The Islamic and Christian prophecies of last things are in many ways similar, but come to radically different conclusions as to the identity of the main players, especially the Madhi, Isa, and al Dajjal.
2. Christian view of
eschatology (last things)
Rapture – can occur at any time. I
take a pre-tribulation position
The great tribulation (on earth) –
seven years long
Judgment seat of Christ and the
marriage of the Lamb (heaven)
Return of Christ to Millenial reign
3. Christian view of the
tribulation
The AntiChrist will arise, and sign a
seven year contract with Israel
There will be great fighting and
problems
About 50% of mankind is destroyed
The earth itself is nearly destroyed
Israel is almost destroyed
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4. AntiChrist will be satanically
inspired
He will be assisted by the false prophet,
who establishes a one-world religion,
but later it is destroyed
AntiChrist will place his mark on
everyone so that they can only buy and
sell with the mark
Those who do not submit are beheaded
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5. AntiChrist leads a coalition
against Jerusalem
His desire is total annihilation of
the Jews.
He breaks his seven year
contract after 3 ½ years and sets
up his own image in the rebuilt
temple, demanding worship or
death
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6. Battle of Armageddon
God hides 1/3 of Jews in Petra
AntiChrist’s army battles the believers
who have accepted Christ and may still
be alive
Christ comes with angels and saints,
and destroys antichrist, the false
prophet, and their armies
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7. Christ sets up the millennial
rule
The remaining Jews are saved
The armies of AntiChrist are
destroyed
The millennium is set up
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8. Final things according to Islam
Jesus did not die on the cross, but
was taken directly to heaven. Allah
changed someone to look like Jesus
(?Judas)
The Madhi will come (12ers believe
that he has been hidden since 9th
century) during world chaos.
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9. Isa (Jesus) returns
Isa comes out of heaven, not as a
Christian but as a Muslim
He fights with the Madhi and personally
kills Dajjal
Islam triumphs.
Isa lives 40 years on earth, marries
and has children, and dies later as a
great prophet
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10. Important beliefs for Muslims
Allah – one transcendent God
Last days (and judgment day)
Angels
Scripture (for them ultimately,
Qur’an)
Prophets
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11. Shia signs for the coming of
the Madhi
Red death (sword) white death
(plague)
One eyed Dajjal & Sufyani (bad guy
who is a Muslim) come
Arabs revolt against authority of
foreigners
Confict in Syria which is destroyed
Death and fear in Baghdad, red sky
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12. Marks of Madhi coming
Descendent of Muhammad & Fatima
His name is Muhammad
Ruling 7, 9, or 19 years
Distribute wealth, raise black flag
Lunar & solar eclipse on Ramadan
Star with luminous tail will appear
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13. Marks of Madhi coming
Restore faith & remove corruption
Islam will prevail worldwide
Broad forehead, prominent nose,
eyes mascaraed
Fill the world with justice and fairness
in place of oppression
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14. Sunni ideas about the marks
of Madhi coming
They believe he comes from
Muhammad’s family and from Al
Hasan
He has not yet been born (Shi’a
believe he his hidden)
12er Shiites believe that the Madhi
was born about 869 – others don’t
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15. Madhi
Tall, fair complexion, broad forehead
and prominent nose
Personality like Muhammad
Speaks with slight stutter, occasionally
hit his thigh from frustration of stutter
He will defeat Bani Kalb tribe,
distribute spoils; Islam will conquer
the world
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16. Madhi
Voice from heaven will announce him
Makes 4 covenants, the last with
Christians mediated by Jews for 7
years. Madhi comes then to power
Rides a white horse (Muslims state
Rev. 6:2 is the Madhi)
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17. Madhi
Unstoppable army with black flags
coming from east (Afghaistan)
Army will capture Israel, slaughter the
Jews and set up headquarters in
Jerusalem
Madhi controls rain, wind & crops
He discovers Torah in Syria to show
Jews the rightness of Islam
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18. Biblical AntiChrist
Superb military and political
genius
Spiritual leader of entire world
Made peace treaty with Jews
Breaks peace treaty
Kills Jews & Christians
systematically
Captures & controls Jerusalem
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19. Biblical AntiChrist
Changes times and laws
Blasphemes God & sets himself
up like God
Works together with the False
Prophet and Satan
Destroyed by God & cast into hell
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20. Madhi vs. Biblical AntiChrist
Both deny the trinity (see I Jn.
