The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 224
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI now he, the Promised Messiah, had come; with his prayers and supplications, efforts, strong arguments, and heavenly signs; Dajjal will slowly retreat and melt away. Gog and Magog will be involved in mutual conflict and dreadful signs will be shown. And all nations will be unified by the Promised Messiah. . The prophecy about Gog and Magog also is recorded in the. Book of Ezekiel. With the second World War, Gog and Magog took the form of two opposing super-power blocs America with its. European allies and the Soviet Union with its Communist allies. In the Post-Second World War period the danger of conflict or a nuclear war has persisted for many decades because of their mounting rivalry, unending arms-race with nuclear warheads and long-range missiles. . During the Cold War period, a world war between super powers was avoided probably by mutual fears of nuclear arms. During this time, the mischief and rivalry of super powers resulted in many regional conflicts, like in Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. They also fanned other existing conflicts by providing arms to opposing sides. . Humanity suffered in these regional conflicts and revolutions. . Horrifying signs have been shown in the form of two world wars, the like of this destruction has never been seen in the history of Man. . Further revolutions have occurred with fantastic speed. . International Communism in the Soviet Union has collapsed, and it broke up into Russia and other independent nations along its borders in 1991. The Eastern European countries have shed communism and are aspiring to join NATO. Russia has made a beginning in democracy. There is more freedom of press and now after many decades there is religious freedom. Along the Southern rim of Russia, in Central Asia, six new Islamic states have emerged. Namely,. Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, and. Tajikistan. Some of these areas were great centres of learning and of. Islamic civilization in the past. It is hoped that with freedom, democracy, and with their learning of Islam and discovering their past heritage, they will excel again. This great revolution and the collapse of the Communist Soviet Union, is a great and welcome change for the free world and for world peace. 224