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194 The Glad Tidings of the Messiah (pbuh)

Bediuzzaman interprets the hadith that says that when the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) returns in the End Times, he will abide by
Islam's law and rules. His struggle will begin by cleansing
Christianity from all of the myths and false beliefs that have en-
tered into it over the centuries, and thereby return it to Islam.
In this way, Christians and Muslims will unite to form a great
power. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will make the dajjal ineffective,
who is the representative of all irreligious systems, and eradicate
them.
(2) At that point when the current appears to be very strong, the re-
ligion of true Christianity, which comprises the collective personal-
ity of Jesus (pbuh), will emerge. That is, it will descend from the
skies of Divine Mercy. Present Christianity will be purified in the
face of that reality; it will cast off superstition and distortion, and
unite with the truths of Islam. Christianity will in effect be in a way
transformed into Islam. (Letters, "Fifteenth Letter")
Although the dajjal will appear to be very powerful, the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will return to Earth and reveal true
Christianity. As stated earlier, the first thing that he will do is re-
store Christianity to its original form by removing all false and
baseless practices and beliefs (pbuh) and all unnecessary rules and
traditions. This has not happened until today because the Prophet
Jesus (pbuh) is the only person who can end Christianity's ongoing
2,000-year process of change.
"… [Present Christianity will] unite with the truths of Islam.
Christianity will in effect be in a way transformed into Islam…": Once
Christianity has been returned to the state of its first revelation, it
will integrate itself into Islam.
Following the Qur'an, the collective personality of Christianity will
be in the rank of follower, and Islam, in that of leader. True religion