SPELLING EDITED J-28. COULD ISLAM be the MARK of the BEAST? WHAT is the MARK of the BEAST? If we are to CORRECTLY answer this question of “WHAT IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST?”, then we must make sure that this MARK of the Beast fits ALL of the characteristics or traits of the ANTICHRIST and the FALSE PROPHET as well as those of the BEAST. For you see, I have heard many THEORIES about what the mark of the beast might be. But when I checked those theories with all of the clues that we are given in the Bible, I found that none of those theories fit ALL of the clues. So then, rather than quote all the many passages of scripture that show these many requirements and bog you down with so much to remember and to keep in mind, I will take a different approach and take one scripture at a time and compare it to what I personally believe is the BEAST and his MARK. CLUE #1. The MARK of the beast will be ANTICHRIST! Let us begin this study in God's word by reading 1 John 2:21-26, which teaches us that there will be those who will try and SEDUCE you or DECEIVE you into believing that Almighty God has NO SON and that this FALSE teaching is ANTICHRIST! Now, whenever I say YOU, I mean not only you personally, but ALL of mankind. In other words, there will be those in the last days that will come in the name of ANOTHER God who will try and DECEIVE ALL of mankind, including YOU, into believing that, 'Yes, Jesus was just a good man, a prophet of God, but he was NOT the SON of Almighty God, nor did Jesus DIE for your sins'. But if this were true, then this would then mean that Jesus did NOT rise from the dead either. And if Jesus did not rise from the dead where is the promise of our own resurrection and eternal life. In other words, this FALSE teaching that Jesus is NOT the SON of Almighty God is ANTICHRIST. Therefore, whatever belief system teaches that Almighty God has NO SON, then no matter who they are and how believable everything else might be that they teach, do not be deceived because they are ANTICHRIST. They DENY that Jesus is the Messiah who died for their sins. They deny that Jesus is the CHRIST, the prophet and his beast system prophesied to come. Please read 1 John 2:21-26 for yourself! “I have not written unto you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that NO lie is of the TRUTH. (John is writing to those who believe the TRUTH of the Holy Bible that Jesus died for their sins. In other words, Almighty God himself cannot lie. God sent his Word into the world by his prophets and the Word became FLESH and dwelt among us. This TRUTH that we already know is our faith in Jesus being the Son of man who suffered in all points as we suffer. And yet this ANOINTED man Jesus lived his life without sin in order to be that perfect sacrifice without sin to be the atonement for our sins. This TRUTH that we already believe is that the Scriptures testify of JESUS as the Messiah, our Savior. The Greek word translated as Christ means Messiah but it ALSO means ANOINTED) 22. Who is a LIAR but he that DENIES that Jesus is the Christ (Again, the word “CHRIST” means the MESSIAH and the one who is ANOINTED by Almighty God? So then, if you or ANYONE, no matter who they are, DENY that Jesus is the one whom Almighty God ANOINTED with his Holy Spirit to be the MESSIAH or the SAVIOR of all who BELIEVE, then)? He is ANTICHRIST (In other words, any person that DENIES that Almighty God sent or commissioned the Son of MAN Jesus to suffer and die for their sins to be their Savior, is an ANTICHRIST), that denies the Father and the Son. (In other words, the word of TRUTH, speaking of the Holy Bible ALONE, teaches that WHOSOEVER DENIES that Jesus is the SON OF the living God whom God made both Lord and Christ is ANTICHRIST. The Bible teaches us that Almighty God has a SON. The Bible also teaches us that God sent his word into the world and his word became FLESH to live among us. The Son of man, Jesus, taught his disciples that he came to show us the one true and only Almighty God and his LOVE for us. And anyone who DENIES that Jesus laid down his life to die on the cross for our sins and who DENIES that Jesus was raised from the dead and is now seated at the right hand of his God and Father is an ANTICHRIST! Anyone who does not believe this gospel of Jesus Christ is ANTICHRIST! The word of TRUTH goes on to say,) 23. Whosoever DENIES the SON, the SAME (Or ALL those who say that Almighty God does NOT have a SON) has NOT the Father: (But) he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also (In other words, whosoever comes to this knowledge of the TRUTH that Jesus is the SON of Almighty God has both Almighty God, the Father, and his Son.) 24. Let THAT (Speaking of the TRUTH that Almighty God has a SON and his name is Jesus) therefore abide in you (Or live in you in such a way that you will be willing to lay down your life for this TRUTH), which you have heard from the beginning. IF that which you have heard from the beginning (Which is that JESUS died for your sins to set you free from the bondage of sin in order to obtain eternal life. IF this TRUTH you have heard from the beginning) shall REMAIN in you, you also shall CONTINUE in the Son, and in the Father. 25. And this is the PROMISE that he has promised us, even eternal life. (In other words, IF and ONLY IF we REMAIN steadfast in our FAITH that Jesus is the SON of Almighty God then Almighty God has PROMISED us ETERNAL LIFE. But if we DENY this TRUTH that Jesus is the SON OF the one true and only then we will NOT receive eternal life in the world to come. In other words, if a Christian converts to Islam in order to save their PHYSICAL life, then they will LOSE their reward of ETERNAL LIFE. AND if a Muslim or a Jew or any other person in the world CONTINUES to DENY that Jesus is the CHRIST, the SON OF the living God. then they will NOT receive ETERNAL life in the world to come to rule and reign with Jesus) 26. These things have I written unto you concerning them that SEDUCE (Or try to DECEIVE) you.” So, I ask you this simple question my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ and my dear Muslims and Jews: “Does ISLAM teach in their holy book, the Quran, that their god ALLAH does NOT have a SON?” The answer is an absolute YES! They, speaking of Muslims, that follow the prophet Muhammad and the teachings of the Quran MORE than they follow the word of TRUTH the Holy Bible. Both the Jews and the Muslims use the Bible but neither the Jews or the Muslims believe that the one true God of the Bible has a Son. The Muslims believe and teach that Allah has NO SON! Please understand that Muslims sincerely believe that the god they call Allah is the one true God. of the Holy Bible the same as the Jews. Let me say that again, the Muslims believe and teach that Allah is the SAME God as the God spoken of in the Holy Bible. However, the Bible clearly teaches us that the ONLY TRUE God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Bible does indeed HAVE a SON. And the name of the Son of the living God is Jesus. But yet the Quran teaches Muslims that God has NO SON. Please read from the Quran for yourself from Surat Maryam (Mary), Sura (or chapter)19:88-92, which says, “They say: (speaking of the Jews and the Christians) "The Most Merciful has betaken [for himself] a son!" Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous! At it the skies are about to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin, that they attributed a son to The Most Gracious. And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son.” Here we see the writer of this book called the Noble Quran has to say concerning the words of Muhammad. He says that the Christians are WRONG in their teaching that Almighty God, the Most Gracious and Merciful, has a SON. Then Muhammad speaks further and says that this is an atrocity or a most monstrous thing to say that Almighty God, the creator, has a SON. And he goes on further to demand that believing and saying that Almighty God has a SON is NOT appropriate. And to further his error of what the Bible ITSELF teaches, he incorrectly says that the JEWS say that God has a SON. Now the Jews may say that God has a Son but they certainly do NOT believe that JESUS is God's SON who died for their sins. So, basically, this so-called Noble Quran is DENYING the CENTRAL teaching of the ENTIRE word of TRUTH, the HOLY BIBLE. Remember what you just read from the WORD of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, about this kind of teaching that DENIES that Jesus is the Christ, the SON of God. Again, remember that Christ means the ONE whom Almighty God has ANOINTED. The Son of man, Jesus was ANOINTED to be the savior of everyone who believes this word of TRUTH. So to DENY Jesus as your Savior is ANTICHRIST. Now, the Quran DENIES that Almighty God has a SON. Therefore, the Quran, according to the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, is ANTICHRIST. Yes, the Quran may teach things ABOUT Jesus being a prophet of Almighty God, but it does NOT teach the TRUE Jesus or the TRUE gospel of Jesus Christ. The Quran teaches Muslims to ask the people of the book for understanding and yet the Quran also teaches that WE as Christians are basically lying when we teach exactly what the BOOK, the Holy Bible, teaches. So then, when we, as Christians, say things like we are CO-LABORERS with God and that we are adopted into his family as HIS SONS and DAUGHTERS, the ACCORDING to the Quran, Christians are liars. But according to the ONLY word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, it is the Muslims who are lying against the TRUTH. This then raised the question WHO then is teaching about the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God, the Christians or the Muslims? Please read these following studies in BOTH the Quran and the Holy Bible to learn the TRUTH. “IS ALLAH THE ONE TRUE AND ONLY ALMIGHTY GOD?” “PRAYERS THAT ALLAH DOES NOT ANSWER!” “IS ISLAM A RELIGION OF PEACE?” “DOES THE QURAN CONTRADICT THE HOLY BIBLE?” When some Muslims hear such teaching they believe it is blasphemous because of what they are taught to focus upon in the Quran. However, those Muslims who truly seek the truth will obey the Quran and ASK the people of the BOOK, the Holy Bible, for understanding. It is only those Muslims who focus on these few teachings of the Quran that teach Muslims to believe and teach that Christians are of the DEVIL or they are JINN. Now, for some of you who may have never heard of this word “jinn” before, this is what the word JINN means. To the Muslim, a jinn is an evil spirit. In other words, a jinn is what we as Christians know as Satan, the Devil, demons or evil spirits. Now, the TRUTH of the matter according to the Holy Bible, is that when Muslims or anyone else to say that the Holy Spirit of Almighty God does NOT live or dwell in a true Christian, then they are the ones blaspheming the Holy Spirit. When Muslims say that Christians have a Jinn or are of the Devil when we, as Christians, say that we are the sons and daughters of God, then it is the Muslims that are blaspheming the God of the Bible. In other words, according to the Holy Bible, it is blaspheming the Holy Spirit of Almighty God to ACCUSE the good works of righteousness in the life of a Christian as being the works of a JINN or of a Devil. Here is what the Quran says in Surat Al-an'am, Sura 2:100-102 about this subject or Christians having a SO-CALLED evil spirit living in them because we believe the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, which CLEARLY teaches us that those who OBEY the Spirit of God by rejecting the works of the flesh are the SONS and DAUGHTERS of Almighty God. ”100. But they have attributed to Allah partners - the jinn, while He has created them - and have fabricated for Him sons and daughters without knowledge. Exalted is He and high above what they describe. 101. [He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing. 102. That is Allah, your Lord; there is no deity except Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Disposer of all things.” Clearly, these verses from the Quran DENY even the possibility of Almighty God, the CREATOR of all things, as even having the ABILITY to have a SON, simply because he does not have a COMPANION. Cannot THE Almighty God do whatever he so chooses to do? The answer is an ABSOLUTE YES! And the Holy Bible CLEARLY teaches that Almighty God does, in fact, have a SON and the name of his Son is Jesus and it is THROUGH his SON Jesus that we, as God's creation, have been given the opportunity to become SONS and DAUGHTERS of Almighty God our creator. This means YOU too my dear Muslim brothers and sisters! No matter who you are or what you have done in the past, Almighty God is calling out to YOU to become his CHILD. He LOVES you so much that he gave his only begotten SON, JESUS, as a ransom for YOU so that WHOSOEVER BELIEVES in Jesus his SON shall NOT PERISH on the Day of Judgment, but shall be given ETERNAL LIFE on that day IF SO BE that YOU REMAIN FAITHFUL to your confession of FAITH that Jesus DIED for YOUR SINS and rose again from the dead and is NOW seated AT the RIGHT HAND of Almighty God, the FATHER. The Quran goes on further to say that WE as Christians do NOT know what we are talking about and that we do NOT TRULY KNOW who Almighty God is because we say that he has a SON. The mere idea or thought of Almighty God having a SON is repulsive and insulting to some Muslims, as you can see from reading the Quran. Please read Surat Yunus, Sura 10:68, which says, "They (again referring to Christians) have said, " Allah has taken a son." Exalted is He; He is the [one] Free of need. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. You (speaking to Christians) have no authority for this [claim]. