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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog - What the next US president will need to know about Iran and Islamic State

Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog

What the next US president will need to know about Iran and Islamic State. (My column in the Jerusalem Post)

(New York, New York) -- Just landed in New York this morning to begin a month-long book tour for The First Hostage. It's great to be back in the U.S., especially at such a critical moment.

Given the darkness that is falling over the Middle East, and the high stakes American elections that are about to kick off, I'm looking forward to discussing the novel's themes, from the growing threat of catastrophic ISIS attacks against the American people and our leaders, to the threat posed to the entire Middle East by an American president who is abandoning Israel, our Sunni Arab allies, and all common sense.

To that end, I'm grateful that The Jerusalem Post has just published the first column I've ever written for them. I hope you'll read it in its entirely, post your comments on our Epicenter Team page on Facebook, and share it through social media with others. Thanks so much.

What the next US president will need to know about Iran and Islamic State

By Joel C. Rosenberg, Jerusalem Post, January 7, 2015

In less than a month voters in Iowa will cast their ballots, officially setting the 2016 presidential election in motion.

The big question: Will Americans choose a leader who will truly be ready on Day One to face the enormous global challenges that lie ahead, particularly those in the Middle East? Above all, the next president of the United States must understand that the greatest challenge facing the Western alliance in the Middle East is not simply the threat of radical Islam, but that of apocalyptic Islam.

Unfortunately, most candidates and voters are still not adequately familiar with such distinctions. But they need to be.

Why? Because while adherents of radical Islam (such as al-Qaida, the Taliban, Hamas, etc.,) use violent acts hoping to drive the US, Israel and other “infidels” out of what they regard as their holy lands, adherents of apocalyptic Islam seek to use genocide to annihilate all infidels and establish a global Islamic kingdom known as the caliphate.

For the first time in human history, the leaders of two nation states are being driven by eschatology. The rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran are consumed by ancient Islamic prophecies that predict the end of the world as we know it. So are the rulers of Islamic State (IS). The former are Shi’ite. The latter are Sunni.

Yet both believe their messiah – known as the “Mahdi” (and to the Shi’tes as the “Twelfth Imam” or “Hidden Imam”) – will appear on Earth at any moment. Both believe he will usher in the End of Days.

Both are determined to hasten his coming. But each has very different strategies to get there.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the IS leader, believes his mission is to immediately build the caliphate in the Levant (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian-controlled territories) and slaughter all who refuse to convert to his brand of Islam. He wants to draw the Western powers (“the forces of Rome”) into an apocalyptic battle in the Syrian town of Dabiq, because that’s where he believes Islamic prophecy has promised a great victory. Then he believes the Mahdi will arrive to expand the caliphate’s reach around the globe.

“Rush, O Muslims, to your state,” al-Baghdadi proclaimed in a July 2014 audio recording. “It is your state. Syria is not for Syrians and Iraq is not for Iraqis.

The land is for the Muslims, all Muslims....This is my advice to you. If you hold to it you will conquer Rome and own the world, if Allah wills.”

By contrast, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his close advisers believe the priority is not building the caliphate but rather building the infrastructure to create an arsenal of nuclear weapons. When they are ready to commit genocide on an epic scale..... [to read the full column, please click here]

To read a fact sheet on the Islamic State's apocalyptic beliefs, please click here
To read a fact sheet on the Iranian leadership's apocalyptic beliefs, please click here
To read a recent blog column, "Eerie front-page NYT story examines ISIS prophecies about an apocalyptic showdown in Syrian town of Dabiq," please click here
To read a recent blog column, “ISIS plotting ‘to slaughter thousands’ in 2016 in bid to spark huge final battle,” reads U.K. headline seemingly ripped from THE FIRST HOSTAGE. Also: ISIS leader vows to attack Israel & Saudi Arabia soon. But mainstream media slow to report significance of Islamic eschatology., please click here.

