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To the Messenger of Allah, our master Muhammad, and upon his family and companions, the best prayers and complete greetings.
Then, after that, our dear beloved ones, peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you. Currently, news has reached us from Biden that he has started talking about the end of the world war and Armageddon. A story has begun linking the events in Russia and Ukraine and their expansion into a nuclear war. A link has begun between this event and the matter of the end of the world, or Armageddon, or Armageddon. I have elaborated on this matter in several episodes, but because the topic is currently strongly present, and many channels have indeed started talking about Armageddon as an extension of what is currently happening, an extension of what is currently happening here, our dear beloved ones. And this is from the perspective of trying to understand. We need to separate two matters. We need to separate so that we understand the situation correctly. We need to separate two matters: between the prophecy of Armageddon as it is presented in the Book of Revelation of John the Theologian, a prophecy mentioned, mentioned in a book, and of course, John the Theologian is said to have written it in 90 AD. We need to separate between this prophecy and what is currently known as the end of the world, the world war, Armageddon, and other matters, other matters, our dear beloved ones. And I will clarify this now. We separate between the two matters.
So, what happened? Of course, the Book of Revelation of John the Theologian, our dear beloved ones, is primarily relied upon by the Protestant school or the fundamentalist evangelical school. Their interpretation of the Book of Revelation is not about Armageddon. And this is what makes you even, I am perhaps a specialist, a scholar, and an interpreter of God Almighty's book, meaning the interpretation of verses and hadiths of what is known as the Holy Book. The way to deal with it, if you do not have very high capabilities, effort, and hardship, to understand what is meant, I tell you here, separate between the texts and the interpretations that are based on these texts. I have an evangelical fundamentalist school called the Dispensationalist school. This school has political agendas and special orientations for individuals. The texts have been employed, the texts have been employed for the sake of these political goals on one hand, and the dispensationalist approach, meaning that even this has to do with a part of the conspiracy, that we must plan things so that Jesus descends, there must be a great battle, and there must be this and that, and he descends, and so on. They have perceptions, in a religious aspect and in a political aspect. But if we go back to the prophecy, the original prophecy of Armageddon, we want to talk now about the prophecy. And of course, our dear beloved ones, we, with the prophecies of the People of the Book, take the advice of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him: do not believe them and do not deny them. This is in the aspect that is not presented to us. But what is confirmed by the Book and the Sunnah, we believe. What is denied by the Book and the Sunnah, we deny, frankly, such as the claim that Jesus is God, or other matters. But the space that is not mentioned to us, like the issue of Armageddon, we neither believe nor deny. But is what is currently being presented, the end of the world war, nuclear war, and so on, and they are presenting a stage that is not the real stage? This is something that has nothing to do with something called Armageddon and the prophecy of Armageddon. This is the issue that I want all followers to pay close attention to now.
So, what is meant by the prophecy of Armageddon in the Book of Revelation of John the Theologian, my dear beloved ones, if it is true? If this prophecy is true, it does not mean the divine. And this is the reason, perhaps, by God's mercy upon us, we have the Book and the Sunnah. If they had paid attention, when the Paraclete or the Paraclete, Baruchlitus, who is our master Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, comes, he will inform you of everything. If they had paid attention and returned to the Book and the Sunnah, they would have understood the confused texts they have. Whoever reads, whoever reads the prophecy of Armageddon, knows. This is clear language, clear language, so that it does not need my interpretation. He knows that if it is true, it means the stage of the Antichrist and the descent of Jesus son of Mary, the last moment, in what? In the stages of whom? The Antichrist.
So, how is that? I will now read you the text. I am now open to the Book of Revelation of John the Theologian, of course, Revelation chapter 16, verse 16. It starts with verse 13, by the way. Verse 13, which talks about Armageddon. Before it, it talked about the drying up of the great river, which is the Euphrates, the stage of drying up of rivers. And in verse 9, it started talking about plagues. And by the way, I agree with these matters locally because I have already spoken about them through the Sunnah in the Quran and said that the ten plagues that were part of Moses' story began in the land, and the land will never return to its former state. Whoever hopes now that the land will return to its former state, feel free to hope, feel free. And between us and you are the days, because there is something that will end with a great command. I have clarified this matter. I clarified it in the series "Al-Mizan" and clarified it even in some aspects of the signs of the Hour, in some aspects of the signs of the Hour.
