End Times Prophet -- End Times Prophecy

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

The second beast is a specific individual that has power over A religious institution. . . . it is more likely that the singular phrase “beast” (thērion) or “false prophet” (pseudoprophētēs ) refers to an individual of a religious institution. Moreover, because he spends eternity in the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20 +; 20:10 +), the false prophet is characterized as possessing an eternal soul. Such an attribute and eternal fate is descriptive of individuals rather than institutions. [emphasis added]⁶

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

The mention of horns in conjunction with a Lamb points to the vision of the throne room prior to the opening of the first seal where John saw “a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven yes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth” (Rev. 5:6b +). Horns frequently symbolize power. The Lamb has seven, the number of completeness. This beast has two, the number of witness, for he shall serve as the ultimate witness to the first beast.

The two Horns are a symbol of two different religious systems that will unite together in the end of days .

Paul warned of Satan’s “ministers,” false apostles and deceitful workers which follow Satan’s pattern and transform themselves into apostles of Christ (2Cor. 11:13-15).

There have been many false apostles and deceitful workers since then and especially toward the time of the end, but none more convincing and containing such contrast as this False Prophet of the end. His appearance as a lamb shows us who he actually is the Lamb is symbolic of Jesus or in this case a false Jesus..

Although he looks like a lamb, his verbal instructions are energized by the will of the dragon (Rev. 12:2-4 +, 17 +; 13:4 +). It is he who causes worship of the Beast. He tells those who dwell on the earth to make the image of the Beast. He is also the enforcer of the mark required in order to buy or sell. His speech like a dragon is an allusion to the introduction of deception into the human race in the Garden: “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.

And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said . . . ?’ ” [emphasis added] (Gen. 3:1). Like the serpent, his mouth will be employed in opposition to God’s “True” Word.

We must first understand that the two Horns on the false Prophet are symbolic of two major religions that will be prominent during the Tribulation.

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· 5. You might say how can The Roman Catholic Church be similar to Islam?

We must first understand what the Catholic church believe about Allah and salvation for Islam.

“841 The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day.

847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church: Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.”

Now lets look at Islam. Islam holds Jesus (Arabic: عيسى‎ `Īsā) to have been a messenger and a prophet of God and the Messiah (The concept of prophecy in Islam is broader than Judaism and Christianity since Muslims distinguish between "messengers" (ar: rasul) and "prophets" (ar: nabi). Unlike prophets, messengers are given a message/scripture (ar: risalah) in book form. All messengers are prophets but not vice versa) ^[1] According to the Qur'an, Jesus was one of God's most beloved messengers, a precursor to Muhammad ^[2], and was sent to guide the Children of Israel

In the Twelver school of Shi`ite Islam, the Mahdī is believed to have been an historical figure identified with the Twelfth Imām, Muhammad al-Mahdī, and is therefore called al-Imām al-Mahdī. It is believed that he is still present on earth "in occultation" (i.e., hidden), and will emerge again in the end times. Those Shi`ites of this school believe that the Imām Mahdī is the rightful ruler of the whole Islamic community (ummah) at any given time, and he is therefore also called Imām al-Zamān, meaning "Imām of the Age."

Muḥammad al-Mahdī (born 868) (Arabic: محمد المهدى‎ ) is the twelfth and final Shi'a Imam. He is the person believed by Shi'as to be the Mahdi; a figure considered by both Sunnis and Shias to be the ultimate saviour of humankind. Shi'as and Sunnis differ on the identity of the Mahdi, with Shi'as believing that he was born in 868 and has been hidden by God (referred to as occultation) to later emerge to fulfill his mission. Sunnis either believe that he is yet to be born, or that he was born recently and has yet to emerge.

Whatever the case, both groups believe that he will bring absolute peace and justice throughout the world by establishing Islam as the global religion. As such, the person Allah and account of Muhammad al-Mahdi in this article is one that is believed only by Shi'as. Shi'as believe that when Muhammad al-Mahdi will reappear, the prophet Isa (Jesus) will also reappear and that he will pray behind al-Mahdi. In other words Jesus will declare that the Al Mahdi is the Messiah .

