the spirit of antichrist - Derek Prince - One Specific Example Now I want to look at a historical—yet somewhat controversial—example of the spirit of antichrist. I have certainly no desire to offend anybody or attack other religions. What I want to do is present the truth. A main manifestation of the spirit of antichrist is Islam, the religion of Mohammed. In light of the events of September 11, 2001, in America, I believe it is very important for Christians to be well-informed about Islam. Mohammed arose in the 7th century in the Arabian peninsula, claimed to be a prophet, and claimed to receive from an archangel the revelation of the religion which became Islam. He also claimed that Islam was the true fulfillment of the Old and the New Testament. He claimed that the Christians and the Gospels had perverted the real truth, but he was restoring it. That is the basic claim of Mohammed. He first believed that because he rejected idolatry and because he rejected the claims of Christianity, the Jewish people would follow him. And when they did not follow him, he turned against them—and became a persecutor of them. It is a tragedy that many Christians in the West have so misunderstood and underestimated Islam. In Moslem countries throughout the centuries, Christians and Jews have been given the title dimmy which means second-class people. While it is true that Islam has not been guilty of anything so terrible as the Holocaust, it has a long record of 13 centuries of suppression and contempt for Christianity and Judaism. Islam bears most of the marks of the spirit of antichrist. It started in association with the Old and New Testament. It claimed to be the outworking of that revelation of God. But it denies certain basic fundamentals of the Christian faith, like the atoning death of Jesus on the cross. Mohammed taught that Jesus did not die, but that an angel came and spirited Him away before He died. Because there is no death, there is no atonement, and because there is no atonement, there is no forgiveness. And no Moslem has the assurance of sins forgiven at any time. Second, Islam absolutely denies that Jesus is the Son of God. You can talk to the Moslems about Jesus as a prophet, and they will give you careful attention. In fact, the Koran acknowledges Jesus as a prophet — even as a Savior, even as a Messiah. But when you say He is the Son of God, you bring out the most intense, bitter opposition. In the famous mosque in Jerusalem that is called the Dome of the Rock—built on the site of what was the Temple of Solomon at one time —the Arabic inscriptions around it twice say, “God has no need of a son.” If you want to get a better picture of the beliefs and teachings of Islam, I’d like to recommend a book by my friend Jim Croft titled The Muslim Masquerade. Jim has researched this topic extensively, and in this book he supports his opinions with several direct quotes from the Koran.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 03:42:29 +0000
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