An Islamic Antichrist?

By Gary Stearman

Something amazing has happened in the last three decades. The Palestinian cause in the Middle East has widened out into a full-scale Islamic revolution. The rapid expansion of Islamic power has directed new speculation about the events that will unfold during the Tribulation. Specifically, many are now suggesting that the Antichrist will arise out of the Islamic world.


Persuasive books and other publications are now making the case for this development. The Islamic Antichrist, by Joel Richardson and God’s War on Terror, by the former Muslim Walid Shoebat have both linked Mystery Babylon with latter-day Islam. Certainly, Islam has an “Antichrist Spirit.” But can it really be true that the Antichrist will arise from the Islamic culture?


Really, the question boils down to this: Will he arise from Islam society, or as the Bible has been interpreted for centuries, does he come from the West? There are at least two strong arguments in favor of his Western origin. First, the power of Islam is broken in a war at the beginning of the Tribulation. Second, the Bible gives the genealogy of the Antichrist that strongly points to his Graeco-Roman origin.


Let’s begin by briefly reviewing recent Mideast history, then compare these events with Scripture…


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According to Flavius Josephus, a first century Jewish historian, the prophecies of Daniel were admired and studied by the political leaders of Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome. Even Titus and other Roman emporors respected the ancient prophet. Daniel’s view of “the times of the Gentiles” has thus far been fulfilled with uncanny accuracy. Beyond his writing about the four kingdoms and the cutting off of the Messiah, Daniel focused on the roots and works of the future Antichrist. No other Old Testament prophet spent as many chapters on the “little horn” as Daniel. In fact, when John penned the Apocalypse, most of his metaphors, the beast, three and a half years timing, God’s throne, etc. alluded to Daniel’s visions. The prophecy of the “seventy weeks” has perplexed theologians for centuries. Many have tried to figure out the timing, but with little success. However, in this volume, you will discover that Daniel’s “weeks” were fulfilled in concert with the Sabbatical cycles, as given in the Mosaic Law. Problems with the dating occured because 2nd century rabbis removed 243 years from their calendar in order to cause Daniel’s prophecy to line up with Rabbi Akiva’s declaration that Bar Kokhba was the promised “star” out of Jacob. You will find that this book fills in the historical gaps and lays out the calendar of events in an easy-to-understand format. 330 page paperback.

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