Does the Bible forecast the 'Mahdi'?

Does the Bible forecast the 'Mahdi'?:

Does the Bible forecast the 'Mahdi'?
New hit analyzes what will be happening

Posted: August 11, 2009
10:07 pm Eastern
© 2009 WorldNetDaily


'The Islamic Antichrist' by Joel Richardson, a new book that raises arguments on the alarming specter that the biblical 'Antichrist' and the Islamic 'Mahdi' are one and the same, has rocketed into the No. 1 position among best-sellers at the WND Superstore.

In his book, Richardson, a student of Islam, exposes Western Christians to the Muslim traditions. He says most Christians have no idea of the stunning similarities between biblical Antichrist and the 'Islamic Mahdi.'

Richardson's book stands in stark contrast to most other popular prophecy books of the last 40 years.

He says after decades of reading popular prophecy books and even best-selling fiction like the 'Left Behind' series, millions of evangelical Christians around the world are expecting the Antichrist to emerge from a revived Roman Empire, which many have assumed is associated with the Roman Catholic Church and the European Union.

But he argues that's not so. His book makes the case that the biblical Antichrist is one and the same as the Quran's Muslim Mahdi."