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vendredi 7 mars 2014

Will The Antichrist Be A Muslim Or Not

By Mollie Burton


The identity and origin of the famous antichrist has been a question that has been on the minds of many religious believers simply. This man is known as one of the future leaders of the world who will woo the people into believing his own brand of ideology and will eventually bring suffering later on. One of the theories of this man is will the antichrist be a Muslim or not.

Now this theory has become so popular that there were even many Bible scholars who wrote arguments about it. In a nutshell, this theory stemmed out from the fact that radical Muslims have been aiming for world domination for many years. It is because of this fact that there was a possibility that the antichrist will be part of these Muslims.

Philip Goodman is one of the most well known Bible scholars who made a book on this theory. Now he is known to only use Bible texts as his references and of course some facts from history to back it up. Now his argument here is that since the Bible says that the leader would be from the East of the former Roman empire, then he will come from Iraq because this is where the former Roman Empire is now.

He also backs it up by quoting Micah chapter five verse five which states that when the times are ending, the Assyrians would try to take over Israel. Now the land formerly known as Assyria is actually now Iraq. So in a sense, the leader, who is supposedly Assyrian, would come from Assyria which is now known as Iraq and is an Islamic nation.

Of course one cannot only look at the Bible as a full reference but would have to see what the Muslims say as well. Now to do this, one has to take a look at what the Quran says as well. In the Quran, one can see that Muhammad did say something about this man and called him the Masih ad Dajjal.

Now the Masih ad Dajjal is the man who would be ruling the earth for many years before the upcoming Judgment Day. He is known for his blind right eye and his ability to be able to perform miracles. However, he would eventually be struck down by the Messiah during the final hour.

Now if one would put the book of Revelation together with the Quran, one can actually see a lot of similarities. One of the minor differences would actually be that according to the Muslims, the Dajjal would be originating from Khorasan instead of Iraq. However, one can see that these two lands are actually very close to each other and would still point out to him coming from an Islamic region.

Now after examining these two texts, one can actually see that there is quite a chance that the antichrist is indeed a Muslim. Now one thing to note is that what he preaches will be in contrast to the Bible or Quran. However, one day a Messiah would come in order to defeat him.




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