The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 71
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. SIGNS FOR PROMISED ONE. Various signs have been foretold in the scriptures of great religions for the appearance of the Promised Messiah in later days. In general, most of these signs given in different scriptures resemble each other. The Promised Messiah has been called 'Mahdi' and 'Messiah' in Islamic books of Hadith (sayings of prophet) and his appearance has been foretold in the Bible as the second coming of. Jesus. . In Bible signs of the second coming of Jesus have been given. . Jesus said: "Countries will fight each other, kingdoms will attack one another. There will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and plagues everywhere; there will be strange and terrifying things coming from the sky. " (Luke 21:10-11). He further prophesied that the days of his the second coming will be like the days of Noah (Math. 24:37) and like the days of Lot (Luke 17:28-30). All these signs have been fulfilled and the Promised One has appeared in the person of Hadhrat Ahmad who claimed his divine mission in 1889. Though wars, famines, and epidemics have always occurred in the world, the unprecedented combination of all the world-wide catastrophes and all other signs considered together along with revolutionary changes since the last decade of the 19th century point out the fulfillment of the signs predicted. Plague epidemic occurred in India during the time of Hadhrat Ahmad. Aircraft, missiles, and other fearful weapons have been invented resulting in raining of destruction from the sky as the words, "strange and terrifying things coming from sky" had predicted. First and Second. World Wars and the threatening nuclear war, under whose shadow we live, are unprecedented in human history. The days of Noah and the days of Lot are upon us. In the prediction of darkening of the Sun and. Moon (Math. 24:29), an eclipse of the Sun and Moon as a sign for. Messiah was predicted and not any permanent darkening. This prophecy was fulfilled in 1894 and 1895 and will be discussed in 71