The Rise of The Antichrist: New Pope & The Mahdi’s Manifesto

Apparently, there's this guy who claims to be the successor of Muhammad and Jesus Christ. This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me. Why does this guy claim to be the successor of Jesus Christ? Why do people say that he is the Antichrist? What is a Mahdi? Mahdi means the guided one in Arabic. It's this figure in Islamic end times prophecy. And interestingly, he's not even mentioned in the Quran. But many traditions and stories describe this future leader who will appear before the Day of Judgment to restore justice and unite the Muslim world. Now, there are different beliefs about this. In Shia Islam, the Mahdi is already alive. He has been here since childhood. Only he has been hidden and will reappear at the appointed time. Now, there's this whole new religious movement that is neither Shia Islam or Sunni Islam. The Ahmadi religion of peace and light. You see, this group is led by this guy called Abdullah Hashem. He's this very regular looking guy. He has this calm demeanor and a meek attitude. You see, he claims to be a descendant of Muhammad. But he isn't considered a true Muslim. Both Sunni and Shia Islam do not believe this guy. He teaches this conglomeration of Islamic beliefs with esoteric knowledge. Good versus evil is one of the most ubiquitous mythological dualities ever known. I am the son of the Muslims through my father and the son of the Christians and the Jews through my mother. It's crazy. This guy literally has a painting behind him of himself. The Pope who sat in the Vatican claimed to be the spokesperson for Jesus. But all of this is a lie. See, what truly skyrocketed this guy's popularity actually happened on April 20th, 2025 on Easter Sunday. When a group of these Ahmadi followers organized this global chant that draws massive attention, it becomes huge. Now, what they were chanting was these proclamations of the coming of the Mahdi. Saying that this Mahdi is the successor of Jesus. I am the true and legitimate Pope. I am the proof upon the Christians. I am more knowledgeable than any false Pope and I am appointed by name and the will of the prophets. See, the very next day, to everybody's surprise, Pope Francis passes away at the age of 88, landing Abdullah Hashem on the front pages of every single Christian news outlet. And I have to admit, these order of events are interesting, to say the least. Jesus, alayhis salaam, appointed his successor in his lifetime. He appointed Simon Peter when he said, and on this rock I will build my church and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. Ahmadi Muslims believe the Pope is false. Their main contention point is actually the divinity of Jesus. The Ahmadis actually believe that Jesus survived the crucifixion before traveling to India and dying this natural death. Because the Pope rejects this claim, the Ahmadis view him as this corrupted spiritual leader. Ever since, they've called out Christianity as a whole. Of course, this video went viral. Everybody was talking about it. I am Abdullah, the successor of Imam al-Mahdi alayhis salaam, the successor of the Confeder Ahmed, the successor of Simon Peter, the successor of Muhammad, the successor of Jesus Christ. If you actually watch their video, if you scroll down a little bit, you'll see that they actually have this fundraiser to build this divine just state. It says, the Mahdi has appeared. Believers worldwide are gathering to build a prototype of the divine just state. So far, they've raised $9,050. Now, the divine just state is this kind of perfect government that is ruled by God's laws. This idea shows up in many different religions. For example, we Christians believe that Jesus will one day return to usher in the millennial kingdom. All while the Muslims believe that it's the Mahdi that will lead in a time of fairness and truth. You see, Abdullah Hashem and his $9,000 so far are trying to build this right now in the image of their religion. Now, apparently, he's actually done some miracles before. I want to preface this by saying that these are all personal testimonies with limited to zero proof at all. But a notable event was after Abdullah's own mother suffered this severe heart attack and was given a 5% chance of survival. During the surgery, she actually flatlined. But Abdullah, who was there at the hospital, was rather encouraging his father to just have faith. His mother then recovers before reporting this near-death encounter with spiritual figures. Now, another supposed miracle was when Abdullah was witnessed causing the moon to vanish from the sky. Of course, we don't have any real evidence for this. I witnessed he made the moon disappear. I saw him cure me of an illness that the doctors couldn't cure. I saw him sustain countless people like Jesus did. They say he can restore sight to the blind and heal the sick, and there are numerous accounts of this. I witnessed him manifest a person out of nowhere. I saw him resurrect my wife from the dead. But it's important to say that performing miracles and being saved are mutually exclusive things. The Bible tells us that there will be some who have casted out demons, who have healed the sick in