Then there are five very
significant points of
convergence
between the beliefs of the
Christians and those of the
Muslims. These are
briefly described
thus:
ADVENT OF THE ANTI-CHRIST: The prophecies of Muhammad (Peace be upon them), in the context of the events that will happen before the Doomsday, refer to the rise of an exceedingly cunning and sly leader of the Jews – Dajjal or the Anti-Christ -- who will fight against Prophet Jesus and the army of the believers during the ultimate World War of the human history, the Armageddon. Again, we see that the Christians also have a very similar belief. Unfortunately, the Jews and their communication networks have succeeded in convincing the Christians that the Anti- Christ is going to be Muslim ruler from the Middle East. However, what the Christians must realize is that no Muslim can ever be against Jesus Christ (Peace be upon him), because all Muslims revere him as a noble prophet and a messenger of Almighty Allah. A ruler and a military leader who will be opposed to the Christ can only be a Jew, as we are well aware of the malevolent attitude of the Jews towards both Jesus Christ and his followers.
As for the Jews, we know that they are still waiting for their “Promised Messiah” who is supposed to lead them to their glorious kingdom. That Messiah was none other than Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon him), but they opposed and rejected him as an impostor and tried their very best to have him crucified. It follows that the “job” for a Messiah is still vacant in the sight of the Jews. Therefore, it is not all that difficult to visualize how a fundamentalist Jew will rise, probably in the near future, and announce his “Christ-hood”.
A similar event happened in the Ottoman Empire
during 17th century, when a Jew named Shabbetai Zevi
(1626-1676), announced that
he was
the Messiah, and
became an instant attraction. The commotion and religious fervor
he raised
was unprecedented
in Jewish
history. However, much to
the disappointment of the Jews,
Shabbetai was arrested by the Sultan and he converted to Islam
while in prison.
Keeping in view the anticipation and hopes of the Jews vis-à-vis the coming of a Messiah, it seems absolutely certain that the Anti-Christ will be a Jewish leader who would delude his followers into believing that he is indeed the Christ. There are authentic traditions of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), according to which the Anti-Christ will lead the forces of evil in the ultimate World War of human history, the Armageddon. God the Almighty will then send the real Christ, that is to say Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon him) will reappear on earth, in order to exterminate the Dajjal and his followers.
According to the prophecies as they appear in the traditions of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), the Muslims and Christians would unite and become a single community after the second coming of the Christ, i.e., Christianity would disappear as a separate religion by merging into Islam. The world would then be rules by Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon him) until his death, and that would be “God’s kingdom on earth”.
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