Mahdi...End times thoughts

[Flyin6]

I was thinking, a prayerful thinking about our future. Then just like a light bulb turned on. I realized that Iran will get the bomb
I felt at that time that they name it, "The Mahdi" and explode it about a mile above Tel Aviv
That will set the entire earth on fire in a calamity which we will wipe away any vestiges of what we know of safety, peace, calm, reason, or security.

Found the following article:

Muslims see the Mahdi as a savior who will lead a global revolution and establish a worldwide Islamic empire. The Mahdi will rule the Earth as the final Caliph of Islam (a caliph is both a political ruler and a spiritual representative of Allah on Earth).

Muslims revere Jesus (whom they call Isa) as the Masih or Messiah. In Islamic eschatology, the Mahdi will arrive at the same time that Isa returns. Isa will descend to Earth in Syria, east of Damascus, dressed in yellow robes, and will assist the Mahdi, who will rule over the world for seven years (or, in some Islamic traditions, nine or 19 years). At the end of the Mahdi's rule, there will be a Day of Judgment for the entire human race.

The parallels between the biblical Antichrist and the Mahdi of Islam are chilling. Both are associated with the End Times and the Judgment. Both are said to possess political, military and religious power, and head up a one-world religion. The Mahdi will force all non-Muslim people to convert to Islam. Like the Antichrist, the Mahdi will establish Jerusalem as his capital, from which he will rule the Earth.

Islamic scholars Muhammad ibn Izzat and Muhammad Arif write, in Al Mahdi and the End of Time: "The Mahdi will be victorious and eradicate those pigs and dogs and the idols of this time so that there will once more be a caliphate based on prophethood as the hadith states. ... Jerusalem will be the location of the rightly guided caliphate and the center of Islamic rule, which will be headed by Imam al-Mahdi. ... That will abolish the leadership of the Jews ... and put an end to the domination of the Satan who spit evil into people and cause corruption in the earth, making them slaves of false idols and ruling the world by laws other than the Sharia [Islamic law] of the Lord of the worlds."

Though Muslims revere Jesus as a prophet, they deny that Jesus is the Son of God. Jews and Christians are, to Muslim fundamentalists, "pigs and dogs" who must either convert to Islam or be eliminated. Bible prophecy makes it clear that the Antichrist will target Jews and Christians for destruction, just as Islamic prophecy states that the Mahdi will wage war against Jews and Christians. Those who oppose the Antichrist's worldwide religion will be executed.

Muslim scholar Imam Muhammad Baqir states clearly how the Mahdi will establish his one-world religion: "There must be bloodshed and jihad to establish Imam Mahdi's rule." And Ayatollah Ibrahim al Amini of the Religious Learning Center in Qom, agrees: "The Mahdi will offer the religion of Islam to the Jews and Christians; if they accept it, they will be spared. Otherwise they will be killed."

Daniel tells us (and Jesus affirms in the Olivet Discourse) that the Antichrist will establish "the abomination that causes desolation" in the Temple in Jerusalem. The apostle Paul adds that the Antichrist "will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God" (2 Thess. 2:4). Since the Temple was destroyed in 70 A.D., as Jesus predicted, this has led some (not all Christians) to suggest that the Jewish Temple must be rebuilt on Temple Mount before the Antichrist can be revealed to the world.

Yet the golden-topped Dome of the Rock shrine and the Al-Aqsa mosque stand on Temple Mount today. One of the Islamic Hadiths (traditions) records that their Prophet Muhammad said, "[Armies carrying] black flags will come from Khurasan [Iran and Afghanistan], no power will be able to stop them, and they will finally reach Eela [the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem] where they will erect their flags." In Islamic tradition, black banners symbolize violent conquest, and Muslims await the Mahdi's conquest of Jerusalem, when he establishes his reign from the Temple site.

Daniel 9:27 tells us the Antichrist will establish a seven-year covenant with Israel—but he will break the covenant after three-and-a-half years, defiling the Temple with "an abomination that causes desolation." The Hadiths of Islam also speak of a seven-year covenant that the Mahdi makes with Israel: "The Prophet said: There will be four peace agreements between you and the Romans. The fourth will be mediated through a person who will be from the progeny of Hadrat Aaron [Honorable Aaron, the brother of Moses] and will be upheld for seven years."

