be judged, condemn not, and ye shall not be comdemned: forgive, a= nd ye shall be forgiven: Give, a= nd it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, a= nd running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye m= ete, withal it shall be measured to you again.

Luke 6:27-38=

Having compared the previous passage with those immediate= ly preceding it, which one of the two — Jesus or Mohammed — do you think is the true witness of our loving, heavenly Father?

Considering what is written in the Koran, there should be little wonder why Bibles are not allowed into countries over which the bann= er of Islam flies. The people of= those nations might be able to read:

Thus saith the Lord: SUCH AS ARE FOR DEATH, TO DEATH: AN= D SUCH AS ARE FOR THE SWORD, TO THE SWORD: AND SUCH AS ARE FOR THE FAMINE, TO THE FAMINE: AND SUCH AS ARE FOR THE CAPTIVITY, TO THE CAPTIVITY.        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;                  &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;

Jeremiah 15:2

Put up again thy sword into its place: for all t= hey that take the sword shall perish with the sword.            =             <= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>        &= nbsp;

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Matthew 26:52

He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.        &= nbsp;             &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;

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Revelation 13:10<= o:p>

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rathe= r, give place unto [God’s] wrath: for it is written, VENGEANCE IS MINE; I WILL REPAY, saith the Lord. T= herefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so do= ing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome with evil, but over= come evil with good.

Romans 12:19-21

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In short, they (i.e., the people of nations over which the banner of Islam flies) would find out that the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, — the one of whom Christ Jesus came to testify, is the God of peace and love and not the god of war and hate. Moreover, they would learn of the Levitical high priest and his role as intercessor for the children of Israe= l, offering sacrifice once a year for their sins, and how Christ Jesus was sen= t to sacrifice himself “once for all” (Hebrews 10:10). They would learn how the Old Testam= ent events, rules, and regulations were but a figure, or typology, of things to come. They would learn to understand the role of the Lamb of God (Jesus Christ) as Intercessor for all nations under the sun. And, finally, concerning their relationship to Christ Jesus, they would learn th= at “there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we mu= st be saved” (Acts 4:12).

Throughout the Koran, Mohammed attempts to undercut the r= ole of Christ Jesus as the Son of God and Savior of the world. He tries to negate that the Lamb &#= 8220;bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors” (Isaiah 53:12) and that “he ever liveth to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25):

Intercessor there is= none, save after His leave.

Surah 10.003 (52)

…<= /span>no intercessors shall they have amongst their associates, and they shall disbelieve in their associates.

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Surah 30.013 (53)

Intercession will not avail with Him save for him to whom He gives leave.

Surah 34.023 (54)

To God belongs intercession altogether.

Surah 39.044 (55)

…<= /span>the evildoers [those who do not believe in Moham= med and the Koran] have not one loyal friend, no intercessor to be heeded.=

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Surah 40.018 (56)

…<= /span>no soul laden bears the load of another.

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Surah 53.038 (57)

Come, now, and God&#= 8217;s Messenger [meaning Mohammed] will ask forgiveness for you.

Surah 63.005 (58)

It is plain that Mohammed tried to set himself up in Jesu= s’ stead. What of the crucifixio= n? In his own form of gnostic Docetism, Mohammed accounts it cruci-fiction:

…<= /span>they did not slay him, neither crucified him, on= ly a likeness of that was shown to them.

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Surah 4.157 (59)

Guilty of the ultimate crime against God are those who say that Jesus Christ is not the only-b= egotten Son of God and that He did not die for our sins. For that reason alone, Mohammed con= demns himself and his followers (as long as they remain his followers). The Lord Jesus said:

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sen= t not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that belie= veth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John 3:16-18=

I am come in my Father’s name, and ye rece= ive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye shall receive.              &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;

John 5:43

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had= not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father = also. If I had not done among them the wo= rks which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen= and hated both me and my Father.   &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;

John 15:22-24

The greatest lie in this world is that Jesus Chr= ist is not the only-begotten Son of Go= d:

Who is a liar but he that denies t= hat Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son. <= /span>

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1 John 2:22

What is the destiny of such liars?

… all liars shall have their= part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.             =

Revelation 21:8

Simply stated, without Christ Jesus we have no advoca= te with God the Father. If we re= ject the one God sent, we reject the mercy He extends to us through that one.
Muslims might argue that Jesus Christ is the Son of God to the same degree that all human beings are “sons of God” (i.e., “children of God”). They fail to rea= lize that, as the only-begotten Son of God (John 3:16), Jesus Christ has a singularly unique place in the entirety of the human race (past, present or future), because he is the only human being ever conceived directly by God’s Holy Spirit in consort with a human mother. In other words, no human father was directly or indirectly involved in the conception of Jesus Christ. In the language of the King James Version of the Bible, no human father “begat” him.

Jesus Christ is the only-begotten Son of God.&n= bsp; If you and I are ever faced with a choice between acknowledging this eternal verity or our own beheading (Revelation 20:4), I pray that our Lord’s strength be within us so that we never refute this absolute, unequivocal and eternal truth. Although our heads might be severed from our bodies, authentic Christian believers c= an never be severed from the Body of Christ!

Why is it so important for Satan to keep human beings from understanding that J= esus Christ is the only-begotten Son of God?&n= bsp; Satan keeps them from accepting eternal salvation. Why does Satan rage against us? Satan rages, because he is so full= of envy. Although Satan can “ape” or mimic the one true and only real God in many ways, Sat= an is only an illusionist. Altho= ugh Satan can spawn like-minded individuals through his cunning, evil and hatre= d, he can never conceive a human being. Satan cannot create. S= atan can only make monsters. Moreo= ver, Satan seeks to deny us eternal salvation, because eternal salvation is something he himself cannot receive.

Unfortunately, Satan keeps many Muslims from accepting that Jesus Christ is the onl= y-begotten Son of God, because= he convinces them through the Koran that:

1.    <= /span> God is all-sufficient and does not = need an only-begotten Son.

2.    <= /span>The Christian concep= t of “God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit” is polytheistic and, therefore, against the monotheistic nature of God. (Authentic Christian believers who embrace the phraseology, “God the Father, God the Son, and God the Ho= ly Spirit,” do not believe in “three Gods.” They believe in one God.)

3.    <= /span>Because God is all-powerful (i.e., omnipotent), God does not need an only-begotten<= /em> Son to save human b= eings if He so desires to save them.

Mohammed really thought that the Angel Gabriel (a true Messenger of God) appeared to him and revealed the Koran to him. Mohammed did not know that it was = Satan himself who appeared to him as “an angel of light” (2 Corinthia= ns 11:14) and not the Angel Gabriel.

Mohammed was the perfect choice as Satan’s prophet = for the following reasons:

1.    Mohammed was not a Christian and, therefore, did not have God’s Holy Spirit residing within him. Without God’s Holy Spirit residing within him, Mohammed could not discern bet= ween good and evil. He had no way = of knowing that the angel was Satan and not Gabriel.

2.    Mohammed did not understand that the Holy Bible is the only real Scripture. Therefore, Mohammed could not reco= gnize that what was being recited to him was a pack of lies dictated by Satan. Because he did not know spiritual = truth, he could not recognize spiritual falsehood. All Mohammed knew was that a dazzli= ng spiritual creature regularly stood before him and spoke to him.

3.    Mohammed was psychologically unstable. He wanted to believe that he was prophet material when he clearly was not. He fancied himself a prophet. Unfortunately, he did not recogniz= e that he would only be a false prophet. He was a pawn. He was = used by Satan. All Mohammed could = think was that he had been chosen by the one true and only real God. He did not know that it was Satan = and not the Lord God Almighty who had chosen him. Because such phenomenal supernatur= al events occurred within Mohammed’s life, and because he was not ground= ed by God’s written word, the Holy Bible, Mohammed became increasingly passionate and fanatical about broadcasting the words spoken to him from Satan. His fanaticism helped = to spread the written lie known as the Koran.= His fanaticism continues in his followers, especially evident today = in Islamacists and Jihadists.=

Mohammed did not know that Satan is a liar, that Satan is= the father of lying, or that Satan’s native language is lying (John 8:44). Mohammed did not know = that Satan cannot bear the truth that Jesus Christ is the only-begotten Son of God. Mohammed did not understand Satan’s depravity.

