The Origins of the Islamic Religion

Quoted from The History of Mecca:

Islamic rituals are found to be little more than thinly repackaged pagan Arabian moon, sun, star and jinn-demon worship, embellished by books inspired by Hebrew and Arabian fables that Mohammed learned during his travels, or was taught by friends like Jabr, his wives and concubines, as well as influence by Zoroastrianism and the 2nd century occult cult of the Sabians. So deeply involved was Mohammed and three of his cousins in the cult of the Sabians, that folks in his own tribe referred to Mohammed simply as “the Sabian”. Indeed Mohammed mentions the Sabians right alongside Christians in the Quran. It should be no surprise then to learn that the Sabians/Harranians prayed five times a day, practiced ablution, prostrated in prayer, wore long white robes and fasted for 30 days during the same month as Ramadan, which are rituals that Mohammed incorporated into his religion, with a claim that the practices were dictated to him while taking an overnight ride on a flying donkey-mule from Mecca, to Jerusalem, to Heaven and then back to Mecca by morning.

Mecca was settled around the 4th century A.D. by the Yemeni tribe of Khuzaa'h, joined later by Mohammed’s tribe the Quraish. The Kaaba was built around the early 5th century likely by Asa'd Abu Karb, for Arabian Star Family worship after the black stone made it's way to Mecca, most likely from Yemen. Early reporters recounted that prior to the construction of the Kaabah, a tent occupied the site. The Kaaba eventually housed 360 idols dedicated to Arabian moon, sun, star and jinn (demon) worship. It is no secret that the black stone that Muslims still prostrate themselves toward 5 times a day, venerate, and circumambulate, is the same black stone idol that pagan Arabians venerated and circumambulated. In other words, the Quraish established the rituals that Mohammed eventually adopted and then adapted to his religion.

Quoted from Brother Pete's site:

The Hadith records that pagans controlled the Kaaba before Mohammed started his religion, and that the Kaaba contained 360 idols. After Mohammed returned to Mecca from Medina and broke the "Truce of Hudaybiyyah" he had made with his own tribe the Quraish, he then removed all the idols except one. The black stone that remains to this day is the same that pre-Islamic pagans went on pilgrimage to and circumambulated, in Arabian moon god and Star Family worship. There is no question that Muhammad - as "prophet" - engaged in the very same pagan rituals.

The pattern seems the same as to what Constantine did in creating Christianity: bring in pagan customs and rituals to attract non-believers into the church.  Mohammed used the same tactics in starting his religion: take from all existing Muslim beliefs and hone it down into a new and improved system of belief.  All religion ends up being is paganism painted with nicer colors.  I've said it before and will say it again because it is true: Satan has a counterfeit for everything Yah said.

Muslims are taught that walking around the Kaaba seven times, kissing the black stone, traveling from hill to hill near Mecca, casting stones and cutting their hair may provide remission of sin, while at the same time they are taught to reject the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the sinless Lamb of God, whom God manifest to save everyone from sin - whether they can afford to travel or are poor - who have faith in His shed blood.

Circumambulating Kaabas, kissing stone idols, and going on pilgrimages to religious sites were pagan rituals that preceded Mohammed by centuries.  Mohammed spun his version of religion using many threads from previous, familiar pagan behavior and mixing in bits and pieces from Scriptures.  There are some common threads but Yahweh kept His covenant through Jacob and not Esau.

Allah is not Yahweh.

David's Shield ~ Remphan's Star ~ Solomon's Seal

Do Not Confuse the Three

Psalm 3 was written after David fled from his son Absalom:

O YHWH, my foes are so many! Many are those who attack me; many say of me, "There is no deliverance for him through Elohim."  But You, O YHWH, are a shield around me, my glory, He who holds my head high.

David said this after Yah had saved him from the hands of all his enemies and the hands of Saul:

II Samuel 22 ~ O Elohim, my crag, my fastness, my deliverer! The rock wherein I take shelter; my shield, my mighty champion, my fortress and refuge! My savior, You who rescue me from violence!

Proverbs 30:5 tells us Every word of Elohim is pure, a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He indict you and you be proved a liar.

And in Deuteronomy 33:29 we read "O happy Israel! Who is like you, a people delivered by YHWH, your protecting shield, your sword triumphant!"

Our Creator is the Shield of David 

and the shield of anyone who takes refuge in Him, 

YHWH our Elohim.

"Today, the Six Pointed Star or Hexagram is the most popular and universally recognized symbol of Jewry. It is known as Star of David, Magen David, or the Jewish Star. Ironically, David had nothing to do with the hexagram and it did not represent the Jewish people until the 17th century."

The star of the false god Rephan:

Acts 7:43 ~ But you have taken the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of the deity of Rephan that you made images to be worshipped.  

Amos 5:26 ~ And you shall carry off your "king" - Sikkuth and Kiyyun - the images you have made for yourself of your astral deity...

Sikkuth and Kiyyun are two Akkadian names applied to Saturn (worshiped as an astral deity). The six pointed star symbol (hexagram) is called the 'talisman of Saturn' which became known as the Seal of Solomon. 'Akkadian' was a semitic language spoken in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq and Syria) between about 2,800 BC and 500 AD.

