A Cry For A Spiritual Leader To Unite Muslims!
The Cry will be answered by the False Prophet
Islam will Accept Him as Jesus the Son of Mary
But Christians will see him as the False Prophet
He will fulfill a prophecy of Revelation 13:11-18
June 6, 2014
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An Exposition of Revelation 13:11-18
Revelation 13:11 – And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
He is symbolized a lamb in Revelation, as was Jesus in whom all the fullness of the Godhead dwelt bodily, and the Words of God flowed out of him. But the Antichrist has the fullness of Satan the Dragon in him, and speaks out of his physical body as Satan. He is the Islamic version of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Virgin Mary, a counterfeit Jesus who 1.5 billion Muslims will accept in the wink of an eye, and many Catholics will not be too far behind them.
Verses 12-18 will be continued after the following Excerpt from Wikipedia
Begin Excerpt from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jesus in Islam (Īsā) is a messenger of God who had been sent to guide the Children of Israel (banī isrā’īl) with a new scripture, the Injīl (gospel). The Qur’an, believed by Muslims to be God’s final revelation, states that Jesus was born to Mary (Maryam) as the result of virginal conception, a miraculous event which occurred by the decree of God (Allah). To aid him in his quest, Jesus was given the ability to perform miracles, all by the permission of God. According to Islamic texts, Jesus was neither killed nor crucified, but rather he was raised alive up to heaven.
Islamic traditions narrate that he will return to earth near the day of judgment to restore justice and defeat al-Masih ad-Dajjāl (lit. “the false messiah”, also known as the Antichrist). Like all prophets in Islam, Jesus is considered to have been a Muslim, as he preached for people to adopt the straight path in submission to God’s will. Islam rejects that Jesus was God incarnate or the son of God, stating that he was an ordinary man who, like other prophets, had been divinely chosen to spread God’s message. Islamic texts forbid the association of partners with God (shirk), emphasizing the notion of God’s divine oneness (tawhīd). Numerous titles are given to Jesus in the Qur’an, such as al-Masih (“the messiah; the anointed one” i.e. by means of blessings), although it does not correspond with the meaning accrued in Christian belief. Jesus is seen in Islam as a precursor to Muhammad, and is believed by Muslims to have foretold the latter’s coming.
Muslims believe that Jesus will return at a time close to the end of the world.
According to Islamic tradition, Jesus’ descent will be in the midst of wars fought by the Mahdi (lit. “the rightly guided one”), who is known in Islamic eschatology as redeemer or Messiah of Islam. Mahdi will fight against the Antichrist (al-Masīh ad-Dajjāl, “false messiah”) his followers and, during this war, the Islamic Jesus shall descend at the point of a white arcade in Damascus, dressed in yellow robes – his head anointed. He will then join the Mahdi in his war against the Dajjal. Jesus, considered in Islam as a Muslim, will abide by Islamic teachings.
Eventually, Jesus will slay the Dajjal, and then everyone from the people of the book (ahl al-kitāb, referring to Jews and Christians) will believe in him. Thus, there will be one community, that of Islam.
After death of the Mahdi, Jesus will assume leadership. It’s a time associated in Islamic narrative with universal peace and justice. Islamic texts also allude to the appearance of Ya’juj and Ma’juj (known also as Gog and Magog), ancient tribes which will disperse and cause destruction on earth. God, in response to Jesus’ prayers, will kill them by sending a type of worm in the napes of their necks. Jesus’ rule is said to be around forty years, after which he will die. Muslims will then perform the funeral prayer for him and then bury him in the city of Medina in a grave left vacant beside Muhammad, Abu Bakr, and Umar (companions of Muhammad and the first and second Muslim caliphs respectively).
Jesus is described by various means in the Qur’an. The most common reference to Jesus occurs in the form of “Ibn Maryam” (son of Mary), sometimes preceded with another title. Jesus is also recognised as a prophet (nabī) and messenger (rasūl) of God. The terms wadjih (“worthy of esteem in this world and the next”), mubārak (“blessed”, or “a source of benefit for others”), `abd-Allāh (servant of God) are all used in the Qur’an in reference to Jesus.
Another title frequently mentioned is al-Masih, which translates to “the Messiah.” This does not correspond to the Christian concept of Messiah, as Islam regards all prophets, including Jesus, to be mortal and without any share in divinity. Muslim exegetes explain the use of the word masīh in the Qur’an as referring to Jesus’ status as the one anointed by means of blessings and honors; or as the one who helped cure the sick, by anointing the eyes of the blind, for example. Qur’anic verses also employ the term “kalimatullah” (meaning the “word of God”) as a descriptor of Jesus, which is interpreted as a reference to the creating word of God, uttered at the moment of Jesus’ conception; or as recognition of Jesus’ status as a messenger of God, speaking on God’s behalf.
Islamic texts regard Jesus as a righteous messenger of God, and reject him as being God or the begotten Son of God. This belief, according to Islam, is tantamount to shirk, or the association of partners with God; and thereby a rejection of God’s divine oneness (tawhid). The Christian doctrine of the Trinity is similarly rejected in Islam. Such notions of the divinity of Jesus, Muslims state, resulted from human interpolations of God’s revelation. Islam views Jesus as an ordinary human being who preached that salvation came through submission to God’s will and worshiping God alone. Thus, Jesus is considered in Islam to have been a Muslim, as with all prophets in Islam.