There can be no doubt: Muslims are preparing to accept the Mahdi as their leader—and the Mahdi is indistinguishable from the world leader we know as the Antichrist.

[Wilbur]

Don I am with you that if they have it they will want to use it.  The sad part is Israel probably (eta) "won't" let it get that far but if they do more to stop them (attack etc) the liberal weenies in this country will blame them for protecting themselves.

Scary times for sure.

*just realized I had missed the "won't" let it get that far... sheesh

[fenriswolf039]

Every day it seems more likely that it will happen in my own lifetime. 

They'll have to execute me.  I don't plan on making it easy for them.

[Flyin6]

Every day it seems more likely that it will happen in my own lifetime. 

They'll have to execute me.  I don't plan on making it easy for them.

You will meet Jesus in the air. You will not be here to be a part of all that is to come

[fenriswolf039]

You will meet Jesus in the air.

I certainly hope He calls me up.  I can't take that for granted, I've got work to do yet.

[Flyin6]

You will meet Jesus in the air.

I certainly hope He calls me up.  I can't take that for granted, I've got work to do yet.

I would point out this very important scripture in Romans:

Romans 10:9-10
 
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

Declaring with your mouth is a profession of faith and surrender to the authority of Jesus. Believing with your heart should reflect a transformation in one's life (Repentance).

If you truly gave your life to Jesus, then by the GRACE given us by our Father, God himself, you are saved. But you are only saved through the blood sacrifice of Jesus. No other way...none. You see if we had to work to be good enough, then salvation would be a man thing. We could control it, we would ultimately be in charge and make the decision to "Get good enough". If that were true, then why would we need a God?

But we can do nothing, God says the very best we are is nothing more than filthy rags. Think about that. You never cuss, never look at girls in a lustful way, never lie, do something spiteful, never open a playboy magazine. Let's say you are that person, which I doubt any of us could ever be. Well even with being Mr. Perfect, you fail.

Salvation is a gift, a free gift, You do not have to get good enough, You don't have to fix something first, and you don't have to make yourself right.

All you have to do is to know without doubt That there is a Jesus who is very much alive right now who really loves you and he really is your king. You only have to speak to him...right this second. "Save me Jesus, I believe in you." Say that and believe it, really believe that, and I'll see ya in heaven.

God has been revealing secrets to me lately. I have been having some ah-ha moments.

Started a couple months ago when I got convicted to supply $70,000 in income to a young pastor who left the pulpit for missions. He gave up that salary to go for it. Just like that he threw in the towel and off he went to the Ukraine. People were getting beaten around him. The fight was in the town he was preachng in. His life was under threat. But he went and paid for the trip out of his own pocket

So I decided I want to find him $70K in annual salary.

I was praying about it and researching investment opportunities, and I actually found one...But at that time I think God told me, "Don't seek after the money, just seek me. Seek me and my will and I'll supply everything you need.

It's simple. Just do everything for the kingdom. Do that and money shows up and doors open and it's all amazing. That investment I mentioned? I have made over 500% in 7 weeks!

Christianity is not hard. Requires faith, then a strong faith, then more faith, then finish all that out with prayer and spend a lot of time talking to him. I do it every day, almost all day long sometimes. And read his word. Start with that Romans verse...

[stlaser]

Don, I would like to point out one piece of information about that whole meeting in the air. I'm not debating whether it will happen. It's stated just as you posted. However, timing is everything & from all that I have read there is no difinitive if this happens before a lot of good people have to go through some very bad things. Let's all pray that doesn't happen but I know in the big picture I am nobody just a simple guy who believes in Christ. There were many some bodies that met very bad endings for the record. So as many have stated I say we go on our feet.

[fenriswolf039]

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

Thanks.  Sometimes I need to be reminded of that fact.

[TexasRedNeck]

Ahh,  Millennial view points are some of hte most hotly contested aspects of Christianity. Lots of good points on many sides.  My personal belief is that the next event is the return of Christ to take His own.  (So I guess technically Amillennial.)  Heres a site with some basic primers

https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/mill.cfm