As a former cradle Roman Catholic (from acolyte as a kid to deacon — and brother a priest and then bishop), both myself and my brother (deceased) had serious issues with the Church. He openly wondered if the current pope was an anti-pope, if that gives you an idea of our opinion of how the Church has fallen.
They said, the focus on Christiandom is, I think, partially misplaced. Islam and Mohammed clearly figure into Revelation somehow.
I mean, there is currently sitting on the threshing floor on the Temple Mount a Islamic monstrosity (paid for and repaired by no less than Hitler and Mussolini, replete with the finest Italian marble) that literally says around its top “God has no son” in Arabic.
Islam is one of the three frogs from the dragon.
Islam is one of the three frogs from the dragon.
Islam, while recognizing that Jesus Christ is in fact real, denies His Deity and therefore is unbelief, by Biblical definition and qualifies as antichrist / spirit of antichrist.
(that was for the thread)
Therefore, as a pre-tribber, I expect the Church to be removed just prior to the 70th week of Daniel beginning, but the adherents of Islam remaining with many (including church goers that don’t actually believe the Scriptures) left behind and many will follow the anti-messiah Antichrist Man of Sin.
Many of them will become persecutors of the Tribulation Saints (except perhaps a few of them that finally believe).
In fact, I expect Satan’s False Prophet to essentially “unite” all of the world’s “religions” into a One-World Religion that worships the “instead-of messiah” Antichrist.
When the Abomination the Causes Desolation is set up in Jerusalem, and the Mark of the Beast is deployed, I expect there to be some rebellion and those will become Tribulation Saint martyrs (by refusing the Mark of the Beast).
I expect strict adherents of Islam to be among the Beast’s foot-soldiers.
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