America,
as Edward Said says, is more occupied with religion than any other
nation, and in America there is a totally mad fundamentalist current
that seeks to hasten the second-coming of Christ, and who are prepared
to do the stupidest thing in the world in order to achieve it.
And what
could be stupider than attempting to infiltrate nuclear bases and
dispatch nuclear devastation on the entire world? What more proof
do we need when we have seen them commit mass suicide, and bomb
federal installations, as well as forming militias and troops prepared
for the coming day?
The problem
is that they are increasing in number and not decreasing. They follow
no system of logic or reason, but fantasies, visions and the prompting
of devils that they believe to be the Holy Spirit. Moreover, there
are numerous individuals who claim to be Christ, or that Christ
speaks through him, or to him.
Among
their beliefs are:
The establishment of the state of Israel as a precursor of the
coming of Christ.
The
peace process delays the promise of God.
All
of Jerusalem must be under Israeli control.
Israel
is blessed. Blessed are they who bless it, and cursed are they
who curse it.
The
Palestinians (and the Arabs in general) are a pagan scum, and
the party of Gog and Magog..
The
Millennial reign will soon commence, but only after believers
are suddenly caught up into heaven to meet the Lord while all
the pagans are destroyed in the battle of Armageddon.
But these
fundamentalists are not monks cloistered away from the world as
they were in the early centuries of Christianity. Rather, they exercise
remarkable influence on society, as well as an effective media arsenal,
and high-level government positions.
The prophecies
of the Bible with the addition of fortune-telling and summoning
spirit(s) are the most important of their rituals. Their political
and social theories depend on these prophecies, as does their interaction
with other people.
Secular
thinkers in America know that it is nearly impossible to change
the backwards beliefs of these people, since their intellectual
foundation has been totally destroyed, and their psychology is extremely
complex and peculiar. Secular politicians pretend to support them
due to their influence on public opinion, and in the financial sectors
and media. The Arabic media rarely speak about them since they are
preoccupied with their war against Islamic extremists and terrorists
and have no time to discuss these Western extremists who, as long
as they are not Muslims, cannot be terrorists.
They
and the Western intellectuals are total opposites, but the problem
is that the moderate bloc is gradually decreasing, and more people
are tending to the fundamentalist camp rather than the secular grouping,
fleeing from the confusion and spiritual drought of modern culture.
For this reason, visionary fundamentalism has penetrated into all
aspects of society and destroyed all barriers.
The forces
of destiny seem to have been mobilized for fundamentalist strife
in our age as never before, and doubtlessly there is divine wisdom
behind it. This is due to two circumstances which have never combined
before:
The
large Jewish presence in Palestine which has not been seen in
two thousand years. Hal Lindsey says in The Late Great Planet
Earth that before the establishment of the State of Israel
none of the future events were clearly understood, but now that
that has occurred,the countdown has begun for the occurrence
of the indicator events connected to all of the types
of prophecy, and on the basis of the prophecies, the entire
world will focus on the middle-east, and especially Israel in
the last days.
The
advent of the millennium, or more accurately, the year two thousand,
which to them means the beginning of the end of our world, and
the beginning of the coming of the new world, the world of the
millennium of Christ, which is similar to the concept of the
hereafter or paradise to Muslims.
In the
commotion of the flood of enthusiasm over the approach of the millennium,
the fundamentalists were activated to a formidable extent in the
last two decades of the twentieth century in every field. Except
that they especially focused on studying and writing, and the media
clamor concerning the Second Coming of Christ and the millennial
reign, in which they hastened to force every current event into
their frightening apocalyptic scenarios, all of which are based
on one assumption: the occurrence of miracles which could not possibly
agree with the logical succession of historical events in any manner.
They
discovered that they could not possibly conceive of the inauguration
of Christ's millennial reign in accordance with the objective conditions
of time, place and the present-day political situation. Therefore,
there would have to be a great external interference to completely
overturn the world order. Thus, the easiest means of realizing it
would be a nuclear disaster that would terminate the present-day
civilization, and bring the world back to conditions more closely
resembling the world during Christ's first advent, in preparation
for his second-coming. They found their answer in the ominous events
of Armageddon. Reagan and Nixon both agreed about destroying the
'Evil Empire' of the Soviet Union because they supposed that the
Russians were Gog and Magog. Then after the Gulf War began, they
decided that Sadam Hussein is the Assyrian, and that Gog and Magog
are the Arabs, or the Arabs and Iranians, and that there is no escaping
nuclear conflict.
After
the Oslo agreement they calmed down a bit –rather, they were in
disarray. But when the latest intifadha began they breathed
a sigh of relief, especially since it occurred in the year two thousand.
Because of this many Western intellectuals and scholars areholding
their breath out of fear of one of these madmen venturing some stupid
stunt that would end in an unthinkable catastrophe. Even the Israeli
authorities have been adamant in restricting the entry of these
Christian extremists into Israel, fearing that they would attempt
something of that type. As for the great catastrophe which disturbs
the sleep of observers of the situation, it is the possibility of
them gaining entry into a nuclear facility and lighting a fire which
the world cannot extinguish.
People
must understand that the passing of the year two thousand without
incident does not mean the end of these ideas. All they will do
is reexamine their calculations, and Satan will reveal to them a
new mirage to lead them astray, and with which to raise the fears
of the world, and with which they will remain a source of threat
to all of humanity.
Because
I am convinced that they lack reason, I believe that it is necessary
for reasonable people to destroy the doctrinal foundation of their
fantasies and error. If the Christians and Jews are unable or unwilling
to do so, it is not possible for us to forsake or neglect it when
we possess the infallible revelation of truth, which Allah would
cause humanity to accept, if we were to present it to the world.
Therefore,
confirmation that there is no connection whatsoever between the
existing State of Israel, and the Messiah, and that the second millennium
shall pass as the first with nothing new, is the defense against
their evil, not only for the sake of Muslims, but for all humanity.
This is one of the causes behind the writing of this brief research.
The other cause especially concerns Muslims, which we will shortly
discuss.
Their
coreligionists who have doubts about the soundness of their doctrines
need only read the twenty-third and twenty-fourth chapters of Matthew,
especially the discussion of the prophecy of Daniel, and to carefully
contemplate Christ's warning against false Messiahs and those who
spread rumors at the time of the setting up of the 'abomination
of desolation' in Jerusalem, then ask themselves who they believe
fit that description, and what their position should be concerning
such people? They will then –we believe- arrive at the right conclusion,
if not, then they need only continue on with us as we shed complete
light on the subject – Allah willing.
