Period of War
Period of War
At the start of the last Great Reformer’s rule, all the Devilish forces will unite and will make a combined attempt to thwart the Divine revolution. At this juncture, there will be a clash of Divine and Devilish forces, and in a way, it will be a world war.
“Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed saying, Let us break their bands, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.”
Psalms-2(1-6)
This shows the alliance of unrightful group on the other hand the Great Leader will reorganize his troops in an emergency and will send for his helpers.
“The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: The Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Howl ye: for the day of the lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.” Isaiah-13(4-6)
“And he will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: none shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed nor the latchet of their shoes be broken; whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bend their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint and their wheels like whirlwind: Their roaring shall be like a lion, They shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar and lay hold of the prey and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea.” Isaiah-5(26-30)
This army has been described in the New Testament of
Matthew as follows:
“And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken but on whomsoever it shall fall it will grind him to powder.”
Chapter 21(44)
The preparations for war made by the Great Divine Leader have been described thus:
“For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a cloke. According to their deeds, accordingly, he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands, he will repay recompense. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.”
Isaiah-59(17-19)
The Holy Imam Sadiq (A.S) says: “Those fighters will be such that there will be callosities in their foreheads due to abundant praying. They will be lions in the day and monks at night. They will be God-fearing but their fearless hearts will be harder than steel. Each one of them will have the power of forty youths in him. They will not kill anyone except the nonbelievers and hypocrites. They have been described in the Holy Quran as ‘stamped'”
When this army becomes ready there will be an order from the Divine Leader for attack. Countless oppressors and opponents will be put to the sword. Some of the soldiers of Divine forces will also get martyred. Every such martyr will be rewarded better than the martyrs of the battle of Badar. Some Traditions say that each one will get a reward in heaven equal to seventy martyrs of Badar. The past prophets told their believers about this Great War:
“When I have … rose up the sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. The Lord of the hosts shall defend them, and they shall devour and subdue with sling stones, and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine, and they shall be filled like bows, and as the corners of the altar. And the Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown lifted up as an ensign upon his land.”
Zechiah 9(13-16)
“The heathen raged, The Kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, and the earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.” Psalms 46(6-7)
“Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire.”
Isaiah 30(27)
“For Thus hath the Lord spoken unto me like as the lion and a young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him. He will not be afraid of their voice. Nor abase himself for the noise of them: So shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion and for the hill thereof.” Isaiah-31(4-5)
“A great people and strong: There hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it to the years of many generations. As the morning spread upon the mountains, a fire devoureth before them and behind them, a flame burneth: The land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like The noise of Chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of the flame of the fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. They shall run like men of war, and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks. Neither shall and thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: The sun and the moon shall dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Land is great and very terrible.”
Joel -2(2-9,11)
The Holy Quran says: “By the snorting Coursers, Striking sparks of fire; and scouring to the raid at dawn; Then, therewith, with their trail of dust; Cleaving, a one, the center (of the foe).”
Al-Aadiat(coursers)(1-5)
“No one knows the number of God Almighty forces except He Himself.”
Al-mudir
“By those who set the ranks in battle order and those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof. And those who read the Word) for a reminder. “
Al-Safat( Those Who Set The Ranks 1-3)
“God came from Teman and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of praise. And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth; he beheld, and drove asunder the nations.”
Habakkuk-13(3-6)
“Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is there in; the world and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation of the Land is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out, of their carcasses, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their hosts shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine and as a falling fig from the fig tree. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to Judgment. The sword of the Lord is filled with blood… For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance and the year of recompenses.”
Isaiah 34(1-6, 8)
The Holy Quran says: “And they esteem not
Allah as He hath the right to be esteemed, when the whole earth is his handful on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens are rolled in his right hand.”
Al-Zumar(The Troops)(67)
“The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his Holy habitation, he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes against all the inhabitants of the earth. A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth: for The Lord hath controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord… And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth unto the other end of the earth: They shall not be lamented, neither gathered nor buried.” Jeremiah-25(30-31, 33)
“Now also will I give sentence against them. Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his Chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles (The oppressors will say) Woe unto us! For we are spoiled.”
Jeremiah-4(12-13)
“The sun and moon stood still in their habitation at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heaven in anger. Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people.”
Habakkuk-3(11-13)
“Because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung. Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.”
Zephanish-1(17-18)
“He is a great king over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us, and nations under our feet. he shall choose the inheritance for us.”
Psalms 47(1-3)
“But God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses. That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.”
Psalma68(21,23)
“The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty and upon every one that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.”
Isaiah 2(11-13)
“He will make an utter end… for while they are folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.”
Nahum-1(9-10)
“Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the lord thy God? Mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.” Micah-7(10)
“Then the earth shook and trembled: the foundation of heaven moved and shook because he was wroth. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also and came down: and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the winds. And he made darkness pavilions round about him dark water and thick Clouds of the sky. Through the brightness before him, were coals of fire kindled. The Lord thundered from heaven and the most High uttered his voice. And he sent out arrows, and scattered them, lightening and discomfiting them.” II Samuel-22(8-15)
“The day cometh, that shall burn as an oven and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”
Malaki-4(1)
There are similar references to the vengeance to be taken for the martyrs of Karbala in the books of various prophets.
“For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.”
Jeremiah-46(10)
“Behold, The whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind; it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return until he has done it, and until he has performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.”
Jeremiah-30(23-24)
“Who is this that cometh from Edom, with died garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine fat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people. There was with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.”
Isaiah-63(1-4)
In the preceding lines, I have tried to delineate a few scenes as told by scriptures, of the Great War which will be waged between the Divine and Devilish forces. Their end also becomes clearly known. As all the information given by the various scriptures is concordant, therefore it becomes evident that the personality to emerge in the future is one and the same, one who was promised by the past prophets… the Greet Divine Reformer. (May Lord Send Him Soon)