Many Antichrists by Dr. Steven Dilday, John Calvin, et al. 

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Many Antichrists? (#1) by Dr. Steven Dilday

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THE PAPACY AS THE ANTICHRIST 

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"The Counter Reformation is generally considered to have three aspects: the Jesuits, the Inquisition, and the Council of Trent. In view of the significance of the Protestant apocalyptic interpretation of history which prophetically pinpointed step by step the events covering the whole Christian era from the beginning to the end (i.e. Historicism-ed.), it seems justifiable to suggest a fourth aspect, namely the preteristic (Preterism-ed.) and futuristic (Futurism-ed.) interpretations launched by Catholic expositors as a counterattack." - Kevin Reed, from his book review titled "The Ecclesiology of John Foxe: A book review by Kevin Reed of John Foxe and the Elizabethan Church by V. Norskov Olsen, 1973, citing Olsen on page 47. 

AMAZING SEARCH RESULTS FOR "ANTICHRIST"

 A search for "Antichrist," using the Master Search Index on the Puritan Hard Drive returns 13,722 results in 758 documents, all available in the context of one line (and listed alphabetically by book title, including the author of each book). Furthermore, if you click on any of these individual Master Search Index results for "Antichrist," the Puritan Hard Drive opens the book to the correct page and highlights "Antichrist" on that page!

There are also 478 Reformation resources (books, MP3s and videos) under the category "Prophecy, Antichrist and Eschatology," and 551 Reformation resources (books, MP3s and videos) under the category "Roman Catholicism, the Jesuits, Islam, etc.," on the  Puritan Hard Drive -- and 85 resources with the word "Antichrist" in the title.

POWERFUL MUST HEAR INTERVIEW ON ISLAM (FREE MP3)    

The Scourge of Islam in Africa, Europe, Canada and America by Kevin Swanson (Interview with Dr. Peter Hammond of Frontline Fellowship) - Free MP3

PETER HAMMOND

This is a powerful and eye-opening interview that gives first-hand accounts of Muslim tyranny, torture (of Christians), oppression, rape, murder, etc., which the liberal media almost always ignores. The big picture information given in this interview is also fascinating, as it exposes the exact strategies Islam uses to control, and even take over, countries (and smaller entities and areas). Click here for the free MP3 of this important interview with Dr. Peter Hammond. 

Free MP3s and Books: Islam In The Bible by Dr. Francis N. Lee, John Calvin & Martin Luther

Dr. Francis N. Lee

Islam in the Bible by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free Online Book)

Islam in the Bible (1/3) by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free MP3)

Islam in the Bible (2/3) by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free MP3)

Islam in the Bible (3/3) by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free MP3)

Islam in the Bible by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF) 

A printed edition of Islam in the Bible by Dr. F.N. Lee is available at https://www.swrb.com/catalog/l.htm. 

The Roots & Fruits of Islam by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF) Dr. Lee's final production, sent on Dec. 14, 2011, just 9 days before he passed into glory. 

Bible and Qur'an: The Reliability of the Original Bible and the Original Qur'an by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF) 

History And End Of Muhammad, Islam And Muslims by Dr. F. N. Lee (Free PDF) 

Calvin on Islam (2000) by Dr. Francis N. Lee (Free PDF)

Martin Luther on Islam and the Papacy by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF) 

For more free MP3s by Dr. Francis Nigel Lee on eschatology, Antichrist, Islam, etc., please see Eschatology of Christ's Victory and the Prophecy Fulfillment Series. 

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Islam's Rise & Fall In the Prophecies of the Book of Revelation

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"In fact, when the classic historicist position is studied, the fulfillment in the case of Islam and Revelation chapter nine is seen to be so striking and well attested that 'even advocates of other approaches who are adamant in their rejection of the historicist system of interpretation have admitted the convincing nature of this particular identification'" - Steve Gregg, commenting on Revelation 9:1-6 in Revelation: Four Views: A Parallel Commentary, p. 176, emphases added). 

  

Islam In The Bible 1 of 2 (What The Book Of Revelation Foretells About The Muslims) by W.J. Mencarow Free MP3) (The section on Islam begins part way into this sermon, and is excellent, so it is worth the wait!).

Islam In The Bible 2 of 2 (What The Book Of Revelation Foretells About The Muslims) by W.J. Mencarow (Free MP3)

"There are two great antichristian religious systems of deceit revealed in the book of Revelation. The "great western antichrist" of Roman Catholicism (Rev. 17 and 18) and the "great eastern antichrist" of Islam (Rev. 9). This has been the majority position of historic Protestant interpretation (Historicism) for centuries, though later writers often see this with more clarity. - Dr. Reg Barrow. 

 

Islam in Revelation #1 (Muslims in Bible Prophecy) (Free MP3)

 

Islam in Revelation #2 (Muslims in Bible Prophecy) (Free MP3)

 

Islam in Revelation #3 (Muslims in Bible Prophecy) (Free MP3)

 

Islam in Revelation #4 (Muslims in Bible Prophecy) (Free MP3)

 

Islam in Revelation #5 (Muslims in Bible Prophecy) (Free MP3)

 

The following excerpts make up the five MP3s noted above on Islam in Revelation. They comprise 105 printed pages read to MP3. The complete books (in PDF format) are available at the links below and on the Puritan Hard Drive. 