2:22) Note shahada puts
Muhammad above Jesus
Both deny the Father and the Son
– I Jn. 4:2-3
Muslims deny Christ’s deity,
incarnation, death and
resurrection
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21. Muslim pure monotheism
Tawhid – God is one
Jesus is not God
God has no son, and no children
Calling Jesus as God is “shirk” –
the Islamic unpardonable sin
Both the Madhi & antichrist deny
the cross
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22. Both the Madhi and antichrist
deceive
Allah is the greatest of deceivers
– Sura 3:54
Antichrist deceives – II Jn. 7, 2
Thess 2:9
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23. Madhi vs. Antichrist
Both will change times and laws
Both regard women as less than
men, or disregard them: Surah
2:282; Daniel 7:25
Perhaps both will rule over 10
entities – Rev. 17:12-13; Muslim
plan that the caliph will be helped
by 10 man council
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24. Madhi vs. Antichrist
Both will change times and laws
Muslim countries use lunar
calendar of 360 or so days –
actually about 10 days shorter
than solar
Starts with hijra – AD 622
Law – must be Shari’a law
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25. Madhi vs. Antichrist
Both claim to be the messiah
Both will ride a white horse
Both work “false” miracles
Both work with the “god of forces”
and result in beheading many
Both take booty and loot, and
seek glory through war
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26. Madhi vs. Antichrist
Both use rape as a part of war
Both make a treaty for seven years.
Muslim tradition states that it will be
made through the mediation of a
Jewish priest
Both deceive through peace treaties
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27. Mahdi vs. Antichrist
Both want world domination & destroy
all others in their way
Both have armies coming from Turkey
(in the Bible, it uses Ionia, but refers to
western Turkey, not Greece)
Both practice beheading – Surah 47;
Surah 8:12 – Long history of Islam
starting with Muhammad at Medina
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28. Mahdi vs. Antichrist
Both hate Israel & the Jews
Both want the temple mount and
Jerusalem as center of
operations
Both desecrate bodies of the
dead
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29. Everything twisted around
The characteristics of the Islamic
messiah, the Madhi, matches those
described in the Bible for antichrist
Al Dajjal is described by Muslims as a
false Jesus. He will have all power,
will heal the sick, and many will love
him.
The Madhi will kill him and defeat
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30. Isa (Jesus) of the Qur’an
Isa was born of the virgin Mary
Surah 19:19-21
Isa spoke from the cradle: Surah
19:27-33 Specially blessed:
19:31
Supernatural wisdom: Surah 3:48
Endowed with the Holy Spirit:
Surah 2:87
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31. Isa (Jesus) of the Qur’an
Called the Word of God: Surah 4:171
Allah’s messiah: Surah 39:44-45
Jesus made a clay bird come to life as
a child. He raised the dead and did
many miracles: Surah 5:110; 3:49
The Jews thought they crucificied him
but they did not: Surah 4:157-158
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32. Isa (Jesus) of the Qur’an
Isa ascended directly into heaven:
Surah 3:55
But they deny the incarnation, death
and resurrection of the Lord.
They claim that he returns from
heaven as a radical Muslim and forces
the Jews to recant, and he kills al
Dajjal
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33. Muslim Jesus returning from
heaven – their tradition
Returns – mosque near Damascus
Arrives when Madhi starts prayers.
