Unleashing the Beast

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Taliban in Afghanistan. Eyewitnesses state there would often be a basket full of hands sitting next to a man holding a sword. Those accused of stealing had their right hand removed by the sword. Even in the Israeli West Bank communities, young women who were accused of adultery have been stoned to death with their parents' permission. Those accused of higher crimes are executed by beheading. This has been done in Saudi Arabia. Beheadings have occurred in Indonesia and parts of Latin America by using an ax, and in some Islamic nations by using a sword. Therefore, Islam is the one major world religion that in many areas still practices execution and punishment using the "sword." In the Tribulation, those resisting the Antichrist, rejecting the mark of the beast (see Revelation 13:16-18) and refusing to worship his image will be met with the swift death of beheading. As noted, those killed by beheading may be the martyrs recorded in Revelation 6:9-11. These various clues add evidence to the theory that the Antichrist is a Muslim. And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him (Daniel 11:45). Since the Six Day War of 1967, the Arab world has attempted to "liberate Jerusalem" from the hands of the Jews. While the Temple Mount and the two mosques, the T HE A NTICHRIST W ILL S ET H IS H EADQUARTERS IN J ERUSALEM .