Abandon the Living Water for the Flesh Hungers

I find it incredible that there are so many churches that believe in what is called replacement theology. It is the belief that because the Jews denied their Messiah, they forfeit all their promises and they now fall on the church. This is a Heresy. One that is so dangerous in fact it helped to lead to the Holocaust. It was not just Hitler and the Nazis that led to this, but the silent, anti-Semitic pulpits in Germany. 

The issue that we have to deal with in this viewpoint is first, the covenant with Abraham. In Genesis 15 God forms His covenant with Abraham. In verse 9 and 10 Abraham is told to divide up the sacrifice and lay them out. This is where we get the term, to cut a covenant. Two people making a covenant would cut up a sacrifice then walk in a figure eight motion passing through the divided halves repeating the terms of the covenant. This would be a binding agreement between the two. Now, the issue comes in verse 12 when Abraham is put into a deep sleep and in verse 17 the Lord passes through the sacrifice alone. What does this mean? The covenant that God made with Abraham is unconditional. 

In Genesis 27 Isaac when giving the blessing to Jacob who would become Israel stated in verse 27, "Cursed be everyone that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee." so this mean if we turn our backs on Israel we had better watch out. We find that many of the denominations actually hold a replacement theology view, and actually support and call for Israel to give up the land to Palestine. Bethel World Outreach is huge into this. The rebuttal to this is found in Joel 3:2 "I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land." The word in the Hebrew for plead means to judge or punish. So God will judge or punish for his people who we know as Israel in the old testament, and for parting His land. We need to understand that it is God's land. The scariest thing for me in my viewpoint, is the way America has turned it's back on Israel. It was happening in the prior administration, but it is now in full force. We need to wake up, and the church needs to come to the realization we do not replace Israel.

In Luke 1 verses 26-33 we see the promise of Gabriel to Mary concerning Christ. Verse 32-33 especially are important, "He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end." Has Christ ever sat on David's throne? NO! It was not around at that time. At this time Christ is on the Fathers throne. Romans 9, 10, and 11, for 3 chapters Paul over and over hammers that God is not through with Israel. Revelation, chapter 4 and on is very misunderstood because we do not know our Old Testament and we are looking at it through western eyes, but when looking at it through the lens of Israel and an eastern viewpoint, many things fall into place. God is not through with Israel, and we need to understand that we serve a Jewish King. In the Millennium there will be sacrifices. It is in remembrance of what Christ did for us on the cross.

We need to pray for our country, we need to pray for Israel, and we need to stand up and become the men and women of God that we are called to be. We spend every waking moment feeding our flesh, when it is our souls that are dying of thirst. How can we continue on in this lifestyle and claim Christ as our Lord and Savior to the world? We must take up the WHOLE armor of God. We need to understand what the Bible says. I get so tired of hearing, "My pastor said, or this person said." I could care less what someone says if you cannot show it to me in the Bible. We must become Bereans and take Acts 17:11 to heart. Dark days are coming if we continue down this same path. There is no promise that we in America will not suffer what the majority of the rest of Christians in the world have suffered for the last 2000 years. J Vernon McGee predicted that true believers – even here in America – will eventually have to go “underground.” But he also added…
“The attacks against them will come from the denominational churches” We will see if this is to come to pass. To close I will quote Thomas Jefferson, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever." 

Islam in Bible Prophecy pt 13. The Final Thoughts

The Reality

Even if you don’t believe the Bible, world circumstance are unfolding just as foretold. Either the prophets are prophets or they are just really good guessers.

A call for a unified Islamic world is now being called for. Iranian president Ahmadinejad in 2005 to UN stated,"From the beginning of time, humanity has longed for the day when justice, peace, equality, and compassion envelop the world. O mighty Lord, I pray to you to hasten the emergence of your last repository, the promised one, that perfect and pure human being, the one that will fill this world with justice and peace.When that day comes, the ultimate promise of all Divine religions will be fulfilled with the emergence of a perfect human being who is heir to all prophets and pious men. He will lead the world to justice and absolute peace." 

Her the West had their first introduction to the Mahdi. Iran has now established an institute dedicated to the study of the Mahdi. It even produces children’s magazines and many other educational materials.

The Mahdi will be able to call lightning down from heaven. The Shahab, the choice name picked for Iran’s missile, literally means lightning. The countdown has begun. They even have the mosque ready for his coming.

Hojjatieh is the society of the Shia muslims that is all about the coming of the Mahdi-The Lunatics Are Running the Asylum
They are Governed by a conviction that the 12th Imam’s return can be hastened by causing chaos upon the earth. Ahmadinejad’s mentor and spiritual advisor, Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, is considered by many to presently be the highest-ranking member of the Hojjatieh Society.

The defining element has many in the world that are paying attention concerned, that the Mahdi returns at time of Chaos and bloodshed.

