"The Islamic Antichrist" by Joel Richardson, a new book that raises arguments on the alarming specter that the biblical "Antichrist" and the Islamic "Mahdi" are one and the same, has rocketed into the No. 1 position among best-sellers at the WND Superstore.
In his book, Richardson, a student of Islam, exposes Western Christians to the Muslim traditions. He says most Christians have no idea of the stunning similarities between biblical Antichrist and the "Islamic Mahdi."
Richardson's book stands in stark contrast to most other popular prophecy books of the last 40 years.
He says after decades of reading popular prophecy books and even best-selling fiction like the "Left Behind" series, millions of evangelical Christians around the world are expecting the Antichrist to emerge from a revived Roman Empire, which many have assumed is associated with the Roman Catholic Church and the European Union.
But he argues that's not so. His book makes the case that the biblical Antichrist is one and the same as the Quran's Muslim Mahdi.
"The Islamic Antichrist" is a book almost certain to be greeted in the Muslim world with the same enthusiasm as Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses." The author, Joel Richardson, is prepared. He has written the book under a pseudonym to protect himself and his family.
"The Bible abounds with proofs that the Antichrist's empire will consist only of nations that are, today, Islamic," says Richardson. "Despite the numerous prevailing arguments for the emergence of a revived European Roman empire as the Antichrist's power base, the specific nations the Bible identifies as comprising his empire are today all Muslim."
Richardson believes the key error of many previous prophecy scholars involves the misinterpretation of a prediction by Daniel to Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel describes the rise and fall of empires of the future, leading to the endtimes. Western Christians have viewed one of those empires as Rome, when, claims Richardson, Rome never actually conquered Babylon and was thus disqualified as a possibility.
It had to be another empire that rose and fell and rose again that would lead to rule of this "man of sin," described in the Bible. That empire, he says, is the Islamic Empire, which did conquer Babylon and, in fact, rules over it even today.
Many evangelical Christians believe the Bible predicts a charismatic ruler, the Antichrist, will arise in the last days, before the return of Jesus. The Quran also predicts that a man, called the Mahdi, will rise up to lead the nations, pledging to usher in an era of peace. Richardson makes the case these two men are, in fact, one in the same.
Richardson is the co-author with Walid Shoebat of "God's War on Terror: Islam, Prophecy and the Bible" and co-editor of "Why We Left Islam: Former Muslims Speak Out."
"The Islamic Antichrist" is published by WND Books and is available autographed in the WND Superstore.
In second place is the new DVD called "A Question Of Eligibility: Is Obama's Presidency Constitutionally Legitimate?""
The questions asked of several prominent leaders focus on: "What if the president of the United States is not constitutionally eligible to serve? Is it possible that a straightforward criterion was overlooked during a long, grueling, expensive campaign? Why are so many questions about something so simple still going unanswered?"
"A Question Of Eligibility" goes where no other documentary has dared to go in seeking the answers to those questions, including one that millions of Americans are asking: "Why won't Barack Obama release publicly the long-form birth certificate he claims to have from the state of Hawaii?"
The video contains testimony from four experts on the subject: Dr. Jerome Corsi, author of the New York Times No. 1 best-seller "The Obama Nation"; Orly Taitz, the Southern California lawyer who has led the legal fight to secure the evidence of Barack Obama's eligibility; Alan Keyes, a third-party presidential candidate in 2008 and the man who challenged Obama for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat that served as a springboard to his presidential ambitions; and Janet Porter, radio talk-show host and political activist who has championed the constitutional issue.
In third place is the best-seller from the last month: the "White House Eligibility Postcards."
The questions over Obama's eligibility to be president under the U.S. Constitution's demand that the occupant of the Oval Office be a "natural born" citizen have been reverberating across the media in recent weeks, with even some of those in liberal academia, on CNN and at the Huffington Post publicly speculating why Obama has continued to refuse to provide the information.
However, it is not just the birth certificate. WND has reported that other documentation still not available for Obama includes kindergarten records, Punahou school records, Occidental College records, Columbia University records, Columbia thesis, Harvard Law School records, Harvard Law Review articles, scholarly articles from the University of Chicago, passport, medical records, files from his years as an Illinois state senator, Illinois State Bar Association records, baptism records and adoption records.
Obama has reported he was born Aug. 4, 1961, in an unnamed Honolulu hospital. But there has been no birth certificate released, no verification, no doctor's testimony and no witness confirmation of his statement. And even a letter purporting to be from Obama claiming Honolulu's Kapi'olani hospital as his birthplace has not been confirmed by the White House.
So the SuperStore designed and printed postcards, asking "Where's The Birth Certificate?" The back is open for personalized greetings. The postcards measure about four inches by six.
WND editor and chief executive officer Joseph Farah said the cards are an opportunity to search for Obama's constitutional eligibility.
The postcards can be used to send notes to anyone – not just Obama.
"These postcards are not pre-addressed to the White House," Farah said. "They are postcards that can be used to send to your friends, your member of Congress, your relatives. It's just another way of keeping the issue of eligibility on the front burner – right up through 2012 if necessary."
The postcards are just one of the efforts by Farah to raise the visibility of an issue he says was ignored by his colleagues in the media and most of the nation's elected officials, including Republicans.
WND has reported extensively on the issue with a report called "THE FULL STORY" that lists more than 200 exclusive WND stories on the issue.
Here are the Shop.WND.com, WND's online Superstore, top sellers for Aug. 2-8.
- "The Islamic Antichrist: The Shocking Truth about the Real Nature of the Beast" - (Autographed) (Hardcover)
By Joel Richardson - "A Question Of Eligibility: Is Obama's Presidency Constitutionally Legitimate?" DVD
- "White House Eligibility Postcards"
- "Where's The Birth Certificate" Magnetic Bumper Sticker
- "Already Gone" (Book)
By Ken Ham, Britt Beemer - "No Hope In Socialism" Magnetic Bumper Sticker
- "Don't Tread on Me" Magnetic Bumper Sticker
- "Throw The Bums Out!" Magnetic Bumper Sticker
- "Glenn Beck's Common Sense"
By Glenn Beck - "Child Training Tips: What I Wish I Knew When My Children Were Young"
By Reb Bradley
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