Below I will provide a link to a site that goes into great depth comparing Christian and Jewish Prophecies with Islamic ones about the end of the world. The author(s) site many verses from the three religion's books in order to illustrate an eirie "anti-parallel" future.
For instance, Muslim leaders such as the President of Iran are looking for a Muslim man called "al-Mahdi" , who looks Jewish acording to some Muslims, to show up on the scene. This guy, along with his religious subordinate, "Isa" (The Muslim "Jesus") are expected to unite the whole world under a single Islamic Caliphate through a mixture of Persuasion and War, killing those who refuse to convert to Islam. Yes, students of the Bible, there is even a "mark" to differentiate Muslim from non-Muslim. And, acording to the Muslim predictions, many Jews and Christians will be persuaded to become Muslim when one of the two figures "finds" books that refute Christianity and Judaic scriptures.
The problem is, These guys are seen as the "good guys" in Islam, and Muslims are expected to unite follow them in this conquest when they show up.
I do not have to tell those who are students of the Christian Prophecies that these guys are the "anti-parallel" to the two major human figures in Christian end times prophecies, that are, to say the least, not considered "good guys". I also do not have to tell you that Christians scriptures indicate many, including most likely many who call themselves "Christian", will be tricked into following these guys. I also do not have to remind you that the Christian scriptures indicate many Christians who refuse to follow these guys and receive the "mark" are beheaded. Hmmm? Of course, Christian scriptures indicate these two guys are smoked in the end by the returning Jewish Messiah.
The author(s) of the site contend that the Muslim support of the "Al-Mahdi" may end up fulfilling the Christian scriptures and bring about the Great Tribulation with Muslim armies marching across the globe.
The site has a lot of details I did not go into here.
I have to add one caveat, and that is that one thing I saw on the site made me wonder if the authors thought of water baptism as part of Christian salvation. Many groups, including the ones I have been associated with, see water baptism as symbolic act that is done because of Salvation, not for it.
Link to the site added below:
http://al-mahdi.atspace.com/compare.html
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Coorection to earlier statement.
March 31, 2008 - 22:17 ET by alamojbI need to fix something I said earlier. Under the Islamic predictions I said, "Yes, students of the Bible, there is even a "peace Treaty" with Israel for a time..." See the web site, but the Islamic text may not specifically clarify this as Israel with whom the treaty is made.
Christian scholars often believe the treaty mentioned in the Bible is with Israel, but see the site for more details.
Reading it right now. .
March 31, 2008 - 22:41 ET by tracheostomyReading it right now. . .
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
Um. . .
March 31, 2008 - 22:56 ET by tracheostomyOther than Biblegateway, the site appears to link only to itself. It's an interesting theory, but it should be taken with a grain of salt.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
Coorection to earlier statement.
March 31, 2008 - 22:18 ET by alamojbI need to fix something I said earlier. Under the Islamic predictions I said, "Yes, students of the Bible, there is even a "peace Treaty" with Israel for a time..." See the web site, but the Islamic text may not specifically clarify this as Israel with whom the treaty is made.
Christian scholars often believe the treaty mentioned in the Bible is with Israel, but see the site for more details.