I caught it yesterday. I thought it was real journalism because he went into an area that everyone is afraid to go.
From an orthodox Christian POV, he was right on— although he failed to mention that the church will not be on earth when the anti-Christ is revealed (at least I didn’t hear it).
As far as Islam, I didn’t know specifically that it paralleled Christianity to that degree. But his show did underscore the problems Islam has with textual criticism and canonicity of their writings. There is NO WAY they will reconcile it because they have no standard in which to include/exclude the many hadiths.
As the Christian author pointed out; the majority of orthodox muslims hold that all the hadiths are divine, therefore they cannot be excluded.
I agree. I can't understand why the MSM will suppress this when 95% of the world practices a religion. When the Iranian nutjob wants to usher in the new age, the news media should report it.
although he failed to mention that the church will not be on earth when the anti-Christ is revealed (at least I didn’t hear it).
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He would not have...
Its not part of mormon doctrine...
Glenn Beck views everything through the narrow vision laid out by mormon doctrine, not an "orthodox Christian POV".
For the mormon view of the Millennium, one should visit the official LDS website in which the official teaching is described. Following is an excerpt. Remember terms "the Church" and "the Gospel", "Celestial kingdom (Heaven)" refer to the mormon church, Heaven and gospel. I encourage reading of the entire article.
Gospel Principles-The Millennium
• Who will be on the earth during the Millennium?
A thousand years of peace, love, and joy will begin on the earth at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This thousand-year period is called the Millennium. The scriptures and the prophets help us understand what it will be like to live on the earth during the Millennium.
For teachers: The subject of the Millennium sometimes leads people to speculate about ideas that are not found in the scriptures or the teachings of latter-day prophets. As you guide this lesson, be careful to avoid such speculation.
Because of the destruction of the wicked at the Savior’s Second Coming, only righteous people will live on the earth at the beginning of the Millennium. They will be those who have lived virtuous and honest lives. These people will inherit either the terrestrial or celestial kingdom.
During the Millennium, mortals will still live on earth, and they will continue to have children as we do now (see D&C 45:58). Joseph Smith said that immortal beings will frequently visit the earth. These resurrected beings will help with the government and other work. (See Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph Fielding Smith [1976], 268.)
People will still have their agency, and for a time many will be free to continue with their religions and ideas. Eventually everyone will confess that Jesus Christ is the Savior.
During the Millennium, Jesus will “reign personally upon the earth” (Articles of Faith 1:10). Joseph Smith explained that Jesus will “reign over the Saints and come down and instruct” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith [2007], 258).
• What are the two great works that will be done during the Millennium?
There will be two great works for members of the Church during the Millennium: temple work and missionary work. Temple work involves the ordinances that are necessary for exaltation. These include baptism, the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and the temple ordinances—the endowment, temple marriage, and the sealing together of family units.
Many people have died without receiving these ordinances. People on the earth must perform these ordinances for them. This work is now being done in the temples of the Lord. There is too much work to finish before the Millennium begins, so it will be completed during that time. Resurrected beings will help us correct the mistakes we have made in doing research concerning our dead ancestors. They will also help us find the information we need to complete our records. (See Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. [1954–56], 2:167, 251–52.)
The other great work during the Millennium will be missionary work. The gospel will be taught with great power to all people. Eventually there will be no need to teach others the first principles of the gospel because “they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord”
President John Taylor taught: “The Lord will be king over all the earth, and all mankind literally under his sovereignty, and every nation under the heavens will have to acknowledge his authority, and bow to his scepter. Those who serve him in righteousness will have communications with God, and with Jesus; will have the ministering of angels, and will know the past, the present, and the future; and other people, who may not yield full obedience to his laws, nor be fully instructed in his covenants, will, nevertheless, have to yield full obedience to his government. For it will be the reign of God upon the earth, and he will enforce his laws, and command that obedience from the nations of the world which is legitimately his right” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor [2001], 225).
At the end of the 1,000 years, Satan will be set free for a short time. Some people will turn away from Heavenly Father. Satan will gather his armies, and Michael (Adam) will gather the hosts of heaven. In this great struggle, Satan and his followers will be cast out forever. The earth will be changed into a celestial kingdom.
Mormon doctrine insists that the "celestial kingdom" can only be inhabited by mormons.
Just remember folks, this is where Beck is coming from.
For more, here are a couple of links.
Meet the man who changed Glenn Beck's life
What We Might Expect in the Next Twenty-Five Years-Cleon Skousen