Wednesday Service | WHAT’S TO COME | Part 2: ANTICHRIST

[1] The bible prophesy’s that Israel would be born in a day

Isaiah 66:8 (NIRV)

⁸ Who has ever heard of anything like that? Who has ever seen such a thing?
Can a country be born in a day? Can a nation be created in a moment?
But as soon as Zion goes into labor, there are many more of her people.

Deuteronomy 7:6 (AB)

For you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be a people for His own possession [that is, His very special treasure].

[2] “Hamas” in Hebrew means

Genesis 6:11 (AB)

The [population of the] earth was corrupt [absolutely depraved—spiritually and morally putrid] in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence [desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power].

The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – March 31 2008

Hamas is an Arabic acronym for “Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyya,” which means “The Islamic Resistance Movement.” But “hamas” is also an Arabic word that means “zeal.”

Although Arabic and Hebrew are sister languages, the Hebrew meaning of “chamas” is “violence,” according to the Hebrew-English volume of Reuben Alcalay’s Hebrew-English, English-Hebrew dictionary. “Cruelty” and “injustice” are additional definitions, but not “zeal.”

Truth is thus stranger than fiction. For Israel and for Jews everywhere, chamas indeed means violence, in its terrorist form…

[3] It is possible that Christian and Muslim end times prophecy could and not in a good way

• Christians are waiting for the Rapture and Second Coming of Jesus

• Jews are waiting for a messiah

• Muslims are waiting for a messiah figure called the 12^th Imam or the Mahdi

• Muhammed is quoted as saying “His name will be my name and his father’s name my father’s name”

Quran: Book 37, Hadith 4272

The messenger of Allah said: “The Mahdi is of my lineage, with a high forehead and a long, thin, curved nose. He will fill the earth with fairness and justice as it was filled with oppression and injustice, and he will rule for seven years.”

• Muslims believe Christians are confused about Jesus, that he wasn’t really crucified.

Sahih Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 43, Number 656: Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you as a just ruler, he will break the cross, kill the pigs, and abolish the Jizya tax.

• Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stated that Jesus will appear with the 12^th Imam [Christian Post – Sept 27 2012]

Matthew 24:24-26 (NIRV)

²⁴ False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will do great signs and miracles. They will try to fool God’s chosen people if possible. ²⁵ See, I have told you ahead of time.

²⁶ “So if anyone tells you, ‘He is a long way out in the desert,’ do not go out there. Or if anyone says, ‘He is deep inside the house,’ do not believe it.

• Desert [Aramaic – Eremos] means to the East and South of Israel

Quran 8:12

I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike them upon the necks and strike from them every finger tip.

Revelation 20:4 (NIRV)

4 I saw thrones. Those who had been given authority to judge were sitting on them. I also saw the souls of those whose heads had been cut off. They had been killed because they had spoken what was true about Jesus. They had also been killed because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its statue. They had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. They came to life and ruled with Christ for 1,000 years.

[Books – Author Joel Richardson – “The Islamic Antichrist” and “The Mideast Beast”]

[4] If we know God’s word its time to get excited about

2 Timothy 4:8 (LB)

⁸ In heaven a crown is waiting for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that great day of his return. And not just to me but to all those whose lives show that they are eagerly looking forward to his coming back again.

Hebrews 9:28 (NIRV)

²⁸ In the same way, Christ was offered up once. He took away the sins of many people. He will also come a second time. At that time he will not suffer for sin. Instead, he will come to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 (NIRV)

¹⁵ This agrees with what the Lord has said. When the Lord comes, many of us will still be alive. We tell you that we will certainly not go up before those who have died. ¹⁶ The Lord himself will come down from heaven. We will hear a loud command. We will hear the voice of the leader of the angels. We will hear a blast from God’s trumpet. Many who believe in Christ will have died already. They will rise first. ¹⁷ After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them. We will be taken up in the clouds. We will meet the Lord in the air. And we will be with him forever.

John 16:33 (NIRV)

³³ “I have told you these things, so that you can have peace because of me. In this world you will have trouble. But be encouraged! I have won the battle over the world.”