Mahdi Activities For Pre-Qiyamah Judgement Day

When the US and Israel began joint strikes on Iran on Feb. 28 two months ago, Tehran attacked Israel and the Arab states and blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway that about 20 percent of the world's oil normally passes. BP's profits for the first three months of the year have more than doubled due to the Iran war. Gog and Magog are attacking.

About 522,000 Palestinian voters participated in local elections in local councils in the occupied West Bank and the city of Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. Voter turnout in the West Bank reached 56 percent, a slight fall from the 58 percent turnout in the 2022 election. Nearly 1.5 million people are registered to vote in the West Bank, as well as 70,000 people in Deir El-Balah area. Deir al-Balah recorded the lowest voter turnout at 23 percent. Women's representation among the winners reached 33 percent. This is a positive pre-Judgement Day Mahdi influence.

After about eight weeks IDF says Tehran still has hundreds of launchers and a 1,000 missiles, 'plugged' underground but not destroyed. New Iranian cluster missiles can now split into as many as 20-80 sub-missiles, allowing one missile to hit multiple targets simultaneously., and making it much harder to shot each one down. And the Iran war is creating worst energy crisis 'in history,' says International Energy Agency. Sudan enters a fourth year of war as officials lament an 'abandoned crisis' Qiyamah Judgement Day. Gog and Magog are on attack.

Lebanon President Aoun, speaking to a meeting at the Presidential Palace for displaced residents said, "Those who dragged us into war in Lebanon are now holding us accountable for deciding to go to negotiations on the pretext of lack of national consensus, and I ask: When you went to war, (against Israel), did you first obtain national consensus?" he said, rejecting accusations that engaging in talks amounts to surrender. "What we are doing is not treason; rather, treason is committed by those who take their country to war to achieve foreign interests." Mahdi support.

Saudi Arabia's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva renewed his country's strong condemnation of "blatant Iranian attacks" against the Kingdom, other Arab Gulf states and Jordan at an emergency meeting of the UN Human Rights Council. Journalists across the Arab world reacted to the talks between Israel and Lebanon, openly criticizing the Hezbollah terrorist organization and questioning its role in dragging Lebanon into conflict. "It's worth remembering who entered the war on October 8," one commentator wrote.

Argentina's President Javier Milei visited Israel on April 19. This will be the third visit to Israel as leader by the libertarian Milei. Argentina has lambasted Iran's "persistent refusal" to cooperate with the probe into a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and injured more than 300 at a Jewish community center. Milei, raised a Catholic, has studied Jewish scriptures, and has cheered the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

And last year saw the highest level of deadly violence against Jews around the world in over three decades, with 20 people killed in antisemitic attacks, according to an annual study released by Tel Aviv University. And in Britain, two people were killed at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Gog fights Mahdi.

"They ask you (O Muhammad) about the Hour (of Qiyahmah) when will be its appointed time? You have no knowledge to say anything about it. To your Lord belongs (knowledge of) the term. You (O Muhammad) are only a warner for those who fear." (Qur'an 79:42-45)

According to Islamic tradition, the Day of Judgment (Qiyahmah) is where every human soul accounts for all of their actions. While some Muslim scholars have suggested a 1500-year period, until Qiyamah scholarly consensus emphasizes that only Allah knows the exact time. As the Qur'an (33:63) states:"People ask you concerning the Hour, say: "The knowledge of it is only with Allah. What do you know? It may be that the Hour is (very) near!"

Al-Suyooti said that the Mahdi will appear after twelve hundred years, yet fourteen hundred years have passed and the Mahdi has not yet appeared. Al-Suyooti also says that people will remain for one hundred and twenty years after the sun rises from the west, then the Hour will begin.

The sun rising from the West refers to the truth that things change. For thousands of years wisdom came from the East; but now most non religious wisdom comes from the West; and both sources need to be harmonized. For example, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defense said Iran has launched at least 44 ballistic and seven cruise missiles and more than 600 drones toward the Kingdom since February 28 and as of April 7 Bahraini air defense has intercepted and destroyed 188 ballistic missiles and 477 drones launched from Iran since February 28. A Mahdi job to bring the Gulf Arabs closer to Israel.

Tehran's Gulf neighbors face 83 percent of Iran barrage of missiles and drones compared with 17 percent launched at Israel. At the same time Israel admitted and confirmed that only about a third of Iran's missile arsenal has been destroyed so far. The Muslim Mahdi also is active doing this.