 

1. Horae Apocalypticae; or, A Commentary on the Apocalypse, Critical and Historical; Including Also An Examination of the Chief Prophecies of Daniel (1862) by E.B. Elliott (vol. 1, pp. 446-469)

 

2. Lectures Upon the Principal Prophecies of the Revelation (1814) by Alexander M'Leod (pp. 147-163)

DAVID STEELE

3. Notes on the Apocalypse (1870) by David Steele (pp. 114-116)

 

4. A Dissertation on the Prophecies, That Have Been Fulfilled, Are Now Fulfilling, or Will Hereafter Be Fulfilled Relative to the Great Period of 1260 Years; The Papal and Mohammedan Apostacies; The Tyrannical Reign of Antichrist, or the Infidel Power; and the Restoration of the Jews (2 volumes, 1811) by George Faber (vol. 1, pp. 177-212; vol. 2, pp. 269-288)

5. Dissertations on the Prophecies Which Have Remarkably Been Fulfilled, and at this Time are Fulfilling in the World (2 volumes, 1817) by Thomas Newton (vol. 2, pp. 222-232) 

 

"It does seem that the fourth iron kingdom was in fact both the pre-Papal and the pre-Islamic undivided Pagan Roman Empire, as well as the later Western-Roman Papal and the contemporaneous Eastern-Roman Islamic Empire into which it then subdivided. Indeed, both ' Mahomet' and 'the Pope' -- as we have already seen -- Dr. Calvin called 'the two horns of Antichrist.' Thus they correspond to the two legs of the later Roman Empire - Islam and the Papacy." - Dr. Francis Nigel Lee, Calvin on Islam (2000, emphases added)

 

All the excerpts above are in this one book:

 

Islam in Revelation: An Historic Look at Protestant Eschatological Thought on the Rise and Fall of Islam by E. B. Elliott, Alexander M'Leod, David Steele et al. (Free MP3) 

 

Islam in the Bible (1/3) by Dr. Francis Nigel Lee (Free MP3) 

 

Islam in the Bible (2/3) by Dr. Francis Nigel Lee (Free MP3) 

 

Islam in the Bible (3/3) by Dr. Francis Nigel Lee (Free MP3)

The following works contain sections on Islam in Bible Prophecy:

 

Notes on the Apocalypse 5 of 13 or A Commentary on the Book of Revelation (1870) by David Steele (Free MP3)

Lectures Upon the Principal Prophecies of the Revelation 4/10 (1814) by Alexander McLeod (Free MP3)

"There is practically no part of the entire Book [of Revelation&91; which is interpreted so uniformly as the exposition of the fifth and sixth seals.... It is applied to the Saracens and the Turks." - Dr. Alexander Keith, as cited by Dr. F.N. Lee in Islam in the Bible, p. 23 (emphases added). 

History of Redemption (Salvation) #14: God's Work, Creation To Judgment Day, With Edward's Postmillennial Eschatology of Victory by Jonathan Edwards (Free MP3)

 

History of Redemption (Salvation) #16: God's Work, Creation To Judgment Day, With Edward's Postmillennial Eschatology of Victory by Jonathan Edwards (Free MP3)

       

History of Redemption (Salvation) #12: God's Work, Creation To Judgment Day, With Edward's Postmillennial Eschatology of Victory by Jonathan Edwards (Free MP3)

"Dr. Albert Barnes -- nineteenth-century Pastor of Philadelphia's famous First Presbyterian Church and author of what is often called "America's Leading Commentary" -- comments: "With surprising unanimity, commentators have agreed in regarding this as referring to the empire of the Saracens, or to the rise and progress of the religion and the empire set up by Mohammed.... Mohammedan tradition speaks of locusts having dropped into the hands of Mohammed.... Nothing would better represent... the Saracenic hordes that came out of Arabia and that spread over the East, over Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Spain -- and that threatened to spread over Europe." ...

The Calvinistic Dordt Dutch Bible of 1637 rightly says that at Revelation 9:1-11, many here understand "Mohammad with his followers who around the year 620 cobbled together his ungodly doctrine... and was brought forth to appear from the bottomless pit. Thereafter, it was propagated throughout a large part of the World by his Arabs and Saracens, who looked like armed locusts."

- Dr. Francis Nigel Lee, Islam in the Bible (free PDF), and on the Puritan Hard Drive.

 

 

ISLAM in BIBLE PROPHECY (FREE MP3s/Books) Classic Reformation Eschatology (Historicism) On Islam

 

CALVIN on ISLAM and the Islamic Locusts of Revelation Chapter Nine (i.e. the Great Eastern Antichrist) Exposed in the Light of Historic Reformed Eschatology (Historicism) Super Sale

 

Reformation Eschatology Super Sale

 

JOHN CALVIN ON ISLAM, FABER ON THE PAPAL AND MOHAMMEDAN APOSTASY, LIFE & DEATH OF MOHAMMED, etc.

 

Calvin on Islam (2000) by Dr. Francis N. Lee (Free PDF) 

There are two great antichristian religious systems of deceit revealed in the book of Revelation. The "great western antichrist" of Roman Catholicism (Rev. 17 and 18) and the "great eastern antichrist" of Islam (Rev. 9). This has been the majority position of historic Protestant interpretation (Historicism) for centuries (though later writers often see this with more clarity). Dr. Lee gives us evidence of this in Calvin and Islam, citing Calvin as follows,

 

"In our own day, indeed [1550&91;, very many people begin to waver -- when they consider the long continued dispersion of the Church. As if this had not been regulated by the purpose of God!... The pretext of the [preteristic&91; Romanists which they make in extenuation of the tyranny of their idol [the Papacy&91; -- is that it was not possible for Christ to forsake His bride. But here, the weak have an assurance on which to rest -- when they learn that the disfigurement which they see in the Church, has long since been foretold.