To be sure, Mohammed did not fabricate the Koran. It was Satan who spoke the passage= s of the Koran to him. Regardless = of whether Mohammed was literate or illiterate and did the transcriptions hims= elf or had someone else do them, Mohammed was still a “fool” in the truest sense of that word. Mo= hammed was duped by the greatest con of all, the Devil. Today, throughout the globe, Satan= tries to silence all who are critical of the Koran. He is afraid that the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ will penetrate his darkness, exposing him and his li= es for what they really are. Interestingly, it is Satan who is terrorized by this possibility.

How It All Adds Up=

Central to Christianity is the doctrine of eternal salvat= ion through the atonement of Christ Jesus for the remission of our sins. Certainly the Lamb of God’s sacrifice does not relieve any one of us from our own responsibilities. Nor does it take away from the Apo= stle Paul’s admonition for us to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12). What Christ Jesus did was reconcile us to God the Father that we mig= ht receive forgiveness (a restoration to fellowship with Him and His own) thro= ugh grace (His unmerited favor). = By resisting temptation all the way to Calvary, Christ Jesus was victorious over the Tempter (i.e., the Devil or Satan). Through the self-sacrificing life = that was in him, our King brought gifts for all who would believe on him. He paved the way for us back to the Creator. To say that Jesus wa= s just a mortal is far from the Truth. To say that he was not the Son of God is a lie and blasphemy. To say that he did not die for our = sins is heretical:

Who is a liar but he that den= ieth that Jesus is the Christ? He = is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same= hath not the Father; [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.=

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<= span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>= 1 John 2:22-23

Hereby know ye the Spirit of = God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of G= od: And every spirit that confesseth no= t that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already= is it in the world.

<= span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>= 1 John 4:2-3

He that believeth on the Son = of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son.

<= span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>= 1 John 5:10

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichri= st.=

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<= span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>= 2 John 7

It should be obvious to the discerning reader that Mohamm= ed has tried to make Christ Jesus’ life of null effect for sinners. True, Mohammed has been just one o= f many who have tried to discredit the onl= y-begotten Son of God. However, Mohammed= is not just one antichrist of many antichrists: Bible prophecy reveals his testimon= y as testimony of the end-time Antichrist.

In the thirteenth chapter of Revelation, it is written:

Here is wisdom. Let him that = hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man;= and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

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= Revelation 13:18

The beast referred to here is the confederacy of Islamic states which is taking shape during these last days. The man is Mohammed — the ide= ntification coming from the ancient Hebrew science that assigns numerical values to ind= ividual letters and words.

In that science, the value of a word is determined by add= ing the numerical equivalents of the individual letters that form it. Here, then, are the steps necessar= y for identifying Mohammed as the “name” and “number” of = the beast:

The si= mplest phonetic transcription of the word ‘Mohammed’ is:

(1)    M &nbs= p; O       = H      A      M     E &= nbsp;        D

In anc= ient Hebrew, the closest counterparts of those sounds are:

(2) Mem    Waw    Hey      Aleph   Mem    Yod     Dalet

The pr= oper character representation for the word Mohammed in John’s Vision is: <= o:p>

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Note: = The Apostle John thought, understoo= d, and “saw” in Hebrew, which is written from right to left. However, he transcribed his vision = into Greek, which is written from left to right. Hence the reason for the so-called “final Mem” (the representation of Mem when it ends a word) bei= ng used in the beginning place here.

In Heb= rew, the numerical equivalents of the above characters are, respectively:

(4) 600     6 &= nbsp;       = 5      = ; 1     40 =      10 &= nbsp;     4

(5)&nb= sp;    The sum of the above nu= mbers is 666, or “Six hundred threescore and six” (Revelation 13:18).=

(Please read Appendix A, entitled Answers to Possible Questions about “666,” for additional comments concerning this cryptographic transliteration and its numerical values as w= ell as interpretation.)

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When you stop to think about it, everything fits: 1) That “the fourth beast sh= all be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in piec= es” (Daniel 7:23): The nation of = Islam, with all of its oil-rich countries, will wield more power than any earthly kingdom heretofore known. 2) = That an end-time ruler shall “think to change times” (Daniel 7:25):<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> The Muslim era dates from the Hegi= ra, the forced journey of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.   3) That the final end-time ru= ler shall not regard “the desire of women” (Daniel 11:37): Most Mohammedans view women as being little better than chattel. A= nd, 4) That men shall have “the name of the beast” (Revelation 13:17):= Today, the word “MohammedR= 21; is the most popularly used name in the world.= People have incorporated “Mohammed” and its variants into their names more than any other word.

Why is this so important? What is the ultimate fate of later= -day Muslims who continue to proclaim that Jesus Christ is not the only-begotten Son of God? Their fate is described in Revelat= ion 14:9-11:

9.   …If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehe= ad, or in his hand,

10. The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

11. And the smoke of their torment asc= endeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

Interpreting End-time Prophecy in View of Islam

Although souls are not able to fully comprehend the myste= ries of God while they are on earth, they may learn through the fulfillment of H= is prophecies that He is (i.= e., that He exists). It is= a fact that many who have committed their lives to Him first came to believe = and trust in Him because they learned that His prophecies had been fulfilled. <= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> And it is a fact that many of the a= lready faithful have been helped to continue in their faith because of things so revealed. In short, we are to “despise not prophesyings” (1 Thessalonians 5:20). For what reasons? “The testimony of Jesus is t= he spirit of prophecy” (Revelation 19:10) and “he that hath receiv= ed his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true” (John 3:33).

Many situations developing on this earth portend a quick = end to this generation — that is, this Age. I am writing of them now not that = the end might be averted, but that others might be influenced toward good, God,= and to accept and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, and s= o that children of God might keep their peace as the raging storm surrounding them seeks to engulf them. Things = in this world are going to get much worse. It is my hope that people turn more= to the Lord God before they do get much worse. It is my hope that they not become embittered by tribulations, persecutions and hardships and that they give t= he Lord the honor and glory that is His due.

Lest we despair when finding ourselves in the midst of darkness and, as a result, come to believe that we have been forsaken by Go= d, it is important for us to understand that the unkindness, disobedience, lawlessness, wickedness, immorality, and selfishness we witness, and will witness to an ever greater degree, is merely the “falling away”= (2 Thes-salonians 2:3) that so many of the prophets of God and the apostles of= His Christ prophesied was to come to pass just prior to Christ’s return. =

Concerning the lack of self-restraint and its relationshi= p to the removal of the current world system, it is important to understand that= the earth will come to complete depravity before Jesus returns to establish His Kingdom. It is His Will that sproutlings of righteousness not be uprooted with tares of wickedness. It is His Will that the weak be giv= en time to grow strong in Him. H= ence, as the return of Christ draws nigh, we should expect to see a widening gap,= — a deepening division, — an increasing distinction, between the people= who belong to God and the people who have no part in Him. There will be no shades of grey whe= n the Shekinah-glory of God appears. Only spiritual light and darkness will be evident.

Besides an increasingly sick and sinful mass consciousnes= s, there will be widespread famine and pestilence and great quakes and wars du= ring the latter times, as Christ Jesus prophesied (Matthew 24:6-7; Mark 13:7-8; = Luke 21:9-11). Our Master told of = such events that his followers might be better prepared when those signs of the = end came to pass. How so, “= better prepared?” While nonbel= ievers will be surprised and offended and made afraid when such horrible things ta= ke place, believers will be strengthened. True believers — even if they themselves are suffering — will be able to view= the events as prophecy-fulfilled, — as continued proof of God’s omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence.= And in that proof they will rejoice for they will know their also-promised rest will surely follow.

