Unleashing the Beast

R EVELATIONS IN THE A RABIAN D ESERT / 79

Antichrist and false prophet will form a large religious following (Revelation 13:11-15). A M USLIM FROM I SRAEL I have spent quite some time questioning Muslims about their doctrine regarding the time of the end. I asked a Muslim from the Middle East (whom I will leave nameless) to sum up in a paragraph Islamic expectations for the future, involving Israel, Jesus, and the Mahdi. He said In the last days there will be earthquakes, famines, and strange signs from Allah. There will come several men claiming to be prophets in the name of Allah, but they will be false. We are warned not to follow them. They will work in line with the Antichrist. Then, our Mahdi will rise to power. He will come, according to tradition, riding on a white horse. Jesus will appear and follow the Mahdi. We believe the Mahdi will come to Jerusalem and liberate it from the Jews and Christians. He will convert people to Islam when Jesus tells everyone that He lied, that He is not the Son of God, because God cannot have a son. Jesus will perform miracles to prove He is Jesus. He will point people to the Mahdi, and will kill the Jews and tell the Christians to forsake the idea of the Trinity