Christ and Allah

Larycia Hawkins and her supporters at Wheaton College

It was Jesus Christ Himself who warned His followers that in the last days, "you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people." (Matthew 24:9-11)

While none of the administrators at Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.) have been handed over to be persecuted and put to death since they suspended Professor Larycia Hawkins, they've incurred national outrage and condemnation for their disciplinary action.

Why was Hawkins suspended? She claims it's because she wore an Islamic hijab (headscarf) in her classroom, while the college claims she was suspended for promoting heresy by teaching that Islam and Christianity worship the same God.

Hawkins recently posted this message on her Facebook page: I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book. And as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God.

Indeed, Pope Francis, like his predecessors Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II, has proclaimed that Allah is the same God that Christians worship. Is that true? Absolutely not! The Bible declares that God consists of three persons (the Trinity): God the Heavenly Father, God the Son Jesus Christ and God the Holy Spirit. 

However, the Quran declares that Allah is a single entity who has no son: O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion, and do not speak (lies) against Allah, but (speak) the truth; the Messiah, Isa (Jesus) son of Mary is only an apostle of Allah and His Word which He communicated to Mary and a spirit from Him; believe therefore in Allah and His apostles, and say not, Three. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is only one God; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector. (Sura 4:171)

Many people believe that the Trinity was concocted by Christ's followers and can't be found anywhere in the Old Testament. They're dead wrong. Nearly 800 years before Christ appeared in the world, the prophet Isaiah wrote this concerning the Jewish Messiah: "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6)

Isaiah identified the Messiah as the incarnation and embodiment of God; the Everlasting (Heavenly) Father, the Wonderful Counselor (Holy Spirit) and the Prince of Peace (Jesus Christ) who is the Son of God. Only a fool would deny that the prophet was referring to the Trinity. 

Thus, the biblical Judeo-Christian God and the god of Islam aren't the same. And if Professor Hawkins believes otherwise, then she shouldn't be teaching at Wheaton College or any Christian school because she's of those end-time false prophets that Christ warned us about.

Prophets do more than reveal God's will concerning the future. They also teach His laws and commandments. A true prophet upholds the biblical teachings concerning God while a false prophet perverts those teachings. And Hawkins is a false prophetess for claiming that the the biblical God and Allah are the same. They're not.

Who is Allah? Before Islam, he was known as Al-Ilah, the moon god of Muhammad's Quraysh tribe, and one of 300 idols worshiped in the pagan Kabah temple in Mecca. Hence, Islam's crescent moon is a reminder of Allah's ancient identity.

Surely, if Hawkins studied the ancient religions of Arabia, she'd know that. As someone who's employed by a prestigious Christian college where the Rev. Billy Graham graduated from in 1943, she should know that.

And she should know how ludicrous and mendacious it is to compare the true God of the universe to a detestable pagan god. In fact, that's not only ludicrous and mendacious, it's blasphemous as well. To Isaiah, the Lord said this: "I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God." (Isaiah 45:5)

Larycia Hawkins is a good example of what's wrong with modern Christendom. Instead of being that shining beacon on a hill that calls sinners out of darkness into the eternal light of Jesus Christ, too much of the modern church has fallen into laziness and compromise with the world and its many false religions.

And Islam is a false religion that can't save anyone. Professor Hawkins ought to know that. But either she doesn't or once did but doesn't believe that anymore. If she truly believes that Muslims and Christians worship the same God, then shame on her. And shame on all those Wheaton College faculty members and students who stood by her in solidarity after she was rightly disciplined.

The Roman Catholic New World Order

Pope Francis: Preaching Marx over Christ

Islam has been in the news frequently over the past 50 years, and many folks believe that the world's destined to be governed by a caliphate.

Certainly, that seems plausible considering the demographics. Europe is quickly becoming Eurabia with millions of Muslims flooding into that continent from the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Add to that equation the declining population of native Europeans, and it seems inevitable that Islam will eventually take over Europe.

