بسم
الله الرحمن
الرحيم "In the Name of
Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful: Praise is due to Allah, Who revealed
the Book to His servant and did not make in it any crookedness. Rightly
directing, that he might give warning of severe punishment from Him and give
Good News to the believers who do good that they shall have a goodly reward,
abiding in it for ever; And warn those who say: Allah has taken a son. They
have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers; a grievous word it is that
comes out of their mouths; they speak nothing but a lie. Then maybe you will
kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in
this announcement. Surely We have made whatever is on the earth an
embellishment for it, so that We may try them (as to) which of them is best
in works. And most surely We will make what is on it bare ground without
herbage. Or, do you think that the People of the Cave and the Inscription
were of Our wonderful signs? When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they
said: Our Lord! grant us mercy from You, and provide for us a right course in
our affair." Al-Qur'an, Sura Al-Kahf 18:1-10 بِسْمِ
اللهِ
الرَّحْمنِ
الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ
لِلَّهِ
الَّذِي
أَنزَلَ
عَلَى عَبْدِهِ
الْكِتَابَ
وَلَمْ
يَجْعَل
لَّهُ
عِوَجَا
قَيِّمًا
لِّيُنذِرَ
بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا
مِن
لَّدُنْهُ
وَيُبَشِّرَ
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
الَّذِينَ
يَعْمَلُونَ
الصَّالِحَاتِ
أَنَّ
لَهُمْ أَجْرًا
حَسَنًا
مَاكِثِينَ
فِيهِ
أَبَدًا وَيُنذِرَ
الَّذِينَ
قَالُوا
اتَّخَذَ
اللَّهُ
وَلَدًا
مَّا لَهُم
بِهِ مِنْ
عِلْمٍ وَلَا
لِآبَائِهِمْ
كَبُرَتْ
كَلِمَةً
تَخْرُجُ
مِنْ
أَفْوَاهِهِمْ
إِن
يَقُولُونَ
إِلَّا
كَذِبًا
فَلَعَلَّكَ
بَاخِعٌ
نّفْسَكَ
عَلَى
آثَارِهِمْ
إِن لَّمْ
يُؤْمِنُوا
بِهَذَا
الْحَدِيثِ
أَسَفًا
إِنَّا
جَعَلْنَا
مَا عَلَى
الْأَرْضِ
زِينَةً
لَّهَا
لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ
أَيُّهُمْ
أَحْسَنُ
عَمَلًا
وَإِنَّا
لَجَاعِلُونَ
مَا
عَلَيْهَا
صَعِيدًا
جُرُزًا أَمْ
حَسِبْتَ
أَنَّ
أَصْحَابَ
الْكَهْفِ وَالرَّقِيمِ
كَانُوا
مِنْ
آيَاتِنَا
عَجَبًا
إِذْ أَوَى
الْفِتْيَةُ
إِلَى
الْكَهْفِ
فَقَالُوا
رَبَّنَا
آتِنَا مِن
لَّدُنكَ
رَحْمَةً
وَهَيِّئْ
لَنَا مِنْ
أَمْرِنَا
رَشَدًا Preface
A few points of linguistics
must be prefaced before the subject at hand is addressed in fullness.
Firstly, when i say "Hu" in reference to God Almighty, i am
speaking in the masculine pronoun because in Semitic languages there is no
such thing as a gender neutral pronoun as there is in English. In English we
have the pronoun "IT." However, in Semitic languages the
"default" Gender neutral pronoun is "Hu." `Ali, the cousin of Muhammad,
who was the son of Muhammad's foster parents and who Muhammad raised
basically from infancy - this same `Ali about whom all Muslims accept that
Muhammad said "You are my brother in this world and the next"
- this `Ali and his descendants told those who asked them, that if one wished
to, they could think of God as a "Thing" since that would prevent
them of anthropomorphizing God and attributing qualities of the creation to
the Creator. So let us be clear that when
any educated Muslim speaks of God as "He" - or "Hu" in
both Hebrew (הוּא) and `Arabic
(هُوَ) - then we do not mean that God Most High, who
is exalted far above Hu's Creation - is a man. So this is one of many reasons
why, throughout many teachings, i refer to God with the Hebrew and `Arabic
pronoun "Hu" to point back to the original word used. i often find
this preferable to mistranslating it as a masculine gendered pronoun into a
language with a gender neutral pronoun. This does not mean that there was no
reason why the masculine pronoun would have been used for God. However, that
is not within the context of this topic. Suffice it to say that when a gender
neutral option exists in a language, then it becomes questionable at best to
attribute gender to a non-gendered Being. So when "Hu" is
said in this teaching we do not mean that "He" has sexual organs
nor that "He" is anthropomorphic. The same can be said for such
instances as this when i use the English pronoun "He" for the sake
of Western readability. For to think that, would actually assert that it is
not God who is anthropomorphic, but we human beings who are
"God-like" since it is God who Existed long before creation, and
Exists outside of the limitations of time. So if one believes that God looks
like man, has the gender of man, or the like then they are essentially saying
that man is a God-like creation. They do not comprehend Allah with the
Understanding due unto Hu! Furthermore, when we say
"God" we mean "Allah." For in `Arabic "God" is
"ilah" (إله). The term "God" or
"ilah" (إله), can be made feminine
(إلاهة); thus attributing gender to God. Or it
can be made plural (آلهة); thus associating partners
with God. This is why Muslims use the Name "Allah" because it is
not subject to genderization, nor pluralization, as is the term
"ilah" in `Arabic or "Eloah" in Hebrew. Thus, when i
speak of "God" throughout this teaching on Prophet Ishmael, i use
the term "Ha'Eloah" which would be the Hebrew way of grammatically
expressing what "Allah" expresses in `Arabic. So when the Muslim says
"God" we do not mean "ilah" we do not mean this term that
can be made gendered or plural. We mean THE ONLY GOD. The first principle of
Islam is the Shahadah, or declaration of God's Unity. It is to say that one
bears Witness to the Reality of "La ilaha ill-Allah"
(لا إله إلا
الله) meaning "There is no god, but The
God." The definite article in English is "the" in Hebrew
it is "Ha" in `Arabic it is "Al." So instead of
"God" the Qur'an refers to God as "The [ONLY] God" which
is said "Al-ilah" or "Allah" in `Arabic. With that said,
that we do not associate partners with God, nor do we identify Him with
anthropomorphic traits, reproductive organs, nor the position of sexually
reproducing, i will continue. Some have propagated a racist
myth that the `Arabic language calls "God" by the name
"Allah" because this was the name of an `Arabic "moon
god." This is a lie based on white racists Christian's hatred for
Semitic peoples. Christianity's alleged 14 Million Christian `Arabs call God
by this name of "Allah" as well. This racists who tell you that "Allah
is a moon god" are actually slandering the Christian faith of your
brothers and sisters in Christ. Ironically however, the name
"El" (אֵל) - one of the Hebrew names for God - is
a name of a pagan god of the Canaanites. But this certainly does not mean
that the similar linguistics used between the ancient Hebrews and the
Canaanite pagans implies that their gods are the same! If there was ever an
`Arabian pagan deity named anything sounding similar to "Allah"
then certainly it is because "Allah" means "The God."
Thus, someone naming a God would be likely to touch the linguistic root of
A-L-L-H. So too is this the case with "El" being a Canaanite pagan
deity and also the name of the God of the Children of Israel. However, this
is not the point of this discussion now either. i have explained the
linguistic matter of "Allah" elsewhere and those with minds that
seek knowledge, that seek the Truth may pursue that information. The point is
that when i say "God" i mean "The God" in English,
"Ha'Eloah" in Hebrew or "Al-ilah/Allah" in `Arabic. So when either the term
"God," "Ha'Eloah" or "Allah" are used in
teachings, they are used in accordance with who is being spoken to. When i
address my Christian Brothers and Sisters, then i primarily use the term
"God" and often the pronoun "He." However, when speaking
to Jews, or Jews and Christians, i will tend to revert back to the original
Hebrew language that the Tanakh was written in. Some Western Christians might
find this somewhat awkward as might some of my Muslim Brothers and Sisters
reading this who are more familiar with the `Arabic names for these Prophets
and for God. From the context, the individual specified is fairly clear. If
there is any confusion, one can easily consult a Bible or the like for
clarification. As well for the sake of our
Brothers and Sisters in the West who are not familiar with the true names
used by `Isa Al-Masih, the Greek "Jesus" and "Jesus
Christ" will be used for clarity. However, this should not be seen as a
concession to the Roman Antichrist false image of this Prophet and Messiah.
When the Greek Bible says kurioV (koo'-ree-os) it means: "he to whom a person
or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord; the
possessor and disposer of a thing; the owner; one who has control of the
person, the master; in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman
emperor; is a title of honor expressive of respect and reverence, with which
servants greet their master." In the original Hebrew, this term was
"Reb" (רַב) as in "Rabbi." So we must always remember
that "lord Jesus Christ" or "Rabbi Yashuah Ha'Mashiah"
was Hebrew not Greek. Thus, when the Greek language, which evolved around
pagan culture and concepts, tries to explain this man, it will do so in
context of a pagan culture and in a pagan language that Jews were forbidden
to so much as speak in Jesus' day. But again, because names like
"`Isa" and "Yashuah" mean little or nothing to the
majority of Christians - despite the fact that these were the two names used
most often by the man they claim to worship as god incarnate - the more
familiar Western names will be used here. As well, it is common for
Muslims to always follow the name of a Prophet with the blessing "Alayhi
Salaam" (عليه سلام),
or a Saint with "Radhi Allah `Anhu" (رضي
الله عنه). For the sake of
readability for the non-Muslim readers of this work, these Blessings are
being offered here in advance to all Prophets and Saints mentioned herein.
Insha'Allah (Allah Willing), the reverence and respect for these Prophets and
Warners will be obvious, and reflected throughout this work. As well, when the Seal of the
Prophet's Muhammad, is mentioned, it is traditional and out of respect that
we Muslims say: "Sal Allahu `alayhi wa-alhi wa-Salaam"
(صل الله عليه
واله وسلام). The
respect for Muhammad and his progeny, should also be apparent; and every time
they are mentioned herein, even in passing, a Blessing is implied. With that
said, let us begin in the Name of Allah the Most Compassionate, the Most
Merciful... Introduction
"If there arise in
the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give you a sign or
a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, of which he spoke to you,
saying, Let us go after other elohim (gods), which you have not known, and
let us serve them; you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to
that dreamer of dreams: for YHWH Elohenu tests you, to know whether you love
YHWH Elohenu with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after
YHWH Elohenu, and fear Hu , and keep Hu's mitzvot, and obey Hu's voice, and
you shall serve Hu, and cleave to Hu. That prophet, or that dreamer of
dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against YHWH
Elohenu, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of
the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which YHWH Elohenu
commanded you to walk in. So shall you put away the evil from the midst of
you." Devarim (Deuteronomy) 13:1-5 אֵת כָּל
הַדָּבָר,
אֲשֶׁר
אָנֹכִי
מְצַוֶּה
אֶתְכֶם--אֹתוֹ
תִשְׁמְרוּ,
לַעֲשׂוֹת:
לֹא תֹסֵף
עָלָיו,
וְלֹא
תִגְרַע
מִמֶּנּוּ.
כִּי יָקוּם
בְּקִרְבְּךָ
נָבִיא, אוֹ
חֹלֵם חֲלוֹם;
וְנָתַן
אֵלֶיךָ
אוֹת, אוֹ
מוֹפֵת. וּבָא
הָאוֹת
וְהַמּוֹפֵת,
אֲשֶׁר
דִּבֶּר
אֵלֶיךָ
לֵאמֹר:
נֵלְכָה
אַחֲרֵי
אֱלֹהִים
אֲחֵרִים,
אֲשֶׁר לֹא
יְדַעְתָּם--וְנָעָבְדֵם.
לֹא תִשְׁמַע,
אֶל
דִּבְרֵי
הַנָּבִיא
הַהוּא, אוֹ
אֶל חוֹלֵם
הַחֲלוֹם,
הַהוּא: כִּי
מְנַסֶּה
יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֵיכֶם,
אֶתְכֶם,
לָדַעַת הֲיִשְׁכֶם
אֹהֲבִים
אֶת יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֵיכֶם,בְּכָל
לְבַבְכֶם
וּבְכָל
נַפְשְׁכֶם.
אַחֲרֵי יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
תֵּלֵכוּ,
וְאֹתוֹ
תִירָאוּ;
וְאֶת
מִצְוֹתָיו
תִּשְׁמֹרוּ
וּבְקֹלוֹ
תִשְׁמָעוּ,
וְאֹתוֹ
תַעֲבֹדוּ
וּבוֹ תִדְבָּקוּן. The Antichrist is an
individual who resembles a young man, blind in the right eye, with some
apparent deformity of his legs, causing him to limp or in some cases walk
bowlegged. As well Muhammad stated that Muslims should not walk with only one
sandal, as the Shaiytan walks with one sandal. "Rasul Allah (The
Messenger of Allah) said, 'None of you should walk with just one sandal.
Shaiytan (Satan) walks with one sandal.'" Muslim, Abu Da ud, at-Tirmidi and ibn Majah all mention it. The Antichrist, Al-Masih
Ad-Dajjal (المَسِيح
الدَجَّال), will rise
in his final manifestation East of the Hijaz (modern day Saudi Arabia),
spreading deception and destruction. In reality, these events are transpiring
this very day. The Antichrist has super-natural powers to cause seemingly
miraculous signs to appear to the world, causing many to believe the signs to
be from the Most High. Thus, he will subtly ascribe to him prophethood and
ultimately Divinity, as he has done in the past. "Rasul Allah (The Messenger of Allah)
told us a long narrative about Ad-Dajjal, and among the many things he
mentioned, was his saying, 'Ad-Dajjal will come and it will be forbidden for
him to pass through the entrances of Medina. He will land in some of the
salty barren areas (outside) Medina; on that day the best man or one of the
best men will come up to him and say, 'I testify that you are the same Dajjal
whose description was given to us by Allah's Apostle.' Ad-Dajjal will say to
the people, 'If I kill this man and bring him back to life again, will you
doubt my claim?' They will say, 'No.' Then Ad-Dajjal will kill that man and
bring him back to life. That man will say, 'Now I know your reality better
than before.' Ad-Dajjal will say, 'I want to kill him but I cannot.'" Volume 3, Book 30, Number 106: He will move with great
swiftness around the Earth, "like a cloud driven by the wind."
As well, Prophet Muhammad has informed us, "He will have two flowing
rivers. One will appear to be pure water, and the other will appear to be
flaming fire. Whosoever lives to see that, let him choose the river that
seems to be fire, then let him close his eyes and drink from it, for it will
be cold water... and the cool water will be fire." Through his global, colonial system he creates a fools paradise, generating lots of wealth and other material gains for his followers while leaving those who do not follow him destitute. He will raise Hell to Earth, orchestrating wars and other cataclysmic events. His only purpose is to sway mankind from Islam, and in so doing, keep all of humanity locked within the shackles of mental slavery to the global Babylon system. He will claim to be divine, as he has in the past. Those with little faith in our Creator will surely believe in him. Moreover, his claims are not always apparent at first. He begins by taking inches, and he ends by taking miles. He is precisely the individual that many would never believe would be the Antichrist. His rampage will likely go on for what appears to be a long time. The precise length of time is unclear from Ahadith (Documented Oral Traditions), forty days by some, where one day is equal to a year, another day equal to a month and yet another day equal to a week and the rest of the days same as regular days. Finally, Jesus Christ will return, along with Elijah, called "Imam Al-Mahdi" (the Rightly Guided One). "How will you be when the son of Mary descends and your Imam is one of your number?" Sahih al-Bukhari, Al-Bukhari, Muhammad b. Isma`il (d. 256 AH), volume 4, book 55, hadith number 658 Jesus will join the true believers in putting an end to this evil being and his followers, personally. "...Allah would kill them by his (Jesus') hand and he would show them their blood on his spear." Book 40, Number 6924: Narrated Abu Hurayrah: The Last Hour"Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us." 1 John 2:18-19 paidia, escath wra estin, kai kaqwV hkousate oti anticristoV ercetai, kai nun anticristoi polloi gegonasin: oqen ginwskomen oti escath wra estin. ex hmwn exhlqan, all ouk hsan ex hmwn: ei gar ex hmwn hsan, memenhkeisan an meq hmwn: all ina fanerwqwsin oti ouk eisin panteV ex hmwn. John the disciple of Christ clarifies that there were actual antichrists, actual Imposter Messiahs, who had infiltrated the ranks of the Disciple's and their Community based out of Jerusalem and "Damascus," known in the Dead Sea Scrolls to have been Qumran, not the Syrian Damascus. Likewise, Abu Hurayrah said, "The Prophet said, 'The Hour will not come until 30 "dajjalin" (plural of Dajjal) appear, each of them claiming to be an Apostle from Allah, wealth increases, tribulations appear and al-Harj increases.'" Someone asked, 'What is al-Harj?' He said, 'Killing, killing.'" These prophecies have unmistakably been fulfilled, and are being fulfilled even now. "By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world." 1 John 4:2-3 en toutw ginwskete to pneuma tou qeou: pan pneuma o omologei ihsoun criston en sarki elhluqota ek tou qeou estin, kai pan pneuma o mh omologei ton ihsoun ek tou qeou ouk estin: kai touto estin to tou anticristou, o akhkoate oti ercetai, kai nun en tw kosmw estin hdh. “The Spirit of God” is a Qur’anic term for Jesus Christ himself. The Qur’an calls him the “Ruh Allah.” "O Ahl'ul-Kitab (People of the Scripture)! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter anything concerning Allah save the Truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a Rasul (Messenger) of Allah, and Hu's Kalimah (Word) which Hu conveyed unto Mary, and a Ruh (Spirit) from Hu. So believe in Allah and Hu's Rusul (Messengers), and say not "Three" - Stop! [it is] better for you! - Allah is only One God. Far is it removed from Hu's Transcendent Majesty that Hu should have a son. Hu's is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the Earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender." Al-Qur'an, Sura 4:171 يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لاَ تَغْلُواْ فِي دِينِكُمْ وَلاَ تَقُولُواْ عَلَى اللّهِ إِلاَّ الْحَقِّ إِنَّمَا الْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولُ اللّهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُ أَلْقَاهَا إِلَى مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِّنْهُ فَآمِنُواْ بِاللّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَلاَ تَقُولُواْ ثَلاَثَةٌ انتَهُواْ خَيْرًا لَّكُمْ إِنَّمَا اللّهُ إِلَـهٌ وَاحِدٌ سُبْحَانَهُ أَن يَكُونَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَات وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ وَكَفَى بِاللّهِ وَكِيلاً This passage, of 1 John 4:2-3, is saying
how we can tell the REAL Christ in John’s day. The Liar claimed the “the
spirit of Christ” spoke through him. He spoke often of SOME sort of “Gospel”
yet no one has ever read a tangible Gospel according to Paul, nor have we
hear a single word of such a “Gospel” that does not utterly contradict
everything that Jesus said in any of the dozens of Gospel accounts, including
the four canonical ones, accepted by his own One World Religion! oti polloi planoi
exhlqon eiV ton kosmon, oi mh omologounteV ihsoun criston ercomenon en sarki:
outoV estin o planoV kai o anticristoV. The Only ConclusionWe are told that the Antichrist is he who does not confess Jesus. Paul didn’t “confess” anything. He claimed to preach “the Gospel” and “Christ” but we hardly hear him speaking of Jesus, except to hear of Jesus literally attacking him and blinding him when he was on his way to murder the Disciples. The result of this blinding was the appearance of Paul's scales over his eyes, that shed like a snake's skin once they were healed. This phenomenon is simply unexplainable in a human context. Paul's reaction to the confrontation with Jesus Christ on the road to "Damascus" (Qumran), demonstrates that we are simply not dealing with a human being. Beyond that, Paul peppers his statements
with “the Christ” that he appears to be speaking of more as a spiritual ideal
than as an actual historical personage. Furthermore, Paul directly claims
that his words are spoken by “Christ in him,” implying that he in fact is the
Christ. This is why Jesus Christ said that potentially all sins could be
forgiven if one repented, except for “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.”
