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In Matthew 24:3, the Disciples Were Asking Christ to Reveal the Signs of His Return The Greek The Word in Matthew The Meaning Word The end of the world aion An age or a course of time (Matt. 24:3) Gospel preached in all The globe; the earth (Roman oikoumene the world (Matt. 24:14) Empire) Tribulation impacting the kosmos The inhabited world world (Matt. 24:21) In Matthew 24:3, the disciples were asking Christ to reveal the signs of His return. When Jesus spoke of the “end,” He was not alluding to the end of Planet Earth but the “end”—aion, or the end of the age. These Jewish disciples, raised in synagogues and understanding The Nation The Wars Fought With Israel Egypt Egypt fought Israel in 1948, 1956, and 1967 Assyria Syria fought Israel in 1948, 1967, and 1973 Babylon Babylon (Iraq) in 1991 Media-Persia The coming conflict Greece Roman Empire The General The Region The Present Area Ptolemy Egypt and northern Egypt, Libya, and North Africa Africa Seleucus Assyria and Babylon Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq The General The Region The Present Area Lysimachus Turkey Turkey and southern Russia Cassander Greece and Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania Macedonia After seeing this four-part division of the Greek Empire, Daniel gives a clue as to the area from which the coming Antichrist would arise: And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. —Daniel 8:9, kjv The Antichrist arises from one of the following four divisions of the former Greek Empire: 1. Muslim Belief Bible Prophecy The Mahdi will unite the Muslim The Antichrist will bring ten kings world. under his subjection (Rev. 17:12). The Mahdi will bring gold and The prophet Daniel predicted that silver to his followers. the coming Antichrist “shall honor a god . which his fathers did not know . with gold and silver” (Dan. 11:38). The Mahdi, according to some The Antichrist will come to his traditions, will rule for seven years. position early during the seven-year Tribulation (Dan. 9:27). According to Islamic beliefs, the Daniel states that the “king of the Mahdi will take over Turkey. North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships” (Dan. 11:40). The “king of the north” during the Tribulation will be the nation of Turkey. Turkey will be in conflict with the Antichrist. Syria and Iraq will submit to the I believe there is biblical evidence Mahdi. that the Antichrist will come out of the area of Syria and Iraq, which is the territory of ancient Babylon. Most Muslims believe the Mahdi Daniel states the coming Antichrist will appear from the east. “grew exceedingly great . toward the east” (Dan. 8:9). Muslims believe that after the The Bible indicates a false prophet appearing of the Mahdi, Jesus will arise following the Antichrist’s will reappear and will march into taking Jerusalem captive, and both Jerusalem following this Islamic the Antichrist and false prophet leader. Jesus will then announce He will form a large religious following is a Muslim and not the Son of God (Rev. 13:11–15). and will convert the people to Islam. This is when the Mahdi will kill the swine (Jews) and remove the cross (alluding to killing Christians). NatiOns OF PROphetic Significance FOR the End Times Biblical Name Modern Nation Nation’s Religion Israel (Dan. 12:1) Israel Jewish/Islamic/Christian Edom, Moab, and Islamic/small Christian Jordan Ammon (Dan. 11:41) groups Islamic/small Christian Egypt (Dan. 11:42) Egypt groups Libya (Dan. 11:43) Libya Islamic Islamic/small Christian Ethiopia (Dan. 11:43) Ethiopia groups King of the North Islamic/small Christian Turkey (Dan. 11:40) population Biblical Name Modern Nation Nation’s Religion Islamic/small Christian Lebanon (Zech. 11:1) Lebanon population Islamic/small Christian Damascus (Isa. 17:1) Syria population Persia (Ezek. 38:5) Iran Islamic Turkey/ Gomer (Ezek. 38:6) Islamic/Christian Armenia Turkey/near Togarmah (Ezek. 38:6) Islamic Syrian border Sheba and Dedan Arabian Gulf Islamic (Ezek. 38:13) states Gaza (Amos 1:6) Gaza Strip Islamic You will notice that all of the above nations are either entirely Muslim- or Islamic-controlled governments with just small Chris- tian minorities. Islamic nations such as Iran have severely persecuted Christians. Saudi Arabia forbids Christians to enter the country with Bibles and forbids the wearing of crosses or other Christian emblems. The current uprisings are said to be