Rush Limbaugh: '12th imam' like 'Antichrist'
Rush Limbaugh has shocked listeners by warning the Iranian government’s hoped-for “12th Imam” is “equivalent to the Antichrist,” the prophesied end times figure believed by many to be the personification of evil.
The bold declaration from the talk radio titan is drawing new attention to Joel Richardson, whose bestselling “The Islamic Antichrist: The Shocking Truth About the Real Nature of the Beast” developed the theory that the Islamic “Mahdi” is none other than the Antichrist of Revelation.
Limbaugh made the comments in a discussion about the prospect of Iran using a nuclear weapon against other Muslims. A caller protested an Iranian nuclear attack would likely kill “just as many Arabs as Israelis.”
However, as Limbaugh noted, the Iranian government doesn’t have any solidarity with Saudi Arabia, the Palestinians or Sunni Muslims except as a tool to use against Israel.
In Limbaugh’s words: “This is Shiite versus Sunni. It’s an argument within Islam.”
He believes the Iranian government is being driven by its Shiite Islamic beliefs about the end times and argues the mullahs are not rational actors who can negotiate in good faith.
“People have also said, ‘Don’t they realize if they nuke Israel, that they’ll be nuking themselves because there will be a retaliation?’ Well, if you go read about the 12th Imam, courtesy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, you find out that all of this is about the apocalypse. And they believe it.
“This is religious truth to them. The 12th Imam can only surface after Israel is done away with, and the 12th Imam is the equivalent to Antichrist and so forth.” Read more of the article at WND HERE
Ayatollah Khamenei clarified in this video that the Mahdi's identity is known to them - this is a sure thing to happen soon.
As I commented on WND's site:
Anyone who studies the end times beliefs of Muslims and Christians can see that Richardson is right - in many ways the Mahdi is the same as the Christian Antichrist, and the "Muslim Jesus" they expect could be the False Prophet Christians expect. Anyone who studies Shiite prophecy knows that for centuries they have expected "a tall black man" who will rule the strongest armies in the West and that "he will be with us" when the end times come. (In Iran's language - Farsi - "he is with us" is O-ba-ma.) Anyone paying attention to Bible prophecy knows the generation (70 years) that saw Israel reborn as a nation (1948-49) will see all end times prophecy fulfilled (Matthew 24:34) - so if you take Bible prophecy seriously, it all wraps up soon. Meanwhile, the White House is occupied by someone that seems to love Islam and Iran way more than Israel or Christianity. He has compared himself to God (including, while pointing at Morgan Freeman: "This guy was God before I was") and just happens to be in charge of Mystery Babylon at the right moment in history... Read Antichrist 2016-2019: Mystery Babylon, Barack Obama & the Islamic Caliphate