WILL THE ANTICHRIST BE A MUSLIM?? YES, ALMOST CERTAINLY HE WILL!!

Questions About The Anti-Christ

• Q. Thanks for this wonderful forum to ask Biblical questions. I really appreciate it.

My question concerns the anti-Christ. I heard of one preacher saying he has to be Jewish or the Jewish people would never follow him as their Messiah at the end times. I heard of another preacher saying he will come from Europe with a mention of “the city of the seven hills,” possibly Rome, or at least the reference being to the emerging European Union. What are your thoughts?

A. One of the first things the Lord will do when He inhabits His Temple at the beginning of the Millennium is to accuse Israel of letting foreigners, uncircumcised in heart (not Christian) or flesh (not Jewish) have charge of the Temple services. (Ezekiel 44:7) Since this has never happened in history, it will have to happen during the Great Tribulation. It’s an indication that either the anti-Christ or the false prophet or both will be neither Jewish nor Christian.

Jesus warned all believing Jews to flee Jerusalem at the beginning of the Great Tribulation. (Matt. 24:15) That leaves only unbelievers to receive the anti-Christ. He also warned Israel that even though they rejected Him, who had come in His father’s name, they would receive another who would come in his own name. (John 5:43) Today they would take anyone who will promise them peace.

For many years scholars have assumed that the city on 7 hills is Rome, capital of the Western leg of the Roman Empire. But the capital of the Eastern leg is also known as a city on 7 hills. It’s Istanbul, formerly known as Constantinople. The Eastern leg of the Old Roman Empire is made up of countries that follow Islam today, and the one that some believe is their messiah, al-Mahdi, bears a striking resemblance to the anti-Christ.

The seven hills of Istanbul

Map of Byzantine Constantinople with the hills names in brown

The seven hills, all located in the area within the walls, first appeared when the valleys of the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus were opened up during the Secondary and Tertiary periods. In the Ottoman Age, as in the earlier Byzantine period, each hill was surmounted by monumental religious buildings (churches under the Byzantines, imperial mosques under the Ottomans).

The first hill on which the ancient city of Byzantium was founded, begins from Seraglio Point and extends over the whole area containing Hagia Sophia, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque and Topkapı Palace.

On the second hill are to be found the Nuruosmaniye Mosque, Grand Bazaar and Column of Constantine. The second hill is divided from the first by a fairly deep valley running from Babiali on the east Eminönü.

The third hill is now occupied by the main buildings of Istanbul University, the Bayezid II Mosque to the south and the Süleymaniye Mosque to the north. The southern slopes of the hill descend to Kumkapi and Langa.

The fourth hill on which stood the Church of the Holy Apostles and, subsequently, the Fatih Mosque, slopes down rather steeply to the Golden Horn on the north and, rather more gently, to Aksaray on the south.

On the fifth hill we find the Mosque of Sultan Selim. The fifth and the sixth hills are separated by the valley running down on the west to Balat on the shore of the Golden Horn.

On the sixth hill are to be found the districts of Edirnekapı and Ayvansaray. Its gentle slopes run out beyond the line of the defense walls.

The seventh hill, known in Byzantine times as the Xērolophos (Greek: ξηρόλοφος), or "dry hill," it extends from Aksaray to the Theodosian Walls and the Marmara. It is a broad hill with three summits producing a triangle with apices at Topkapı, Aksaray, and Yedikule.