However, biblical prophecy makes no mention of Islam during the last days directly preceding the return of Jesus Christ. Though it seems improbable, Islam is destined to go away and for good.

But how will that happen? If Islam is going to disappear from the world, then how's it going to disappear? And who's going to make it disappear?

Though the Bible never reveals how Islam is going to vanish, we can examine prophecy to find the answer. First of all, biblical prophecy predicts that a great counterfeit spiritual revival is going to sweep across the world culminating with the appearance of the dreaded Antichrist. 

Let the apostle Paul explain: "The coming of the lawless one (Antichrist) will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing." (2 Thessalonians 2:9-10) 

Jesus Christ said this: "At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you ahead of time." (Matthew 24:23-25)

Secondly, prophecy warns us that when the Antichrist appears and begins performing incredible miracles, the world will bow down to him: "All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s (Christ's) book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world." (Revelation 13:8)

The Bible seems to be describing a counterfeit Christian revival that will be ignited by demonic miracles and lead to the Antichrist. Furthermore, the apostle John, who recorded the Revelation in the late 1st century A.D. while in exile from Rome on the island of Patmos, described a world government that will be partnered with a global religion. And the religion that John described sounds very much like the Roman Catholic Church. 

When John recorded the Revelation, the Catholic Church didn't exist and wouldn't appear for another 250 years. And yet John revealed the headquarters of the global religion, (Rome) and he described the colors of the clothing worn by the clergy (purple and scarlet) that are the colors worn by the Roman Catholic priesthood. Is that a coincidence? If it is, it's an amazing one indeed.

But isn't the Catholic Church a has-been? Hasn't she become a proverbial white elephant over the past century? Doesn't she seem destined for extinction? Then how can she make a comeback? How? Remember the explosion of supernatural events the Bible predicts are going to happen. 

And remember that the Virgin Mary (not to be confused with Christ's true mother Miriam) who is highly exalted in the Catholic Church is also recognized by Islam, Hinduism and millions of Protestants. She's recognized by nearly half of the world's seven billion residents. And she holds the key to the coming revival. Also remember the metaphorical woman that John described in his vision (Revelation 17) concerning the global religion. That woman sounds like Mary.

Not ironically, Pope Francis has become one of the leading spokesmen for a New World Order. He's a Marxist who's been calling for a one world government and a massive redistribution of wealth. And not coincidentally, that's part of the global warming-climate change agenda that the Pope has also been promoting.

In his recent encyclical Laudato Si, the Pope reasoned that the world's salvation depends upon a global government: To manage the global economy; to revive economies hit by the crisis; to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis and the greater imbalances that would result; to bring about integral and timely disarmament, food security and peace; to guarantee the protection of the environment and to regulate migration: for all this, there is urgent need of a true world political authority.

That's a euphemism for a one world government. And the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church is calling for it. If that isn't a fulfillment of biblical prophecy concerning the last days, then what is?

Moving Toward a World Government

Negotiators celebrate a global climate deal in Paris

What does the recent climate deal that was agreed to by the world's 195 nations mean in the short term? Probably very little. But in the long term, it will radically change the way of life for the majority of the world's seven billion residents if it's implemented.

In what ways? In the way you travel, what you drive, where you work, how much you earn and spend, what you eat, how many children you can have, what kind of medical treatment you receive, where you live and how long you can live.

While that sounds like conspiracy theory stuff, it isn't. The Paris climate conference where the historic agreement was signed, isn't about conspiracies. Rather, it's about moving 195 individual nations into a one world government.

Certainly, that won't happen overnight. In fact, it may take many years. But it's coming. How can we be sure of that? Because biblical prophecy warned us that it would come in the very last days directly preceding the return of Jesus Christ.

But what's climate change have to do with a one world government? It has to do with this: It presents a catastrophic environmental apocalypse to the world in the form of global warming. The objective is to convince the world's nations that unless they get together and come up with a solution to lower the earth's atmospheric temperatures, the planet is doomed.