Few people realize how inextricably linked the fulfillmen= t of prophecy has been, and is, to proof of God’s supreme authority. Consider the Holy Bible. Every book and epistle has some pro= phetic elements in it, from prophecies concerning the children of Israel to prophe= cies concerning the first advent of Jesus Christ to prophecies concerning His return.

Prophecies which have to do with end-time events are call= ed “apocalypses,” the word apocalypse coming from the Greek= ἀ= ;ποκάλυψις (or, apokalypsis<= span style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%'>) — meaning, “disclosure,” “unveiling,” or “revelation.= 221; Apocalyptic writings, then, a= re reports of divine disclosures or spiritual unveilings concerning those thin= gs which will take place before the Day of Judgment.

Apocalyptic writings may be found in many places througho= ut Scripture. However, the Re= velation of Christ Jesus to St. John is the culmination of all apocalypses. Why? It is the master-piece of testimony= to souls in dust that God was and is and ever shall be. It unveils the final horrors that = will beset this world, an understanding of which is necessary for end-time saint= s to keep their faith in God during the tribulations and sorrows that are to com= e.

Yes, the die has been cast. For those who may be asking themsel= ves “How can that be?” and “Doesn’t that smack of predestination?” I can only say that failure is built into the outcome from the start of whatever is attempted outside of God’s Will. No matter whether the attempt is to= build a religious or political group, a nation, a career, a life, or a world — if the intent is not in kee= ping with the laws of God, the action is doomed. (Failure may not be evidenced for s= even years, seventy years or even for seven thousand years, but, make no mistake= , it will come.) Further, just because this world and its heavens are destined to pass away does not mean that God has determined which souls are to live and which souls are to die. Each = soul determines that for itself. T= hough the end, or outcome, of one’s intent may be clearly seen in Spirit, e= very soul chooses for itself the direction in which it travels.

For those who may be inclined — upon learning of the fate of this world — to foolishly conclude that the Creator is cruel,= I wish to remind them that it is man who sins, not God. Had God not withheld His Judgment,= we all would have been wiped out long ago.&nb= sp; God has been most merciful to transgressors in that He has given us = time to repent.

Concerning end-time prophecies, it is important for the spiritually-minded to understand that two major developments are to take sh= ape during the end-time. Both are already in the making. One is= the formation of a ten-nationed United States of Europe. And the other is the formation of a ten-nationed Islamic Republic. The development of each confederacy (or, “beast”) is described in t= he last book of the Bible, Revelation.

The formation of a ten-nationed European Community — what many have come to call “the revived Holy Roman Empire” = 212; is prophesied in Chapter 17 of the Book of Revelation. The formation of the ten-nationed Islamic Republic — what most have failed to identify at all    — is prophesied in Chapter 13. In those two chap= ters, two entirely different political/economic/religious entities are each depic= ted as a beast having seven heads and ten horns. Although their similar depictions h= ave prompted many Bible expositors to conclude that the beasts are one and the same, such a conclusion is incorrect. Though both have seven heads and ten horns, the “scarlet coloured beast” in Revelation 17 is not the same as the beast “like unto a leopard” in Revelation 13. That they both have seven heads and= ten horns simply means they are both manifestations of evil — the Devil h= imself depicted in Revelation 12 as “a great red dragon, having seven heads = and ten horns.”

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Here a= re Revelation 17 and 13 unlocked by Spirit to spiritual sense:

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Revelation 17=

Verses 1 through 6

= “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked wi= th me, saying unto me, ‘Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment = of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the e= arth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.’ So he carried me away in the spirit= into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arr= ayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness= of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a mysterious name written, BABYL= ON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”=

“The great whore that sitteth upon many waters̶= 1; is the Roman Catholic Church. That “the kings of the earth have committed fornication” with her re= fers to the joint rule she has enjoyed with many governments throughout the world. That “the inhabi= tants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication” m= eans that through her teachings many tribes, nations, and peoples have been lead= to apostacy (that is, to worship for Christ what is not Christ). The scarlet and purple colors in wh= ich the woman is arrayed symbolize the whorish nature of her sovereign doctrine= . That she is “decked with gold= and precious stones and pearls” indicates the pomp of her material wealth= . The “cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication” points to the golden chalice with which she serves idolatry and false doctrine. The name on her headband signifies= her vice and the extent to which that vice has spread. That she is “drunken with the= blood of saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus” refers both to= her delusion that, because many of her members are of God (i.e., authentic Christian believers), she also is of God.&= nbsp; In other words, the Roman Catholic Church reels in the names of the elect within her organization to lend credibility to her institution. =

Ver= ses 7 through 8

= “And the angel said unto me, ‘Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and t= en horns. The beast that thou sa= west was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go to destruction: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the casting down of the world, when th= ey behold the beast that was and is not, and yet is.’”<= /span>

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“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not” refers to the fallen Roman Empire. That the empire “shall ascend” means that it will rise again — “yet is” al= so indicating its presence looming on the horizon. “The bottomless pit” i= s the depths of corruption, hades or hell. That “those whose names were not written in the book of life” shall wonder means that spiritually-gross, enblackened souls wi= ll not understand the true significance of the empire’s resurgence.

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Ver= ses 9 through 11

= “‘And here is the mind that hath wisdom. <= /span>The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he m= ust continue a short space. And t= he beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth= to destruction.’”

“Seven heads” here carries a double meaning.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> First, it refers to the seven hill= s of Rome (Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, and Viminal)= , in which the enclave of blasphemy is found (“on which the woman sitteth”), and, second, it refers to the seven political systems (= 220;seven kings”) by which Rome has governed and been governed. That “five are fallen, and on= e is, and the other is not yet come” and the beast is “the eighthR= 21; and “of the seven” all point to the political systems being successive rather than contemporary to one another.

For example:

1.&n= bsp;   The Republic = of Rome
510 BC - 476 AD

(the last Roman emperor was deposed in 476 AD)

2.&n= bsp;   The barbarian (foreign) rule of Rome
476 AD - 774 AD

3.&n= bsp;   The Carolingian Empire and its legacy to Rome: the growth of Rome into a city-s= tate and the development of joint rule by nobility and papacy
774 AD - 1420 AD

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4.&n= bsp;   Rome under abs= olute papal rule
1420 AD - 1870 AD

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5.&n= bsp;   Rome included = within Italian constitutional monarchy
1870 AD - 1922 AD

(This inclusion was heralded by the withdrawal of the French garrison supporting = Pope Pius IX, the surrender of Rome to Italian troops, and the subsequent election of Rome as seat of the government.)

6.&n= bsp;   Rome under Italian Fascism
1922 AD - 1946 AD       = ;

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;

7.&n= bsp;   Rome as the se= at of an Italian “democratic Republic”
1946 AD - present (1948 was the actual year that the new constitution came into full force)

&nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =

8.&n= bsp;   Rome as the seat of the European Economic Community (EEC), symbolized by the Tre= aty of Rome, signed on March 25, 1957 and put into force on January 1, 1958

Ver= ses 12 through 18

“= ;‘And = the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as ye= t; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give= their power unto the beast. These s= hall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of Lords, and King of Kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.’ And he s= aith unto me, ‘The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which thou sawest= upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and nake= d, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill His Will, and to agree, and give their kingdoms unto the beast, unt= il the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is = that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.’”

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Here, it is clarified that ten nations (“ten kings&= #8221;) will arise as a confederacy. = That “these have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the beast” indicates their great commitment to the union. That these kings will reign = from their establishment until Messiah’s return is revealed by the angel telling John they “shall make war with the Lamb.” That they “shall hate the who= re” means there will be no room for any of the doctrines of Roman Catholicism (false or true) within the political ideology that unites these nations. Thus, it is because of their incompatibility with the whore that the nations “shall make her desol= ate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire” — meaning, they will remove her power and wealth by plundering and destroying her. Thenceforth, Vatican City — “that great= city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth” — shall be no more.=

Revelation 13=

Verse= s 1 through 2

<= span style=3D'font-size:14.0pt'>“And I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon h= is heads the name of blasphemy. = And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the fee= t of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.”

