Ahmadinejad's Eschatological Expectations
The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called the Holocaust "a myth" and says Israel should be "wiped off the map," was scheduled to arrive in New York Sunday night. His visit, which involves a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, comes at a time when political tensions between Iran and the U.S. are escalating. The U.S. government has officially labeled Iran as a terrorist-sponsoring state and has recently demonstrated that the regime has been covertly supplying Iraqi insurgents with weapons.
Ahmadinejad claims to be a devout Muslim and a family man and even runs his own blog (click here to view.) However, he has become one of the West’s primary potential targets due to his renegade efforts to produce weapons-grade uranium while issuing belligerent threats of destroying Israel. Before he left Tehran for New York on Sunday, Ahmadinejad told Iran's state-run media that he believes Americans want to hear his side of the story. He indicated that he would be interested in attending Ground Zero in New York City to: 1) To pay his respects to those who lost their lives and 2) to set the record straight by telling the real story of what transpired that September day in 2001.
"The United States is a big and important country with a population of 300 million. Due to certain issues, the American people in the past years have been denied correct and clear information about global developments and are eager to hear different opinions," Ahmadinejad was quoted by IRNA as saying. Regardless of his eccentricities, Ahmadinejad’s ideology is what makes him a very dangerous man. His eschatological expectations, which I have written about in a previous book entitled The Mythic Roots of Iran’s anti-Semitic Rhetoric, are what most people continue to overlook. Ahmadinejad subscribes to a strange Islamic eschatological belief of a coming Islamic savior, known as the 12th Imam (al-Mahdi,) who will lead the entire world into an ultimate Islamic justice once he emerges. According to this eschatology, the Islamic religion will reign supreme, under the rule of the Mahdi, over all of the earth and Allah will be exalted as the only true God. It is Ahmadinejad’s sincere belief that this final prophet of Allah could arise and begin his Islamic conquest at any time. Ahmadinejad has stated on numerous occasions that the Mahdi may possibly emerge during the next couple of years. Therefore, he is doing all he can to prepare the way for this final prophet of Allah.
Interestingly, JRMI believes that we will soon witness a staggering shift in economic and political power from the United States to parts of Europe and the Middle East. The Bible is clearly Israel-centric and Mideast-centric (not U.S.-centric) in its eschatological passages. In fact, a power shift has already begun as the European Union has been ascending in global prestige since its recent economic formation. In addition, Middle Eastern countries are quickly forming alliances which will lead to a consolidation, and concentration, of Islamic power, possibly in our lifetimes.
All of that to say that we are in for a wild ride over the next several months and years as the ancient prophecies of the Bible appear to be nearing fulfillment. It is time to evangelize the lost like as never before. Christ is coming and He is coming soon!
Jerry Robinson
JRMI - Founder
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