The Antichrist
Antichrist is
a Christian term based on interpretation of passages in the New
Testament, in which the term "anti-Christ" occurs several times
in 1 John and 2 John, both in plural form and in the singular.
In some versions of Christian eschatology, Jesus will appear in
his Second Coming to Earth to face the emergence of the Antichrist
figure, who will be the greatest false messiah in Christian history. Just
as Christ is the saviour and the ideal model for humanity, his
opponent in the end time will be a figure of concentrated evil.
However as the Bible also speaks of the anti-Christ in the plural it may well
be that the anti-Christ is not just a single figure but an opposing ideology.
In 1 John 2:18 it says “…even now
are there many anti-Christs’…” and in 1 John 2:22 “…he is anti-Christ that
denies the Father and the Son.” These comments indicate that atheists are considered
anti-Christs, but the common paradigm is of a single Satan like figure leading
evil hordes against those who stand for the teachings of the Bible and the
Judeo/Christian societies of the West. Attempts have been made to align various
leaders with the predictions and to identify the evil hordes that try to
destroy Christianity.
In his prophecies Nostradamus predicts
three anti-Christs before the end of time; two are arguably identifiable as
Napoleon and Hitler. He made no prediction that might identify a third
anti-Christ but that may well be because an anti-Christ might have lived before
Nostradamus’ time. There would be no point in providing an identifying verse
that pointed to one who had already lived. Muhammad the founder of Islam may
have been the original anti-Christ making Napoleon and Hitler the second and
third of Nostradamus’ three anti-Christs. In looking for “evil hordes” wanting
to destroy Christians we need look no further than radical Islam.
The Epistle of St John that
raises the spectre of the anti-Christ is believed to have been written toward
the end of John’s life, possibly as late as 90 CE but more than five hundred
years before Muhammad, to John, Islam would be the future anti-Christ. The
Koran, Islam’s holy book, calls for the collection of Jizya (tax) from subdued
Christians and Jews: “Fight those among the People of the Book (Christians and
Jews) who do not believe in Allah nor the Last Day, who do not forbid what
Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, and who do not embrace the religion of
truth (Islam), until they pay the Jizya with willing submissiveness and feel
themselves utterly subdued”. Koran 9:29 In other words Muslim radicals are just
those obeying the Koran and trying to subdue infidels.
The anti-Christ sowed the seeds
of his revolution about 1,400 years ago and although those raised in the
traditions of the Torah/Bible and Christianity are taught to seek righteousness,
justice, kindness and mercy, treating all people fairly and equally. The Koran
teaches that only Muslims are worthy and all others must be conquered and
submit to the rule of Islam. Those who refuse are to be killed by beheading;
Islam alone of the World’s belief systems demands the execution of
non-adherents and the slaughter of any who leave the religion. Surely these
traits are enough to qualify Muhammad as the anti-Christ and his followers as
the evil hordes threatening the future of the world. Proof of this attitude of
Muslims was demonstrated recently in Israel when Arab staff at a medical
clinic in the Old City of Jerusalem did not aid Jewish terror
victims. An attack occurred adjacent to the clinic while it was open and
medical personnel were present in the clinic. Arab residents reportedly laughed
and spat at a victim as she stumbled around with a knife embedded in her back.
Red Crescent (the Muslim Red Cross) ambulances have reportedly ignored
non-Muslim injured, leaving them to die again demonstrating behaviour that
could only be attributed to the followers of the anti-Christ.
A religious war is taking place
around the world. Jihadist Muslims are on a religious rampage to establish
Islam as the only religion and to control the world with sharia law. They
scream for rights when they are a minority, yet when they become the majority;
they take away minority rights for all non-Muslims. One doesn't have to look
towards Syria , Iran or Saudi
Arabia for proof, just at Muslim majority neighbourhoods
in London or Paris . This is what is in store for any
community in the West where the Muslim population is growing. Recent Islamist
terror attacks around the world are indicative of the growing confidence and
violence of the evil hordes in their plan to destroy anyone who does not adhere
to their violent creed.
In Jerusalem ,
the best example of Muslim intolerance of all other religions is their ban for
any other religion to pray on the Temple
Mount Temple Mount Temple Mount
Muslim intolerance in the Middle
East, Israel , England , France ,
the USA
and all other places will only stop if people begin to realize that we are in
the midst of a religious war and we begin to react accordingly. We are all in
the same war; the Jihadist Muslim fight against Israel
is the same fight against the Western countries of England ,
France , USA , Australia and others. Not all
Muslims are part of this Islamic jihad but in WWII not all Germans were Nazis
those who weren’t did nothing to stop the violence; so too non-violent Muslims
do nothing to stop the radicals. To ignore the Jihadist Muslim agenda is a slap
in the face to all their victims around the world and a betrayal of those
Muslims who are bravely fighting to change the hatred in their respective
culture.
Peace will only come when most Muslims
realise that they are the followers of a false prophet and discard both his
writings and especially his example. Many Muslims are people of great faith,
praying regularly and showing a devotion to God that puts to shame the
observances of many Christians and Jews who may only attend Church or Synagogue
once or twice each year and rarely pray at other times. Today some Muslims have
converted to Christianity after having dreams of Jesus and others as a method of
being accepted as refugees, because a return to their homeland would then be a
death sentence. Until the onerous Koran and its insistence on death to those
who leave Islam and those who will not convert and its plan of world domination
is rejected or put into perspective there will always be those who are so
devout that they will murder in the name of the prophet. They may claim to be
acting in the name of God but taking HIS name as an excuse for murder is
breaking one of the Ten Commandments given by God himself and must surely be an
act instigated by an anti-Christ.
What happened in Paris in November 2015 should serve as a
wake-up call that the enemy is not just interested in territory, but truly
believe they are bringing in events to herald the arrival of their messiah.
This is why the world needs to acknowledge who the enemy really is. Until
western governments acknowledge this, they are guaranteed to lose the fight
against radical Islam. Islam may play a larger role in creating an end time
scenario than many currently believe. They may yet unite behind a powerful Islamic
leader who parallels the Islamic expectations regarding the Mahdi, thus
creating the apocalyptic events they believe will lead them to victory over the
infidels of the world.
The commencement of all out war
along religious lines will suit the West better than the Islamists whose faith
is linked closely to physical
objects, the destruction of which will leave many floundering. It would be
even more devastating if these were destroyed by natural causes, seemingly an
act of God. Islam purports to respect the laws of Moses as given in the first
five books of the Bible, but many do not know these laws or pay them little
heed. Observant Jews follow them and Christ repeated them and required their
adherence from his followers, particularly the Ten Commandments and the
exhortation to love God above all else.
Biblical prophecy predicts the
death of two thirds of the Earth’s population and with the current lines being
drawn by Islamists this seems increasingly likely. It will take a concerted
effort from all people to try and convince the Islamists who wish to bring
about an apocalyptic battle that their view is distorted and can only lead to
disaster and their probable defeat. The anti-Christ is known by his lies;
truth, justice and mercy will prevail and adherence to violence and hate will
not succeed.
Information on the outcome of religious
attitudes is explained in my latest
book which endeavours to bring understanding to the debate.
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