They are to both to go to Jerusalem .Jesus is to Declare that he is not the son of God/Allah and that all are to worship the Al Mahdi and all that don’t will be put to Death. Jesus is to declare that he never claimed to be the son of God/Alah and wasn’t rersurrected from the dead but rather was caught up in bodily form to Heaven..

The name Jaysh al-Mahdī has apocalyptic connotations to a Muslim's ear: in Islamic theology, the Mah'dī is an end-times figure who it is said will assist the Masīh - Masih is the Arabic name for Messiah. In modern Arabic it is used as one of the many titles of Isa, ((عيسى `Īsā).). Masih is most often used by Christian Arabs as well as Muslims, and is written as Yasu' al-Masih (يسوع المسيح Yasū`a al-Masīħ) or Isa al-masih. The word Masih literally means "promised one", and Isa or Yasu' al-masih is believed to be the provider of salvation to humankind. Thus Arabic-speaking Christians refer to destroy the Dajjāl { (Arabic: دجّال)-Jesus)- ("The Deceiver/impostor/quack"^[1]) is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology, who will appear before Yaum al-Qiyamah. Yawm al-Qīyāmah (Arabic: يوم القيامة‎ literally: "Day of the Resurrection") is the Arabic name for the Last Judgement. Belief in Qiyâmah is part of Aqidah and is a fundamental tenet of faith in Islam. The trials and tribulations of Qiyâmah are detailed in both the Qur'an and the Hadith, as well as in the commentaries of the Islamic expositors and scholarly authorities such as al-GhazAllah, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Majah, Muhammad al-Bukhari, and Ibn Khuzaimah who explain them in detail. Every human, Muslim and non-Muslim Allahke, is held accountable for his or her deeds and are judged by Allah accordingly (Qur'an 74.38). Al-Qiyâmah is the 75th sura of the Qur'an.

"Dajjal" in itself is a commonly use Arabic word, "Dajjals" could refer to "False prophets". "Al-Dajjal" on the other hand translates to "The Impostor", refering to a specific end-of time deceiver.^{[1]} } Dajjal will apear before Yaum al-Qiyamah} and establish a global Islamic khilāfah in preparation for the Yaum al Qiyāmah; in more familiar terms, it is believed that the Mahdī will come to help the Messiah (i.e., Jesus, referred to in Islam as `Īsā ibn Mariyam) to defeat the Antichrist (literally, al-Masīh al

Dajjāl means "the Deceiving Messiah"), before establishing a just Islamic social order in

Islam believes that Jesus `Īsā ibn Mariyam) will come to anounce the arrival of the Imām al-Zamān,-Mahdi ) or the Islamic Messiah

Then the two will go to Jerusalem and Kill the “supposed “ False Prophets and Kill Jews. The two that will be slain and fulfill this in the word of God is the two witness in Rev.12. The Beast / Imām al-Zamān,-Mahdi )and the False Prophet `Īsā ibn Mariyam) (Masih )will portray the two witness as the Dajjal’s because of they will proclaim to be Prophets of YHWH they will make war with them and slay them in the middle of the tribulation.

Thus these two Al Mahadi and the `Īsā ibn Mariyam) “the The False Mesiah and False Prophet” which wll be the Beast and the False Prophet of Rev.13 these will have one mind. Rev.17:13

They have one mind to Destroy The US and Israel so the Mahdi CAN RULE. To get a true understanding of 1^st. why the Shi'i Muslims are so against the US from occupying or forming a Democracy and why they hate her so much we must understand Muslim Prophecy, We will go back to their false prophet Muhammad .When Muhammad died he left no successor for Allah ,The tradition came the Doctrine of the 12 (Muhammad said "The Imams after me will be twelve in number, of whom nine will be from the progeny of Husayn. Moreover, the Mahdi of this community will be among us.

