The Bible predicted the rise of Islam and the information is found in Revelation 9 verse 1 to 12.
Chapter 9 follow a pattern of judgment.It continues the messages of the seven trumpets. In chapter 9 we come to hear the fifth angel sounding his trumpet. In this article we will unveil this prophecy.
Apostate Leader
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
In Bible prophecy a star represent a leader , and a fallen one is an apostate leader. A key was given to this apostate leader, a key represent power and authority over which the key is given to open or close. The key that this leader had, was to open the bottomless pit. The word "bottomless pit" comes from the Greek word "abbusos," where the word "abyss," derived and it means a desolate empty place and is like the Word "void" used in Genesis 1:2. So this desolate place was the desert of Arabia and the apostate leader was Mohammed who founded the Islamic religion.He opened the bottomless pit and smoke came out.
Great smoke darkened the sun and the air.
- Sun give light . Jesus is the light of this world ( John 8:12;9:5)
- Christ is known as the Sun of Righteousness ( Malachi 4:2)
- God's word is light and truth. (John 17:17)
Darkness is the opposite of light, so if Christ is the Word, the Truth and the Life then the darkness that darkened the sun and the air are error/false teachings. (Proverbs 4:19,Luke 11:34,John 3:19-21,1 Peter 2:9) . The smoke or false teaching that came out of the pit darkened the truth of Christ in regions under it's control.
Out of Mecca
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
A beast in prophecy is a symbol of a kingdom, and here we see a lot of locus/beast representing the different Arab tribes.
Power as the scorpions of the earth have power
- Scorpions have their powers in their tail
- The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies,he is the tail (Isaiah 9:15)
So the power of the Arab hordes that came from the desert of Arabia was the prophet that teaches lies (Mohammed the Prophet). When conditions are good hundreds of millions of locusts may hatch at the same time. After destroying the local food supply, they spread out eating up most of the green plant in their path, leaving devastation in their trail. By the time Mohammed died the entire Arabian Peninsula was under the rule of Islam.Over the next hundred years the Muslim hordes spread out like a swarm of locusts across the earth until the year 732 until they were defeated at the Battle of Tours in France, stopping the Islamic threat.
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