The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 85
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI millennium of peace and spiritual progress will follow. This has been predicted by the Promised Messiah. . It is important to know that according to the Holy Quran, as explained by the Promised Messiah, all prophecies of punishment are conditional and are not inevitable. Thus according to Quranic principles, if the nations of the world turn to God in repentance and make amend with righteous actions, God will avert the prophecies of punishment. His mercy encompasses everything. An example is. Prophet Jonah and his nation. When his nation turned to God in repentance, God averted the prophecy about their impending punishment. . Thus in the present era, when mankind has been brought to the brink of a nuclear war due to development of nuclear weapons and the arms race in the last half century, the only security for modern man is to turn to God with faith and repentance and make amend with righteous actions. Otherwise no defence plan, however sophisticated, and no political strategy to gain peace, will succeed. Development of weapons of mass destruction like nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them must be most sinful in the eyes of God and is a crime against humanity. The idea that development of nuclear weapons and the balance of fear from nuclear weapons itself will prevent a Third. World War is an illusion. . Modern man and super powers face a choice. They must end the arms race and destroy their nuclear arsenals and turn to Gracious and Merciful God, One and only One, with repentance. Otherwise it may be too late to avoid destruction. alis 85