Biblical Cornerstone Quotes

First, the biblical descriptions regarding the coming of Jesus the Jewish Messiah bear many striking resemblances to the coming Antichrist of Islam, whom Muslims refer to as the al-maseeh al-dajjaal (the counterfeit Messiah). Second, the Bible’s Antichrist bears numerous striking commonalities with the primary messiah figure of Islam, who Muslims call the Mahdi. In other words, our Messiah is their antichrist and our Antichrist is their messiah. Even more shocking to many readers was the revelation that Islam teaches that when Jesus returns, He will come back as a Muslim prophet whose primary mission will be to abolish Christianity. It’s difficult for any Bible believer to read of these things without becoming acutely aware of the satanic origins of the Islamic religion. In 2008, I also had the opportunity to coauthor another book on the same subject with Walid Shoebat, a former operative for the Palestine Liberation Organization. This book, entitled God’s War on Terror, is an almost encyclopedic discussion of the role of Islam in the last days, as well as a chronicle of Walid’s journey from a young Palestinian Muslim with a deep hatred for the Jews, to a Christian man who spends his life standing with the Jewish people and proclaiming the truth concerning the dangers of radical Islam. Together these two books have become the cornerstone of what has developed into a popular eschatological revolution. Today, I receive a steady stream of e-mails and reports from individuals expressing how much these books have affected them and transformed their understanding of the end-times. Students, pastors, and even reputable scholars have expressed that they have abandoned the popular notion that the Antichrist, his empire, and his religion will emerge out of Europe or a revived Roman Empire. Instead they have come to recognize the simple fact that the Bible emphatically and repeatedly points us to the Middle East as the launchpad and epicenter of the emerging empire of the Antichrist and his religion. Many testify that although they have been students of Bible prophecy for many years, never before had anything made so much sense, or the prophecies of the Bible become so clear. And even more important, some have even written to share that they’ve become believers or recommitted their lives to Jesus as a result of reading these books. Hallelujah!

The four cornerstones of thought in our biblical worldview are these: God is Good, Nothing is Impossible, The Blood of Jesus Paid for Everything, and Every Person is Significant.

J.I. Packer sees society’s decline in this way: “The truth is that because we have lost touch with God and his word we have lost the secret both of community (because sin kills neighbor-love) and of our own identity (because at the deepest level we do not know who or what we are, or what we exist for)” (J.I. Packer, Knowing Man. (Westchester, IL: Cornerstone Books, 1978) p. 43).

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Chesterton made a marvelously insightful comment concerning Christ’s selection of Peter as the “rock”: When Christ at a symbolic moment was establishing His great society, he chose for its cornerstone neither the brilliant Paul nor the mystic John, but a shuffler, a snob, a coward — in a word, a man. And upon this rock he has built His Church, and the gates of Hell have not prevailed against it. All the empires and the kingdoms have failed, because of this inherent and continual weakness, that they were founded by strong men and upon strong men. But this one thing, the historic Christian Church, was founded on a weak man, and for that reason it is indestructible. For no chain is stronger than its weakest link.252

FEBRUARY 12 UNGODLY COVENANTS MADE BY YOUR ANCESTORS ARE BROKEN IF YOU VIOLATE My covenant, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, My anger will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land I have given you. But if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your forefathers forever and ever. I have laid a sure foundation, and if you rely on My precious cornerstone and make My justice your measuring line and righteousness your plumb line, then I will disannul all ungodly covenants your ancestors made with idols, demons, false religious, or ungodly organizations in the name of My Son, Jesus. I will take hold of your hand and will keep you and make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for unbelievers. EXODUS 23:31–33; MATTHEW 5:33; ISAIAH 42:6 Prayer Declaration I break and disannul all ungodly covenants, oaths, and pledges I have made with my lips in the name of Jesus. I break and disannul all covenants with death and hell made by my ancestors in the name of Jesus. I command all demons that claim any legal right to my life through covenants to come out in the name of Jesus.

THESSALONIANS 4:13-5:10 AND THE GOSPEL SAYINGS OF JESUS Christ returns 1 Thess 4:16 Matt 24:30; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:27 descends from heaven 1 Thess 4:16 Matt 24:30; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:27 a commanding shout 1 Thess 4:16 John 5:28-29 accompanied by angels 1 Thess 4:16 (an archangel) Matt 24:31; Mark 13:27 with a trumpet call 1 Thess 4:16 Matt 24:31 the Christians who have died will rise 1 Thess 4:16 John 11:25-26 believers gathered to Christ 1 Thess 4:17 Matt 24:31; Mark 13:27 caught up in the clouds 1 Thess 4:17 Mark 13:26 (= Matt 24:40-41; Luke 21:34-35—one taken, another left) to meet the Lord 1 Thess 4:17 Matt 25:6 be with the Lord forever 1 Thess 4:17; 5:10 John 17:24 (cf. Phil 1:23) time unknown 1 Thess 5:1-2 Matt 24:36; Mark 13:32 coming like a thief 1 Thess 5:1-2 Matt 24:43 the Parousia will be sudden 1 Thess 5:3 Matt 24:37-39; Luke 21:34 judgment comes as labor pains 1 Thess 5:3 Matt 24:8; Mark 13:8 believers should be watchful and on guard 1 Thess 5:4-6 Matt 24:42-44; Mark 13:35-37; Luke 21:34-36 warning against drunkenness 1 Thess 5:7 Matt 24:48-50; Luke 21:34 live in the light 1 Thess 5:8 John 8:12; 12:35-36 chosen for salvation, not for God’s wrath 1 Thess 5:9 Matt 24:13; Mark 13:13