This session will be an overview of Islam, including its origin, basic beliefs, modern day sects, and early history.
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Ten horns, ten diadems, and seven heads; all sported by a beast from the sea. One of the heads is fatally wounded! Yet, “he” recovers. Talk about disguised. Within Islam’s jaded history every characteristic is met. The ten horns are the Ten Companions of Muhammad, the initial group that surrounded him in the first days, the group likened to the disciples of Jesus Christ. We have already come across this tensome! The head that is fatally wounded? The wound that should have proved fatal to the beast from whom the head protruded? Most head injuries do, you know. But not this one. Consider the impact Muhammad’s death should have had on Islam.
At Muhammad’s death in 632AD when Islam was hardly ten years old, Muhammad dies unexpectedly after complaining of headaches. The faith should have died with Muhammad. Against all odds it not only survived but grew to be a voracious kingdom. The seven heads? History reveals seven successive Islamic “caliphates,” i.e., dynasties, ending with the Ottomans. And the ten diadems? I suppose you will have to read to see. . .
In this chapter, we will lay three more pieces of our puzzle bringing our total to date to 20! You a believer yet?
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Ever play “king of the mountain” when you were a child? Last kid standing on the hill was “king.”
The Dome of the Rock, Islam’s shrine to Muhammad, rests on the Foundation Stone, a solid rock structure that previously served as the location for the Ark of the Covenant. Why do you think Islam built the Dome of the Rock on this specific location? This chapter will answer that question. It will review Matthew 24:15, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, and Revelation 13:6, all of which speak of a coming blasphemy that will occur in the Last Days relative to the Temple of God. Lest you have any doubt — just read the graffiti. Perhaps you will find who Islam declares “king of the mountain.”
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| This session will focus on the characteristics of the “beast of the Last Days” as found in Daniel 2 and Daniel 7. Each Biblical characteristic will be discussed in detail; and Islam will meet each one. Piece after piece to our puzzle will be laid. With the addition of each piece, the ones already laid will become more secure. We will soon come to a place where the obvious cannot be denied — the Biblical prophecies of the Last Days are filled with references to Islam; references God has previously concealed and sealed; but now, in the Last Days, the words of Daniel 12:9 are now being fulfilled — for God has chosen to unseal the prophecies! |
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Islam is unique in human history. Since its inception in the 7th century AD it has waged holy war, jihad, against anyone who stood in its way. This type of war, i.e., spiritual war, is described throughout the pages of prophetic scripture. The 4th part of King Nebuchadnezzar’s statue wages war against the kingdom of God; the 4th beast of Daniel 7 wages war against the saints of God; and, the great red dragon (the devil) in Revelation 12 wages war against Jews and Christians. All of these wars are spiritual in nature– not political. Only one world empire has waged a spiritual war since its inception — Islam. Islam will be identified as the spiritual empire that wages holy war against humanity, specifically, against Jews and Christians; and our third piece of the puzzle will be laid.
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He really doesn’t carry a pitch fork and have a long red tail and two horns. Yet, he is a master at disguise. Got any ideas of his favorite? Masquerade, that is. What might be satan’s most favorite cover? His most deceiving disguise?
Consider this fact: In every Bible passage except one, satan appears in disguise. In fact, the only time he does not appear in disguise is when he tempts Jesus in Matthew 4. In the book of Job, satan actually never appears before Job (only before God at a heavenly council). In all other Bible passages, satan is in disguise — even in the Garden of Eden. The reason? Because that is how he appears before humanity.
His best disguise? How about religion?
In this first chapter, we will look at satan’s origin according to the Bible. We will then identify two situations the Bible says can be used to identify his presence, regardless of the disguise he uses. The Bible refers to these two identifiers as ”antichrist.” Islam has played the antichrist. We will lay our first and second “pieces of the puzzle“ as Islam’s denial of the divinity of Jesus Christ and its denial of the Messiahship of Jesus both satisfy the Biblical criteria of “antichrist” within the meaning of 1 John 2:22-23. Read the text and listen to the audio for this chapter at http://www.whenthepiecesfit.org and tell us what you think.