So, even something caught my attention that I want to pause at before I get to the topic. It talks about the stage of plagues, that among them were malignant and reddish boils for people who even venerate whom? The beast. Now, I will talk about what is meant by the beast. So, is it the story of the story of smallpox, monkeypox, and other matters, especially since it appeared in the Western world more than the Eastern world? Generally, we do not want to explain too much. I want to focus on whom? On the matter of Armageddon. Let's stick to the text. So, the one who tells you the prophecy of Armageddon is in John the Theologian, okay, we need to return to the prophecy, we need to return to the text to see if the presented interpretation has anything to do with it, or if its application to the current reality has anything to do with it or not. I tell you, it has nothing to do with it.
So, let's stick to the text. And I saw, verse 13, "And from the mouth of the dragon, and from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs." Spirits like frogs. "For they are spirits of demons, glory be to God." In the text, these are spirits of demons, working signs. And we know that the Antichrist, of course, is a worker of signs. The dragon here, in their texts, in the same chapters of Revelation, the dragon is Satan. So, the dragon is Satan himself. So, the beast and the false prophet. I want to talk about this matter. Let me continue. "For they are spirits of demons, so the beast also has to do with a demonic spirit." "Working signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." Here, in verse 15, pay attention to me. Pay attention to me with the text. It says, "Behold, I am coming like a thief." "Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes, lest he walk naked and they see his shame."
So, this verse 15, we need to pause at it now and know its connection to Jesus, peace be upon him. Now, the address is a divine address: "Behold, I am coming like a thief." "So he gathered them," verse 16, "he gathered them," meaning the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. "So he gathered them to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon." We are done with Armageddon. So, where is Armageddon according to their understanding? And this, by the way, I made an episode about it, and I clarified this issue. Tel al-Muslim or Tel Azir, and so on, does it apply to the place of battle or not? I clarified this. Here, this text, with Satan, and with the beast, which is the Antichrist, the false prophet, and in the same context, it mentioned the return. "Behold, I am coming like a thief." A thief comes in darkness, in the darkness of night. Of course, here it is a representation and a metaphor. Darkness of night, and unimaginable, as if he is sneaking in. And you know that Jesus, when he descends at the dawn prayer, or between the two calls to prayer, and appears to them, he speaks to them. They say to him, "My brother, this is the voice of a human being," a satisfied human voice, and they are in a state of extreme hardship and a very difficult situation. So, this is what is meant. "Behold, I am coming like a thief."
So, if we think about this text, we know that the end, the end of the Antichrist, is at what? At the place of the battle. And the battle is between Babylon and Megiddo, and Megiddo, according to the order, is only 10-15 kilometers apart. So, we are talking about the same idea, a clear, known idea that is meant to be the stage of the Antichrist and the return of Jesus, peace be upon him, and the moment of the final battle.
So, where did these people come from now with the idea of Armageddon? We said the fundamentalist evangelical dispensationalist school has political agendas. It twisted these texts, especially in the eighties, during the time of the Soviet Union and so on. So, it focused here and focused on a prophecy in Ezekiel, which is about the people of the north and so on, and mixed between Gog and Magog, the stage of Gog and Magog in some of their prophecies, and the stage of the Antichrist, and the contemporary reality. And this, by the way, is noticeable in the dispensationalist school. If you yourself go back now to their interpretation, what is meant by Babylon at the end of time? Is there another Babylon, like we have the first and the second? So, this Babylon rules the kings of the earth, and all the merchants of the earth go to it, and it dominates the nations. It considers itself the strongest, something on earth, and so on. According to what they interpreted it, they interpreted it as what? The Vatican. Is the Vatican now a great power that has ruled all the kings of the earth, and all the merchants of the earth trade with it, and it has even dominated the saints and so on? Why? This school has twisted the texts out of place.
