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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

mentioned earlier, their death tolls were much higher than the total of
all previous wars. In addition, wars used to remain regional and con-
tained, as opposed to spreading from one place to another, and some-

times even becoming global in nature. However, by the beginning of
the twentieth century, we saw the first truly global war. Virtually no
country or region escaped war, confrontation, or an act of terror dur-
ing the twentieth century.
Another distinguishing feature is the power of the weaponry
used: tanks, heavy cannons, and aircraft are all death machines that
appeared in the twentieth century. On the other hand, far more terri-
ble massacres were carried out through the use of nuclear and chemi-

cal weapons, especially with the atomic bombs dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Immense damage was inflicted not only
upon those generations caught up in these wars, but also the one or
more new generations that followed.
Presently, biological warfare is seen as one of the most serious
dangers. The anthrax bacteria mailed during October 2001, immedi-
ately after 9/11 in America, is one example of this. This mailing in-
fected ten people with anthrax; two of them died. 31

As a result, it is highly probable that the specific incidence of cor-
ruption (fitna) referred to in the hadith as spreading to many places
relates to the war, confrontation, disorder, and acts of terror, all of
which multiplied in the twentieth century and continue even in this
new century. All of this may just be yet another sign of the approach-
ing Golden Age that will be established by the Mahdi and Prophet
Jesus (pbuh), and that we are living at the end of time.

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In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, not only the victims but
also the next generations suffered the consequences
of atomic radiation.