Eschatology in Islam
In light of the recent Middle
East crisis and the rise of
Muslim fundamentalism from North
Africa to Indonesia, it is
worthwhile to attempt to
understand eschatology in
Islam, the beliefs that
underlie the profound political,
military and religious movements
in this critical area of the
world.
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we are offering one of the most
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the relevance of this to the
coming one world government and
new world order.
The signs of the
approaching apocalypse found in
the Koran fall into two
different groups: The lesser
prophetic signs and the greater
prophetic signs. The greater
signs are as follows.
1. There will be supernatural
signs in the heaven, including
the rising of the sun in the
West, a special eclipse of the
moon and smoke filling the whole
earth.
2. There will be war with the
Greeks (Europeans) and the
capture of Constantinople by
seventy thousand Jews; during
the victory the Antichrist will
arise.
3. The Antichrist, called al
Masih al Dajjal (the false or
lying Christ) will come; he will
have one eye and be marked on
the forehead with the letters
CFR, which stands for Cafer or
infidel; he will be the last in
a series of antichrists; the
Jews will initially accept him
as Messiah ben David, believing
he will be the one who will
restore the kingdom to them; the
Antichrist will appear near Iraq
and Syria, will ride on a colt,
will be followed by seventy
thousand Jews, will lay waste
many places, and finally be
killed by Jesus who is to
encounter him at the gate [the
sealed Eastern Gate].
4. A terrible war will be
fought with the Jews involving
the Muslims and barbarians from
Magog (Yajuj and Majuj); they
will drain the Sea of Tiberias
for water and attack Jerusalem;
Jesus and God will together
destroy the army and a great
sacrifice will be provided for
the animals and birds; it will
take seven years to burn the
weapons until God cleanses the
Earth with rain.
5. Jesus w/ll descend to Earth
somewhere near Damascus,
defeat/the armies of the
Antichrist and kill him; after
that, Jesus will provide great
security, prosperity and peace;
all hatred and malice will be
destroyed and nature will be
tamed, with lions and lambs at
peace.
6. The Al Madhi will come,
believed to be a direct
descendent of Muhammad the
Prophet (Muhammad Abu’Ikasem),
the last of the twelve Imams
(spiritual leaders) born in year
255 of Hejra (the Arab
calendar).
Although there are a number of
unusual features to
eschatology in Islam, many
of the prophecies were borrowed
directly from the Old or New
Testaments. Prominent places are
given to Jesus, the Antichrist,
the Millennium, and the war of
Gog and Magog. Since Muhammad
quoted from the prophets
Ezekiel, Daniel, Joel, Isaiah,
and Jesus, it is not surprising
that so many features of Jewish
and Christian apocalyptic are
found in his writings.