Anyone who holds on to them after me holds on to the rope of God; and whoever abandons them has abandoned God." [12])The Doctrine of the 12 was the decedents of Muhammad one of them would be the Muslim Messiah and be the -Mahdi. Prophecy states that one of the 12 would be the Mahdi but it was unknown which one .The Shi'i hold this doctrine because the 12 where Shi'i Muslims. So the Sunni Muslims killed the first 11 and was a going to kill the 12^th. To prove this prophecy false. It just so happens that the 12^th. Was hid away and was never fount. Since the first 11 where dead then they couldn’t be the Messiah but they believe the 12^th. Will come back as the Messiah and was to come to the Muslim Temple that was Destroyed by the Sunnis because they don’t want a Shi'i Messiah and if the Temple was Destroyed then this Prophecy could not come to past. It just so happens though that the Shi'i blame the destruction of the Temple on the US because they believe that the US is trying to stop the -Mahdi from coming .This is the true reason for the insurgents and also as long as the US controls that Territory the Mahdi cannot take power so they will have to Destroy the US so the Allah- Mahdi can Rule.Though the Sunnis will be divided over the Beast/Allah-Mahdi/Gog the vizer of assur or The head of state for the Muslims “see Gog in ancient Summarian. who is the vizier of Assur. “Assur” was the Assyrians father of the gods. “Whom we would call Satan”.Viezer means the muslims head of state or ruler. When you put this together it reads “ Gog is the Muslims ruler/head of state for Satan”.

Muslims believe he was rescued and raised bodily. Some Muslims believe God then transformed another person, probably Judas Iscariot or Simon of Cyrene, to appear exactly like Jesus to deceive the Romans and be crucified in Jesus' stead. The basis of this belief is following verse from Qur'an

And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the messenger of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Jesus) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure. Nay! Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.These two men will be the False prophet and the Beast.

· 7. Both Islam and Catholicism lift Mary to a higher level than just a normal woman.

Muslims believe in the virgin birth of Jesus through Mary, which is recounted throughout several passages in the Qur'an. In the Qur'anic story an angel appears before Mary to announce her the gift of a holy son. Mary is surprised and answers the angel that she is virgin. The angel replies "So (it will be): Thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: and (We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us':It is a matter (so) decreed...when He determines a matter, He only says to it, 'Be', and it is." (19:21, 19:35) The Qur'an rejects the idea that virgin birth implies that Jesus is divine - the example of Adam 3:59 is used in argument against such belief. Sahih Bukhari records that John was a cousin to Jesus.^[8] Soon after his birth, Jesus speaks as an infant to defend Mary from accusations of adultery.

Qur'an, 21:91And she (Mary) who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her of Our Spirit and made her and her son a sign for the nations.

When any human being is born. Satan touches him at both sides of the body with his two fingers, except Jesus, the son of Mary, whom Satan tried to touch but failed, for he touched the placenta-cover instead. Sahih Bukhari 4:54:506

According to the Qur'an, Isa was born miraculously without a human biological father by the will of Allah (God). His mother is among the most saintly, pious, chaste, and virtuous women ever and a respected figure in Islam. The Qur'an quite decisively declares that Jesus was the result of a virgin birth. In the Qur'an, no other woman is given more attention than the Virgin Mary. In fact, the nineteenth sura of the Qur'an is named after her and is about her life. Of the Qur'an's 114 suras, she is among only eight people who have a sura named after them. Mary is also the only woman specifically named in the Qur'an. In Islam, she is generally referred to as Maryam, Umm Isa (Mary, the mother of Jesus). For Muslims, the Virgin Mary is viewed as both an example and a sign for all people

The Mahdi, according to majority Sunni and Shi'ite tradition, will arise at some point before the day of judgement, institute a kingdom of justice, and will in the last days fight alongside the returned Jesus against the Dajjal, the Antichris

"Before the appearance of the one who will rise, peace be upon him, the people will be reprimanded for their acts of disobedience by a fire that will appear in the sky and a redness that will cover the sky. It will swallow up Baghdad, and will swallow up Kufa. Their blood will be shed and houses destroyed. Death will occur amid their people and a fear will come over the people of Iraq from which they shall have no rest."

