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309 razed to the ground. Holiday resorts built by the British were reduced to rubble. Cantonments at Dalhousie and Bakloh were also destroyed. Many towns and villages were affected and about twenty thousand people perished. Geologists were left scratching their heads as to the cause of the earthquake. Little did they know that the earthquake was the result of the denial of the Promised Messiah as and that it had come to alert people to the importance of his claim. Scientists sought the cause of the earthquake within the earth but its cause was above ground. The silent volcano of Kangra was only doing the will of God. In addition to this, the Promised Messiah as foretold many other earthquakes which took place in their time, and more are yet to come. (9) The Great War of 1914–18 This prophecy was about the Great War which proved that just as God has dominion over all material things, so does He have power over the minds of the people who, in their arrogance and being intoxicated with power, think that God has no power over them. This prophecy was a sign for the whole world. It proved that the dominion of God extends over the hearts and minds of rulers and leaders just as it extends over common men and women. It was published in 1905 and foretold the Great War of 1914–18 which bewildered the whole world and has not yet completely died out. The literal words of the prophecy seem to speak of an earth - quake but it actually points to another calamity, as is supported