 

"The impudence of the Romanists, on the other hand, is clearly exposed. Because Paul declares that when the World has been brought under the rule of Christ -- a defection will take place....

 

"The minds of [Romanizing&91; ancients were so bewitched -- that they believed [preteristically&91; that Nero would be Antichrist! However, Paul is not speaking of one individual -- but of a kingdom that was to be seized by Satan, for the purpose of setting up a seat of abomination in the midst of God's Temple. This we see accomplished in Popery.

 

"The defection has indeed spread more widely! For, since Mohammed was an apostate, he turned his followers, the Turks, from Christ.... The sect of Mohammed was like a raging overflow, which in its violence tore away about half of the Church. It remained for [the Papal&91; Antichrist to infect with his poison the part which was left."

 

Yet, in the words 'the Lord Jesus shall slay' in Second Thessalonians 2:8 -- Calvin insists Paul "predicted the destruction of the reign of Antichrist.... He will be annihilated by the Word of the Lord....

 

"Paul does not think that Christ will accomplish this in a single moment.... Christ will scatter the darkness in which Antichrist will reign, by the rays which He will emit before His coming -- just as the sun, before becoming visible to us, chases away the darkness of the night with its bright light."

 

Given the prominent place in Scripture that God apportions to revealing Islam as one of the most significant antichristian forces in history (and in the light of the rise and progress of Islam in our day), Dr. Lee has provided a much-needed service to the Christian community by gathering together (into one easy-reading book) the thoughts of one of the greatest Reformers, John Calvin, on one of the chief historical enemies of the church of Christ and the souls of men.

 

A printed edition of Calvin and Islam by Dr. Francis Nigel Lee is available at https://www.swrb.com/catalog/l.htm.

 

A Dissertation on the Prophecies, That Have Been Fulfilled, Are Now Fulfilling, or Will Hereafter Be Fulfilled Relative to the Great Period of 1260 Years; The Papal and Mohammedan Apostacies; The Tyrannical Reign of Antichrist, or the Infidel Power; and the Restoration of the Jews (2 volumes, 1811) by George Faber

 

Defends classic Reformation historicist Postmillennialism and its position relative to the 1260 year period mentioned in Scripture.

In the author's words,

"Treats of a subject peculiarly interesting to every serious Protestant: for the famous period of 1260 prophetic days, so frequently mentioned by Daniel and St. John, comprehends the tyrannical reign of those three great opponents of the Gospel: Popery, Mohammedism (Islam - ed.), and Infidelity. This period indeed may not improperly be styled the permitted hour of the powers of darkness; since the Church is represented as being in an afflicted and depressed state during the whole of its continuance, and since its expiration will be marked by a signal display of the judgments of God upon his enemies and by the commencement of a new and happy order of things."

 

Understanding the Reformation position on eschatology, as it is set forth in this work, gives us great insight into as to why the Romanists (i.e. the Jesuits in particular) were so intent on planting both Preterism (Alcasar, c. 1615) and Futurism (Ribera, c. 1585) among the Protestants. 583 pages.

A printed edition of this set is available at https://www.swrb.com/catalog/f.htm.

 

Islam in the Bible by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF). A printed edition of this book is available at https://www.swrb.com/catalog/l.htm.

After the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, by terrorists who openly admit to advocating the murder of innocent civilians and being motivated by their Islamic beliefs, the religion of Islam has become the object of much attention. Islam used to receive considerable attention from Protestant theologians who studied eschatology. These theologians held to the view known as "Historicism," and this was the classic (or historic) Protestant and Reformed interpretation of prophecy. Attesting to this, Historicism is found in all the major Protestant and Reformed creeds, confessions, and covenants (in their unedited form, from the time of the Reformation), as well as among the individual writings of the best Reformers. Moreover, many Reformers considered the Papacy "the great Western Antichrist," and Islam "the great Eastern Antichrist."

Although Historicism is the Scriptural view of prophecy, it was eclipsed in the twentieth century by other (erroneous) systems of interpretation, especially Dispensationalism, and to a much lesser degree, Preterism. Both Futurism and Preterism, as systems, originated with the Jesuits, to counter the Historicist eschatology of the Reformation (See Greg Price's phenomenal series of free MP3s [or PDFs&91; refuting Preterism [which is free online&91;, as this the best work in our day exegetically and historically defending the classic Protestant position [Historicism&91; against the Jesuit inspire system of Preterism. Also see the free article "Apocalyptic Interpretation" at https://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/ApocInt.htm for an overview of the major eschatological systems).

However, recent events, are now causing modern Christians to take a more serious look at Islam, and its place in Bible prophecy. Hopefully this renewed attention on Islam will also lead to renewed attention on truly Biblical interpretation of prophecy. This book by the Dr. F.N. Lee will be a significant help to Christians wanting to view eschatology Biblically, just as all the major Reformers did.

Dr. Lee himself notes the historical significance of Historicist interpretation:

We would suggest, then, that the Book of Revelation itself is prima facie to be understood as giving the really major events down through the centuries in Church History. The vast majority of competent exegetes of the Book of Revelation have interpreted it historicalistically, and neither preteristically nor futuristically. Church History bears this out -- and so too does also Secular History. To establish this, let us look at some of the writings of the two greatest theologians of the Protestant Reformation -- ... Martin Luther and ... John Calvin (p. 13).  