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?" Again, Muhammad is ACCUSING Christians of making a so-called FALSE CLAIM that Almighty God has a SON and that Almighty God HIMSELF has HIGHLY EXALTED his SON Jesus and gave his SON power and authority over whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the Earth. I do not want to sound rude, but if you, my dear Muslim, would read and study the Bible, then you would KNOW that these ACCUSATIONS from the Quran are FALSE. Your own Quran teaches you to ASK Christians for understanding and yet many Muslims falsely teach that we as Christians have a devil and therefore do not know the one true and only Almighty God. The TRUTH of the matter is that Almighty God has taken a SON and BECAUSE his Son Jesus was OBEDIENT unto death on the cross, then Almighty God, the Father, HIGHLY EXALTED his SON and gave his Son a name above all other names so that there is NO OTHER NAME under heaven whereby men or mankind shall be saved and then be given eternal life in the world to come if so be that they remain faithful to their faith in God's SON unto death. Allah cannot save you, my dear Muslim brothers and sisters. The Holy Bible, CLEARLY teaches throughout its pages that Almighty God, the CREATOR of ALL things does, in fact, has a SON whose name is Jesus. The SAME Holy Bible that you, as a GOOD Muslim, are instructed to READ and STUDY in your noble Quran. It is in the pages of the Holy Bible that speak of Jesus hundreds of years before Jesus was ever born. But yet there is NOTHING in the Holy Bible that speaks of the coming of the prophet Muhammad that you so highly exalted as the greatest of all prophets. Do NOT be deceived any longer by this FALSE teaching of the Quran. READ and STUDY the Holy Bible as your Noble Quran instructs you to do. The Holy Bible teaches that Satan will appear as an angel of light in order to DECEIVE people to believe the words he speaks is of God. From the very beginning, Satan used a little truth to DISGUISE his LIES. Satan is the father of lies and there is no truth in him. Satan is a DECEIVER. The angel that appeared to Muhammad and spoke to him was NOT the angel Gabriel, but rather this angel was Satan himself appeared as an angel of light in order to DECEIVE Muhammad by telling him that Almighty God has NO SON. THINK this THROUGH for YOURSELF my dear Muslims brothers and sisters. WHY would Almighty God send us his WORD of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, which CLEARLY teaches us that he has a SON, and then turn around some five hundred years later and send an angel to teach a single man, named Muhammad, that Almighty God does NOT have a SON. This is a TOTAL CONTRADICTION of what Almighty God has spoken to his MANY servants and prophets since mankind has been on the Earth. WHY would you believe this ONE man over the MANY prophets that came BEFORE this MAN named Muhammad? Particularly why will you, my dear Muslims, NOT believe the Holy Bible, when this man Muhammad confirmed that the Holy Bible was the WORD of Almighty God? WHY? Why do you believe the Quran OVER the WORD of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, which came thousands of years BEFORE the Quran? The Bible was written by MANY different men of God from different times in history who were inspired by the Holy Spirit to write down what they heard from God and yet all these words of DIFFERENT men from DIFFERENT times and they all AGREE and teach the SAME central TRUTH of Almighty God having a SON. And then around five hundred years AFTER Jesus died, rose again and ascended into heaven this ONE man named Muhammad comes along and CLAIMS that he has been visited by the angel Gabriel who supposedly tells him that Almighty God has NO SON. Just mere common sense would tell you that Muhammad was DECEIVED by Satan to speak LIES about the Holy Book, the WORD of TRUTH, which is the Holy Bible that was ALREADY given to mankind. READ the BIBLE and then go back and read the Quran and you will SEE that you too have been DECEIVED by Satan to follow this false prophet, Muhammad. For further study on the many verses from the Quran that DECEIVE people by teaching that Almighty God does NOT have a SON and at the SAME time this SAME noble Quran quotes, as well, many verses that clearly teach that followers of Muhammad are to read and study the Holy Bible and to ask Christians, who read and study the BOOK, the Holy Bible, if they have any questions, then please read the studies that I mentioned earlier in this study. Again I implore you to please read from the Quran for yourself or go to the many websites that I give to you throughout and at the end of this study in order to PROVE to yourself that the Holy Bible is the word of TRUTH written by holy men and that this word of TRUTH was kept pure to this very day and that not one jot or tittle of God's word of truth, the Holy Bible, will pass away. The Bible says that YOU will be judged by the words that were spoken by JESUS and not by the words of the Quran. I cannot implore you enough to read and believe the BIBLE over the Quran. I assure you that the Holy Bible has NOT been corrupted as many are FALSELY teaching today. You OWE it to YOURSELF to search out the TRUTH for YOURSELF, so read the words of Jesus recorded in the Gospels, Read the Torah and the prophets of the Old Testament. Read the Epistles, the writings of the followers of Jesus who were EYEWITNESSES of his death and resurrection and heard the words of Almighty God straight from the mouth of Jesus who was sent to SHOW us the TRUE nature and character of Almighty God. Here is just one of many websites to get you started: \ http://www.atruechurch.info/quran.html Now getting back to what is the MARK of the BEAST? We have so far learned that whatever worldly system or religion teaches AGAINST CHRIST or against the ANOINTING of Almighty God is ANTICHRIST and therefore bears the MARK of the BEAST. Henceforth, the religion of ISLAM bares the MARK of the BEAST, because this religious system teaches that Almighty God does NOT have a SON. The Quran teaches that Jesus was just a good teacher and prophet, but the Quran does NOT teach that Jesus is the CHRIST or the ONE whom Almighty God has called and CHOSEN to be the savior of everyone who BELIEVES the words of Jesus and follows these teachings of Jesus unto the end. Therefore, ISLAM is ANTICHRIST and therefore ISLAM bares the MARK of the BEAST. So then, WHO or WHAT is the BEAST? In order to know what the MARK of the BEAST is, then we need to know the nature and character or the spirit of the BEAST itself. Being ANTICHRIST is just one identifying trait that exposes who the beast is and what his MARK will be. Let us begin by reading Revelation 11:7, which teaches us that when the ONLY TWO witnesses who stand in all the Earth as a WITNESS or testimony to the ONLY ONE TRUE Almighty God have finished their testimony, that many shall be killed for what they believe and testify about. In other words, when WE, the Christians and the Jews, the ONLY TRUE WITNESSES of the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God, have finished our TESTIMONY, then that BEAST that has ascended out of the BOTTOMLESS PIT or the ABYSS, the underworld, will make WAR with US, the Christians, and the Jews and OVERCOME us toward the end of this great tribulation and persecution of God's people. In