But why use climate change to effect a global government? Because climate change is a universal issue. It's something that affects the entire planet, not just certain regions. And so, in order to get everyone on board with a global government, you need a global crisis.

Why do the global elites want a one world government? Because they're convinced that a global government will prevent wars, end poverty and protect the environment. While those sound like noble causes, it's extremely dangerous to put absolute, unaccountable power into the hands of fallen sinful human beings. Human history is replete with the carnage of dictators who committed atrocities because they possessed too much power.

Who are these global elites? They are powerful politicians, bankers, hedge fund operators, religious leaders, business oligarchs, scientists, educators, media moguls, celebrities etc. who are convinced we need a global government. And they formulate their policies in such groups as the United Nations, Bilderbergers, the Trilateral Commission, the Club of Rome, the Sierra Club and the Council on Foreign Relations.

From these groups, the policies go out to the media and thousands of grass roots organizations that promote the climate agenda throughout the world. Dissenters are condemned as anti-science deniers.

As for global warming, it isn't happening. The earth's atmospheric temperatures have fluctuated for the past 19 years, as they likely have since the beginning of time. But despite the rhetoric and propaganda coming from political elites and their stooge climatologists, the earth isn't getting any hotter. However, since most people are too lazy or ignorant--or both--to look at the evidence or lack of for global warming, the climate change charade marches on.

One of the obvious lies that climate change propagandists are peddling is this one: "The agreement will send a powerful, immediate signal to global markets that the clean energy future is open for business,” said Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, a U.S. advocacy group. "It makes a moral call for dramatic action, and it moves us closer to the crucial turning point when global carbon emissions, which have been rising for more than two centuries."

The world had no way of measuring so-called carbon emissions 200 years ago. So the claim that carbon emissions have been rising for two centuries is a bald-faced lie.

How do the international elites plan to implement a world government using the climate change ruse? By limiting and eliminating the sovereign power of individual nations, and transferring it to an international body that would eventually function as a world government. Concerning the United States, international climate laws would be imposed on the nation without congressional consent.

What's wrong with climate stewardship? Isn't that a good thing? Doesn't everyone want clean air and clean water? Yes, but this isn't about the environment. It's about a world government.

Nearly 2,600 years ago, the prophet Daniel received a metaphorical vision from God concerning four beasts that represented powerful empires. Here's how the prophet described the last kingdom: "After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns." (Daniel 7:7)

And here's the metaphorical vision that the apostle John received from God while he was in exile from Rome on the desolate island of Patmos in the late 1st century A.D.: "And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion." (Revelation 13:1-2)

The 10 horns represent the 10 nation groups that will eventually comprise this world government. The seven heads represent the rulers who will govern this 10 nation-group confederacy. And they will answer to a supreme ruler who will be the Antichrist.

That's where the climate change agenda leads to. It won't happen overnight. But it's going to happen. And now that the world has agreed to advance that agenda, there'll be no stopping it. The world may be celebrating now, but it won't be in the future. Not with the nightmare that's coming.

Radical Baloney

Radicals? Or fundamentalists?

Unless the western world faces up to the reality that there's no such thing as radical Islam, then western civilization is finished.

What is "Radical Islam?" Radical Islam is a horse manure expression invented by the western world to differentiate between so-called mainstream Islam and the Islam practiced by "extremists" who commit mayhem and mass murder in the name of Allah.

There are indeed two types of Islam; traditional Islam and fundamental Islam. A traditional Muslim is a person who identifies as a Muslim for cultural reasons because his or her family comes from an ethnic group that's been associated with Islam for many centuries. A cultural Muslim may acknowledge some or many tenets of the Quran, but seldom takes that book literally.

A fundamental Muslim is a person who takes the Quran and the Hadith (teachings of Muhammad) literally and is obedient to what those books teach. Such as the teachings that command Muslims to persecute and kill those who resist Islam's founding prophet Muhammad by refusing to convert to that religion. There's nothing extreme about that at all.

