Has the Antichrist Already Come and Gone?

     I have been reading The Apocalypse Code by Hank Hanegraaff who provides an un-dispensational view of the Apocalypse and apocalyptic prophecy. It has me doing a lot of thinking (which in turn is forcing me to challenge many of the views I have expressed here) and I believe this book is one of the best on the topic of Christian Eschatology. I have been meditating on the idea that the events of the book of Revelation have already occurred, that the Antichrist was Nero (committing the abomination of desolation in the Jewish temple) and not much of the book (if any) relates to modern day. This would demonstrate to me, that Jesus was a messenger for his time and that Baha'u'llah is the messenger of our current period. An apocalypse is coming, as it has happened before and will happen again. Depending on where the book takes me, I may abandon my current view that we are soon to see the Tribulation. This would free me up to pursue spiritual studies on other topics that I will write about here.

     John Kerry is working on a peace negotiation treaty in regards to Israel. Could this be a sign of end time events? I am curious about the destiny of the current Pope. St. Malchi predicted that this Pope will usher in the Antichrist and final judgement. If he steps down, dies, etc. and we haven't seen Biblical prophecy fulfilled, St. Malachi will be shown to have been a mistaken prophet. In many Islamic countries, Muslims are expecting the Day of Judgement and arrival of the Mahdi very soon. Former Iranian President Achmedenijad believed that he would be in power during the arrival of Mahdi. This was proven wrong, when he completed his term as President.

     I have been mentioning the importance of getting flu shots, especially for this season. And also be aware of the risk of developing pneumonia. See your Doctor and ask about if you need flu/pneumonia shots and if you do develop the flu-visit your Doctor and drink lots of water and take good care of yourself. Last year we seen some leathal pneumonia cases in connection with the flu. There has been a 3.8 earthquake in North Carolina yesterday and a 6.8 earthquake in Peru. There has also been a 2.6 quake in Oklahoma today just before noon.

Random Facts:

* The Costa Concordia accident killed 32 people.

Links:

* Measles Outbreak Near PA

* Quake Created Island in Pakistan Spewing Gas

* 'It's All Over' ICP Music Video

Some Points on Islamic Eschatology

*Jesus returns in the end (is this the Impostor?), breaks crosses and announces his conversion to Islam. He converts the world to Islam, kills the Jews, gets married and dies after 40 years. In Islam it is believed that Jesus is a prophet rather then the Son of God and that he did not die die for the world's sins.

*Resurrection of both the wicked and righteous at the final judgement.

*The coming of the Mahdi (the 12th Imam). Did the Mahdi already come?

*Islam believes that the Gospel was misinterpreted by Christians.

*Dajjal is the Islamic equivalent of the Anti-Christ.

*Eight Signs Leading to the Return of Jesus:
1. Smoke
2. The arrival of Dajjal
3. Arrival of the Beast
4. The rising of the sun from the west.
5. Jesus descends.
6. Gog and Magog
7. There will be land slides in three places. One in the east, one in the west and one in Arabia.
8. Fire will burn forth from Yemen and drive people to the point of their assembly.

*The Dajjal (the Impostor) is believed to be a Jew with one eye. This is interesting because in the Book of Revelation the Anti Christ suffers a fatal head wound (possibly to the eye?). It is also interesting to note that Osama Bin Laden suffered a gun shot through the eye. Dajjal will have the word "Kafir" (Believer) on his forehead (Mark of the Beast?). He will lead armies against the way of God.

*The Mahdi will return with Jesus.

Hindu Eschatology

-Vishnu has incarnated several times in the past in the form of various saviours, for the purpose of saving the earth.

-The Mayan and Hindu time tables both point to 2012 as being the beggining of a golden age. The end of the fourth world.

-With the changes to come before the golden age; there will be conflicts, fatal diseases and epidemcs, droughts, famines among other calamaties. Currently we are seeing wars and violence on a large scale world wide. The threat of new wars at any moment are ever present. This flu season has been a bad one and we have seen outbreaks of RSV, Noro virus, drug resistant Tuberculosis in L.A and a "SARS like virus" in several people in Great Britain. Last year were simultaneous outbreaks of Hanta Virus and West Nile Virus. Famines continue, as they have since the dawn of history and the central United States continues to experience a drought (that has lasted several years) despite rain and snow storms over the last several weeks.

-India will become desolate by calamaties. India and Pakistan have a history of conflict, that has on more then one occasion almost lead to nuclear war. http://www.brookings.edu/events/2013/02/26-india-pakistan-armageddon#ref-id=20130226_FP_Riedel1