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                             THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WILL RETURN
             Presence of Allah, however, Christian belief was corrupted and
             Christians turned away from the true faith preached by the
             Prophet Jesus (as). When the Prophet Jesus (as) returns he will
             purify Christianity of those elements that have been corrupted
             and restore it to its form as a true faith. Bediuzzaman also notes
             this fact in the words "A PURE RELIGION … WILL EMERGE
             AMONG THE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF THE PROPHET
             JESUS (AS)."
                 Bediuzzaman states that Christianity will unite with Islam
             in following the Qur'an, and reminds us that all these develop-
             ments are signs of the second coming of the Prophet Jesus (as).
             These developments described by Bediuzzaman have not yet
             happened. Bediuzzaman referred to this in the time he was liv-
             ing and imparted the glad tidings of the coming of the Prophet
             Jesus (as) at a later date, emphasizing that neither the coming of
             the Prophet Jesus (as), nor that of Hazrat Mahdi (as) who would
             be contemporaneous with him, had yet taken place in his own
             day.


                 On the Descent of the Prophet Jesus (as), the

                 Irreligious Occupation [of dajjal's] will be Wiped
                 Out and will Cease:

                 Based on the information provided in verses from the
             Qur'an and hadith, Bediuzzaman states that the Prophet Jesus
             (as) will come to Earth for a second time. Bediuzzaman's use of a
             word meaning "DESCENT" means he is referring to the Prophet
             Jesus (as) as "AN INDIVIDUAL" who will return to Earth for a
             second time in his human bodily form as a miracle of Allah, and
             not as "a meaning, a spirit or representative entity."
                 Bediuzzaman is saying that the dajjal's denial-based efforts
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