Brother Irvin Baxter Jr Endtime Magazine - Page 5

Evang.Benincasa · #41 01-29-2015, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Esaias

Like I said, the parallels exist for a reason. Anyway, for brother Blume... I would say the persecutions of the medieval and early modern period are very much found in prophecy.

But back to the Mahdi. I remember two decades ago it was Maitreya. Almost a BILLION Hindus plus several million New Agers all looking for Maitreya... who eould be considered God incarnate, would correct all religions, solve the mid east peace crisis, initiate an end to wealth inequality, end wars by establishing one united global government, one united economy, and one united religion. Almost a BILLION people looking for this guy.

Now that Islam is the political distraction provided for the West as designed, it's the Mahdi.

The futurist antichrist cannot be the "Mahdi" for the following reasons:

1. Futurism's concept of a singular, personal Antichrist at the end of days just prior to the Second Advent is error. If futurism is itself unscriptural error, then ANY prediction it makes about a supposed Antichrist must of necessity be error also.

2. But let's assume futurism is correct as a scheme of interpretation. The Mahdi still could not be the "Antichrist". According to futurism's interpretation if Daniel, the Antichrist will honour a god unknown to his ancestors. If the Mahdi honoured any god other than Allah, every Muslim would immediately rebel against him and his support base would evaporate overnight.

3. The Mahdi will supposedly impose Islam on the world. If he imposes anything BUT Islam, every Muslim would go into jihadi mode against him. The Mahdi would have no support and would BY DEFINITION not be al-Mahdi. So he must be Islamic and must bring the world into Islam. But who in the west would ever accept Islam? The Antichrist will supposedly lull the ENTIRE WORLD into submission and adoration. But if the Antichrist is Muslim imposing Islam BY LAW AND BY FORCE then NOBODY EXCEPT MUSLIMS would ever follow him. Which means the Antichrist would be nothing more than a jihadi Caliph waging war on the west - something we have been through SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ALREADY. Crusades, anyone? Kosovo, Ordo Draconis, Templars? The Antichrist prophecies would have ALREADY BEEN FULFILLED hundreds of years ago!

4. Now we have the suggestion being made that the Mahdi in the al-Aqsa mosque is the man of sin in the temple of God. Need this be debunked? Seriously? The al-Aqsa mosque is the Temple of God? This is so obviously ridiculous as to not need a response other than to affirm "temple of YHVH" and Muslim mosque are NOT the same thing. Anyone who thinks otherwise is beyond help.

Now, no question the Mahdi myth is being manipulated by certain elements. ISIS for example? ISIS, a western creation and tool, is no more representative of general Islam than the Arabs were under Sir Lawrence. Oh wait... how many even know who "Lawrence of Arabia" was, and what his mission was? You know, the British military and intelligence specialist tasked with creating an Arabic (Muslim) "freedom fighter" outfit to destabilize the Arabian peninsula as part of Britain's protracted war against the Ottoman Empire... "wahabbi" anyone? Kind of like when the USA financed and set up an Arabic-run "freedom fighter" force to destabilize Afghanistan in a proxy war against the Soviets... that force being known as "al-Qaeda" and run by CIA contact Usama bin Laden of Saudi Arabia.

We live in days of deception. Futurism, sadly, is PART OF THE DECEPTION.

Buddhists not Hindus.

All that aside, your post is very good

Esaias · #42 01-29-2015, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Buddhists not Hindus.

All that aside, your post is very good

Yeah well, Buddhism is just high-brow Hinduism anyway. Besides, nobody hovering in the "new age" section at Barnes and Noble could tell the difference between Siddhartha and Siva anyway, so let the book sales roll on!

mfblume · #43 01-29-2015, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Esaias

Like I said, the parallels exist for a reason. Anyway, for brother Blume... I would say the persecutions of the medieval and early modern period are very much found in prophecy.

Things are found wherever we really want to find them, for some funny reason.

Evang.Benincasa · #44 01-29-2015, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Esaias

Yeah well, Buddhism is just high-brow Hinduism anyway. Besides, nobody hovering in the "new age" section at Barnes and Noble could tell the difference between Siddhartha and Siva anyway, so let the book sales roll on!

Evang.Benincasa · #45 01-29-2015, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mfblume

Things are found wherever we really want to find them, for some funny reason.

Wow! I wish I would of said that!

mfblume · #46 01-29-2015, 07:50 PM

Sorry, folks, but when I read Jesus say that everything he listed would take place in a single generation, and one of the items on the list was the destruction of the temple they looked at that day, it's pretty plain to me. And in comparison of all synoptic gospels, the Sign of His coming was plainly the sign when the temple would be destroyed. And with NOT ONE SINGLE reference to a future coming from our day's perspective in the entire Gospel of Matthew before chapter 24, with references to His coming in their day at the end of Matt 16 and references to AD70 destruction in Matt 21 where he asked what God would do when he "comes" to the vineyard, followed by acknowledgment that the Pharisees knew He spoke of THEM in that coming, it's so plainly biblically evident that I don;t need history. That does IN NO WAY say history contradicts the belief but I believe it anyway. I am simply saying the scriptures are too plain to have to require history as well.