| The third most common End Times Prophecy is that after the great global tribulation a Messiah or Christ will come. |
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| In Islamic tradition, the prophecies fortell two Messiah- the coming of the Imam Mahdi and the Prophet Jesus. | ||
| The Imam Mahdi | ||
| In Arabic, the title of Mahdi means "the divinely guided one" and it is a fundamental principle article of faith for all Muslims, regardless of whether they are Sunni of Shi'ah, to believe the Mahdi will come in the Final Days. | ||
| The arrival of the Mahdi, also knowned as "the Enlightened One" shall precede the arrival of Isa (Jesus). It is also a fundamental belief that the arrival of the Mahdi and then Prophet Jesus will end the reign of evil and they will fill the earth with peace and justice. | ||
| The Prophet (Messiah) Jesus | ||
| The belief that the Prophet Jesus will return is one of the most important prophecies and beliefs of all Islam. It is also one of the most difficult to explain and reconcile. | ||
| The Muslim faith honoring the words of the Holy Qur'an expressely deny that Jesus was a God as Christians today claim. Instead, Muslims honor Jesus who they called Isa as one of the Great Prophets of God (Allah), but a man of flesh and blood. | ||
| The problem then in Islamic theology is properly accounting for a flesh and blood prophet re-appearing after two thousand years. Currently this is answered by a range of suggestions (none of which come directly from the Holy Qur'an) that range from the ridiculous to the blasphemous. | ||
| The confusion and difficulty with this prophecy comes not from the original prophecy but because key words have been changed. One like the Prophet Jesus ( a Messiah) was removed to simply say the Prophet Jesus, thus creating hundreds of years of difficulty. | ||
| The meaning word Messiah and Christ are critically important to understanding the literal nature of this original prophecy. Messiah comes from Hebrew (Moshiach) and later Christ comes from Greek (Christos) meaning precisely the same thing -"the Anointed One". |
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| The title and concept of Moshiach (Messiah/Christ) originates from title given for the Kings of Judah and blood descendents of the House of David from around the 11th Century BCE to the end of the 7th Century BCE when Nebuchadnezzar had Zedekiah and all but one of his family (Princess Tamar/Tephi) executed. |
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| A frequent misunderstanding by many Christians and even Muslims is that the title Messiah or Christ is exclusive to Jesus. A similar misunderstanding exists amongst a number of Jewish sects who believe a person “appointed” by God in the tradition of the prophets can also be called Messiah. This is completely untrue. You cannot become a Messiah - you have to be born a Messiah of the bloodline of the House of David. All the Kings descended from the bloodline of the House of David were Messiahs. |
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| Another misunderstanding is equating "messiah = saviour" which is also literally and interpretatively incorrect. A person can be a savior and not be a messiah. But to be a true messiah, you have to be born of the bloodline of the House of David. | ||
| The third misunderstanding by many Christian sects is the belief that this prophecy is fulfilled other than a flesh and blood person. There is no evidence in historical and credible traditional prophecy to suggest that the Messiah appears as anything other than flesh and blood. | ||
| While many religious leaders over the centuries have claimed to be the “Messiah”, this common prophecy is actually very difficult to fulfill, mainly because the only credible evidence of the continuation of the bloodline exists in the legends of Jeremiah taking Princess Tamar/Tephi to Ireland to the Holly High Kings, the oldest priest bloodlines of history and the bloodline of the Messiah Kings continuing in their veins. |
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| So in order for this common prophecy to be fulfilled in its accurate literal and non-literal sense, the person must possessing within their veins the bloodline of the House of David. |
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