Much of what is posted on this page today regards the viability of the HOLY SPIRIT and the "gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT" and their relevance for believers today.
May I say that my understanding of the BOOK of REVELATION and the events foretold there indicate that there will be a time of great turmoil upon the earth, that an antichrist power will arise that will gain dominion over the earth.
A careful reading of REVELATION, along with an understanding of the tenets of Islam and the history of this bellicose religion suggest that Islam will be that "antichrist religion" prophesied in the BIBLE.
The prediction of the rise of Islam was made in the Nineteenth Century by Hilaire Belloc who said:
"... Will not perhaps the temporal power of Islam return and with it the menace of an armed Mohammedan world which will shake off the domination of Europeans -- still nominally Christian -- and reappear again as the prime enemy of our civilization? ...
... The future always comes as a surprise but political wisdom consists in attempting at least some partial judgment of what that surprise may be. And for my part I cannot but believe that a main unexpected thing of the future is the return of Islam ...
... In view of this, anyone with a knowledge of history is bound to ask himself whether we shall not see in the future a revival of Mohammedan political power, and the renewal of the old pressure of Islam upon Christendom; yet over and over again they have suddenly united under a leader and accomplished the greatest things ...
... Now it is probable enough that on these lines -- unity under a leader -- the return of Islam may arrive. There is no leader as yet, but enthusiasm might bring one and there are signs enough in the political heavens today of what we may have to expect from the revolt of Islam at some future date perhaps not far distant."
An author who has written a compelling book on the subject, THE ISLAMIC ANTICHRIST, Joel Richardson, gives compelling evidence that the BIBLICAL antichrist will indeed be Islamic.
My point here is that if this is true (or if another entity arises that fulfills the antichrist religion role) the only power that will be able to stand against it is that of GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT!
Let us not negate what is our HELP and STRENGTH in our day-to-day challenges as well as in the ultimate onslaught of the enemy of our souls against the people of GOD, against believers in the LORD JESUS CHRIST!
"... Will not perhaps the temporal power of Islam return and with it the menace of an armed Mohammedan world which will shake off the domination of Europeans -- still nominally Christian -- and reappear again as the prime enemy of our civilization? ...
... The future always comes as a surprise but political wisdom consists in attempting at least some partial judgment of what that surprise may be. And for my part I cannot but believe that a main unexpected thing of the future is the return of Islam ...
... In view of this, anyone with a knowledge of history is bound to ask himself whether we shall not see in the future a revival of Mohammedan political power, and the renewal of the old pressure of Islam upon Christendom; yet over and over again they have suddenly united under a leader and accomplished the greatest things ...
... Now it is probable enough that on these lines -- unity under a leader -- the return of Islam may arrive. There is no leader as yet, but enthusiasm might bring one and there are signs enough in the political heavens today of what we may have to expect from the revolt of Islam at some future date perhaps not far distant."
An author who has written a compelling book on the subject, THE ISLAMIC ANTICHRIST, Joel Richardson, gives compelling evidence that the BIBLICAL antichrist will indeed be Islamic.
My point here is that if this is true (or if another entity arises that fulfills the antichrist religion role) the only power that will be able to stand against it is that of GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT!
Let us not negate what is our HELP and STRENGTH in our day-to-day challenges as well as in the ultimate onslaught of the enemy of our souls against the people of GOD, against believers in the LORD JESUS CHRIST!
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