By Joel Richardson
Published by WND Books
Release date: September 2012

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“Once again, Joel Richardson, using the sharp sword of diligent scholarship, has continued to puncture the presuppositions and myths of prevailing traditions, illuminating crucial new insights in Bible prophecy. This book is refreshingly crisp—a must read for serious Christians and anyone who desires to understand the challenges facing us on our increasingly turbulent horizon.”

—Chuck Missler, Founder of Koinonia House, internationally recognized prophecy teacher

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“Here is a most engaging book with a thesis that will make you scratch your head, for that has been my experience. There is much to commend this argument for a final Islamic Empire rather than a Western or Roman Empire in the Day of the Lord. Of course, our Lord told us these things before they came to pass so that when they did come to pass, we might know that He was God and His word was true (John 13:19)…”

—Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., President Emeritus, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, author of over fifty books including “Preaching and Teaching The Last Things: Old Testament Eschatology for the Life of the Church.”

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“Joel Richardson’s new presentation of his thesis on the Islamic Antichrist and the Last days extends the teaching of his former books. I think he has made a significant case and prophecy teachers would do well to ask if he his not giving us a new way to look at the prophecies of the last days.  There is a wealth of evidence and of coherent fit that should cause us all to re-think. It is a credible view. …”

—Daniel Juster, Founding President of Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC), Founder and Director of Tikkun International

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“This book will challenge your view of the end times… I’ve been a student of Bible prophecy for more than 30 years and Joel Richardson has effectively challenged some of my most basic assumptions… You owe it to yourself to be challenged, too.”

—Joseph Farah, Founder & CEO of WND

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Exposing the faulty logic and debunked “scholarship” behind Ron Paul’s foreign policy
By Joel Richardson

Let me begin by making it very clear there are a lot of reasons to love Ron Paul. He is a man with incredibly refreshing principles, ideas, qualities and character. There have actually been a couple of occasions where after listening to Paul, I have come close to joining the Ron Paul revolution. But despite the allure of Paul’s constitutional convictions, his perspectives on United States foreign policy, radical Islam and the nation of Israel are an absolute deal breaker. Paul’s emphatic trademark claim that the present rise of Islamic terrorism globally is the result of “blowback” from American actions abroad is nothing less than ridiculous and an absolute insult to my intelligence.

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Strategic Insights into the Most Important Moment in History

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Four Dynamic Sessions on Four DVDs

Understanding and Reaching Muslims for Jesus

In this powerful session, Joel identifies the key spiritual factors affecting Muslims today and how the believer is to respond. You will discover why Islam rejects God as a Father, why Islam rejects Jesus as the divine son of God and why Islam rejects the Jewish people as inheritors of God’s promises. You will also discover how to reach Muslims and win them for Jesus. Also discussed is a heretical movement quickly infecting the Church called Chrislam and what we can do to stop it’s creeping influence.

Understanding Whats Next in the Middle East and how it will affect you

As revolutions, protests and riots continue to radically reshape the face of the entire Middle East, Joel explains what will come next and how it will affect all of us. Through examining the prophecies of Daniel 8 and 11, Joel shows how the unfolding events in the Middle East today are all talking place according to God’s divine plan. This session will thoroughly equip you to understand the region and what will happen next.

Birth pangs in the news and the coming global earthquake

As massive earthquakes continue to shake the nations, few believers are aware that the Bible predicts a massive cataclysmic coming earthquake that will level every nation of the earth. When will this happen and what is the major event that will bring this about? By reviewing data from the United States Geological Survey, Joel also shows how massive earthquakes are rapidly increasing in frequency, pointing to the soon coming of Jesus the Messiah.

What you need to know about the 12th Imam and the Mark of the Beast

What do the leaders of Iran really believe about the end of the world and the destruction of the Jewish people? In this highly educational session, Joel discusses the frightening Shi’a Muslim belief in a mysterious messiah figure known as the 12th Imam. Could the 12th Imam of Islam be the Antichrist described in the Bible? Or will the Antichrist emerge instead from the Sunni Muslim world? How does Islamic end time belief correspond to Biblical belief? Also discussed in this session is the Mark of the Beast and Islam as well as the Mark of God and described by the prophet Ezekiel. A highly informative session that you will not want to miss!

