According
to the 1/14/2024 post
According to
the article at Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi - Wikipedia Ibrahim
Awad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri (28
July 1971 – 27 October 2019),
commonly known by his nom
de guerre Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi was
an Iraqi militant who was the
first caliph[a] of
the Islamic
State (IS)
from 2014 until his
death.
Also according to
the article at this link he killed
himself and his 2 children by a suicide
bombing on Oct. 27, 2019 so he was not
Caliph over a Caliphate for only 42
months nor 1,260 days from June 29, 2014
to Dec. 9, 2017; he was Caliph for 1,947
days from June 29, 2014 to Oct. 27, 2019
which is 64 months 27 days. See the
quote below from the above page:
"On 27 October 2019, Baghdadi
killed himself and two children by
detonating a suicide
vest during the Barisha
raid, conducted by the United States
following approval from
President Donald
Trump, in Syria's
northwestern Idlib
Province.["
Therefore,
Caliph Ibrahim was not the beast of
Rev. 13:3 & 13:12 "whose deadly
wound was healed,"nor Rev.13: 14
"the beast which had a wound by the
sword and did live." He died by a
suicide bombing so Rev. 13:5 so
doesn't apply to him as he wasn't
given power to continue for 42
months nor does Rev. 13:8 below
apply to him either.
Rev. 13:8 "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world."
All people on Earth didn't
worship him 42 months prior to Oct.
27, 2019 when he died nor during the
42 months that he was a Caliph over a
Caliphate. If he was the beast
(Antichrist) he would have been thrown
alive into the lake of fire along with
the false prophet upon the Lord Jesus'
return to Earth after he continued for
42 months. Jesus has yet to return.
The false prophet did not appear at
that time either to do great signs and
wonders nor did Caliph Ibrahim if he
was the beast as the Antichrist do any
signs or lying wonders either nor did
anyone make an image of Caliph Ibrahim
nor did they take his mark in their
right hand or forehead in order to buy
or sell. So the beast in Rev. 13
is the person of the Antichrist who
rules over a kingdom, and the 42
months in Rev. 13:5 does not apply to
Caliph Ibrahim even though he was the
Caliph over the Caliphate for the 42
months that it was in existence.
Although
the Caliphate with territory no
longer existed after Dec. 9, 2017,
they still had Caliphs. According
to the article at Abu
Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi -
Wikipedia the
2nd Caliph of the Islamic state
(ISIS) was Abu
Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi who was Caliph from
Oct. 31, 2019 to Feb. 3, 2022 which
is 827 days. "On 3
February 2022, al-Qurashi killed
himself, and members of his family,
by triggering a large bomb during a
raid by the U.S. Joint
Special Operations Command.
"Abu
al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (died
29 April 2023) was the fourth caliph[a] of
the Islamic
State and allegedly the
first Syrian to serve as caliph.[6] He
took office on 30 November 2022 so
he was Caliph for 151 days."
According
to Abu
Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi -
Wikipedia Abu Hafs
al-Hashimi al-Qurashi is
a militant and the fifth and current
caliph[a]of
the Islamic
State. He was
named as caliph on 3 August 2023, in
an audio message by the spokesperson
of IS, Abu
Hudhayfah Al-Ansari, whose
announcement came four months after
the death of his predecessor Abu
al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi. He
is the current Caliph.
"According
to War
against the Islamic State -
Wikipedia "As of
December 2017, ISIL was
estimated to control no
territory in Iraq, and 5% of
Syrian territory, after prolonged
actions.[112] On 9
December 2017, Iraq declared
victory in the fight against ISIL
and stated that the War
in Iraq was
over.[113][114] On 23
March 2019, ISIL was defeated
territorially in Syria after
losing the Battle
of Baghuz Fawqani, after which
the group was forced into an insurgency.[115] ISIL's
leader, Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi, died during
a US special
operations raid in
northern Syria in October 2019[116] and was
succeeded by Abu
Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. The United
Nations estimated
in August 2020 that over 10,000
ISIL fighters remained in Syria and Iraq, mainly
as sleeper
cells.[117]"
So even though the
Islamic State was defeated on Dec.
9, 2017 and has no territory as a
Caliphate, they still continue to
have a Caliph.