Considerable space would be needed to sketch the overall Historicist interpretation of Revelation, but the following quote from Thomas Goodwin gives a good example of it:

These two, the Pope and the Turk, both enemies to Christ, thus succeeding in the [Roman&91; empire and sharing the two parts of it between them -- we see.... Mohammedanism, under the Turk, tyranniseth in the one; and idolatry, under the Pope, overspreads the other -- even as Heathenism had done over the whole empire at first. And so Christ hath a new business of it yet.... 'Therefore He hath seven vials, which contain the last plagues... to despatch the Pope and the Turk and wholly root them out.... The plagues of these vials are the contents of the 15th and 16th chapters. The first five vials do dissolve and by degrees ruin the Pope's power in the west. Then the sixth vial breaks the power of the Turk in the east -- so making way for the Jews (whom He means to bring into the fellowship of His Kingdom).... Both the Turkish and Popish party do together join, using their utmost forces (and together with them all opposite kings of the whole World) against the Christians, both of the east and west -- who, when the Jews are come in and converted [Romans 11:25-32&91; do make up a mighty party in the World.... (p. 15).  

Similarly, Dr. Lee brings in quotes from Jonathan Edwards:

In his magnificent book A History of the Work of Redemption, Princeton's first President ... Jonathan Edwards explains: 'The two great works of the Devil which he... wrought against the Kingdom of Christ, are... his Anti-christian [Romish or Papal&91; and Mahometan [Muslim or Islamic&91; kingdoms -- which have been, and still are, two kingdoms of great extent and strength. Both together swallow... up the Ancient Roman Empire; the [Papal&91; kingdom of Antichrist swallowing up the Western Empire, and Satan's Mahometan kingdom the Eastern Empire.... In the Book of Revelation [chapters 16 to 20&91;... it is in the destruction of these that the glorious victory of Christ at the introduction of the glorious times of the Church, will mainly consist....' (p. 19).  

It's not a coincidence that virtually all of the major Protestant interpreters from the time of the Reformation until at least the late nineteenth century held to the Historicist view of prophecy and that many also pointed to various portions of the Word of God as prophesying the rise and fall of Islam. They all agreed on this because it is so clearly the proper Biblical view. And it is especially important for Christians to regain this perspective in light of the current onslaught of a fierce and merciless Islam against the West. 67 pages.

 

The Roots & Fruits of Islam by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF) Dr. Lee's final production, sent on Dec. 14, 2011, just 9 days before he passed into glory.  

 

Luther on Islam and the Papacy by Martin Luther by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF) 

 

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At the time of the great Protestant Reformation and thereafter, this Historicalism (Historicism - ed.) was unanimously embraced by Martin Luther, John Calvin, and all the Reformers without any exception whatsoever. When the Lutheran Confessions emphasized this, Rome dually reacted with Ribera of Salamanca's futurism and Alcazar of Seville's preterism. But all to no avail. For against Rome, Historicalism was then championed by all ten of the leading Reformed symbols: the French Confession, the First Scots Confession; the Belgic Confession; the Second Swiss Confession, the Thirty-nine Articles; the Second Scots Confession, the Irish Articles; the Decrees of Dordt; the Westminster Standards (the Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism, and the Directory for the Publick Worship of God); and the Savoy Declaration.

 

Thus the Old Testament Church, the New Testament Church, and the Patristic Church were all neither preteristic nor futuristic but strongly historicalistic (Historicist - ed.). Since the rise of the Papacy from A.D. 600 onward, the deformed part of the Church gradually sank into both futurism and preterism -- in spite of many vigorous orthodox-historicalistic protests from both inside and especially outside the Church of Rome.

 

From the Protestant Reformation onward, whether Lutheran or Calvinist -- all of its Confessions have always been exclusively historicalistic. For such is the orthodox doctrine of the Church of all ages from the coming of the first Adam into the garden of Eden right down to the final coming of the Second Adam at the very end of history. "Amen, even so, come, Lord Jesus!"

 

One last question. Why would God ever allow the centuries-long Antichrist -- both in its A.D. 632f Islamic and in its 666f Romish format - to plague His Church? The answer is threefold.

 

1), to punish His wayward bride for falling into idolatry.

 

2), to purge His folk from their corruptions.

 

3), to force God's true people, down till the very end of history, to pursue Christ's Great Commission vigorously and victoriously. For eschatologically, "the Earth shall [yet&91; become full of the glory of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea!" (Habakkuk 2:14).

 

- Dr. Francis Nigel Lee,  Biblical Predictions Not Preterist But Historicist (free PDF), pp. 42-43, emphases added.

  

Intelligent, faithful, and solemn covenanting with God by social and public bodies is still warrantable.

 

"One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel."

 

Acting on this divine warrant, God's people in all ages have resorted to the duty of covenanting with him and with each other, and thereby effected real reformation; but, like all other divine ordinances, it has often been profaned. 

 

When the two contemporary and great anti-Christian powers arose, Mahometanism [i.e. Islam&91; and Popery, although at enmity between themselves, the one "wholly given to idolatry," the other "abhorring idols," they equally threatened the destruction of the Christian church. Then the Lord's people for safety had recourse to covenanting, as the most effective instrumentality. The Spirit of the Father and the Son, a triune God, stirred them up to this duty, to which, in times of peace, even saints are disinclined. They become languid "through worldly ease and wealth." "Ephraim is a cake not turned" -- hot earthward, hut cold heavenward.

 

From time to time "the Spirit of life from God enters into his people, granting them repentance unto life." Then they "take hold of his strength," by taking hold of his covenant. It was amid the thickest darkness of the "Dark Ages," in the sixteenth century, that God brought out of mystical Babylon-spiritual Egypt, the instruments of that enemy's overthrow. The names of Calvin, Luther, Knox, are known throughout Christendom as reformers; and associated with them were other "mighty men of valor."

