Islam
ISLAM
A little history about this cult. First, let’s see what they say about Jesus. Now, there are many versions of the Koran in English on the net. Some by orthodox Muslims, some by non-orthodox Muslims, and some by non-Muslims. So I found one that has parallel versions (all 4 of which were translated by orthodox Muslims). Pickthall Yusuf Ali Hilali-Khan Shakir So, I'm gonna list all 4 for each verse so that no one can say we are looking for a translation to say what we want it to say. Here’s the link for anyone to use: http://www.quranbrowser.com/ Quote:
His death on the cross didn’t happen according to the Koran. Not only did Jesus not die on the cross …. He wasn’t even on the cross!!!! Long story short, they believe Jesus died an old man. What does Islam think of the divinity of Jesus? Quote:
Jesus is not God. Those who say that there is a trinity and that Jesus is God, are blasphemers and hell bound. Quote:
I point these out for one reason. To see if Islam has the spirit of antichrist per scripture. The answer is yes. 1 John 2 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 1 John 4 3 And every spirit that confesseth not 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. John 1: 1 & 14 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Luke 1 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. So, we have established that Islam has the spirit of antichrist. Gotta have the spirit of antichrist in order to be THE Antichrist (the title we give the beast of Revelation). So, Islam is a candidate. But we are told of certain characteristics of THE Antichrist. Does Islam match? |
Diverse from the others
The fourth beast of Daniel.
Daniel 7 7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. 8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. Most scholars agree that this 4th is connected with the beast of Revelation. Having ten horns is an identifier. So, what is it that makes this 4th beast diverse from the others? Several explanations have been offered over the years. But for this study, let’s consider that what makes this beast diverse from the others is that it is of a spiritual/religious nature. (Do not take this as fact, but just consider the possibility as we have to do with all other theories. And this study is just a theory to consider.) After all, we are told to put on the whole armor of God. The battle armor we wear is of a spiritual nature. We are called a nation of God, a spiritual nation with no physical boundaries, and cannot be pointed to on a map. So, the nation we battle against must be spiritual also. Islam is a spiritual nation that cannot be pointed to on a map. Islam has the spirit of antichrist. |
Jihad
THE BATTLE CRY
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The entire population. So, even if you have a few Muslims who do not adhere to this, they too will fall prey to the same wrath if they do not agree to submit and take up the cause. They must be a “full” Muslim and adhere to the “full” duty of their god Allah. Otherwise, they will be considered an apostate, just as any other person who does not fully submit. (Similar to the Catholic Church crusades - submit or suffer the consequence.) Quote:
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Those who stand firm in their faith will receive the reward of their god. Which god do you want your reward from? Allah or YHWH? We must stand firm, despite any persecution, to oppose faith in any other god. Who does the beast battle against? Daniel 7 21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Revelation 13 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. So, we have a spiritual nation that has the spirit of antichrist and makes war with the saints. Islam is a candidate. But can Islam match the other characterists of the beast? |
Ten Horns
TEN HORNS
In Islam, when Mohammed died, 10 successors were chosen. These were called “calipfs”, which means “successor”. (Another similarity to the Catholic Church – chose a successor to be leader of the spiritual kingdom. All cults have a physical leader who they feel has some sort of “closer” relationship than anyone else to their god.) While we can probably find “10” in any theory, there is something specific that occurs with the “10” horns of the beast. A horn will rise among the 10, and pluck up the first 3 horns. Daniel 7 8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. Here’s the story of the 10 caliphs (successors) of Mohammed (founder of the Islamic faith). These caliphs are also called “Imans” by many Muslims. Iman means belief. They are also referred to as “the Ten Blessed Companions”. 