An extremist either goes beyond or finds hidden meanings in the teachings of a religious text. If you agree with this Quranic verse, then how could you go beyond what it says by doing what it says? "Those who disbelieve follow falsehood, while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord... So, when you meet (in fight Jihad in Allah's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives)... If it had been Allah's will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost." (Sura 47:3-4)

That Quranic verse exhorts Muslims to fight in the way of Allah and kill the infidels. Muhammad implored his followers to cut off the heads of the unbelievers. Was he exaggerating? Was he an extremist? Of course not. He founded Islam and he preached what he claimed he received directly from his god. And those who commit murder in the name of Islam are merely being obedient to what Muhammad taught.

Nevertheless, there are those who count on the ignorance of non-Muslims to believe that a band of "radicals" has tarnished Islam's peaceful reputation by committing violence in the name of that religion. One of those persons is Kareem Abdul Jabbar, the famous basketball player who converted to Islam many years ago during his early days in the NBA.

Here's what he said in response to Donald Trump's recommendation to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the U.S. after the deadly terror attack in San Bernardino, California: While Trump is not slaughtering innocent people, he is exploiting such acts of violence to create terror here to coerce support. As I have written before, his acts could be interpreted as hate crimes. He sounds the shrill alarm of impending doomsday even though since 9/11, about 30 Americans a year have been killed in terrorist attacks worldwide — as The Atlantic pointed out, “roughly the same number as are crushed to death each year by collapsing furniture.” Trump’s irresponsible, inflammatory rhetoric and deliberate propagation of misinformation have created a frightened and hostile atmosphere that could embolden people to violence. He’s the swaggering guy in old Westerns buying drinks for everyone in the saloon while whipping them up for a lynching. 

And so, who's the radical here? Is it Donald Trump, for recommending that a moratorium be instituted on Muslim immigration until the U.S. can better vet those who are coming here from nations where terrorism is a problem? Or is it Jabbar, for portraying Trump as a bigoted hater because Trump sees the connection between Islam and terrorism?

Jabbar isn't the only celebrity Muslim athlete who's trying to defend Islam by painting jihadists who commit murder as radicals. Former boxing champion Muhammad Ali said this: I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world. True Muslims know that the ruthless violence of so called Islamic Jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion.

True Muslims are fundamentalists, and they know that violence has been an essential proselytizing tool of Islam since its inception in the 7th century A.D. True Muslims are familiar with this verse in the Quran: "And kill them (infidels) wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al Fitnah [disbelief or unrest] is worse than killing...but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah [disbelief and worshiping of others along with Allah] and worship is for Allah alone." (Sura 2:191-193)

And this one from the Hadith: Allah said, "A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion." (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 484)

That's not radical Islam. That's fundamental Islam. Anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of Islam knows that. Thankfully, most of the world's nearly two billion Muslims are cultural and not fundamentalists. But it doesn't take much for one to become the other.

And so, what's the solution? Bombing ISIS in Syria and Iraq will never defeat fundamental Islam because fundamentalism exists all over the planet. And certainly, the west will never outlaw Islam because of political correctness and cowardice. The west has a significant Muslim population that would erupt if western nations tried to abolish their religion. Besides, the west lacks the will to do that.

The only solution is to present the true Prince of Peace Jesus Christ. Only Christ can bring true peace into the hearts, souls and minds of human beings. Only Christ can end the turmoil in one's heart by bringing the peace and presence of God through faith in the Son of God.

As the apostle Paul so aptly wrote: ^"But what does it (scripture) say? 'The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,' that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, 'Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.' For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'" (Romans 10:8-13)

That's how you defeat Islamic fundamentalism. Or as Paul put it: "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds." (2 Corinthians 10:4)

And certainly, there's nothing radical about that at all.

Gun Control and Self Control

Gun control marches: Feel good and accomplish nothing

As sure as death and taxes, gun control advocates began screaming for more gun control laws after the recent massacre in San Bernardino, California where jihadists Sayed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik gunned down 14 people at a state run facility for the developmentally disabled.

