Also for your consideration: We know according to scripture there will be a one world religion worshiping the anti-christ...so in some way Islam will have to be merged with others.
Here is a possibility:
In Revelations, chapter 12, it starts out a woman holding 12 stars and the moon under her feet. This refers to Israel and the stars are the 12 tribes if Israel. Remember Joseph's dream in Genesis, about 11 stars and the sun and the moon bowing down to him. Joseph of coarse was the 12th star. This is what made his brothers so jealous of him. But we do know that dream was fulfilled, when Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt, but in the end, Israel was delivered out of the famine, coming to Egypt.
This part gets really interesting. The Catholic church says Mary is the woman in revelations.
The Islamic Bible has a whole chapter on Mary. Now we have the apparitions of Mary, appearing to people, as did happen long ago in Egypt as well.( I suppose this is why they acknowledge her).
Other interesting facts connecting the Catholic Church and Islam:
Mohammed had a daughter named Fatima.
When the Islamic people in the 700 AD came into Portugal, a city was named after his daughter, Fatima. There in 1917 there was one of the most well known apparitions of Mary, appearing to 3 little girls. This shrine is now called "Our Lady of Fatima". Supposedly, Mary told 3 things to the girls, but one of them was written on a piece of paper, and kept secret in the Vatican. No one knows what the secret is. When Pope John had an assignation attempt on his life, what saved him was when he leaned over to kiss the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. He was so blown away, that he began researching everything in the Vatican concerning the incident in 1917. Did he find the secret????
Well, it is interesting that in 2000 , when Pope John Paul made his world tour, he and Arafat were thick as thieves. There was a covenant between the two of them. You can find that info on line. However, the clincher is, in Revelations, where it says, the moon under her feet, is what some believe will bring these two religions together, or how these apparitions of Mary will be what brings Islam under Roman Rule. The Catholic church says that Mary is co-redemptress. The Islam’s do not believe in Jesus the way we do. But if Mary is officially made in the Catholic Church Co-Redemptress, then there won't be the issue of Jesus with Islam, He'll just be knocked out of the way, and all will come to Mary. Virgin Mary in Islamic Teachings - Reading Islam.com - Ask A...
No faith or holy book has honored Virgin Mary and held her in high esteem as did Islam and the Holy Qur’an, not even the Bible. A full-chapter of the Qur’an ...
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A full-chapter of the Qur’an was titled Maryam (Arabic of Mary). You would also find that simply many Muslims love to call their daughters Maryam out of love and respect.
The Holy Qur’an portrays the character and merits of Virgin Mary since her birth till her miraculous pregnancy and birth of Jesus Christ (peace be upon him). In doing so, Qur’an, which is a divinely revealed book, does not give much emphasis on detailing the events. This is typical of human authors, as it is outlining the significance, wisdom and lessons learnt.
Thus the virtues, high status and moral excellence of Virgin Mary are exposed: a chaste and pious human woman who was chosen, purified, and preferred over all of the women of creation to be the one to give birth to the Messenger Jesus through the command of God. This is without any father whatsoever.
The following are quotations from the English interpretations of some Qur’anic verses, which narrate the story of Virgin Mary. These citations, if read in their original Arabic text - with its inimitable divine eloquence and superb rhetoric - are so moving that they bring tears into the eyes of Arab listeners, Muslims and Christians alike.
Surah 66, verses 12:
*{…and Mary, daughter of `Imran, who attended to her private parts [guarded her chastity, so We breathed in it of Our Spirit (Gabriel)], and she sincerely believed in the Words of her Lord, and His Books; and she was one of the devout.}*
Surah 3, verses 42 – 43:
*{And [remember] when the angels said: O Mary! Verily, Allah has chosen you, purified you, and chosen you above the women of the worlds. O Mary! Submit yourself with obedience to your Lord [Allah] and prostrate yourself, and bow down along with those who bow down [for Him].}*
Surah 19 - named after her name: Maryam, verses 16 - 31:
*{And mention in the Book Mary, when she withdrew in seclusion from her family to a place facing east. She placed a screen from them; then We sent to her Our Spirit [Gabriel], and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects. She said: Verily, I seek refuge with the Most Gracious [Allah] from you, if you do fear Allah. He said: I am only a messenger from your Lord, [to announce] to you the gift of a righteous son.
She said: How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste? He said: So [it will be], your Lord said: 'That is easy for Me [Allah]’. And [We wish] to appoint him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us [Allah], and it is a matter [already] decreed [by Allah].
So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place. And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date palm. She said: “Would that I had died before this, and had been forgotten and out of sight!” Then (one) cried from beneath her, saying: “Grieve not: your Lord has provided a water stream under you. And shake the trunk of date palm towards you, it will let fall fresh ripe dates upon you. So eat and drink and be glad. And if you see any human being, say: 'Verily, I have vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious [Allah] so I shall not speak to any human being this day.'”
Then she brought him [the baby] to her people, carrying him. They said: “O Mary! Indeed you have brought a fabricated thing. O sister [i.e. the like] of Aaron! Your father was not a man who used to commit adultery, nor your mother was an unchaste woman.” Then she pointed to him. They said: “How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?” He (Jesus) said: “Verily, I am a slave of Allah, He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet; And He has made me blessed wheresoever I be, and has enjoined on me prayer, and zakat (alms), as long as I live.}*
For more, read also in Surah 3 – named after the Household of `Imran, verses 33 - 38, 44 – 47, in Surah 4, verses 155 – 162 and Surah 21, verses 91-91.
This is an interesting article on the Islam MOON GOD.
http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/moongod.htm
http://www.reformation.org/vatican-and-islam.html
With Love in Christ
Katy-did