Time and time again Paul did nothing short of blaspheming the Holy Spirit! The Prophet Muhammad who speaks in the same
terms as the Dead Sea Scrolls calls the Antichrist “the Liar” or “ad-Dajjal!”
As well Muhammad said that the Antichrist had been alive for ages. He
described him as having strange physical deformities in appearance, including
bowlegs, a blind right eye and the like; all all precise physical traits of
Paul! Certainly this is not mere coincidence! peri ou genomenou mou eiV ierosoluma enefanisan oi arciereiV kai oi presbuteroi twn ioudaiwn, aitoumenoi kat autou katadikhn: proV ouV apekriqhn oti ouk estin eqoV rwmaioiV carizesqai tina anqrwpon prin h o kathgoroumenoV kata proswpon ecoi touV kathgorouV topon te apologiaV laboi peri tou egklhmatoV. sunelqontwn oun [autwn] enqade anabolhn mhdemian poihsamenoV th exhV kaqisaV epi tou bhmatoV ekeleusa acqhnai ton andra: peri ou staqenteV oi kathgoroi oudemian aitian eferon wn egw upenooun ponhrwn. These are profound words for a murderer,
who never faced the penalties of Jewish or Roman law, to claim that Jesus
Christ said to him. This is all the more so true considering Luke tells us of
no such words from the mouth of Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus (Qumran),
when Paul was merely told to stop murdering Jesus and his followers. Now this
Liar goes from that demand to an entirely invented commission that
conveniently was not heard by anyone but himself. The Jerusalem Community of John the
Baptist, Jesus and James was forced to bury these so-called "Dead Sea
Scrolls" with the promise that they would be revealed in the era of the
Antichrist's rise. It is not without significance that both the Nag Hammadi
"Gnostic Gospels" and the Dead Sea Scrolls were miraculously
discovered after 2,000 years, within a few years of each other, right around
the time of the European colonization of Palestine was officially given the
IMPOSTER name of "Israel" which all true Orthodox Jews and Muslims
will tell you it is not! anebhn de kata
apokaluyin: kai aneqemhn autoiV to euaggelion o khrussw en toiV eqnesin, kat
idian de toiV dokousin, mh pwV eiV kenon trecw h edramon. apo de twn dokountwn einai ti opoioi pote hsan ouden moi diaferei: proswpon [o] qeoV anqrwpou ou lambanei emoi gar oi dokounteV ouden prosaneqento, Again, Paul preaches his "Good News" for the lawless pagans, that "God does not show partiality towards man." On the contrary God has, does, and always will show partiality towards man in accordance with man's Faith and Righteous deeds. So a murderer cannot claim that God will not show partiality between himself and a man who stands for the cause of justice. Yet this is exactly what the murderer Paul claimed. "And when James, Cephas, and John, those who seemed to be Pillars, perceived the Grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go to the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. Only, they asked that we remember the Poor (Evionim), which is what I was most forward to do." Galations 2:9-10 kai gnonteV thn
carin thn doqeisan moi, iakwboV kai khfaV kai iwannhV, oi dokounteV stuloi
einai, dexiaV edwkan emoi kai barnaba koinwniaV, ina hmeiV eiV ta eqnh, autoi
de eiV thn peritomhn: monon twn ptwcwn ina mnhmoneuwmen, o kai espoudasa auto
touto poihsai. "But when Peter had come to
Antioch, I opposed him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For
before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when
they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of
the circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch
that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. But when I saw
that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said
unto Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live after the manner of
Gentiles (Goyim, literally "Pagans"), and not as do the Jews, why
do you compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?" Galations 2:11-14 The Liar"Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also." 1 John 2:22-23 tiV estin o yeusthV ei mh o arnoumenoV oti ihsouV ouk estin o cristoV; outoV estin o anticristoV, o arnoumenoV ton patera kai ton uion. paV o arnoumenoV ton uion oude ton patera ecei: o omologwn ton uion kai ton patera ecei. John is commenting, in the present tense, on a specific person. There can be no doubt that he was explicitly stating the Antichrist was among them, then and there. So who was this self appointed Antichrist who "denies the Son?" Jesus Christ said, "If only I testify of myself, it is a lie!" John 5:31 ean egw marturw peri
emautou, h marturia mou ouk estin alhqhV: ean de mh akoush,
paralabe meta sou eti ena h duo, ina epi stomatoV duo marturwn h triwn staqh
pan rhma: If the words of Paul were not those abrogating the Torah, which no one, including Jesus Christ ever abrogated, then perhaps we could approach his words without so much skepticism and hostility. However, when he preaches something entirely new, entirely different than any Prophet or the Messiah, and with those words he brings no witnesses, then he must be taken as the Liar that he was, and is. "Test Every Spirit""Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error." 1 John 4:1-6 Christian Brothers and Sisters, by this standard, laid down by the Disciple of Christ, it is proven that the Prophet Muhammad is "of God." The Qur'an itself speaks at length, on separate occasions regarding the fact that Al-Masih, the Messiah, the Christ was none other than Jesus ibn Maryam, Jesus the son of Mary, who came in the flesh, the Kalimat'ullah, the Word of Allah; the Ruh'ullah, the Spirit of Allah, and the only Nabi or Prophet to be called "Al-Masih" in the entire Qur'an. So while, the Disciple of Christ affirms that Muhammad was "of God," he also makes it clear that Paul was not. For Paul claimed to preach "the Gospel" while never being witness to the biographical events of the historical Yashuah Ha'Mashiach. What then was Paul's "Good News" or "Gospel" that he preached "to the Gentiles" or "pagans?" His "Good News" was that a god-man died to spare you from the consequences of your own willful disobedience to God. Whilst Jesus Christ said "Be perfect therefore as your Father in Heaven is Perfect," Paul said that mankind is inherently corrupt and cannot do good no matter how hard they try. Paul said that man is justified by "faith alone," while James the Brother of Jesus stated that we are justified by Faith and Works; exactly as Islam teaches. Thus, Paul claimed that Jesus and James were liars for telling us to literally "be perfect," while Paul said "none are righteous, not even one." This was Paul's "Good News" to the pagans, good news that they do not have to obey any spiritual law, which Paul called "the yoke of slavery." Good news that the Children of Israel were wrong and the pagan Romans were right all along. This is the devil's "Good News," not Jesus'. Thus it was Paul who "speak[s] of the world, and the world hears [him]." It was Paul who denied the historical Christ that came in the flesh as Yashuah Ha'Mashiach. It was Paul who was being called the Antichrist. "I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves 'Apostles,' and they are not, and found them to be Liars. You have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have not grown weary." Revelation 2:2-3 oida ta erga sou kai
ton kopon kai thn upomonhn sou, kai oti ou dunh bastasai kakouV, kai
epeirasaV touV legontaV eautouV apostolouV kai ouk eisin, kai eureV autouV
yeudeiV: kai upomonhn eceiV, kai ebastasaV dia to onoma mou, kai ou
kekopiakeV. In the Book of Revelation, John further
clarifies that "evil men" claimed to be "apostles" yet
were found out to be "Liars." Again we are referred back to the
terminology of the Dead Sea Scrolls' "Sheqer" and the `Arabic
"Dajjal." Who else could have claimed to have been an Apostle?
Could any but the Twelve Disciples have in fact been "Apostles" or
"Emissaries" of Christ? The Book of Revelation makes it clear: "The wall of the City had
twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the Twelve Apostles of the
Lamb. " Revelation 21:14 kai to teicoV thV
polewV ecwn qemeliouV dwdeka, kai ep autwn dwdeka onomata twn dwdeka
apostolwn tou arniou. The verse is not ambiguous, the
"Apostles" of Christ were 12 in number. This leaves absolutely no
room for Paul the Liar and his Antichrist deception. "About these also Enoch, the
seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, 'Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all,
and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they
have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners
have spoken against him.' These are murmurers and complainers, walking after
their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons
to gain advantage. But you, beloved, remember the words which have been
spoken before by the emissaries of our Rabbi (kurioV, koo'-ree-os), Jesus Christ. They said to you that
'In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly
lusts.' These are they who cause divisions, and are sensual, not having the
Spirit. But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy
faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for the mercy of our Rabbi Jesus Christ to eternal life." Jude
1:14-21 proefhteusen de kai toutoiV ebdomoV apo adam enwc legwn, idou
hlqen kurioV en agiaiV muriasin autou, poihsai krisin kata pantwn kai elegxai
pasan yuchn peri pantwn twn ergwn asebeiaV autwn wn hsebhsan kai peri pantwn
twn sklhrwn wn elalhsan kat autou amartwloi asebeiV. outoi eisin goggustai,
memyimoiroi, kata taV epiqumiaV eautwn poreuomenoi, kai to stoma autwn lalei
uperogka, qaumazonteV proswpa wfeleiaV carin. umeiV de, agaphtoi, mnhsqhte
twn rhmatwn twn proeirhmenwn upo twn apostolwn tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou:
oti elegon umin [oti] ep escatou [tou] cronou esontai empaiktai kata taV
eautwn epiqumiaV poreuomenoi twn asebeiwn. outoi eisin oi apodiorizonteV,
yucikoi, pneuma mh econteV. umeiV de, agaphtoi, epoikodomounteV eautouV th
agiwtath umwn pistei, en pneumati agiw proseucomenoi, eautouV en agaph qeou
thrhsate, prosdecomenoi to eleoV tou kuriou hmwn ihsou cristou eiV zwhn
aiwnion. Paul, is in fact he who taught us to be
double minded, how to transgress God's Commandments, and Torah which Jesus
told us would never pass away. Paul taught how not to follow Jesus'
instructions of "be[ing] perfect therefore as your Father in Heaven
is Perfect." It is Paul who taught humanity to follow his words
instead, putting himself in the place of the Messiah, self-appointed and
self-anointed, thus setting himself up as the Imposter Messiah, the
Antichrist. Jesus plainly informs us, as to who the god
of this world is. It is the Adversary, Ha'Satan, who controls the power of
worldly Governments; the same Roman colonial, Babylon system that Paul told
the Jews to obey, the same slave owners that Paul told slaves not to revolt
against, the same murderous and genocidal Emperor Nero that Paul called "a
servant of God." Paul's Mission Protected by RomeIn the Acts of the Apostles, Paul's mission
is portrayed as though it was acceptable to the Jerusalem Community, but
there are many clear evidences that the case was otherwise. In chapter 21
from verse 17 there is an account of a demand from James and the elders, that
Paul should show that those who had said he told people to disobey Moses were
in error by undertaking public penance in the Temple, according to the Law.
This required a seven day ritual of purification. However before the time was
over he was recognized and denounced as “...the man who preaches to
everyone everywhere against our people, against the Law (Torah)
and against this place” (Acts 21:27). It is possible that James may have
forced Paul into this situation, knowing that he could not refuse to
undertake the ritual as this would have put him in open defiance of the Law,
but by agreeing to the ritual he made himself, more than ever, the “Liar”
attacked in the Commentary on Habakkuk (Baigent and Leigh p.218-219). alla anasthqi kai
sthqi epi touV podaV sou: eiV touto gar wfqhn soi, proceirisasqai se uphrethn
kai martura wn te eideV [me] wn te ofqhsomai soi, exairoumenoV se ek tou laou
kai ek twn eqnwn, eiV ouV egw apostellw se anoixai ofqalmouV autwn, tou
epistreyai apo skotouV eiV fwV kai thV exousiaV tou satana epi ton qeon, tou
labein autouV afesin amartiwn kai klhron en toiV hgiasmenoiV pistei th eiV
eme. omologw de touto soi
oti kata thn odon hn legousin airesin outwV latreuw tw patrww qew, pisteuwn
pasi toiV kata ton nomon kai toiV en toiV profhtaiV gegrammenoiV, Unfortunately for Paul this defies reason
to say that one accepts the Torah and the Nevi'im (the "Tav" and
"Nun" in "Tanakh"), and then turn around and call the
Torah "slavery" and a "yoke" not to mention saying that
Christ "abolished the Torah" even after Christ himself
maintained that he did not. Paul's words are very revealing. As he himself
said: "And unto the Jews I became as a
Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the Law, as
under the Law, that I might gain them that are under the Law; To them
that are without Law, I am as without Law, (being not without law to
God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without
Law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made
all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." 1
Corinthians 9:20-22 kai egenomhn toiV
ioudaioiV wV ioudaioV, ina ioudaiouV kerdhsw: toiV upo nomon wV upo nomon, mh
wn autoV upo nomon, ina touV upo nomon kerdhsw: toiV anomoiV wV anomoV, mh wn
anomoV qeou all ennomoV cristou, ina kerdanw touV anomouV: egenomhn toiV
asqenesin asqenhV, ina touV asqeneiV kerdhsw: toiV pasin gegona panta, ina
pantwV tinaV swsw. Paul says that to the Jews he "became
as a Jew." He says this in the past tense, which indicates both that
he is no longer masquerading "as a Jew" and also that he had
in the past "become" as a Jew, as opposed to what he was
"as" before that. Moreover he claims that he is without the Law in
the present tense. John the Baptist spoke out against this
incest, which went against the Qumrani Rule of the Community. It was for this
reason that he was given his martyrdom. "At that time, Herod the tetrarch
heard the report concerning Jesus, and said to his servants, 'This is John
the Baptist. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in
him.' For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison
for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. For John said to him, It
is not lawful for you to have her.' When he would have put him to death, he
feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. But when Herod's
birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask. She,
being prompted by her mother, said, 'Give me here on a platter the head of
John the Baptist.'" Matthew 14:1-8 en ekeinw tw kairw
hkousen hrwdhV o tetraarchV thn akohn ihsou, kai eipen toiV paisin autou,
outoV estin iwannhV o baptisthV: autoV hgerqh apo twn nekrwn, kai dia touto
ai dunameiV energousin en autw. o gar hrwdhV krathsaV ton iwannhn edhsen
[auton] kai en fulakh apeqeto dia hrwdiada thn gunaika filippou tou adelfou
autou: elegen gar o iwannhV autw, ouk exestin soi ecein authn. kai qelwn
auton apokteinai efobhqh ton oclon, oti wV profhthn auton eicon. 6genesioiV
de genomenoiV tou hrwdou wrchsato h qugathr thV hrwdiadoV en tw mesw kai
hresen tw hrwdh, oqen meq orkou wmologhsen auth dounai o ean aithshtai. h de
probibasqeisa upo thV mhtroV authV, doV moi, fhsin, wde epi pinaki thn
kefalhn iwannou tou baptistou. o de agrippaV proV
ton paulon, en oligw me peiqeiV cristianon poihsai. “And Agrippa remarked to Festus, 'the
man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.” A rather
different attitude from that of Herod the tetrarch to John the Baptist or of
Pharaoh to Moses. The ideology of Paul and his supporters is revealed by such
writing. They have thrown off what the followers of the Torah regarded as
fundamental, advocacy of the Truth, especially before tyrants. They were
indeed shown to be “seekers after smooth things.” o de ekatontarchV
boulomenoV diaswsai ton paulon ekwlusen autouV tou boulhmatoV, ekeleusen te
touV dunamenouV kolumban aporiyantaV prwtouV epi thn ghn exienai, Arriving eventually in Rome: “And when
we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the
guard: but Paul was allowed to lodge by himself with a soldier that kept
him.” Acts 28:16 ote de eishlqomen
eiV rwmhn, epetraph tw paulw menein kaq eauton sun tw fulassonti auton
stratiwth. At his meeting with the leading Jews of
Rome just after his arrival, Paul again denied doing anything contrary to “the
customs of our ancestors” which was a demonstrable, and elsewhere
admitted, untruth. Acts ends with Paul in his own rented lodging in Rome,
preaching “without any hindrance from anyone.” aspasasqe apellhn
ton dokimon en cristw. aspasasqe touV ek twn aristoboulou. aspasasqe hrwdiwna
ton suggenh mou. aspasasqe touV ek twn narkissou touV ontaV en kuriw. Aristobulus was one of the sons of Agrippa
II and “Herodion” is obviously a member of the monstrous family. Luke
mentions as amongst the prophets and teachers in the church of Antioch “Now
there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers;
as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and
Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.”