Netanyahu describes the group as “I was looking for an analogy to try to explain to Americans what it is that is so dangerous about Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. You remember those crazy people in Waco, Texas? Imagine David Koresh with nuclear weapons. Imagine David Koresh, not with hundreds of followers, but millions of followers, with nuclear weapons, wanting to obliterate America, wanting to obliterate America’s allies, wanting to take over the world’s oil supply. If the lunatics escape from the asylum, that is one thing; however, if they can get their hands on a nuclear weapon, that is another. This is that kind of cult. It’s the cult of the Mahdi”

While focusing on this in Iran they miss the infestation that this view is also spreading to Iraq in both Shi’a and Sunni sects. January 2007 American troops killed a guy claiming to be the Mahdi. One of my buddies was actually on that mission. According to Zeyad, there are now at least 7 different Mahdist sects in Iraq, each one believing the return of the Mahdi is imminent.

Even in the 19th century in Algeria this was happening.

FALSE CHRISTS

Christ said in last days many would rise, this is happening in the Middle East. Muslims have a sense of entitlement that world domination is their destiny. There have been calls to return Muslim caliphate. Sheikh Raed Salah of the Islamic movement in Israel stated, "Jerusalem will soon be the capital of a Muslim Arab Caliphate, and all efforts by the Israeli establishment to Judaize the city will amount to nothing...soon Jerusalem will be the capital of the new Muslim caliphate, and the caliph's seat will be there."

Many surveys show since the US began fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan Muslims see this as a war on ISLAM. Muslims regard themselves as UMA or community of believers. They share a brotherhood.
The Caliphate is still esteemed by modern day Muslims. How many times have we heard most  Muslims are moderate, yet we don't hear that over 2/3 in many surveys call for a Caliphate and implementation of Sharia.

It is a requirement that the Caliphate declare official Jihad, this is part of the reason that Muslims say they are against terrorism, because it has not been OK’d by the Caliphate. Once there is a Caliphate, it is law that they must declare Jihad.

Gog Magog

It is time for Christians to get their house in order. We see Ezekiel 38 and Psalm 83 coalition forming right before our eyes. New developments seem to fall into place daily. Among specific nations Turkey, Iran, Sudan Syria and Libya

Analysts all agree the most significant thing from the war in Iraq is the power of Shi’a has risen. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been top in oil production. Simply put, whoever has the oil has the money and the power. Iran is the 2nd greatest oil producer. In this whole thing This whole thing nations are taking sides. One side we have is primarily Sunni and so-called moderate Western friendly coalition, and on the other side is a divided Shi’a/Sunni coalition that is staunchly anti-west and far from moderate.

This division fits perfectly with what we are to see in end times Daniel 2:41 “The Kingdom will be divided”

In light of blatantly violent calls from Islamic nations to destroy Israel, the belief peace can happen is like Neville chamberlain’s peace treaty with Hitler. Septmeber 30, 1938, "PM Neville Chamberlain arrived back in the UK today, holding an agreement signed by Adolph Hitler which is stated the German leader's desire never to go to war with Britain again. Mr. Chamberlain declared the accord with the Germans signaled 'peace for our time,' after he had read it to the jubilant crowd gathered at Heston airport in west London. The German leader stated in the agreement: 'We are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Europe." 

Likewise and even more frightening, is the apostle Paul's warning in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 "But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."



CONCLUSION
Nearly every statistic is pointing to the direction of the end. The world we live in is forming to the world prophesied, and the time is shorter than we can imagine, therefore, let us hasten the work of God.  Let us not fall short of that which we are called to. Let us stand and be burning lighthouses that can be seen from the ends of the earth to the deepest darkest reaches of the shadows. We must speak Christ to this world, and truly live or lives for Him. It is what we have been made for, to serve and be in intertwined relationship with our King who loved us so much, He did not even spare His own life. We must kill the man inside, die to ourselves daily, and allow Christ to reign in our lives, and in so doing take His message to the world. We will give an account before the Bema seat what we did for the Kingdom. That day is fast approaching, much quicker than most realize. What will you have left when your treasure and inheritance is tested with fire?

Islam in Bible Prophecy pt. 12 Gog and Magog

 
Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38-39. This is an issue that has many different viewpoints. Some see this as before Armageddon, some see it as during Armageddon. The viewpoint that is presented in these notes is that it occurs during Armageddon. I personally am still undecided as to which viewpoint I hold. I have studied both and continue to search out both viewpoints from a biblical standpoint. I highly suggest you do this as well and research all of this yourself and form your own conclusion.

Gog and Magog

Magog is Russia according to most prophecy scholars. Russia arms Muslim nations doesn’t it? But,  selling weapons doesn’t mean they fulfill the role of Magog. Circumstances change but God’s word does not. The Bible's warning for Christians in Matthew 10:16 “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” 

In Ezekiel 38:2 “Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,” The word is Rosh in some translations. Those who argue that Rosh in that passage is a proper noun almost universally argue that it is referring to the modern nation of Russia. Others object to this saying Prince of Rosh is better translated as the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Meshech and Tubal are not linked with Rosh anywhere else in the Bible. So it is extremely unlikely Rosh will suddenly take on entirely different meaning as these people try and say. Rosh appears 600 times in the bible and it is also translated head, chief, prince etc.

So who is right? There are other countries in Gog and Magog. Magog encompasses Asia Minor, but some try to point to Russia as well. The land of the Scythians. Josephus called them the offspring of Magog. They are ancient Northern nomadic tribes that inhabited the territory from central Asia to central Russia. This proves that if this is Scythian territory, it is the Southern Region of former USSR, not Russia proper.  These are Muslim countries. Scythia includes Asia Minor, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan etc.
These are ALL Muslim nations. Many scholars use the proper references, but draw a wrong conclusions.

