Unleashing the Beast

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• John saw the Lord Jesus Christ returning to make war (Revelation 19:11). F ITTING THE I MAGERY OF THE B EAST K INGDOM Muslims receive their spiritual instruction through the Koran, which contains the statements and revelations of their prophet, Mohammed; and through the Hadith, a book containing the statements attributed to Mohammed. According to the Hadith, the faithful are told: You will fight against the Jews and you will kill them until even a stone would say, "Come here, Muslim, there is a Jew (hiding himself behind me); kill him." The Hadith teaches, "Let Allah destroy the Jews." Such statements, and many others, place the Jews and the nation of Israel at the top of Islam's hit list. In the religion of Islam there are two "houses," or groups of people on earth today. Muslims belong to Dar al Islam (The House of Islam), and all others in the world belong to Dar al Harb (The House of War). Fanatics believe this war against the infidel, called a jihad (holy war), is God's way of punishing the unbeliever. Therefore, unbelievers must be either beaten into submission or killed. What group is interested in controlling Judea, Samaria and half of Jerusalem? Not just the Palestinian people, but the entire Islamic world. Many Palestinian friends who live in Israel have told me privately that they would rather be