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POSTED 04-17-2001
THE
ULTIMATE DECISION
Will you
choose God's world or Satan's?
by The
Honorable Minister
Louis Farrakhan
[Editor�s Note: The following
text is excerpted from a message
delivered
by
Minister Louis Farrakhan on March 18, 2001 at Mosque
Maryam in Chicago]
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In the Name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
The
message in the mouth of the messenger that comes at the end of the
world condemns a whole world.
It's not a man talking about a nation or a ruler or a king or
government or a system. This is a message that condemns
rulers, all of them; systems, all of them; nations, all of them; the
religions of the world, all of them. That means that the whole
world will come against that individual because nobody wants to
believe that they are wrong or in error. Everybody wants to
believe that they are right. But if we were right, then we would
have a significant impact on Satan's world. Being right in the
mosque doesn't mean anything. Being right in the church or in
the temple doesn't mean anything. There is a world out there that
needs to be conquered for God. The real work is in the
streets.
When that man appears, he will be opposed by the ruling order of
the present world because his presence alone means the end of their
world. So the object of Satan is to stop the increase of the man of
God, to confuse the people about the man of God, to throw a veil
over the man of God and, ultimately, to kill the man of God and all
those that believe in the man of God because to believe in him is to
receive the same anointing that he�s anointed with.
The Holy Qur�an says of the messenger, "Oh, messenger,
deliver that which has been revealed to thee from thy Lord. And if
thou do it not, thou has not delivered His message. And Allah will
protect thee from men. Surely Allah guides not the disbelieving
people." What is Allah (God) saying to the messenger? Allah
is saying, "Don�t be afraid. I know you are going to be
attacked, but Me, and Me alone, should you fear. They are going to
call you a liar when you say that you are My messenger. But I will
bear witness that you are the messenger, but you�ve got to deliver
the message. And if you deliver the message, surely I will protect
you from the men that will attempt to kill you for delivering that
message."
This teaches us the inherent danger that is embodied in
delivering that kind of message. But the messenger is told by Allah,
if you don�t deliver the message you are not My messenger. In
other words, it is the duty of the messenger, without fear of
consequences, to deliver the message that bears witness that this
person is the messenger of God. And the promise of God is that He
will protect the message and the messenger from the plotting of
those who feel that it is their duty to take the messenger�s life
and destroy the power of the truth of his message.
When God comes, His presence in the world is a declaration of
war. It is written that on the coming of God, He will uproot the
wicked and leave them neither root nor branch. If something is
plucked up by the root, it will never grow again. The clashing of
these two worlds puts the people in the valley of decision. Once the
truth is made known to you, then you must decide which world you
want to be a part of. If Satan�s world is exposed and Satan,
himself, is exposed, do you want him for your friend? You�ve got
to make a decision that nobody can make for you. Your life is the
sum total of the decisions that you make, and this is the most
important decision in your life.
When Allah (God) comes, He is bringing in a New World. Satan is
trying to hold on to his world. So the message and the messenger is
what Satan will oppose with all of his power. Therefore, the
messenger and those who believe in the messenger must be of a
certain quality and character to be able to withstand Satan and his
tremendous opposition. None of the prophets, no matter how firm they
were with the message that Allah gave them, were able to keep their
followers and their community from being deceived by Satan after
that prophet left the world.
Moses kept his community together until he went to the
mountains to receive the law. Then Satan upset his community. After
he went up again into the mountains to die, Joshua did well but he
could not hold the community together. The community that is called
Jewish is a divided community today. Their community is beset by
problems caused by deviation from the laws, statutes, and
commandments of Allah (God) that He gave them through the mouth of
their prophets.
As long as Jesus was in the world, he kept the community
together. But when Jesus left the world, the apostles did the best
they could but the early church was filled with division and strife
because Satan was present. After the death of Jesus and his
"resurrection", Christianity did not start again where
Jesus taught and lived�in the tiny state of Palestine that is now
called Israel. It started again in Rome in 325 A.D. when the rulers
got together to decide what they would believe in, and out of that
came the Nicene Creed.
So the Christian house is divided. Who divided you after Christ
came to unite the followers under the Gospel? Satan divided you.
What about the Muslims? The community of Muhammad was beautiful
while he was in the world. But even while he was in the world, the
seed of satanic minds was among some of his followers. Satan could
not win while Muhammad was present, but after he was gone the
community became divided. And the Holy Qur�an teaches, "And
they did not become divided until after knowledge came to them. And
they became divided due to envy."
What causes the division among us? Envy! And envy is the most
irredeemable emotion in the human being. When one person envies
another, that spirit is the spirit of Satan. Envy is in the church;
envy is in the mosque; envy is in the synagogue; envy is in the
world. Satan runs any place where envy is the order of the day.
I know there are sincere Muslims all over the world, as there are
sincere Christians who want the purity of that faith and really are
disturbed at what they see and hear going on in the name of Jesus. I
respectfully say to Christians that Jesus would be classified as
homophobic in today�s world because Jesus said that he wouldn�t
admit the effeminate into his Kingdom, neither the liar, the
adulterer nor the fornicator. His kingdom is going to be righteous.
That means if we are doing those things, we�ve got to clean
ourselves up. Jesus said, "wash and be clean." Dirty
people can�t claim Jesus. I don�t mean just dirty on the
outside. The real filth and the real dirt is the dirt that is on the
heart of those who claim to worship Almighty God.
Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, all have deviated
from the original path. Satan has devoured the entire world, but
there is a remnant that Satan has not overlooked, he just has not
been able to get them. And out of that remnant, Allah will take over
the world and rule it again forever.
Satan was given a season and a time to do his work and, according
to the Bible, he was given six days, but on the seventh day he would
have to rest from his labor. The Bible teaches that a day with the
Lord is as 1,000 years. So, for six thousand years Satan will rule.
Again, the Bible teaches that God�s rule comes after the working
of Satan. After! If Satan is going to rule for 6,000 years, then we
can�t look for God�s presence in the world until the time of
Satan�s rule is up.
Don�t you want to see a change in the people in your community,
synagogue, church, mosque, that when you walk among your own people
that claim they believe like you, that you can feel the presence of
God? Don�t you want to feel that when you come out of your house
with your babies, that you can walk the streets of your community
without fear that some foolish person will drive by and kill your
babies because of gang warfare. Satan rules the streets, but you
want to see a change. That means that you have to make a decision to
accept that truth that will give you the power to go back from here,
or from the church, or from the mosque, and start in your house and
change your family. You must start in the community and begin
changing the people from Satan�s way to God�s way. After a
while, when you look around Satan will be leaving and God will be
coming in. And before you know it the whole spirit in the community
will take on a change.
To be continued, Insha-Allah.
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