Acts 13:1 hsan de en antioceia
kata thn ousan ekklhsian profhtai kai didaskaloi o te barnabaV kai sumewn o
kaloumenoV niger, kai loukioV o kurhnaioV, manahn te hrwdou tou tetraarcou
suntrofoV kai sauloV. Al-Masih Ad-DajjalAlthough the word "Dajjal" -
which comes from the Arabic word "dajal"
(دَجَلَ) meaning "to deceive,"
"to cheat," "to smear with tar" - does not appear in the
Qur'an, the Dajjal is described in considerable detail in all major
collections of Hadith (Documented Oral Traditions). This includes the two
well-known collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim, especially in the sections
which are concerned with "the last days," as well as in many other
compilations of Hadith such as Al-Mishkat Al-Masabih, "The Gardens of
the Righteous," and Al-Muwatta'. The Revolution against the Antichrist, lead
by the "Mahdi" who is the return of Elijah prophecied in the Book
of Malachi, and by Jesus himself, along with the troops of the Mahdi and
Jesus Christ, is described in the utmost detail in the Shi'a collection of
Bihar Al-Anwar. However, since the most notorious references are
"Sunni" these are the primary sources referred to herein. There are
two aspects of the Dajjal. There is Dajjal the individual, and there is
Dajjal as a worldwide social and cultural phenomenon. According to scholarly
opinions, the latter two aspects will be established before Dajjal the
individual will appear. That is, he will appear when the support system he
needs is in place throughout the world either directly or indirectly. Dajjal the individual is the epitome of the
Babylon System. The letters Kaf, Fa and Ra (كفر) are the
basic root letters of the Arabic word Kufr
(كُفْر), or Kaffir
(كَفَّرَ). Kufr is to cover up and
to reject. The kafir is the one who covers up the true nature of existence -
and who rejects the Messengers who are sent by God to show people how to live
in harmony with what is within in them and with what is without them, and to
worship and have knowledge of God. The Prophet Muhammad said that kufr is one
system. The Kufr system is Dajjal. The two aspects of Dajjal are in fact
interlinked and indivisible. Dajjal is also described in the Ahadith
(plural of "Hadith"), as being heard all over the world at the same
time. Dajjal will bring forth the Fire of Jahannam
(جَهَنَّم, Hell), and make it
seem like Jannah (جَنَّة,
Garden, "Heaven"). Dajjal will talk of the Garden, and make it seem
like the Fire. Two examples of these relate to matters of justice and peace.
He will proclaim justice but he will pursue injustice, and he will proclaim
peace but he will pursue turmoil and destruction and every proclamation by
him of the so-called peace will be a deterioration of whatever is left of
peace. That is, he will do exactly opposite of what he proclaim, proving
himself to be a Liar. From Abu Hurayra, related by Ibn Hanbal: "The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: 'The Prophets are
like brothers; they have different mothers but their life transaction is one.
I am the closest of all the people to Jesus son of Mary, because there is no
other Prophet between him and myself. He will come again, and when you see
him, you will recognize him. He is of medium height and his coloring is
reddish-white. He will be wearing two garments, and his hair will look wet.
He will break the cross, kill the pigs, abolish the jizya (tax on
non-Muslims, often less than the obligatory tax paid by Muslims), and call
the people to Islam. During his time, Allah will end every religion and sect
other than Islam, and will destroy the Dajjal. Then peace and security will
prevail on earth, so that lions will graze with camels, tigers with cattle,
and wolves with sheep; children will be able to play with snakes without
coming to any harm. Jesus will remain for forty years, then die, and the
Muslims will pray for him.'" Ibn Mas'ud, reported: "The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: 'On the night of the
Isra (the Night Journey), I met my father Abraham, Moses and Jesus, and they
discussed the Hour. The matter was referred first to Abraham, then to Moses,
and both said, "I have no knowledge of it. "Then it was referred to Jesus, who
said, "No-one knows about its timing except Allah; what my Lord told me
was that the Dajjal will appear, and when he sees me he will begin to melt
like lead. Allah will destroy him when he sees me. The Muslims will fight
against the kaffirun (unbelievers), and even the trees and rocks will say, O
Muslim, there is a kaffir hiding behind me - come and kill him!' Allah will
destroy the kaffirun, and the people will return to their own lands. "Then Gog and Magog will appear
from all directions, eating and drinking every-thing they find. The people
will complain to me, so I will pray to Allah and He will destroy them, so
that the earth will be filled with their stench. Allah will send rain which
will wash their bodies into the sea. My Lord has told me that when that
happens, the Hour will be very close, like a pregnant woman whose time is
due, but her family do not know exactly when she will deliver."' (It was
related by Ahmad. ibn Hanbal). The Antichrist is the final embodiment of
all that denotes the way of unrighteousness and iniquity. The Mahdi and his
Wazir (وَزِير,
Advisor) Jesus Christ will be the final human embodiment of all that it is
possible to follow in the way of Islam. The Qur'an is clear as to what will happen
when the forces of Justice meet those of oppression: God gives victory to
those who trust in God, over the ones who reject God. The Qur'an is crystal
clear as to what will happen after death. If you trusted in God and followed
the way of Prophet Muhammad and all Prophets sent to all nations since the
time of Prophet Adam, then you will be eligible for the Garden of Paradise.
If you rejected the One and Only Din (Hebrew:
דִּין, `Arabic: دِين,
meaning "Religious Path," or Spiritual practice), and refused to
follow the way of the Prophets, the Way call Islam (إِسْلَام,
Submission to God), then you will be for the Fire. Right now the choice is
yours to make. Either turn from the system, colonial ideology and religion of
the Antichrist, or perish in the flames of this dying civilization, and
ultimately in the Fire of the Second Death. Who Are Gog and Magog?“Son of Adam, set your face toward
YHWH of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and
Prophesy against him: And say, thus says YHWH Elohenu: 'I am against you, O
Gog, the chief prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn you back,
and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, and all your army,
horses and horsemen, all of them clothed most gorgeously, a great company
with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords.'” Ezekiel 38:1-4 וַיְהִי
דְבַר-יְהוָה,
אֵלַי
לֵאמֹר.
בֶּן-אָדָם,
שִׂים
פָּנֶיךָ
אֶל-גּוֹג
אֶרֶץ
הַמָּגוֹג--נְשִׂיא,
רֹאשׁ
מֶשֶׁךְ
וְתֻבָל;
וְהִנָּבֵא,
עָלָיו.
וְאָמַרְתָּ,
כֹּה אָמַר
אֲדֹנָי
יְהוִה:
הִנְנִי
אֵלֶיךָ,
גּוֹג--נְשִׂיא,
רֹאשׁ
מֶשֶׁךְ
וְתֻבָל.
וְשׁוֹבַבְתִּיךָ,
וְנָתַתִּי
חַחִים
בִּלְחָיֶיךָ;
וְהוֹצֵאתִי
אוֹתְךָ
וְאֶת-כָּל-חֵילֶךָ
סוּסִים
וּפָרָשִׁים,
לְבֻשֵׁי
מִכְלוֹל
כֻּלָּם--קָהָל
רָב צִנָּה
וּמָגֵן,
תֹּפְשֵׂי
חֲרָבוֹת
כֻּלָּם. One of the most relevant, yet drastically
misunderstood issues surrounding the rise of the Antichrist, is that of the
nations of Gog and Magog. Many Christians - and even some Muslims following
after their folly - have interpreted the nations of Gog and Magog to be
related to China. Islamically this is an impossibility.
Muhammad referred to China with the utmost respect, saying that we must seek
"`Ilm" (عِلْم,
"Knowledge" or "Science"), even unto China. If Gog and
Magog were China, certainly Muhammad would have made this matter clear. As well, in light of the Antichrist's
Babylon System declaring war on all Middle Eastern Muslim lands, which do not
bow to Western Imperialism, many evangelists of the Antichrist's One World
Religion of Christianity have baselessly declared Gog and Magog to be `Arabs.
Again, if Gog and Magog were the `Arabs then why wouldn't the Tanakh just say
so? The Truth of the matter is that Gog and Magog were and are people who had
not yet emerged onto the Biblical scene when most of the Tanakh was written
and later compiled. "Gog" and "Magog" thus refer to their
ancestry, so that they might later be identified. Hesiod, "the father of Greek didactic
poetry" identified Magog with the Scythians and southern Russia in the
7th century B.C. As well, Hesiod was a contemporary of Ezekiel. The term
"Rosh" employed by Ezekial is the etymological root of
"Russia." Herodotus of Harlicarnassus, known as
"Father of History" wrote much about the descendants of Magog by
their Greek name, the Scythians, in the 5th century B.C. Archaeological
discoveries have confirmed Herodotus' reports. Flavius Josephus records that the Magogians
were called "Scythians" by the Greeks. Philo, in the 1st century,
identifies Magog with southern Russia. In Arabic, Ya'juj (Gog) and Ma'juj (Magog)
are derived from "ajj" or "ajij" in the forms of yaf'ul
and maf`ul and ajij means "the flaming of fire." But
"ajja" also means "asra`a" or "he walked fast."
Ya'juj and Ma'juj have been compared to the flaming fire and surging water
because of their intense agitation. As well we see the subtle correlation
here with the nature the rapid expansion and spread of "the flaming
fire." Gog and Magog (Ya'juj and Ma'juj) are
mentioned twice in the Qur'an. Once they are mentioned in the eighteenth
chapter in association with the description of Dajjal. Towards the end of
this chapter Dhu-l-Qarnain is spoken of as undertaking journeys in different
directions to fortify the frontiers of his empire. "Dhu-l-Qarnain"
literally means "the Two Horned One" but it also means one whose
rule extends over over two empires. In the Tanakh, Book of Daniel, we find a
mention of a vision of Daniel , in which he saw a ram with two horns. The
vision is interpreted in the book itself in these words: "The ram
which you saw having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia"
(Daniel 8:20). Among the kings of Media and Persia, Darius I (521-485 B.C.) is the only one to
whom the description of the Qur'an applies. The Jewish Encyclopedia says: "Darius
was the organizer of the Persian Empire. His conquests served to round out
the boundaries of his realm in Armenia, the Caucasus and India and along the
Turanian Steppes and highlands of Central Asia." The following
remarks in the Encyclopedia Britannica strengthen this view: "Darius
in his inscriptions appears as a fervent believer in the religion of
Zoroaster. But he was also a great statesman and organizer. The time of
conquests had come to an end: The wars which Darius undertook... only served
the purpose of gaining strong natural frontiers for the empire and keeping
down the barbarous tribes on its borders. Thus Darius subjugated the wild
nations of the Pontic and Armenian mountains and extended the Persian
Dominion to the Caucasus." The first journey of Darius I - the emperor
of Persia - is spoken of as terminating on the Black Sea: "Until when he reached the setting
place of the sun (or the westernmost point), he found it going down into a
black sea." Al-Qur’an 18:86 حَتَّى
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
مَغْرِبَ
الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا
تَغْرُبُ
فِي عَيْنٍ
حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ
عِندَهَا
قَوْمًا
قُلْنَا يَا
ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ
إِمَّا أَن
تُعَذِّبَ
وَإِمَّا
أَن
تَتَّخِذَ
فِيهِمْ
حُسْنًا Then there is a reference to his eastern
journey: "Until when he reached the (land
of) the rising sun, he found it rising on a people to whom We had given no
shelter from it." Al-Qur’an 18:90 حَتَّى
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
مَطْلِعَ
الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا
تَطْلُعُ
عَلَى
قَوْمٍ
لَّمْ نَجْعَل
لَّهُم مِّن
دُونِهَا
سِتْرًا Still further there is a reference to his
northern journey: "Until when he reached (a
place) between the two mountains, he found on that side of them a people who
could hardly understand a word." Al-Qur’an 18:93 حَتَّى
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
بَيْنَ
السَّدَّيْنِ
وَجَدَ مِن
دُونِهِمَا
قَوْمًا
لَّا
يَكَادُونَ
يَفْقَهُونَ
قَوْلًا The reference here is to the mountains of
Armenia and Azarbaijan. In this last northern journey, Dhu-l-Qarnain comes
across a people who speak a different language; in other words they do not
understand the Persian language. These people appeal to Dhu-l-Qarnain in
these words: "O
Dhu-l-Qarnain! Gog and Magog do mischief in the land. May we then pay you
tribute on condition that you raise a barrier between us and them?"
Al-Qur’an 18:94 قَالُوا
يَا ذَا
الْقَرْنَيْنِ
إِنَّ
يَأْجُوجَ
وَمَأْجُوجَ
مُفْسِدُونَ
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
فَهَلْ
نَجْعَلُ لَكَ
خَرْجًا
عَلَى أَن
تَجْعَلَ
بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ
سَدًّا Further we are told that Dhu-l-Qarnain
actually constructed this wall, and there is mention of iron and copper in
this connection, which were used for the gates: "Bring me blocks of iron. At length
when he had filled up the space between the two mountain sides, he said,
Blow. Till when he had made it fire, he said, Bring me molten brass to pour
over it." Al-Quran 18:96 آتُونِي
زُبَرَ
الْحَدِيدِ
حَتَّى
إِذَا سَاوَى
بَيْنَ
الصَّدَفَيْنِ
قَالَ
انفُخُوا
حَتَّى
إِذَا
جَعَلَهُ
نَارًا
قَالَ آتُونِي
أُفْرِغْ
عَلَيْهِ
قِطْرًا The barrier or wall referred to here is the
famous wall of Derbent (or Darband), which is to be found on the shore of the
Caspian Sea. There is a mention of it in Marasid al-Ittila', a famous book of
Geography. Ibn al-Faqih also mentions it in his book. The Encyclopedia
Biblica gives the following account of the wall: "Derbent or Darband,
a town of Persia, Caucasia, in the province of Daghistan, on the Western
shore of the Caspian... to the south lies the seaward extremity of the
Caucasian wall, 50 miles long otherwise known as Alexander's Wall... This,
when entire, had a height of 29 ft. and a thickness of about 10 feet, and
with its iron gates and numerous watch-towers formed a valuable defense of
the Persian frontier." In Al-Quran 18:97, we are told that when
the wall was completed “they (Gog and Magog) were not able to scale it,
nor could they make a hole in it.” فَمَا
اسْطَاعُوا
أَن
يَظْهَرُوهُ
وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا
لَهُ
نَقْبًا In Al-Quran 18:98, Dhu-l-Qarnain is
reported as saying that even this wall will be of use only up to a certain
time and it will at last collapse. And then we are presented with another
scene: "And on that day We shall let some
of them (Yajuj and Majuj) surge against others." Al-Qur’an 18:99 وَتَرَكْنَا
بَعْضَهُمْ
يَوْمَئِذٍ
يَمُوجُ فِي
بَعْضٍ
وَنُفِخَ
فِي
الصُّورِ
فَجَمَعْنَاهُمْ
جَمْعًا Immediately after speaking of Gog and Magog
fighting each other in verse Al-Quran 18:102, the account reverts to the
subject of Al-Masih ad-Dajjal: “Do those who believe think that they
can take My servants to be friends besides Me?” Al-Quran 18:102 أَفَحَسِبَ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
أَن يَتَّخِذُوا
عِبَادِي
مِن دُونِي
أَوْلِيَاء
إِنَّا
أَعْتَدْنَا
جَهَنَّمَ
لِلْكَافِرِينَ
نُزُلًا This shows that the Qur'an identifies
Dajjal with Gog and Magog. They are given two different names because of
their two functions. The second reference to Gog and Magog occurs in 21:96: "Even when Gog and Magog are let
loose and they rushing forth from every elevated place." Al-Quran 21:96 حَتَّى
إِذَا
فُتِحَتْ
يَأْجُوجُ
وَمَأْجُوجُ
وَهُم مِّن
كُلِّ
حَدَبٍ
يَنسِلُونَ "Rushing forth from every elevated
place" means that they will
establish their supremacy all over the world. The way the Qur'an speaks of
them in both the places shows that a time will come when these people will
overpower all the nations of the world. It also appears that they already
existed at the time of the revelation of the Book, but that their movements
were to remain checked until a certain time, after which they would wield
uncontrolled authority in the whole world. Those who have eyes to see should
see, and those with ears to hear should hear. "These are the chronicles of Noah's
sons, Shem, Ham and Yefet. Children were born to them after the flood. The
sons of Yefeth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yavan, Tuval, Meshekh, and Tiras.
The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. The sons of Yavan
were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these the isolated nations
branched out into their lands. Each had its own language for its families in
its nations." Genesis 10:1-5 וְאֵלֶּה
תּוֹלְדֹת
בְּנֵי-נֹחַ,
שֵׁם חָם וָיָפֶת;
וַיִּוָּלְדוּ
לָהֶם
בָּנִים,
אַחַר
הַמַּבּוּל.
בְּנֵי
יֶפֶת--גֹּמֶר
וּמָגוֹג,
וּמָדַי
וְיָוָן
וְתֻבָל;
וּמֶשֶׁךְ,
וְתִירָס.
וּבְנֵי,
גֹּמֶר--אַשְׁכְּנַז
וְרִיפַת,
וְתֹגַרְמָה.
וּבְנֵי
יָוָן,
אֱלִישָׁה
וְתַרְשִׁישׁ,
כִּתִּים,
וְדֹדָנִים.
מֵאֵלֶּה נִפְרְדוּ
אִיֵּי
הַגּוֹיִם,
בְּאַרְצֹתָם,
אִישׁ,
לִלְשֹׁנוֹ--לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם,
בְּגוֹיֵהֶם. In the Bible, Gog and Magog are mentioned
in very clear terms, and no doubt is left as to their identity. Magog is one
of Jefet's sons, while Gog is one of Reuben's sons. But Gog is called
"Melekh Eretz Magog" in Hebrew - meaning the King of the land of
Magog Grammatically, in Hebrew we can read the name "Magog" as
meaning "from Gog." So we can see here the relation of
America and Europe, as America is "from Europe." Gog is mentioned clearly and this Gog is
the same as Ya'juj of the Qur'an. He is spoken of as being the chief of
Russia, Moscow and Tubal. The three names mentioned in the Bible are Rosh or
Russia, Meshech or Moscow, and Tubal or Tobalsk. While Russia is the name of
the country, "Omask" and "Tubal" are the names of two
rivers to the north of mount Caucasus. On the former is situated Moscow, and
on the latter Tobalsk, both these being the most famous cities of Russia. So clearly, these descendents of Jafeth son
of Noah were probably a Teutonic people, living to the north of the Palestine
(Ezekiel 38:2). Some sources identify Magog with Germania (Targum Yonathan;
Targum on 1 Chronicles 1:5; Pesikta Zutratha). Others identify them with the
Goths (Yerushalmi, Megillah 1:9). These were a Teutonic people who migrated
to Scythia, in what is now southern Russia. It is therefore not contradictory when some
sources identify Magog with Scythia (Josephus; Yoma 10a, according to Rabbenu
Chananel; Arukh s.v. Germamia). Ancient histories state that the Scythians
came from Asia, driven by the Massagetae (Meshech), and settling near the
Cimerians (Herodotus 4:11; note on Genesis 10:2, 'Gomer'). Linguistically,
the Scythians were related to the Iranians, and hence, to the Persians and
the Medes. It is therefore significant that there was a Persian tribe known
as the Germanians (Herodotus 1:125); which, it is said, migrated to what is
now known as Germany. The population of the land in which Russia
is situated (Europe), consists of two main races, Slavs and Teutons. The
latter includes the British and the Germans. This clearly shows not only that
Gog is the name of the Eastern nations of Europe, but also that Magog is the
name of the Western nations of that continent, the nations known as Teutons.
