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@pauljpastor 3/ At the planetary level, meanwhile, a vast complex of democratic insight clarifies the ontic advent of the Hindu Kalki Avatara, Jewish Mashiach, Muslim Mahdi, Buddhist Maitreya, East Asian Great Savior, Zoroastrian Saoshyant and complementary Indigenous currents.

[...] I am the Retributor on the Day of Retribution (dayyān yawm al-dīn). I am the Judge (qasīm) of the Garden and the Fire [...]. I am the first Noah. I am the instigator of the second Flood [...] I am the Hour for the deniers. I am the Call that awakes the inhabitants of the graves. I am the Lord on the Day of Resurrection (anā l-sā‘a li -mukadhdhibīn | anā al-nidā’ al-mukhrij man fī l-qubūr | anā sāhib yawm al-nushūr) [...]. I am the One who shall fill the earth with justice and equity in the same way as it was filled before with oppression and injustice (or darkness: zulman or zuluman). I am the Concealed One, the Awaited One for the mighty Affair (anā l-ghā'ib al-muntazar li l-amr al-‘aẓim) [...].
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[...] I am the Retributor on the Day of Retribution (dayyān yawm al-dīn). I am the Judge (qasīm) of the Garden and the Fire [...]. I am the first Noah. I am the instigator of the second Flood [...] I am the Hour for the deniers. I am the Call that awakes the inhabitants of the graves. I am the Lord on the Day of Resurrection (anā l-sā‘a li -mukadhdhibīn | anā al-nidā’ al-mukhrij man fī l-qubūr | anā sāhib yawm al-nushūr) [...]. I am the One who shall fill the earth with justice and equity in the same way as it was filled before with oppression and injustice (or darkness: zulman or zuluman). I am the Concealed One, the Awaited One for the mighty Affair (anā l-ghā'ib al-muntazar li l-amr al-‘aẓim) [...].

I am the Attendant of the Resurrection (anā qayyim al-qiyāma). I am the Attendant of the Hour. I am the Creator. I am the Created One (anā l-khāliq | anā l-makhlūq) [...]. I am the resurrector of the dead [...]. I am the one who spoke through the mouth of Jesus [...]. I am the Saviour (literally ‘The Guided One’) of this time (anā mahdī l-awān). I am the Christ. I am the Second Christ. I am the Jesus of this age (anā l-masīh | anā l-masīh al-thānī | anā ‘ Īsa al- zamān). I am the Lord of the Balance [...]. I am the Compassionate One (al-rahmān). I am the Merciful One (al-rahīm). I am the Elevated one, the most Elevated one (al-alī al-a'lā).
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I am the Attendant of the Resurrection (anā qayyim al-qiyāma). I am the Attendant of the Hour. I am the Creator. I am the Created One (anā l-khāliq | anā l-makhlūq) [...]. I am the resurrector of the dead [...]. I am the one who spoke through the mouth of Jesus [...]. I am the Saviour (literally ‘The Guided One’) of this time (anā mahdī l-awān). I am the Christ. I am the Second Christ. I am the Jesus of this age (anā l-masīh | anā l-masīh al-thānī | anā ‘ Īsa al- zamān). I am the Lord of the Balance [...]. I am the Compassionate One (al-rahmān). I am the Merciful One (al-rahīm). I am the Elevated one, the most Elevated one (al-alī al-a'lā).

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 21 Mar 2023

@jbralston 2/ ...where few interpreters describe the evolutionary ontology of a Cycle of Occultation, 'dawr al-satyr', and Cycle of Epiphany or Unveiling, 'dawr al-kashf' (or 'apocalypsis' as it's described with reference to the Parousia of Christ) as precisely as Shi'ite sources.

Abraham Joshua Heschel, at once Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr's closest non-Black ally and Judaism's foremost modern authority on the Old Testament prophets, reflected on such dynamic 'unfinishedness' in similarly apocalyptic terms. Not apocalyptic in the sense in which the word is used colloquially to refer to catastrophes but in the word’s original sense of revelation or unveiling. "History," he observed, "is not a blind alley. Beyond the mystery is meaning. And the meaning is destined to be disclosed." On the one hand, Heschel averred that the primary role of the prophet is to alert humanity to its missing of The Major Point, namely, "the involvement of God in history": and on the other, to the staggering realpolitik of a human counterpoint: "Impartiality with regards to history is a pretense." Such prophetic discernment isn't simply timeless and universal, of course: it's also current and immediate. Notes the...
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Abraham Joshua Heschel, at once Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr's closest non-Black ally and Judaism's foremost modern authority on the Old Testament prophets, reflected on such dynamic 'unfinishedness' in similarly apocalyptic terms. Not apocalyptic in the sense in which the word is used colloquially to refer to catastrophes but in the word’s original sense of revelation or unveiling. "History," he observed, "is not a blind alley. Beyond the mystery is meaning. And the meaning is destined to be disclosed." On the one hand, Heschel averred that the primary role of the prophet is to alert humanity to its missing of The Major Point, namely, "the involvement of God in history": and on the other, to the staggering realpolitik of a human counterpoint: "Impartiality with regards to history is a pretense." Such prophetic discernment isn't simply timeless and universal, of course: it's also current and immediate. Notes the...

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Quoted by@GabrielSaidR Ultimately, whatever our name for it, the 'Hour of Reckoning' or 'Day of the Messiah' isn't delineated by peculiarly Abrahamic or even singularly religious limits. Man-made history is only one of history’s dimensions. 'Planetary Parousia' or 'Qiyamat al-Qiyamat' takes it all in.Quoted by@brianmclaren 24/ As such, the claim “Elias is come,” announces the profound potential an inclusive vision of revelation holds for addressing the question of meaning in our time, along with the guidance and nourishment its positive advent affords everyone, everywhere. No exceptions.