Madhi asks him to lead, but he
declines, saying that the Madhi is the
leader of the Muslims, and prays as a
subordinate
He is a faithful Muslim
He makes the Hajj
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34. Muslim Jesus returning from
heaven – their tradition
Salutes Muhammad’s grave and
Muhammad salutes back from the
grave
Destroys Christianity
Abolishes the jizya tax – now only two
options – convert or die
Enforces Shari’a law throughout the
earth
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35. Muslim Jesus returning from
heaven – their tradition
Kills their antichrist Dajjal and his
followers, mostly Jews & women
Lives 40 years on earth, marries
and has children and dies
He is buried next to Muhammad
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36. Ad-Dajjal – Muslim tradition
Jewish false messiah
One blind eye, curly hair, something
wrong with one foot
Claims first to be prophet, then God
Has hell fire by his side; forces people
to follow him or pushed into hell fire
though it is an illusion, cool and safe
Word kafir written between his eyes
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37. Ad-Dajjal – Muslim tradition
Jewish false messiah
Travels great speed on white mule
Can heal the sick wiping his hand, and
raise the dead
Deceives people by his powers
Comes to earth for 40 days, first as
long as a year, second as a month,
third as a week, then normal
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38. Ad-Dajjal – Muslim tradition
Jewish false messiah
Tries to go to Mecca & Medina but
blocked by angels
Goes to Syria, confronted by Madhi
There will be a great battle in which
Isa, who descends to Damascus, will
defeat and destroy Dajjal at Lydda.
His breath will melt Dajjal, and he
thrusts a spear into his chest
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39. Isa
He will abolish the jizya tax and
break all crosses
Note – Muslim tradtion of the
signs of the end and Dajjal are
virtually the same as the signs of
the end and rise of antichrist.
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40. Summary
Two books: Bible and Qur’an
Two saviors – Jesus Christ &
Muhammad
Two returning deliverers – Lord Jesus
Christ and the Madhi
Two evil ones – Antichrist and Dajjal
Two assistants – Isa and the False
Prophet
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41. Summary
Thus the Muslim savior (the Madhi) is
the Christian antichrist
The Muslim antichrist (al Dajjal) is the
Christian messiah
The Muslim Jesus (Isa) is the
Christian False prophet
The end is 100% opposite – Qur’an
states total Muslim victory
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42. Summary
There is so much similarity that the
Muslims who fight will believe that
when Christ comes, they are fighting
against al Dajjal.
They will be convinced that the Madhi
is the true savior – a masterpiece of
deceit by the master of deceit - Satan
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43. Where is the northern
confederation?
Most commentators state that the focus
of antichrist and Armageddon is on
Europe, especially Russia
But many say that Gog & Magog & cities
are in Asia Minor, not Russia
Suggestion – Battle of Gog/Magog in
Ezekiel & Armageddon in Revelation =
same battle
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44. Why one battle, not two?
Ezekiel 38-39 states that God & Jesus
will be IN Israel (not preceding the
return of Christ)
Both have earthquake: Ezekiel 38:19;
Revelation 16:19-20
Both have feast for birds of prey: Rev.
19:17; Ezekiel 39:17
Both invade from the north
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45. Rome or Islam
Only Islam, not Rome, conquered the
previous 3 empires – Babylon, Persia
and Greece –
Actually the CULTURE of Greece
conquered Rome culturally even as
Rome conquered Greece militarily
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46. Rome or Islam
We see Islam replacing Europe with its
population. Europe’s birth rate so low
that it halfs Europeans every 35 years;
Muslims have very high population,
and many Muslim men marry Christian
women and make Muslim children
Europe is weak morally and militarily
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47. What is the day of the Lord?
Author Gus Gurganus believes it is the
time God destroys Israel’s enemies at
the end time – tribulation
Starts with a number of prophecies
against Seir, Edom, Moab, Egypt and
Lebanon for their hatred of Israel – the
Lord will take vengeance
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48. The day of the Lord
Gurganus believes Joel 2 is really
talking about raptured saints in
glorified bodies returning with Christ to
fight.