 

National covenants and international federations were popular forms of social and intensely religious movements in continental Europe, as the most effective means of resisting the intrigues and violence of the "Man of Sin."

 

- The Original Covenanter and Contending Witness magazine, pp. 194-195, vol. 1, David Steele (original editor), emphases added. Also see "The Best of the Original Covenanter and Contending Witness magazine."

   

 Roman Catholicism, the Jesuits, Islam, etc. (at PurtianDownloads.com)

Amazing 54 Second Puritan Hard Drive Video Review by Pastor Scott Brown, Director of the National Center For Family Integrated Churches

"The Historicist interpretation was the standard interpretation from Wycliffe to Spurgeon (500 years) and is known as the Protestant interpretation in distinct contrast to Preterism and Futurism which were Jesuit interpretations contrived during the counter reformation.  

Additionally, the Reformational confessions have adopted the Historicist interpretation including the Irish Articles (1615), the original Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), the Savoy Declaration (1658), and the London Baptist Confession (1688).

All Historicists agree that the Book of Revelation prophesies the history of the Church from the Apostolic Era to the future Second Advent of Jesus Christ. Historicists generally agree Revelation 9 speaks of the Muslim scourge which afflicted Christendom.

All Historicists believe that the Papacy is that Anti-Christ, the Man of Sin of II Thessalonians 2, and a Beast of Revelation 13.

The "Time, Times and Half a time," "3 1/2 years," "1260 days", and "42 month" time period, which occurs seven times in Daniel and Revelation, is understood by Historicists to be fulfilled in history. The "Year-Day" principle in prophetic language, is a day of symbolic time and represents a year of actual, historic time, for Historicists." - https://www.historicism.net/ (emphases added)

"Now this expression that the four angels 'were prepared for an hour and a day and a month and a year, to slay the third part of men' -- amounts to a shade more than 391 'prophetic days' (= 1 + 30 + 360). For there, anciently a month consisted of 30 and a year of 360 days. This apparently refers, in accordance with the 'year-day' principle of prophetic interpretation -- to the length of prophetic time required for the completion of this entire enterprise. It thus amounts to just over 391 natural years. Cf. Genesis 1:14 & 5:23 & 29:18-30; Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:5-8; Daniel 7:25 & 9:2-24f & 12:7-11; and Revelation 11:2-11 & 12:6-14 & 13:5.

As George Stanley Faber pointed out (in 1806) regarding Revelation 9:13-15f: "The accurate accomplishment of this numerical prophecy, is singularly remarkable. The Turks, under Ortogrul, gained their first victory over the Greek Empire in the year 1281 -- by the conquest of Cutahi. In the year 1357, they crossed over into Europe.

'In the year 1453, they took Constantinople. And the remaining Provinces of the [Eastern Roman&91; Empire soon followed the fate of the capital. In the year 1669, they made themselves masters of Crete. And in the year 1672, they wrested Camenice, their last conquest, from the Poles. If now we compute 391 years from the year 1281 -- they will exactly bring us down to the year 1672.'

The above view was widespread, both before and after Faber. Generally, it is that also of: Downham, Brightman, Mede, Parker, Durham, Goodwin, Increase Mather, Sherwin, Jurieu, Fleming, Cotton Mather, Daubuz, Sir Isaac Newton, Jonathan Edwards, Bishop Thomas Newton, John Gill, John Brown of Haddington, Winthrop, Thomas Scott, Fuller, James Angell Brown, Alexander Keith, Bickersteth, Louis Gaussen, Bishop Elliott, Albert Barnes, and J.P. Lange."

- Dr. Francis Nigel Lee, Islam in the Bible (free PDF online), p. 28, emphases added, and on the Puritan Hard Drive.

There are 478 Reformation resources (books, MP3s and videos) under the category "Prophecy, Antichrist and Eschatology ," and 551 Reformation resources (books, MP3s and videos) under the category "Roman Catholicism, the Jesuits, Islam, etc.," on the Puritan Hard Drive. 

 There are also 23 Reformation resources with the word "Islam" in the title on the Puritan Hard Drive. The word "Islam" also occur s 22 times in the Puritan Hard Drive resource descriptions. 

Moreover, and this is where some of the greatest search and research opportunities exist on the Puritan Hard Drive, a search for "Islam," using the Master Search Index on the Puritan Hard Drive returns 434 results in 85 documents, and a search for the "Muslim," using the Master Search Index on the Puritan Hard Drive returns 93 results in 22 documents, all available in the context of one line (and listed alphabetically by book title, including the author of each book).

Furthermore, if you click on any of these individual Master Search Index results for "Islam" or "Muslim," the Puritan Hard Drive opens the book to the correct page and highlights "Islam", "Muslim", or any word or phrase you use in the Master Search Index! The Master Search Index on the Puritan Hard Drive drive gives you unparallelled biblical research power to mine the gems of the biggest and best Puritan and Reformed book collection ever offered, with the ability to accomplish searches and research like this. Never before have such powerful search and research capabilities existed! May our Lord get all the glory for the great things He has done!

Jonathan Edwards, on Islam, writes,  

"This is one (the Papal Antichrist - ed.) of those two great kingdoms which the devil in this period erected in opposition to the kingdom of Christ, and was the greatest and chief I come now, (2.) To speak of the other, the second, which is in many respects like unto it, viz. his Mahometan (Islamic - ed.) kingdom, which is another great kingdom of mighty power and vast extent, set up by Satan against the kingdom of Christ: he set this up in the Eastern empire, as he did that of Antichrist (the Papacy - ed.) in the Western.

