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TechnoratiWith growing numbers of people concerned about the end times, frontier mission strategist David Taylor (a pseudonym) offers an in-depth look at history, current events, and biblical prophecies that together point to 21 specific signs that should occur before the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Taylor, who spent 10 years working with Muslims in the Philippines, spoke to The Christian Post this week about his new book entitled 21 Signs of His Coming.
The following are excerpts from the interview.
CP: Why do you say there can never be peace in the Middle East?
Taylor: I think what a lot of people don’t understand about the Middle East situation is that from the Middle Eastern perspective – these are the non-Jewish perspectives – they are never going to give up until their dreams for the Middle East are realized. And so the whole idea of creating a settlement between Jews and Arabs, while it seems like a good idea to us in the West, the Arab mentality is that you take as much as you can get and you don’t fully disclose your intention. This is something that has been in Islam from the very beginning.
We also know from the Bible that there will not be peace in the Middle East, so you add these two things together and you can see very clearly that there will never be a lasting peace in the Middle East.
CP: Are you against the two-state solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem then?
Taylor: I’m not against it. I am not against people working for peace and the Bible says we are to pray for peace in Jerusalem. This is one of the ironies of Biblical Christian eschatology because even though we know the outcome, for example, that evil will prevail up until the end, we are to fight evil and we are to resist all forms of darkness. We are to resist all things Satan is doing up until the end even though we know we are not going to win. This is one of the paradoxes we find in the scripture.
But nonetheless we know that the Bible says ultimately the court will sit in heaven and the verdict will be given in our favor. I think part of the reason for that is because we have been faithful in the struggle. So we are to work for peace. We are to be champions of peace. We are not to be fatalist in the sense of saying, “Oh you know evil is going to have its way so let it do what it wants.” No, we are to fight against it and oppose it and ultimately we will prevail when Christ returns. But until He returns we will never hope to see peace in the Middle East or a resolution to many problems in the world. They are only going to get worse.
You know, for example, the Bible says the environment will be completely devastated in the end times. But at the same time we are to be caretakers of creation. We are to be that prophetic voice that speaks out against these things even though we know that the Bible says the environment will be completely destroyed. We resist those things. We fight against them and ultimately when Christ comes we will see a restoration of creation.
CP: In the book you talk about the “abomination.” What is the Muslim and Christian claim to this and how is this connected to World War III?
Taylor: In fact, Jesus mentions this and it’s mentioned very prominently in [the Book] of Daniel about the abomination that causes the desolation it’s called. The reason why it is an abomination is because it is something that has to relate to the Temple Mount, to that sacred place. It causes desolation because when this abomination is removed or destroyed in order to make way for the Jewish preparation to rebuild the temple, the entire world goes berserk. Continue »
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