1) Abu Bakr 2) Omar 3) `Uthman 4) Ali 5) Talha 6) al-Zubair 7) Saad bin Abi Waqqass 8) Saeed bin Zaid 9) Abdulrahman bin `Awf and 10) Abu `Ubaida binal-Jarrah Of the 10 caliphs (or Imans), the first 3 were not related to Mohammed. All others were. When the 4th of the 10 caliphs (or Iman) came, he declared that only a blood relation to Mohammed could rightly be a caliph (or Iman). Therefore, he declared that the first 3 caliphs were invalid. And all other caliph after that were related. So, we have one who came up among the 10 and deposed the first 3. This caused a division among the faithful. And this spiritual kingdom was divided into 2 sects of Islam – the Sunni and the Shia. Shia (or Shi'ite) derives from a shortening of Shiat Ali or partisans of Ali (party of Ali). The Battle of Karbala was the defining line that the split was complete – Sunni and Shia, and a united Islam has not existed to this day. So we have 2 sects of Islam, the Sunni who believe that the first 3 caliphs are legit, and the Shia who believe that the first 3 caliphs are not legit. But both are loyal to Mohammed, the Quran, and Allah. The Muslim world is dominantly Sunni. Shias comprise about 16-percent of the Muslim population. (One sect stronger/dominate than the other smaller/weaker sect.) (Yet another similarity to the Catholic Church – division because of who the rightful leader should be which resulted in the split between the Western Roman Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.) Which brings us to another characteristic of the beast – it was divided with a stronger and weaker. Daniel 2 40 And the fourth kingdom (called 4th beast in Daniel 7) shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. Now, this has been the cause of many conflicts between the Muslims. Neither the Sunni or the Shia sects believe the other to be in full submission to Allah. One characteristic of the difference is that the Sunni are more political in nature, and the Shia are more of a spiritual nature. The Shia are appauled that a Sunni would even consider cooperation or alliance with anyone outside of the Islamic religion. (This is not to say that all Sunnis would consider doing this.) As far as territory, Affganistan would problaby be more Shia, and Saudi Arabia (along with most other Muslim territory) more Sunni. So, one thing that should be asked of any Muslim you are having a discussion with, would be it they consider themselves Sunni or Shia. When it comes to a discussion between a Shia Muslim and a Sunni Muslim, think Hatfield & McCoy! They are rivals. |
Dome Of The Rock
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It’s the Dome of Rock in Jerusalem. Pretty, isn’t it? Wanna know what’s in it? Nothing. Wanna know what it’s used for? Nothing. It has no altar or furniture inside. It is not a church or temple used for any type of worship. Just an empty building that no one uses. It is a structure that was built over the ruins of the Jewish Temple Mount in the 7th century by the second caliph who then had complete control of Jerusalem. The Jewish Temple Mount had several levels, each was built up higher than the other. Court of the Gentiles was the lowest level. The highest level had the foundation stone for the Temple’s Holy of Holies room where the ark was kept. Dome of the Rock was built over the highest level. Pretty tile floors were laid, except where the foundation stone was, and it was left exposed. The second photo is a photo taken in the 19th century of the inside. Quote:
Tradition of the Muslims is that Mohammed was in Meca, asleep. The angel Gabriel came to him and they took a trip to Jerusalem to the place the Dome of the Rock is built. Of course Gabriel had wings to fly, but Mohammed didn’t. So Mohammed gets to ride a winged horse to Jerusalem. He met several of the old biblical prophet’s there (one of whom was Jesus), and Mohammed LED THEM in prayer because HE was the greatest prophet of all. A ladder appeared there that went into heaven. It had 7 steps. On the first step, he encountered Adam. They talked a bit, and he continued to the second step where he encountered Jesus. They talked a bit, and he continued. He makes all the way up and gets to meet Allah. Some Muslims insist this trip only happened in his dreams, while others like to insist that this mystical trip physically happened. Anyway, you can google and get all the stories about it if you want. I just wanted to point this out: Quote:
