For we are told that there appeared to Mohammad a bright angel dressed in white and declared to him that he was to be a prophet to the Arab people and that he was to faithfully record all the words of this messenger from God. When we hear this immediately light bulbs go on in our heads and we remember that it was the serpent that beguiled Eve through his subtlety , and no marvel,
“…for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” 2 Cor 11:3,14
Now, the devil knows the scriptures better than you and I. Remember he was able to quote verbatim from the Psalms when he was endeavouring to get Jesus to throw himself off the pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem. He plucked out a verse and quoted “It is written.” Of course he was quoting out of context but that is another day’s work.
The point is, the devil knows the Book of Revelation back ways and upside down. And why wouldn’t he? After all, it deals with his demise and eternal damnation. So he would need to know it thoroughly in order to try to subvert it in any way he could so as to avert his final outcome. So as master counterfeiter and as an angel of light, his prophecies will closely mirror the truth of the scriptures and at the same time fit his own plans to deceive the world and cause the complete destruction of man.
Incidentally, the Antichrist is often called the man of perdition which means destruction. The names given to him in Revelation 9 are Abaddon and Apollyon and we are told these mean “destruction” or “the destroyer.” And later we are told that “he goes to his destruction.” This sounds like he himself is going to be destroyed. But it means that he goes out to destroy the world. And he almost succeeds for by the end of the Apocalypse circa two-thirds of the population of the world are dead.
So two men will arise on the world’s political stage and will be acceptable to both the Muslim and Jewish peoples. But what of the rest of earth’s populace? Well if this coming Messiah will be welcomed by God’s chosen people, the Jews, it is not a large step to see that he will also be adored by the rest of “Christendom.” Who am I referring to? Well take me as being reared a Catholic in Ireland. We are considered a Christian country. But it is nominal Christianity. For Catholics in this country know very little of Christ or of his teachings.
Neither do Irish people know of his saving grace, the second coming or who he really is. Proclaiming Catholics in this country as being true Christians is like me saying I am a motor mechanic, but I don’t know how to change the oil in your car! In short, I knew little of Jesus or the Word or the truths of scripture until I had an epiphany as a 24 year old. The same is true, by and large, of all the one billion or so Catholics all over the world. We know a lot about the traditions of the Church and the various rites and rituals that it teaches, but know nothing of the real message of the Lord. It was ever thus. The blind leading the blind.
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