WILL THE REAL MAHDI PLEASE STAND UP?
Will the Real Mahdi Please Stand Up? - by PATRICK HERON - Raiders News Network How interesting it is to sit back and watch all the little pieces of the jig-saw fit in together to make a clear picture. Take some of the recent pronouncements coming out of Iran these past few weeks for instance. Apparently it has been announced on official government websites that shortly, in fact it will happen in this month of March, the Mahdi or 12th Imam will make his long awaited appearance on the world stage. This is the prophet that is the Muslim Messiah, as it were. According to their teachings, the Mahdi or 12th Imam, disappeared as a young boy of about 12 years old, several hundred years ago, and went into hiding in a deep well. But he will shortly come out of his hiding place and procede to lead Muslims in a sucession of victorious apocalyptic battles over their enemy and establish Islam as the predominent world religion. The Imam or Mahidi will have a lieutenant by his side in this endeavor, w