Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 396
396 "t have been sent by God jasfc in the time of need, when tnany people of this age had become like the Jews of old. They have not ouly abandoned righteousness, but have, like the Jews of the days of Jesus, become the enemies of truth. Consequently God has correspondingly called me Messiah. It is not only I that called the people of this age towards rne, but the age also called me. " (Vol. XI. R. R. 1912. ) Why a Prophet of God needed at the present age ? Who can then breathe life into this dead world of ours ? Who can bring back to this earth the faith that has departed from it? The mere preaching of a book will not do. None but a Prophet can regenerate this earth. Prophets have breathed life into dead humanity in the past and if the world is to be regener- ated now, it must be regenerated by a Prophet. Tnat Prophet has already appeared. It was Ahmad of Qadian. He showed thousands of signs, which brought conviction to those who witnessed and pondered over them. But this is not all* Many of his powerful prophecies still await fulfilment. They are prophecies whose fulfilment will be witnessed not by the people of a single country, but by the inhabitants of all lands. When the world will study these prophecies and their wonderful fulfil- ment, and when it will ponder over the numerous heavenly signs which God showed in his favour, it will see God and the result will be that a transformation will be wrought in the beliefs and religious ideas of men and the outcome of all this will be the setting in of a millennium of peace and righteousness on the earth. That millennium has already set in but only a keen eye can discern the moon of the first night.