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Antichrist: Islam's Awaited Messiah Paperback – January 1, 2006

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This is the original self-published version of the book that was renamed and republished as The Islamic Antichrist.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pleasant Word (January 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1414104405
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1414104409
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 142

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Joel Richardson is a New York Times bestselling author, film maker, and internationally recognized teacher. Joel lives in the United States with his wife and five children. Joel's heart is thoroughly missional, with a special love for all the peoples of the Middle East. Joel travels globally teaching on the Gospel, living with Biblical Hope, the return of Jesus, and preparing the Church to face the great challenges of our time.

Joel's web-site is www.joels-trumpet.com

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Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2007
A time will come when a charismatic Muslim leader will emerge along with a blaspheming "miracle" worker who will claim to be Jesus. This Muslim Mahdi will unite the Arab nations in this Antichrist system (Islam).
Islam's "holy" book, alone in all world religions, goes out of its way to tell lies about Jesus and His Gospel.

Islam not only rejects Jesus as God's Son, but Islam lies about Christ.
Islamic imams have been lying about the Gospel of Jesus for centuries. These wicked men have Muslims convinced of their lie that the Gospel of Jesus has been changed. Ask an imam; "changed when, how, or by whom?" - and you'll receive a blank stare.

Christianity predates Islam by almost 500 years. Muhammad died in 632 AD.

Genuineness of the Gospels
"They" could not have changed the Christian Gospels after Muhammad, since there are 5,735 (Welte, 2003) manuscripts of the whole or part of the Greek text of the New Testament (Injil) pre-dating Muhammad still in existence. Worldwide, there are 24,800 copies of these original manuscripts. These include the Codex Vaticanus (325-350 AD) located in the Vatican library and the Codex Siniaticus (350 AD) located in the British Museum. There are also 80,000 quotations in the works of early Christian writers which are so extensive that the New Testament could virtually be reconstructed from them without the actual New Testament documents.

Then there is the obvious fact that the Christian Gospels were so widely distributed both before and after Muhammad, that any attempt to change (add/subtract) something in the Christian Gospels would have resulted in immediate discovery and condemnation. Additionally, the New Testament was handed down from apostolic times and its genuineness was guarded by Christian churches, and it was zealously watched by enemies of Christianity. A very wide protest would have resulted from both sides were it tampered with.

Likewise, the Septuagint edition of the Old Testament was always in the hands of both Christians and Jews, both rivals in religion. Any attempts to change this by either side would have been vigorously attacked.

Islam and its lies is Antichrist... Read "Islam in the end times" by Ellis Skolfield. Daniel 12:11-13 points to the Muslim "Dome of the Rock" as the "abomination of desolation".
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Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2009
The author would disagree with none of what this reviewer has to say:

"Second - Jesus is HIGHLY REVERED in Islam, and, while considered to be a PROPHET and not a trinitarian diety or divine being (the fundamental belief of Islam is there is no other God but God), he IS considered to be the 2nd most important PROPHET in Islam after Muhammed (phuh) himself. Further he IS believed to have been born of a virgin (Mary), to have ascended to God, and that he will return again in a 2nd coming, just as Christians believe."

This is the spirit of anti-Christ. He denies the deity of Christ. He denies the resurrection of Christ from the dead. And, he denies the goal of the Day of the Lord, the wrath of God against unbelievers.

Jesus Christ in the gospels and the book of Revelation, and Paul in his letters to the Corinthians and Thessalonians, repeatedly emphasized the need to be educated on the topic in order not to be deceived by the coming apostasy. I am convinced that the apostasy is going to be based on a credible, compelling fake Jesus Christ. He is going to claim to be Christ, will likely have injuries like what was described after His resurrection, will do amazing signs probably repeating all of the gospel miracles and resurrection body stunts, and as a finale, he will inform Christians that he follows Allah and they have misunderstood his message all along. Islam reveals this character as a great prophet, Jesus Christ; we record it in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ as the False Prophet.

Given the fact that a great number of Christians approach their belief as a simple pius moral code, which is to a great extent replicated in Islam, I don't think they'll have a hard time accepting that they've been wrong all of this time. This is especially true if the only alternative is to have your head chopped off. And, for all of those pre-trib rapture followers who just realized that what they've been relying on for their whole lives is wrong, the deception is likely to be very strong.

BTW, looking for a revived Roman Empire is a waste of time. Islam has taken Europe.

If you want the details, buy the book.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2006
This book is a fascinating, frightening comparative analysis of Islamic and Christian eschatology. The author is a Christian (Protestant) who has studied Islam during the course of his long-term involvement in interfaith dialogues. Drawing from the Koran and the Sunna--the two principle sources of Islamic doctrines--he has identified the prophesied Islamic Messiah, Muhammed al Mahdi, as a figure quite similar to the Christian "Antichrist," as described in the book of Revelations, and in the Judaic prophecies of Ezekial and Daniel. He then demonstrates that the returning "Jesus" (Isa) of Islamic eschatology is quite similar to the Christian "false prophet," who will, in fact serve the Antichrist in the conquest and destruction of Israel, presenting himself to the world as a non-divine "Jesus" who is subservient to Allah and his Mahdi. The author's interpretation of the two prophetic traditions is that the Mahdi will re-establish the Islamic Ottoman Empire, which was essentially built on the foundation of the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire. This book is particularly frightening in light of the current turmoil in the Persian Gulf. For example, the militias of the Shi'a leader of Iraq, Mohktada al Sadr, is now called the "Mahdi" army. Muhammed al Mahdi is supposed to return to earth, presumably reuniting the Sunna and Shi'a factions of Islam by his presence. The prophesied destruction of Israel in the end times is supposed to originate in Khorasan, modern day Iran. Skeptics will scoff at the whole concept of prophesy, and the perrenial concerns about the "end times," but, after reading this book, I certainly wonder if we are witnessing the beginning of a pan-Islamic reign of terror in the Middle East, and around the world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Antichrist: Islam's Awaited Messiah
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2014
Excellent and thought provoking book. It lays to rest, for me at least, the numerous false prophecies regarding the rise of Anti-Christ within the current Euro model. We should be paying close attention to what was the eastern leg of the old Roman Empire for future events.
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hussain
1.0 out of 5 stars a bad book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2013
i thought this book was the opposite of waht it actually was. it is a hateful book and the research is not scholarly. they hate islam and they show that in the wrting by lying, misquoting and wrong translation and interpretation.
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