Over three-quarters of Jewish Israelis support continuing the war against Iran after seven weeks, though a majority of both Jews and Arabs think planners of the US-Israeli operation have underestimated Tehran's staying power. US intel. suggests half of Islamic regime weapons still intact as Iran targets northern Israel.

Seven weeks of intense US-Israeli bombardment has failed to silence Iran's missile and drone batteries, with Kuwait reporting it had intercepted five drones. And Tehran struck a key water and electrical plant in hard-hit Kuwait, as part of its campaign targeting the Gulf Arab states.

Now, since the Middle East war erupted on the 28 of February, Bahrain's Defense Force reported it has engaged a total of 385 drones and 174 missiles since February 28. And Hezbollah fired an average of 150 rockets per day since March, according to the Israeli military, as cited by The Times of Israel. Defense forces by the UAE and Kuwait said they were actively responding to new waves of hostile missile and drone attacks launched from Iran. The UAE and Bahrain signed a five year currency swap agreement worth $5.44 billion to strengthen financial ties and supporting local currency liquidity between the two economies.

The Qur'an (46:12-14) states "And before it (the Qur'an) was the Book of Moses (in Hebrew), a model and a mercy. And this (Qur'an) is a confirming Book, in the Arabic language, to warn those who do wrong; and good news for the doers of good. 13. Those who say, "Our Lord is God," then lead a righteous life; they have nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve. 14. These are the inhabitants of Paradise, where they will dwell forever; a reward for what they used to do."

Christianity, Judaism and Islam teach their followers to take care of the earth. Christians, Muslims and Jews also believe that humans should act as guardians and trustees (stewardship and khalifah) on our planet, and that they will be held accountable by God for their actions.

As a Reform Rabbi who believes that the world wide upheavals we see, are part of the birth pains of the Messianic Age, I offer Christians and Muslims some positive insights from the Jewish Prophets and the Rabbinic Sages.

Many millions of Jews, Christians and Muslims believe the wars of Gog and Magog (Gog u-Magog in Hebrew and "Yajuj and Majuj" in Arabic) which started in the 18th to 20th centuries will come to an end in the 21st century.

It is true that human society changed more rapidly, violently and fundamentally in the last 250 years than ever before in history. Doctors saved the lives of millions. Dictators sacrificed the lives of millions. Populations are exploding in Africa and populations are declining in Europe. Technology produces both worldwide prosperity and worldwide pollution at the same time. And a Key Atlantic ocean current is much closer to collapse than scientists thought.

Should we look upon the future with optimistic hope or with fatalistic trepidation? Is the world and our society heading towards a wonder-filled new age, or toward a doomsday? Or are both occurring almost concurrently because breakdown is always a prelude to breakthrough?

Jews, whose Biblical prophets were the ones who first wrote about a future Messianic Age, recognize that the birth of a Messianic Age must be preceded by its birth-pangs. But the prophets of Israel also emphasize the glories of a future world living in peace and prosperity with justice for all. Ancient Jewish prophecies did proclaim that there would be an end to the world as we know it.

But they did not prophesy that the world will come to an end, nor did the Prophets of Israel offer an exact date for the transition. The exact advent of the Messianic Age is not knowable because humans have free will and thus the exact time and manner of redemption cannot be determined in advance. Much depends on what we humans do.

The beginning of the Messianic Age is a time of transition from one World Age into another. How we move through this transition, either with resistance or acceptance, will determine whether the transformation will happen through cataclysmic changes or by a gradual reform of human society; which will lead to a world filled with peace, prosperity and spiritual tranquility.

The Prophets of Israel conceived redemption as a transformation of human society that would occur through the catalyst of the Jewish community. This transformation, which will take place in this world at some future time, is called the Messianic Age. If everyone would simply live according to the moral teachings of his or her religious tradition, we would ourselves have helped bring about the Messianic Age.

But, if we will not do it voluntarily, it will come about through social and political upheavals, worldwide conflicts and generation gaps and most obvious of all climate change which will affect both nature and the economy-society. The Messiah Mahdi refers to one or more human agents of God who help bring about a non-destruction positive transformation.

The Jewish tradition teaches that this agent of God (together with several forerunners and many disciples) will be a human being, a descendant of Prophets Abraham and David, with great qualities of national leadership similar to Prophets Moses, Jesus and Mohammed. The arrival of the Messianic Age is what's really important, not the personality of the agents who bring it about, since they are simply instruments of God, who is ultimately the real Redeemer.

Prophet Micah states: "In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; and exalted above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.

