The Return of Jesus (original) (raw)
"The ways Christ in Islam and Christ in Christianity are described throws up an amazing number of similarities. Reading about his conception, for example, in the Quran, is very similar to reading about it in the chapter on the story of Mariyam. Reading of his miracles is like hearing a summary of what was reported of them by Christian sources. And the Quran has an account of the crucifixion just as the gospels and epistles also have accounts. The latter often conflict with each other and former reports how the different witnesses conflict in their beliefs concerning what happened. Yet these similarities are broad, and differences in the details are many. No more than in the account of his predicted second coming are these differences acute. The first part of this account briefly sketches how Judaism, Christianity and Islam see the Messiah at the end of times. Then it discusses the prophecies and portents in Islam of the descent of Jesus in the Quran and the prophetic narrations. The third part gives the context of Jesus’ second coming, the trials and tribulations before it, the rise of the Mahdi and the advent of Maseeh ad-Dajjal (the False Messiah). It then describes the role of Jesus in killing the Adversary. The fourth and fifth parts describe events after the death of the False Messiah: It speaks of how Jesus describes the places in heaven for his followers, the annulment of the false religions of the people of the Book, and the establishment of God’s nation under Jesus. It then introduces the invasion of the Gog and Magog. The final part of the main body of the story describes the end of Gog and Magog, which is followed by an era of peace and plenty, a world without war and the universality of God’s True Religion. In conclusion, it describes the final acts of piety that Jesus performs, and his death of Jesus burial, which presage the final moments of mankind on Earth."
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