It is also clear that in the beginning both these races lived in the same
land. Gog and Magog were the titles of the ancestors of both Europe and
Russia. Further evidence of this is found in the fact that from very ancient
times the statues of Gog and Magog are found installed in front of the famous
Guildhall of London. If these names had nothing to do with the ancestors of
these people, why should their statues be installed in this manner before the
chief assembly house of the nation? The reference to these as given in the
Scriptures, together with the historical evidence as furnished by these
statues in London, establishes it with utmost certainty that Gog and Magog
are no fictitious names but are the names of two ancient peoples which
inhabit the Continent of Europe and whose influence together covers the whole
of the Earth. In view of these clear indications as to
the identity of these people, only one meaning can be attached to the
Qur’anic description of them, that they would “rush forth from every place
of advantage;” and this means that Europe will wield supreme authority
over the whole surface of the globe. The expression "kulli
hadab-in," (كُلِّ
حَدَبٍ يَن), in Sura
21:96, means "every place of advantage," demonstrating that
their dominance is not only in the physical but also in the intellectual
sphere, and the other people of the world are their slaves not only in body
but also mentally. The Qur'an thus gives us a true picture of
the political and cultural dominance of Europe over the nations of the world,
and the very fact which has brought about a decline of true Islam in these
"end of days," (a phrase the Tanakh also refers to the transition
period in which we are now living as), is strangely enough also a clear proof
of the truth of Islam. Bil`am Son of Be'or"My people, remember now what
Balaq king of Mo'av devised, and what Bil`am ben Be'or answered him from
Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous works of YHWH."
Mikhah (Micah) 6:5 עַמִּי,
זְכָר-נָא
מַה-יָּעַץ
בָּלָק
מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב,
וּמֶה-עָנָה
אֹתוֹ,
בִּלְעָם
בֶּן-בְּעוֹר--מִן-הַשִּׁטִּים,
עַד-הַגִּלְגָּל,
לְמַעַן,
דַּעַת
צִדְקוֹת
יְהוָה
The son of Be'or, was a man of rank among
the Midianites (Numbers 31:8). He resided at Pethor according to Deuteronomy
23:4 "He who is wounded in the
stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of
YHWH. A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of YHWH; even to the tenth
generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of YHWH. An `Ammoni or a
Mo'avi shall not enter into the assembly of YHWH; even to the tenth
generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of YHWH
forever: because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way,
when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Bil`am
ben Be'or from Petor of Aram-Naharayim, to curse you. Nevertheless YHWH
Elohenu wouldn't listen to Bil`am; but YHWH Elohenu turned the curse into a
blessing to you, because YHWH Elohenu loved you." לֹא-יָבֹא
פְצוּעַ-דַּכָּא
וּכְרוּת
שָׁפְכָה,
בִּקְהַל
יְהוָה.
לֹא-יָבֹא
מַמְזֵר, בִּקְהַל
יְהוָה: גַּם
דּוֹר
עֲשִׂירִי,
לֹא-יָבֹא
לוֹ
בִּקְהַל
יְהוָה.
לֹא-יָבֹא
עַמּוֹנִי
וּמוֹאָבִי,
בִּקְהַל
יְהוָה: גַּם
דּוֹר עֲשִׂירִי,
לֹא-יָבֹא
לָהֶם
בִּקְהַל
יְהוָה עַד-עוֹלָם Moreover, Pethor was located in
Mesopotamia. "He took up his parable, and
said, From Aram has Balaq brought me, The king of Mo'av from the mountains of
the East: Come, curse me Ya`akov, Come, defy Yisra'el." Numbers 23:7
וַיִּשָּׂא
מְשָׁלוֹ,
וַיֹּאמַר:
מִן-אֲרָם
יַנְחֵנִי
בָלָק
מֶלֶךְ-מוֹאָב,
מֵהַרְרֵי-קֶדֶם--לְכָה
אָרָה-לִּי
יַעֲקֹב,
וּלְכָה
זֹעֲמָה
יִשְׂרָאֵל It is evident that though he lived among
idolaters, he had some knowledge of the true God of Israel. He was held in
such reputation that it was believed that whomever he blessed was blessed,
and whomever he cursed was cursed. When the Children of Israel were encamped
on the plains of Mo'av, on the east of Jordan, by Jericho, Balaq sent for
Bil`am "from Aram, out of the mountains of the east," to
curse them. However, by the interposition of God Most High he was utterly
unable to fulfill Balaq's wish, however desirous he was to do so. "Forsaking the right way, they
went astray, having followed the way of Bil`am the son of Besor, who loved
the wages of wrong-doing; but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute
donkey spoke with man's voice and stopped the madness of the prophet." 2
Peter 2:15-16 kataleiponteV
euqeian odon eplanhqhsan, exakolouqhsanteV th odw tou Bil`am tou bosor, oV misqon adikiaV hgaphsen elegxin de escen idiaV
paranomiaV: upozugion afwnon en anqrwpou fwnh fqegxamenon ekwlusen thn tou
profhtou parafronian. Here Bil`am's father Be'or is referred to
by the Chaldee or Aramaic form of the name Be'or. Both terms mean
"torch" or "flame." Though Bil`am could not curse Israel, yet he
suggested a mode by which the divine displeasure might be caused to descend
upon them (Numbers 25:1-18). "Yisra'el abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Mo'av: for they called the people to the sacrifices of their elohim (gods); and the people ate, and bowed down to their elohim (gods). Yisra'el joined himself to Ba`al-Pe`or: and the anger of YHWH was kindled against Yisra'el. YHWH said to Moshe, 'Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to YHWH before the sun, that the fierce anger of YHWH may turn away from Yisra'el.' Moshe (Moses) said to the judges of Yisra'el, 'Kill you everyone his men who have joined themselves to Ba`al-Pe`or.' Behold, one of the children of Yisra'el came and brought to his brothers a Midyani woman in the sight of Moshe, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Yisra'el, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. When Pinechas, the son of El`azar, the son of Aharon the Kohen (Priest), saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand; and he went after the man of Yisra'el into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Yisra'el, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Yisra'el. Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying, Pinechas, the son of El`azar, the son of Aharon the Kohen, has turned my wrath away from the children of Yisra'el, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn't consume the children of Yisra'el in my jealousy. Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of shalom: and it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Yisra'el. Now the name of the man of Yisra'el that was slain, who was slain with the Midyani woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Shim`oni. The name of the Midyani woman who was slain was Kozbi, the daughter of Tzur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midyan. YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying, Vex the Midyanim, and strike them; for they vex you with their wiles, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Pe`or, and in the matter of Kozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midyan, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Pe`or." וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל, בַּשִּׁטִּים; וַיָּחֶל הָעָם, לִזְנוֹת אֶל-בְּנוֹת מוֹאָב. וַתִּקְרֶאןָ לָעָם, לְזִבְחֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶן; וַיֹּאכַל הָעָם, וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶן. וַיִּצָּמֶד יִשְׂרָאֵל, לְבַעַל פְּעוֹר; וַיִּחַר-אַף יְהוָה, בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, קַח אֶת-כָּל-רָאשֵׁי הָעָם, וְהוֹקַע אוֹתָם לַיהוָה, נֶגֶד הַשָּׁמֶשׁ; וְיָשֹׁב חֲרוֹן אַף-יְהוָה, מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל. וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה, אֶל-שֹׁפְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל: הִרְגוּ אִישׁ אֲנָשָׁיו, הַנִּצְמָדִים לְבַעַל פְּעוֹר. וְהִנֵּה אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּא, וַיַּקְרֵב אֶל-אֶחָיו אֶת-הַמִּדְיָנִית, לְעֵינֵי מֹשֶׁה, וּלְעֵינֵי כָּל-עֲדַת בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל; וְהֵמָּה בֹכִים, פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד. וַיַּרְא, פִּינְחָס בֶּן-אֶלְעָזָר, בֶּן-אַהֲרֹן, הַכֹּהֵן; וַיָּקָם מִתּוֹךְ הָעֵדָה, וַיִּקַּח רֹמַח בְּיָדוֹ. וַיָּבֹא אַחַר אִישׁ-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל-הַקֻּבָּה, וַיִּדְקֹר אֶת-שְׁנֵיהֶם--אֵת אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאֶת-הָאִשָּׁה אֶל-קֳבָתָהּ; וַתֵּעָצַר, הַמַּגֵּפָה, מֵעַל, בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. וַיִּהְיוּ, הַמֵּתִים בַּמַּגֵּפָה--אַרְבָּעָה וְעֶשְׂרִים, אָלֶף. וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר. פִּינְחָס בֶּן-אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן-אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן, הֵשִׁיב אֶת-חֲמָתִי מֵעַל בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּקַנְאוֹ אֶת-קִנְאָתִי, בְּתוֹכָם; וְלֹא-כִלִּיתִי אֶת-בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּקִנְאָתִי. לָכֵן, אֱמֹר: הִנְנִי נֹתֵן לוֹ אֶת-בְּרִיתִי, שָׁלוֹם. וְהָיְתָה לּוֹ וּלְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָיו, בְּרִית כְּהֻנַּת עוֹלָם--תַּחַת, אֲשֶׁר קִנֵּא לֵאלֹהָיו, וַיְכַפֵּר, עַל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְשֵׁם אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמֻּכֶּה, אֲשֶׁר הֻכָּה אֶת-הַמִּדְיָנִית--זִמְרִי, בֶּן-סָלוּא: נְשִׂיא בֵית-אָב, לַשִּׁמְעֹנִי. וְשֵׁם הָאִשָּׁה הַמֻּכָּה הַמִּדְיָנִית, כָּזְבִּי בַת-צוּר: רֹאשׁ אֻמּוֹת בֵּית-אָב בְּמִדְיָן, הוּא. וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר. צָרוֹר, אֶת-הַמִּדְיָנִים; וְהִכִּיתֶם, אוֹתָם. כִּי צֹרְרִים הֵם לָכֶם, בְּנִכְלֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר-נִכְּלוּ לָכֶם עַל-דְּבַר-פְּעוֹר; וְעַל-דְּבַר כָּזְבִּי בַת-נְשִׂיא מִדְיָן, אֲחֹתָם, הַמֻּכָּה בְיוֹם-הַמַּגֵּפָה, עַל-דְּבַר-פְּעוֹר. In a battle between Israel and the Midianites, Bil`am was allegedly slain while fighting on the side of Balaq (Numbers 31:8). "They killed the kings of Midyan with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Tzur, and Chur, and Reva, the five kings of Midyan: Bil`am also the son of Be'or they killed with the sword." וְאֶת-מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן הָרְגוּ עַל-חַלְלֵיהֶם, אֶת-אֱוִי וְאֶת-רֶקֶם וְאֶת-צוּר וְאֶת-חוּר וְאֶת-רֶבַע--חֲמֵשֶׁת, מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן; וְאֵת בִּלְעָם בֶּן-בְּעוֹר, הָרְגוּ בֶּחָרֶב The Antichrist refers to his supposed "deaths" when he said: "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often." 2 Corinthians 11:22-23 ebraioi eisin; kagw. israhlitai eisin; kagw. sperma abraam eisin; kagw. diakonoi cristou eisin; parafronwn lalw, uper egw: en kopoiV perissoterwV, en fulakaiV perissoterwV, en plhgaiV uperballontwV, en qanatoiV pollakiV: The "doctrine of Bil`am" is spoken of in Revelation 2:14, in allusion to the fact that it was through the teaching of Bil`am that Balaq learned the way by which the Israelites might be led into sin. "But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Bil`am, who taught Balaq to throw a stumbling block before the Children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality." Revelation 2:14 all ecw kata sou oliga, oti eceiV ekei kratountaV thn didachn Bil`am, oV edidasken tw Balaq balein skandalon enwpion twn uiwn israhl, fagein eidwloquta kai porneusai: Here we are referred back to Bil`am's corruption of the Children of Israel, and his causing them to eat things sacrificed to idols. But wasn't this exactly what Paul himself did once again 2,000 years ago? Yet here "Bil`am" is being spoken of as still living in Jesus' day. We can be certain that the name is not being used allegorically, as this very same present tense "Bil`am" is confirmed to have taught Balaq how to cause the Children of Israel to bring God's curse upon themselves. "Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but charity edifies." peri de twn eidwloqutwn, oidamen oti panteV gnwsin ecomen. h gnwsiV fusioi, h de agaph oikodomei. This was said, of course, after Paul was caught in the act of eating flesh sacrificed to pagan, Roman idols. Yet we are supposed to imagine that prior to this lifestyle Paul, or "Sha'ul" was a zealous P'rushi or Pharisee? It is clear that all his days with the P'rushim were spent infiltrating them and lying about his true beliefs and pagan practices. The Sumarian"He said: 'So surely We have tried your people after you, and the Samiri has led them astray.' So Musa (Moses) returned to his people wrathful, sorrowing. He said: 'O my people! did not your Lord promise you a goodly promise? Did the time seem long to you, or did you wish that displeasure from your Lord should be due to you, so that you broke (your) promise to me?' They said: 'We did not break (our) promise to you of our own accord, but we were made to bear the burdens of the ornaments of the people, then we made a casting of them, and thus did the Samiri suggest.' So he brought forth for them a calf, a body, which had a mooing sound, so they said: 'This is your god and the god of Musa, but he forgot.' What! could they not see that it did not return to them a reply, and it did not control any harm or benefit for them? And certainly Harun (Aharan) had said to them before: 'O my people! you are only tried by it, and surely your Lord is the Compassionate Allah, therefore follow me and obey my order.' They said: We will by no means cease to keep to its worship until Musa returns to us. (Musa) said: 'O Harun! what prevented you, when you saw them going astray, so that you did not follow me? Did you then disobey my order?' He said: 'O son of my mother! Seize me not by my beard nor by my head; surely I was afraid lest you should say: 'You have caused a division among the children of Israel and not waited for my word.' He said: 'What was then your purpose, O Samiri? He said: 'I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful (of the dust) from the footsteps of the Rasul (Messenger), then I threw it in the casting; thus did my soul commend to me.' He said: 'Be gone then, for surely it has been given to you, in this world to say, 'No touching'; and surely there is a threat for you, which shall not be made to fail, and look at your god to whose worship you kept (so long); we will certainly burn it, then we will certainly scatter it a (wide) scattering in the sea." Al-Qur'an, Sura 20:85-97 قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِن بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ السَّامِرِيُّ فَرَجَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَانَ أَسِفًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِي قَالُوا مَا أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلَكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَا أَوْزَارًا مِّن زِينَةِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَاهَا فَكَذَلِكَ أَلْقَى السَّامِرِيُّ فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَه خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا هَذَا إِلَهُكُمْ وَإِلَهُ مُوسَى فَنَسِيَ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلاَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلاً وَلاَ يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلاَ نَفْعًا وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَارُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ الرَّحْمَنُ فَاتَّبِعُونِي وَأَطِيعُوا أَمْرِي قَالُوا لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفِينَ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَى قَالَ يَا هَارُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوا أَلاَّ تَتَّبِعَنِ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِي قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لاَ تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِي وَلاَ بِرَأْسِي إِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِي قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَا سامِرِيُّ قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا بِهِ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِي نَفْسِي قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِي الْحَيَاةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّنْ تُخْلَفَهُ وَانظُرْ إِلَى إِلَهِكَ الَّذِي ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُ فِي الْيَمِّ نَسْفًا In this passage of the Qur'an we do not read a typographical error, or the report of a man who was simply misinformed about the Jewish Scriptures. On the contrary, this was a correction of the corrupted Biblical account that claimed Aharon the Prophet and Brother of Moses was an idolater, and made the Samarian "Golden Calf" for the Tribes to prostitute themselves with. The Qur'an unequivocally declares Aharon's innocence of this crime against man and God. Instead God proclaims, through His Archangel Gabriel, to Muhammad, the Seal of God's Prophets, that Aharon was forced by his oath to Moses to not allow the people to become divided and allow tribal warfare to break out. Thus, while Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments in the Holy Mountain, Aharon discouraged the idolatry, but ultimately he was bound to not prevent it through military force, due to his oath. Thus, when Moses returned, he reacted violently towards his Brother, grabbing by the hair of his beard and demanding an explanation from him. Aharon begged his forgiveness, but explained that there was nothing that he could have done short of breaking his oath. Now that Moses had returned, the Righteous, Doer's of the Law, who were among the Tribes, were called upon to take up arms and kill the idolaters amongst them. Yet still we are confronted with this enigmatic figure called "As-Samiri" or "the Sumarian." Many Christians ignorantly claim that this is an error on the Qur'an's behalf rather than on the behalf of the wicked Soferim, or "Scribes" that the Jeremiah prophesied against, when he said: "Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of YHWH. How can you say, 'We are wise, for we have the Torah of YHWH,' when actually the lying pen of the Scribes has handled it falsely? The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the Word of YHWH, what kind of Wisdom do they have?" Yirmeyahu 8:7-9 גַּם חֲסִידָה בַשָּׁמַיִם, יָדְעָה מוֹעֲדֶיהָ, וְתֹר וְסִוס (וְסִיס) וְעָגוּר, שָׁמְרוּ אֶת עֵת בֹּאָנָה; וְעַמִּי--לֹא יָדְעוּ, אֵת מִשְׁפַּט יְהוָה. אֵיכָה תֹאמְרוּ חֲכָמִים אֲנַחְנוּ, וְתוֹרַת יְהוָה אִתָּנוּ; אָכֵן הִנֵּה לַשֶּׁקֶר עָשָׂה, עֵט שֶׁקֶר סֹפְרִים. הֹבִשׁוּ חֲכָמִים, חַתּוּ וַיִּלָּכֵדוּ; הִנֵּה בִדְבַר יְהוָה מָאָסוּ, וְחָכְמַת מֶה לָהֶם To imagine that the error is the Qur'an's - and not the admittedly corrupted Tanakh's - is pure sophistry. For there were many Jewish tribes in Arabia, and many Jews converted to Islam in the time of Muhammad, and thereafter. Muhammad was not ignorant of what the Scriptures said on this matter. He did not misspeak, or stumble in his recollection of these events. Many Christians and Jews alike erroneously content that Mount Sinai was in Edom, and thus far from Sumer. However, the writings of Christianity's own Antichrist Paul, state that Mount Sinai, and ultimately the wandering Tribes in the "Wilderness" or `Arabah (עֲרָבָה), were in fact in `Arabia. This is found in the epistle to the Galations, where Paul notes that he was spending a notable, and