Mahomet was born in the year of Christ, 570, in Arabia. When he was about forty years of age, he began to give forth that he was the great prophet of God, and began to teach his new invented religion, of which he was to be worshiped as the head next under God. He published his Alcoran, which he pretended he received from the angel Gabriel; and being a subtle, crafty man, and possessed of considerable wealth, and living among a people who were very ignorant, and greatly divided in their opinions of religious matters, by subtlety, and fair promises of a sensual paradise, he gained a number to be his followers, and set up for their prince, and propagated his religion by the sword, and made it meritorious of paradise to fight for him. By which means his party grew, and went on fighting until they conquered and brought over the neighboring countries; and so his party gradually grew until they overran a great part of the world. First, the Saracens, who were some of his followers, and were a people of the country of Arabia, where Mahomet lived, about the year 700, began dreadfully to waste the Roman empire. They overran a great many countries belonging to the empire, and continued their conquests for a long time. These are supposed to be meant by the' locusts' that we read of in the 9th chapter of Revelation.

And then after this the Turks, who were originally another people, different from the Saracens, but were followers of Mahomet, conquered all the Eastern empire. They began their empire about the year of Christ 1296, and began to invade Europe 1300, and took Constantinople, and so became masters of all the Eastern empire in the year 1453, which is near three hundred years ago. And thus all those cities and countries where were those famous churches of old, that we read of in the New Testament, as Jerusalem, Antioch, Ephesus, Corinth, &c. now all became subject to the Turks. And they took possession of Constantinople, which was named after Constantine the Great, being made by him the head city of the Roman empire, whereas Rome had been until then. These are supposed to be prophesied of by the' horsemen' in the 9th chapter of Revelation, beginning with the 15th verse."

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Soul-Stirring Free Videos and MP3s By Dr. Voddie Baucham

On the Sovereignty of God, Christ's Resurrection, Total Depravity, Homeschooling, Apologetics, the Gospel, Psychology, Culture, Feminism, Toleration, Why God Is Good & Bad Things Happen, etc.

If God Is So Powerful and So Good, Why Do Bad Things Happen? by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free Video)

Adapting to the Culture... Or Not by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free Video) 

Dr. Voddie Baucham speaks on Paul's interaction with the Athenian culture in Acts 17 and whether or not he was trying to adapt to it or proclaim to it.

The Supremacy of Christ in Truth in a Postmodern World by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free Video, 9:45 Clip)

The Supremacy of Christ in Truth in a Postmodern World by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free MP3, Full Sermon) 

Every human being is asking, has asked, or will ask these questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What is wrong with the world? and Can what is wrong be made right? It is very important that Christians not only answer these questions, but answer them in a manner that distinguishes the Christian worldview from all others. Paul gives us a model for doing so in Colossians chapter one.

Homeschooling - The Children of Caesar by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Short Free Video)

If Caesar educates our children why are we surprised that they come home as Romans?   

A Biblical Defense of the Resurrection of Christ by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free MP3)

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a Cardinal doctrine of the Christian faith. According the Paul's argument in 1 Corinthians 15, those who deny the resurrection have denied Christianity. There is no Christianity without the resurrection. Paul offers three arguments; the argument from authority, the argument from evidence, and the argument from logic, to refute those who deny the resurrection while attempting to embrace Christianity.

Nebuchadnezzar Loses His Mind & the Dangers of Psychology and Psychiatry (Daniel 1-6) by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free MP3)

It is difficult to go through Daniel chapter 4 without realizing that, in our day and time, Nebuchadnezzar would have been diagnosed with some type of mental disorder, medicated to the point of absurdity, and put in an institution with little or no hope of returning to a normal life. But, what is the Biblical view of mental health? How should we as Christians (and especially Pastors) look at the "mental health" industry? In this sermon, Pastor Voddie gives a Biblical look at these issues.

Voddie Baucham Talks about homeschooling our children (Good News Talk Show 38) - Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free Video)

"I have made no secret of the fact that I believe the American school system is inferior in terms of academics, bankrupt in terms of morality, and corrosive in terms of spirituality and religion. In short, the government education system is no place for the children of people who claim allegiance to the King of Kings." - Dr. Voddie Baucham

"It is impossible to separate one's view of God, man, truth, knowledge, and ethics from the educational process. Every day that our children sit behind a desk, they are either being taught to know, love, and obey God or they are being taught to love and obey someone or something that has usurped God's proper role." - Dr. Voddie Baucham

Tolerating the Intolerable by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free MP3)

The charge against the church at Thyatira was that some of them tolerated the idolatry and immorality that their culture practiced. But couldn't they have compromised just a little in order to be a witness for Christ?

The Doctrine of Total Depravity by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free MP3)

Do you struggle with the doctrine of Total Depravity? This doctrine is not something to be feared. Rather, it is a doctrine that is taught throughout the Bible. In Romans chapter three, the Apostle Paul uses scripture from the Old Testament to reveal the full effect of the fall of man. In this sermon, Dr. Voddie Baucham explains the four divisions in Romans 3:9-18:

1. The Universal Nature of Sin

2. Sin touches every aspect of our being

3. Sin affects how we live together

4. There is a sin that we can't see

The Consequences of Feminism by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free Video)

"Evangelicals in America are not pro-life, they're just anti-abortion, ... just look at our birth-rates" - Dr. Voddie Baucham

Brokenness (Psalm 51) by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free MP3)

"Your sermon of the week is Brokenness by Voddie Baucham. This is a powerful message on King David's brokenness that you won't want to miss (unless of course you're a Rob Bell fan or like the book The Shack since Baucham pulls no punches on these conduits of false doctrine). This is one of Baucham's best messages and I encourage all DefCon readers to download this one." - Defending. Contending.

