Muslim Antichrist proponents totally miss Islamic moral law
Dr. David Reagan has been receiving attacks on the Internet for his article in Lamplighter that debunked the concept of a Muslim Antichrist. One of the misconceptions of Muslim Antichrist proponents is that Islam is looking for a Mahdi that all Muslims will unite behind. They believe this Mahdi will be the Antichrist and will lead Muslims to fight against Israel and the “Christian” West. Never mind that there really is no Christian West there is only a pseudo Christian West. There are more true Christians in Communist China than there are in today’s humanistic Europe.
I frankly do not know why Christians believe Muslim eschatology as if the lies of Islam can give Christians prophetic truth? Perhaps they do so for two reasons.
One reason is because one of the main proponents of this Muslim Antichrist theory recently converted from Islam and instead of properly learning Christian eschatology used his shoehorn to ram Shiite eschatology and Christian eschatology into the same shoe. Yet, only ten percent of Islam even believes the eschatology that this man claims all Muslims will follow.
The other reason is because they want to make biblical eschatology fit the main threat that they see in the world today because they think Jesus has to come within a decade. Sorry guys, but the Lord is coming on God’s time schedule not yours. They fall in the same trap so many others did in history, i.e. the Pope, Hitler. Today the observable threat is Islam so the Antichrist has to come from Islam.
Nevertheless, I keep telling everyone that the Antichrist will be lawless. That does not fit Islam at all because Islam is all about trying to keep the moral law. When the real Antichrist arrives people will believe that He is God and if there is any religion in the world other than the worship of him it will be more like new age and alien concepts.
These Muslim Antichrist proponents have a strawman Antichrist. When the real Antichrist figure comes people will want to follow him like he was their God. The world does not throw a party when the Antichrist arrives on the scene and kills the two witnesses because he is now imposing Islamic law on them. They are rejoicing because He just killed the two prophets of God and set them free from moral law. Are these Muslim Antichrist proponents serious telling me that the whole world will follow some Islamic Mahdi with Islamic moral laws all the way to Armageddon? Give me a break! The concept is beyond ridiculous.
Dr. Reagan in this article points out why the Muslim Antichrist proponents have it all wrong about the teaching of Islam. Ninety percent of Muslims are not looking for a Mahdi and if one came they would not receive him. To think that all Muslims would accept the Mahdi is on par with expecting true Christians to believe that Jesus will gather all Mormons to New Jerusalem in Missouri before the judgment.
Further Thoughts About a Muslim Antichrist
By Dr. David R. Reagan
The January-February 2009 issue of our magazine, the Lamplighter, was devoted to the issue of whether or not the Antichrist could be a Muslim. I argued that there is no possibility.
Several readers questioned one of the points I made in the article, and I would like to respond to the question they raised. In the article I pointed out that those who believe the Antichrist will be a Muslim argue that he will be received by the Muslim world as their long-awaited Mahdi, or Messiah. I took the position that this is misleading to believe “that all the Islamic world is living in breathless anticipation of the appearance of the Mahdi, when the reality is that 90% of all Muslims – the Sunnis – are not looking for a Mahdi. In fact the concept of a Mahdi is not even found in orthodox versions of the Hadith like Sahih al Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.” I further observed that “the Sunni Muslims are looking instead for the appearance of the Antichrist, whom they call the Dajjal. If a person were suddenly to appear on the world scene claiming to be the Mahdi, he would be automatically rejected by the vast majority of Muslims.”
Those who questioned my position on this matter all pointed to two pieces of evidence which they said prove that Sunni Muslims do believe in the concept of a Mahdi. One was a fatwa issued by the Muslim World League, a Sunni organization, in 1976 which proclaimed that belief in a Mahdi is “obligatory.” The other was a long article on the Internet entitled “The Twelfth Imam.” In that article the author points out that there have been Sunni theologians throughout history who have believed in a Mahdi.
On the surface, both of these items seem to prove that the concept of a Mahdi is central to Sunni eschatology. But I would argue that both give support to my position.
Date posted: Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 12:39 pm | Under category: Beast/Antichrist, Bible prophecy teachers, Islam, Nonsense
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Well put, Don. It seems that the “humble” seekers have already invaded Dr Reagan’s website. I’m afraid that it won’t be long before Nathan will be forced to moderate.
I must say I’m also a little amazed how some who purport to take an exegetical approach to Scripture do not take Shoebat to task on his unusual view of 666 actually being b’ism’allah. Yet, conversely, they get very pedantic about the Dan 9:26 when arguing about the meaning of the “people of the coming prince”.
There is also a tendency in this camp to limit the range and power of the Antichrist by arguing that Revelation doesn’t teach a global rule. Yet the word for earth that they say means region is also applied to Christ’s rule. I guess some will debate to prove want they want to believe rather than what Scripture says.
I enjoyed this view. I once held dearly to an Islamic AC…but have backed off. My studies however have found that Islamic AC proponents are consumed with Islamic element only…and the non-Islamic AC proponents…never mention Islam at all in their theories. That is how someone like Obama can fill both roles in both camps. He is Islamic ..but he’s not!
He could keep the Islamic people “quelled” as he fulfills his duties, where as a royal bloodline european will have no “sway” with the Islamic community. For the record I do not believe Obama is ther AC but he could play both sides of the coin and get each sides ear. Let’s face it there are 1.5 billion hardcore Koran believing Muslims that are infiltrating Europe, The US ,Scandinavia..etc. What will they say about a Jew or a White European ruling over them?
Non-Islamic AC proponents do often address Islam in their theories. We say unbelievers will follow the Antichrist and Muslims are unbelievers. That does not make the Beast or the AC Islamic.
Your looking at things before the native Europeans bring a backlash against the Muslim invaders. I assure you it will happen in Europe. Hedonism cannot dwell with Islamic law. After the civil war there will be no radical Islam in Europe. Only pluralistic universalism will be allowed. The war against radical Islam will most likely bring in the AC figure.