There is a great deal of speculation about the end times. Frequent candidates are selected as embodying Biblical prophecy about an evil man who will exalt himself, including presidents and religious leaders. The Bible never says specifically who he is or where he will come from. It never refers to a muslim antichrist. All it says is that one day he will be revealed and that he will be known because he will proclaim himself as God.
Many Bible scholars today speculate that he will come from a confederacy of ten nations and they regard this as the European union. Some say that he has to be a Jew in order to claim to be the Messiah. During the 1940s many believed that Adolph Hitler embodied the beast. A large number of traditional Biblical interpreters believed that Islam was the antichrist and currently this view is being embraced once more.
They feel that the Bible is being interpreted from a Eurocentric viewpoint and because of this many prophecies are being ignored that speak directly about the Islamic nations. There are many literal references to Islamic nations. The Messiah wages war against these nations on the Day of the Lord.
One of the arguments used to support an Islamic system as the beast is their denial of the Trinity. They do not regard Jesus as the son of God. Another argument is that they have a form of submission to God but they are not really submitting to Him and they will be destroyed on His return. Interestingly enough, the Muslims also say that there is to be a battle and the Israelites will be defeated.
The Koran talks about the beast of the earth and that all Muslims will be marked on the forehead. In Revelation it says that no-one will be able to buy or sell unless they wear the mark of the beast. Some people take this literally and think that people will have some sort of physical mark or a computer chip. Others take this in an allegorical sense as referring to a declaration of faith.
The name antichrist is not used in the Bible when it comes to end time prophecies. Many other titles are used for this individual. However, there is no confusion about what he does. He fights against all who stand against him and exalts himself. His complete control brings peace of a kind. However, this peace ends when God brings about the destruction of his rule.
One has to decide whether Islam is actually a religion of peace, or whether it has a peaceful facade by which many can be deceived. There are those who believe that targeting the Islamic system may actually help facilitate the rise of a European antichrist who will take over as the one who saved the world from Islam.
There is so much speculation about this issue and people can become extremely passionate about one theory or another. This is likely to continue as events in the world escalate and the end times seem to be drawing closer. We do not actually know for certain what is to come and that is why the speculation will continue.
Many Bible scholars today speculate that he will come from a confederacy of ten nations and they regard this as the European union. Some say that he has to be a Jew in order to claim to be the Messiah. During the 1940s many believed that Adolph Hitler embodied the beast. A large number of traditional Biblical interpreters believed that Islam was the antichrist and currently this view is being embraced once more.
They feel that the Bible is being interpreted from a Eurocentric viewpoint and because of this many prophecies are being ignored that speak directly about the Islamic nations. There are many literal references to Islamic nations. The Messiah wages war against these nations on the Day of the Lord.
One of the arguments used to support an Islamic system as the beast is their denial of the Trinity. They do not regard Jesus as the son of God. Another argument is that they have a form of submission to God but they are not really submitting to Him and they will be destroyed on His return. Interestingly enough, the Muslims also say that there is to be a battle and the Israelites will be defeated.
The Koran talks about the beast of the earth and that all Muslims will be marked on the forehead. In Revelation it says that no-one will be able to buy or sell unless they wear the mark of the beast. Some people take this literally and think that people will have some sort of physical mark or a computer chip. Others take this in an allegorical sense as referring to a declaration of faith.
The name antichrist is not used in the Bible when it comes to end time prophecies. Many other titles are used for this individual. However, there is no confusion about what he does. He fights against all who stand against him and exalts himself. His complete control brings peace of a kind. However, this peace ends when God brings about the destruction of his rule.
One has to decide whether Islam is actually a religion of peace, or whether it has a peaceful facade by which many can be deceived. There are those who believe that targeting the Islamic system may actually help facilitate the rise of a European antichrist who will take over as the one who saved the world from Islam.
There is so much speculation about this issue and people can become extremely passionate about one theory or another. This is likely to continue as events in the world escalate and the end times seem to be drawing closer. We do not actually know for certain what is to come and that is why the speculation will continue.
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