Revelation 6 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. As I said earlier, the Dome of the Rock isn’t really used for anything. It just sits there empty, no furniture or anything. Just surrounding the most Holy Jewish place on earth. What's the point of it? Well, one explanation could be that there is Islamic inscriptions all over the structure. Inscriptions that proclaim to the world (especially those dumb Christians) that Allah is God, and Jesus isn’t. Jesus was just a plain ol' man, servant and prophet of Allah. Here’s a couple examples of inscriptions: Quote:
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Ark
After talking about the Dome of the Rock, the structure built to honor another god, just sitting there waiting, which has the foundation stone where the Ark of the Covenant stood in the Jewish Temple’s Holy of Holies ……
Pay special attention to #18 from this website: http://answering-islam.org.uk/Authors/JR/Future/ch04_the_mahdi.htm Quote:
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Fatima & Mary
FATIMA & MARY
According to the Islam faith, Fatima is the name of the wife of Ishmael (Abraham’s 1st son by the slave girl, Hagar). The Arab people are descendants of Ishmael & Fatima. Mohammed also named his daughter Fatima. The city of Fatima in Portugal was named so by Muslims. So, here comes the connection between Catholics and Muslims ….. the Mary apparitions. The Marian apparition that occurred at Fatima, Portugal has been officially approved by the Catholic Church. The message of Our Lady of Fatima was to unite all religions into one. (Remember, Catholics believe that Muslims worship the same God as they do. They just disagree on details, the main one being the attributes of JESUS.) But they BOTH highly revere Mary. Mohammed was even recorded as saying that Mary would be one of this wives in Paradise. Muslims flock to the Marian apparitions, just like Catholics. Quote:
So, Muslims have no problem kissing the rosary (which represents Mary) as long as a cross is not attached to the rosary beads. Muslims have prayer beads as well, so prayer beads are no problem to them. Now, here’s something interesting about Fatima. The Mary apparition at Fatima gave 3 secrets. Two have been told, but the 3rd one was to be kept secret until a time in the future. The Pope and the bishop of Fatima were allowed to know the secrets, and reveal them at specified times. The 3rd has yet to be revealed. However, the Bishop of Fatima said the following about it: Quote:
Mohammed also gave a secret to his daughter, Fatima, that is supposed to be revealed in the last days. Quote:
Islam believes in 12 Imans. All the 12 Imans must be descendants of FATIMA (daughter of Mohammed). FATIMA was married to Ali. We talked about Ali earlier. He was one of the 10 Caliphs who deposed the first 3 Caliphs as invalid because they were not related to Mohammed. (I compared this with the 10 horned beast. One of the horns arose among the 10 and uprooted the first 3 horns.) So, we have 12 Imans (all descendants through Ali & FATIMA). The 12th Iman would be Al-Mahdi (who is to appear in the last days to unite the world under Allah). So, you have Ali & Fatima ( father & mother). You have their 12 children (descendants), one of which will be greater than the other 11. (Read the bolded part again before you go on.) Do you see a parallel with the following: Genesis 37 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? Notice the symbols of the dream – sun (father), moon (mother), and stars (sons). Joseph, one of the 12 sons, has a dream that he will become greater than his father, mother, and the rest of the twelve brothers. How did Mary appear in many of her apparitions: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...nmoonstars.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...moonstars2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...moonstars3.jpg Revelation 12 1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: Of course, everything pointed out in this thread could just be a coincidence. |
Cathocil - Islam connection
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During Mohammed's "night journey" (mentioned in post #9) he saw a light over the tomb of Mary. Musslims built a mihrab on the right side of the tomb to indicate the direction to Mecca. Islam - Catholic connection Quote:
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Catholic Saint Mary of Agreda – a visionary who received numerous messages from the apparition of Mary during the 17th century – wrote the massive classic entitled Mystical City of God. Her received Marian messages and her monumental book have received full approval from the Roman Catholic Church. Saint Mary of Agredaconveyed what was told to her about the last times: Quote:
In 2004, Reuters News Service wrote, in an article entitled Twist of globalization: Quote:
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