Monday, April 15, 2013

Antichrist Rises?

I know I've posted on this some on my Facebook account, but it doesn't seem I've had time to blog a post about it on here.  In the book of Micah, famous for it's prophecy in Micah 5:2, of a Messiah to be born in Bethlehem, it continues on to tell of an adversary, a "satan" if you will, to rise against Israel.

Micah 5:2-6 2 "1But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. 2His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity." 3 Therefore He will give them up until the time When she who is in labor has borne a child. Then the remainder of His brethren Will return to the sons of Israel. 4 And He will arise and shepherd His flock In the strength of the LORD, In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God. And they will remain, Because 2at that time He will be great To the ends of the earth. 5 This One will be our peace. When the Assyrian invades our land, When he tramples on our citadels, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men. 6 They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of Nimrod at its entrances; And He will deliver us from the Assyrian When he attacks our land And when he tramples our territory. (underline mine)

We also know that the Jewish prophet exiled to Babylon (i.e. Persia, Iraq), Daniel, tells us in his vision about the last controlling one-world empire, that the ruler will confirm a seven year peace treaty with the many.

Daniel 9:27 - 10:1 27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."

So the antichrist will emerge in the name of peace.  He will come bringing peace to the Middle East, something that many U.S. presidents have been unable to do (for America has a different purpose in the divine plan?).

Micah tells us that asshur will arise against Israel, and that Israel will be delievered by that One born in Bethlehem.  Asshur is translated in our Bibles as the Assyrian.  This empire still exists, the capital of which, Damascus, also occupies a major prophecy seemingly about to be fulfilled as well (Is. 17:1, 14).  Today it is considerably smaller, but retains essentially the same name, that's right, Syria!

It seems that there is a Syrian man rising up in the name of peace, the media will point out that he is a former preacher.  But in post-Christian America, what you may not be as quick to catch is that he is a Muslim preacher.  That's right.  And Islam's holy book says that a one-world order, that is, a global Caliphate under sharia law, comes about through the annihilation of the Jewish nation.  Many of their preachers also declare "... and the great Satan," meaning the U.S. of A. 

I found an interesting, informative article about this Syrian, Moaz al-Khatib in the Financial Times. 

Moaz al-Khatib, the Damascene preacher elevated to lead Syria’s rebel coalition last November, is the most astute tactician the opposition has fielded so far.
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he is a mainstream Muslim preacher from a family that have long been the custodians of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, one of the holiest places of Islam, and he is widely respected across Syria’s mosaic of different religious communities. It is worth careful parsing.

Though I may find different as I study and learn more, it seems that he is more of a "moderate" Muslim, advocating, at least publically, for an inclusive, ecumenical environment for all religous persuations in Syria; Shiite, Sunni, Druze, Christian.

Will the Pope come alongside this man in the name of peace and ecumenical pluralism?  The newly elected Pope is on track up to the present, reaching out to "nonbelievers" and Muslims, not trying to explain as the Christ Himself did, that Y'shua is the only path to heaven, and all the other paths lead to destruction (Mt. 7:13,14).

If my assumptions are correct, these two will eventually come together, with the Pope supporting this man, and turning many so-called Christians to a new Chrislam, complete with the disclosure of Aliens and "ascended humans".

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