Grant Jeffery quotes Rollinson, “The areas…that were ruled by the Scythians are located south of Russia and in the southern republics of the Commonwealth of Independent states. The  Former USSR
Correctly" He quotes Rollinson but makes wrong conclusion.


THE INVASION

Most teach Islam is defeated to give rise to a European Antichrist.

At that time Israel will be “Pure” Ezekiel 38:23-39;7-8 Gentiles will know God, God Himself says that after the defeat of Gog and his armies, all the Gentile nations as well as Israel will be convicted of their unbelief and will know that he (Jehovah) is God: They that dwell in the coastlands

How can these be heathen? They are all Muslim. Ezekiel 38:16 “And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.”

Allah or Christ is the choice.

This event happens in the Latter days.

Islam turns EVERYTHING upside down. Christ is present, Gog and Armageddon.
Ezekiel 38:20 who is present, God in the flesh.
Ezekiel 39:7”  “ The Holy One IN Israel

This in is crucial. Ezekiel 38:19 My fury will come up in my face.

Destruction of both Gog and Antichrist is accompanied by earthquake of unparalleled proportions. Ezekiel 38:19-20 “For in my jealousy [and] in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.”

Shake at my presence? Is this the same earthquake as Zechariah 19?

Revelation tells this event occurs when the army of Antichrist goes against Israel. Revelation 16:18-20 “And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, [and] so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.”

Zechariah 14:1-4 “Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.”

Everything about the events, indicate that this war is no mere opening act for the Great Tribulation. The Return of Christ in battle is described in Joel 3:12 “Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.” 3:16 “The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD [will be] the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.”
 
Revelation is teeming with OT passages
Revelation 19 and battle of Armageddon is founded in Ezekiel 38.

Ezekiel 38:17 “Thus saith the Lord GOD; [Art] thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days [many] years that I would bring thee against them?”
-When this event happens, the Lord asks are you not the one spoken of by the prophets, plural

If Israel’s prophets speak of Gog and Magog as being Russia and leading to a European, western Antichrist, then where are all the references?

Islam in Bible Prophecy pt. 11 The Beasts

To most, the Islamic End time’s thesis represents something new. Modern end times beliefs are not old school in nature. Modern interpreters have fallen into western thought patterns. Many old scholars believed the system spoken of was Islamic. Not only is it correct to Assume that the Church would gain greater clarity as the day draws nearer (2 peter 1:19) but the truth is that what we are presenting here is nothing new at all. Since the earliest day of Islamic conquest, early church leaders saw it fulfill the role of Antichrist. Many great Jewish and Christian commentators saw Islam as this.
The traditional western interpretation correctly sees ancient  empires, yet misses their dual fulfillment.

-Lion-animal representing Babylon
-Bear-Medo Persian. Bear arose on one side, Persia not Media. Iran is rising, but Media or Kurdistan is not.
-Leopard-clear reference to alexander the great.

Everyone is waiting for Europe to rise, but they are a group of TOOTHLESS people.

This country described as Iron represents Ruthlessness. Are we the only ones saying Islam is the beast. Hardly!
This is not presenting a private interpretation, Revelation 17 gives us insight into the identification of the 11th horn, the final antichrist empire. At time is was written 5 empires already fallen. This concludes 8 horns.

Time that it was written, 5 empires had already fallen.
1-Egyptian empire (1 horn)
2-Assyrian (1 horn)
3-Babylonian (1 horn)
4-Persian (1 horn)
5-Greek (4horns)
6-Roman (1 horn)
7-Islamic (1 horn) Beat by the west, Revived as the 8th kingdom and 11th horn
TOTAL-11 horns and 8 kingdoms
Note: Alexander’s empire broke into 4 kingdoms Daniel 2/7

The 4th Kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and the beast correlate. In both cases it is specific element of Iron that is highlighted. Both Kingdoms are said to crush 3 empires that came before them. In Nebuchadnezzar’s statue, iron will crush the others. In Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it [was] diverse from all the beasts that [were] before it; and it had ten horns.”

We are clearly dealing with the same kingdom. The reason to see  both as the same is because of the decline of both. Both kingdoms are destroyed utterly and completely upon Christ’s return.

The rock in the dream is the Kingdom of God. Daniel 2:34-35 “Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”

Notice 3 empires and the fourth are broken at same time. Likewise
Daniel 7:11-12 “I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld [even] till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.” Many have misinterpreted this verse that  after 4th beast is destroyed the others will be allowed to go on for a bit.  In other words, while the first three empires each lived on in the empires that followed them, the death of the 4th would be utterly complete when Christ returns.

This 4th empire would not gradually decay and those preceding, nor would it be absorbed. When Cyrus took Babylon, citizens and culture lived under medo-persian and so on

Note about Rome…. Roman experienced a very slow death. As such, it is can not be said –as Preterists claim- that the fourth beast, which would be utterly and decisively destroyed, could find its ultimate fulfillment in the historic Roman Empire. Not just the last, but all 4 destroyed.

