The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 223
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI the United Nations. But for the past 49 years India has stubbornly refused to hold such a plebiscite in Kashmir. Since 1989 the freedom movement has taken a violent turn, resulting in the death of thousands of innocent people. The Kashmir problem remains the greatest threat to peace between India and Pakistan. The world community so far has ignored the Kashmir problem and the long suffering of the brave. . Kashmiris. The other example is Israel and its actions towards. Palestinians and Arabs. It is hoped that the recent peace agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation will succeed and bring about reconciliation, peace, and stability to the Middle East. . Israel has no future unless it learns to live in peace with Palestinians and its Arab neighbours. . There has occurred a revolution in modern times with new inventions, new means of rapid transportation and communication, mass media, new technology, and easy travel. The result of this revolutionary change has made the world like a "global Village". The. Promised Messiah had proclaimed at the turn of the century that all new inventions, technology, and new means of transport and communication etc. , are all for his sake; so that his message may spread and bring about the unity of all nations. He had also. prophesied about rapid historical changes and revolutions with his advent' He said that only after a few generations (3 or 4) a period would come in which the Christian dominance of the world will recede into the past and the world will take another turn. We have already discussed the prophecy about Dajjal, Gog, and Magog which occur in Hadees and the Holy Quran. The Promised Messiah explained that both of these mean the European Christian nations of the Latter days, which were to become the most powerful and dominant in the world. Dajjal meant the religious and cultural aspects of Christianity and its clergy and missionaries which spread all over the world. And Gog and Magog represent their political power. He also named Gog and Magog as Britain and Russia and their allies. He said that no Muslim power or kings were able to defend themselves and many of them bowed down before the European powers; and some had been trampled under their feet. Hadhrat Ahmad said that 223