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This beast — the same beast that Daniel saw as the = last of “four great beasts” (Daniel 7:3) — represents the most terrible empire the world will ever know. That the beast is “like unto a leopard” speaks of the cunning practices by which it will disrupt the entire earth; that its feet are “as the feet of a bear” means it will unmercifully trample and crush all who oppose it; that its mouth is &#= 8220;the mouth of a lion” identifies its devouring and scornful nature. Like the beast of Revelation 17, the backbone of this beast will be a league of ten nations (“ten horns= 221;). However, unlike the beast of Revelation 17, full authority will be given it during “the last time.” In short, the dragon's (i.e., the Devil’s) final movements will be made through this beast: the so-call= ed nation of Islam, — a confederacy of Islamic states.

Ver= ses 3 through 8

= “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: And all the world wondered after the beast, and they worshipped the dragon because he gave power unto the beast. And they worshipped the beast, sayi= ng, ‘Who is like unto the beast? <= /span>who is able to make war with him?’ And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to cont= inue forty and two months. And he = opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His Name, and His Tabernac= le, the ones dwelling in heaven. = And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and p= ower was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth s= hall worship him, whose names are not written in the slain Lamb’s book of = life from the casting down of the world.”

That one of the beast’s heads was “wounded= 221; and was “healed” refers to the miraculous deathbed recovery that one of the new empire’s rulers will make (“by a sword” us= ed to qualify “wound” in verse 14 suggests the leader will be R= 20;pierced” in an assassination attempt). That “all the world wondered after the beast” signifies that the entire earth w= ill hold the nation of Islam in awe because of its power. That “they worshipped the bea= st” simply means that all nations will eventually bow before the power it wields and, thus, prostrate themselves before the dragon (i.e., Satan). In other words, by worshipping the earthly manifestation of evil, mortals will be worshipping the source of ev= il. Hence, though all people whose name= s are “not written in the book of life” will wonder at both the “scarlet coloured beast” and the “beast like unto a leopard,” worldwide amazement will turn to admiration and adoration during the latter times only in the case of the leopard-like beast (compare Revelation 13:8 w= ith Revelation 17:8).

That the beast will “make war with the saints” refers to the great wave of persecution that will follow those on this earth who belong to the one true and only real God. That he will “wear out” (Daniel 7:25) and “overcome” the saints means that many who pro= fess Christ will be persecuted, terrorized, assaulted, turned out, starved, imprisoned, and murdered (especially through beheading) by those who have t= he mark of the beast or his name. That power was given unto the beast “to continue forty and two months̶= 1; refers to the time remaining for the last earthly empire from the moment th= at it establishes “the abomination of desolation spoken of by DanielR= 21; (Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14) — “the abomination of desolation= 221; translated from the Hebrew as “the transgression of desolation”= and “the abomination that maketh desolate” in the King James’ Version of that prophet's book (see Daniel 8:13; 11:31; and 12:11). Such abomination, I believe, is the blood sacrifice of sheep to Allah on Rock Moriah under the Dome of the Rock= (the so-called Mosque of Omar).

Ver= ses 9 through 10

= “If any man have an ear, let him hear. <= /span>He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with t= he sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith = of the saints.”

Here, John makes a direct reference to the spiritual law regarding Judgment that was expressed by the Holy Spirit to Jeremiah: “Such as are for the famine, = to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity” (Jeremiah 15:2) — such law also having been referred to by Jesus the Christ: “All they that take the sword= shall perish with the sword” (Matthew 26:52). Those who have spiritual understand= ing are told they will find the strength necessary to endure any sufferings if = they remind themselves of that spiritual law. Though the righteous on this earth = may be tempted to pay back men and women of violence with violence, they stand forewarned: Such violence is against God and will be judged accordingly. Mortals are not to determine punis= hment. Vengeance is God's. Hence, th= ough the sword may precede the word of Islam, children of God are to keep their peace during the forthcoming global jihad and know that, at the appointed t= ime, justice shall proceed from the mouth of God by His sword of Truth alone.

Ver= ses 11 through 15

= “And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns lik= e a lamb, but he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwelleth therein to worship the first beast, whose dea= dly wound was healed. And he doeth wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the s= ight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth, that they should make a= n image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had powe= r to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should b= oth speak, and to cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.”

That the second beast of Revelation 13 “had two hor= ns like a lamb, but he spake as a dragon” and that “he maketh fire come down from heaven” (as Elijah did) identifies him as the great impostor, — the master of deception, — the grand imitator, R= 12; the man of whom “all men shall speak well” (Luke 6:26), —= the false prophet, — Islam’s long-awaited Mahdi. That he will exercise “all the power of the first beast” and cause “the earth and them which dwelleth therein to worship the first beast” further identifies him as the leading proponent of Islam during the latter days. Through this charismatic and scornf= ul character, the inhabitants of this world will be deceived to pay homage to = the Devil instead of to the Lord God Almighty.= I believe that “the image of the beast” will be a massive high definition video image of the Antichrist on the Temple Mount that periodically and regularly broadcasts blasphemies against the one true and = only real God, to which image all whose names are not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life will give obeisance.

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Ver= ses 16 through 18

= “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to rece= ive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, = save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. = Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding cou= nt the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”

Here, it is indicated that during the latter times only t= hose who wear the Crescent and the five-pointed star — the emblem of Moslem power (“the mark of the beast”) — or who have Mohammed= (the name of the beast) as one of their own names (either de facto or de jure) will be able to carry out the simpl= est transactions necessary for daily living.

During the Tribulation (the seven year period that immediately precedes Christ’s return to earth), expect the systematic murdering of those who belong to God (i.e., Jews and Christians), particula= rly through beheading:

“And I = saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the = word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither = had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived a= nd reigned with Christ a thousand years.”

Revelation 20:4

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Although all saints of God are equally justified by the s= hed blood of Jesus Christ, all Christian martyrs are truly “first estate” Christians because of their unique sacrifice. Not denying Christ to avoid execut= ion is undeniable evidence of remarkable faith in Jesus Christ! To be sure, these Christian martyrs deserve to reign with him during the Millennium that begins with his bodily= return to earth.

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The Worst Woes

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In 1979, I heard an audible voice from heaven that said, “The worst woes will come to those who heap their grief by blood of sheep.” I knew immediat= ely that this was a prophetic message sent to me from God via a heavenly messenger. In retrospect, I n= ow know that the message was given to me so I might search out its meaning in = the Holy Bible and gradually come to understand what is now embodied in this wo= rk, entitled “The Koran: Testimony of Antichrist.”

It has taken me many years to complete my work based on t= his message. In fact, I still rec= eive spiritual insights elucidating various aspects of end-time events related to the message. As I see it, this information will one day be illegal to possess and openly share, because it= is critical of Islam. I believe = that all major governments will eventually acquiesce to pressure from internatio= nal human rights groups to criminalize spoken and written criticism of all religions for the seemingly benevolent purpose of global unity vis-à= -vis political, racial, and ethnic peace and harmony. Such criminalization of the free p= ress will only help Islam and hurt Christianity.&nbs= p; Satan has worked tirelessly toward this end, because Islam cannot st= and the scrutiny of those who know and understand real Scripture. (The Holy Bible is the only real Scripture.)