The Final Empire will encompass previous 3. Daniel 7:26-27 “But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy [it] unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.”


VISION OF THE 4 BEASTS

Each Beast comes out of the sea “peoples and nations”

Daniel 7:4-7 “The first [was] like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and [it had] three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.  After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it [was] diverse from all the beasts that [were] before it; and it had ten horns.”

Bronze nails point to a Grecian not a Roman Antichrist

Textual evidence Nails of Bronze, Bronze represents Greece, and the 10 toes are of the 3rd metal component. Grecian empire was Middle Eastern, not European.  Many legs of iron represents the Roman empire, they don’t make connection that legs extend out of the bronze thighs. Which is Grecian. Compare the Ottoman to Greece and they are nearly identical.  Greece went all the way to India. Rome barely made it to the Euphrates.

Viewing the Iron. We cannot isolate it by itself, bronze is in it. Daniel 7:7 "After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it [was] diverse from all the beasts that [were] before it; and it had ten horns."

These are the same ten horns we have already seen in Revelation 17 all these defeated by little horn. Ruler of the entire 4th Kingdom

Daniel 7:8 “I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn [were] eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.” 7:11 “I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld [even] till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.”

The 4th Kingdom from Dan 2 and 7 are the same. The 4th beast is the Islamic empire initiated by Mohammed in the 7th century



Examination of thre dream by Daniel. Daniel 2:31-35 “Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness [was] excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof [was] terrible. This image's head [was] of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
-If the statue represents ancient Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Greco-Roman; than why do we see all these destroyed? If Daniel 2 speaks of history how does messiah destroy them? He crushed all at same time verse 34. If the 4th metal Iron is Rome, did Rome crush what was ancient Babylon? NO!
 
The Roman and Babylonian empires did not really overlap. Did Rome ever overtake Babylon (Iraq) or Persia (Iran)? No! So if Rome fell many of the other empires would be left unscathed. Yet the text is clear; when the 4th is destroyed it will crush all the others as well.

Islam in Bible Prophecy pt. 10 Symbolism, Beast, and the 8 Empires

Symbolism and allegory

The Bible is God’s word and He means for us to understand what He says, not what we would like Him to say. The Bible is constant
Satan will not succeed in controlling whole world. God intervened at the Tower of Babel and this will happen again.

Symbols

The Bible often uses mountains as a symbol representing a kingdom or an empire. Isaiah 2:2-4 “And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” God’s kingdom will be over all other kingdoms. This is understood easily by people in the west.

Rome is a city of 7 hills, but Ahmadinejad said, “Do not doubt, Allah will prevail, and Islam will conquer mountain tops of the entire world” He is speaking of the great kingdoms and governments of the west. Proper eastern allegoric usage.

Many passages confirm this of use of mountain
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Ezekiel 34:6 “My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek [after them].”

-Daniel 2:35 ” Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
From the stone that is Messiah will come God’s Kingdom

-Psalms 46:2-3 “Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.”  46:6 “The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.”

If one reads this passages replacing mountains with Kingdoms and streams for peoples and cultures these make much more sense. In this verse in Psalms the Bible even gives the explanation. Mountains falling v2 are kingdoms falling v6

Christ spoke of having the faith of a mustard seed to move mountains, these are governments and kingdoms, what the first disciples did. Completely changing the Middle East.

Revelation 17:5 “And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
 
-Waters and rivers represent peoples.

The Primary source for understanding a word or a symbol is the text itself.

-Daniel 7:4 “The first [was] like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.”

-Psalm 72:8 “He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.”

These 2 passages are saying the same thing.  Daniel says Christ will rule over peoples and nations, Psalms uses streams and rivers to say the same thing. Isaiah 42:15 “I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.” Isaiah 43:2 “When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”

The Bible also uses symbols of heads to represent kingdoms

Revelation 17:9 “And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.”

The kingdom is obviously ruled by a king. One cannot have a kingdom without a king. Revelation 13:3 “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.”
-One of the Kingdoms is destroyed and seems to come back to life,

Many believe the beast is a man, but it is clear from scripture that a single entity does not necessarily mean a single being.

Revelation 19:7 “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.”
-The wife represents many people, the beast of revelation represents a group.

The metaphorical use of beast and bride are consistent of this type of use throughout scripture. The beast references in Daniel refer to kingdoms. Beast always represents group of people that follows false religion and the horn is its leader. Satan seeks to be like God, rule the earth, and have his own kingdom. This is why we see the uprising of an Islamic empire. Just as Bride waits for Christ, Islam waits for Mahdi. He will lead his followers in footsteps of Muhammad.
 

