Islam Is Waiting for their Mahdi and their Prophet Jesus
Christians are waiting for God Jesus to come for 2nd Time
Jews are Waiting for their Messiah to Come for his 1st Time
Atheists And Agnostics Are Waiting For A Future Of Darkness
Believers won’t be Disappointed – Unbelievers are Facing Hell
April 4, 2014
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Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert
Apocalyptic Prophecies Drive Both Sides in Syria
Mariam Karouny
Reuters
April 3, 2014
Syria‘s war has killed more than 140,000 people and driven millions from their homes. “If you think all these mujahideen came from across the world to fight Assad, you’re mistaken,” said Sunni Muslim jihadi Abu Omar. “They are all here as promised by the Prophet. This is the war he promised – it is the Grand Battle,” he told Reuters, using a word which can also be translated as slaughter.
On the other side, many Shi’ites from Lebanon, Iraq and Iran are drawn to the war because they believe it paves the way for the return of Imam Mahdi – a descendent of the Prophet who vanished 1,000 years ago and who will re-emerge at a time of war to establish global Islamic rule before the end of the world.
Iranian cleric and parliamentarian Ruhollah Hosseinian last year cited comments by an eighth-century Shi’ite imam: “As Imam Sadeq has stated, when the (forces) with yellow flags fight anti-Shi’ites in Damascus and Iranian forces join them, this is a prelude and a sign of the coming of his holiness.” Lebanon’s pro-Assad Hizbullah militia fights under a yellow banner. (Reuters)
I ISSUED THE FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING UPDATE IN 2008 WHEN A NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMADINJAD ROSE TO POWER IN IRAN – LEADERS CHANGE BUT THE SHIITE PROPHECIES HAVEN’T CHANGED.
MAHDI ISLAMIC ANTICHRIST IS ON HIS WAY!
2008
The new Iranian President is a “died in the wool” religious Islamic fanatic from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. The Apostle Paul was a “Hebrew of the Hebrews,” and President Ahmadinjad is truly a “Shiite of the Shiites.” He is locked in combat with the old conservative heads. They have run Iran since the revolution that overthrew the Shah of Iran. He is trying to slip new leaders and departments into his new government. He is trying to get younger key members of the extremists from his Revolutionary Guard into top positions of power, putting out the old leaders who have held power for so long over all governmental decisions. It appears he has another revolution in mind, one in which he has absolute power to form a very radical Islamic Republic to replace the current conservative one. I truly believe the religious extremism in the fanatical Shiite beliefs among their literal interpreters is going to unveil the antichrist among them. Both the Sunni and Shiite sects of the Muslim faith believe in a coming Al-Mahdi, which we would relate to by our looking forward to the return of our Messiah Jesus Christ. The Shiites believe he has been hiding in a cave for some 1,100 years, but will soon come out to rule all Islam as the 12th Imam. Many Imams across Iran and Iraq are preaching his coming is very soon, and a fever for his arrival is growing.
The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is a Shiite religious literalist, who believes in the imminent return of the 12th Imam. His segment of the Shiite faith believes the 12th Imam went into hiding in the 9th century. The Sunni sect of Islam believes the Al-Mahdi, who is to arise and lead Islam to rule the world and establish a one-world Islamic religion, will be an ordinary man, born to an ordinary woman, and will live an ordinary life with the people of his time. But the Shiites under the same persuasion of their current President, believe that soon the 12th Imam, who disappeared mysteriously in the 9th century, will suddenly appear to lead the Shiites to victory over all enemies starting with the hypocrite mullahs and ending with the Jews. In the Shiite theology, belief in Imams is the cornerstone of their faith. They believe the 12th Imam has been living in a cave for more than ten centuries, and that he will suddenly surface from his hiding place as the Mahdi, their Messiah, and will meet Jesus, the Son of Mary. They believe Jesus, the Prophet of Allah, will be second in command in that he will pray behind Al-Mahdi. They believe Allah will give Al-Mahdi the ability to rule all the Muslim nations with righteousness in the span of a night.
In the Shiite theology of the religious followers of the current President of Iran, the 12th Imam is still the sole source of legitimate power on the earth. I suspect a man will suddenly arise in Islam claiming to be the 12th Imam. He will declare himself to have returned with the power of Allah but in reality, he will be the antichrist. Islamic writers indicate the signs in the next paragraph will precede the 12th Imam.
There are many signs that will precede him, a very important sign is that he will come at a time when there is great confutation, intense disputing, and violent deaths – when people are experiencing great fear. Calamities will fall upon people, so much that a man shall not find a shelter to shelter him self from oppression. There will be battles and conflicts before his appearance. The people will be troubled to such an extent that they will long for death. It is then that Imam will arise. The messenger of Allah said he will be sent at a time of intense disputes and differences among people amidst widespread earthquakes.
I believe that Paul’s man of sin, the antichrist, is the coming Islamic Al Mahdi.
END 2008 UPDATE
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