"The black flag will fly above the dome" is a clear reference to the Islamic prophecy of the "army of Khorasan" that will identify itself with black flags. Khorasan is a region that includes most of Afghanistan. I've heard some say that the army in that prophecy are none other than the taliban or that the black flag army will emerge from the taliban (just like how the taliban emerged from the Mujahideen).
"There will emerge from Khorasan black banners which nothing will repel until they are set up in Jerusalem" (Da'if) — Ahmad in al-Musnad, 14/383
"When the black flags come from Khorasan go to them, even if you have to crawl on snow, for among them is the Khalifa from Allah, the Mahdi"
— Abd al-‘Alim in al-Mahdi al-Muntazar
"Surely black flags will appear from the Khorasan until the people (under the leadership of this flag) will tie their horses with the olive trees between Bait-e-Lahya and Harasta (names of places in Jerusalem)" — Nuaim Ibn Hammad in Kitab Al-Fitan
"the rod and the ring will strike" sounds like a reference to the rod of Moses and the ring of Solomon. Islamic prophecy says that a "beast" will emerge from the earth that will possess the rod of Moses and the ring of Solomon, and that it would "mark" the disbelievers.
I submit that the beast is greater Israel under the leadership of the antichrist. He will have the "rod of Moses" (the authority of Moses) and the "ring of Solomon" (the ability to control and command demons). That's how he rises to power. So "the rod and the ring will strike" means "Israel will strike".
"The black flag will fly above the dome" is a clear reference to the Islamic prophecy of the "army of Khorasan" that will identify itself with black flags. Khorasan is a region that includes most of Afghanistan. I've heard some say that the army in that prophecy are none other than the taliban or that the black flag army will emerge from the taliban (just like how the taliban emerged from the Mujahideen).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith_of_black_flags
"the rod and the ring will strike" sounds like a reference to the rod of Moses and the ring of Solomon. Islamic prophecy says that a "beast" will emerge from the earth that will possess the rod of Moses and the ring of Solomon, and that it would "mark" the disbelievers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_the_Earth
I submit that the beast is greater Israel under the leadership of the antichrist. He will have the "rod of Moses" (the authority of Moses) and the "ring of Solomon" (the ability to control and command demons). That's how he rises to power. So "the rod and the ring will strike" means "Israel will strike".