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Sent: March 06, 2006 07:18
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Coming Soon, Who
are they expecting?
Many now expect the return of their awaited Teacher, whether they call
him the Christ, Messiah, the fifth Buddha, Krishna, or the Imam Mahdi.
Millions now know that the Teacher who fulfills all these expectations is
already living among us.
Maitreya, the World Teacher, has not come alone, but with a group of wise
Teachers who have long guided humanity from behind the scenes.
"Jewish messianic expectation is not in vain. It can become for us
Christians a powerful stimulant to keep alive the eschatological dimension of
our faith. Like them, we too live in expectation. The difference is that for
us the One who is to come will have the traits of
the Jesus who has already come and is already
present and active among us."
One of the first acts of Mr Ahmadinejad's government was to donate about
£10 million to the Jamkaran mosque, a popular pilgrimage site where the pious
come to drop messages to the Hidden Imam into a holy
well.
All streams of Islam believe in a divine saviour, known
as the Mahdi, who will appear at the End of Days. A common rumour -
denied by the government but widely believed - is that Mr Ahmadinejad and his
cabinet have signed a "contract" pledging themselves to work for the return of
the Mahdi and sent it to Jamkaran.
Iran's dominant "Twelver" sect believes this will be Mohammed ibn Hasan,
regarded as the 12th Imam, or righteous descendant of the Prophet
Mohammad.
He is said to have gone into "occlusion" in the ninth century, at the age
of five. His return will be preceded by cosmic chaos, war and bloodshed. After
a cataclysmic confrontation with evil and darkness, the Mahdi will lead the
world to an era of universal peace.
This is similar to the Christian vision of the Apocalypse. Indeed, the
Hidden Imam is expected to return in the company of
Jesus.
Mr Ahmadinejad appears to believe that these events are close at
hand and that ordinary mortals can influence the divine
timetable.
The prospect of such a man obtaining nuclear weapons is worrying.
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20060205-100341-6320r.htm
"The ultimate promise of all Divine religions," says Ahmadinejad, "will be
fulfilled with the emergence of a perfect human being [the
12th
Imam], who is heir to all prophets. He will lead the world to justice
and absolute peace. Oh mighty Lord, I pray to you to hasten the emergence of
your last repository, the promised one." He reckons the return of the Imam,
AWOL for 11 centuries, is only two years away.
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