Polishing the Outside of the Cup by Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free MP3)

The charge against the church at Sardis was that, in spite of their good reputation, they were dead. Unfortunately, if we are honest, this is what we usually wish for our culture, our churches, and our kids. How do we approach these things without simply polishing the outside of the cup?

Free Resources: Raising Children, Building Strong Marriages for God's Glory, The Importance Of The Family In The Bible, Etc. by Dr. Voddie Baucham

Free Christian Resources On The Dangers of Psychology and Psychiatry by Dr. Voddie Baucham, Dr. John MacArthur, Dr. Richard Ganz, Dr. Reg Barrow, et al.

Dr. Voddie Baucham (Free MP3s and More)

Scroll down for many more MP3s videos and books (most free) by Dr. Voddie Baucham, and many other classic and contemporary Reformers, on the family and family related matters. These messages may be some of the most powerful biblically-based preaching you will ever hear on family-related topics -- like raising children, building strong marriages that glorify God, the importance of the family in the Bible, etc. Additionally, see the free chapter (used by permission), "Twelve Signs of Today's Family Reformation", from Family Reformation: The Legacy of Sola Scriptura in Calvin's Geneva by Scott Brown, following the many free resources below.

DR. VODDIE BAUCHAM REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS THE PURITAN HARD DRIVE

  

"I want you to know that I have enjoyed my Puritan Hard Drive immensely.

 

I simply could not have imagined such a resource before getting my hands on it!

 

 To have that much information from a consistent, biblical, orthodox, and gospel-centered point of view is simply astonishing! 

 

Anyone who admires the Puritans simply must have the Puritan Hard Drive.  

 

From Pastors to Ph.D. candidates, there is simply nothing else out there that puts so much at your fingertips.  

 

What an amazing tool for pastors... thank you for your work.  

Soli Deo Gloria!"

 

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All of our guys love it. 

 

We'll probably start buying them for our interns and leadership/elder training students as well.

 

Soli Deo Gloria!"

 

- Dr. Voddie Baucham, Jr. (Husband, Father, Pastor, Author, Seminary Professor, Conference Speaker, etc.)

Dr. Voddie Baucham on Family, Marriage, Chrildren, etc.

Free Reformation MP3s, Videos & Much More   

 

Parenting (Amazing Free MP3 on Training Children) by Voddie Baucham (One of the best messages on parenting we have ever heard!)

 

The Centrality of the Home in the Evangelism and Discipleship of the Next Generation by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

"I am as sure as I am of the fact of Christ's reign that a comprehensive and centralized system of national education, separated from religion, as is now commonly proposed, will prove the most appalling enginery for the propagation of antiChristian and atheistic unbelief and of antisocial nihilistic ethics, social and political, which this sin rent world has ever seen." - Dr. A.A. Hodge.

The Centrality of the Home by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

The Supremacy of Christ in Education by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

Biblical Headship: Calling Men to Lead in the Church and the Home by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

Biblical Womanhood by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

There are 689 Reformation resources (books, MP3s and videos) under the category " Family, Children, Home, and Family Worship," 610 Reformation resources (books, MP3s and videos) under the category "Education and Home Schooling" and 309 Reformation resources (books, MP3s and videos) under the category "Marriage, Courtship, etc.," on the Puritan Hard Drive -- three categories that directly concern our understanding of our duties before God, as they are revealed in Scripture, regarding family, marriage, raising children and many other related topics.

 

The Critical Need for Christlike Manhood by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

Gospel Healing for Hurting Marriages by Dr. Voddie Baucham  Many Free Online Audio Resources by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

"I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth." - Martin Luther.

 

Gospel Healing for Hurting Marriages by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

A Father's Role in Preparing His Children for Marriage by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

Youth Ministry (Sufficiency of Scripture 2009) by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

What's More Important than a Wedding? by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

"In the great spiritual warfare the forces of darkness are organized against the Lord and his anointed. Any organization that claims to be neutral, as do the public schools and some labor organizations, is by that token denying Christ's claims of absolute lordship over all things. As such they are serving the cause of the antichrist. To deny this is either willful blindness or woeful ignorance of the devil's devices and the claims of Christ." - Cornelius Van Til.

 

Family Driven Faith Radio Interview by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

The Danger of a Youth Ministry Sub-Culture in the Church

 

Modern Spirituality and Your Mind by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

The Supremacy of Christ in Truth in a Postmodern World by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

"The excuses for taking the short term "easy" road of public education are legion among Christians. They range from 'I can offset the public school's influence by teaching my children at home between lunch and after school' (which only admits of guilt, while at the same time begging the question), to the always present 'I don't have the time' or 'I can't afford it' (though large mortgages, new cars, televisions, etc., are easily affordable). Eternity will witness the damage that such a selfish and ungodly agenda produces." - Dr. Reg Barrow, "Godless Public Education and Sin", free at http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualNLs/CRTPublicEd.htm.

