God's War on Terror: Islam, Prophecy and the Bible

by Walid Shoebat

  This Islamo-Nazi system will be similar; many will reject the truth no matter what—even after Jesus returns and still calls on them to repent. Why else will Jesus fight them? Even when the great hail falls on them, they will still curse God. Why? It’s because they have been setup with false prophecy. They will still think that their misery is a sacrifice for Allah, when in reality it’s a sacrifice to Satan. This is why it’s a mystery for Westerners to understand why the Muslim armies will continue to fight against Jesus even after it is obvious that He is the real deal. Why can’t Muslims see that Israel has defeated them against all odds several times? It’s because Islam predicts Israel’s return as well, only to be destroyed by Islam. When Islam loses, they simply think that they need to kick the Islamo-heat up a notch. Yet no one is daring to tell them the truth, everyone is so afraid to insult Muslims. You need to show them the truth with love. How does one claim to love another by fearing them? I have chosen Elijah’s method to challenge the prophets of Baal to their face. The Lord is calling on believers in these Last-Days to be bold in their love and fearless in their proclamation.

  THE GOLDEN CITY

  The context of Isaiah 14 is regarding Israel’s return: “For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land” (v. 1). When the Lord appears and leads them, Israel will rejoice, for the city that caused all the trouble is destroyed. This in my opinion is Mecca, the city decked with gold, or possibly Medina, called in Arabic Al-Madina Al-Munawarah (the city of light). This is very similar to the city that God condemns in the Last-Days: “That you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How the oppressor has ceased, the golden city ceased!” (v. 4) This city cannot be ancient Babylon because the context of the prophecy is the End-Times. Ancient Babylon no longer exists as a great city, but rather as an ancient ruin. Isaiah 14 speaks of Satan’s destruction along with his “holy” city. As such, the end time spiritual or “mystery” Babylon is a city that exists in the world today.

  HOW ISAIAH 9 TIES IN WITH ISAIAH 14

  Study the underlined portions of the following passage in Isaiah 9:

  1)Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed, As when at first He lightly esteemed The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, And afterward more heavily oppressed her, By the way of the sea, beyond the, In Galilee of the Gentiles. 2)The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined. 3)You have multiplied the nation and increased its joy; they rejoice before You According to the joy of harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4)For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian. 5)For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle, And garments rolled in blood, Will be used for burning and fuel of fire. 6)For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7)Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. 8)The Lord sent a word against Jacob, and it has fallen on Israel. 9)All the people will know—Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—who say in pride and arrogance of heart: 10)“The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.” 11)Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and spur his enemies on, 12)The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with an open mouth. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still. 13)For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them, nor do they seek the LORD of hosts. 14)Therefore the LORD will cut off head and tail from Israel, Palm branch and bulrush in one day. 15)The elder and honorable, he is the head; the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail. 16)For the leaders of this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed. 17)Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men, nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still. 18)For wickedness burns as the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and kindle in the thickets of the forest; they shall mount up like rising smoke. 19)Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is burned up, and the people shall be as fuel for the fire; man shall spare his brother. 20)And he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry; He shall devour on the left hand and not be satisfied; every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm. 21)Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they shall be against Judah. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

  SHORT TERM

  The short-term historical context of Isaiah 9 relates to the looming threat for the Jews who were at that time divided between two kingdoms; the Northern Kingdom, often referred to as Israel or Ephraim, and the Southern Kingdom, often referred to as Judah. The looming threat of an Assyrian invasion was hanging over both of them.

  Through Isaiah, God was repeatedly calling out to his people to place their full trust in Him rather than trusting in political alliances. God’s answer to the threat was the promise of the Messiah—a child who would be born from the line of David. (Isaiah 9:6)

  LONG TERM

  The Messiah, this “child that was born unto us” would be the one to deliver Israel from the Assyrian invasion. Yet, this never occurred at any time in history. The Assyrian army invaded the Northern Kingdom (v. 8-21) and dragged much of the inhabitants away into exile. But as for the Messiah defeating the Assyrian, this never happened—it is yet to come.

  The prophecies about the Assyrian are ultimately about the Antichrist. When the Assyrian invades the land of Israel, then it is Jesus the Messiah who will personally defeat him. This is the final showdown between Jesus and the Antichrist. Isaiah also reveals that after the Assyrian is defeated, the people of Israel will then rule over the land of Assyria. Has there ever been a time in history that the Jews ruled over the land of Assyria? This is definitely speaking of the future.