Please be apprised that anyone who represents my “w= orst woes” quote or my cryptographic Hebrew spelling of Mohammed and its numerical equivalents adding up to 666 (given in the section entitled ̶= 0;How It All Adds Up”) as their own has plagiarized them. To prove my ownership of these mos= t important elements, I have kept my earl= iest manuscript submissions to the US Office of Copyrights and their certificate= s of copyright awarded in 1981 and 1989. Fortuitously, there are also early versions of this book archived on= the web at http://media.isnet.org/off/XIslam/AntiChrist/00main.html and also at ht= tp://www.archive.org/details/TheKoranTestamonyOfTheAntichrist. (Please note that the misspelling = of “Testimony” on this second URL is the work of the person who, w= ithout my solicitation, uploaded my earlier work to www.archive.org.) In the final analysis, I do not mi= nd these earlier copyrighted versions having been archived, because they help to att= est to the history of this work’s existence in the public eye.

After I heard the heavenly voice, I recognized that the “worst woes” statement references God’s Wrath brought abo= ut by the last three angelic trumpets — trumpet five, trumpet six, and trumpet seven — referred to in Revelation 8:13 as “Woe, woe, woe” (Greek “Οὐαὶ οὐαὶ οὐαὶ”). The Greek οὐαὶ (pronounced o-wee) has its etymology in its Hebrew cognate א&#= 1493;ֹי, which is found, for example, in N= umbers 21:29, 1 Samuel 4:7, and Isaiah 3:11, and from which the Yiddish “oy” is also derived:

And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason = of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound= !”

Revelation 8:13

The first two woes heralded by the fifth and sixth angelic trumpets will certainly include latter-day Muslims, but the third woe and i= ts associated seven plagues, heralded by the seventh angelic trumpet, will fall almost ex= clusively on latter-day Muslims. All th= ree woes referred to in Revelation 8:13 are detailed in Chapters Nine and Sixte= en of the Book of Revelation.

These three woes are summarized here:

The = Fifth Trumpet

(Rev= elation 9:1-12)

The first “woe” referred to in Revelation 8:1= 3 will plague the earth and torment “only those people who do not have the s= eal of God in their foreheads” (Revelation 9:4). Such pestilence will occur for a p= eriod of “five months” (Revelation 9:5 and 9:10), most likely occurring during the second three-and-one-half years of the seven-year Tribulation. (This period is often referred to = using the descriptor “Great Tribulation” from Revelation 7:14.)

R= 30; in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

Revelation 9:6

Thus, the tormenting woe described in Revelation 9:1-12 is conceptually similar to the hemorrhoids with which the Lord God Almighty st= ruck the Philistines:

And = the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went u= p to heaven.

1 Samuel 5:12

Why “conceptually similar?” Because this plague will torment b= ut not kill. The agents of the woe h= eralded by the trumpet of the fifth angel are described in Revelation 9:3, 5, and 7= -10 as horse-like locusts with stings like scorpions. Because this Biblical description = is figurative, the exact agents will remain unclear until the time when this particular plague is dispensed.

The = Sixth Trumpet

(Rev= elation 9:13-21)

The second “woe” referred to in Revelation 8:1= 3 will kill one-third of all humankind:

By these three was the third part = of men killed: by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone…

Reve= lation 9:18

Perhaps these three elements (i.e., “fire,” “smoke,” and “brimstone”) represent effects from nu= clear, chemical and biological warfare. Or, perhaps these three elements represent excessive heat from incendiary devic= es and related noxious burning odors and toxic vapors. To be sure, although the descripti= on of the three elements of this woe is less figurative than the description of t= heir agents — which are described in Revelation 9:17 & 19 as lion-head= ed horses with serpent headed tails — the exact elements as well as their agents will remain unclear until the time when this particular plague is dispensed. The likelihood of warfare as the conveyance for this second woe is great because of the descr= iption of warrior-like “horsemen” with “breastplates” in R= evelation 9:17. Like the first woe, tim= e will clarify the exact nature of the modalities for this second woe.

The = Seventh Trumpet

(Rev= elation 10:7; 11:14-19; 15:1; 16:1-21)

The third and final “woe” referred to in Reve= lation 8:13 is dispensed in the seven vials of plagues described in Revelation 16:1-21. The primary impact of these plagues is on latter-day Muslims.&nb= sp; In effect, those who terrorize and destroy the earth will themselves= be terrorized and destroyed (Revelation 11:18). Revelation 16:6 pinpoints that tho= se who distance themselves the furthest from God are those who “have shed th= e blood of saints and prophets.” Hence, “the worst woes will come to those who heap their grief (or, widen their separation from God) by the blood of sheep” (i.e., t= he spilled blood of His people, both Jews and Christians).

People who receive the wrath of God in these last seven p= lagues are characterized in Chapter 16 as those who: 1) refuse to acknowledge the = Lord God Almighty as the one true and only real God; and, 2) refuse to repent of their blasphemies against Him. The same characterizations are found in Revelation 9:20-21. (Remember, saying that God does no= t have an only-begotten Son is the ult= imate blasphemy against Him.) For t= heir impenitent hearts and ungodly actions, these unrepentant sinners confirm th= at God’s wrath upon them is just and justified. Indeed, the wrath of God shall rai= n down upon those not sealed by God’s Holy Spirit — which is to say, u= pon those who have rejected the Lord God Almighty and His only-begotten Son! The fire of God’s Wrath shall burn until there is no more fuel for it (i.= e., blasphemies against God fuel His Wrath until they cease to exist).

Revelation 16:1-21

1.&n= bsp;   And I heard a great voice out of the temple sayi= ng to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God = upon the earth.

2.&n= bsp;   And the first went, and poured out his vial upon= the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.

3.&n= bsp;   And the second angel poured out his vial upon th= e sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.

4.&n= bsp;   And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

5.&n= bsp;   And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast jud= ged thus.

6.&n= bsp;   For they have shed the blood of saints and proph= ets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

7.&n= bsp;   And I heard another out of the altar say, Even s= o, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.<= /b>

8.&n= bsp;   And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon th= e sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.=

9.&n= bsp;   And men were scorched with great heat, and blasp= hemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not= to give him glory.

10.&= nbsp; And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the= seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

11.&= nbsp; And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

12.&= nbsp; And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the= great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the ki= ngs of the east might be prepared.

13.&= nbsp; And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come = out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

14.&= nbsp; For they are the spirits of devils, working mira= cles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.=

15.&= nbsp; Behold, I [the Lord Jesus Christ] come as a thie= f. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, = and they see his shame.

16.&= nbsp; And he gathered them together into a place calle= d in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

17.&= nbsp; And the seventh angel poured out his vial into t= he air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the thr= one, saying, It is done.

18.&= nbsp; And there were voices, and thunders, and lightni= ngs; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

19.&= nbsp; And the great city [Jerusalem] was divided into = three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon [Vatican City] came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

20.&= nbsp; And every island fled away, and the mountains we= re not found.

21.&= nbsp; And there fell upon men a great hail out of heav= en, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of= the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.<= /span>

Finally, what becomes of the nation of Islam and its confederacy of states is summarized in Revelation 19:19-21:

Revelation 19:19-21

19.&= nbsp; And I saw the beast [the nation of Islam], and t= he kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against= him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [He who “sat on the horse= 221; is identified in verse 13 as “the Word of God” and in verse 16 = as “King of kings and Lord of lords.” Both are titles for Jesus Christ.]=

20.&= nbsp; And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that = had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These b= oth were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

21.&= nbsp; And the remnant were slain with the sword of him= that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fow= ls were filled with [i.e., by feeding on] their flesh.

Clarifications concerning “the Antichrist”

It is evident to me that the end time ruler referred to in Daniel, that soon-to-be-revealed “man of sin, — the son of perdition” (2 Thessalonians 2:3), will be a follower of Mohammed: = 220;even him, whose coming is after the workings of Satan with all power and signs a= nd lying wonders” (2 Thessalonians 2:9).   The end-time Antichrist will = be one with, and the same as, the second beast whom John described as “having two horns like a lamb, yet speaking as a dragon” (Revelation 13:11). = It is he who will be the one to = 220;exercise all the power of the first beast before him, and cause the earth and them t= hat dwell therein to worship the first beast” (Revelation 13:12), such fi= rst beast being Islam.