He believes the sword in Christ’s
mouth represents his command to the
saints to fight – not supernatural
destruction
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49. Which is the city? Mecca vs.
Rome
Location – desert of the sea = Arabia
Multiple people come there (think Hajj)
Huge foreign work population – but not
offered citizenship
Many nations drunk on wine (symbol of
oil?) Does not really fit with Catholic
church and communion
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50. Which is the city? Mecca vs.
Rome
Harlot will be destroyed! At least two
Muslim traditions predict destruction of
Mecca & Medina in the last days.
Bible warns to flee to their own lands
– ?for the foreign work force?
Businessmen sad that Mecca cannot
buy many things they want to sell any
more
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51. Who is the beast? Both the
kingdom and antiChrist
The fourth kingdom is Islam, who
encompassed the first three kingdoms
Roman empire did not destroy other
nations; transformed them with
government, etc.
Muslim culture destroys other cultures
completely when successful – Shari’a
law, jihad, etc.
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52. Who is the beast? Both the
kingdom and antiChrist
The beast (antichrist) contends with the
two witnesses and kills them – Rev. 11
Another beast = false prophet
Forces worship
Mark – can’t buy or sell without it – 666
Kills others but Bible calls the martyrs
victorious
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53. Beast & Harlot – relationship
and end according to Bible
Beast first works with the harlot, then
turns on her (Antichrist destroying
Mecca?)
Fights against Jesus Christ (true
messiah) and is destroyed. Beast
(antichrist) and false prophet thrown
alive into the lake of fire.
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54. Tentative conclusions
Much evidence suggests that the
antichrist = Madhi, and that Isa
may in fact resemble the false
prophet rather than Jesus.
In many ways, Dajjal represents
the real Jesus, our messiah,
though some variation is there
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55. Tentative conclusions
Opposition in the last days may
not come from Europe.
Islam seems more likely, with
direct confrontation looming in
the near future
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56. Tentative conclusions
As we look to the future, we see
changes compatible with the
Biblical prediction of the last days
We should be encouraged to
serve the Lord with more fervor,
and to witness to many for
salvation
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57. Addendum – Who is Allah?
We see that the Madhi =
antiChrist
Al Dajjal = the Christian Christ
Merciful
Isa (Eesa) = the false prophet
But who is Allah? Is he Jehovah?
Compassionate
Creator, etc.
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58. Addendum – Who is Allah?
Names of Allah:
The proud (proudest) one
The one who causes death
The great (or greatest) deceiver
Many other (total 99 names)
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59. Addendum – Who is Allah?
Jesus said: Jn. 8:44 Ye are of your
father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and abode not in
the truth, because there is no truth in
him. When he speaketh a lie, he
speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
and the father of lies.
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60. Addendum – Who is Allah?
Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How art thou cut down to the ground,
which didst weaken the nations. For
thou hast said in thine heart, I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
thrown above the stars of God:
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61. Addendum – Who is Allah?
Isaiah 14:13b I will sit also upon the
mount of the congregation, in the side
of the north. I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the
most High.
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62. Addendum – Who is Allah?
The Christian finds certain salvation
only in trusting that Jesus Christ died
and shed His blood for him to go to
heaven.
The Muslim finds certain salvation
only if he trusts in shedding his own
blood as a shahid for Allah with
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63. Addendum – Who is Allah?
Who is the greatest deceiver than the
one who convinces his followers to die
for him and join him in hell?
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64. Addendum – Who is Allah?
Satan also deceived 1/3 of the angels
to follow him in rebellion against the
most High God (Revelation 12:3-9)
Satan is an angel. Angels do not
reproduce (Mt. 22:30) Thus an angel
cannot be a father, nor have a son.
Thus Allah cannot have a Son!
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