unaccounted for period of time in `Arabia, yet he never informs us of what exactly his objective there was. "I advanced in traditional Judaism beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, to reveal his son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus." Galations 1:14-17 kai proekopton en tw ioudaismw uper pollouV sunhlikiwtaV en tw genei mou, perissoterwV zhlwthV uparcwn twn patrikwn mou paradosewn. ote de eudokhsen [o qeoV] o aforisaV me ek koiliaV mhtroV mou kai kalesaV dia thV caritoV autou apokaluyai ton uion autou en emoi ina euaggelizwmai auton en toiV eqnesin, euqewV ou prosaneqemhn sarki kai aimati, oude anhlqon eiV ierosoluma proV touV pro emou apostolouV, alla aphlqon eiV arabian, kai palin upestreya eiV damaskon. The first point of interest is that Paul constantly refers to his background as "traditional Judaism" a term that is not found in the mouth of Jesus Christ. Neither is "Judaism" found in the mouth of Moses, or in the entire Tanakh, the so-called "OLD-Testament." Conversely, Paul derogatorily refers to those Disciples of Christ who follow the Torah as "Judaizers," thus implying that the Torah itself, and the 613 Mitzvot - such as circumcision, not eating flesh sacrificed to pagan idols, and the like - were nothing more than a subjective cultural phenomenon, and not Divine in origin and nature. Paul never intentionally reveals his actual Roman birth and cultural identity. This is told to us many years later in the book of Acts, written by Paul's own hellenist disciple Luke, after Paul had disappeared - presumably killed - with no body produced. The fact that Paul himself conceals his history and culture, would seem to indicate that he was merely pretending to be aligned with the ancient Hebrew culture and religion of Hashlamah, or in `Arabic "Islam." Otherwise, there is simply no explanation why we have to hear about his roots from someone other than himself. Furthermore, Paul himself claims that "god" revealed "his son" in him! Not in any historical Yashuah ha'Mashiach, but rather in the "Christ" that Paul claimed resided within himself. This same "god" Paul claims separated him from his mother's womb. This is certainly interesting! For usually the case was, and remains still, that when an unborn child reached the point of delivery, midwives or a doctor might assist the mother, yet the baby would, and still does, naturally come out without any sort of Divine intervention. Yet Paul tells us this is not the case with him, as some "god" actually separated him from his mother's womb. However, before this can be properly addressed, other truths of this devil must be brought to Light. Next Paul confirms that after his supposed "conversion" experience - which was actually nothing short of a blinding attack and warning from Jesus Christ, to stop killing his followers - he did not go and speak with those who were "Apostles" before him. These "Apostles" are none other than the 12 only Apostles of Jesus Christ that are mentioned in the Book of Revelation. As counterintuitive as it might seem, why did Paul not confer with these individuals? It was certainly because he was off in Arabia, at Mount Sinai, doing God knows what! "These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar. For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children." Galations 4:24-25 atina estin allhgoroumena: autai gar eisin duo diaqhkai, mia men apo orouV sina, eiV douleian gennwsa, htiV estin agar. to de agar sina oroV estin en th arabia, sustoicei de th nun ierousalhm, douleuei gar meta twn teknwn authV. So far from Islam being confused about the issue of the Golden Calf and As-Samiri, the Qur'an clarifies, through Divine Knowledge, that the individual who brought Calf worship was in fact a native to the region where Sumer, the most ancient civilization associated with human beings resided. For in Reality, Calf Worship was not indigenous to Egypt, while it was a central feature of the Sumarian fertility rites. All praise is due to the One and Only God, Most High, who brings us out the darkness of confusion, into the Light of Reason. We are told by the Qur'an that after the confrontation between Moses and his Brother, they approached the Sumarian, As-Samiri. If Moses ordered the execution of the idolatrous amongst the Children of Israel, then there is no reason to imagine that he would have willingly allowed this Sumarian devil to escape the Justice of the sword. So it is only reasonable to believe that a battle ensued and the Samiri could simply not be killed, after which Moses said: "It has been given to you in this world to say 'no touching.'" These are strange words indeed unless we understand that this individual was none other than the Antichrist himself, who had been given the ability to ward off the advances of Moses, and who had gained a prolonged life, though not immortality as he himself wishfully imagines. It is from the understanding of these Ayaat, these miraculous verses, that Prophet Muhammad is recorded in a Hadith as saying that if the individual that one of his Companions thought was the Antichrist actually was the Antichrist, then it would do said Companion no good to try to kill him, as he would inevitably be overcome. It is only by God Alone, through the hands and weapons of Jesus Christ, that the Dajjal, the Antichrist will be killed in this very generation. Physical Appearance of the Antichrist
"Rasul Allah (The Messenger of Allah) said, 'Shall I not tell you about the Dajjal a story of which no prophet told his nation? The Dajjal is one-eyed and will bring with him what will resemble Hell and Paradise, and what he will call Paradise will be actually Hell; so I warn you (against him) as Noah warned his nation against him.'" Volume
4, Book 55, Number 554: Prophet Muhammad told us that there are 30
Dajjalin
(دَجَّالِين,
plural of Dajjal) in all. Both Jesus and Peter warned us that there were
"Anti-Christs" among their community in those days. In Greece there
is a city called "Tarsus" which has an underground network of
waterway caves that are called "The Gates of Hades." It was
believed that the "god" named "Hades" lived there and
also that this was a "portal" of sorts to the
"Underworld" which they simply called "Hades." So we see
that the place and the "god" were called the same thing. "Yet they make the Jinn equals with Allah, though Allah did create the Jinn; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute to Hu sons and daughters. Praise and glory be to Hu! (for Hu is) above what they attribute to Hu!" Al-Qur'an, Sura 6:100 وَجَعَلُواْ لِلّهِ شُرَكَاء الْجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمْ وَخَرَقُواْ لَهُ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ Reference to the "False-Prophet" coming "up out of the Earth" is found in Revelation, thus confirming this correlation between Sheol and Sha'ul just as the Greek term "Hades." "I saw another beast coming up out of the Earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a Taniyn (dragon-crocodile). He exercises all the authority of the first Beast in his presence. He makes the Earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first Beast, whose fatal wound was healed. He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people. He deceives my own people who dwell on the Earth, because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the Beast; saying to those who dwell on on the Earth, that they should make an image to the Beast who had been wounded by the sword and lived. It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the Beast, that the image of the Beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the Beast to be killed." Revelation 13:11-15 kai eidon allo qhrion anabainon ek thV ghV, kai eicen kerata duo omoia arniw, kai elalei wV drakwn. kai thn exousian tou prwtou qhriou pasan poiei enwpion autou. kai poiei thn ghn kai touV en auth katoikountaV ina proskunhsousin to qhrion to prwton, ou eqerapeuqh h plhgh tou qanatou autou. kai poiei shmeia megala, ina kai pur poih ek tou ouranou katabainein eiV thn ghn enwpion twn anqrwpwn. kai plana touV katoikountaV epi thV ghV dia ta shmeia a edoqh autw poihsai enwpion tou qhriou, legwn toiV katoikousin epi thV ghV poihsai eikona tw qhriw oV ecei thn plhghn thV macairhV kai ezhsen. kai edoqh autw dounai pneuma th eikoni tou qhriou, ina kai lalhsh h eikwn tou qhriou kai poihsh [ina] osoi ean mh proskunhswsin th eikoni tou qhriou apoktanqwsin. Thus, here we are further illuminated that the Antichrist will appear to have been killed, when in fact he was only wounded by the sword. That is, after his 1,000 years of being bound, he would be let back out to roam the Earth for a time. The world "knows" he's dead, but then he "comes back" to life, like the Resurrection mythologies of the crucified Egyptian "Savior" Horus. While this would seem a "miracle," it is nothing but deception. As for the physical appearance of the Antichrist: "A certain man, by name Onesiphorus, hearing that Paul had come to Iconium, went out to meet him with his children Silas and Zeno, and his wife Lectra, in order that he might entertain him: for Titus had informed him what Paul was like in appearance: for he had not seen him in the flesh, but only in the spirit. He went along the road to Lystra, and stood waiting for him, and kept looking at the passers by according to the description of Titus. He saw Paul coming, a man small in size, bald-headed, bow-legged, well-built, with eyebrows meeting, rather long-nosed, full of grace." - Acts of Paul and Thecla 2:2-3 This description of Paul is an accepted fact by Christian scholars. As well it is known and accepted that he was blind in his right eye. As well, in England there is a center for the blind called "St. Paul's Eye." Consider also the following quote from a Christian biographical website (http://latter-rain.com/church/paul.htm): "Saul was a citizen of Tarsus who would later become Paul and considered the apostle to the Gentiles. Brought up at Jerusalem, Paul lived with relatives, apparently in the home of a paternal aunt. We probably know more about Paul's appearance than any other New Testament character. He was a man of little stature, dark-complexioned, thin-haired upon the head, bowlegged, blind in one eye and a great hooked nose that sprang from the point where his thick eyebrows met, he was called an "ugly little Jew" and was described as having some deformity of body. The young scholar was unimpressive physically but his brilliant mind and intense piety attracted attention. He was considered full of grace, for sometimes he appeared like a man and sometimes he had the face of an angel." The Book of Zekharyah is almost entirely about the times of John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, and his Brother James. Immediately after discussing Jesus, the Prophet Z'kharyah goes into an explanation of the Antichrist. He explains him as follows. "YHWH said to me, 'Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces. Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!'" Zekharyah (Zechariah) 11:15-17 וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, אֵלָי: עוֹד קַח לְךָ, כְּלִי רֹעֶה אֱוִלִי. כִּי הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מֵקִים רֹעֶה בָּאָרֶץ, הַנִּכְחָדוֹת לֹא יִפְקֹד הַנַּעַר לֹא יְבַקֵּשׁ, וְהַנִּשְׁבֶּרֶת, לֹא יְרַפֵּא; הַנִּצָּבָה, לֹא יְכַלְכֵּל, וּבְשַׂר הַבְּרִיאָה יֹאכַל, וּפַרְסֵיהֶן יְפָרֵק.הוֹי רֹעִי הָאֱלִיל עֹזְבִי הַצֹּאן, חֶרֶב עַל זְרוֹעוֹ וְעַל עֵין יְמִינוֹ; זְרֹעוֹ יָבוֹשׁ תִּיבָשׁ, וְעֵין יְמִינוֹ כָּהֹה תִכְהֶה. This connection that the attributes of the worthless shepherd imply one who can provide no real protection for the sheep. The arm of the leader represented "strength for defense" and the right eye was the one used to see over the shield in aiming his arrow. Thus the people under a foolish shepherd will be defenseless against the Adversary, against Ha'Satan. "Once Allah's Apostle stood amongst the people, glorified and praised Allah as He deserved and then mentioned the Dajjal saying, 'l warn you against him (i.e. the Dajjal) and there was no prophet but warned his nation against him. No doubt, Noah warned his nation against him but I tell you about him something of which no prophet told his nation before me. You should know that he is one-eyed, and Allah is not one-eyed.'" Volume
4, Book 55, Number 553: "I harbor fear in regard to you in so many other things besides the Dajjal. If he comes forth while I am among you, I shall fight with him on your behalf, but if he comes forth while I am not among you, a man must contend on his own behalf and Allah will take care of every Muslim on my behalf (and safeguard him against his evil). He (the Dajjal) will be a young man with twisted, cropped hair, and a blind eye. I compare him with Abd'ul-Uzza ibn Qatan. He who among you will survive to see him should recite over him the opening verses of Surat'ual-Kahf (Chapter 18). He will appear on the way between Syria and Iraq and will spread mischief right and left. Book
40, Number 7015: As for the description of the true hybrid jinn (jinni al-`aamar) form of the Antichrist "And again I said: 'Lord, thereafter what will you do?' And I heard a voice saying to me: 'Hear, righteous John. Then shall appear the Denier, and he who is set apart in the darkness, who is called Antichrist.' And again I said: 'Lord, reveal to me what he is like.' And I heard a voice saying to me: 'The appearance of his face is dusky; the hairs of his head are sharp, like darts; his eyebrows like a wild beast's; his right eye like the star which rises in the morning, and the other like a lion's; his mouth about one cubit; his teeth span long; his fingers like scythes; the print of his feet of two spans; and on his face an inscription, Antichrist; he shall be exalted even to heaven, and shall be cast down even to Hades (Sheol), making false displays. And then will I make the heaven brazen, so that it shall not give moisture upon the Earth; and I will hide the clouds in secret places, so that they shall not bring moisture upon the Earth; and I will command the horns of the wind, so that the wind shall not blow upon the earth." Revelation of Saint John the Theologian 5-9 The Concept of the Antichrist Among the Children of IsraelIn the Tanakh the Antichrist was exhibited as the opponent of God rather than specifically of His Anointed (Mashiach). In the historical books of the Old Testament we find "Belial" used as if a personal opponent of YHWH; thus the scandalously wicked are called in the King James Version "B'nei Belial" (בְנֵי-בְלִיַּעַל), the "Sons of Belial." "As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain Sons of Belial, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, 'Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him.'" Shofetim (Judges) 19:22 הֵמָּה, מֵיטִיבִים אֶת-לִבָּם, וְהִנֵּה אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר אַנְשֵׁי בְנֵי-בְלִיַּעַל נָסַבּוּ אֶת-הַבַּיִת, מִתְדַּפְּקִים עַל-הַדָּלֶת; וַיֹּאמְרוּ, אֶל-הָאִישׁ בַּעַל הַבַּיִת הַזָּקֵן לֵאמֹר, הוֹצֵא אֶת-הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר-בָּא אֶל-בֵּיתְךָ, וְנֵדָעֶנּוּ "Now therefore deliver up the men, the Sons of Belial, who are in Gevah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Yisra'el. But Binyamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers the children of Yisra'el." Shofetim (Judges) 20:13" וְעַתָּה תְּנוּ אֶת-הָאֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵי-בְלִיַּעַל אֲשֶׁר בַּגִּבְעָה, וּנְמִיתֵם, וּנְבַעֲרָה רָעָה, מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל; וְלֹא אָבוּ, ְ ֵ (בְּנֵי) בִנְיָמִן, לִשְׁמֹעַ, בְּקוֹל As well, they are called "Bat Belial" (בַּת-בְּלִיָּעַל) in Sh'muel Alef (1 Samuel) 1:16. "Don't count your handmaid for a Daughter of Belial; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto." אַל-תִּתֵּן, אֶת-אֲמָתְךָ, לִפְנֵי, בַּת-בְּלִיָּעַל: כִּי-מֵרֹב שִׂיחִי וְכַעְסִי, דִּבַּרְתִּי עַד-הֵנָּה In Daniel 7:7-8 there is the description of a great heathen empire, represented by a Beast with Ten Horns. The injustice and oppression being wrought
in the United States and throughout the world, are not merely "isolated
incidences" but are actually part of a bigger picture. These oppressions
are wrought not by one isolated nation or another, but by a Global Entity,
that transcends the boundaries of continent and nation; "Beast" in
the terminology of the Book of Daniel and Revelation alike. A Beast with 10
"Horns" or Governments, seated on all 7 "Heads" or