Was Mohammed himself the Antichrist? No. Mohammed produced the Koran, which = is testimony of the Antichrist (that to which the Antichrist will lay claim in order to authenticate himself). Thus, Mohammed was the primogenitor of the Antichrist (in that sense, the two are one). Yet to come is a final = false prophet (pseudo-religious, political leader) who will be the Antichrist. He will stand in the false prophet Mohammed’s stead.

How will we know when the Antichrist has come? When mosques overflow in many land= s and when, in cities and towns all over the earth, laws are enacted which forbid buildings to be as high as, or higher than, the minaret of the mosque. To those who will be living at such= a time, I repeat two things that have been told to me from heaven: “Beware of the man of whom al= l men speak well.” And, ̶= 0;The worst woes will come to those who heap their grief by blood of sheep.” (Read Revelation 8:13 through 11:15, 14:6 through 14:12, and 15:1 through 1= 6:21 for a detailed account of those woes.) Therein lies the trust, protection,= and assurance of the children of God (“the patience and faith of the sain= ts”).

To be sure, time will show that Islam is Satan’s religion of choice.

The Fullness of Time

“Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Genesis 18:1= 4 NKJV

“Then the Lord appointed a set time, saying, ‘Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.’”

Exodus 9:5 N= KJV

“And he [the Angel Gabriel] said, ‘L= ook, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignat= ion; for at the appointed time the end shall be.’”

Daniel 8:19 = NKJV

“And in the latter time of their kingdom, = when the transgressors have reached their fullness, a king shall arise, havi= ng fierce features, who understands sinister schemes.”

Daniel 8:23 = NKJV

“Both these kings’ hearts shall be b= ent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.”

Daniel 11:27= NKJV

“And some of those of understanding shall = fall, to refine them, purge them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.”

Daniel 11:35= NKJV

“For the vision is yet for an appointed= time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait = for it; Because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”

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Habakkuk 2:3= NKJV

“{26} And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined the= ir preappointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, {27} so that they should = seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He= is not far from each one of us; {28} for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ {29} Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we oug= ht not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, someth= ing shaped by art and man’s devising. {30} Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, {31} because= He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousnes= s by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

Acts 17:26-3= 1 NKJV

“For I do not desire, brethren, that you s= hould be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, t= hat hardening in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Genti= les has come in.” =

Romans 11:25= NKJV

“But when the fullness of the time = came, God sent forth His son, born of a woman, born under the Law, in order that = He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adopti= on of sons.”

Galatians 4:= 4-5 NKJV

“{7} In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace {8} wh= ich He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, {9} having made kno= wn to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purp= osed in Himself, {10} that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven= and which are on earth in Him, {11} in whom also we have obtained an inheritanc= e, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, {12} that we who first trusted in Chr= ist should be to the praise of His glory.”

Ephesians 1:= 7-12 NKJV

The concept of “fullness of time” is f= ound in many places throughout Scripture. “Fullness of time” refers to the completion of a religio= us historic cycle or period, a divinely-appointed epoch, and/or a specific sequence of interrelated religious and spiritual events in which there is an identifiable beginning and an identifiable end. Throughout biblical history, God h= as pre-determined times at which there is a “fullness” (or, completion), at which time a next “new beginning” occurs. “Fullness of time” is = God’s pre-ordained “right time.”

For example, just before Jesus ascended bodily into heaven, he told his disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they were endued w= ith “power from on high.” That power was to come to them on the Day of Pentecost, fifty days a= fter the bodily resurrection of Jesus and ten days after His bodily ascension in= to heaven. On that day, the Holy Spirit was given to all who believed — and thenceforth to all who wou= ld believe — on the crucified and risen Jesus as “the Christ,̶= 1; or Messiah, and accept Him as their personal Savior as well as the only Sav= ior of the world. (This does not = mean that everyone on earth receives “eternal salvation,” because, a= ccording to Scripture, those who reject Jesus as the Son of God receive “etern= al damnation.”)

Today, in retrospect, it makes sense that God preordained the Day of Pentecost for a new beginning, since the Day of Pentecost is a special Jewish Holy Day, Shavuot. The Day of Pentecost is the same d= ay as the last day of the Jewish Feast of Weeks, also know as the “Feast of= the Harvest” and the “Day of Firstfruits,” described in Levit= icus 23:5-21 and Deuteronomy 16:7-10. On the Day of Pentecost, the Ministry of Jesus Christ reaped a harvest of soul= s, who were the firstfruits of His public ministry after His death, burial, bo= dily resurrection and bodily ascension. <= /span>

Many Christians celebrate the Day of Pentecost as = the birthday of the Christian Church. Obviously, that day is significant in God’s Calendar, because = He choose it as an important Holy Day for Jews as well as for Christians. In that Jesus Christ is the Head o= f the Church, and in that the “Head” can’t really be separated = from the “Body,” the Church also had a very important beginning three and one-half years before the Day of Pentecost, when Jesus Himself was bapt= ized (i.e., immersed in water) by John the Baptist (“Iohanan the Immerser”), at which time the Holy Spirit descended upon Him as a dove (i.e., in a manner similar to an alighting dove). Jesus began His public ministry af= ter: 1) His immersion in water by John the Baptist; and, 2) His concomitant imme= rsion in the Holy Spirit by God the Father. Jesus was then about thirty years old (Luke 3:23).

In comparing seasons, Feasts and Holy Days in the Gospels to one another and sequencing events in the Gospels according to th= em, it has been reasoned that the public ministry of Jesus Christ lasted for approximately three and one-half years, from the time of His full immersion= in water and Spirit (His public anointing) until the time of His crucifixion.<= o:p>

It is clear in The Gospel According to Matthew tha= t Herod the Great was alive at the time of the birth of Jesus. Since Herod the Great died in 4 BC= , and since he ordered the slaughter of all Hebrew males under the age of two, the probable year of the birth of Jesus is no earlier than 6 BC and no later th= an 4 BC:

Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by = the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise = men.

Matthew 2:16= NKJV

During the reign of Pontius Pilate (26 AD – = 36 AD), the only years in which the 14^th of Nisan (the Hebrew calen= dar date of the crucifixion) fell on a Friday (the weekday of the crucifixion) = were 27 AD, possibly 30 AD, 33 AD, and 36 AD.&n= bsp; By the process of elimination, 33 AD and 36 AD are too late for the = year of crucifixion: 1) if Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great; a= nd, 2) if he was crucified at the age of thirty-three and one-half. Thus, the birth and death years of= Jesus are either 6 BC - 27 AD or 4 BC - 30 AD.&n= bsp; Since Chinese history indicates that a great comet was visible in 6-= 5 BC for a period of approximately 70 days, with the head of the comet moving Ea= st and its tail pointing West, which would have enabled the wisemen to “follow” it to Jerusalem (less than a dozen miles from Bethlehe= m), and since Herod the Great ordered the slaughter of Jewish boys under the ag= e of two in response to the non-return of the wisemen to Jerusalem, we may concl= ude that 6 BC – 27 AD is more likely than 4 BC - 30 AD:=

Year

Event

6 BC

Birth of Jesu= s

24 AD

Public Minist= ry of Jesus Begins at the time of His Baptism

27 AD

Crucifixion, = Bodily Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus

27 AD

Day of Pentec= ost

The interval of 24 AD to 2024 AD is an important period, or “fullness of time,” since it marks the end of 2,000 years, which we might call “The Messianic Period” (i.e., the ti= me from when the public ministry of Jesus began, which ministry then was conti= nued after His crucifixion through the Holy Spirit from the time of Pentecost un= til this very day).