taking place in the name of democracy. However, the concept of democracy among Muslims is not the same type of democracy that we understand in the West. Our democratic government guarantees the freedom of speech and religion. Western democracy differs greatly with the Islamic/Muslim concept of democracy, because Islamic democracy does not grant the freedom of religion—the religion of Islam is strictly enforced. For Muslim youth, democracy means only the freedom to dress in “Western-style” clothes, to use cosmetics (if they are girls), to listen to more contemporary music, watch Western movies, and have the opportunity for a secular education. If true democracy blanketed the Islamic nations, it would require complete freedom for every individual in the nation to accept Decimal Hebrew Glyph 1 Aleph a 2 Bet b 3 Gimel g 4 Daled d 5 He h 6 Vav w 7 Zayin z 8 Heth j 9 Teth f 10 Yodh y 20 Kaph k ˚ 30 Lamed l 40 Mem mµ 50 Nun n ˜ 60 Samekh s Decimal Hebrew Glyph 70 Ayin [ 80 Pe p π 90 Tsadi x ≈ 100 Qoph q 200 Resh r 300 Shin ç 400 Tav t LATEINOS Total Early30 Fathers1 300 Used5 This10 System50 70 200 666 The early fathers were familiar with this system of interchanging the Irenaeus said, “It seems to me very probable: for this is a name of letters with numbers. Revelation 13:18 states, “Count the number of the last of Daniel’s four kingdoms; they being the Latins that now the beast: for it is the number of a man” (kjv). The Greek word for reign.” Since the fourth empire of Bible prophecy was Rome, and man is anthropos, which is a singular word for man and also a word used for mankind. Some say the phrase could read, “It is the number of mankind.” Several church fathers attempted to calculate certain names or phrases and identify the Antichrist or the system from which he would arise. The apostle John had a student named Polycarp, who taught Ire- naeus (a.d. 140–203). One rather famous example of gematria is when Irenaeus took the letters forming the word LATEINOS and showed the sum was 666. Greek Greek Numeric Letter Name Value Α, α Alpha 1 Β, β Beta 2 Γ, γ Gamma 3 ∆, δ Delta 4 Ε, ε Epsilon 5 6 is sigma, ı final form Greek Greek Numeric Letter Name Value Ζ, ζ Zeta 7 Η, η Eta 8 Θ, θ Theta 9 Ι, ι Iota 10 Κ, κ Kappa 20 Λ, λ Lamda 30 Μ, µ Mu 40 Ν, ν Nu 50 Ξ, ξ Xi 60 Ο, ο Omikron 70 Π, π Pi 80 90 is Ρ, ρ Rho 100 Σ, σ, ı Sigma 6, 200 Τ, τ Tau 300 Υ, υ Upsilon 400 Φ, φ Phi 500 Χ, χ Chi 600 Ψ, ψ Psi 700 Ω, ω Omega 800 900 = sampsi ˛ What is the reason for using these three Greek letters and not just the number 666? Barnes comments: There can be no doubt that the number 666 is the cor- rect reading, though it would seem that this was some- times expressed in letters, and sometimes written in full. Wetstein supposes that both methods were used by John; that in the first copy of his book he used the let- ters, and in a subsequent copy wrote it in full.6 —Barnes’ Notes on Revelation 13:18 Greek Letters Representing “666” (Revelation 13:18–Byzantine Text) c x ı CHI XI STIGMA 600 60 6 Chi The first of the three Greek letters is the letter chi. This letter takes on the form of a symbol that looks like the English letter x. In Greek, this letter has a ch sound and is the first two letters in the Greek word Christos, a Greek word meaning Christ. If this letter is The Two Witnesses of Scripture The Dajjal of Islam Revelation 11 References Will be a leader of the Appear to the Jews in Israel Revelation 11:1–6 Jews Will have 70,000 Will have 144,000 followers Revelation 7:1–8 followers Will help restore Israel Will restore “all things” Mark 9:12 The Two Witnesses of Scripture The Dajjal of Islam Revelation 11 References Will take over the Will help rebuild a Jewish Revelation 11:1–2 Temple Mount temple Will come from the East Arise from the East Revelation 7:1–3 Will work miracles Will work miracles Revelation 11:5–6 When the Antichrist slays the two witnesses in Jerusalem, it is rea- sonable to believe that many Muslims who believe in the appearing of the Dajjal will believe that the two witnesses in the Apocalypse were Jewish enemies of Islam and that their deaths fulfill the expec- tations of the Islamic Mahdi, who defeats the Dajjal. The deaths of these two men (Enoch and Elijah) will thrill the world. The Image of the Beast After seizing the temple area, the false prophet constructs an “image of the beast” and, through a satanic miracle, will make the image speak and live (Rev.
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