continents. kai eidon ek thV qalasshV qhrion anabainon, econ kerata deka kai kefalaV epta, kai epi twn keratwn autou deka diadhmata, kai epi taV kefalaV autou onoma[ta] blasfhmiaV. It's full antagonism to God is expressed in a little eleventh horn which had "a mouth speaking great things" and "made war with the saints." "I contemplated the Horns, and, behold, there came up among them another Horn, a little one, before which three of the first Horns were plucked up by the roots; and, behold, in this Horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking boastful things." Daniyel (Daniel) 7:8 מִשְׂתַּכַּל הֲוֵית בְּקַרְנַיָּא, וַאֲלוּ קֶרֶן אָחֳרִי זְעֵירָה סִלְקָת בֵּינֵיהֵון (בֵּינֵיהֵן), וּתְלָת מִן-קַרְנַיָּא קַדְמָיָתָא, אֶתְעֲקַרָו (אֶתְעֲקַרָה) מִן-קֳדָמַיהּ (קֳדָמַהּ); וַאֲלוּ עַיְנִין כְּעַיְנֵי אֲנָשָׁא, בְּקַרְנָא-דָא, וּפֻם, מְמַלִּל רַבְרְבָן. "I looked, and the same Horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;" Daniyel (Daniel) 7:21 חָזֵה הֲוֵית--וְקַרְנָא דִכֵּן, עָבְדָא קְרָב עִם-קַדִּישִׁין; וְיָכְלָה, לְהֹן This "Horn" or "power," the "Ancient of Days" was said to destroy, and his kingdom was to be given to a "Son of Adam" (בַר אֱנָש, "Bar Enash" in Aramaic), meaning "Human Being." "I looked until thrones were placed, and one that was Ancient of Days did sit: his raiment was as white snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which the Horn spoke, I beheld even till the Beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. And as for the rest of the Beasts, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a Son of Adam, and he came even to the Ancient of days, and he was brought near before Hu. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a Kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." Daniel 7:9-14 חָזֵה הֲוֵית, עַד דִּי כָרְסָוָן רְמִיו, וְעַתִּיק יוֹמִין, יְתִב; לְבוּשֵׁהּ כִּתְלַג חִוָּר, וּשְׂעַר רֵאשֵׁהּ כַּעֲמַר נְקֵא, כָּרְסְיֵהּ שְׁבִבִין דִּי-נוּר, גַּלְגִּלּוֹהִי נוּר דָּלִק. נְהַר דִּי-נוּר, נָגֵד וְנָפֵק מִן-קֳדָמוֹהִי, אֶלֶף אַלְפִים (אַלְפִין) יְשַׁמְּשׁוּנֵּהּ, וְרִבּוֹ רִבְוָן (רִבְבָן) קָדָמוֹהִי יְקוּמוּן; דִּינָא יְתִב, וְסִפְרִין פְּתִיחוּ. חָזֵה הֲוֵית--בֵּאדַיִן מִן-קָל מִלַּיָּא רַבְרְבָתָא, דִּי קַרְנָא מְמַלֱּלָה; חָזֵה הֲוֵית עַד דִּי קְטִילַת חֵיוְתָא, וְהוּבַד גִּשְׁמַהּ, וִיהִיבַת, לִיקֵדַת אֶשָּׁא. וּשְׁאָר, חֵיוָתָא, הֶעְדִּיו, שָׁלְטָנְהוֹן; וְאַרְכָה בְחַיִּין יְהִיבַת לְהוֹן, עַד-זְמַן וְעִדָּן. חָזֵה הֲוֵית, בְּחֶזְוֵי לֵילְיָא, וַאֲרוּ עִם-עֲנָנֵי שְׁמַיָּא, כְּבַר אֱנָשׁ אָתֵה הֲוָא; וְעַד-עַתִּיק יוֹמַיָּא מְטָה, וּקְדָמוֹהִי הַקְרְבוּהִי. וְלֵהּ יְהִב שָׁלְטָן, וִיקָר וּמַלְכוּ, וְכֹל עַמְמַיָּא אֻמַּיָּא וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא, לֵהּ יִפְלְחוּן; שָׁלְטָנֵהּ שָׁלְטָן עָלַם, דִּי-לָא יֶעְדֵּה, וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ, דִּי-לָא תִתְחַבַּל Similar but yet differing in many points is the description of Antiochus Epiphanes. "And out of one of them came forth a Little Horn, which grew exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beauteous land. And it waxed great, even to the Tzava Ha'Shamayim (Army of Heaven); and some of the Tzava (Army) and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled upon them. Yes, it magnified itself, even to the Prince of the Tzava; and from him the continual burnt-offering was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And the Tzava was given over to it together with the continual burnt-offering through transgression (lawlessness); and it cast down truth to the ground, and it wrought, and prospered." Daniyel (Daniel) 8:9-12 וּמִן-הָאַחַת מֵהֶם, יָצָא קֶרֶן-אַחַת מִצְּעִירָה; וַתִּגְדַּל-יֶתֶר אֶל-הַנֶּגֶב וְאֶל-הַמִּזְרָח, וְאֶל-הַצֶּבִי. וַתִּגְדַּל, עַד-צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם; וַתַּפֵּל אַרְצָה מִן-הַצָּבָא וּמִן-הַכּוֹכָבִים, וַתִּרְמְסֵם. וְעַד שַׂר-הַצָּבָא, הִגְדִּיל; וּמִמֶּנּוּ הֻרַים (הוּרַם) הַתָּמִיד, וְהֻשְׁלַךְ מְכוֹן מִקְדָּשׁוֹ. וְצָבָא תִּנָּתֵן עַל-הַתָּמִיד, בְּפָשַׁע; וְתַשְׁלֵךְ אֱמֶת אַרְצָה, וְעָשְׂתָה וְהִצְלִיחָה. "And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have completed their transgression, there shall stand up a king of fierce countenance, and understanding stratagems. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and act; and he shall destroy them that are mighty and the people of the saints. And through his cunning he shall cause work to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in time of security shall he destroy many; he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand." Daniyel (Daniel) 8:23-25 וּבְאַחֲרִית, מַלְכוּתָם, כְּהָתֵם, הַפֹּשְׁעִים--יַעֲמֹד מֶלֶךְ עַז-פָּנִים, וּמֵבִין חִידוֹת. וְעָצַם כֹּחוֹ וְלֹא בְכֹחוֹ, וְנִפְלָאוֹת יַשְׁחִית וְהִצְלִיחַ וְעָשָׂה; וְהִשְׁחִית עֲצוּמִים, וְעַם-קְדֹשִׁים. וְעַל-שִׂכְלוֹ, וְהִצְלִיחַ מִרְמָה בְּיָדוֹ, וּבִלְבָבוֹ יַגְדִּיל, וּבְשַׁלְוָה יַשְׁחִית רַבִּים; וְעַל שַׂר-שָׂרִים יַעֲמֹד, וּבְאֶפֶס יָד יִשָּׁבֵר. The Antichrist in the GospelIn the Gospels the activity of Satan is regarded as specially directed against Christ. In the Temptation (Matthew 4:1-10; Luke 4:1-13) the Devil claims the right to dispose of "all the kingdoms of the world," and has his claim admitted. "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the Wilderness (`Arabah, עֲרָבָה) to be tempted by the Deceiver ("diablos" diaboloV or "iblis" إبليس). When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. The Tempter came and said to him, 'If you are the Son of God (a Hebrew title for "King," found throughout the Tanakh), command that these stones become bread.' But he answered, 'It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the Mouth of God.' Then the Deceiver took him into the Holy City. He set him on the pinnacle of the Temple, and said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will give his Angels charge concerning you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.' Jesus said to him, 'Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the LORD, your God.' Again, the Deceiver took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. He said to him, 'I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.' Then Jesus said to him, 'Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Hu only shall you serve.'" Matthew 4:1-10; Luke 4:1-13 tote o ihsouV anhcqh
eiV thn erhmon upo tou pneumatoV, peirasqhnai upo tou diabolou. kai nhsteusaV
hmeraV tesserakonta kai nuktaV tesserakonta usteron epeinasen. kai proselqwn
o peirazwn eipen autw, ei uioV ei tou qeou, eipe ina oi liqoi outoi artoi
genwntai. o de apokriqeiV eipen, gegraptai, ouk ep artw monw zhsetai o
anqrwpoV, all epi panti rhmati ekporeuomenw dia stomatoV qeou. tote
paralambanei auton o diaboloV eiV thn agian polin, kai esthsen auton epi to
pterugion tou ierou, kai legei autw, ei uioV ei tou qeou, bale seauton katw:
gegraptai gar oti toiV aggeloiV autou enteleitai peri sou kai epi ceirwn
arousin se, mhpote proskoyhV proV liqon ton poda sou. efh autw o ihsouV,
palin gegraptai, ouk ekpeiraseiV kurion ton qeon sou. palin paralambanei
auton o diaboloV eiV oroV uyhlon lian, kai deiknusin autw pasaV taV basileiaV
tou kosmou kai thn doxan autwn, kai eipen autw, tauta soi panta dwsw ean
peswn proskunhshV moi. tote legei autw o ihsouV, upage, satana: gegraptai
gar, kurion ton qeon sou proskunhseiV kai autw monw latreuseiV. The temptation is a struggle between the Christ and the Deceiver, or Devil, called "diablos" (diaboloV) in Greek or "Iblis" (إبليس). "Bulus" (بولس), it is from the same consonantal root as "Iblis" (إبليس). Semitic languages are built off of the structure of a Tri-consonantal root. Words bearing common roots tend to have connections to one another on some level; often esoteric. In the parable of the Tares and the Wheat, he that sowed the good seed is the Son of Adam, while he that sowed the tares is Iblis. "He answered them, 'He who sows the good seed is the Son of Adam, the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel are the children of the evil one. The Enemy (literally 'Satan') who sowed them is the Deceiver (diaboloV). The harvest is the End of the Age, and the reapers are Angels." Matthew 13:37-39 o de apokriqeiV eipen, o speirwn to kalon sperma estin o uioV
tou anqrwpou: o de agroV estin o kosmoV: to de kalon sperma, outoi eisin oi
uioi thV basileiaV: ta de zizania eisin oi uioi tou ponhrou, o de ecqroV o
speiraV auta estin o diaboloV: o de qerismoV sunteleia aiwnoV estin, oi de
qeristai aggeloi eisin. Jesus Christ elaborated on the Kingdom of Heaven and the empires of Iblis. Herein, he warns of those who attribute to themselves apostleship and prophethood, claiming their signs and visions to be of the Ruach Ha'Qodesh (רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ), the Holy Spirit, whilst they are nothing but Apostles of Iblis. "But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, 'This man does not cast out demons, except by Ba`al-Zibbul, the prince of the demons.' Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? If I by Ba`al-Zibbul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you. Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house. He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather with me, scatters. Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Adam, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this Age, nor in that which is to come." Matthew 12:24-32 oi de farisaioi akousanteV eipon, outoV ouk ekballei ta
daimonia ei mh en tw beelzeboul arconti twn daimoniwn. eidwV de taV
enqumhseiV autwn eipen autoiV, pasa basileia merisqeisa kaq eauthV erhmoutai,
kai pasa poliV h oikia merisqeisa kaq eauthV ou staqhsetai. kai ei o satanaV
ton satanan ekballei, ef eauton emerisqh: pwV oun staqhsetai h basileia
autou; kai ei egw en beelzeboul ekballw ta daimonia, oi uioi umwn en tini ekballousin;
dia touto autoi kritai esontai umwn. ei de en pneumati qeou egw ekballw ta
daimonia, ara efqasen ef umaV h basileia tou qeou. h pwV dunatai tiV
eiselqein eiV thn oikian tou iscurou kai ta skeuh autou arpasai, ean mh
prwton dhsh ton iscuron; kai tote thn oikian autou diarpasei. o mh wn met
emou kat emou estin, kai o mh sunagwn met emou skorpizei. dia touto legw
umin, pasa amartia kai blasfhmia afeqhsetai toiV anqrwpoiV, h de tou
pneumatoV blasfhmia ouk afeqhsetai. kai oV ean eiph logon kata tou uiou tou
anqrwpou, afeqhsetai autw: oV d an eiph kata tou pneumatoV tou agiou, ouk
afeqhsetai autw oute en toutw tw aiwni oute en tw mellonti. In John 14:30 there is reference to the "Prince of the World" who "has nothing" in Christ. "I will no more speak much with you, for the Prince of the World comes, and he has nothing in me." ouketi polla lalhsw meq umwn, ercetai gar o tou kosmou arcwn: kai en emoi ouk ecei ouden, Who was this Prince of the World that was coming in such imminence as for Jesus Christ to speak as though his appearance was at hand? Truly, there is only one possibility... The Antichrist in Talmud and TargumThe Jewish views had little effect on Christian speculation. In the Talmud, the Antichrist was named Armilus, a variation of Romulus. Interestingly enough, Romulus, like Horus of Egypt and Zachariah's "Worthless Shepherd," was said to have been blind in the right eye. The ancient rabbis and sages wrote
extensively about the False Messiah. They identified sections in the Tanakh
that portray his rise. In Targum Yonatan, the Imposter Messiah is called
"Armilus." Armilus is a Hebrew variation of Romulus, the legendary
founder of the city of Rome; a name sharing much in common phonetically with
"Bulus." The implication is that this self-exalting individual will
rule from Rome. The Hebrew text of Yesha'yahu 11:4 reads: וְשָׁפַט בְּצֶדֶק דַּלִּים, וְהוֹכִיחַ בְּמִישׁוֹר לְעַנְוֵי-אָרֶץ; וְהִכָּה-אֶרֶץ בְּשֵׁבֶט פִּיו, וּבְרוּחַ שְׂפָתָיו יָמִית רָשָׁע However, the ancient Aramaic paraphrase in
Targum Yonathan, (Patai, 1979:156) states: No doubt this is exactly what happened, not today, but 2,000 years ago in the lives of Jesus Christ, Yashuah Ha'Mashiach, and Satan Armilus, the Mashiach Sheqer, "Bil'am the Lame," the one-eyed, "Worthless Shepherd" foretold in the Book of Zachariah, and the "Prince of the World" who Jesus warned was coming imminently. In two 12th century aggadic (legendary)
rabbinic works, T'fillat Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai, BhM 4:124-126 (Patai, 1979:
157-159), and the apocalyptic Midrash Otot Ha'Mashiach (Patai, 1979: 314)
Armilus' strategy, his blasphemous claims and his persecution of all who
remains faithful to the "Set Apart One" of Israel, are vividly
portrayed. This happened when Rome became a Christian state. "And he will go and conquer and announce to all the countries and cities, saying, 'Bring me my holy book which I gave you!'" This happened in essence, when the pagans accepted the Antichrist's One World Religion even as he was crafting it. "And the nations of the world will come and bring the book and he [Armilus] will say to them: 'This is the book which I gave you.'" There is no one else besides Paul who has given "all the countries and cities" a "holy book" who comes even remotely close to fitting the description of this Roman Antichrist. "And he tells the nations of the world: 'Believe in me. I am your god, I am your Messiah and your god.' And instantly they believe in him [Armilus will call for a delegation of Yisra'el to meet with him. He will say to them:] 'Bring me your Torah and testify to me that I am god.' Yisra'el will read to Armilus from the Torah: 'I am YHWH Elohenu and you shall have no other elohim (gods) before Me" (Exodus 20:2-3). And Armilus will say: 'There is nothing in this Torah of yours; come and testify to me that I am god.'" Paul came to Israel and claimed to be a god. This he did by claiming that "the Christ" is "god incarnate" and that "the Christ" lived within him and spoke his words. To this James the Brother of Jesus rebutted, "How do you know that it is Christ that speaks within you?" Paul went to the Goyim, the Pagans, and and they accepted him immediately, as we are told they would do in this prophecy. Then he went to Israel - to John the Baptist and the Qumran Community, to Jesus and the Disciples, along with James and the Jerusalem Community - and they refused him. To this Paul responded exactly as was foretold, by saying that there is "nothing in this Torah of yours..." [Yisra'el refuses. Armilus responds by proclaiming:] 'I shall not let go of you [i.e. will not stop forcing and persecuting you] until you believe that I am god in the same manner in which the gentile nations (goyim) of the world believe in me.' And the wrath of Armilus is kindled, and he gathers all the armies of the nations of the world, and makes war against the children of Yisra'el, and he slays of Yisra'el a thousand thousands." Herein the mystery of European and Christian Anti-Semitism is unraveled. Paul, the Antichrist, is prophesied as killing the Children of Israel by "a thousand thousands," which literally means "millions." This was fulfilled under the Nazi regime of the Tribes of Gog and Magog, under the cover leadership of Paul, who Jesus called the "Prince" or "Commander" of the World. "And those who are left of Yisra'el will flee to the desert of the nations. In that hour all the nations of the world will expel Yisra'el from their countries. And it will be a suffering for Yisra'el the like of which has not been ever since the world exists and to that time." Here the apostasy of Zionism is foretold; wherein the Western nations duped the Children of Israel into fleeing to the desert, and in this manner used ideological brainwashing, and playing on post Nazi-Holocaust fears, in order to "expel Israel from their countries." The ulterior motive of the Antichrist's implementation of the Zionist apostasy was and is to pit the monotheistic Children of Israel against the only worst enemy of the Antichrist: Islam. The result of the apostate, imposter state of "Israel" is foretold herein as "Suffering for Israel, the like of which has not been ever since the world exists and to that time." Paul in the Talmud
It is important to keep in mind that there are many people in the Talmud with the same names. R. Aaron Hyman in his biographical work on the sages of the Talmud, Toldot Tannaim VeAmoraim, lists 14 Hillels, 61 Elazars, and 71 Hunas. Josephus lists approximately twenty different men named Jesus, at least ten of whom lived in the same time as the famous Jesus [cf. John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew, p. 206 n. 6]. When dealing with first names, it is very common to come across different people in the Talmud with the same name, as the same applies today. It is therefore almost impossible to identify someone based on their first name alone. Second names, which in the Talmud means the name of the father, enable us to identify people with much better accuracy, but not entirely. It is very possible for both two men and their father's to have the same names. This makes history somewhat complicated, but ignoring this fact is distorting history. R. Shimon ben Azzai said: "I found a book of genealogies in Jerusalem and in it is written 'The man Plony is a bastard.' - Mishnah Yevamot 4:18 אמר ר' שמעון בן עזאי מצאתי מגלת יוחסין בירושלים וכחוב בה איש פלוני ממור מאשת איש Ploni (פְּלוֹנִי) literally means "so-and-so" or "an unidentified person." The Dajjal's Anti-Semitic religion of Christianity has bamboozled Jews around the world into imagining that this "unidentified person" is Jesus Christ, when in fact there is literally nothing to support this supposition. The fact of the matter is that this "Ploni" was misidentified as Jesus due to the fact that it was said that he identified himself with Mashiach. This "so-and-so" my Brothers and Sisters, is a reference to Paul, known in the both Talmud and the Tanakh alike as "Bil`am." This is who the Talmud constantly refers to with such hatred and disdain. It is only by the lying pens of the Soferim that correlations to Jesus Christ have been insinuated with Bil`am. The Talmud itself calls this individual "lame." Was Jesus Christ ever lame? If he was not, then who else of his era walked bowlegged, and could be considered "lame?" The answer is clear. Bil`am is Paul. He is called "Ploni" or "so-and-so" or the "unidentified individual" because he himself went by many pseudonyms, just as he does today. The Children of Israel in ancient times knew him by the name "Bil`am" (בִּלְעָם), deriving from "obstruction" (בָּלַם). He was the Roman Jew foretold in Midrashim as the Antichrist, the Mashiach Sheqer, who would "free himself from the yoke of the Torah," whose name was "Armilus" or "Romulus." "R. Yochanan said (regarding Bil`am): In the beginning a prophet, in the end a sorcerer. Rav Papa said: As people say, 'She was the descendant of princes and rulers, she played the harlot with carpenters.'" Sanhedrin 106a אמר ר' יוחנן בתחלה נביא ולבסוף קוסם אמר ר' פפא היינו דאמרי אינשי מסגני ושליטי הואי אייזן לגברי נגרי It is imperative to clarify that the term "carpenter" was synonymous with "builder" or "stone mason." Thus, to say that a woman "played the harlot with carpenters" means that she whored around with blue collar workers. R. Yochanan is saying that Bil`am had tremendous potential and started out as a true prophet of God. However, he turned to evil, following the crooked left-hand path, and became a sorcerer. This tradition regarding Bil`am's descent was also recorded in the Tanchuma [Balaq, 5] and in Yalkut Shimoni [Numbers, 771]. Rav Papa adds a parable to explain this. Consider a woman who is married to a powerful ruler who leads their people out into battle. She is used to being the wife of someone strong, whose powerful hands can skillfully manipulate a sword and overcome any opponents. If her husband were to die she would still want to marry someone in a similar position of leadership and strength. Even if this widow is continually passed over by those she wishes to marry, she will still strive for her former glory, and will even marry a carpenter who, while not leading his countrymen out into battle, still must skillfully handle tools. Even when the ability to reach her old glory is obviously absent, she will still try everything possible to reach any position that remotely resembles it. Similarly, Bil`am started out as a man with prophecy, like a prince or ruler. He was capable of seeing the future and even manipulating it through his curses and blessings. However, when he lost that gift when God removed his prophecy, Bil`am still wanted to see the future, even resorting to such pale comparisons as sorcery and black magic, like a carpenter when compared to a prince or ruler. Notes: Cf. R. Meir HaLevi Abulafia, Yad Ramah, Sanhedrin ad. loc.; Ephraim Urbach, "Rabbinic Exegesis About Gentile Prophets And The Bil`am Passage" (Hebrew), Tarbitz (25:1956), p. 284 n. 56. A sectarian said to R. Chanina: "Do you know how old Bil`am was? [R. Chanina] replied: It is not written. However, since it says (Psalms 55:24) 'Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days...' he was 33 or 34. [The heretic] said: You said well. I have seen the chronicle of Bil`am and it said 'At 33 years Bil`am the lame was killed by Pinchas (Pinechas) the robber.'" Sanhedrin 106b א"ל ההוא מינא לרבי חנינא מי שמיע לך בלעם בר כמה הוה א"ל מיכתב לא כתיב אלא מדכתיב אנשי דמים ומרמה לא יחצו ימיהם בר תלתין ותלת שנין או בר תלתין וארבע א"ל שפיר קאמרת לדידי חזי לא פנקכיה דבלעם והוה כתיב ביה הר תלתין והלה שנין בלעם חגירא כד קטיל יתיה פנחכ ליכמאה Bil`am in rabbinic literature is one of the archetype villains. As we shall see, he was a powerful man whose prophecy and closeness with God gave him potential to do much good. However, he chose to use those gifts towards evil. Because of his terrific potential that was utterly twisted, his heavenly abilities that were perverted towards wrongdoing, he is considered the