Qur'an  27:82 Allah even says that He will send a beast (a very grotesque, terrifying animal) as a prophet for mankind. Allah will create a beast from earth to talk to the unbelievers after Allah had punished them. Ibn Abbas confirms that the beast will come with the mast of Moses. Jalalyn says the beast will preach in Arabic. Ibn Kathir provides a good description of this Muslim beast. He writes:

It was also recorded by Ibn Majah. Ibn Jurayj reported that Ibn Az-Zubayr described the beast and said, "Its head is like the head of a bull, its eyes are like the eyes of a pig, its ears are like the ears of an elephant, its horns are like the horns of a stag, its neck is like the neck of an ostrich, its chest is like the chest of a lion, its colour is like the colour of a tiger, its haunches are like the haunches of a cat, its tail is like the tail of a ram, and its legs are like the legs of a camel. Between each pair of its joints is a distance of twelve cubits. It will bring out with it the staff of Musa and the ring of Sulayman. There will be no believer left without it making a white spot on his face, which will spread until all his face is shining white as a result; and there will be no disbeliever left without it making a black spot on his face, which will spread until all his face is black as a result, then when the people trade with one another in the marketplace, they will say, `How much is this, O believer' `How much is this, O disbeliever'. And when the members of one household sit down together to eat, they will know who is a believer and who is a disbeliever."




NAME

The Bible uses a name as a declaration of faith or creed. We see the following not giving us the literal name of God, but the meaning- Everlasting father, prince of peace, etc.

Names in the East are in regard to the creed or attributes and titles of the person they signify. In this same way the name of the beast is a blasphemous declaration. This is crucial. The Harlot has names “creeds” of blasphemy. So do the followers of antichrist

DRAGON
The Dragon we know is none other than Satan Revelation 12:9 “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
Revelation 12:3 “And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.”

The Beast

The Apostle John gives descriptions of the beast. Revelation 17:3 “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”

Seven heads are 7 empires that have existed. Yet they re-arise at the end. The Bible clarifies its symbolism. Revelation 17:9-11 “And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, [and] the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.”

There are several reasons why this cannot be referring to Rome or Europe
Called seven heads, mountains and kings. There is a city on 7 hills, but the context is wrong. How could Rome be situated on seven hills that are also seven kings, each with a name of blasphemy on it?

Insight into this fact that before Jesus returns there will be 8 empires, the 8th being antichrist’s.

At the time that it was written, 5 empires had already fallen.
1-Egyptian empire
2-Assyrian
3-Babylonian
4-Persian
5-Greek
 
6-Roman

After these 5 the Angel told John 1 Is, which was Rome, which ruled Middle East, Africa and Europe. This gives us the composite of the Last, and the sequence up until the 7th. This is the summary of a prophetic riddle. So we need to identify who the 7th is because it will give us the 8th. They 8th will be a resurrection or revived version of the 7th. The Beast who once was, and was not, and is the 8th. The 7th beast will come back. In John’s day the 7th did not exist, but will include them all. If we are now waiting for the final 8th what was the 7th? What followed the Roman Empire. The Revived roman empire issue is Rome was the 6th. This would mean Rome 3 times was in power, this is not biblical. Every one of the previous 6 ruled the Middle East including Jerusalem. The Bible is Jerusalem centric.

This point cannot be underscored. If we look at 1st six empires, each destroyed or consumed the prior. Who overcame the Roman Empire and in so doing became the 7th? None other, than the Ottoman Turks. 

Islam in Bible Prophecy pt. 9 The Harlot

 

THE HARLOT

The Harlot of Babylon is described as a desert location

Revelation 17:3 “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”

Jesus Himself warned us that religious imposters would be in desert Matthew 24:26 “Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, [he is] in the secret chambers; believe [it] not.”

The Harlot is a woman, a city and is a spiritual driver of politics.  She is Seen sitting on many waters and a Spiritual source that influences the people. City, waters, desert matches Isaiah 21 in which Babylon is called the desert of the sea. All of the biblical descriptions must be met. Saudi Arabia fills these descriptions of mystery Babylon exactly. Wee need to apply literal findings to allegorical statements

 Revelation 17:2 “With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” this provider of wine intoxicates the nations. Many in the west see this wine as Catholic Church communion.

Revelation 17:1-6 “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.  And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.”

Revelation17:18 “And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.”

Two important descriptions stand out

1:exists in geographically in a desert region

2:”Kings of the earth ”figuratively commit adultery with her in order to obtain her “wine” in exchange for betraying God’s people.

What desert wine intoxicates the earth and causes a region to grow rich? What false religion teaches that blood of Christians and Jews should be shed? What desert nation today is the geographical womb from which this false harlot religion was birthed?

Joel 3 talks about this wine and the harlot, and the reason for God’s judgment against the nations. Joel 3:1-3 “For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.”

It is sad most claiming Christians don’t know the division of Israel and treatment of Israel will be what Christ judges the nation for. Many will bear shame for ignoring this most important text. Among various crimes against God and his people is dividing up God’s land. Israel is constantly pressured to carve out Judea for a Palestinian state.

The price paid for sale of Israel Joel 3:3

Nations will sell out Israel in order to coddle the harlot and obtain her wine. Joel 3:1 is time context. The Harlot uses both Islam and oil as wine, through which she seduces nations of the world compromising Israel. In the east new converts to Christianity get all this quickly. Revelation 18:3 “For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.” this is not a small issue. Babylon’s maddening influence of oil is seen throughout the world. If you are tracking what the Muslim Brotherhood has been doing since 1981 following their document and plan known as the Project, it should scare you. They are successfully about 3/4 of the way through this slow, methodic plan to slowly invade and overtake the west. There are so many people with ties to extreme Islam working in our government it is scary.

