Thanks much for the ping. Sorry I haven’t been on more lately.
As you probably remember/already know I have long had a feeling that the Mahdi and the AC were either the same, or had something to do with each other.
Remember a while back when I was reading through the “99 names” of god - according to the Koran, Suras, and Hadiths? And, I found ONE of the names was “the great deceiver”? Honestly, that’s all I needed to read to know that the *god* they pray to is not my Lord.
I will definitely have to read Shoebat’s book. I have long respected his talks on Jihad, terrorism, his backstory, and the related issues. He is a very wise man, that much I know for sure.
I had one question in relation to your post - I think I know what you meant, but am confused.
You wrote, “Nevertheless, Shoebat makes a convincing point that every Biblical Messianic prophecy which describes the Messiah conquering, obliterating etc. the Anti-Christ’s forces—EVERY NATION SO DESCRIBED IS A MUSLIM NATION.”
Do you mean that every nation that the Messiah will conquer and obliterate are all predominantly and/or officially Muslim countries, or in some way they are against Christians and aligned with Muslims? I’m just trying to clarify because I’m wondering what would make Russia or China decide to declare themselves controlled by a religious following vs. the Leader- or State-worship type of collective secular society they have historically tried to instill in their citizenry.
Will try to be more clear . . .
1. Shoebat goes through every Messianic prophecy describing the Messiah’s return at Armageddon (and he documents that the Ezek 38/9 war IS the Armageddon war—to my chagrin) . . .
that EVERY Messianic prophecy describing Christ retaliating against a country of the Anti-Christ’s reign—every one of those countries is currently a Muslim country.
2. I agree that Christ will reign over all the world and over all Creation overtly. I think Shoebat would agree with that.
3. where I still quibble with Shoebat is he’s not convinced that the AC will rule over every tongue, kindred, people group, nation for at least 3.5 years. I think he will. I agree that Scripture indicates 1-3 nations will rebel against the AC’s rule for part of the tribulation.
Shoebat thinks the ‘every nation, language, nation’ verse is Middle Eastern hyperbole. I think it’s literal.
The book GOD’S WAR ON TERROR is his latest, I think. Not certain. I think it’s well worth reading. I have about two more signatures of the book to read (a book signature being one of the folded sections bound together to make a book). It’s more than 500 pages and I’m past page 400.
I don’t recall if I noted above . . . he documents with several Biblical points and descriptors that MYSTERY BABYLON has to be Saudia Arabia. I reluctantly am convinced he’s right.
That doesn’t mean it can’t also have other meanings. But I now think that the primary Biblical meaning is Saudia Arabia.
IIRC, He also says that the ‘drunk with her wine’ is both Saudia Arabia’s oil as well as the wine of her satanic religion. More than plausible, imho.
He also documents from the core founding documents and history of Islam that it literally is a satan worshiping religion—from before Muhammed to this day.
The moon god worshiping stuff was well entrenched in the area before Muhammed was born.
He documents that Baal etc. of the Babylonians was essentially the same satanic moon god. He documents that thoroughly with early documents as well as archeology from several sources.
Certainly the deliberately EVIL, deceptive bent of the satanic moon god is NOT the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!
Thanks for your kind replies.