 

Why I Choose to Believe the Bible by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

Leading As A Husband And Father by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

Family Driven Faith by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

Voddie Baucham Talks about homeschooling our children (Good News Talk Show 38)

 

"Obviously the schools are not Christian. Just as obviously they are not neutral. The scriptures say that the fear of the Lord is the chief part of knowledge; but the schools, by omitting all reference to God, give the pupils the notion that knowledge can be had apart from God. They teach in effect that God has no control of history, that there is no plan of events that God is working out, that God does not foreordain whatsoever comes to pass... the public schools are not, never were, can never be, neutral. Neutrality is impossible. Let one ask what neutrality can possibly mean when God is involved. How does God judge the school system which says to him, 'O God, we neither deny nor assert thy existence; and O God, we neither obey nor disobey thy commands; we are strictly neutral... The big lie of the public schools is that the God of the Bible is irrelevant. The textbooks never mention Him. Everyone assumes that children do not need to know anything about God, God's law, and God's Word in order to become educated people. This is Satan's own lie.'" - Thoburn.

 

True Womanhood Looks Like Christ by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

The Importance of Biblically Disciplining Children by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

Danger of a Youth Ministry Sub-Culture by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

Dr. Voddie Baucham's Web Site

 

Many more free online resources by Dr. Voddie Baucham at Monergism.com

 

As those who are primarily entrusted with the responsibility of training their children, Christian parents will come face to face with the issue of dating. With pregnancies, venereal diseases, AIDS, date rapes, and rampant sexual promiscuity on the rise among teens and even prevalent in Christian families, Christian schools, and Christian churches, isn't it about time we reevaluated the "institution" of dating? There is good news! As in all areas of life, God speaks with infinite wisdom through His Word about this critical issue... The underlying presupposition in giving our children what we call "a Christian education" is that as Christians we have a very distinct way of viewing all areas of life - distinct, that is, from unbelievers. We are to look at the world through God's eyes. We are to think God's thoughts, speak God's words, and perform God's deeds. And it is in the Bible where God's thoughts are made known. Therefore, there is nothing our children might be taught that can be taught in some "neutral" way as if that subject was not under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, or as if God had nothing at all to say about that subject. Jesus Christ is Lord of all -- Lord of all people, Lord of all creatures, Lord of all circumstances, and Lord of all knowledge (in Christ "are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" Col. 2:3, emphasis added). And dear ones, that is why God calls you to trust in the Lord with all your heart, and to "lean not unto thine own understanding" Prov. 3:5. In fact, we are to distrust our own understanding (cf. Prov. 3:7: "Do not be wise in thine own eyes"; Prov. 28:26: "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool"; Is. 55:7-9: "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts", "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD."). Our understanding as finite and fallen creatures is not reliable about any subject, that is why we are not to acknowledge the Lord in some of our ways or even in most of our ways, but in all of our ways (Prov. 3:6). What does that have to do with teaching our children about love, dating, courtship, engagement, and marriage? Everything! If we are not giving our children God's thoughts in the area of dating and courtship, we have failed to give them a distinctly "Christian education" in that area of their lives. We have acted as though Jesus Christ was not Lord in their relationships with those of the opposite sex, and that there is in fact neutral ground in this subject for both Christians and non-christians." - Greg Price, Christian Education In The Home: Help! My Daughter Wants To Date, 1994.

 

Divided: Modern Youth Ministry Is Contrary To Scripture, The Film, by Dr. Voddie Baucham, Scott Brown, Paul Washer, Doug Phillips, et al.

 

"The church has set aside the sufficiency of Scripture for the discipleship of the next generation." - Scott Brown

 

Divided, The Film, Clips at Sermonaudio by Dr. Voddie Baucham, Scott Brown, Paul Washer, Doug Phillips, et al.

 

Voddie Baucham on CNN - NO COMPROMISE!

 

Family Worship (Loving God) Free Puritan Books, MP3s & Videos

 

Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God (Paperback) by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

"I can see little consistency in a type of Christian activity which preaches the gospel on the street corners and and at the ends of earth, but neglects the children of the covenant by abandoning them to a cold and unbelieving secularism." - J. Gresham Machen.

 

Family Shepherds: Calling and Equipping Men to Lead Their Homes by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

More Resources (Books and CDs) by Dr. Voddie Baucham

 

THE BIBLE AND BIRTH CONTROL

 

Lawful Divorce in the Bible (Mark #45) by Greg Price

 

There are 62 Reformation resources with the word "children" in the title on the Puritan Hard Drive. The word "children " also occurs 144 times in the Puritan Hard Drive resource descriptions. There are also 97 Reformation resources with the word "family" in the title on the Puritan Hard Drive. The word "family" also occurs 116 times in the Puritan Hard Drive resource descriptions. Furthermore, there are 69 Reformation resources with the word "marriage" in the title on the Puritan Hard Drive and the word "marriage" also occurs 45 times in the Puritan Hard Drive resource descriptions. Moreover, it takes just the click of a button (and less than a second, once you have added your search word or phrase) to look up any other words related to the family, on the Puritan Hard Drive.

FREE RESOURCES ON THE FAMILY AND FAMILY RELATED TOPICS 
Family Worship (Thomas Manton, John Brown of Haddington, et al.) Free Reformation Resources

Psalmody and a FREE Copy the Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650) (Some Psalms for singing, in Spanish, are here also.)

Christian Education Free Reformation Resources

Family Free Reformation Resources

Birth Control, Abortion, etc. Free Reformation Resources

Creationism (by Creation Scientists and Others) Free Resources

Home Schooling and Christian Education Free Reformation Resources

Miscellaneous (On Abortion, Music, Creation/Evolution, Culture, Education, Raising Children, Global Warming, etc.) Free Resources

Reformation Confessions, Catechisms & Other Judicially Binding Documents Free Reformation Resources

Women, The Reformation View and Issues Free Resources

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