When one becomes a Christian and receives the Holy Spirit, we see the fruits: Love, joy, peace, patience etc.…We see the opposite in converts of Islam murder, rape, pursuit of self and flesh…and the financial dimension Oil is used to pressure and blackmail nations. Oil will be as a carrot in front of a horse. Saudi Arabia refuses to increase oil production, should we be surprised that after OPEC came OAPEC (organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries) whose purpose is to exert pressure on the west and its support of Israel. What Arab Islamic nation is most likely to use oil to influence the foreign policy of other countries, exports Islam,  Oil net exports and production are higher than any other member of OPEC? Revelation 18:3Just yesterday we read that the U.N. is pushing for the boycott of American companies that work in Israel. This is being led by the Human Rights Council which President Bush refused to join, but Obama quickly joined. Who is on this panel? Mostly Islamic countries and countries known for their respect of human rights such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Libya, China, and Cuba.

The merchants of the earth have grown rich due to her abundance of oil Jeremiah 51:13 “O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.”

Many may still argue the wine in Rev 17 is allegory of something spiritual. Isaiah 34 will remove this thought.

Isaiah 34:8-10 “For [it is] the day of the LORD'S vengeance, [and] the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.”

Incredibly 3 millennia before discovery of fuel oil, Isaiah predicted burning of the very thing that was used in Babylon to build a name for rebellious ones that is pitch. Pitch is butamin and tar or oil, technically crude oil. Do you wonder why God calls antichrist Nimrod in Micah 5? The roots go back to Babel. The land is not like but actually becomes burning pitch. This could only be an oil rich land. The word for “streams” (Nachal) is not water streams but “torrent, wadi, valley, mine or tunnel” Obviously water would never burn like pitch. A land that burns, burning tunnels of petroleum.

Revelation 18:9 “nd the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,”

Revelation 18:18 “And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like unto this great city!”

Remember the oil fields during the first gulf war, even during the day the skies were black with smoke. Isaiah describes this. Revelation 18:4-7 “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.”

Chalice of Mystery Babylon is the same as Jeremiah 51:7 “Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.”

When God issues judgment he gives her the same cup she used to establish herself and power.  Burning her with it, Radical Islamists will turn on Saudi Arabia and give her something twice as bad as any other nation has seen. She will be burned in one hour, she will fall, Kings will weep for their oil.

This cannot be ancient Babylon. This same rendering is in Jeremiah 59:11 “Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.” this judgment is from Teman to Dedan. Ezekiel 25:12-13 “Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.”

This destruction of Arabia is complete and fits the description of prophecies that correlate with Isaiah 34

Revelation 18:8-10 “Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.”

17-18 “For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like unto this great city!”

Ships on the red sea can easily see the harlot’s destruction, she will be consumed with fire and it is permanent. Apart from Sodom and Gomorrah this type of destruction has never been seen. Revelation 18:1-2 “And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”

This is in line with ancient eastern perception that desert wastelands are habitations for demons and spirits. Jeremiah agrees  in 50:39 “Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell [there], and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.”

Isaiah confirms this 34:14 “The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.”

The destruction is absolute

Broom of destruction, could this be describing nuclear explosion

Joel 2:30” And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.”  Could pillars of smoke be scene of mushroom cloud?

Revelation 17 tells us the beast hates the harlot, and will turn on her, killing her and devouring her. 17:16-18 “And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.”

How can this be? Some may argue Muslims would never attack such Islamic holy sites. But, many Muslims have attacked the city of Mecca. The First world war, Saudi Arabia was occupied by ottoman Turks. The Turks hated the Arabs and to this day they hold this disdain. The Turks bombarded mosques of Kahba. Prophecies of Islam dictate such an event. Thus if the day comes when this happens radical Muslimswill be emboldened because by fulfilling prophecy they are carrying out Allah’s plan.

Islam in Bible Prophecy pt. 8 The Mark of the Beast

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Unlocking the mark of the beast

Revelation 13:16-17 "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: 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." So three different things his mark, his name or his number. Name does not always indicate a literal name. Name is essentially referencing to the nature or character of person.

TITLES

-Revelation 19:13 “And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.”  16 “And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

 -Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

The Names of Jesus are not all literal names, but titles. A Creed or declaration of faith is the title. Immanuel is our creed God with us.

John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

The Significance of the name of the beast is the name of blasphemy Rev 13:1 “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.”

Satan blasphemed God Isaiah 14:14 “That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!” Satan wants to be equal or greater than God. The Name of the beast is not just a name of blasphemy, but THE name OF blasphemy. The Name is claim to be equal to or greater than God or Messiah.

Islam has memorialized its antichrist theology in its creed

Shahadatan is the Islamic creed and the 1^st pillar of Islam. La ilaha il Allah, muhammadan rasul-allah This means “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is The One sent by Allah(messenger of Allah) There are two elements of this creed, and they fulfill both dimensions of blasphemy. They try to say that Allah means God and they are the same. So if you go up to a Muslim and say, I want to become a Muslim, they will be very excited and will tell you all you have to say is there is no god but allah and muhammed is his messenger. If you say, "There is no God but God, and muhamed is his messenger" they will say "No" you have to say there is no God but Allah. They are not interchangeable in Islam

Attempts to claim there is  another God than Yaway is blasphemy, the Shahadatan is blasphemous toward the God of he Bible because it attempts to place Muhammad in the position that only Jesus the Messiah can fill.  Muslims Identify Mohammad as the perfect man, mercy to all mankind, the greatest of all sent by God, the healer, the deliverer, chosen, the prince, the first and last, messenger of the last days battle. Praised one. This should not be a title of a man. Yet despite this blasphemy it is recited into the ear of every Muslim child.