Millennia are important to the Lord. Scripture teaches us that “o= ne day is as a thousand years” and “a thousand years is as one dayR= 21; to Him (Psalm 90:4; 2 Peter 3:8). Sabbath Day Millennialists believe that there are roughly six millennia (i.e., “six days”) before the millennium of peace (the “seventh day” of rest), which begins when Christ Jesus actually returns to ear= th (“the Second Coming,” or “Second Advent”) and rules= for 1,000 years (as recorded in Chapter 20 of the Book of Revelation). According to this line of thinking, there is roughly 4,000 years from the time of Adam and Eve until the birth = of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem (approximately “four days”), and there are approximately 2,000 years from the birth of Jesus Christ until His Seco= nd Advent (approximately “two days”). Thus, we are soon nearing the time= when “six days,” or six millennia, will have passed since Adam and E= ve were created.

Because I consider myself a Sabbath Day Millennial= ist (“Sabbath Day Millennialism” is not a Christian denomination), I have used the timeline just described as evidence to support the hypothesis that the time that we have before Jesus Christ will return to earth is not = only short but measurable. (I purp= osely am not discussing the Rapture of the Church, or the time of the Rapture, in this work.)    =

The year 2024 AD also coincides with another “fullness of time” for the Nation of Israel: May 14, 1948 AD (CE) is the birth = date of modern Israel. It is the Day of Independence (Yom= Ha’Atzmaut) for the n= ew Jewish state and is memorialized as such on the 5^{th<=
/sup>
day of Iyyar in the Hebrew calendar.
Hence, 70 years (one biblical reckoning for “fullness of
time”) will have passed for the nation of Israel in 2018 AD. If the seven year period of time k=
nown
as “the Tribulation” begins in 2018, (after the seventy year
“fullness of time” for the existence of the modern nation of Is=
rael),
then our Lord will return sometime in 2024/2025, between the Jewish New Yea=
r,
Rosh H’Shannah, the 1^st day of Tishri, 5785 (which begins =
at
sundown on October 2, 2024) and the last day of that year, the 29^{th
of Elul, 5785 (September 22, 2025).
This scenario requires looking at Israel’s age at the tim=
e of
Christ’s return as “70 + 7.”}}

There are those who would say in response to this rationale that “no one knows the hour and the day” of the retur= n of Jesus Christ. I agree that Scripture tells us that we cannot know the hour or the day, but Scripture d= oes not say that we cannot know the year! What Christ Jesus said is:

{32} Now learn this parable from the fig tree: W= hen its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. {33} So you also, when you see all these things [signs befo= re His Second Coming], know that it is near, at the very doors. {34} Assuredly= , I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things are fulfilled. {35} Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. {36} But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not even t= he angels of heaven, but My Father only.

<= /o:p>

Matthew 24:3= 6 NKJV

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day no= r the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Matthew 25:1= 3 NKJV

But of that day and hour no one knows, neither t= he angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Mark 13:32 N= KJV

It is not for you to know times or seasons which= the Father has put in His own authority.

Acts 1:7 NKJ= V

I do not “know” (i.e., with absolute certainty) when our Lord will return, but that does not mean that I should = not, and cannot, reason when His return is likely and posit the rationale for the likelihood of 2024/2025 for the purpose of discussion in Christian circles = concerning its possibility.

Appendix A

Answers to Possible Questions about “666”

1.    In the se= ction entitled “How It All Adds Up,” I give the transliterated Hebrew spelling of the name Mohammed. How can I explain this transliteration when the modern Hebrew version of the na= me has no Yod?

Although there is no Yod (Yud) in the modern Hebrew version of the name, that is not= to say that the name the Apostle John saw in his vision (circa A.D. 95), and recorded as “666” in Revelation 13:18, did not have a Yod in it. Since the grapheme Yod ha= s both consonantal and vowel qualities, it may be, at times, phonetically pronounc= ed somewhat similar to a “long” English e (accent macron) and, at other times, like a “short” English e (accent breve). In additi= on to Yod having consonantal and/or vowel qualities, it can even be quiescent. To be sure, the subscript vowel points used as vowel cues in modern Hebrew were not used by= the ancients. Hence, it is reason= able, and defensible, to include Yod as the sixth grapheme/phoneme in “Moha= med.” Since that name did not origi= nate in ancient Hebrew, modern Hebrew cannot claim to accurately represent its purest graphemic form (nor, for that matter, can modern Hebrew accurately reproduce all phonemes associated with the ancient Yud and its various dialectical forms). Moreover, modern transliterators do not always do a good job; just think of how horri= bly far the modern English “Solomon” is from the ancient Hebrew = 220;Shlomo.”

2.    Mem usual= ly has a value of 40 associated with it. Why have I assigned a value of 600 to it?

First, what I list as having a value of 600 is a final Mem, not an initial or “mid-word” Mem (which always has a value of 40). When I lived in Chicago some years ago, I researched th= is in the Asher Library at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies. There, I found a Kabbalistic (Qabba= listic or Cabbalistic) precedence for assigning a numerical value of 600 to a final Mem. This is further substant= iated in Kabbalah by Charles Ponce (Quest Books, Wheaton, 1978, page 33, ISBN 0-8356-0510-8), which, incidentally, I purchased at Spertus.

3.    Why do I = have the name Mohammed written backwards?

It is my belief that the name Mohammed was given to St. John in cryptographic form. Writing backwards (which is to say, writing letters in reverse order) has long been a way to mask, or hide, wor= ds and messages from casual observers, which I believe was the intent of the H= oly Spirit in the identification of the name that is numerically identified as = “666” in Scripture.

4.    Does it m= ake a difference in Hebrew or Jewish numerology if the Hebrew form is translitera= ted from the English spellings “Mohammed” or “Muhammed?”= ;

No, although there is a phonemic difference between the “long o” so= und (accent macron as in “Mohammed”) and the “oo” sound (diphthong “oo” as in “Muhammed”), there would be no numerologic difference between the Hebrew transliterated forms of “Mo= hammed” and “Muhammed” (provided, of course, that the “vav”= or “waw” is still there). To be sure, = the modern Hebrew form of the word, regardless of English transliteration, is s= till written with a “vav” or “waw.” That there is a difference in vowel points between the “long o” and “oo” phonemes in He= brew does not change the numeric value of the grapheme so cued (in this case, &#= 8220;vav”). More specifically, although t= he vowel point “cholem” would be used in the transliterated form o= f “Mohammed” and the vowel point “shuwreq” would be used in the transliterat= ed form of “Muhammed,” the indicated “vav” or “w= aw” is present either way and would still have the numeric value of 6 (six).

5.    What abou= t the double letter “m” representation in “Mohammed?” Does this require that a double gr= apheme “mem” be used when that word is transliterated from English to Hebrew? <= /o:p>

No, the use of double letters in English or other languages that use the Roman alphabet was instituted more as a convenience for lexicographers, composito= rs, publishers, and linguists who desired convenience in dividing words by syllables or who wanted to emphasize that a particular sound was sustained = as a bridge between two vowel-based syllables (syllables are always vowel-based irrespective of the presence or absence of a written vowel grapheme or vowel point).

6.    How may I contact the author? You may contact him by writing: DrJPearson@aol.com

Appendix B
The Seven Feasts of Israel

This author acknowledges that alternate methods exist for calculating a few of the dates indicated in the following= table. The Hebrew years 5784 and 5785 and = AD 2024 are used as examples.