other words, this beast system will KILL or BEHEAD many of us for being a WITNESS of the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God throughout its reign, but toward the end of this beast system, it shall rise and overcome the Christians and the Jews. Revelation 11:7. “And when they (Speaking of the ONLY TWO witnesses of the only true Almighty God referring to the Christians and the Jews) shall have finished their testimony, the BEAST that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them (the CHRISTIANS and the JEWS), and shall overcome them, and KILL them (the CHRISTIANS and the JEWS).” So just ask yourself this SIMPLE question: “WHAT so-called peaceful religious system IS and always has made WAR with and have KILLED both the Christians and Jews?” Has not this so-called PEACEFUL religious system known as ISLAM sought JIHAD or WAR with the Christians and the Jews because we as believers in the one true and only Almighty God would simply NOT defile themselves by bowing down to this FALSE god ALLAH that the Quran falsely teaches is the one true God and creator of all things! THINK this through for yourself! WHY would Christians lay down their life RATHER than SUBMIT themselves to worship ALLAH if they did not TRULY BELIEVE in the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God that the Holy Bible ITSELF teaches? Has not history shown this FACT to be the TRUTH? Yes, history has indeed shown that Islam has always persecuted and killed Christians and Jews! From its very start, Muhammad has taught Muslims, through the Quran, to practice JIHAD or WAR on God's people, his TWO WITNESSES, the Christians, and the Jews. And this WAR or JIHAD has been waged on Christians and Jews all over the world to this day and the Quran teaches that such WAR and JIHAD will CONTINUE until nothing remains but those who serve ALLAH alone. Another characteristic of the BEAST is that the beast goes forth to CONQUER, which is WHAT Islam did in the beginning by putting fear into the people to submit to the teachings of Islam. Then another identifying trait of the BEAST is that he will come up PEACEABLY and THEN sudden destruction will come upon those in darkness who were DECEIVED by this talk of PEACE. Again, has not Islam boasted that they will one day dominated the entire world by PEACE entering in among the nations little by little until they have the upper hand to crush their enemy. Another sign to look for is the changing of LAWS. The BEAST or antichrist will seek to CHANGE the LAWS. Does not ISLAM seek today to change the LAWS of the countries it has infiltrated peaceably to now enforce their own SHARIA LAW? Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ and my spiritually dead Muslim brothers and sisters of the family of the world that the BEAST, spoken of in the Holy Bible, is none other than the spirit of SATAN himself who wages WAR against the people of Almighty God, the CHRISTIANS and the JEWS, who are the ONLY TRUE WITNESSES of the ONLY TRUE Almighty God. You may consider yourself a PEACEFUL Muslim at this present time, but I assure you that at the appointed time in God's word that even the peaceful Muslims will be forced to make a choice to either join the jihad against the Christians and the Jews or be killed yourself by your fellow Muslim brothers and sisters. The BEAST is a man or a system that is controlled by a man who is under the control of the spirit of SATAN the DECEIVER. You see, a mere man does NOT ascend up out of the BOTTOMLESS PIT or the UNDERWORLD, the ABYSS, but rather an evil spirit of Satan or Satan himself ascends out of the bottomless pit. So then, the BEAST and his system are of Satan, the Devil. There is NO DOUBT that the BEAST and the beast system is none other than a man or system that is under the control of a man who is controlled by a spirit of Satan, the Devil. And there is no doubt that this man or system of Satan will push the desire or plan of Satan to be brought to pass, which is to destroy God's people, his ONLY TWO WITNESSES in all the Earth, the Jews and the Christians. Satan is a DECEIVER and he DECEIVES the whole world into believing that there are actually THREE witnesses of Almighty God. Satan wants the world to believe that the Christians, the Jews, AND the MUSLIMS are all witnesses of the SAME Almighty God. Satan's plan is to try and DECEIVE the Christians and the Jews into believing that we ALL worship the SAME God and that his name is ALLAH. But IF this were TRUE, and the noble Quran is, in fact, the word of Almighty God, then WHY would the so-called word of ALLAH, who disguises himself as being Almighty God, teach Muslims, one of his so-called witnesses, to KILL his other TWO witnesses of Almighty God? This makes NO LOGICAL sense whatsoever! THINK this through for yourself my dear Muslim brothers and sisters. You have been DECEIVED, my dear Muslim readers. Almighty God has ONLY TWO witnesses in ALL the Earth and they are the Christians and the Jews. BE NOT DECEIVED any longer! The QURAN does NOT teach about the ONE TRUE Almighty God! The word of Almighty God, the WORD of TRUTH is the HOLY BIBLE ALONE! The TRUTH of the matter is that Almighty God chose Israel or the Jews FIRST, but when they, the Jews, kept rebelling against God, then Almighty God chose to turn to a people that did not know him who are called the GENTILES or the HEATHEN by the Jews in order to PROVOKE his chosen people Israel, the Jews, to JEALOUSY so that they would eventually REPENT and turn BACK to him by ACCEPTING that he has a SON who DIED for their SINS. So then, according to the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, YOU, the reader of this study, are one of only THREE different groups of people. You are either a JEW, who has not YET recognized JESUS, the SON of Almighty God, as their MESSIAH, or you are a CHRISTIAN, which was either a former Jew who has NOW accepted the TRUTH of God's word to become a Christian or you are now a Christian, who was a former GENTILE, who has heard the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ and has accepted the TRUTH of God's word to now become a Christian, OR you as still YET a GENTILE who is LOST and will be cast into the lake of FIRE IF SO BE you do not REPENT and ACCEPT Jesus, the SON of God, and as your SAVIOR. It does NOT matter if you call yourself a Muslim or not! It does not matter if you call yourself a Buddhist or not! You can call yourself an atheist! You can call yourself an agnostic! You can call yourself a basically GOOD person! No matter what you call yourself or what you believe, you are still LOST unless you believe and FOLLOW Jesus, the SON, the living and ONLY TRUE God. There is NO OTHER NAME under heaven whereby men or mankind will be saved. You can say that you are a believer and follower of ALLAH and say that ALLAH is the only true God, but if what your so-called only true "god" teaches you is to KILL Christians and the Jews, then you are being DECEIVED by Satan to KILL Almighty God's ONLY TWO WITNESSES in ALL the Earth and thereby you are SEALING your OWN