So, if we are now talking about Armageddon, we say, well, the events, and we are talking about a conspiracy and a plan for a conspiracy and nuclear wars, have nothing to do with the prophecy, have nothing to do with religion and ancient prophecies, whether these prophecies are true or written. This text is not believed, our dear beloved ones, except for the last stage of whom? Of the stage of the Antichrist, who is the beast. I want to go back in the same Book of Revelation, and this is something that perhaps some people have not noticed. Of course, before I go back, I want to mention an issue. Now, what do many of us do who talk about Armageddon? Many of us who talk about it, whether in the past, 20 years ago, even some produced books, or even in the current contemporary situation, what do they do? They do not return to the original texts. They take something from their writings and their opinions and start repeating the same system, the same words. And I consider this a mistake. We need to differentiate between two matters: between Armageddon as a conspiracy and a method of planning, which has nothing to do with the battle, or the battle of Armageddon will be in Palestine. The current reality has nothing to do with Palestine, not yet. And they tell me, yes, tomorrow Israel and the Crusaders, and I don't know what, and Syria and Lebanon, and we will drag it to Armageddon. In my opinion, no. This is a dispensationalist school that has nothing to do with conspiracies and plans. And this has nothing to do with the true Armageddon as in the text.
Now, I want to go back again and give you in the same Book of Revelation, in Revelation 19, it talks about the descent of a man from heaven, and it talks about the beast and the dragon. So, let's deal with the same texts and the same book. The same book says: "Then I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges." Our master, Jesus, descends. This is a text about him, judging with justice. This is a description of Jesus in our texts. "And his eyes were like a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns, and he had a name written that no one knew but himself." So, what is the name? Pay attention. "And he was clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God." My brother, the Word of God is present with us in the Quran. This is the Word of God for whom? For Jesus, peace be upon him. A word from Him, or the Word of God. "And from his mouth comes a sharp sword." From his mouth comes a sharp sword. So, I want to go back to a text, a text I have in Sahih Muslim, when our master descends. And by the way, "and the armies in heaven followed him on white horses, white horses." So, the Prophet, in our hadith, in Sahih Muslim, says: "When God sends Jesus son of Mary, he will descend at the white minaret in the east of Damascus, between two dyed garments, two dyed garments, placing his hands on the wings of two angels, and the armies follow him." So, here is a mention of the wings of two angels and angels with him. Then, what did he say? "No disbeliever will find the scent of his breath except that he dies, and from his mouth comes a killing sword." From his mouth comes a killing sword. The Prophet says: "No disbeliever will find the scent of his breath except that he dies, and his soul will end where his gaze ends." Jesus, peace be upon him, has a special case. That is why, perhaps, the story of the family of Imran, which I wished I could complete, we need to enter into its deep stage to know why, why was Jesus' creation like this? Why was Jesus' creation like this? And what are the implications of this creation?
So, now it is talking about whom? About the descent of Jesus. Now it has started talking, "And I saw the beast and the false prophet, the worker of signs, who deceived those who received the mark of the beast." And the two were thrown alive into the lake of fire. It appears, especially the dragon, that the dragon, whom we said is Satan, according to their text, Satan is not looked upon until the day they are resurrected, but rather, look until the day of what? The appointed day. This text clarifies to you that the stage of Armageddon has to do with who descends from heaven, and from his mouth is a sword, or as in our text, "No disbeliever will find the scent of his breath except that he dies." This is the mouth, this is the sword in the mouth, and with him are angels, and his name is the Word of God. Clear words. This is the stage of Armageddon. This is the true stage of Armageddon. So, if we are now talking in context about Armageddon, we are not talking about texts and prophecies, but rather we are talking about a confused culture and a planning methodology related to conspiracies that talk about a battle different from the texts, a battle completely different. They imagine it as a nuclear battle, a huge battle, and most of the people of the earth are destroyed, and a third of the people of the earth, and so on. This is one thing, and the prophecy of Armageddon as it is in the texts. This is the only place where the story of Armageddon is mentioned, be careful, in all of what is called the Holy Book, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament and the New Testament. But I will go back again to the previous chapter. There is a phrase that I will pause at, and this is for some people who may understand some matters. I will remind them of it. "Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became dark, and they gnawed their tongues in pain and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains." This is before Armageddon. Of course, what is meant and what is the purpose of this text? I have mentioned it, and some matters, it is better not to elaborate on them. But the خلاصه of the speech, our dear beloved ones, and forgive me, I am a little tired. The خلاصه of the speech: separate between Armageddon as a mentioned prophecy in the past and what is now being presented as interpretations of Armageddon from the dispensationalist evangelical fundamentalist school. Everything that is presented has nothing to do with the religious text and is not true to the religious text. Rather, they are applications to exploit the religious text in its wrong place. So, if one wants to talk about Armageddon as a conspiracy and considers it to have the name Armageddon, then do not link it to Megiddo and Palestine. Link it to the whole world and the wars of the whole world. The words are clear, our dear beloved ones.