prime example of corruption. Note should be taken that it was not Jesus, but rather Bil`am of the Torah, who was reported to have been killed by Pinechas. "The Acts of Paul" is a second-century Christian writing recounting the missionary career and death of the apostle Paul and classed among the so-called "New Testament" Apocrypha. If one were referring to Paul as "Bil`am" then the "Acts of Paul" would certainly seem a likely canidate for the so-called "Chronicle of Bil`am" spoken of here in the Talmud. In this work Paul is pictured as traveling from city to city, converting pagans to his One World Religion. Though ancient evidence suggests that the Acts of Paul was a relatively lengthy work (3600 lines according to the Stichometry of Nicephorus), only about two-thirds of that amount still survives. Individual sections were transmitted separately by the medieval manuscript tradition (Lipsius 1891), most importantly by the Acts of Paul and Thekla and the Martyrdom of Paul, both extant in the original Greek and several ancient translations. Manuscript discoveries in the last century have added considerable additional material. The most important of these include a Greek papyrus of the late 3rd century C.E. now at Hamburg (10 pages), a Coptic papyrus of the 4th or 5th century, now at Heidelberg (about 80 pages), and a Greek papyrus of correspondence between Paul and the Corinthians (3 Corinthians equated with Testuz 1959), now at Geneva. These finds have confirmed that the Thekla story and the fabrication of Paul's alleged "martyrdom" were originally part of the larger Acts of Paul (details in Bovon 1981 or New Testament Apocrypha). This being the case, the "Chronicle of Bil`am" proves itself to be the "Acts of Paul" since in the Acts of Paul it is additionally said that Paul was bowlegged, and the Talmud, when referring to this document, calls Paul "Bil`am the lame." This is significant to identifying the Talmudic "Bil`am" since Sanhedrin 106b calls this Imposter Messiah "Bil`am the lame." Moreover, the same teaching quotes Tehillim (Psalms) 55:24 "Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days..." No one has to date accused Jesus of unjustly shedding anyone's blood. Conversely, the Acts of the Apostles, writen by Paul's partner in crime, Luke admits that Paul was a mass murderer who in fact never paid the price for his crimes, neither under the Torah nor under Roman law. There can be no doubt as to the fact that the Talmudic "Bil`am" is in fact Paul, not Jesus. "'Never again did there arise in Israel a prophet like Moses' - But in other nations there did arise. Who? Bil`am ben Be'or. But there is a difference between Moses's prophecy and Bil`am's prophecy. Moses did not know who spoke to him but Bil`am knew who spoke to him, as it says (Numbers 24:16) 'The words of the one who hears the sayings of God... Moses did not know when God would speak to him until he was spoken to but Bil`am knew when He would speak, as it says 'Who knows the knowledge of the Supreme One... With Moses, God would not speak to him until he was standing, as it says (Deuteronomy 5:28) 'But as for you, stand here with Me...' But with Bil`am, God would speak to him even while fallen, as it says (Numbers 24:4) 'Who sees the vision of the Almighty, while fallen with uncovered eyes.'" Sifrei on Deuteronomy 34:10 ולא קם נביא עוד בישראל כמשה אבל באומות העולם קם ואיזה זה בלעם בן בעור אלא יש הפרש הפרש בין נבואתו של משה לנבואתו של בלעם משה לא היה יוזע מי מדבר עמו ובלעם היה יודע שנאמר נאם שומע אמרי קל משה לא היה יודע אימת מדבר עמו עד שנדבר עמו ובלעם היב יודע אעמתי היה מדבר שנאמר ויודע דעת עליון משה לא היה מדבר עמו עד שהוא עומד שנאמד ואתה פה עמוד עמדי ובלים היה מדבר עמו עמו כשהיא נופל שנאמר מחזה שקי נופל וגלוי עינים "Why is Iyob called (Job 1:8) 'A perfect and upright man?' To teach us that he was born circumcised. Adam was also born circumcised as it says (Genesis 1:27) 'So God created man in His image...' Seth was also born circumcised as it says (Genesis 5:2 ) 'He begot in his likeness and his image...' Noah was also born circumcised... Shem was also born circumcised... Jacob was also born circumcised... Joseph was also born circumcised... Moses was also born circumcised... Even the wicked Bil`am was born circumcised... Samuel was also born circumcised... David was also born circumcised... Jeremiah was also born circumcised... Zerubabel was also born circumcised..." Avot DeRabbi Natan 2:5 מה ת"ל איש תם וישר אלא מלמד שיצא איוב מהול אף אדמ הראשון יצא מהול שנאמר ויברא אלקים את האדם בצלמו אף שת יצא מהול שנאמר וי ולד בדמותו כצלמו אף נח יצא מהול... אק יעקב יצא מהול... אק יוסף יצא מהול... אק משה יצא מהול... אק בלוּם הרשע יזא מהול... אק שמואל יצא מהול... אק דוד יצא מהול... אק ירמיה יצא מהול... אק זרובבל יצא מהול... It is clear, based on the chronological
order, that this refers to the biblical Bil`am and not Jesus or
"Yashuah." Chronologically, Yashuah Ha'Mashiach would have been
listed after David, Jeremiah, and Zerubabel. לכה איעצך א"ר אבא בר כהנא... אמר להם אלקיהם שלאלו שונא זימה הוא והם מתאוים לכלי פשתן בוא ואשיעך עצה עשה להן קהן קלעים והושיב בהן זונת זקי נה מבחוץ וילדה מבדה מבפנים... ובשעה שישראל אוכלין ושותין לטייל בשוק אומרת לו הזקינה אי אתה מוקש כלי פשתן זקינה אומרת לו בשוה וילדה אומרת לו בפחות שתים ושלש פעמים ואח"כ אומרת לו הרי אתה כבן כית שב ברור לעצמך וצרצורי של יין עמוני עמוני מונח אצלה...אמרהלו רצונך שתשתה כוס של יין כיון ששתה בער בו אמר לה השמיעי הוציאה יראתה מתוך חיקה אמרה לו עבוד לוה אוה אמר לה יהודי אמי אמרה לו ומה איכפת לךכלום מבקשים ממך אלא פיעור ]והוא אינו יודע שעבודתה בכך[ ולא עוד אלא שאיני מנחתך עד שתכפור בתורת משה רבך This passage discusses the surprising transition in the biblical narrative from Bil`am's prophecy (Numbers 24) directly into (Numbers 25:1) "Yisra'el settled in the Shittim and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab." The Talmud's explanation is that Bil`am, the paid advisor of Moab (see Numbers 22), showed the Moabites how and why to entice the Jewish men into whoremongering. This passage is clearly about Bil`am and it describes both his cleverness and his despicability. There are many more passages that show that Bil`am is considered by the Talmud to be both a powerful and utterly wicked man who earned the title of most hated villain. "Whosoever possesses these three qualities belongs to the disciples of Abraham our father: a generous eye, a humble spirit, and a meek soul. But he who possesses the three opposite qualities - an evil eye, a proud spirit, and a haughty soul - is of the disciples of Bil`am the wicked. How do the disciples of Abraham differ from the disciples of Bil`am? The disciples of Abraham enjoy this world and inherit the world to come, as it is written (Proverbs 8:21) 'Endowing with wealth those who love me, and filling their treasuries.' The disciples of Bil`am inherit Gehenna and go down to the pit of destruction, as it is written (Psalm 55:23) "But you, O God, will cast them down into the lowest pit; the bloodthirsty and treacherous shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you." Mishnah Avot 5:19 כל מי שיש בו שלשה דברים הללו מתלמידיו של אברהם אבינו ושלשה דברים אחרים מתלמידיו של בלעם הרשע עין טובה נדוח נמוכה ונפש שפלה מתלמידיו של אברהם אבינו עין רעה ורוח גבוה ונגש רחבה מתלמידיו של בלעם הרשע מה בין מתלמידיו של אברהם אבינו תלמידיו של בלעם הרשע תלמידיו של אברהם אבינו אוכלין בעולם הזה ונוחלין ליולם הבא שנמר להנחיל לאוהבי יש וא וצר ותיהם אמלא אבל תלמידיו של בלעם הרשע יורשין גיהנם וי ורדין לבאר שחת שנאמר ואתה אלקים תורידם לבאר שחת אנשי דמים ומרמה לא יחצו ימיהם ואני אבטח בך Here again, we see that Bil`am is the paragon of evil. Using strictly "Old Testament" Tanakhi examples, the Mishnah tries to demonstrate the proper attitudes one should take in life. Through indisputable proofs the biblical Bil`am, not Jesus, is consistently painted as someone destined for greatness who instead misused his talents for evil. It is therefore no surprise that historians can find many passages that denigrate Bil`am. However, there is every reason to believe that these passages refer to the actual Bil`am and not to Jesus. The Book of Revelation"Rasul Allah (The Messenger of Allah) observed: 'When three things appear faith will not benefit one who has not previously believed or has derived no good from his faith: the rising of the Sun in its place of setting, the Dajjal, the Beast of the Earth.'" Book
1, Number 0296: In the Book of Revelation the doctrine of
Antichrist receives a further development. If the traditional date of the
Apocalypse is to be accepted, it was written when the lull which followed the
Neronian persecution had given place to that under Domitian - "the bald
Nero." John, the author of Revelation, now feels the whole imperial
system to be an incarnation of the spirit of Satan; indeed from the identity
of the symbols, Seven Heads and Ten Horns - applied both to the Taniyn
(Dragon or "Crocidile") from Revelation 12:3, and to the Beast of
Revelation 13:1 - he appears to have regarded the raison d`etre of the Roman
Empire to be found in its incarnation of Satan. This again follows the 10
Toes of Daniel. There is a System of Dajjal and then there is Dajjal himself, who is an individual jinn-human hybrid (Jinni al-Aamar). It is the very System of Dajjal that is called the Beast of the Sea, or more specifically of the Mediterranean Sea (qalassa). Hitgalut L'Yochanan ha'Talmid (Revelation to the Disciple John) Fereq Yud Beyt (Chapter 12) - originally penned in Hebrew before being corrupted into Greek - says: "Another sign was seen in Shamayim. Behold, a great Red Taniyn, having seven heads and Ten Horns, and on his heads Seven Crowns. His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the Earth. The Taniyn stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child." Revelation 12:3-4 kai wfqh allo shmeion en tw ouranw, kai idou drakwn megaV purroV, ecwn kefalaV epta kai kerata deka kai epi taV kefalaV autou epta diadhmata, kai h oura autou surei to triton twn asterwn tou ouranou kai ebalen autouV eiV thn ghn. kai o drakwn esthken enwpion thV gunaikoV thV melloushV tekein, ina otan tekh to teknon authV katafagh. The Taniyn Ha'Gadol is Iblis himself. He is represented as the seven headed Hydra of Greek mythology and also as the Lotan serpent of Canaanite mythology. Here the Babylon system of Dajjal is being likened to him. The seven heads represent not only the "Seven Hills of Rome" and the seven continents, but also seven revivals or rebirths of Iblis's empires (the empires being 10 in all). This can be gathered by the analogy to the Lotan and Hydra mythologies. When one head was cut off of this Beast it would regrow two. The only way to defeat it - as Hercules was said to have - was to cut of the REAL head, getting to the root, and then the entire Beast would die. This is being analogized for a reason - implying that the Babylon system would only be destroyed if the true head was rooted out, that being Iblis himself and the Dajjal. Moreover, the Book of Revelation was and is anti-establishment propaganda. To come out and say what was being veiled in plain terms, would have earned any Revolutionary a swift execution or a life in prison, just as it essentially would still today, in that same Babylon System of Dajjal. "Then I stood on the sand of the Sea. I saw a Beast coming up out of the Sea, having Ten Horns and Seven Heads. On his horns were Ten Crowns, and on his Heads, blasphemous names. The Beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The Taniyn gave him his power, his throne, and great authority." Revelation 13:1-2 kai eidon ek thV qalasshV qhrion anabainon, econ kerata deka kai kefalaV epta, kai epi twn keratwn autou deka diadhmata, kai epi taV kefalaV autou onoma[ta] blasfhmiaV. kai to qhrion o eidon hn omoion pardalei, kai oi podeV autou wV arkou, kai to stoma autou wV stoma leontoV. kai edwken autw o drakwn thn dunamin autou kai ton qronon autou kai exousian megalhn. Fereq 13:1-2 makes it clear that "The Taniyn gave him his power, throne and great authority." Thus we know that the Taniyn - which is Iblis himself - is not literally "seven-headed" with 10 tangible crowns and the like. Instead, it is the System of Dajjal that is created in the spiritual image of Iblis, and Iblis himself "gave him his power, throne and great authority." "One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the Beast." Revelation 13:3 kai mian ek twn kefalwn autou wV esfagmenhn eiV qanaton, kai h plhgh tou qanatou autou eqerapeuqh. kai eqaumasqh olh h gh opisw tou qhriou, This refers to the fall of Rome in the 490's - thereafter it was suppressed for 1,000 years. It was reborn after stealing the cultural and scientific innovations of Islam - in what is typically called the "European Renaissance," during Rome's hundreds of years of exposure to Islamic science, mathematics, astronomy and architecture. This of course is precisely when the trade in African Muslim slaves began, as did the colonization of the Americas, as well as the conquering of Muslim lands - all born of the aftermath of defeat in the Crusades. Sefer Ha'Hitgalut, Fereq 13:3 refers to the "head" of this Beast that appeared to have been slain, that would be regenerated as the Lotan-Hydra and cause the whole world to marvel at it. "I saw another Beast coming up out of the Earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a Taniyn. He exercises all the authority of the first Beast in his presence. He makes the Earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first Beast, whose fatal wound was healed." Revelation 13:11-12 kai eidon allo qhrion anabainon ek thV ghV, kai eicen kerata duo omoia arniw, kai elalei wV drakwn. kai thn exousian tou prwtou qhriou pasan poiei enwpion autou. kai poiei thn ghn kai touV en auth katoikountaV ina proskunhsousin to qhrion to prwton, ou eqerapeuqh h plhgh tou qanatou autou. This is none other than Paul; Sha'ul; Bulus ad-Dajjal. It is said that he came "up out of the Earth" because his Nefillim, jinn species operate from underground caverns known to the Children of Israel as "Sheol" and to the Greeks as "Hades." Again, in Hebrew the word for "Hades" or "The Grave" is "Sheol" (שְׁאוֹל) meaning simply the Netherworld. It is not synonymous with "Hell" which is "Geyhenum (גֵּיהִנֹּם) or the "Pit." As well we have a "man" from "Tarsus" (where the Hellenists believed Hades was), whose name was "Shu'al" (שָׁאוּל) in Hebrew, or "Paul" in Greek. Reference to the "False-Prophet" coming "up out of the Earth" is found in Revelation, thus confirming this correlation between Sheol and Sha'ul just as the Greek term "Hades." "He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the Earth in the sight of people." Revelation 13:13 kai poiei shmeia megala, ina kai pur poih ek tou ouranou katabainein eiV thn ghn enwpion twn anqrwpwn. Here the Talmid (Disciple) refers to the raining down of bombs - "in the sight of people" refers to the fact that all of the people of the world would be witness to these events through mass media. The "Second Beast" the "Beast that came up out of the Earth" is identified further as "The False Prophet" - more so proving his identity as Paul alone: "I saw coming out of the mouth of the Taniyn, and out of the mouth of the Beast, and out of the mouth of the False Prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;" Revelation 16:13 kai eidon ek tou stomatoV tou drakontoV kai ek tou stomatoV tou qhriou kai ek tou stomatoV tou yeudoprofhtou pneumata tria akaqarta wV batracoi: "The Beast was taken, and with him the False Prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the Beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur." Revelation 19:20 kai epiasqh to qhrion kai met autou o yeudoprofhthV o poihsaV ta shmeia enwpion autou, en oiV eplanhsen touV labontaV to caragma tou qhriou kai touV proskunountaV th eikoni autou: zwnteV eblhqhsan oi duo eiV thn limnhn tou puroV thV kaiomenhV en qeiw. "The Deceiver who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the Beast and the False Prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever." Revelation 20:10 kai o diaboloV o planwn autouV eblhqh eiV thn limnhn tou puroV kai qeiou, opou kai to qhrion kai o yeudoprofhthV, kai basanisqhsontai hmeraV kai nuktoV eiV touV aiwnaV twn aiwnwn. The Deceiver ("diablos" diaboloV or "iblis" إبليس), is the Nachash (נָחָשׁ) is the term for the "Serpent" - as in Nachash Ha`Eden and Nachash Ha'Ammoni in the Tanakh. By changing the Nun to a Beyt one gets: Bachash (בָּחַשׁ), meaning "to stir, to mix; (slang) to interfere, to meddle, to intervene." By changing it to a Kaf one gets Kachash (כַּחַשׁ) meaning "to deceive." In the future, Iblis is said to be accompanied in the Hellfire by Bulus who is clearly referenced in no uncertain terms as "The False Prophet." The English translation of the Greek translation of the Book of Revelation uses the term "beast" for three Greek words: Zoon, Ktenos, and Therion. Zoon (zwon) describes living creatures, often those connected with God, like the Serafim of Isaiah 6:203 and the four living beings in Rev 4:6-9. Ktenos (kthnoV) refers to domesticated animals, especially beasts of burden and animals used for food as in Rev 18:13. Therion (qhrion) characterizes wild beasts, especially beasts of prey. The translator of the Book of Revelation calls the Beast from the Sea in Rev 13 "therion," and the beast's three components, leopard, bear and lion are all untamable and flesh-devouring. In Greek numerology, therion also equals 666. Thus, it is clear that the Beast being referred to in Revelation is a flesh eating sort, that is a predator of the human species. Revelation 17:8 states that the Beast "was and is not and is to come," and in Rev 1:4 "the Lamb" is described as he "which is, and which was, and which is to come." This shows that the Beast is an imitator or Impostor of "the Lamb." Revelation tells us that one of his heads has been mortally wounded, yet the Beast survived. It was the Beast, not the head that survived the wound. This refers to the defeat and imprisonment in Sheol of Paul, and the suppression of the "Beast of the Sea" in the "Dark Ages" of the nations of Yajuj and Majuj, while at the same time Islam was experiencing its Golden Age, the "1,000 years of Peace." Interestingly, the 1,000 years "Era of Peace" or "Zaman Ha'Shalom" (זְמַן הַשָׁלוֹם), is all too similar to how one would term the 1,000 year "Era of Islam" or "Zaman Hashlamah" (זְמַן הַשְׁלָמָה). In Truth, this is exactly what was foretold in the Book of Revelation, and it is exactly what came to pass during the thousand years that the Antichrist was bound in the Netherworld of Sheol, during the reign of Muhammad and his 12 descendents that were prophesied in the Torah. The relationship between the term "Peace"
and "Islam" is exemplified in the Book of Haggai 2:7, wherein it is
stated: "And I will shake all nations, AND THE DESIRE OF THE NATIONS
(חמד) shall come: and I will fill this House with Glory