Gun control activists want us to believe that if we only had tougher gun laws, then the Muslim Bonnie and Clyde duo wouldn't have acquired the AR-15 assault rifles they used to commit murder at the facility. Even though California has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, that didn't prevent Farook and his wife from obtaining the powerful weapons.

The city of Chicago also has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, and yet that city has one of the highest gun homicide rates of any American city. The majority of Chicago's gun homicide victims are blacks who were shot by blacks. However, Barack Obama and his media sycophants want you to believe that more gun laws would end the carnage and allow everyone to live happily ever after.  

Needless to say, gun laws don't work. Why? Because criminals don't obey the law. Gun laws merely prevent law-abiding citizens from carrying guns. Not so with criminals.

That was the case at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino where guns are forbidden. Had they been allowed at the facility, perhaps one or more of the employees that were there attending the Christmas party on Dec. 2 when Farook and his wife barged in with the big heat, might have limited or even prevented the ensuing tragedy. Or, perhaps not.

For a good analogy, drug laws don't prevent people from acquiring and using illegal narcotics. If drug laws worked, the United States wouldn't be one of the largest consumers of illegal narcotics in the world. In fact, the Mexican drug cartels have made their millions off of drug-consuming Americans. So much for drug laws.

And so much for gun laws. If drugs can be moved so easily across America's porous southern border, then so can guns. For criminals, guns are just another commodity to earn a living. As long as there are street gangs that are allowed to flourish and sell narcotics from Mexico, guns will be made available to them by the cartels so the gangs can protect their business and keep the money flowing to the cartels.

America doesn't have a gun problem, she has a moral problem. The decline of the Judeo-Christian influence in America has given rise to a selfish, violent, narcissistic culture that often seeks to settle disputes with guns and knives. Self control is out and impulsiveness is in. Humbleness and meekness are out and arrogance, braggadocio and pride are in.

In his letters to the early churches, the apostle Paul urged the new Christians to practice self control in their spiritual lives. To the church in Galatia, Paul wrote this: "But the fruit of the (Holy) Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." (Galatians 5:22-23)

To fellow apostle Titus he wrote this: "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age..." (Titus 2:11-12) 

And the apostle Peter also preached about the necessity of self control: "The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers." (1 Peter 4:7) And nearly 3,000 years ago, King Solomon wrote this: "A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls." (Proverbs 25:28)

Peter also said this: "Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8) 

It's easy to blame guns for the carnage that's plaguing America and the world. Guns are impersonal. And it's harder to challenge people to devote their lives to Jesus Christ and to stop living in sin and debauchery that often leads to destructive behavior such as gun violence.

But that has to be done. America doesn't need more gun control. Rather, America needs more self control. And that comes by rejecting the world's evil desires and living for Jesus Christ.

Islamic Fundamentalism 101

Sayed Farook and Tashfeen Malik

Farhan Khan, the brother-in-law of the San Bernardino jihadist Sayed Farook, recently claimed with a straight face that I have no idea. I have no idea why would he do (Farook) that, why would he do something like this. I have absolutely no idea. I am in shock myself. I am an honorable person. 

Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik murdered 14 people at a Christmas party held on Dec. 2 at the Inland Regional Center, a state-run facility for people with developmental disabilities in San Bernardino, California, about 55 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

If Khan's telling the truth, then he's a cultural Muslim rather than a fundamental Muslim. However, if he's a fundamental Muslim, then he knows what motivated Farook and Malik to do what they did.

It's possible that Khan had no idea that his brother-in-law and sister planned to commit murder for Allah by killing as many infidels as they could. And it's possible that he did know but he's lying to save his own skin and those who aided and abetted the Muslim Bonnie and Clyde duo.

Of course, Farook and Malik pledged their allegiance to ISIS, the Islamic terror group that Barack Obama condescendingly dismissed as a junior varsity group. Remember that remark because it's destined to become part of Obama's true legacy rather than the phony one being crafted by his loyal flunkies and rump-kissers in the media.

