This article is about a character from Kingdom Come: The Final Victory. Not to be confused with Kasim Ameer, a character from Left Behind: The Kids.
Qasim Marid was a friend of Zaki who grew up as a "natural" in the Millennial Kingdom period in Kingdom Come. He worked at the Children Of The Tribulation school and was introduced to the Millennium Force in the hopes that he would infiltrate The Other Light and get some information about the group that they could use against them. During his interview for the Millennium Force, he gave a perfunctory summary of his Christian testimony, saying that he "prayed the prayer, got saved." Raymie Steele thought there was something unusual about Qasim since he was unenthusiastic about preaching the Gospel. While working at the Children of the Tribulation, Qasim could not recall anyone who prayed with him for salvation, even though Bahira Ababneh said one has almost has to try in order not to lead someone to Christ, even if that person works in the recreation department where an employee had fewer opportunities to minister to children.
Ekaterina Risto said that Qasim never initiated a conversation about the Lord and never did any real work at Children of the Tribulation, such as putting equipment away and carrying stuff. All Qasim did was play with the children. When Chloe and Cameron looked over the employee records, they noticed that Qasim was absent during the three times when the Biblical patriarchs (David, Noah, and Joshua and Caleb together) spoke at Children of the Tribulation.
He presented a copy of "If It's True..." to the Millennium Force in order to gain their trust and to demonstrate that he would be an effective agent by gaining the confidence of The Other Light. Secretly, though, Qasim was already working for The Other Light as a plant to get information about the Children Of The Tribulation and to cause trouble, eventually framing Kenny Bruce Williams as a defector to The Other Light. However, when Sarsour came with Abdullah Smith to reveal the truth about Qasim, he was fired from his job and soon died at his 100th birthday.
Quote[]
"How did you come to Christ?"
"I hardly remember; it’s been so long. I mean, I don’t recall my life at all before I was a believer. You know, with Jesus being here and in charge and all that since I was a baby, that made it easy."
"But at some point you had to have—"
"Seen my need, as my dad calls it? Sure. Born in sin. Separated from God. Needed a bridge. Prayed the prayer. Got saved."
Raymie Steele and Qasim in Qasim's interview to join the Millennium Force.
Appearances[]
- Kingdom Come (death)