The essential observation, mark, name, number, and image is submission tot the beast.

Revelation 14:9-12 “And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

In the simplest of terms the mark is the emblem or identifying mark of the coming beast king and people will identify themselves with his kingdom. You cannot accidentally embrace or receive it. It is an outward indicator of inward allegiance and submission. You must deny Christ to take the mark.  Many who perceive the mark of beast as a little back door hidden thing Satan will use.

Charagma means stamp or imprinted mark. So followers will have this on forehead or hand. In the Greek for right hand is the word Dexios, which can be translated right side, arm or shoulder. Muslims take this because the Badge is an Islamic commandment."Allah will save a man from my nation above all creation on judgment day. In front of him will be laid 99 registers for his sins. Every register is as long as the eye can see. Then he is asked, "Do you deny any of these?" Then he sas, "No O Lord."Then he is asked, "Do you have any excuse", he responds no Lord, Then he is told "you have one good deed and you will have no condemnation today" A badge is brought forth. Scrolled across it are the words; "No God but Allah, and Muhammad is His messenger.' Then he is asked to bring forth his deeds. He asks, O Lord, what is this badge that is with these registers?' He is told, 'You will receive no condemnation.' The deeds are put on one hand, and the badge in the other. Then the registers will float and the badge will outweigh the registers" Tirmuthi 2639

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The name of the beast along with variations is worn on right arm and on the forehead.

Even part of bible that predicted the beast will mark foreheads is in the Quran and hadith. The Beast out of the earth in Islamic version is account of the beast in 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.” The Quran gives the beast a holy mission to mark the foreheads of holy believers.

In the Greek the 666 is

Amazingly, the two numbers on the right are also letters in Arabic. The dot under the farthest right gives us the b sound. The number --> shaped like an X mirrors the curved sword of the Middle East. In the Arabic it says Bism Allah (In the name of Allah)

"And when the Word (of torment) is fulfilled against them, We shall bring out from the earth a beast for them, to speak to them because mankind believed not with certainty in Our Ayat (Verses of the Qur'an and Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)." Qur'an S 27:82 

"The prophet of Islam declared, 'the first of the signs that will come is the rising of the sun from the place of its setting and the emergence of the Beast upon the people, whichever of these two occurs before the other then the other is right behind it." 

The beast comes out of the earth and marks the foreheads of all Muslims. The Beast comes out of Mecca. "The prophet took me to a place in the desert, near Makkah. It was a dry piece of land surrounded by sand. The prophet said, 'The Beast will emerge from this place.' It was a very small area." 

The Angel to John to the desert to see a woman riding the beast. 

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WOMAN IN THE DESERT

The idea that the Harlot of revelation is Rome has left many in the dark. Most western analysts look for a unifying harlot that combines all religions and is political in nature.  The Harlot must be connected to Arabia.

Isaiah 21:9 “And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, [with] a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground”

This Same announcement is in Revelation 18:1-2 “And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”

Mystery Babylon of Revelation

Isaiah 21

V7-Burden against Dumah

V13-Burden against Arabia

V16-Glory of Kidar

Its called the Desert of the sea, we would call it the Arab Peninsula.

No theories of the west fulfill descriptions of any of this, but the middle east does perfectly.

The Sea may be referring to the desert. Camels were called ship of desert. Duma is in Saudi Arabia near medina. Duma is associated with Edom and Seir. Mecca is glory of Kidar possibly

Isaiah 34 Destruction of Edom and its oil Cannot be referenced in historical context. Habakkuk 3 this takes place in Midian.

Psalm 137:7-8 “O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.”

Daughter of Babylon is Arabia since made so by nebunidis. Babylonian worship of the moon god was introduced to Arabia. Cannot be speaking of ancient times, it never destroyed as described.

Isaiah 13:20 “It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.”

This cannot be attributed to Rome, Arabs never pitch their tents there.

Islam in Bibl Prophecy pt. 7 The Image

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Unlocking the image of the Beast

The Image of the beast in Revelation 13:15 “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.” We have to try and decide if this is allegoric or Literal. This is something one must decide for themselves as there are different views.

The meaning possibly is that a prior beast Kingdom will come back to life again. Reviving and giving life to image of beast. If we search for use in bible, image describes a religious or national symbol. Hosea 3:4 “For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and [without] teraphim:” When Israel was destroyed and lost everything, centralized national religious institution, the temple and national symbols such as the ark and the menorah. Allah’s temple articles resemble shadow of Satan’s coming. The Image could be an idol or an image of something real, such as Nebuchadnezzar’s statue. We just need to keep in mind that it is not necessarily restricted to statue, it could be something like the black stone in mecca. My friend Ryan and I had this conversation, we know that Antichrist will be able to perform miracles from 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 "Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all powers and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved" What if one of these was a fulfillment of what Christ said in Luke 19:40 "And he answered and said unto them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out." We threw around the idea, what if the stone at Mecca cries out.

