The Islamic Antichrist: The Shocking Truth about the Real Nature of the Beast

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Several American evangelical and fundamentalist theologians, including Cyrus Scofield, have identified the Antichrist as being in league with (or the same as) several figures in the Book of Revelation including the Dragon (or Serpent), the Beast, the False Prophet, and the Whore of Babylon. [133] As Satan [ edit ] For the English Puritans, as for many of their fellow Protestants on the Continent of Europe, the fact that the Ottoman Empire had for its religion Islam, the teaching of Mohammed, the ‘false’ prophet of God, was sufficient to label it as an envoy or agent of Satan, seeking to destroy the true Church of Christ. In view of this we cannot be surprised to learn that they believed God had given to John on Patmos a vision of this great enemy of the elect of God, who would one day be destroyed by the power of Christ. ((Peter Toon, “Introduction,” Puritans, the Millennium and the Future of Israel: Puritan Eschatology 1600 to 1660 (London: James Clarke & Co. Ltd., 1970), 19–20.)) Pronechen, Joseph (February 10, 2019). "Fulton Sheen's Clear Warning About the Anti-Christ". National Catholic Register. Irondale, Alabama: EWTN . Retrieved October 7, 2019. a b "Doctrinal Statements: Antichrist". Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. 2018 . Retrieved August 17, 2018. We reject the idea that the teaching that the Papacy is the Antichrist rests on a merely human interpretation of history or is an open question. We hold rather that this teaching rests on the revelation of God in Scripture which finds its fulfillment in history. The Holy Spirit reveals this fulfillment to the eyes of faith (cf. The Abiding Word, Vol. 2, p. 764). Since Scripture teaches that the Antichrist would be revealed and gives the marks by which the Antichrist is to be recognized (2 Th 2:6, 8), and since this prophecy has been clearly fulfilled in the history and development of the Roman Papacy, it is Scripture which reveals that the Papacy is the Antichrist.

White, Ellen G. (1999) [1888]. "Enmity Between Man and Satan". The Great Controversy: Between Christ and Satan. The Ellen G. White Estate. p.581. ISBN 0-8163-1923-5. Archived from the original on May 31, 2007 . Retrieved June 6, 2006. A prophecy writer like Richardson is just one of many newspaper exegetes, interpreting the Bible in the light (darkness?) of current events. His preoccupation with Islam is nothing new. In fact, in good rhetorical style, by confronting the question before it’s raised, he writes: “So the challenge might arise, ‘Aren’t you doing the same thing? Aren’t you just taking today’s bogeyman (Islam) and making it into the Antichrist system?’” ((Richardson, The Islamic Antichrist, 177.)) He says he’s not; I say he is. His Islamic end-time scenario is not new. It’s been done before. Maas, Anthony John (1907). "Antichrist". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The Correspondence of Pope Gregory VII. Translated by Emerton, Ephraim. New York: Columbia University Press. 1990. p.162. ISBN 978-0231096270. Aune, David E. (1983). "The Prophecies of Jesus: Unmasking False Prophets". Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans. pp.222–229. ISBN 978-0-8028-0635-2. OCLC 9555379.Whether the New Testament contains an individual Antichrist is disputed. The Greek term antikhristos originates in 1 John. [13] The similar term pseudokhristos ("False Messiah") is also first found in the New Testament, but never used by Josephus in his accounts of various false messiahs. [14] The concept of an antikhristos is not found in Jewish writings in the period 500 BC–50 AD. [15] However, Bernard McGinn conjectures that the concept may have been generated by the frustration of Jews subject to often-capricious Seleucid or Roman rule, who found the nebulous Jewish idea of a Satan who is more of an opposing angel of God in the heavenly court insufficiently humanised and personalised to be a satisfactory incarnation of evil and threat. [16] [ unreliable source?] The Mahdi ( lit. 'the rightly guided one') is the redeemer according to Islam. [23] Just like the Dajjal, [1] the Mahdi is never mentioned in the Quran but his description can be found in the ḥadīth literature; [23] according to the Islamic eschatological narrative, he will appear on Earth before the Day of Judgment. [1] [16] [24] [25] At the time of the Second Coming of Christ, [26] the prophet ʿĪsā shall return to defeat and kill al-Masih ad-Dajjal. [1] [16] [27] Muslims believe that both ʿĪsā and the Mahdi will rid the world of wrongdoing, injustice, and tyranny, ensuring peace and tranquility. [28] Eventually, the Dajjal will be killed by the Mahdi and ʿĪsā at the gate of Lud, who upon seeing Dajjal will cause him to slowly dissolve (like salt in water). [3]

Although the word "antichrist" (Greek antikhristos) is used only in the Epistles of John, the similar word "pseudochrist" (Greek pseudokhristos, meaning "false messiah") is used by Jesus in the Gospels: [14]Levillain, Philippe (2002). The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. Vol.2. Psychology Press. p.832. ISBN 978-0415922302 . Retrieved July 17, 2015. [Pope John II] received from Justinian a letter dated June 6, 533 [...]. In his letter, Justinian proclaimed that the Holy See is the leader of all the holy churches and confirmed the need for all churches to join together with Rome [...]. Clarke, Adam (1997). Commentary on the Old Testament. Vol.4. Rapidan, Virginia: World Publishing. p.596. ISBN 978-0529106346.

Origen (1872) [185–254]. "Writings of Origen, vol 2". In Roberts, Rev. Alexander (ed.). Ante-Nicene Christian Library[ Writings of the Fathers]. Vol.XXIII. James Donaldson. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. pp.385–388 . Retrieved June 6, 2010. Narrated Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi in Kamal al-din wa tamam al-ni'mah Vol 2, Ch 47, Hadith 1: Jerome (1893b) [347–420]. "The Dialogue against the Luciferians". In Schaff, Philip (ed.). A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church. 2nd series. Vol.VI. Henry Wace. New York: The Christian Literature Company. p.334 . Retrieved June 7, 2010. McGinn, Bernard (1988). "Portraying Antichrist in the Middle Ages". In Werner Verbeke; D. Verhelst; Andries Welkenhuysen (eds.). The Use and Abuse of Eschatology in the Middle Ages. Leuven: Leuven University Press. p.1. ISBN 978-9061862598. [...] Thomas Malvenda, the indefatigable Dominican whose massive De Antichristo published in 1604 is still the most complete treatment of the subject. Samra ibn Jundab reported that once Muhammad, while delivering a ceremonial speech at an occasion of a solar eclipse, said:

Jerome (1893) [347–420]. "Letter to Pope Damasus". In Schaff, Philip (ed.). A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church. 2nd series. Vol.VI. Henry Wace. New York: The Christian Literature Company. p.19 . Retrieved June 7, 2010. Does this mean that I don’t believe Islam is dangerous and its leaders want to take over the world? Not at all. My aversion to Islam is not because of Bible prophecy anymore than my aversion to atheism, communism, secularism, scientism, materialism, naturalism, pietism, socialism is linked to and dependent on an understanding of Bible prophecy. Hughes, Kevin L. (2005). Constructing antichrist: Paul, biblical commentary, and the development of doctrine in the early Middle Ages. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. pp.29–31. ISBN 978-0813214153. Richardson offers the following challenge: “At this point, my response to those who would challenge the idea that Islam is the primary force behind the Antichrist system would be to issue a challenge to show biblically why it is not.” ((Richardson, The Islamic Antichrist, 178.)) Actually, the burden of proof is on Richardson to prove that it is. In what I’ve read, he hasn’t made the case, not by a long shot.