The Mehdi will be a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. It is said he will also be a descendant of Israel, but will have the skin of an Arab. He will be from the Hejaz region.

Or in other words a (substitute) of Christ on the earth, wielding universal power over the whole church? Here is what the catechism says

"For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered." Pg. 234, #882 "The Roman Pontiff... as supreme pastor and teacher of all the faithful..." Pg. 235, #891

According to Catholic doctrine, the Pope is infallible in matters of doctrine, faith and morals.

"In order to preserve the Church in the purity of the faith handed on by the apostles, Christ who is Truth willed to confer on her a share in his own infallibility. By a supernatural sense of faith the People of God, under the guidance of the Church's living magisterium, unfailingly adheres to this faith." Pg. 235, #889

This is the reason for the “ Lamb” in other words the Pope is and will be the false Lamb of God.

Look for the Pope during the tribulation or before to begin to proclaim that he is Christ .

Catholicism will begin to court Islam and will be openly against the war on Terror and Islam.

Islam believes that Jesus `Īsā ibn Mariyam) will come to anounce the arrival of the Imām al-Zamān,-Mahdi ) or the Islamic Messiah.They believe that He will proclaim that he was only a Prophet of Allah-God and that he never claimed to be God or diety.That he will proclaim that the Islamic Messiah Imām al-Zamān,-Mahdi ) is the true Messiah .Then the two will go to Jerusalem and Kill the “supposed “ False Prophets and Kill Jews. Rev.12

· 10. What does Islam say about the infidel or Heretics

A "Fight and slay the pagans [Christians] wherever ye find them and seize them, confine them, and lie in wait for them in every place of ambush" (Surah 9:5)

B "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the last day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and his apostle nor acknowledge the religion of truth of the people of the Book (the Jews and the Christians) until they pay the Jizya [tax on non-Muslims] with willing submission and feel themselves subdued." (Surah 9:29)

C "Those who follow Muhammad are merciless for the unbelievers but kind to each other." (Qur'an 48:29)

D "Enmity and hatred will reign between us until ye believe in Allah alone." (Qur'an 60:4)

E Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already (a matter of warning for them). And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God altogether and everywhere; but if they cease, verily God doth see all that they do. (Qur'an 8:37-39)

F And fight them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God; but if they cease, Let there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression. (Qur'an 2:193)

G "Fight the unbelievers in your surroundings, and let them find harshness in you." (Qur'an 9:123)

· 11. What does Catholicism say about the Christians whom they believe are Heretics/ Infidels

The Catholic Cannon law says

The last punishment is death sometimes by the sword,--more commonly by fire.

This the last of four decretals respecting heresy are quoted from JUS CANONICUM, Gregorii IX. But Gregorii IX ain't the only pope to make the Catholic position clear. Let's look at Pope Honorius:

"And all heretics, of both sexes and of every name, we damn [I thought that God does this] to perpetual infamy; we declare hostility against them; we account them accursed, and their goods confiscated; nor can they ever enjoy their property, or their children succeed to their inheritance [punishing the children!]; inasmuch as they grievously offend against the Eternal as well as the temporal king [the pope]."

source: Quinta Compilatio Epistolarum DecretAllahum Honorii III. P.M. Innocentii Cironii, Juris Utriusque Professoris, Canonici ac Ecclesiae, et Academae Tolosannae Cancellarii, Comp. v. tit. iv. cap. i. p. 200; Tolosae, 1645.

You might say, "But the Catholic religion is different today." It cannot be for you see, it claims that it is infallible, my friend. This is the cornerstone of the Roman monster's power. What does "infallible" mean? According to my Webster's: incapable of error; never wrong. This can never be changed.

So this Spirit is lying dormant until the time it will be awakened and will slay Christians and Jews Again.

