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August 22 - End of the World -12th Imam - Muhammad al-Mahdi

 

So what's all the buzz about Muhammad al-Mahdi, August 22nd, and our

favorite raving lunatic President of Iran?

 

For those who know their Islam, the 12th Imam, al-Mahdi died 1100

years ago but is still living and in hiding and will appear before

the Day of Judgement to establish peace and justice on earth.

 

Christian infidels will equate " Day of Judgment " with the Rapture,

666, the anti-Christ, and the end of days.

 

For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come

just like a thief in the night. While they are saying, " Peace and

Safety! " then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor

pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. 1

Thessalonians 5:2-3

 

Now with " peace and safety " being forced upon Israel by the world and

the UN, hints of the final days are approaching.

 

For religious Jews, it's gogumogog [Armageddon], and the coming of

the Mashiach. " Gog " the leader of the " Mogog " is identified by the

prophet Ezekiel (chapter 38) as the one who leads the war against

Israel and Jerusalem.

 

There is no doubt as to who is leading this war against Israel now:

Mahmoud Ahmady Nejad, the 6th President of Iran. And Mahmoud, may I

call him Mahmoud?, has promised the world an answer to its nuclear

ambitions on August 22, 2006. Before I tell you what that answer

might be, let me explain what establishing peace and justice on earth

means to Muslims: by forcing Islam as the one and only global

religion.

 

Here's something frightening to think about:

Bernard Lewis - Opinion Journal:

 

In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity, there are certain beliefs

concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time--Gog and Magog,

anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long awaited

return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces

of good over evil, however these may be defined. Mr. Ahmadinejad and

his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the

terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It

may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian

president to giving his final answer to the U.S. about nuclear

development by Aug. 22. This was at first reported as " by the end of

August, " but Mr. Ahmadinejad's statement was more precise.

What is the significance of Aug. 22? This year, Aug. 22 corresponds,

in the Islamic calendar, to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the

year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims

commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged

horse Buraq, first to " the farthest mosque, " usually identified with

Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (c.f., Koran XVII.1). This

might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending

of Israel and if necessary of the world. It is far from certain that

Mr. Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for Aug.

22. But it would be wise to bear the possibility in mind.

 

A passage from the Ayatollah Khomeini, quoted in an 11th-grade

Iranian schoolbook, is revealing. " I am decisively announcing to the

whole world that if the world-devourers [i.e., the infidel powers]

wish to stand against our religion, we will stand against their whole

world and will not cease until the annihilation of all them. Either

we all become free, or we will go to the greater freedom which is

martyrdom. Either we shake one another's hands in joy at the victory

of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life and

martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours. "

 

In this context, mutual assured destruction, the deterrent that

worked so well during the Cold War, would have no meaning. At the end

of time, there will be general destruction anyway. What will matter

will be the final destination of the dead--hell for the infidels, and

heaven for the believers. For people with this mindset, MAD is not a

constraint; it is an inducement.

 

 

 

Alan Sullivan in the Seablogger - Flood Stage, Excerpt: [the terror

plot to kill thousands on American planes coming home to the US from

England] was intended to be part of the ramp-up to even larger

events — possibly an Iranian nuclear EMP attack on Israel, set for

August 22, to make a great light over Jerusalem, in accord with

prophecy. Iran has hosted Al Qaeda leaders, and it seems plausible to

me that some top Iranians were briefed on this latest Al Qaeda

project. They may even have coordinated plans. As a result, the

British bust may have interrupted the schedule of larger events. But

it will only be a sort reprieve at best. The jihad tide is running,

and soon it will reach flood-stage.

 

 

Robert Spencer - frontpagemag - Iran's Day of Terror?, Excerpt:

Certainly a nuclear attack on Jerusalem or even an all-out

conventional assault against Israel by Iran would be consistent with

Ahmadinejad's oft-repeated denials of Israel's right to exist and

recent predictions that its demise was at hand. He hinted at the use

of nuclear weapons in his phrasing when he said that Israel " pushed

the button of its own destruction " by finally retaliating against

Hezbollah's relentless rocket barrage from south Lebanon.

 

" Arrogant powers, " Ahmadinejad said, " have set up a base for

themselves to threaten and plunder nations in the region. But today,

the occupier regime " – that is, Israel – " whose philosophy is based

on threats, massacre and invasion, has reached its finishing line. "

 

Will he attempt to make good on these threats this year on the

anniversary of the Miraj, illuminating the night sky over Jerusalem?

Will Western powers heed Farid Ghadry's words and move to stop Iran

before it is too late?

 

from:

http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2006/08/august_22_end_of_the.html