  After Jesus returns, the Jews will rule over and posses the whole Middle East. It will be like the wars of 1948 and 1967 in which Israel was surrounded on all sides. Israel used King David’s method and instead of facing the giant with a sword, he exercised a pre-emptive strike with precision bombing and brought down Islam’s Goliaths on all sides. Instead of losing land, the Jewish nation was able to take land from all of their attackers.

  Many are surprised to find out that the full contexts of some of the most famous Messianic prophecies in all of Scripture are in reality significant end-time prophecies describing the showdown between Messiah and the Muslim Antichrist. The Messiah’s primary purpose in these many passages is always to fulfill his prophesied role as the one who would crush the Assyrian and deliver his people Israel. As God prophesied to Satan long ago, in the end it would be like David and Goliath. The Messiah will crush Satan’s head (Genesis 3:15). The evidence that I personally witnessed as a child in 1967 proved to the world that Jehovah was indeed greater than Allah. The War of 1967 and 1973 are not the last major wars Israel will encounter. There is another war, in which the Gideon-like Messiah will crush the followers of Baal. At that time, Jehovah, the God of Israel and the adopted Christians who love Him will reign supreme over the earth.

  The passage is about the time when “the child” born unto us becomes the King: “Unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and uph
olding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of Jehovah Almighty will accomplish this” (Isaiah 9:6-9).

  Few ever take the time to read the fuller context of this passage. If they did, they would see that what the Messiah accomplishes is the crushing of the enemies of Israel, just as Gideon did to Midian: “For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor. Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire” (v. 1-5).

  Thus Jesus, the King Messiah, the Mighty God, will deliver Israel from the Assyrian, in the same way that Gideon delivered Israel from the Midianite armies. After that time, Jesus will rule on King David’s throne forever as the Prince of Peace.

  Again, the problem is that this deliverance and physical rule never occurred in history. Instead, the Assyrians chipped away at ancient Israel and Judah with waves of invasions (v. 8-21). The Assyrians were soon followed by the Babylonians. The end result was the complete desolation of both kingdoms. The ultimate deliverance did not come; the “yoke” was not shattered. And thus this famous Messianic prophecy can only be a reference to the future Last-Days.

  JESUS WILL CRUSH THE ANTICHRIST-MAHDI

  This crushing of Islam and the Mahdi-Antichrist with his Muslim hordes will occur in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3), which the Book of Revelation refers to as the “Winepress of his wrath.” God will finally squash the Muslim hordes like grapes: “I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders. This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations. For Jehovah Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” (Isaiah 14:25-27)

  In Isaiah 10, the Lord promises that after he has finished chastising his people, he will, “punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes” (v. 12). Then, “The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame.” (v. 17) Who is the Holy One of Israel that will become a fiery warrior? This is none other than Jesus the Warrior King. Yet when has Jesus ever fulfilled this prophecy? It has never happened in history, but it will happen soon. Israel will also fight: “The light of Israel will become a fire.” This passage is also very similar to Obadiah 1:18: “The house of Jacob shall be a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau [shall be] stubble.”

  Most think that Messiah fights Antichrist solo, sort of like Zorro who at the end of the movie, fights on the roof of the castle and kills the bad guy who falls down to his death, then “Finale” and it’s all over. But Israel fights alongside its Messiah. Likewise, so do the other seven shepherds that God will raise up, so also will the raptured believers fight alongside their King. Together, all of these will utterly decimate the Antichrist’s kingdom. I know that this is difficult for Westerners to swallow. But everything that God does is done with the partnership of his people. We will discuss this in much greater detail as we move on.

  As the passage progresses, in verse 26, “Jehovah Almighty will lash them with a whip, as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb.” Once again, Jesus is referred to as Jehovah Almighty who will lash the Antichrist in like fashion to Gideon who destroyed the Midianites. In Isaiah 31:4, the Bible says that, “The Lord will come down to fight for Mount Zion…then Assyria will fall by a sword that is not of man; a sword, not of mortals, will devour them.” Again, not to belabor this point, but it needs to be driven home. Jesus never fought any physical battles against Assyria during His First Coming; therefore, this must refer to Christ’s Second Advent.

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  Literal References In Isaiah Of Muslim Nations Set For Judgment

  You might object that I am always referring to the armies that fight Messiah as Muslim. Would you like me to call them Buddhists, or European post-modern pacifist metro-sexual agnostics? Do you think that all these nations the Bible mentions by name that are Muslim, and have been from time immemorial, will suddenly convert to Buddhism?—or to some other universal One-World religion as some teach? You might object that no one knows what the religion of these people will be. You may suggest that we will have to wait and see.