By Roland Clark

As 2011 draws to a close, political analysts are reflecting on highlights of the last year, particularly the shaking and toppling of corrupt regimes
in the Middle East. TIME magazine sees these events through rose-tinted glasses as indicated in their choice of the person of the year 2011: “the Protester.”

Armed with twitter and facebook accounts, youthful freedom-loving Arabs effectively protested and have profoundly changed the landscape of the Middle East. Or have they? Certainly the youth played a key role in these uprisings that have rippled across the ME. Unfortunately, TIME’s rather optimistic interpretation of unfolding events gives little attention to another group of protesters, the Islamists. To say this faction does not have a reputation for upholding freedom would be
an understatement.

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As the present era of Arab dictators comes to an end, the model that will be looked to is Turkey. And Turkey will be all too willing to lend its support in the establishment of these new Islamic democracies. The Obama administration will also fully support Turkey in her regional endeavors to this end. —Joel Richardson, January 31, 2011

And now…

Turkey acts as mentor for emerging Islamists in Middle Eastern region, Reuters, December 8, 2011

As Islamist groups emerge triumphant in Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party under Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan seems decided to act as their mentor — and to throw its weight behind the Syrian opposition seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad, a former ally… Both Turkey and its Western allies now hope the success of the AKP in transiting from Islamist roots to a sort of Muslim version of Christian Democracy, and in running a dynamic economy that has doubled the income of its people, will be an attractive model to Arab Islamist parties now coming to the fore…. Erdogan and his government are nonetheless intent on influencing the reformists in the Arab Islamist parties.

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As many of my long-terms readers know, I am not in full time ministry. I actually work three jobs. I run a small business, I travel one weekend a month to speak at various churches, synagogues and conferences, and I also write books and articles. But when all is said and done, writing is more of a passion than a major source of income. Of course, the ministry does bring in some supplemental income, but this is not my primary motivation and few authors can actually live by writing.

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“The question for now is whether the transition to a new Egyptian government can take place peacefully or if it will result in a type of civil war and massive bloodshed. Either way, in the short term, the Brotherhood, the ideological child of Sayyid Qutb and Hassan Al-Banna, will be the biggest winner. After the dust settles and the Egyptian government is reformed, the Muslim Brotherhood (al-Ikhwan) will certainly ease their way into significant positions of power, not at all unlike Hezbollah in Lebanon. This could take as long as a few years, as it did with Hezbollah, but in all likelihood it will be a rather quick rise.” —Joel Richardson, What’s next in the Middle East? January 31, 2011

‘Muslim Brotherhood wins 40%, Salafists 20% of vote’ Egypt elections: Arab media report Muslim Brotherhood’s Justice and Peace party receives most votes. —Jerusalem Post, December 4, 2011

Pray for Egypt.

I just wanted to drop a note to my readers and regular visitors to let everyone know that my new book is finally complete. While we’ll keep the title a secret for now, the subtitle is “The Scriptural Case for an Islamic Antichrist.” The purpose of this book is to examine only the most pertinent texts that relate to the eschatological debate between the Roman Antichrist theory and the Islamic Antichrist theory.

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Worth watching:

Chrislam: How Missionaries Are Promoting an Islamized Gospel
Edited by Joshua Lingel, Jeff Morton and Bill Nikides

Are there missionaries who promote converts from Islam remaining in Islam? Is Islam the primary identity for a new believer and how does this identity interface with one’s deliverance from a false religion? Which rituals and phenomena of Islam may be given new meaning by converts? Is the Gospel of Jesus being Islamized by Western missionaries? This anthology of twenty-five essays approaches the various questions of the “insider movements” that are being raised within the mission community. Offering not only a critique of the problematic issues of IM and it’s proponents, Chrislam also provides a necessary corrective in the areas of theology, exegesis, translation, missiology and a theology of religions. The authors include converts from Islam, practicing missionaries, pastors, missiologists, Bible translators, professors of Islamic studies, biblical studies, and systematic theology. This multi-faceted approach to a serious problem in missions is a much needed manual for the church as she thinks through the ramifications of supporting “insiders” and the proponents of IM.

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