"The Torah will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor train for war anymore. Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD GOD has spoken. All the nations may walk in the name of their gods, but we (Jews, Christians and Muslims) will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever." (Prophet Micah 4:1-5)

Thus, humanity has so far passed through the most devastating era of human history. However, we have not yet reached the goal of the Messianic Age when "They (all nations) will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD GOD has spoken." (Prophet Micah 4:2-4)

There is open space on the Temple Mount where a 3D digital broadcast Jewish house of worship could be rebuilt as a virtual replica like those made by the Factum Foundation, a Madrid-based nonprofit that creates high-resolution digital replicas of the world's cultural heritage; could be built about 600 feet north of the Al-Aqsa Mosque next to the Dome of the Rock, provided Muslims would cooperate. This would fulfill Prophet Isaiah's statement about the Messianic Age: "Torah will be broadcast from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem." (Isaiah 2:3) A clear Mahdi activity.

So a small Jewish broadcasting station built near the Dome of the Rock would reflect Prophet Micah prophecy: 'At the end of days the mountain of the Lord's House will be established as chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills. Peoples will flow up to it. 2 Then many nations will go and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the House of the God of Jacob! Then He will direct us in His ways, and we will walk in His paths." For Torah will be broadcast from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." (Micah 4:1-2) A Mahdi job.

Most people think this is just a dream, yet in our own generation we have seen the dramatic fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy: "I will bring your offspring from the (Middle) East and gather you from the (European) West. To the North (Russia) I will say 'give them up' and to the South (Ethiopia) 'do not hold them'. Bring my sons from far away, my daughters from the end of the earth." (Isaiah 43:5-6)

Humanity has so far passed through the most devastating era of human history. However, we have not yet reached the goal of the Messianic Age when "They (all nations) will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD GOD has spoken." (Prophet Micah 4:2-4)

This era will come about when Israelis and Palestinians make a long lasting two state partnership of peace; thus fulfilling the 2700 year old vision of Prophet Isaiah: "On that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing upon the heart. The LORD of Hosts will bless them saying, "Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance." (Isaiah 19:23-5) A Mahdi job.

Like most Reform Rabbis I believe that peace will replace war only if "From River to Sea Both Sides Must Free Themselves Of Hatred and Revenge."

In Arabic, the word Jihad is a noun meaning the activity of "striving and/or persevering." According to Prophet Muhammad there are two types of Jihad: minor and major. Once when Muslims were returning from a military expedition, which for Prophet Muhammad was a minor jihad. He said to the fighters that now they had to go through the major jihad. When Prophet Muhammad was asked what he meant by major jihad, he said it was the spiritual jihad.

On another occasion, Prophet Muhammad said the real mujahid is the one who declares jihad against his/her carnal soul. (Tirmidhi). Exercising self-control and using willpower and reason to overcome one's anger is described by Prophet Muhammad as "the major jihad." Overcoming our own feelings of hatred, revenge and anger is much more difficult than overcoming our enemies.

In today's world of fanaticism and extremism the words of Al-Ghazali, a 12th century Persian Muslim theologian, need to be repeated by all the world's religious and political leaders: "Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then you will be ready to fight the enemy you can see."

On October 27, 1978, only five years after Egypt started the Yom Kippur War with a surprise attack on Israel, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord. The Yom Kippur War was followed six years later by a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel. A Mahdi job well done.

Could the same process follow the defeat of Iran and Hamas, and its opposition to a two state solution? The only possible chance for avoiding more wars is the two state solution. To establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel. That will not be possible with the current leaders on either side. Extremists, both Israeli and Palestinian, will do all they can to sink the idea, as they have done since the 1990s.

And Gulf allies privately make the case to Trump to keep fighting until Iran is decisively defeated. Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have faced a barrage of Iranian missiles on Wednesday morning, only hours after a ceasefire between the United States and Iran went into effect. Kuwait reported Iranian attacks that have been ongoing from 8:00 am local time, with at least 28 drones that damaged power and desalination plants as well as oil facilities.

And Zelensk said Russia wants a long Iran war because it would weaken Kyiv, with US resources directed elsewhere.

Syrian authorities in Homs located a tunnel used by Hezbollah terrorists to smuggle weapons across the border into Lebanon, state TV channel Al-Ikhbaria reported on April 15. Mahdi has already made miracles in Syria.

And although it might seem impossible now, I do believe that within a decade or two Muslims will visit Jerusalem and pray together with Jews as Prophet Zechariah predicts: "Then everyone who survives from all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the (Jewish) Feast of Booths." (Zechariah 14:16) A Mahdi future job.