the name of Jesus, but once they actually get to meet Jesus face to face, some people will be told, depart from me because I never knew you. So even if these miracles were true, just because he can do miracles doesn't mean that this guy is valid. But who even is Abdullah Hashem? Well, Abdullah was born in the United States in 1983 to an Egyptian father and an American mother. He studied comparative religious studies at Indiana University, and it's said that he spent many years there searching for answers about the identity of God. By 2007, Abdullah's search for truth evolved into the launch of this globally renowned documentary called The Antichrist Dajjal is a Reptilian Shapeshifter. He migrated to Egypt where just three years later, Abdullah would come across this mysterious man known as the Yemani, the right hand, who claimed to be this prophesied Islamic figure. From that day, he openly supported this Yemani. Now, this is around when he got married in 2012, before eventually Abdullah exposed his corruption within Iraq, which leads him to being appointed the general responsible authority over the earth. By 2015, he would declare himself to be the Qa'im, or the one who shall rise, succeeding the first Mahdi. Okay, now obviously we as Christians don't believe this guy, but I think it's important to go over why he is not the successor of Jesus. Jesus, first of all, had no kids, so any claim that he is somehow linked to Jesus in that way is just impossible. If you believe Peter was the successor of Jesus, then we already know that Abdullah is not related to him in any way. In fact, there's no link between this guy and any disciple at all. Christianity is completely unrelated to this dude. I do think this guy is a false prophet. I think he has an antichrist spirit, and let me explain why. Number one, he quite literally is the equivalent of a YouTuber. This guy had no streak read until he used a very expected death of a very old pope as clickbait for marketing. Two, this actually goes a lot further than this. Not only is Abdullah not recognized in any mainstream Shia or Sunni Islam, but he's not even part of any Islamic prophetic lineage at all. Muslim scholars all collectively reject his claims. He says he comes from the family of Muhammad, but I can find literally no proof to back this up. Not only was he born in America, but objectively speaking, Abdullah is just a religious guru with a following. But the question is, what does he want to do? After browsing their website for a bit, I conveniently found a manifesto. Now, it's a little long, so I had to condense it into something easier to listen to, but this is what it says. The Jewish people have been waiting for the Messiah to appear and establish justice on the earth for 2,600 years. The Christians have been waiting for Jesus to return for over 2,000 years. The Muslims have been waiting for the appearance of the Mahdi for over 1,400 years. And yet, when each does appear, or when each had appeared, the establishment of justice on the earth, or a divine just state, is not something which one man can establish alone. Verily, what you have been promised has arrived. In this chapter, the message is just that the popular vote or mob consensus cannot produce righteous leadership. Only a leader chosen and confirmed by God can truly lead a nation or movement to justice and stability. Here, they lay out their core beliefs. They explain how each covenant brings in a new law. Adam had a covenant, Noah had a covenant, Muhammad, and then al-Mahdi. They believe that every time someone new came, there would be a new set of rules and a new set of revelations. They reject all other authority, including Sunni and Shia leaders, the Pope, and all other secular rulers who are just considered illegitimate. They believe that true religion is obedience to a man, and faith without allegiance to the divinely appointed is invalid. But their whole goal here is really to establish this divine just state by forming a society under the Mahdi's leadership. A gigantic platform would be built to spread the call. A media machine, so to speak. This would require men and women who are dedicated to spreading the call of God and serve as writers, television presenters, editors, debaters, missionaries, etc. There would be no currency exchanged between the believers. The community of believers would be like a beehive, working for a common cause, with each member willing to sacrifice himself or herself for the survival of the hive. The Ahmadi religion of peace is almost comparable to Mormonism. It's a religion based off an older version of Islam, with a leader who once again claims to have a new revelation. I find it very chaotic and yet convenient that this is all happening. The Pope dies at the surprising age of 88 before a TV conspiracist takes the credit. Personally, I don't think he is the Antichrist, but I do think this is the beginning of a new type of false prophecy. One that is fueled by social media, dramatic music, and marketing. One where words can be picked out very carefully in order to create this believable narrative, this perfect picture. In reality, I think this is simply the classic story of a man who harnessed the perfect storm.