Acts 19:35 “And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, [Ye] men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?”

- This is the Kabah at Meccah. In 630 AD Mohammad again entered Mecca and captured it. He declared Allah to be the supreme god and was the one true god that all men should worship. Mohammad destroyed all the 360 idols at Mecca except the Black Stone. The Image of Diana is not represented by a statue, but a stone.

1 Cor 10:19-20 “What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.” Satan sets up Idols as representations of himself.

Islam wants to destroy everything that represents Jehovah. The reason is because Islam desires to destroy Christianity and Judaism all together. Jesus in Islam not only comes back to convert Christians, but to abolish it all together. Islam says when Jesus returns he will: “Break the cross, kill swine, abolish Jizyah. Allah will perish all religions except Islam”

While Islamic traditions claim Jesus will return and destroy Christianity. We see its Parallels Judges 8:21 ”²¹ So Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise yourself, and kill us; for as a man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.” and psalm 82-83 war between messiah and Antichrist. Warring Messiah.  Psalm 83:9-12 “Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison: [Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] dung for the earth. Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.”

What happened to Zebah and Zilmunna in Judges 8:23-26? “But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you.” ²⁴ Then Gideon said to them, “I would like to make a request of you, that each of you would give me the earrings from his plunder.” For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.

²⁵ So they answered, “We will gladly give them.” And they spread out a garment, and each man threw into it the earrings from his plunder. ²⁶ Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels’ necks.

” Midianite Kings wearing crescent ornaments. Gideon stripped them off. Story of Gideon represents warring messiah.

David and Goliath, showdown. Jeremiah 50:31 “Behold, I [am] against thee, [O thou] most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time [that] I will visit thee.”

 David lodges stone in Goliath’s head, Jeremiah Arrows shall be as mighty warrior, Baal the moon god will be destroyed. Jeremiah 50:2 “And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.”

Baal is the cult of the crescent moon. Baal is always symbolized by a crescent moon. Hilal, or heylal, is the word that the King James Bible translates as Lucifer, The full phrase actually means “morning star/crescent moon”the very symbol of Islam. Muslims say they don’t worship Baal, but can’t deny the origin of all their symbols. Ancient enemies of Israel worshipped the image of the crescent moon. Allah was formed from eelah and is another name of Baal. Allah is a pre-Islamic name corresponding to Bel.

The BLACK STONE

Despite clear correlations most people don’t link the stone to Acts 19:35 “Image” of Artemis

The strikingly similar stone is worshipped in mecca. John of Damascus writes “So then, these were idolaters and reverenced the morning star and Aphrodite who they indeed named Akbar in their own language, which means “Great”

Islamic connection is in their cry allahu Akhbar. Herodotus writes, “Assyrians call Aphrodite Mylitta, the Arabians Alilat” Pre-Islamic Arabs called her this, "They Quraysh, as well as all the Arabs, were not to venerate Alla-t. They also used to name their children after her, calling the Zayd-Alla-t and Taym-Alla-t. The name Sanballat(Nehemiah 2:19) is a derivative of two words; Sin(moon-god) and Allat(Aphrodite), the feminine of Allah and one of his three daughters. 

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Such names existed before Islam. Mohammed’s father Abd Allah means slave of Allah. His father was known to torment Israel when rebuilding temple

So why venerate an Asteroid. The Bible is clear. Lucifer’s Image is depicted in Revelation 8 and 9

Revelation 9:1 “And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.” This Him cannot be an object as a star, but Satan himself

An important verse in the Quran that describes Allah is described in Isaiah. Qur'an S 24 35 "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is as (if there were) a niche and within it a lamp: the lamp is in a glass, the glass as it were a brilliant star..."

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Compare with revelation 8:10 “And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters?

The death of 1/3 of the earth happens at rise of 8^th empire.  The Black stone is a satanic image. In Islamic tradition: "Allah will raise up the stone [the Black Stone] on the Day of Judgment, and it will have two-eyes with which it will see and a tongue which it talks with, and it will give witness in favor of everyone who touched it in truth." The Black Stone is a redeemer of Muslims.

"Many years ago, the Black Stone was, whiter than milk; it was only later that it became black as it aborbed the sins of those who touched it."

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The Black stone that attempts to take the place of Christ as redeemer is called Yameen Allah: “The right hand of Allah”

It is the visible right hand of the invisible Allah. Rotating 7 times around it removes all sins of the Muslim.

Exercise application: Behold Satan is a beautiful angel, clothed in beautiful covering, and angel with high status, peoples and multitudes from every nation made him great and the underworld set him up high, with the multitudes running round about his idol, and sent out the peoples to all the idols that were set forth for him. Exactly seen in the Muslim Haj

Jeremiah 51:44 “And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.”

Nations will not stream/flock to him. And will be ashamed of her. This punishment is not historic,  Jeremiah 51:51.” We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.” In the last days there will be two opposing houses, Jehovah’s and Satan’.