Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 46
46 v/ partial fulfilment in John The Baptist's message, not that John was Elias, but he preached in the spirit and power of Elias. Bead Matt. 11: 14, Matt. 17: 10-12 and Luke 1: 17. The first advent of Christ was not the "great and dreadful day of the Lord,"- as noted above, but the second coming of Christ, as betokened f by the signs in the sun and moon is the "Great and terrible day i( of the Lord," therefore, the prophecy predicts a message of warning to precede that day. The prophecies of the second coming of Christ are fulfilled on all sides, and in every walk of life conditions exist as foretold by the prophets as signs of the times, We have therefore / reached the time for the Herald of that day to bear a message in the spirit and power of Elijah. The message is here, in fulfilment of the prophecy, and is sounding forth, its note of warning to the inhabitants of the earth. Like Elijah's message and like John's message it is no respecter of persons, but comes v addressed to religious teachers, to the church, to all nations and religions, telling them in the language of John "Repent ye, for v the kingdom of heaven is at hand. " Matt. 3: 1-2. Before every great crisis in earth's affairs, in which heaven has wrought, God has always favoured Earth with a message of warning and repen- tance. It was true in Noah's day and "As it was in the days of J No'e so shall it also be in the days of the Son of Man. " Luke j 17: 26- Crisis come and have come because of the condition of the hearts of men, and the same condition of heart that brings v the crisis causes men to reject the warning message of God that is sent in love. This was true in Noah's day, was true in John's day, and will be. true in this our time of coming crisis. Men will pursue their bent of nature in opposition to God, will reject His warning and know not until Gabriel's trumpet sounds their note of doom The world sleeps on and repents not because the