All Seven Feasts Established for the= Sanctification of Israel as well as to Prophesy the Sequence of End-time Events

Feast Name

Duration

Hebrew Religious Calendar

Scriptural References

Fulfillment

Ö =3D already fulfilled

Passover=

(Commemorates

10^th Plague = of Egypt)

1 Day

(8 Days)

1^st month

14^th day

14 Nissan 5784

(Monday at Sundown:

April 22, 2024)

Leviticus 23:4-6

Exodus 12:1-46

Mark 11<= /p>
John 19:31-36

Joshua 5:10-12      Matt. 26:19-20;26-30

John 1:29

1 Corinthians 5:7

The Shed Blood of Jesus Christ as our Passover Lamb

(His Shed Blood commemo= rated by “the fruit of the vine” in Communion)

Ö

Unleavened Bread

(Commemorates

flight from Egypt)

7 Days

1^st month

15^th –= 21^st days

15-21 Nissan 5784<= /o:p>

(Tuesday,

April 23 to Monday Apri= l 29, 2024)

Exo.12:15-20;34;39

Leviticus 23:5--8<= /o:p>

1 Corinthians 5:7-8

Matthew 16:6=

Mark 8:15

Psalm 16:10<= /b>

Acts 2:22-31=

Acts 13:34-37

Sinless Life of Jesus C= hrist

and His Body Incorruptible in Death during Burial<= /p>

(His Broken Body        &nbs= p;  commemorated by broken    bread= in Communion)

Ö

First Fruits=

-occurs in Spring-=

1 Day

(1^st Sunday<= o:p>

in Feast of Unleavened = Bread)

1^st month

19 Nissan 5784

(Sunday,

April 28, 2024)

Leviticus 23:10-11=

Proverbs 3:9-10

Matthew 27:1,6       &nbs= p;

1 Corinthians 15:12-23 1Thessalonians 4:16-17

Matthew 27:53

Bodily Resurrection

of

Jesus Christ

Ö

Harvest

(Weeks)

(Latter First Fruits)

(Commemorates

giving of 10 Commandmen= ts)

-occurs in Summer-

1 Day

(7^th Sunday<= o:p>

after the Feast of First Fruits)

3^rd month

9 Sivan 5784=

(Sunday, June 16, 2024)=

Leviticus 23:15-22=

Acts 1:1-1:13; 2:1-22

Deuter= onomy 16:9-10

Pentecost

(Birth of the Church by the = Holy Spirit)

Ö

Trumpets

(Rosh Hashanah)

First day of Jewish civil new year

1 Day

(1^st Day of the Seventh Month)

7^th month

1 Tishrei 5785

(Wednesday at Sundown:

October 2, 2024)=

Leviticus 23:23-25

Numbers 29:1

Joshua 6:2-5

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

1 Corinthians 15:51-54

Rapture of Church

(First step of a two-step Parousia)

Not Yet Fulfilled=

Atonement

(Yom Kippur)

1 Day

(10^th Day of the Seventh Month)

7^th month

10 Tishrei 5785

(Friday at Sundown:

October 11, 2024)

Leviticus 23:26-30; Chapter 16

Zechariah 12:10; 13:1,6<= /b>

Romans 11:26

Year	Event
6 BC	Birth of Jesu= s
24 AD	Public Minist= ry of Jesus Begins at the time of His Baptism
27 AD	Crucifixion, = Bodily Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus
27 AD	Day of Pentec= ost

How It All Adds Up=

Who is a liar but he that den= ieth that Jesus is the Christ? He = is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same= hath not the Father; [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.=

<= o:p>

<= span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>= 1 John 2:22-23

<= span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>= 1 John 4:2-3

He that believeth on the Son = of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son.

<= span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>= 1 John 5:10

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichri= st.=

<= span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>=

<= span style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>= 2 John 7

Here is wisdom. Let him that = hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man;= and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

=

= Revelation 13:18

9. …If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehe= ad, or in his hand,

10. The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

11. And the smoke of their torment asc= endeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

Interpreting End-time Prophecy in View of Islam

Verses 1 through 6

1.&n= bsp; The Republic = of Rome 510 BC - 476 AD

(the last Roman emperor was deposed in 476 AD)

2.&n= bsp; The barbarian (foreign) rule of Rome 476 AD - 774 AD

3.&n= bsp; The Carolingian Empire and its legacy to Rome: the growth of Rome into a city-s= tate and the development of joint rule by nobility and papacy 774 AD - 1420 AD

&= nbsp; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp;

4.&n= bsp; Rome under abs= olute papal rule 1420 AD - 1870 AD

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp;

5.&n= bsp; Rome included = within Italian constitutional monarchy 1870 AD - 1922 AD

(This inclusion was heralded by the withdrawal of the French garrison supporting = Pope Pius IX, the surrender of Rome to Italian troops, and the subsequent election of Rome as seat of the government.)

6.&n= bsp; Rome under Italian Fascism 1922 AD - 1946 AD = ;

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p;

7.&n= bsp; Rome as the se= at of an Italian “democratic Republic” 1946 AD - present (1948 was the actual year that the new constitution came into full force)

&nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; =

8.&n= bsp; Rome as the seat of the European Economic Community (EEC), symbolized by the Tre= aty of Rome, signed on March 25, 1957 and put into force on January 1, 1958

= “If any man have an ear, let him hear. <= /span>He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with t= he sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith = of the saints.”

Clarifications concerning “the Antichrist”

The Fullness of Time

“Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Genesis 18:1= 4 NKJV

“Then the Lord appointed a set time, saying, ‘Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.’”

Exodus 9:5 N= KJV

“And he [the Angel Gabriel] said, ‘L= ook, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignat= ion; for at the appointed time the end shall be.’”

Daniel 8:19 = NKJV

“And in the latter time of their kingdom, = when the transgressors have reached their fullness, a king shall arise, havi= ng fierce features, who understands sinister schemes.”

Daniel 8:23 = NKJV

“Both these kings’ hearts shall be b= ent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.”

Daniel 11:27= NKJV

“And some of those of understanding shall = fall, to refine them, purge them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.”

Daniel 11:35= NKJV

“For the vision is yet for an appointed= time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait = for it; Because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”

<= o:p>

Habakkuk 2:3= NKJV

Acts 17:26-3= 1 NKJV

“For I do not desire, brethren, that you s= hould be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, t= hat hardening in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Genti= les has come in.” =

Romans 11:25= NKJV

“But when the fullness of the time = came, God sent forth His son, born of a woman, born under the Law, in order that = He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adopti= on of sons.”

Galatians 4:= 4-5 NKJV

Ephesians 1:= 7-12 NKJV

Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by = the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise = men.

Matthew 2:16= NKJV

Year

Event

6 BC

Birth of Jesu= s

24 AD

Public Minist= ry of Jesus Begins at the time of His Baptism

27 AD

Crucifixion, = Bodily Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus

27 AD

Day of Pentec= ost

There are those who would say in response to this rationale that “no one knows the hour and the day” of the retur= n of Jesus Christ. I agree that Scripture tells us that we cannot know the hour or the day, but Scripture d= oes not say that we cannot know the year! What Christ Jesus said is:

<= /o:p>

Matthew 24:3= 6 NKJV

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day no= r the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Matthew 25:1= 3 NKJV

But of that day and hour no one knows, neither t= he angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Mark 13:32 N= KJV

It is not for you to know times or seasons which= the Father has put in His own authority.

Acts 1:7 NKJ= V

Appendix A

Answers to Possible Questions about “666”

1. In the se= ction entitled “How It All Adds Up,” I give the transliterated Hebrew spelling of the name Mohammed. How can I explain this transliteration when the modern Hebrew version of the na= me has no Yod?

1.&n= bsp; The Republic = of Rome
510 BC - 476 AD

2.&n= bsp; The barbarian (foreign) rule of Rome
476 AD - 774 AD

3.&n= bsp; The Carolingian Empire and its legacy to Rome: the growth of Rome into a city-s= tate and the development of joint rule by nobility and papacy
774 AD - 1420 AD

4.&n= bsp; Rome under abs= olute papal rule
1420 AD - 1870 AD

5.&n= bsp; Rome included = within Italian constitutional monarchy
1870 AD - 1922 AD

6.&n= bsp; Rome under Italian Fascism
1922 AD - 1946 AD = ;

7.&n= bsp; Rome as the se= at of an Italian “democratic Republic”
1946 AD - present (1948 was the actual year that the new constitution came into full force)