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 Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 3:29 pm |
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The Promised Messiah
The belief of a ‘Promised Messiah’ or an awaited leader who will save
the world in the future can be traced in almost every religion.
However, different religions have different concepts about this
‘Promised Messiah’.
The Jewish believe in the coming of ‘The Son of Man’ or ‘Messiah’, the
Christians expect the reappearance of ‘Jesus Christ’, and the Muslims
await ‘Imam Mahdi’. Among other Religions, the Zoroastrians believe in
the coming of ‘Sochiant’, Hindus are waiting for ‘Kalki’ and Buddhist
for ‘Maitreya’
The Jewish messiah is “a descendent of David,” who after defeating the
great powers of the world and liberating the Jewish people from
tyrannies will create a worldwide, powerful, and happy kingdom.
In Christianity, the idea of Messianism is applied to Jesus who is
also known as the ‘Savior’. In contrast to the Jewish messianic
beliefs, the Christian Messiah is considered to be the Son of God.
In Islam, the idea of Messianism refers to the coming of Imam Mahdi as
the Savior of the world. The literal meaning of Mahdi is ‘the rightly
guided’ or ‘Allah-guided’. The two major sects of Islam have different
opinions about this savior. The Sunnis believe that Jesus Christ will
come at the end of time as an Imam, while the Shias believe that
Imamate has been passed on to the descendents of Prophet Mohammad
(pbuh) and has finally reached the Twelfth Imam, ‘Imam Mahdi’.
Zoroastrians also expect a coming savior of the world. His name is
known to be Sochiant; “one who will bring benefit to the world.
Sochiant can be any pious person who does some good things to the
world.”
The messianic expectations in Hinduism refer to the coming of Kalki
who is a figure almost like the Savior in other religions. “The Savior
is the messenger of God. Whenever people refuse to accept religion in
any part of the world, the savior is sent thee from God”. Whenever the
law is disobeyed, Kalki is believed to come and reestablish
righteousness upon earth.
In Buddhism, the savior is a Buddha known as the Maitreya Bodhisattva.
There are many forms and images of Maitreya. In Buddhist traditions,
Sakyamuni was the Buddha born in this world 2000 years ago and
preached the teachings of salvation for all humanity.
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