Our delineation of the differences between the Islamic Allah and the Christ of the Bible has brought a good response. Thank you, one and all. Yes, you are right: it was Islamic Turkey banging on the gates of Vienna time and again that diverted the attention of the papacy from their attempts to annihilate the Protestants; Islam proved to be a cover for the truth of the Reformation. In that sense, Islam is indeed “God’s forgotten blessing.”
And yes indeed, Islamic discipline is closer to biblical Christianity than the apostasy of “Babylon.” Islam is portrayed in Revelation 9 as a “star fallen from heaven” which became the “bottomless pit,” a divinely appointed scourge to the “little horn” of Daniel’s prophecy.
The Fatiha is chapter one of the Quran, notable for its lofty language but no mention of love: “In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, the beneficent, the merciful owner of the day of judgment, Thee alone we worship, Thee alone we ask for help. Show us the straight path, the path of those whom Thou has favoured, not the path of those who earn Thine anger, nor of those who go astray.”
But there is love in Islam—love for fellow Muslims. It is often enjoined in the mosques. But “if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?” asks Jesus.
When the world comes to the final issue of the “mark of the beast,” there will be great humbling of hearts on the part of all who remain faithful and true to the end. A huge proportion of those who now appear to be genuine Christians will prove to be plastic instead of the solid gold they had appeared to be; and surprising inroads of now-at-last-enlightened-Muslims will respond to the New Covenant truths that will be the Light that lightens the earth with glory. That final burst of soul-winning truth will judge the world.
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