Iran: Mahdi Is Almost Here

By Douglas V. Gibbs

The Mahdi is the Islamic Messiah. Also known as the 12th Imam, the Muslim belief is that in order to enable the figure to appear, chaos must ensue.

Ahmadinejad, and the rest of his Iranian government, believe that the moment of the coming of the Mahdi is at hand. The unrest in the Muslim world, they believe, is a signal.

Iran believes they are a large part of ushering in the Islamic version of the "End-Times," and they are willing to help the revolutionary movements in the Middle East because the regime believes the chaos is divine proof that their ultimate victory is at hand.

A video, produced by a group supported by the Iranian government, was screened recently, targeting Muslims in the Middle East and around the world with the hopes of revealing that Iran is destined to rise as a great power in the last days to help defeat America and Israel and usher in the return of the Mahdi.

"The Hadith have clearly described the events and the various transformations of countries in the Middle East and also that of Iran in the age of the coming," said a narrator, who went on to say that America's invasion of Iraq was foretold by Islamic scripture--and that the Mahdi will one day soon rule the world from Iraq.

An interesting coincidence, Biblical texts foretell that the anti-Christ will rule in "New Babylon," or the region where present day Iraq exists.

Iran's rise and the coming of the Mahdi is expected to coincide with a Muslim takeover of Jerusalem.

Mideast expert Joel Rosenberg, author of The Twelfth Imam, says: ". . . they believe the time for war with Israel may be even sooner than others had imagined."

The film, "The Coming is Near," will soon be distributed by the Iranian regime throughout the Middle East, in the hopes of instigating further uprisings in Arab countries.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

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