As I’ve studied the end-times beliefs of Islam, I’ve found it striking that they expect basically the same set of events we do, just told from a perspective in which the antichrist is the good guy. It’s as if Satan said, “Let me tell the story from my side.”
The same story, flipped
Islamic eschatology, like Christian eschatology, teaches that there will be a time of war, chaos, and tribulation. During that time, a figure called the Mahdi will rise as a righteous ruler who brings peace by establishing the supremacy of Islam over every other faith: a one-world religion. Christians would recognize that figure as the antichrist.
Islamic tradition also describes a great deceiver, the Dajjal, who performs great miracles, deceives many, and spreads corruption and havoc. In the Christian account, the ones doing miracles and confronting the world’s ruler in that season are God’s two witnesses (Revelation 11), the only voices preaching truth in a world controlled by the antichrist. The roles look reversed.
Then, they also believe Jesus returns. But in their version, Jesus returns as a Muslim follower of Muhammad who supports the Mahdi, and that’s where the stories finally split. They believe destructive tribes, Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog), break through a barrier and cause widespread chaos. Jesus prays against them, Allah destroys them, and Jesus later dies a natural death.
The Christian story ends very differently: Jesus sets up His millennial reign on the earth, rules over the nations from Israel, and ultimately ushers in a new heaven and a new earth with the New Jerusalem, the eternal home of the family of God.
“Islam will enter every home”
All that to say: when Muslims quote Muhammad’s prophecy that Islam will enter every home, there may be some truth to it, if the one-world religion Revelation describes turns out to be Islam, or a blended “Chrislam.” It would happen during the antichrist’s short reign in the tribulation.
Here’s a hotter take, and I want to be clear it’s speculation: I wouldn’t be surprised if some within the Vatican helped pave the way for Chrislam, and for a world leader who brings “peace” by promoting it as the path to world unity. I could very well be wrong about that, and I hope I am. But I’m keeping a close eye on it, because the idea that we all worship the same God is already being promoted there. (I explain why I don’t believe that in Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?)
Whatever happens, we know how the story ends. Jesus wins, and His kingdom has no end.
