Waiting for Islam's Messiah

Posted by on 12 July 2008 | 0 Comments

In the News...

By George Thomas.  CBN News Reporter.  July 17, 2008

CBNNews.com - QOM, Iran -- Iran's president believes Allah has chosen him to prepare the world for the coming of an Islamic 'savior' called the Mahdi.  But before the Mahdi's return, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes there must be global chaos - even if he has to create it himself.  Whether it's his belief that Israel should be wiped off the map, denials of the Holocaust, obsession with going nuclear, or support for radical Islamic terrorist groups, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a man on a divine mission...   And if all this wasn't mystical enough, there's also the belief that when the Mahdi comes back, he will be accompanied by Jesus Christ.  Cantrell further explained, "The Mahdi will take Jesus to Mecca, they will circum-ambulate the Kabah together. The Mahdi will teach Jesus to pray; at which time Jesus will then replace the Gospel with the Koran, and then all of us Christians, wherever you are on the face of the earth, will convert to Islam because Islam will be deemed the one lasting pure religion."  READ MORE

Donnie's Remarks...

'What' a person does is not as revealing as 'why' a person does it.  'Why' a person does something gets to the heart of the individual and reveals their motive.  The motive of the individual will then drive the person's actions.  The reason President Ahmadinejad is constantly on my prophetic radar screen is his revealed motive - the destruction of Israel and his desire to bring in a decidedly 'Antichristian' leader known as the 'Mahdi' or the 'Twelfth Imam.'  Prophecy reveals that in the end-times two beastly individuals will oppress Israel and the Church.  We call the first Beast, the Antichrist, and we refer to the Second Beast as the False Prophet.  Both will definitely possess the spirit of 'anti-Christ' attempting to prevent people from believing the Gospel to be saved.

Revelation 13:11-18 (NIV)
¹¹ Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. ¹² He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. ¹³ And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. ¹⁴ Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. ¹⁵ He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. ¹⁶ He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, ¹⁷ so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
¹⁸ This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.