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Friday, September 25, 2015

Obama May Not Be the Antichrist but Is He the First Muslim President? - Jennifer LeClaire

If you type "is Obama a Muslim" into Google, you get over 126 million results. If you type "proof Obama is a Muslim" into Google, you get 45.7 million results—that's a lot of "proof." (Reuters)

Obama May Not Be the Antichrist but Is He the First Muslim President?

Watchman on the Wall, by Jennifer LeClaire

Jennifer LeClaire is now sharing her reflections and revelations through Walking in the Spirit. Listen at charismapodcastnetwork.com.

Jeb Bush boldly declared that President Barack Obama is a Christian. Mike Huckabee isn't convinced.

In fact, Huckabee went so far as to suggest that the president "pretends to be" a Christian.

"I'm less concerned about what faith a person has. I'm more concerned about the authenticity of their faith and how that plays out in their policies," the Republican presidential Candidate told NewsmaxTV.

"I'm also concerned about a guy that believes he's a Christian and pretends to be and then says he is but does things that makes it very difficult for people to practice their Christian faith," Huckabee said. "I'm disappointed if a person who says, 'I'm a Christian,' but you invite the pope into your home and then you invite a whole bunch of people who are at odds with the Catholic Church policy. There's something very unseemly about that."

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Huckabee is not the only one who questions Obama's Christianity. Twenty-nine percent of respondents in a CNN/ORC poll believe he is a Muslim, including 43 percent of Republicans. I'm surprised that number isn't higher, given he publicly spoke to ABC's George Stephanopoulos about his "Muslim faith."

If you type "is Obama a Muslim" into Google, you get over 126 million results. If you type "proof Obama is a Muslim" into Google, you get 45.7 million results—that's a lot of "proof." There is plenty to cause one to question his profession of Christ. I don't have room to recount them all here, but here are a few:

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2012, Obama said that, "The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam."

Obama in prepared remarks said, "The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country—I know, because I am one of them."

In prepared remarks in April 2012, Obama referred to Christ as "a" Son of God rather than as "the" only begotten Son of God: "And for me, and I'm sure for some of you, it's also a chance to remember the tremendous sacrifice that led up to that day, and all that Christ endured—not just as a Son of God, but as a human being."

The list of these types of statements—not to mention bowing to a Saudi king, the fact that his wife does not travel with him to Muslim nations because Sharia law demands Muslim women cover their heads, his love for the Muslim call to prayer and so on—seems to contradict the Christian faith. And that's putting it mildly.

There's not nearly as much evidence that he's a Christian. (In fact, some would argue that there is more evidence he's the antichrist.) Our president rarely goes to church. He makes policy decisions that fly in the face of Christ—including his pro-abortion, pro-gay stances. And he has seemingly done everything in his power to set the stage for the persecution of Christians in the United States.

So is President Obama a Christian or not? I cannot judge someone's heart but I can judge fruit. There is no fruit of a life surrendered to Christ and far more evidence that he subscribes to the Prophet Mohammed's teachings. But even then, there are contradictions.

Think about it for a minute. Good Muslims don't smoke and drink, like Obama does. And Islam not only stands against homosexuality—Sharia law calls for gays to be stoned—yet Obama celebrated the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling by shining a rainbow on the White House.

So is Obama the antichrist? Is our Commander-in-Chief a Christian? Is he the first Muslim president? The debate continues.

Jennifer LeClaire is senior editor of Charisma. She is also director of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, co-founder of awakeningtv.com, on the leadership team of the New Breed Revival Network and author of several books, including The Next Great Move of God: An Appeal to Heaven for Spiritual Awakening;Mornings With the Holy Spirit, Listening Daily to the Still, Small Voice of God; The Making of a Prophet and Satan's Deadly Trio: Defeating the Deceptions of Jezebel, Religion and Witchcraft. You can visit her website here. You can also join Jennifer onFacebook or follow her on Twitter. Jennifer's Periscope handle is @propheticbooks.

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