Did the End of the World Come 1400 Years Ago? Reading the Truth Behind the 'False Prophet' Label

"Muhammad is a false prophet."
This is a phrase you occasionally see on social media and elsewhere. But if you think about it calmly, it's a bit strange.

Weren't false prophets supposed to appear at the end of the world?
It's been 1400 years since that "end" was supposed to come (lol).

In fact, this "false prophet" label wasn't just a religious dispute; it was a psychological war between civilizations.
Today, let's dig a little deeper into that background.

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Chapter 1: What is a "False Prophet"?

The term "false prophet" originates from the New Testament.
The Gospel of Matthew states:

"Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people" (Matthew 24:11).

Also, in the Book of Revelation, it says, "The false prophet was thrown into the lake of fire along with the beast."
In other words, a "false prophet" is a being that appears at the end of the world to deceive people.

Essentially, this is a symbolic character, not a reference to a specific individual.
However, when a new religion emerged from the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century,
Christians at the time genuinely thought, "This might be the one."

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Chapter 2: The Issue of the Mismatched End-Times Timeline

Let's calculate this calmly.
The Book of Revelation was written at the end of the 1st century AD.
Muhammad was born in 570 and died in 632.

In other words, he lived more than 500 years after the biblical end-times prophecy.
And even 1400 years after that, the end of the world still hasn't come.

So—

"If Muhammad is a false prophet, then the end of the world is taking forever!"
That retort is completely valid (lol).

Chronologically and theologically, the "false prophet designation" doesn't hold up in the first place.

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Chapter 3: The Political Circumstances Behind the Label

Even so, why did the church at the time call Muhammad a "false prophet"?

The background lies in religious wars and the sense of crisis within the empire.
Due to the expansion of Islamic power, Christian regions of the Byzantine Empire (such as Syria and Egypt) were conquered one after another.
Even the holy city of Jerusalem was taken, throwing the Christian world into chaos.

"Why are we, who are supposed to be chosen by God, suffering defeat?"
Theologians explained this question by "demonizing the enemy."

"That is the work of the false prophet who appears at the end of the world."

In other words, the term "false prophet" was a label used more as political propaganda than as religious theory.
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Chapter 4: The Islamic View of the End Times

On the other hand, a completely opposite story is told in Islam.

In the Quran, Muhammad is considered the "Seal of the Prophets (the final prophet),"
and it is the "false messiah (Dajjal)" who appears later who is considered the enemy of the end times.

In other words,

"Muhammad is not a false prophet, but the final true prophet who announced the end of the world."
That is their position.

What Christianity saw as the "enemy of the end times," Islam saw as the "guide of the end times."
Even regarding the same "end of the world," the perspectives are 180 degrees apart.

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Chapter 5: Whose Story is the "False Prophet"?

The term "false prophet" was a device used to negate the enemy.
It was a verbal weapon used to defend the boundaries of civilization rather than just a difference in faith.

The way medieval Christianity called Islam a "false prophet"
is structurally the same as labeling someone a "conspiracy theorist" or "anti-vaxxer" on the internet today.

By applying a label, you protect your own world.
But when you look at history from a bird's-eye view, that "false prophet" is often the one opening the door to a new era.

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Conclusion: The "End of the World" Was Not the End of the World, But a Shift in Civilization

The emergence of Muhammad certainly signaled the "end of the old world."
It was not an apocalyptic destruction, but a shift in civilization.

Behind the term "false prophet" lay fear, misunderstanding, and resistance to the collapse of order.
But history has shown the opposite.
Perhaps the "end of the world" was not a terror, but the beginning of a new civilization.

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