Posted on 07/21/2008 1:57:40 PM PDT by Raineygoodyear
QOM, Iran -- Iran's president believes Allah has chosen him to prepare the world for the coming of an Islamic 'savior' called the Mahdi.
But before the Mahdi's return, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes there must be global chaos - even if he has to create it himself.
Whether it's his belief that Israel should be wiped off the map, denials of the Holocaust, obsession with going nuclear, or support for radical Islamic terrorist groups, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a man on a divine mission.
To understand him, and that mission, you have travel to the small dusty village of Jamkaran tucked in a corner of Iran's holy city of Qom.
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, CBN News made that journey heading south out of Iran's capital, Tehran. Some 95 miles, and a couple of wrong turns later, we arrived at the Jamkaran mosque on the outskirts of Qom.
Behind the Jamkaran mosque there is a well. According to many Shiite Muslims, out of this well will emerge one day their version of an Islamic 'savior.'
They call him the Mahdi or the 12th Imam.
Ron Cantrell has written a book about the Mahdi. He explained, "The Mahdi is a personage that is expected to come on the scene, by Islam, as a messiah figure. He is slotted to come in the end of time, according to their writings, very much like how we think of the return of Jesus."
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Cantrell further explained, “The Mahdi will take Jesus to Mecca, they will circum-ambulate the Kabah together. The Mahdi will teach Jesus to pray; at which time Jesus will then replace the Gospel with the Koran, and then all of us Christians, wherever you are on the face of the earth, will convert to Islam because Islam will be deemed the one lasting pure religion.”
As the West drifts closer to a potential showdown over Iran’s nuclear program, followers of the Mahdi are getting ready for judgment day.
And many of them are convinced that President Ahmadinjead will fulfill his divine mission to prepare the world for the coming of the Islamic ‘savior.’
RUFF, RUFF!! A thermonuclear device ought to bring him out.
AMEN BRUTHA!
Well wait until this Mahdi has a son who becomes a worm-like almost immortal tyrant emperor that destroys all spice and space travel. They will be surprised then.
well it seems i am not the only one that has noticed the similarities between Dune and “Lawrence of Arabia”
Spice=Oil - we use it to fold space. It’s intoxicating. You can get addicted to it.
Herbert was a visionary.
I remember reading in Revelation about the last days, and how for the sake of their testimony that believers would have their heads chopped off.
I wondered (in the 70s) how that could ever happen in the 21st century.
Now I know - a resurgent Islam + Global government = state religion forced down your throat, or else the government will slit it.
Second that Amen!
I sometimes catch a little flack for saying it, but I say it anyway: I personally believe without doubt that I will live long enough to see the literal Second Coming of Christ.
And I daresay that many of us will also, I pray that you are all among that number.
May the Lord be with you.
Best,
MKJ
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