says YHWH Tzabaoth (YHWH of the Armies)." The Beast is the spiritual opposite of the Messiah. Its heads represent lands, and its horns represent kingdoms opposed to the Islam taught by all 124,000 Prophets; the Din instinctive to the Children of Adam that the Beast seeks to keep in the blind shackles of mental and physical slavery. This Beast should be understood as a political system and ideology inspired by Iblis himself. The descriptions of this this Beast show that it is so great that all the world, except the righteous, begin to revere it and follow the "One-World Religion" of the Beast of the Earth, the False-Prophet and founder of Christianity. If anyone attempts to resist the satanic coercive force of the Beast, they will be destroyed by this predator. The world will stand astonished by the power of the Beast to destroy its enemies. They will ask themselves, "Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" The Book of Revelation also tells us that the Beast will cause a great wonder to occur by raining down "fire" from the sky upon those nations that oppose it. This is clearly a reference to the modern weaponry of the System of Dajjal. A second beast "coming up out of the Earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon," is unlike the first, but even more dangerous, because of its deceptively harmless appearance. It stands as a deliberate counterfeit of the Messiah. The deceptively harmless appearance is of a weak man who is blind in his burst right eye, who walks with a limp and appears to be bow legged. Yet at the same time, this Liar is able to pick up James the Brother of Jesus and throw him out of the Temple, leaving him for dead. He is so powerful that the thousands surrounding him during that incident are not able to defeat him, or they are too in awe of his fighting ability to intervene. Muhammad also tells us of his true form in the Ahadith where he is depicted as immensely strong, with seemingly supernatural power. This Beast of the Earth is depicted as working miracles and teaching false doctrines in the name of salvation. Later in Revelation 16 this "lamb" is called the "false prophet", and uses counterfeit gospel as a means of deception. Throughout the writings of Paul, we read that he boasts of "proclaiming the Gospel of Christ" yet he never once tells us a word of this "Gospel" nor does he quote the teachings of the real Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary. Instead he says that "Christ" is speaking through him, and that "Christ" lives within him. Thus he claims that Christ is God, and it is Christ that lives in him and speaks through him. Thus he claims his own divinity in a subtle and deceitful manner. By claiming to glorify "the Christ" yet speaking nothing of the historical Messiah, and instead only of the "Christ within" he deified that very "Christ within" rather than the external physical Christ. It is for this reason that the Disciple John wrote in his letters, "who is the Antichrist but he who denies that Christ has come in the flesh." The "mark of the Beast" is in the forehead or mind. As well it is on the right hand, meaning the hand over which work is done. This is one reason why "right hand possesses" is used in relation to women that are married from amongst slaves captured in war. Because the act of military conquest was a work of the right hand. So the "mark" of the Beast is one of mental and physical slavery. So complete is the slavery of the Babylon System of Dajjal, that in Revelation 14:11 we read that "they have no rest day or night." interestingly, the word translated as "mark" in the Greek is "charagma," (caragma) which sometimes describes the brand upon an animal or slave. It is also used to describe the mark left by a serpent's bite. The Book of Revelation, in Chapter 21, closes by telling us of the coming 50,000 Zaman Al-Masih (َمَن المَس), Zaman Ha'Mashiach (זְמַן הַמָשִׁיחַ), the Messianic Era: "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." kai wfqh allo shmeion en tw ouranw, kai idou drakwn megaV purroV, ecwn kefalaV epta kai kerata deka kai epi taV kefalaV autou epta diadhmata, kai h oura autou surei to triton twn asterwn tou ouranou kai ebalen autouV eiV thn ghn. kai o drakwn esthken enwpion thV gunaikoV thV melloushV tekein, ina otan tekh to teknon authV katafagh. kai thn polin thn agian ierousalhm kainhn eidon katabainousan ek tou ouranou apo tou qeou, htoimasmenhn wV numfhn kekosmhmenhn tw andri authV. kai hkousa fwnhV megalhV ek tou qronou legoushV, idou h skhnh tou qeou meta twn anqrwpwn, kai skhnwsei met autwn, kai autoi laoi autou esontai, kai autoV o qeoV met autwn estai, [autwn qeoV,] kai exaleiyei pan dakruon ek twn ofqalmwn autwn, kai o qanatoV ouk estai eti, oute penqoV oute kraugh oute ponoV ouk estai eti: [oti] ta prwta aphlqan. kai eipen o kaqhmenoV epi tw qronw, idou kaina poiw panta. kai legei, grayon, oti outoi oi logoi pistoi kai alhqinoi eisin. kai eipen moi, gegonan. egw [eimi] to alfa kai to w, h arch kai to teloV. egw tw diywnti dwsw ek thV phghV tou udatoV thV zwhV dwrean. o nikwn klhronomhsei tauta, kai esomai autw qeoV kai autoV estai moi uioV. toiV de deiloiV kai apistoiV kai ebdelugmenoiV kai foneusin kai pornoiV kai farmakoiV kai eidwlolatraiV kai pasin toiV yeudesin to meroV autwn en th limnh th kaiomenh puri kai qeiw, o estin o qanatoV o deuteroV. The First Ten Ayaat of Surat'ul-Kahf"Rasul Allah (the Messenger of Allah) said: 'If anyone learns by heart the first ten verses of the Surat'ul-Kahf, he will be protected from the Dajjal.' Book 7, Number 3187: Narrated Abu Hurayrah: Rasul Allah said: 'Dajjal will come from the eastern side [in his final manifestation]with the intention of attacking Medina until he will get down behind Uhud. Then the Angels will turn his face towards Syria and there he will perish.'" Book
4, Number 1766: We are told in Ahadith that we will be protected from the trials and tribulations of the Antichrist if we memorize, and subsequently reflect upon the first ten verses of the 18th Surah of the Qur'an. How will we be protected? Through Understanding these miraculous verses with Wisdom. For locked within these verses is a sign or explanation of this tribulation and of the Dajjal, the Antichrist himself. Indeed it is so, that these Ayaat - literally "Signs," or "Miracles" the term used for the verses of the Qur'an - contain significant revelations about the Antichrist's identity and his One-World Religion, and the image of the Beast. Line by line we are reminded of the Paulian apostasy. God mentioned "works" twice specifically, and mentions the apostasy of those who claim that God has taken a son. It is clear that in this du'a (supplication), these Ayaat are also confirming who the Dajjal was, is and will be. As well, the 10th Ayah introduces the Ahl'ul-Kahf (People of the Cave). If the only point of the du'a was the Dajjal, then it would seem strange that they are mentioned. Yet they are mentioned, and this should call our attention to their story and the events surrounding it. "In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful: Praise is due to Allah, Who revealed the Book to His servant and did not make in it any crookedness." This refers to the difference between the Qur'an and the canonical Roman Bible of the Antichrist. "Rightly directing, that he might give warning of severe punishment from Hu and give Good News to the Believers who do good that they shall have a goodly reward, abiding in it for ever; And warn those who say: Allah has taken a son." The Warning is given and with it is given "Good News" to the Believers. The term in `Arabic here for "Good News" is "Bashar" (بَشَر) which is the equivalent to the Hebrew "Basar" (בִּשֵּׂר) meaning "Gospel" (Good News), and also "meat" or "substance." God says that the Believers referred to are those who "DO GOOD" referring to works, which the Antichrist lied to the world saying that God does not require of us. As well, it is clarified that the warning is to those who follow the One-World Religion of the Dajjal by saying "Allah has taken a son," and worshipping the image of the Beast. Moreover, the Antichrist's religion claims that the "son" of God is in fact God himself. This they claim while imagining that they have not divorced themselves from the Torah, which expressly states: "God (El) is not a man (ish), that Hu should lie, nor the Son of Man (Ben Adam), that Hu should repent. Has Hu said, and will Hu not do it? Or has Hu spoken, and will Hu not make it good?" Bamidbar (Numbers) 23:19 לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב, וּבֶן-אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם; הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה, וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶנָּה "They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers; a grievous word it is that comes out of their mouths; the speak nothing but a lie." Christians have no knowledge of the things which they speak. In Semitic languages to "know" means to "experience." In the Torah, sex is referred to as a man "knowing a woman." Intellectualizing and theorizing is philosophy, not knowledge. Thus, the Qur'an clarifies that the dogma of Christianity is nothing but theorizing, hypothetical imaginings that they have no tangible knowledge of, nor a Revelation that expressly states what they claim. "Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this announcement. " Muhammad nearly kill himself with sorrow for those who abandoned the warnings of Jesus Christ, and the well formulated arguments of his Brother James the Just, and instead followed the lawless Antichrist in his hellenistic, man-made religion, and in the worship of his image. Thus, with the profundity of who and what the Antichrist is, and how he has deceived then entire planet, it becomes very pressing on our hearts to impress this warning upon the Christians who are actually followers of the Antichrist; though they are blinded and unable to see this. Thus, if they chose instead not to believe what we are saying and instead continue on in their blissful ignorance, following the One-World-Religion of mental slavery imposed by the Antichrist, then it would be very easy for Muhammad or even us today to kill ourselves with grief over the consequences of their choice. "Surely We have made whatever is on the earth an embellishment for it, so that We may try them (as to) which of them is best in works. And most surely We will make what is on it bare ground without herbage." Following the ayah regarding grief, God puts the matter in perspective by saying that everything on the Earth is but an embellishment for it. Essentially, that these matters are all in God's control - not that of man or jinn - and they are tiny things in the Grand Scheme of things. Man plots and plans but God is the best of Planners. "Works" is mentioned again, saying "We may try them (as to) which of them is best in works" - juxtaposing that against the lawlessness of Paul who taught that salvation is attained without works. Again, God says that all of this will pass away in time and the Earth will be left with bare ground lacking herbage; going from a planet of abundance to a wasteland of desolation, dried river bed and oceans, and weathering cities and pyramids, long since abandoned by the wicked civilizations that once resided there. There is an ancient secret in this... "Or, do you think that the People of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our wonderful signs? When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they said: 'Our Lord! grant us mercy from You, and provide for us a right course in our affair?'" The story of the Ahl'ul-Kahf (People of the Cave) was one in which early Muslims followers of John the Baptist, Jesus Christ and James the Brother of Jesus were being sought and persecuted by the Roman Antichrist state. They entered the Cave at the entrance of which was a Dog whose paws were outstretched and were in a different dimension of Space-Time. Thus, 309 years passed by in a very short time relative to them. When they emerged from the Cave, they saw that the same Antichrist system of Dajjal was temporarily waning and that the masses instead of persecuting them were not claiming to follow Jesus Christ . A confusing thing indeed, except for the fact that they were attributing so much of their pagan religion to the Islam of the Children of Israel. Thus, this last Ayah reminds us of this, of what really happened; of how in just the blink of an eye the teachings of Imam John the Baptist , Jesus Christ and James the Brother of Jesus were perverted into paganism. As well, this Ayah reminds us of the relationship of this perversion with the Antichrist system that was in fact what caused the Ahl'ul-Kahf to retreat to the Cave in the first place. Where is the Antichrist now?"We were talking about Hajjat'ul-Wada, while the Prophet was amongst us. We did not know what Hajjat'ul-Wada' signified. The Prophet praised Allah and then mentioned Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal and described him extensively, saying, "Allah did not send any prophet but that prophet warned his nation of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal. Noah and the prophets following him warned (their people) of him. He will appear amongst you (O Muhammad's followers), and if it happens that some of his qualities may be hidden from you, but your Lord's State is clear to you and not hidden from you. The Prophet said it thrice. Verily, your Lord is not blind in one eye, while he (i.e. Ad-Dajjal) is blind in the right eye which looks like a grape bulging out (of its cluster). No doubt,! Allah has made your blood and your properties sacred to one another like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this town of yours, in this month of yours." The Prophet added: No doubt! Haven't I conveyed Allah's Message to you?" They replied, "Yes," The Prophet said thrice, "O Allah! Be witness for it." The Prophet added, "Woe to you!" (or said), "May Allah be merciful to you! Do not become infidels after me (i.e. my death) by cutting the necks (throats) of one another." Narrated by Ibn Umar Hadith 5.685 (Sahih Bukhari Hadith) Herein we are warned of the Antichrist not only rising, but actually infiltrating the Ummah, the body of Muslims, in these last days of this Age, in the same way that he did 2,000 years ago in the P'rushim or Pharisees as the so-called "Sha'ul Ha'Tarsu." Moreover, Muhammad warned us that this Imposter would turn the Muslims against one another as is so prevalent today with Wahhabi's and the Taliban literally massacring Shi'a Muslims from little children, to the elderly in there very places of worship. Muhammad warns of this saying: "May Allah be merciful to you! Do not become infidels after me (i.e. my death) by cutting the necks (throats) of one another." So the implication is clearly that the Antichrist would infiltrate the Ummah in his final manifestation. He would turn Muslims against one another just as the Taliban have done and are doing today. Again Muhammad warned: "He will appear amongst you - and if it happens that some of his qualities may be hidden from you - but your Lord's State is clear to you and not hidden from you." That is, this Imposter will appear amongst the Ummah, yet it would happen that some of his qualities may be hidden. That is, like his persona as "Sha'ul Ha'Tarsu" infiltrating the P'rushim, he will conceal his true beliefs and practices. Whether or not "Sha'ul" was "converted" to following Jesus, he would not suddenly preach things that were entirely contrary to the P'rushim. That is, he would not now believe in such concepts of Gnostic paganism which Paul was famous for, including the "Trinity," god in human flesh, the Eucharist; the eating of the flesh of a god, and the drinking of blood, as well as the abrogation of the Torah and Mitzvot. In reality, all the while that Paul was infiltrating the P'rushim, he was pretending to be an ultra-orthodox zealot, when in fact his true theology was concealed from all. This is what Muhammad in fact is warning us of; that though he may conceal some of these traits, he will still be blind in the right eye. The Prophet said it thrice, in regards to how we will identify him if he conceals his Satanic qualities: "Verily, your Lord is not blind in one eye, while he is blind in the right eye which looks like a grape bulging out." So the Ummah must ask itself, who is there among us who is blind in the right eye, who "walks with one sandal" as "the Shaiytan walks with one sandal" as Muhammad warned us? Who is there who is taking on the identical role of Sha'ul Ha'Tarsu in his infiltration of the P'rushim? Who, in so doing, has turned Muslims against one another, "cutting each others throats?" Who has risen from the East of the Hijaz, whereas Muhammad said the Sun will Rise in the West? Who claims to be from a large family, yet only his "mother" is alive with him, whilst all of his supposed "large family" are claimed to have died when he was 6 or younger? Who emerged when claiming to be between 30 and 40 years of age? Who was shot 31 times with high velocity rifle rounds, and lives on to this day? Who did the Pentagon lie and say he had many children which Bin Ladin intermarried with, whilst the Al-Qa'ida network declared that there was no intermarriage between any children of this individual and `Usama Bin Ladin? Who did the Antichrist United States have in their sites when they began their so-called "War on Terrorism" but allowed him to climb into his pickup truck and drive away due to lack of authorization? Who survived the attack on Afghani civilians and the virtual destruction of the modern day Pharisee sect that he created? Who wears a black turban, claiming to be a descendant of Muhammad, while no one has any record of his family's ancestry? Who unraveled a black banner that Muhammad himself used in war, in order for this individual to falsely align himself with prophecies of the coming "Imam Al-Mahdi" (The Rightly Guided Leader), who is the Elijah prophesied in the Book of Malachi, and even in the canonical Gospels when Jesus said that Elijah had come (archetypally as John the Baptist), but that on the other hand Elijah was still to come in the future (archetypally as Imam Al-Mahdi)? Whose followers are now actually claiming that he is the Mahdi? There is only one such individual who fits the profile. So identifying Paul as the Antichrist - and realizing that he did not die, but was bound in the underworld of Sheol, beneath a monastery of his One World Religion of Christianity - is important, but this does not yet explain to you who this individual was in many manifestations before "Paul," or his true nature and the history of his ancestors. Neither does it explain the plot that he has hatched today and what his plans are in this very generation. These are things which will soon be revealed to you. "You (Satan) may entice them with your voice, and mobilize all your forces and all your men against them, and share in their money and children, and promise them. Anything Iblis (the Devil) promises is no more than an illusion. Al-Qur'an, Sura 17:64 وَاسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُمْ بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِم بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِي الأَمْوَالِ وَالأَوْلادِ وَعِدْهُمْ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ إِلاَّ غُرُورًا
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