"For he who believes in the Trinity, "the Fire will be his abode … a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemer." Qur'an (5:72-73)

“The Church is one because of her source, the blessed Trinity--the unity of the Trinity of Persons of one God: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit .” (#813; Cf. Vatican II, Unitatis redintegratio, 5)

· 14.Catholicism and Shia -Islam both worship Idols and man

First we all know that Catholics worship Idols but are unaware of Islam worshiping Idols or man.

"( Quran, 33:30-34) 30. O wives of the Prophet! Whoever of you commits an open illegal sexual intercourse, the torment for her will be doubled, and that is ever easy for Allah. 31. And whosoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Messenger SAW , and does righteous good deeds, We shall give her, her reward twice over, and We have prepared for her Rizqan Karima (a noble provision Paradise). 32. O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any other women. If you keep your duty (to Allah), then be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease (of hypocrisy, or evil desire for adultery, etc.) should be moved with desire, but speak in an honourable manner.

33. And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance, and perform As-Salat (IqamatasSalat), and give Zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah wishes only to remove ArRijs (evil deeds and sins, etc.) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet SAW), and to purify you with a thorough purification. 34. And remember (O you the members of the Prophets family, the Graces of your Lord), that which is recited in your houses of the Verses of Allah and AlHikmah (i.e. Prophets Sunnah legal ways, etc. so give your thanks to Allah and glorify His Praises for this Quran and the Sunnah). Verily, Allah is Ever Most Courteous, Well Acquainted with all things. (The Noble Quran, 33:30-34)"

Now to the ordinary reader, there seems to be no problem in the Noble Verses above. But unfortunately, the Shias consider Noble Verse 33:33 to be the greatest Noble Verse to them, because they misuse it and misinterpret it to support their blasphemies and idol-worship of Ali and the rest of Ahlul-Bayt. It is claimed or believed that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, declared that him, Ali, Fatima (his daughter), Hasan and Hussein were the ones who got purified by Allah Almighty and that the "People of the House of the Prophet" (Ahlul-Bayt) are only limited to those individuals, and therefore, after Prophet Muhammad died, Ali should've been the very next Islamic Caliph. The Shias exclude all of Prophet Muhammad's wives from Noble Verse 33:33.

To me, Noble verses 33:30-34 clearly include Prophet Muhammad's wives. They are speaking about Prophet Muhammad's wives, the Prophet himself, his daughter Fatimah and her family (Ali, Hasan and Hussein). If we look at the first word in Noble Verse 33:34, which comes after 33:33, we would see "Wa uthkurun", which is a feminine plural to "uthkur". In Arabic male plurals can be for either males only or a mix of males and females. But the female plurals are only specific and limited to females and not to anything else. So what this means is that Noble Verse 33:33 was talking about Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, his wives, his daughter and her family, since the plural, "aankum" ("from you" in Arabic) in Noble Verse 33:33, is not a feminine one. So we know for sure that there are at least one male and at least two females in this group. Of course, the plural could also be for males only, but since both Sunnis and Shias agree that there is at least one female, then the possibility of females is there.

Now whether or not Ahlul-Bayt in Noble Verse 33:33 included the Prophet's wives, Ali (the Prophet's cousin), Fatimah (the Prophet's daughter), and/or Hasan and Hussein (Ali's and Fatimah's two sons) is really irrelevant, because in the following Noble Verses we will clearly see that all of the true Believers are also purified in the same exact manner as Ahlul-Bayt were purified. So there is nothing GODly or super-special about Ahlul-Bayt, and it is absolutely wrong to seek them in prayers as intermediaries between the person and GOD Almighty.