ISIS is the JV group that's murdered thousands of Christians and other non-Muslims in Syria and Iraq. That's the JV group that's been stealing oil from Iraq and Syria and selling it to Turkey to finance its terror operations. That's the JV group that's claimed significant amounts of real estate in Iraq since Obama--the most brilliant man on earth--pulled American troops out of that nation four years ago. And that's the JV group that inspired Farook and Malik.

Predictably, after Farook and Malik were shot dead by San Bernardino police during a getaway attempt, America's Marxist media went into full blown denial by claiming that the Muslim couple's motive was likely workplace violence, just as they blamed the Fort Hood massacre (2009) on workplace violence.

Remember that one? That was committed by Army Major Nidal Hasan, a devout Muslim who all but admitted to his military superiors that he hated the United States for killing Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he planned to do something about it. Those military officials chose to ignore Hasan's rants out of political correctness. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Farook and Malik didn't commit workplace violence. They weren't innocent Muslims who became "radicalized" by consuming ISIS propaganda via the internet. They were Muslims who practiced a fundamental form of Islam. What's that? They were obedient to the teachings of the Quran and the Hadith (the Sayings of Muhammad).

For those who are still unclear as to what motivated Farook and Malik to murder innocent people, then I have a suggestion for you; pick up copies of the Quran and the Hadith and start reading them. If you can't read Arabic, they're available in English and in many other languages.

And read them cover to cover, rather than just selected verses that portray Islam as a "Religion of Peace." I think you'll discover that Islam is anything but the religion of peace that its apologists claim. Apologists such as Barack Obama, John Kerry and George W. Bush who've repeatedly apologized for that religion's violent theology.

What sort of Quranic verses betray Islam's peaceful image? Verses such as this one: "And kill them (infidels) wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al Fitnah [disbelief or unrest] is worse than killing...but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah [disbelief and worshiping of others along with Allah] and worship is for Allah alone." (Sura 2:191-193)

And this one: "Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, on him We shall bestow a vast reward." (Sura 4:74)

And this one: "And fight with them until there is no more fitna (disorder, unbelief) and religion is all for Allah." (Sura 8:39)  And this one: "O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination." (Sura 9:73) 

And here's one more: "Those who disbelieve follow falsehood, while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord... So, when you meet (in fight Jihad in Allah's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives)... If it had been Allah's Will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost." (Sura 47:3-4)

Those are just some of the many war verses contained in the Quran. Farook and Malik were undoubtedly familiar with those verses and they obeyed them because they believed that they were revealed by God himself. But they weren't.

Farook and Malik weren't radicals. They were fundamentalists. A radical is a person who holds an extreme view of something. A fundamentalist is a person who literally interprets the scriptures contained in a sacred text.

How do you interpret the Quran? If you don't take its scriptures literally, then Islam defines you as an apostate. And Islam counts apostates among the unbelievers. If you interpret the Quran literally, Islam considers you a devout Muslim. And that means you're willing to do whatever that book commands. Such as killing unbelievers in the name of Allah.

And so, how would you define Farook and Malik? Non-Muslims call them radicals. But the Quran calls them devout Muslims. Or fundamentalists. And that's the radical truth.

America's War Against Russia

Suspected ISIS controlled refineries bombed by Russia

Could the United States be using ISIS to fight a proxy war against Russia? Indeed, that sounds absurd, but when you connect the dots, it begins to make a lot of sense.

A war against Russia seems to be taking place. A lot of wars have been taking place in recent years, fulfilling a prophecy that Jesus Christ revealed 2,000 years ago when He said this concerning the last days preceding His return: "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom." (Matthew 24:6-7)

First of all, how can we connect ISIS to the U.S.? By NATO. So what? What does NATO have to do with ISIS? It has to do with this: Turkey is a member of NATO and the Turks recently shot down a Russian fighter-jet. If Russia had retaliated militarily, that would've been considered an act of war against a NATO nation. And that could've touched off an international conflagration.