Muslims believe that Jesus was a precursor to Muhammad, and that he announced the latter’s coming. They base this on a verse of the Qur’an wherein Jesus speaks of a messenger to appear after him named Ahmad. Islam associates Ahmad with Muhammad, both words deriving from a root which refers to praiseworthiness. Muslims also assert that evidence of Jesus’ pronouncement is present in the New Testament, citing the mention of the Paraclete whose coming is foretold in the Gospel of John. Muslim commentators claim that the original Greek word used was periklutos, meaning famed, illustrious, or praiseworthy – rendered in Arabic as Ahmad; and that this was substituted by Christians with parakletos.
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Continue Exposition of Revelation 13:11-18
Revelation 13:12-18 – And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. [13] And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, [14] And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. [15] And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. [16] And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: [17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. [18] Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
If he has all those killed in his kingdom who will not worship the beast, it will cause all who remain in his dominion, if they want to buy or sell to do one of three things: (1) exhibit his mark, (2) be named as one of his, or (3) be numbered as one who follows him.
Food shortages in his vast African, Middle East, and Southeast Caliphate Kingdom will be in full sway by the arrival of the mark of the beast on the scene following the seals and trumpets.
Revelation 6:6-8 –And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. [7] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. [8] And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them OVER THE FOURTH PART OF THE EARTH, TO KILL with SWORD, and with HUNGER, and with DEATH, and with the BEASTS OF THE EARTH.
Revelation 9:14-19 – Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. [15] And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men[16]And the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. [17] And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. [18] By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. [19] For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
Begin Excerpt from MEMRI
Middle East Media Research Institute
June 3, 2014
Special Dispatch No. 5757
Jordanian Columnist: Muslims Need A Spiritual Leader Like The Pope To Unite Them
C. Jacobs, MEMRI Research Fellow
In an article he published on the occasion of Pope Fracis’s visit to Jordan on May 24-25, 2014, and in light of the respect commanded by the Pope across the Christian world, Jordanian columnist Hussein Al-Ruwashdeh wondered why the Muslims did not have a similar spiritual source of authority, and why they did not have influential and accepted figures worthy of emulation, capable of raising Muslim prestige worldwide. Below are translated excerpts from the article
“Do the Muslims have a leadership that represents them, or a source of authority that speaks on their behalf? This question is not new, and all the calls ever made for rapprochement or unity among Muslims have sought a practical and clear answer to this question. Although the Muslims, as opposed to others, agree on one [holy] book and one Prophet, and agree on [their religious] principles – though they disagree on a few clauses and details – this does not help them create a source of authority that will gain world recognition and respect, influence [global] events, and charge [the world to recognize] the rights of its followers.
“True, we have religious jurisprudents and scholars, councils [of senior clerics] and religious institutions, but the term ‘source of authority,’ be it an institution or a religious leadership… means agreeing on a source of spiritual authority that transcends schools, methods and ideological approaches. [It must be a source of authority that] religious scholars, intellectuals and statesmen can take part in, and that will rise above disagreements and political disputes and devote itself to uniting the Muslims, stimulating them and defending their interests, without expropriating their freedoms or imposing its religious ruling upon them, and without becoming a theocracy, as happened with others.[2] The first mission [of this source of authority] will be to spread a culture of unity. It will address the most important issues [on the agenda], and its goal will be to formulate a unified concept and place the [Muslim] nation on an equal footing in its relations with others.
“Can I say that Muslims require a pope or a spiritual leader who enjoys honor and respect across the globe? Can I wonder about the absence of a contemporary Islamic role-model? Two things impel me to [say] this: first, the warm welcome extended to the Pope by most Christians, by the West in general, and by the entire world. The Pope has a magic power that no other figure possesses, and although the church has been marginalized for over 200 years, the man still wields power, at least moral [power]. His opinion is heard and his statements in defense of the Christian community and its religion are respected – something that Muslims cannot claim.
“The second thing [that impels me to speak out] is the bitterness I feel when I see that the Muslims have become orphans… and when I read of Mother Theresa, [Mahatma] Gandhi, [Nelson] Mandela and other contemporary figures, and recall that we [once] had so many figures who represented Islam’s humane, just, strong and tolerant nature, but today they seem to be absent. I feel bitter in the knowledge that Islam is immensely humane, to the point that the Koranic discourse juxtaposes the concept of man and the concept of Allah, perceiving man as [Allah’s] deputy and the bearer of His trust who is in charge of building His world, based on the perception that everything in the universe must labor [in man’s] service.
“The two things are interrelated, for a nation incapable of creating humane discourse, defending its global presence and spreading its revival and culture will surely fail to set up a source of authority to unite it, a leadership to speak in its name and an idea that will distinguish it from others and strongly motivate it to join the world and claim its rightful status in it…
“Please do not interpret my words as a call for Islamic ‘papacy.’ No one in Islam has the right to claim sanctity or [claim to be] Allah’s representative. But seeing the honor and global solidarity that the Catholic Pope enjoys wherever he goes, as expressed in all the media, leads me to speculate bitterly on the absence of such a religious human role-model in our world, which has over 1.5 billion Muslims…
“It is unfortunate that we Muslims, of all schools, agree on the need for a ‘Messiah’ or redeemer to open the gate to the next world, but do not attach importance to agreeing on such a Messiah here and now and summoning him to rebuild this world, which is saturated with destruction and dishonor that cause us suffering. Why do we not hasten to set up [such a figure], if one is needed, while others – despite all the disputes and disagreements among them – face the world with the help of such a moral authority, [i.e. the Pope,] whose state [i.e., the Vatican] is smaller than a single neighborhood in one of our small cities?…
“The Muslims are in dire need of an esteemed moral leadership… at a time when others scrutinize every possible word [the Muslims say, looking for an excuse] to include them on the terror list, and while the only thing left for the Islamic world to do is call for tolerance and justice, and persuade others that we are equal and that our religion is not based on the sword and does not believe in violence and blood.”
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