Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 160
160 Christianity – A Journey from Facts to Fiction God’s succour and support through different revelations that he received during the period of intense hostility. At another time it was revealed: "A warner came into the world but was not accepted, but God will accept him and will establish his truth with mighty signs. " "I shall spread thy message to the ends of the earth. " These are some of the early revelations, which helped him to sustain during the state of utter desolation and rejection he suf- fered at the hands of his opponents. More than a hundred years have passed since and the picture that has slowly but steadily emerged fully supports his claims and prophecies and the truth of his revelations. That one man has grown into ten million people all over the world in a hundred and thirty four countries spread over five continents. His message has reached the corners of the earth, from the farthest west to the remotest east He is accepted as the Prom- ised Guided Leader and the Promised Messiah of the Second Advent in the Americas, in Europe, in Africa, in Asia and even in the distant islands of the Southeast Pacific, such as Fiji, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands etc. Despite this, his followers can best be described as a small pool insignificant in volume as compared to the large sea of the Christian world. The achievements of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s as Move- ment would require an account too lengthy for the small space available here but it is essential to note that no other religious movement in the modern times has progressed and spread so