DESTRUCTION in the lake of FIRE. THINK this through for YOURSELF, because your very eternal life or soul is on the line as to what YOU YOURSELF CHOSE to BELIEVE and FOLLOW. In other words, are you going to believe and follow a book written after a MAN that CLAIMED that he was a prophet of Almighty God who IN the book called the noble Quran teaches you as a GOOD Muslim to READ and STUDY the Holy Bible and ask Christians who read and study the Holy Bible if you have questions, OR are you going to believe and follow the WORDS of Almighty God STRAIGHT from the SOURCE, the HOLY BIBLE? Why would you put your trust of your reward of ETERNAL LIFE in the hands of a MAN who CLAIMS that he has heard a word from Almighty God from an ANGEL, when you can go STRAIGHT to the SOURCE, the very word of Almighty God, the Holy Bible, to learn that SATAN the DECEIVER can transform himself into an ANGEL of LIGHT making himself APPEAR to be an ANGEL from Almighty God, when in fact Satan is just pretending to be God's messenger because he wants to DECEIVE and destroy as many people as he can. You see, Satan not only wants to destroy God's people, his ONLY TWO WITNESSES in all the Earth, Satan wants to destroy Muslims, as well, by DECEIVING them into believing that they are serving the one true "god" and that they are doing ALLAH'S will when they KILL the Christians and the Jews. And with a FALSE religion such as ISLAM, Satan has DECEIVED many Muslims into wiping out God's ONLY TWO witnesses, the Christians and the Jews and at the SAME he has time TRICKED them into believing that they are doing the will of Almighty God but is reality they are in fact fulfilling the desire of Satan, the Devil and condemning THEMSELVES to the Day of judgment and lake of FIRE to be destroyed. BE NOT DECEIVED my dear Muslims of the world! The Holy Bible also teaches us to TRY the spirits in order to SEE and KNOW if they are TRULY of God. And the TEST is to test the messages of spirits and ANGELS in order to KNOW whether or not a spirit or ANGEL is actually FROM Almighty God by WHAT this spirit or ANGEL teaches you. In other words, if what a spirit or angel teaches you CONTRADICTS what the Bible itself teaches, then that spirit or angel is NOT from the one true and only Almighty God. Please read 1 John 2:22, which CLEARLY teaches us that WHOSOEVER DENIES that Jesus is the CHRIST is a LIAR and an ANTICHRIST. This verse goes on to add that WHOSOEVER DENIES that Almighty God is the FATHER and has a SON whom he has ANOINTED and chosen to be the MESSIAH is a LIAR and an ANTICHRIST. 1 John 2:22. “Who is a LIAR but he that DENIES that Jesus is the CHRIST? He is ANTICHRIST, that DENIES the Father and the SON” Then we read in 1 John 4:1-3 which CLEARLY and PLAINLY teaches us that NOT EVERY PROPHET is a TRUE PROPHET of Almighty God and that we are to TRY or TEST what this so-called PROPHET is teaching BY the SOURCE, the very word of Almighty God, the Holy Bible. So then, what YOU, as a GOOD Muslim, need to go to the SOURCE, the very WORD of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, to TEST your so-called “prophet Muhammad” in order to test and see if he is TRULY a prophet of the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God? 1 John 4:1-3. “Beloved, believe NOT EVERY SPIRIT, but TRY (or TEST) the spirits whether they are OF God: (WHY? Why is it necessary to try the spirits of ANGELS to see whether they are TRULY SENT by Almighty God?) BECAUSE many FALSE PROPHETS are gone out into the world. (Have you ever asked yourself the question; could it be that Muhammad is one of these FALSE PROPHETS who heard a message from an evil spirit or angel that was NOT SENT by Almighty God? Well let us look to the SOURCE, the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, just as Muhammad SHOULD have done himself, in order to KNOW whether or not Muhammad was listening to an evil spirit, that is to say, an ANTICHRIST spirit and therefore became a FALSE prophet, or a prophet of SATAN teaching doctrines of DEVILS.) 2. Hereby (Or in this MANNER) KNOW you the Spirit of God: EVERY spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is OF God: 3. And EVERY spirit that confesses NOT that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is NOT of God: and THIS (Speaking of the LYING spirit that teaches ANY man, INCLUDING Muhammad, that says that the ANOINTING has not come in the FLESH of Jesus, is NOT of Almighty God and therefore this LYING spirit) IS that spirit of ANTICHRIST, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” So all you need to do is ask yourself the SIMPLE question: “Does Muhammad teach, in this religious system of ISLAM, that Almighty God does NOT have a SON? If so, then this religious system of ISLAM bares the MARK of the BEAST or more precisely bares the MARK of SATAN.” To all my Christian brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, you already KNOW that Jesus IS the SON of Almighty God, the FATHER. But to my dear Muslim brothers and sisters who have not read the Bible, it is YOU whom I encourage to search out this TRUTH for YOURSELF, because the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, speaks of JESUS as the ONE whom Almighty God has CHOSEN to be the SAVIOR of ALL who BELIEVE and FOLLOW his teachings. For an in-depth study on the verses in the Bible that PROPHESIED and foretold of this coming MESSIAH into the world please read the study entitled “PROPHECIES OF JESUS BEING THE MESSIAH!”. But for now, let us continue in this study to learn more about the BEAST and his MARK because we KNOW that WHOSOEVER receives the MARK of the BEAST will be cast into the lake of FIRE on the Day of Judgment according to Revelation 14:6-12. Revelation 14:6-12. “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the EVERLASTING GOSPEL to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, (In other words, this is the last call for all people everywhere to REPENT and call upon the name of Jesus to be saved. TODAY is the day of salvation! Time is running out. Chose you this day who you shall follow! Repent and FOLLOW Jesus!) 7. Saying with a LOUD voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 8. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city because she made ALL nations drink of the wine of the WRATH of her fornication. 9. And the third angel followed them, saying with a LOUD voice, If ANY man worship the BEAST and his IMAGE, and receive his MARK in his forehead, or in his hand, 10. The SAME shall drink of the wine of the WRATH of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he (Speaking of those who bear the MARK of the BEAST) shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb (Speaking of Jesus the SON of Almighty God who was SLAIN and shed his BLOOD for the atonement of our sins): 11. And the smoke of their torment ascends up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, WHO worship the BEAST and his IMAGE, and WHOSOEVER receives the MARK of his NAME. 12. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the FAITH OF JESUS ( In other words, this knowledge of KNOWING that Almighty God will AVENGE his people by DESTROYING those people who persecute, afflict, enslave, imprison, torture, behead or kill the saints, the ONLY TWO witnesses of the ONLY TRUE Almighty God, and the KNOWING that WE who ALSO KEEP his COMMANDMENTS and who HOLD FAST our FAITH, that JESUS is the SON of Almighty God and that he is our MESSIAH and is both Lord and SAVIOR).” Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ how vitally important it is for you to KNOW exactly WHO the BEAST IS and WHAT is his MARK so that you will NOT be DECEIVED into bearing the MARK of the BEAST? Let us continue this study by taking a CLOSE look at WHO Jesus is FIGHTING at the battle of Armageddon when Jesus comes to receive those saints or Christians who have REMAINED FAITHFUL to his word, and also FIGHT for his people Israel, the JEWS who are being wiped off the face of the Earth at this time. This is a very important CLUE to WHOM and WHAT is that BEAST and his SYSTEM, because it is the BEAST and the FALSE PROPHET and this BEAST SYSTEM that Jesus FIGHTS when he comes again. So then, the NATIONS that Jesus FIGHTS when he comes are one of the KEYS to IDENTIFYING the BEAST and the ANTICHRIST and his MARK! Please read Revelation 16:1-16. I will take it verse by verse and give a brief description or comparison of those verses that to me show that ISLAM bares the MARK of the BEAST. Revelation 16:1-16. “And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God (Strong's number 2373 for wrath here is the Greek word "thymus", which carries the meaning of righteous punishment. This is not speaking of the actual WRATH of Almighty God that is poured out AFTER the time of great tribulation, but rather this Greek word “thymus” speaks of the judgments poured out during the time of great tribulation and when SATAN pours out his wrath) upon the earth. 2. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth, and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the MARK of the BEAST, and upon them which worshipped his IMAGE. (This is pretty self-explanatory; all those who receive the MARK of the beast and KILL the Jews and the Christians will be plagued with very painful sores, sicknesses, and diseases. Basically, anyone who does not follow the teachings of Jesus CLOSELY, will in some way bear this MARK of the beast and suffer the consequences) 3. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea, and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. (This could mean the results of WAR with dead bodies and bloodshed all over. The word SEA, at times in the Bible, refers to the wicked or those who do not follow Almighty God. Or this could mean some type of pollution like oil in the seas. During the Gulf War, were not oil wells set on fire? So what if oil were deliberately dumped into the seas or ships filled with oil, were sunk in WAR? God is coming to destroy those who destroy the Earth!) 4. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters, and they became blood. (Again, this could be dead bodies polluting the waters. Nuclear waste or any type of pollution. TERRORISTS have threatened to poison the water supply proving that anything goes when it comes to JIHAD! But also the word "waters" also means PEOPLE in Bible prophecy. So this could be referring to the blood of the Christians and the Jews flowing like water throughout the streets of Jerusalem. Because the next two verses show that those who have shed the blood of the Christians and the Jews shall be SLAIN themselves at the coming of Jesus.) 5. And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, which are, and was, and shall be, because you have judged thus. (WHY?) 6. FOR (or BECAUSE) THEY (speaking of those who bear the MARK of the BEAST and WORSHIP his IMAGE) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. (In other words, a RIGHTEOUS recompense of judgment is returned to those who KILL the Christians and the Jews. It may be polluted water that has the appearance of blood that is the judgment, but also the righteous judgment will be the slaying of the wicked as well.) 7. And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments. 8. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun, and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 9. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which has power over these plagues: and THEY (Speaking of those who are KILLING the Christians and the Jews) repented NOT to give him (The ONE and ONLY TRUE Almighty God of the Christians and the Jews) glory. (The Bible says that God would send THEM a STRONG delusion that THEY should believe a LIE so that they would NOT receive and believe the TRUTH. Islam FITS all the prophecies in the Bible about the end times, the antichrist and his antichrist SYSTEM.) 10. And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the SEAT (Or very heart or center, the throne) of the BEAST; and his kingdom was full of darkness, and THEY (Still speaking of the SAME THEY that are KILLING the Christians and the Jews) gnawed their tongues for pain, 11. And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented NOT of their deeds (In other words, no matter how bad things get for these people who bear the MARK of the BEAST many of them will NOT REPENT or CEASE from KILLING the Christians and the Jews, because they are so DECEIVED by Satan that they are FIGHTING for the CAUSE of Almighty God, when in TRUTH, they are actually fighting for the cause of ALLAH, which is none other than a FALSE god, Satan the Devil. In other words, ALLAH is the BEAST and his MARK is ISLAM!) 12. And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river the Euphrates, and the water thereof was dried up, (WHY?) that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. (Do a little research and see how dried up the river Euphrates is already. Plus anyone who has CONTROL of the dams can speed up this process very easily!) 13. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the BEAST, and out of the mouth of the FALSE PROPHET. (These evil lying spirits or false teachings that go forth from this BEAST and FALSE PROPHET will DECEIVE those of the nations to fight against Almighty God) 14. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. (In other words, the BEAST or the BEAST SYSTEM along with the FALSE PROPHET incite the kings of nations and the people of the whole world to make WAR or JIHAD against the Christians and the Jews in order to wipe them from the face of the Earth, and then when Jesus returns to FIGHT for his PEOPLE these who have been DECEIVED by SATAN will turn to FIGHT against God. For a deeper understanding of how this may all unfold please read the study “What does the BIBLE say about UFO'S?”) 15. Behold, I (Speaking of Jesus the SON of Almighty God) come as a THIEF (Jesus is coming as a THIEF in the night to execute the WRATH of Almighty God upon all those living in SIN and upon those who are KILLING his people the Christians and the Jews). Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they (Speaking of the angels of Jesus that he sends to GATHER TOGETHER his saints that have remained faithful and who are living without sin) see his shame. 16. And he (Jesus and his angels) gathered them (ONLY those saints who are keeping the commandments of Almighty God and have NOT received the MARK of the BEAST) together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon (Where we will be with Jesus in his chariots of fire to help execute the WRATH of Almighty God upon the wicked and all those who bear the MARK of the BEAST).” It is at this time of the second coming of Jesus that the WRATH of Almighty God is poured out during the FINAL stages of this BATTLE of ARMAGEDDON where Jesus is fighting AGAINST the NATIONS that are fighting AGAINST Christians and against Israel, the Jews. So then, ask yourself the SIMPLE question: “WHAT NATIONS are FIGHTING AGAINST God's people the Christians and the Jews?” That is correct; they are ALL Muslim nations who desire to dominate the entire world with their FALSE god ALLAH, their FALSE teaching of their Quran and their religious BEAST system of ISLAM, their so-called religion of PEACE! Open your eyes to the TRUTH my dear brothers and sister in the Lord and my dear Muslim brothers and sisters before it is too late! Let us take a look at some verses in the Old Testament that CLEARLY and PLAINLY show us the NATIONS that Jesus will fight AGAINST when he comes to fight FOR his chosen people of Israel, the JEWS. Please read Ezekiel 30:3-6 which is speaking of the DAY of the Lord when the WRATH of Almighty God will be poured out upon these Muslim nations. Ezekiel 30:3-6. “For the day is near, EVEN the DAY of the LORD (Speaking of the BATTLE of the great DAY of God we just read about, when Jesus comes back to fight the NATIONS that are KILLING God's people, the Christians, and the Jews, EVEN the DAY of the LORD) is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. 4. And the sword shall come upon EGYPT, and great pain shall be in ETHIOPIA when the slain shall fall in EGYPT, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 5. Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, (The men in league with the radical Muslims could be speaking of the mean supplying the radical Muslims with weapons) shall fall with them by the sword. 6. Thus says the LORD; They ALSO that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the PRIDE of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, says the Lord GOD.” All these nations EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, LIBYA, make up most of Northern Africa, and LYDIA is part of the world that today is know as TURKEY, which again today at this present time, are ALL nations that are Muslim dominated nations. Who is more PROUD than the Muslims today who speak of dominating the whole entire world with ISLAM! Ezekiel 32:21-30 teaches us that these nations are cast into HELL. Quite the OPPOSITE of what the Quran teaches, which is to FIGHT for the cause of ALLAH and KILL all those who do NOT submit to ISLAM that you MAY find mercy and not suffer the Day of Judgment! But yet the Quran teaches Muslims to read and obey the Holy Bible. Just pay ATTENTION to the NATIONS that are NAMED in the Holy Bible as the NATIONS that will be cast into the FIRE of judgment! You will clearly see that the, they who are being spoken of, are ALL these nations that believe that they are serving the true “god” by killing the Christians and the Jews. And they are ALL Muslim nations that shall be judged to suffer the WRATH of Almighty God. Ezekiel 32:21-30. “The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of HELL with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 22. ASSHUR is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 23. Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused TERROR (Or TERRORISM) in the land of the living. 24. There is ELAM and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their TERROR (Or TERRORISM) in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25. They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their TERROR (Or TERRORISM) was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 26. There is MESHECH, TUBAL, and ALL her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their TERROR (Or TERRORISM) in the land of the living. 27. And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the TERROR (Or TERRORISM) of the mighty in the land of the living. 28. Yea, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. 29. There is EDOM, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. 30. There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the ZIDONIANS, which are gone down with the slain; with their TERROR (Or TERRORISM) they are ashamed of their might, and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.” Then in Psalms 83, we read about TEN nations that seek to wipe Israel off the face of the earth in the last days. Psalm 83:1-18. “Keep not you silence, O God: hold not your peace, and be not still, O God. 2. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3. They have taken crafty counsel against your people and consulted against your hidden ones. 4. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against you: 6. The tabernacles of EDOM (Modern day Palestinians and southern Jordan), and the ISHMAELITES (The seed of Ishmael or modern-day Saudi Arabia); of MOAB, (Central Jordan) and the HAGARENES (The seed of Hagar or the Egyptians or northern Africa); 7. GEBAL,(Northern part of Lebanon) and AMMON,(The northern part of Jordan) and AMALEK;(Sinai) the PHILISTINES (The Gaza Strip) with the inhabitants of TYRE; (Southern part of Lebanon) 8. ASSUR (Syria and Iraq) also is joined with them: they have holpen (Helped or joined together with) the children of Lot. Selah. (PAUSE and CONSIDER CLOSELY what has just been said. These are ALL Muslim dominated countries.) 9. Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10. Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 11. Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12. Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13. O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14. As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; 15. So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16. Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek YOUR name, O LORD. 17. Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 18. That men may know that YOU, whose name alone is JEHOVAH (Or more correctly YAHWEH), are the most high over all the earth.” Again, every one of the TEN nations is an Islamic Muslim dominated nation that will fight against Israel in the last days THINKING that they are doing the God of Abraham a service when in fact they are serving Satan who has DECEIVED them. Be not deceived my dear Muslim readers, the very Jesus, that ISLAM falsely teaches to NOT be the SON of the one true and only Almighty God, WILL come again to fight AGAINST those Muslim nations that are killing the Christians and the Jews. If you study Jewish commentaries on the latter-day prophecy, you will soon run across the following statement: “Edom is Rome.” This is usually asserted in the context of an impending great battle, which is called “Gog and Magog.” Christians generally refer to the same protracted battle as Armageddon. Under either title, it marks the conclusion of the era of Gentiles trampling down the temple of God, which to me not only speaks of WAR in the holy land of Israel and Jerusalem but also the temple of the Holy Spirit of Almighty God, the KILLING of Christians. At this time, when the war of JIHAD is being waged against Israel, Jesus the Messiah will come to fight for Israel and will lead the Jews to a victory over the nations that are warring against her just before establishing His thousand-year Kingdom. Therefore, to the Jews, Edom is the final Gentile kingdom, which will be smashed by Messiah Himself. Here is a link to a website that suggests that ISLAM is the BEAST system that will bear the traits of the ANTICHRIST. And as always any link I suggest does not mean that I agree with everything taught on those websites, but rather I am only pointing to a particular article on that website that I feel may be helpful to my readers. http://www.deadsoulsyndrome.com/islam4.htm Also, go to my YouTube channel AMATTEROFTRUTH or to my video section here at AMatterOfTruth.com and watch some videos that I have uploaded to explain the MARK of the BEAST quite well. Also, for my dear Muslim brothers and sisters, I have dedicated my other YouTube channel MarkAtAMatterOfTruth also called the Word of TRUTH to the sharing the testimonies of many Muslims who have come to the knowledge of the TRUTH and now confess Jesus, the SON of Almighty God, as their Lord and savior. LISTEN to WHY they are WILLING to SUFFER such persecution and even lay down their life for the belief in the ONE TRUE and ONLY WISE Almighty God, the FATHER of Jesus his SON, the ONE whom Almighty God himself ANOINTED to be the savior of all those who BELIEVE! The Bible says that THEY, speaking of Christians, have overcome the Devil by the word of their TESTIMONY and they loved NOT their lives unto DEATH. Yes, you may have to DIE for your faith in Jesus, but your reward is ETERNAL LIFE! One of my readers wrote to me asking the question WHAT could the STRONG DELUSION be? She asked if it could be secularism where the world, in general, denies that there is a God. Here is what I wrote back to her. The strong delusion is connected with apostasy, the falling away. So in truth, everything that is connected with apostasy would be a delusion or a deception. I too have wondered WHAT could it possibly be? I mean what kind of deception could be so strong that it would keep people from believing the truth? You have listed one. #1. Humanism, secularism, atheism. Plain and simple there is no God. This general world attitude may be the strong delusion and it is certainly PART of it. Now, under this category of denying the very existence of God, we have the ancient alien teaching which again MAY be a part of the strong delusion. Particularly IF a fleet of UFO'S appears over every major city in the world and the fallen angels masquerade as being ALIENS who visited the earth many times in the past and people took them to BE gods. Just one possibility, so I cover this possibility in the study “WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT UFO'S?” Remember that if it were possible EVEN the very elect would be deceived. So it has to be pretty darn convincing and most Christians are not deceived by atheism and the no god mentality UNLESS something like a UFO event were to take place. Then I could see that SOME Christians would be deceived. BUT IF they know about it BEFOREHAND and they are warned first that this might happen, then they would not be deceived. So please do not take me as a lunatic, like a lady at my church did who ran to the pastor and said he is talking about UFO. She missed the very important words; WHAT IF YOU SAW... would that shake your FAITH? I did not and I am not saying that there IS going to BE a UFO invasion of aliens from another planet. #2. To ME, the most likely possibility of the strong delusion is ISLAM! Again, read ALL the studies I have on this subject but just briefly, for now, Islam FITS the bulk of scripture as being the strong delusion. Revelation says that Satan will give power to a people over ONE-FOURTH of the LAND and Islam FITS that prophecy. WHO is Jesus going to fight AGAINST when he comes again? Islamic Muslim armies fighting against God's people the Jews and the Christians. WHO are the radical Muslims killing as we speak? WHO will Jesus destroy at his coming? The man of sin which we call the antichrist. ISLAM fits this prophecy perfectly. THEIR prophecies written in the Hadiths match the prophecies of Revelation only in REVERSE, where THEIR savior called the Iman, is OUR antichrist. Get the picture? Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. Will Islam take over the entire world! NO! They are given ONLY power over ONE-FOURTH of the LAND and keep in mind that this means the area or region of LAND that was conquered by the FIRST beast who was wounded by the sword and did live again. Islam was all but wiped out and now it is alive again. Islam is rising again saying PEACE PEACE, we are a religion of PEACE. Ring any bells? Then sudden destruction shall come upon them. Take a look at a MAP of the Ottoman Empire and possibly the Roman Empire and that region of the world is the ONLY place that Islam is given power by Satan, which is ALLOWED by Almighty God. ANY OTHER area of the world Satan has NO AUTHORITY there, so REBUKE Islam in those parts of the world. If you do NOT do so, then it is YOU who is ALLOWING Satan to have authority by him STEALING that authority. These teachings need to get out and YOU are the FIRST to hear me say this. God just revealed this to me a few days ago when I began to fear Muslims moving into my area which is miles and miles away but TOO close for comfort. We are not called to fear but to preach the gospel. So, I started editing some of my studies, targeted at Muslims and the Jews, so that they will hear the gospel of salvation. God has shown me or has reminded me that when Christians pray and witness the truth then HE can give the INCREASE. So, unless WE do our part, his hands are tied. But if we boldly PREACH the WORD, then HE can perform his word. I used to have the attitude to not give the children's bread to the swine’s, thinking what is the use, because they will not believe anyway. So why waste my time when there are those who WILL believe the truth. In other words, I lost my FIRST LOVE to reach out to the LOST. God has shown me that it is NOT MY job to get them to believe. That is HIS Job but first, they must HEAR the truth. Romans chapter 10. Thanks for reading and continuing to search the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of God. And ALWAYS be faithful to share the TRUTH of God's word everywhere you ARE. Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark. RETURN TO HOMEPAGE AT |