The Shias interpretation of the Noble Verse 33:33 had been soundly refuted above. Their blasphemous elating of the Ahlul Bayt is no more than an idol worship to them. They fail to realize that Allah Almighty did warn the Muslims from the likes of them in the Noble Quran:

"They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of God, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded to worship but One God: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him). (The Noble Quran, 9:31)"

"They take ahlul bayt to be their lords in derogation of God, and (they take as their Lord) ALI (their CHRIST) the son of Abi-Talib, yet they were commanded to worship but One God: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him). (My application of Noble Verse 9:31 on the blasphemous shias)"

So "Ya Ali Madad" (O Ali Help) is clearly an absurd prayer especially when neither him or his son Hussein could help themselves from death when they did not want to die. Not only that, but his oldest son, Hasan, is considered as a "coward" by some Shias, as I was personally told, for not revenging for his father. Hasan is Ali's son and Prophet Muhammad's grand son and he is one who was supposed to be perfect, sinless and infallible according to the Shia's twisted beliefs, since he was part of the Ahlul-Bayt when Noble Verse 33:33 came down. ]

We must look at the number of adherents, Catholicism and Islam each exceed one billion, nearly all of whom enter their respective faiths as infants. More than 16 million babies are baptized into the Roman Catholic Church each year. It's a family thing. My sisters and I were baptized as Catholics because our parents were Catholics, and they and their siblings were baptized into the Church because their parents were Catholics. That's the primary way the faith is propagated.

Practically speaking, although baptism is not part of Islam, all children born into a Muslim family are Muslims. Their official "confirmation" follows as soon as they are able to confess the shahada ("There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger"). This baby-oriented process for increasing their ranks has been a motivating factor in the Vatican/Saudi-sponsored lobby against UN endeavours to introduce contraception and other methods of population control, especially in third-world countries.

Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world today; Catholicism is the largest religious body among those professing to be Christian. If the number of followers was a good measure for selecting a religion, then Islam and Catholicism would definitely be the way to go. However, the Bible has no such yardstick. Rather, Jesus said, "[W]ide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" (Matthew 7:13,14).

Most people are aware of the veneration and even worship of Mary found among Roman Catholics, but not many know that much the same deference exists among Muslims. A chapter in the Qur'an is named after Mary ("Surah Maryam").

From the outskirts of Cairo to Bombay to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina, hundreds of thousands of the Islamic faith have congregated wherever processions carry her statues and where her apparitions are said to have appeared. She is esteemed above the most revered women of the Muslim faith, including Muhammad's two favorite wives, Khadija and Aisha, and his daughter Fatima. The hadith teaches that Muhammad selected Mary as his first wife upon entrance into Paradise (for more about Mary and Islam see "Mary Who?" in TBC 10/00). One of the most popular Catholic apparitions of Mary is referred to as Our Lady of Fatima.

For the Muslim, praying to Allah five times a day is altogether an act of obedience, and the prayers are always repetitive. As one former Muslim puts it, "It's hardly intimate communication with Allah;...it's done more to escape the punishment due to those who neglect prayer." Most prayers prayed by Catholics are also rote and repetitive, saying the rosary being the best example. Repeating 16 "Our Father's" and 153 "Hail Mary's" is far from personal communication. Furthermore, when a Catholic goes to confession the priest assigns rosaries as severe punishment, or penance, for one's sins.

Prayer beads were a part of Islamic devotion to Allah long before an apparition of the Blessed Lady taught St. Dominic to pray the rosary beads in the thirteenth century. Prayer beads, by the way, are a stock item in ancient and modern paganism. On an ironic note, Catholic Church historians credit the prayers of members of the Confraternity of the Rosary for a major naval victory over the Turks, which "saved Europe from the Mohammedan peril."

· Catholics and Muslims regard pilgrimages as a means of obtaining favor from

God. The hadj, one of the five pillars of Islam, is a required (one-time) journey to Mecca. For Catholics, pilgrimages historically have been acts of religious purification, often induced by the promise of indulgences. Multi-millions of Catholics travel yearly to hundreds of shrines (nearly all dedicated to Mary) located throughout the world. The Crusades were indulgence-stimulated attempts to regain Jerusalem from the infidel Muslims in order to re-establish Catholic pilgrimages. Incidentally, the Church of Rome offered the crusaders full pardon from purgatory should they die trying to liberate the Holy Land. Similarly, Islam offers rewards in and assurance of Paradise to those who die in religious battles (jihad), including suicide bombings.

