Posted on 08/22/2006 7:52:38 AM PDT by Blogger
Because of Ahmadinejad's goal of ushering in the coming of the Mahdi, I thought for context that these film clips, pointed out on another forum, would be interesting to Freepers for Context.
It helps to explain his and other people's mindset. It is from an Islamic point of view, and interestingly refers to 9/11 as a Terrorist attack.
http://youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=the+end+times+and+the+mahdi&search=Search
Maybe just a few more words here...
On the link above, there is a series fo 5 videos from You Tube. It is a Muslim explaining the supposed fulfillment of prophecy from the Hadith regarding the coming of the Mahdi (Islamic Messiah).
Ahmadinejad believes that he will usher in the coming of this Mahdi. File it under "know thy enemy."
I know'em enough already.
That's fine. It's just for reference.
They believe he was a lesser prophet who did not die on the cross. From what I understand, they believe the Bible was corrupted but they don't know where so they won't speak ill of any particular part lest the be mistaken.
These videos are VERY similar to Christian eschatology - except the Koran seems to be much more vague and what they attach world events to could be just about anything. In that respect, they seem to be more like Nostradamus followers than Christians.
There are some things that Christians know will happen. There are some things we speculate as a possible fulfillment of ancient prophecy. But these guys are dogmatic about each and every aspect of what they are saying.
not sure how to make it a clickable link.
Lovely.
Good posting, by the way.
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Except, imo, they mirror Christianity's. I haven't watched the videos yet, will in a minute, but to my knowledge, Muslim eschatology has much of the same elements as Christian eschatology, but it seems to me, their bad guys are our good guys and our bad guys are their good guys.
I think their mahdi is our AC, and their Isa (Jesus) is our false prophet. Their dajjal/AC is the real Jesus returning. Their mahdi makes a treaty with non-Muslims for 7 years, their "Jesus" comes back, denounces Christianity and defers to the mahdi. Their dajjal can raise people from the dead and has a large number of Jewish followers.
Good book link on the subject - Will Islam Be Our Future? A Study of Biblical and Islamic Eschatology
That very well may be. They are certainly setting themselves up for the Anti-Christ.
"In the name of Mohahmmad--the pedophile, the pervert, the liar, the mold on a three-day old camel turd, the mucus matter around a dog's privates that attracts gnats in the summer--piss and blasphemy be upon his name, this is a fairy tale"
LOL I'm stealing that from you!
I have the book by Harun Yahya on which this video is based. I had no idea it was up at YouTube.
The End of Times and the Mahdi (book)
The End of Times and the Mahdi (dvd)
Portions of another Harun Yahya video are also at YouTube:
The Signs of the Last Day #1
The Signs of the Last Day #2
Check out my FR Homepage for more info. I recently added links to all the major End-Time hadiths, so people can read them for themselves.
Total flop!
I wouldn't put Savonorola in with Hitler and Ahmadinejad.
A true Christian understanding of the end times does NOT include our trying to usher them in. We recognize the the world is what it is and that until Jesus returns it isn't going to be getting any better. But, we dont' teach that we do anything to usher in the Second Coming (or its predecessor, Armageddon).
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