Apocalyptic themes in the Qur’an
There is an apocalyptic edge to some of the Qur’anic, especially the Meccan, revelations when they expound that the end is near: “They see the (day) far off, but We (God) see it quite near,” (70:6–7, Early Meccan). “The hour of judgment is near, and the moon is split,” (54:1, Middle Meccan). “Verily the hour is coming. My (God’s) design is to keep it hidden,so that every soul be rewarded by the measure of its endeavor,” (20:15, Middle Meccan). “Closer and closer to people is their reckoning, while they in neglect turn away,” (21:1, Middle Meccan).
As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
The Lame Cherry is going to preface this with Mohammed did read the Bible and things he mentioned are from the Bible and not Prophetic. In noting that, he does have additional interesting insights, which did seem to appear when he went into convulsions and the aftermath.
He also has a number of insights which are not Biblical and one has to not be sucked into things which are false. In that, the two sources are the Koran and Hadith. If you missed the highlighted part above, it is from the Koran and refers to God referring to Himself in the plural of WE as in God is the Elohim, the super natural Being like none other, but we see this reflection in us in we have a mind a body and a soul, three separate parts, yet one being created by God. The Islamic arrogance is not capable of accepting something this simple, so they mock the "associates" of God which the Christian worships as fact.
That WE from the Koran, puts all of the modern Islamic apologists in the category of apostates as Mohammed called God correctly, and they deny the Prophet peace be to him.
This though is about the Hour as Muslims refer to the End Times. They leave out the 1000 year rule of Christ before Gog and Magog appear and are destroyed, but it is of interest in the earth being moved by Wormwood in being split, all from an Arabian perspective.
Al-Muslim, in his collection of Hadith, mentions ten signs of “The Hour”:
Thereupon he [Muhammad] said: “It will not come until you see ten signs before and (in this connection) he made mention of the smoke, Dajjal [Anti-Christ], the beast, the rising of the sun from the west, the descent of Jesus son of Mary (Allah be pleased with him), the Gog and Magog, and land-slidings in three places, one in the east, one in the west and one in Arabia at the end of which fire would burn forth from the Yemen, and would drive people to the place of their assembly. (Vol. 4:6931)
Anas Allah’s Apostle said, “From among the portents of the Hour are the following:
- Religious knowledge will be taken away by the death of Religious learned men.
- Religious ignorance will prevail
- Drinking of Alcoholic drinks will be very common.
- There will be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse
Hadith, an additional item is added: “Women will increase in number and men will decrease in number so much so that fifty women will be looked after by one man” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 1:81)
Apparently women are the major followers according to Islam of the anti Christ. Men will tie up their women to keep them from being deceived it is said. From the Biblical perspective the anti Christ is in the revised Roman Empire, not from the east. Various Jewish insights say he comes from the Lost 10 Tribes as this blog has covered previously.
Thereafter, the antichrist, D a j jal (or al-Ma s i h / al-Masikh al-Dajjal) appears from the East.Among the signs of the Dajjal are that he is blind in one eye,has frizzy hair, and on his forehead blazes the word kafir [unbeliever] that Muslims see and understand, whether they be literate or illiterate.17 The Dajjal roams the earth (except for Mecca and Medina,—or: the holy mosques of Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem and Tor—, which are guarded by angels).18 He travels with enormous speed. He tempts people away from their true faith by way of “pseudo-miracles,” that is, preternatural feats— (interchangeably) a (cold) fire and a (blazing) garden. Wherever he goes, he brings with him great wealth: rivers, mountains of bread, and honey. He can produce rain and the greening of the earth, but this is always followed by destruction. His reign on earth lasts only forty days, except that the first day equals a year, the second a month,the third a week, and the rest of his days are like human days.19 The Dajjal’s army is largely made up of Jews, Persians, Turks,and an admixture of other people who are mainly “Arabs of the desert” (Bedouins), and women. According to traditions here quoted from Muslim ibn Hajjaj’s and Ahmad ibn Hanbal’s canonical Hadith collections, seventy thousand Jews will follow the Dajjal, while traditions quoted from Bukhari’s and Ibn Maja’s canonical Hadith collections also include Persians, Turks, and desert Arabs among the Dajjal’s followers. According to a tradition in Ibn Hanbal, most of the Dajjal’s followers are women,since women are even more ignorant and impressionable than are the Bedouins. Reportedly the Prophet predicted that,after the Dajjal’s appearance at a place in the vicinity of Medina,men would tie up their consorts and mother, daughter, sister and aunt for fear that they might join the Dajjal.20 Against the Dajjal’s onslought, Muslims are reduced to a remnant. In their hour of need, Jesus will return to earth from heaven (to where, according to the Qur’an, he ascended without dying on the cross) in order to lead the final battle against the Dajjal. Jesus will descend on the Eastern Minaret in Damascus, and the (remaining) believers gather around him. The Dajjal makes his escape toward Jerusalem but Jesus will slay the Dajjal at the gate of Lydda in Palestine.
At the end of this, Jesus is said to be behind the Mahdi..........not going to happen for the WE in the Son of God. While it does appear there is going to be a Muslim strongman who will rally the Islamists, he is not going to rule for years before the anti Christ appears. There is a time line and while it is interesting to examine what Mohammed was uttering, the reality is that there were Christian converts to Islam who brought with them the insights to the End Times and they are called Islam, when they are the Prophets of Christianity, by the Holy Ghost, led by the Son of God in Jesus the Christ.
I do not base my Faith on anything Islam. My purpose is to examine texts, share the information and see if these Islamic references come true, such as the 7 month period when the anti Christ appears and Turkey is conquered in what appears a Muslim war.
None of this is for the not Inspired, ignorant novice who will be led away with flaming rhetoric of some obscure claim, as all in Islam have been in not noting the WE.
This is another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
Nuff Said
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