Speaking of Saturn, many say the 'black cube' in Mecca relates to it. This place of worship includes a stone held in place by a silver frame set in the corner of the Kaaba that Muslims kiss if near enough to it. It is said this stone "fell from heaven". Muslims believe this stone was found by Abraham and used in the construction of the Kaaba. It is also said it was given to Ishmael and that it turned black because it absorbed the sins of those who touched it. This stone is still part of Islamic idol worship today.

Acts 19:35 ~

....Men of Ephesus, what person is there among you who does not know the city of the Ephesians is devoted to the worship of the great Diana, and of her image (stone?) that descended (fell) from heaven?

Here’s a brief summary of the mythology of Saturn:

“With the deposing of his father, Saturn became the ruler of the Universe for untold ages and he reigned with his sister, Ops, who also became his wife. It was prophesied that one day Saturn would lose power when one of his children would depose him. To prevent this from happening, each time Ops delivered a child Saturn would immediately swallow it. When her sixth child, Jupiter (Zeus), was born, Ops had him spirited away to the island of Crete. She then wrapped a stone in his swaddling clothes. Her deception was complete when Saturn swallowed it, thinking it was the child. When Jupiter was grown, he secured the job of cup-bearer to his father. With the help of Gaia, his grandmother, Jupiter fed his father a potion that caused him to vomit up Jupiter’s five siblings, Vesta (Hestia), Ceres (Demeter), Juno (Hera), Pluto (Hades), and Neptune (Poseidon).”

Molek was the detestable false god of the Ammonites. People offered their children as a sacrifice by fire to Molek which sound an awful lot like Saturn's behavior who ate his offspring.  Playing connect-the-dots in pagan behavior never ends!  Satan's deceptions adapt to each generation as time goes by, the same story with different actors.

Leviticus 20 ~ Anyone among the Israelites or among the strangers residing in Israel, who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall be put to death; the people shall pelt him with stones. (this is in the same paragraph stating: and if any person turns to ghosts and familiar spirits and goes astray after them I will set My Face against that person and cut him off from among his people.)

Jeremiah 32:34 ~ They placed their abominations in the House which bears My name and defiled it; and they built the shrines of Baal which are in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, where they offered up their sons and daughters to Molech - when I had never commanded, or even thought of commanding, that they should do such an abominable thing, bringing guilt upon Judah.

Zephaniah 1 ~ Yah says: I will stretch out My arm against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem; and I will wipe out from this place every vestige of Baal, and the name of (priests of heathen gods) along with the names of other priests; and those who bow down on the roofs to the host of heaven; and those who bow down and swear to Me the Elohim of hosts but also swear by Malcam (Milcom/Molech); and those who have forsaken Me and not sought nor turned to Me.

It appears that Baal is behind a lot of these abominable ways.

Baal (ba'al) was an ancient Canaanite and Mesopotamian deity associated with agriculture. He was believed to be the "giver of life" and mankind was dependent upon him for providing what was necessary to sustain the farms, flocks and herds. He was also called the "son of Dagon" (who was in control of the grain), and "Hadad" the storm god who would provide plentiful rains after hearing his voice (thunder).  The land of Canaan was devoted to the worship of Baal. The Semitic word Baal means "lord" or "master" and the Canaanites believed that Baal was in absolute control over nature and over people. It was he who was in charge of the rain and the weather, and man's survival was dependent upon Baal's provision.

Yah tells Moses when he goes through the territory of Moab he will be close to the Ammonites and not to harass them or start a fight with them. Yah assigned this land to the descendants of Lot.  The land was counted as part of Rephaim (plural for Rephan) country whom the Ammonites called Zamzummim, a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakites (descendants of the Nephilim).

The six pointed star (hexagram) 
is not the star of David 

nor the shield of David 
but is the star/planet symbol (Saturn) 

of the false god called Rephan.

It is the symbol that became known as

Solomon's Seal

Satan's goal is to be worshiped as 'god' - he is the ultimate counterfeit to the one true Elohim, YHWH.  Satan was even bold enough to tempt Y'shua to bow down and worship him.  How much more will he lead people in the end times to do the same?  Most people aren’t going to openly worship Satan, but, because he uses other ‘gods’ and ‘idols’ to accept worship indirectly, many will be deceived.

David's shield, and ours, is The Creator.
Remphan's star is an astral deity, a pagan god.
Solomon's Seal is the talisman of Saturn, a pagan god.

The hexagram combined with the fish symbol is just another abomination to our Creator.  Before Christianity adopted the fish symbol, it was known by pagans as "the Great Mother", and "womb". Its link to fertility, birth, and the natural force of women was acknowledged also by the Celts, as well as pagan cultures throughout northern Europe. 

All it takes is a little time to research the origins of such things and to allow His Spirit to reveal the truth of the matter.  The key is not to be deceived.  Yah's people are destroyed for lack of knowledge - they are those who did not love the truth.