The Turks claim they were merely defending their airspace. But the Russians believe Turkey shot the plane down because the Turks feared they were about to be attacked. But why would the Russians attack Turkey?

Because they've been watching ISIS oil trucks and tankers move stolen crude into Turkey from Syria and Iraq. From pravdareport.com: The top Turkish administration and President Erdogan are personally involved in illegal production and transportation of Syrian and Iraqi oil to Turkey, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation, Anatoly Antonov said.

Russia's Central Directorate of the General Staff, Sergei Rudskoy, states that we have detected three basic oil transportation routes to Turkey. The oil goes to Turkey from ISIS-controlled areas of Syria and Iraq. The western route goes to Turkish ports on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The northern one goes to the Batman refinery, and the eastern one reaches the base in the town of Cizre. 

According to Rudskoy, This terrorist organization receives the income (from oil sales) worth three million dollars a day. After Russia launched the anti-terrorist operation in Syria, their income dropped to 1.5 million a day.

We know that ISIS is selling the stolen crude to fund its military and terror operations. How does that affect Russia? Russia is one of the largest oil producing nations in the world. The Bear's economy is heavily dependent on crude oil sales. Thus, more crude oil on the international market creates an oil glut that results in lower prices and lower demand for crude. And that hurts Russia.

Certainly, the amount of crude that ISIS is unloading in Turkey probably doesn't amount to very much in terms of the global market. In fact, the U.S. has been dumping a ton of oil on the international market in order to hurt Russia's economy. If you don't believe that, then check out gas prices these days. That excess crude has lowered gasoline prices and global demand.

However, the revenue generated by the crude ISIS is selling to Turkey is helping them beef up their military and terror operations in Iraq, Syria and around the world. And the Russians want to put an end to that because without money, ISIS will have a difficult time staying in business. Religious ideology only goes so far.

Now we can begin to understand why the Obama administration wanted Syrian President Bahar al-Assad gone. And now we can understand why the Obama administration helped foment Syria's civil war to overthrow Assad by arming Syrian rebels. And now we understand why the Obama administration so abruptly pulled American troops out of Iraq four years ago, leaving behind military hardware and equipment that ISIS snatched up.

Why? To hurt Russia. If Assad goes, then ISIS and other Islamic terror groups will have a clear path to Russia because the Bear sits to the northeast of Syria and Iraq. And the nations that are in between Russia, Syria and Iraq are all Muslim. Though Assad isn't a nice guy, he's clamped down hard on Islamic terrorists since he's been in power. That's why the Russians want to save Assad and the U.S. wants to get rid of him.

And so, we can begin to understand why the Obama administration wants so badly to resettle Syrian refugees--mostly Muslims--in the United States. Why? To appease the Muslim world and keep ISIS on Obama's side.

And now, we can begin to understand why the Obama administration couldn't care less about the plight of Syrian Christians or other non-Muslim Syrians. Those people are anathema to Islam, and Obama doesn't want to give the Muslim world the impression that he's concerned about Christians. Because he isn't. In Obama's eyes, Christian lives are inconsequential in his war against Russia.

And now, we can begin to understand why Obama has been so accommodating to Iran and so harsh on Israel. And now we understand why the Obama administration has steadfastly refused to acknowledge Islamic terrorism and attribute it to Islam. And now we understand why the Obama administration--and its media sycophants--have been so hostile to American conservatives and Christians.

And don't forget that the Russians rightly suspected the Obama administration of instigating last year's Euromaiden Revolution in the Ukraine that led to the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych who was a Russian puppet. What was the revolution's objective? To install an American puppet who would hurt Russia by admitting the Ukraine into NATO.

Yes indeed. Now we can begin to understand a lot of things about Barack Obama, an utterly contemptible person with an utterly corrupt administration.

Even worse, Obama has woken up a sleeping giant. Unlike Obama, Putin's a shrewd and intelligent man. And he knows who his enemies are. At the appropriate time, he'll reciprocate against those enemies. And that's going to be extremely bad for America and NATO. Just wait and see.