Think about it. If the Muslims do unite under a man claiming to be the al Mahdi, the Preterists will say, "Yeah, but he isn't the Antichrist." And then when they march on Jerusalem and should they conquer it and declare the establishment of the final Caliphate, the Preterists will say, "Yeah, but this isn't the Beast of Revelation." When this Caliphate begins marking people in accordance to Halal to denote those who are allegiant to al Mahdi.. beheading those who refuse, the Preterists will say, "That isn't the mark of the Beast." When nations all over the world are clamoring to make a deal with this madman, the Preterists will say, "Yeah, but this guy who is essentially holding the world hostage isn't taking over the world like some Futurist Antichrist." And should the al Mahdi launch a war that cripples the West with nuclear weapons and the control of oil, the "Preterists still alive will be saying, "Yeah, but this isn't the final show down."
This is the first time in history that... agree or not... the very prophetic model Futurism has proposed is something 1.6 billion people are preparing to fulfill.
Do you see how DIFFERENT this Futurist position is now??? You can deny it and reject it. But these guys are real and already here. And their mission is to bring about events that essentially mirror almost exactly what Futurists have predicted. Denying this "theory" will
not make it go away. This isn't a "theory"... this is an now our "reality". This is the threat the entire world is now facing.