In 1985, Pope John Paul II declared to an enraptured audience of thousands of Muslim youths, "Christians and Muslims, we have many things in common as believers and as human beings....We believe in the same God, the one and only God, the living God...." Consider carefully the above quote (taken from what the Roman Catholic Church claims is an infallible council) and you will realize what truly binds Catholicism and Islam together: They both have a Jesus who cannot save their souls.

The Qur'an teaches that Jesus did not die on the cross: "And because of [the Jews] saying, We slew the Messiah Jesus son of Mary, Allah's messenger They slew him not nor crucified, but it appeared so unto them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture; they slew him not for certain" (Sura 4:157). Vatican II may give Muslims credit for "venerating" Jesus, but in fact, it's a bogus Jesus. Sadly, Catholicism also has a false Christ. It teaches that His death on the cross was not sufficient for our salvation. Not only must His sacrifice (which, according to the Scriptures, was offered only once to take away our sins completely [Hebrews 9:28]) be "re-presented" as a daily sacrifice for sins on altars around the world, but Catholics must expiate their own sins through sufferings here on earth and in purgatory.

Finally, Vatican II spells out clearly what Islam and Catholicism regard as their hope for salvation: "...they highly esteem an upright life and worship God, especially by way of prayer, alms-deeds and fasting.".

In Islam, a person is accountable for every thought, word, and deed. His or her life is to be lived according to what is pleasing to Allah as found in the Qur'an and the hadith. In addition, there is shari'a, which is the body of rules that attempts to cover the totality of Islamic religious, political, social and domestic life. Breaking such laws involves various forms of temporal punishment. At the Last Judgment Allah will determine one's eternal destiny as He places one's good and evil works on the divine scale: "Then those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds], they are the successful. And those whose scales are light are those who lose their souls, in hell abiding" (Sura 23:102,103). The hadith vividly describes the tortures of hell.

James McCarthy, produced a video titled Catholicism: Crisis of Faith in which he interviews about a dozen people leaving Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. He simply asks them on what basis they expect to get to heaven. Only one made any reference to Jesus. The overwhelming response was that they felt they were pretty good people, and were fairly confident that their good deeds outweighed their bad ones.

Although the Catholic Church states that it is only by God's grace that one can enter heaven, it becomes very clear that what is meant is that grace is required to enable one to do the works which qualify one for heaven.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, they "obtain the joy of heaven, as God's eternal reward for the good works accomplished with the grace of Christ" (par 1821) and they "can merit for [them]selves and for others all the graces needed to attain eternal life" (par 2027).

Pope John Paul II addressed a Catholic community in Turkey with these words: "I wonder if it is now urgent, precisely today when Christians and Muslims have entered a new period of history, to recognize and develop the spiritual bonds that unite us."

So we can see by this three important revelations about the False Prophet and the religion in which the Beast is from.

1. We can see why Catholicism will embrace Islam and Islam will embrace Catholicism.

3. We can see why the worshiping of the Beast and his Image will be in Islam and Catholicism.

Recently, Iranian President Ahmaddinejad's stated he is looking forward to the coming of an Islamic messiah--the Madhi--12th Imam that will lead the world to an era of universal peace. This prophecy, is similiar to the return of our Lord Jesus at the end of the age. Is this a common Islamic prophecy or just limited to the Shiite sect? Can this phophecy be found in Koran or Hadith?

Islam's koran states that Jesus is going to kill all those who worshipped Him as God, i.e. the Christians. The Rapture is going to remove Christians from Earth. The he of 2Thes.2:7-8

Then the Beast or Al Mahadi will be revealed .Thus the muslims would see this event not necessarily as something bad - they would see it as what their book has foretold. The Christians would be gone judged, i.e. killed and cast into the lake of fire. This would empower them. This would prove to them that allah is moving and they are being given favor.

Prophets of Islam in the Qur'an