The antichrist has a charismatic aide whose primary purpose is to exalt and force worship of his nefarious boss. He comes to prominence mid Daniel’s 70th week when he deceives the nations by performing great signs, sets up an image of the beast (antichrist), gives life to the image, and enforces the beast’s economic system by requiring a mark of allegiance to the beast and his image in order to buy or sell. He is responsible for this “Abomination of Desolation” referred to by both Daniel and Jesus. (Revelation 13:11-17).
In the news lately, you may have heard from a controversial podcaster (I won’t mention Tucker’s name) who stated the following: “The people in charge don’t want you to know this, but Muslims love Jesus. Islam reveres him as a major prophet and messenger of the Lord, believes he performs miracles, and states he will return to earth to defeat the antichrist.”
What amazing ignorance!!
What Muslim eschatology teaches is that our Jesus of the bible is not who we think he is, but that he did not really die on the cross as atonement for our sins. What they teach is that Jesus (they call him Isa) is really a Muslim prophet of allah who will surely return shortly. When he comes, he will debunk traditional Christianity and proclaim allah as god and Mohammed allah’s prophet that came after him. Muslim eschatology seems to be a mirror reflecting anti-Christian eschatology. While we have Jesus returning to defeat the antichrist and his false prophet, Islam has their “Mahdi” (perhaps a restored Caliph ruling the Muslim world) returning to defeat their version of the antichrist (whom they call Dajjal), with the help of Isa. The actual returning Jesus they would term the antichrist (Dajjal).
If any of this Islamic eschatology takes place, we can easily envision this caliph (Mahdi) as the actual antichrist and Isa as the actual false prophet. So, what this podcaster is stating in ignorance is that who the Muslims call Jesus might in reality be the false prophet of Revelation. While the false prophet is the antichrist’s chief enforcer, Isa will be the Mahdi’s chief enforcer. We need to be alert if this scenario plays out.
Identifying both the antichrist and the false prophet as Islamic fits perfectly with Christian eschatology. For a detailed look at this theology, have a look at Joel Richardson’s books “Islamic Antichrist” and “Mideast Beast”. Both are available at Amazon or for free on his website. Joel’s Trumpet
Maranatha, Jim
A call for Christians to be aware of the deceit that is coming from all sources.
We need to always be looking to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ….Maranatha