  Do you challenge other books that point to the Catholics, Rome and Europe with names of nations and faiths? Maybe they need to change their books? After all, no one knows what religion they will be until this whole scenario unfolds, correct?

  Sorry! My argument stands, for I have literal names of literal nations, while the others make assumption upon assumption. There is no legitimate reason for switching Rome with Edom or Spain with Babylon. How does one get a “Nicolai Carpathia” out of Assyria, Edom, Moab or Midian?

  Much of the Book of Isaiah is devoted to the final clash between the Messiah and the Antichrist. Yet when we actually look at the specific nations which so many of the “prophetic oracles” or “burdens” are directed against, they are all Muslim nations. Consider the nations that are emphasized: Babylon—Isaiah 13; Assyria and the Philistines (Palestinians)—Isaiah 14; Moab—Isaiah 15; Damascus—Isaiah 17; Cush (Sudan and Somaliland)—Isaiah 18; Egypt—Isaiah 19; Egypt and Cush—Isaiah 20; Babylon (Iraq and Arabia) and Edom (Arabia)—Isaiah 21; Tyre (Lebanon)—Isaiah 23.

  Does this sound like a ten-nation European confederation to you? Or does it sound like a coalition of Muslim nations from the Middle East? Remember, the context of these chapters is the destruction of the Assyrian (Antichrist), and just as the destruction of the Assyrian is in the future, so are the judgments against these nations also future. His destruction is described in Isaiah 14:25: “That I will break the Assyrian in My land, and on My Mountains tread him underfoot.”

  EGYPT—DESTROYED BY CHRIST (ISAIAH 19)

  Christ Himself defeats a portion of Antichrist’s armies in Egypt: “Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, and will come into Egypt” (Isaiah 19:1). This is crucial and valuable verse as it puts the context of Isaiah 19 within Messiah’s second coming, for the Lord Himself comes down “on a swift cloud entering Egypt” (Isaiah 19:1). Israel also will fight against Egypt: “And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt” (v. 17). Since this war has never happened historically, it must be in the future. Also, the fact that the text tells us that Messiah will carry out this mission clearly places it in the future. Egypt will also have a civil war: “And I will set Egyptians against Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, kingdom against kingdom” (Isaiah 19:2).

  Christ comes to fight Egypt because the Antichrist will occupy Egypt. “And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, Says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts” (Isaiah 19:4). This is also confirmed in Daniel 11:42: “He [Antichrist] shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.”

  Christ will ultimately rescue a remnant of Egypt from Antichrist: “In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of Hosts; one shall be called, the city of destruction” (v. 2-3). Many of the Egyptians will become like the Messianic Jews and love to speak Hebrew.

  The oppressed Coptic Egyptians will be rescued by Messiah: “And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.” (Isaiah 19:20) The Egyptian Coptics are increasingly being oppressed by the Muslim majority, and even by the government. But if God sees their cause as being important enough to personally rescue them, then, why are we so silent about the suffering Coptic Christians of Egypt?

  THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE (ISAIAH 24)

  In chapter 24 of Isaiah a reason is given for the punishment of these natio
ns: “they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinances” (Isaiah 24:5). This is speaking about the Antichrist who attempts to change times and laws (Daniel 7:25).

  The Qur’an also speaks of a great earthquake but unlike Isaiah, the Qur’an does not warn that this judgment is against Muslim nations. “O Mankind! Fear your Lord. Surely the earthquake of the Hour (of Doom) is a tremendous thing. On the day when you behold it, every nursing mother will forget her nursing and every pregnant one will be delivered of her burden, and you will see mankind as if they were drunk, yet they will not be drunk, but the Doom of Allah will be strong (upon them)” (Qur’an 22:1-2).

  Do you see how thoroughly Satan has duped the Muslims? When they see the great earthquake, they will believe that Allah and their book, was right on track. But in fact, God will punish them.

  In Isaiah, Jehovah declares: “The foundations of the earth are shaken” (Isaiah 24:18), “the windows from on high are open” (v. 18) “earth is split open” (v. 19) “the earth reels to and fro like a drunkard” (v. 20). In Isaiah, judgment is even proclaimed on the fallen angels and the kings of the earth: “And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones [that are] on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, [as] prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of Hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously” (Isaiah 24:21-23).

  The tossing of the nations into the “pit” is a common theme that we need to take note of: “They (the nations) shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison.” This is also described in detail in Ezekiel 31 and 32 with Antichrist thrown into the pit and the names of every nation that is thrown in with him, all of which are Muslim nations today. Truly the Muslims have been duped. Pray that many more Muslims will continue to wake up and turn to Jehovah God and His Son Yeshua, the Messiah.